Скачать или смотреть I Followed My Childhood Brook… Starting at the End! (Part 1)

Today I’m heading back to the stream I grew up with – Bear Brook – the small, natural wonder where I spent my childhood immersed in local nature. But instead of exploring it the normal way, I’m following it backwards, from its end at the River Thame, all the way upstream. I want to find where this water, at the same time so familiar and so mysterious to me, actually begins its journey above ground – a childhood daydream from decades ago.

What starts as muds and floods gently blossoms into a cosy mixture of secret wildlife, urban delights and warm nostalgia. I chart confluences, bend under bridges, pad along forgotten paths, tread through the town centre, and even manage some lovely chats with locals.

Along the way I revisit places I've wanted to explore for years: old corn mills, the Grand Union Canal, flourishing trees I planted as a child, urban walkways where the brook disappears beneath the concrete above. It’s a relaxed ramble, a historical hike, a personal pilgrimage. But above all, it’s mostly me trying – and regularly failing – to follow closely a waterway that has its own ideas.

If you like gentle adventure, mild peril, musings on local nature, forgotten corners of towns, or just seeing someone get way too excited about confluences, I hope you find something to enjoy in Part 1.

And if you do, then stay tuned for Part 2 (   • Finding the Source of My Childhood Brook (...  ), where I finally cross that childhood boundary I only daydreamed about, and track Bear Brook right to its source.

Watch my little adventure along a dismantled railway line here:    • I explored a FORGOTTEN RAILWAY (Part 1)  

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