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This is nuts, but bloody fun to watch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7w986ni7_g (it's part 1 of I don't know how many, part 2 is supposedly next Monday). |
English guy tries to walk across Wales IN A STRAIGHT LINE
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RobAnybody 2,892 posts
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Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI haven't watched it yet, but does he have a plan for rivers? -
RobAnybody 2,892 posts
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Registered 10 years agoHe has an inflatable boat of some type stashed away for one large river, although early in the video he has problems with a smaller river which is unfortunately too high, wide and fast for him to cross. He soon encounters a very rotten and crumbling wooden bridge ...... -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoIn some ways, it'd probably be easier to do in a (mostly) flat country like Australia. There are roads that basically go completely straight for hundreds of kilometres.
With the main problem being that it is much much larger, and you'd probably die walking through the outback without huge supplies of food/water.
Edited by Mola_Ram at 08:23:32 23-07-2019 -
Frogofdoom 17,973 posts
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Registered 9 years agoAbout 15 mins in and enjoying it, thanks for the share. -
RobAnybody 2,892 posts
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Registered 10 years agoMola_Ram wrote:
Probably a bit boring though (except for the dehydration/starvation aspect).
In some ways, it'd probably be easier to do in a (mostly) flat country like Australia. There are roads that basically go completely straight for hundreds of kilometres.
With the main problem being that it is much much larger, and you'd probably die walking through the outback without huge supplies of food/water.
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RobAnybody 2,892 posts
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Registered 10 years agoFrogofdoom wrote:
And he nearly gets run over by a car just as he sets off ...... total mad lad.
About 15 mins in and enjoying it, thanks for the share..gif)
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Frogofdoom 17,973 posts
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Registered 9 years agoYeah, almost throwing yourself into a fiesta isnt the best start. -
RelaxedMikki 3,214 posts
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Registered 11 years agoCool. I like this. -
cowell 2,254 posts
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Registered 12 years agoAbsolute madlad. What a legund! -
sport 17,064 posts
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Registered 16 years agoAny chance he might go up a hill but come down a mountain? -
RobAnybody 2,892 posts
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Registered 10 years agoSomebody has made a marked map of his route:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=101Ct4sckoIPIcocImNYzJ11TtC9UPpMH&ll=52.757857155724814%2C-3.588219983613726&z=11 -
Slint1000 3,596 posts
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Registered 13 years agoIt’s going to be interesting to see how he walks across that massive lake half way through. -
RobAnybody 2,892 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI vaguely recall that in the video he mentions something about having secreted away an inflatable boat or something, I think it's mentioned when he encounters the guy in the field and has a chat. Let's hope nobody has nicked it. -
TechnoHippy 19,245 posts
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Registered 18 years agoStrangely compelling .gif)
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Tomo 19,565 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThis is amazing. ABSOLUTE MADLAD but he's actually great. I love his off the cuff remarks... Like: "Definitely 50th in line to the throne". 
. I'm was so glad when he didn't jump in the river, fuck me -
RobAnybody 2,892 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI laughed at his comment:
"My willy had already shrunk to the size of an acorn" -
RelaxedMikki 3,214 posts
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Registered 11 years agoJust watched the whole thing with my wife. She got a bit upset he hadn't brought gloves or a first aid kit with anti-septic...!
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Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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Registered 19 years agoZuluHero wrote:
I want him to walk to John O'Groats for some spastics.
Pfft, he picked the narrowest bit
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Trafford 9,358 posts
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Registered 14 years agoDirtbox wrote:
I thought you were doing alright for yourself?
ZuluHero wrote:
I want him to walk to John O'Groats for some spastics.
Pfft, he picked the narrowest bit -
RobAnybody 2,892 posts
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Registered 10 years agoZuluHero wrote:
Maybe he's just warming up?
Pfft, he picked the narrowest bit -
Tomo 19,565 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI could see him being picked up by a TV channel to do an even longer country crossing. -
RobAnybody 2,892 posts
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Registered 10 years agoTomo wrote:
Kind of like Map Man* but going in a straight line and clambering over hedges while avoiding farmers ?
I could see him being picked up by a TV channel to do an even longer country crossing.
*Map Man was originally aired on BBC2 in 2004 and the Map Man was Nicholas Crane. He often followed routes on assorted old maps. A very enjoyable show. -
theone1 150 posts
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Registered 7 years agoSeems a good place to link this article
George Wilson, The Man Who Walked His Life Away
https://deadspin.com/the-man-who-walked-his-life-away-1835620495 -
RobAnybody 2,892 posts
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Registered 10 years agoWhat a truly amazing story, thanks for the link! -
English guy trying to walk in a straight line... is it Boris Johnson?
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. I'm was so glad 
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