THE RIVER TARRANT - WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JACK HARGREAVES (4K)

In this video, I follow in the footsteps of Jack Hargreaves with a walk along the entire route of the River Tarrant in Dorset.

In the early 1980's, TV presenter Jack Hargreaves made a delightful programme called “How a Dorset River Lost Its Name” as part of is TV series “Old Country”. In the video, Jack basically walked along the route of the River Tarrant, pointing out interesting aspects along the way with particular reference to the history of the area.

I though that it would be fun to retrace Jack's footsteps and see what had changed and indeed what had remained the same. As much of the route involved walking along a road with no footpath, I felt it best that my usual companion, Logan (the Whippet), remained at home.

My journey started at the source of the River Tarrant, just North of Tarrant Gunville. After exploring the village – the first of 8 villages or hamlets that I would pass through in the walk, all of which have the prefix of Tarrant – I headed South.

The whole route was about 8 miles long and for most of the time I was either right by, or very close to, the river. There were seven churches and two pubs – sadly in Jack's day there were a total of 4 pubs!

My journey ended just South of Tarrant Crawford, where the River Tarrant joins the River Stour.

Dave Knowles was the producer of the original “Old Country” TV series and many of Jack's programmes can now be viewed on Dave's Youtube channel Dave Knowles - filmmaker – YouTube

I am very grateful to Dave Knowles for giving me permission to use screen prints from his video to use in this video. His website is Dave Knowles – Dave Knowles is a British Director, Cameraman and Editor.

NB: I understand that the original video is no longer available to be viewed on the "Dave Knowles - Filmmaker" channel.

Map courtesy of Google Maps.
Aerial pictures courtesy of Google Maps.
Music from the Youtube Audio library.

Historic Maps NLS Maps 'Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland'  https://maps.nls.uk/index.html

Information Sources: Wikipedia, Dorset Churches, Historic England, British History Online & Dorset OPC.


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I use a GOPRO HERO 7, 8 or 10 Black Action Camera (sometimes with a Gimbal) & a Rode microphone (either a “Shotgun” or a Rode Wireless Go) together with a Canon Powershot SX530 HS.