 Hello, thank you for joining me. I'm just walking up the slope to Denham station on the Chilton main line in Buckinghamshire It's a cold December day between Christmas and New Year now We're gonna do we're gonna do a couple of things in this video first I'm gonna show you a bit of Denham station and then we're gonna go and look at some dangerous bridges and Possibly some floods so we'll get on to the dangerous bridges and floods In a minute, but first we're gonna go and have a look at the station because there's a couple of Unusual things in this station so before going to the station. I've just got to put my face covering on So my face covering's on let's go and have a look in the station We're not spending long here. We're not traveling by train. I just wanted to show you something That's a bit different about this station. So that's looking north That's looking south. So this is the up platform now the down platform is In the middle of the formation, but when I was little it used to be on the other side and I don't remember them They would have once been two through lines through the middle So when used to go for an underpass to access the old down platform And then when they made the station accessible for all they built a new platform in the middle and they put A bridge with lifts. I'm not gonna worry about going over there today I think they could put a bay platform in here though and have a termination trade. So I'm gonna do I'm gonna show you now The old subway sir, which is down here and this has got to be one of my favorite Railway station subways because once might look just like a normal station subway now But you will see when we get down there. It's rather different to any other I don't know any other railway station to have a subway like this. We come down here Now the railways on a fairly high bank at this point Come down here We've sort of in a big tunnel, but we're not yet at ground level. So there is a path. This is called the pickle That way is denim green The pickle goes right through Down there to denim village one thing. I don't know if anyone knows I've always been fascinated what's in there That's always been bricked up ever since I was a child. So yeah, I think that's one of the Most unusual entrances. There is to a railway station. So as we go along here This would have once been the way to the down platform So when I was a child nice to come here my grandmother to watch trains We would have gone the door wouldn't have been there These bricks would have gone there would have gone up the steps up to the down platform so we come down here and Out the back of the station I'm gonna take off my face covering now because I'm no longer on the railway station So if you look behind me That's what you have you have this huge tunnel which is a thoroughfare for the station and Fruit underneath the station the other the platform and the station building would have been up there So yeah, possibly one of the most unusual entrances or in my case exit to railway station So we come down here. This path is called the pikele. It runs about a bit less than a quarter of a mile Down towards Denham Village. This area here where all these trees are when I was a child It was a field and there's a footpath that runs along the other side of it And I remember walking along there for my grandmother once and seeing a class 57 on the rubbish train So before the 66ers took over so what we're gonna do. We're not going down towards Denham Village today And I will show you the pikele So That way that goes to Denham Village now here. We have a junction of public footpaths We could go that way through the golf course But have a look at this one where it says public bridleway. Let's go along here says footpath closed now Being the sort of person I am I saw this the other day and I thought I'm gonna go another look I wonder why it's closed. I thought possibly something to do with HS2 And I thought well no HS2 works are a bit of a way from here and they're not on the other side of the Chilt Mainline. So let's go down and I'm gonna show you why it's closed So I'm just gonna walk a little bit and I'll show you what there is to find when we get up there So I've just been walking along this footpath and nearly a quarter of a mile beside this palisade fence Chilt Mainline is just up there. We're just coming up to the River Coln now Where we're gonna find some of these dangerous bridges I've been talking about but firstly not one of the dangerous bridges Is the viaduct which carries the Chilt Mainline over the River Coln Now the River Coln is here just in front of me. It doesn't look as high as it did the other day So the floods I was talking about when I came to walk up here the other day may now have Gone down. I would have said it was a few inches high the other day But anyway, I'll just let you have a quick look. There's the viaduct. So passed over this viaduct many times On my way up to London But a few times have I actually been down here I've come down here over the years because I quite like this walk It's one of my favorite walks around Denim, but when I go to Denim I often do the shorter walks This is one the longer walks Around here's Denim. So we get along here go of course is the other side of those trees There's a bit of a gully coming off the River Coln here. So we've got this Rather large culvert like pipe and the water flows off where it doesn't reflow. It's still water up there Then behind as well. It doesn't quite at the moment join the Coln Now dangerous bridges. We just go through the trees. We should get I think we're going to see a train. Let's just have a look at that Two children railways pass on six fives. Have a look through there You can see a bridge now. You may not you may not look too obvious what's happened, but it has partially collapsed But you're not supposed to cross it but you can. So a little disclaimer here It does say don't cross it. So you know shouldn't really cross it, but I'm happy I can cross it safely if I'm careful enough. So You know, that's why I'm going to cross it and then we're going to have a look on the other side. So you get to here and Whereas the scientists is public bridal way. So I suppose here we're now Well, there's a what looks like an unofficial path there. Anyway, here's the bridge So there's a fence this I've taken up the slats and then you can see where it's Broken so let's go and have a look because I think it's going to be quite an interesting thing to do So I've got to get through here. I have rigged up this thing A couple of lanyards to make sure that if I do drop my camera I um, it doesn't go into the water. This is a bit Scary this bit. This is actually scarier crossing this Then I think what yeah just getting across that Because I stepped on one of those slats It wobbled it. I think they've done that to stop you going on to the bridge, but now I'm on the bridge Um, you know, it's not going to go anywhere. It's a shame because it's a nice bridge as far as I'm way It's completely wooden. I think it's probably teak But it feels odd now because it feels all distorted and it is distorted Is that another train coming? Yeah, have a look on the viaduct up there. Should see another train cross Another class 165 that one's obviously stopped it there then. Yeah, so the bridge has Um distorted its bent so you can see there's um a crack there and There's another crack there. So it's all been pushed out this way And then when we get to here it does feel a bit weird walking on here because it's all kind of The floor doesn't feel like it's in the right place I've seen a few other people when I came along here the other day a few other people crossed it So here you can see basically what's happened That it's this beam here These beams here that have cracked. I think there's probably other beams underneath that have also cracked And then these are just slats along there. They're not structural So they've all kind of come out um Yeah, so So i'm just at the edge The water and you can just see resting down there. That's one of the main structural beams I think not sure which failed first whether it was the top beams Or the lower beams, but one of them Obviously failed and caused the bridge to to collapse as it did So and now they've taken out just that's here just to make it um harder to cross but I can get through By using these across there Okay, so cross the bridge now you'd think Or the other day I thought once I got across the bridge. I thought that's the hard work over That's the broken bridge for you. I thought I'm just gonna have a nice walk through the woods Hear the odd sound of a train now and then I had no idea the other day that things were going to get a lot harder When I came across some floods up there So we're going to go up there now and see if the floods are still there and I'm going to show you a couple more Dangerous bridges, but I'm not going to attempt to cross those ones. So I'm going to carry on in that direction Oh, by the way, let's have another look. There's the bridge. You can see more the effect of how badly it's collapsed So yeah, that's the bridge, but I'm going to carry on up through the woods I just followed the path a little way from where the first Dangerous bridge was there's a few puddles, but it's not flooded Yet to quite what I saw the other day, but I think that's going to change I found this big stick here just in case um, just so I can have a little poke around and See how um deep it is. That's interesting As a sign that says hs2 land boundary although, um, don't want to go too much into hs2, but it's going to be On the other side of the viaduct. Um, it will run alongside short main line To somewhere before the viaduct and it will cross over there, um But yeah that so that's obviously again chilt main line It's the next viaduct towards greater london and this Viaduct actually takes the chilt main line out of Buckinghamshire and into greater london Um, so we might actually even end up in great london, but we've got across the the grand union canals on the border So here we are the floods to begin. So I've got my stick. It's um, I've got swellings on It's not too bad. Um, it looks, it does look rather quite nice. Have a look at that Um All the reflections which I'm about to mess up by walking through. So what I'm going to do, I'm just going to wage Wage my way through here. Um, now when I came down here the other day It was at the very end the last step I made I put my foot down too far and um, I got a welly Full of water So I'm hoping that's not going to happen today because The flood waters are lower, but they're getting And there you can see my well is it's getting quite high. So I'm going to do I'm going to Follow the path in this direction and once we get to dry lands There's a couple of other what I would call definitely dangerous bridges And we're not going to cross them, but I'd like to show them to you So I'm going to continue off in that direction. I'll just have one last look There's the children at mainline viaduct behind us I'll just come this way through these flood waters. It's quite fun fun this, um I'm having quite a nice walk now you can just see ahead. There's a little bit of dry land Now when I came down here the other day that was Also underwater now what I find quite interesting here is if you look over there There's another river now I don't know which river this is. I assume it's another course of the river Cone And the two the water level of this river compared to the flood water The water levels higher on the river. So what's happening? We've got the path goes around here The path then goes Off up there, which I've got to go up Um, have a look here. It's like this little stream So this is where the water is overflowing over the top of the river Into this lower line bit of land and then over there you've got the um the viaduct With the Chilt mainline and then not far over there is the Grand Union canal So when they built this viaduct this was to carry the Chilt mainline over the Grand Union canal And this river course which so I'm going to say it probably is a course of the river Cone But if anyone watching knows it's got a different name Please do comment and tell me because I would be interested to hear from you Um, there is another river that comes off the Cone called River Freys Which we'll get onto a bit later. So it's possible it does have a name. So I get to about here Um, if you look at my stick I can It's ground there and then look it goes. I'm not stepping any further that way So what I'm going to do now I'm going to follow this path We're a bit longer through the flood waters And I'm hoping to eventually Get to the Grand Union canal. So more walking through flood waters So I'm coming to the end of this Walking through floods. I can in the distance see the second dangerous bridge. I was talking about I just passed some other people going to the other way who were as keen to explore this um Unusual landscape while it's here as I am now as for the main river Cone. I was talking about it flows along just over there And um, the second bridge I was talking about is just up here once we get onto dry land now When I came up here the other day I got all the way through all of this flood water without getting my feet wet. It was just here The um, it was too deep and I had to walk all the way back to my car with wet feet So if you look here that other course of river Cone There's a bridge. Um, there we are. We're going to go over that bridge There's another load of water flowing through here and the main river Cone is over there. So this is the Slightly awkward bit. In fact if you look on that tree there, if you can see it You can kind of see where the um, where it's wet up to. So the flood waters were up there the other day Can you see that just there? Oh and some water just went in my welly. So I've now got wet feet. Anyway carry on And that's the relief now of stepping onto dry land So what we're going to do now we're going to go Up here over this bridge This bridge all looks a bit distorted, but I think this bridge is actually meant to be like this It's not quite the same structure as the other bridge. Um, we saw about there. I don't know if I need this stick Um, I will keep it. I feel a bit like Gandalf though walking along with a stick As for that bridge I was on about it's just round there. So what I'm going to do Continue along the path a little bit and we'll go and find the other bridge I'll just come around the corner from that bridge crossing a couple more little bridges He just carried a water courses through and between the Grand Union canal, which is just over there and the River Colm and There's the reason it's clear in here is because you pretty can't see them right now There are some might just be I'll see the wires. There's some pylons. Have a look there though says bridge ahead closed So no mention of floods, but obviously the floods weren't there when they put that sign there So I normally save my videos, you know, do come visit yourself But here I'd say perhaps, um, wait till the floods have gone and wait till the bridge has been repaired Um, obviously do come to Denham and have a walk around the faves on dry land But perhaps don't go trying to cross the bridges unless you really want to like I did and So as for the second bridge, I'm not going to cross it but have a look there That is the second what I would call a dangerous bridge Um, I might have once crossed it when I was younger. I can't remember Um, but this is all part of the country of state, which is now, um Denham country park, um, so I don't know too much about this state. Perhaps one day we'll do a video on that We have been through here before when I did my miss born video Interestingly, there's some I'm just picked up my Gandalf stick again and some remains of a wall here Crossing here, which has must have been the path that came off If you can see it, there's a load of bricks there, um, came off the bridge and I think around here This is where you would access the bridge, but we're not going to be able to get onto the bridge We'll go up to it, just go under here. People obviously have tried Um, but we get to here with the sign it says, um Well, basically it says danger keep off. So that is the bridge. It's in there. I'm not going to go Walking out into that those flood waters to have a look. Um Because I think I've done enough of flood waters for one day, although that said we might have to Go through some more what I'm going to. Yes, we are going to have to go through some more Um, I could pull it apart that way, but chances are It's probably flooded. So I'm going to go through these flood It's a little bit of flood water here up to the Grand Union Canal Where I know I can walk along the tow path Um back towards Denham Country Park where there's one more bridge. I would like to show you so Go walk through this bit of floods. It's not doesn't look any luck as bad as what we've just done Now you can see the pylons and in the distance says that void up to the Chilton Mainline So let's just go up to the Grand Union Canal. So a bit more waving for me The water is really quite clear here. So, um, we don't overly need the sticks But back there you couldn't always see the bottom of it. So it was a little bit worrying. I think I'll Hope I don't, you know step into where there could be a big hole that you can't see And We're just coming up not far from here. I'm not going to go over there But there's a lake on the other side of the Grand Union Canal on the other side of the lake Was the railway line which ran to Uxbridge. Um, it looks as though the path gets quite deep there So I'm going to walk up around this muddier edge. Um, yeah, so the old railway line to Uxbridge would have run Um, a few hundred yards in that direction. It was a triangle of a junction with the Chilton Mainline So let's go up these steps here And um, here we have the Grand Union Canal And there's some people canoeing up there on the Grand Union Canal. So this is the Grand Union Canal That way is looking towards Uxbridge and looking in the opposite direction You can just see the void up to the Chilton Mainline. Oh, by the way, this is Buckinghamshire Where we are here That is Greater London on the other side of the canal So I'm just going to walk up the canal now and we're going to go and find another one more bridge. I want to show you I've now been walking along the canal for probably a little over a quarter of a mile now As I've been saying The Greater London boundary is the other side of the canal. So for a bit of fun Let's just go to Greater London and over this bridge We're going to briefly leave Buckinghamshire We're going to go into Greater London and um, I'll show you the lakes I was talking about I'm not going to go as far as the old Uxbridge branch So we come over here and the pylons, well they go, there's one pylon on that side of the canal And then they come on this side of the canal. So um, we go up here over the bridge I can just in the distance see the viaduct Taking the Chilton Mainline over the canal So that way looking towards Watford That way looks towards Uxbridge. Just up there's Denham Lock, which we did visit Um on my River Mistborn video. I'm going to take you down on this side Now we have officially come into Great London. I'm just going to show you a couple of lakes Impossibly one of the most rural parts of Great London There is the sea. It's actually quite a nice walk. If you go down that footpath there You can go um all the way to South Rhyslip On by the way, we're also on the London Loop, which is one of my favorite paths Which orbits London. So that's private in there On that side notes is Hillingdon. So we are in Great London. So London Loop Goes that way up to Morehall Road And and here is one of the old quarries, which is is an hour lake So I'll just let you see this view and I'm going to run back over to Buckinghamshire We're going to go and find one more dangerous bridge I'm back on the River Coln again. I've come over a bridge which is just around the corner up there a safe bridge That is and we're going to walk up here because just up here is where the River Coln and the River Fraze Park Company now I haven't done don't know too much about River Fraze, but it's I believe it's a man-made river That was built to feed mills in the Uxbridge area. So it comes off the River Coln Which we're about to see in a moment and it does rejoin the River Coln further up So we get to this um graffiti little hut now. I remember when I was a child There wasn't a Palisade fence here. I remember throwing sticks into the weir If you have a look there you could see two weirs. The furthest we're at that is the River Fraze That's where the River Fraze comes off the River Coln. River Coln is here. So what we're going to do Believe it or not. There's a little bridge hiding Somewhere here and and there's no way I'm going to cross it. You'd have to be an acrobat I think to cross this one. So yeah, there we are. I get a better view of the weirs now So I've got River Coln in the foreground and that one over there. That is the River Fraze Now as for this bridge It is I can just see it's a suspension bridge It's literally just here in the trees So it's um got ivy all the way up it Come a look at that There's a tree growing through it that Is your suspension bridge over the River Coln so it takes you doesn't cross the Fraze as well It's quite a nice structure, but um The actual bridge deck itself was gone So you'd have to be an acrobat To cross it. Let's have a look that's looking straight through. So you've got a tree growing straight through go around here um, let's see what I can See I'm going around there the fence ends here. So I'm going to go Through and we'll have a look um as I said, I'm not going to cross it I'm just going to show it to you. So go around here And around here So here we are this is So here's the tree that's growing in the bridge. Look there you are nice bit of um A bit of the bridge and there it is So yeah, there is no way I'm going to cross that acrobat or not that is um Yeah, pretty much if anyone has crossed it. I'll be impressed, but I'm not going to cross it. So Um, I hope you enjoyed this little explore a bit of a different one for my usual ones um had a nice walk um Definitely needed well is I wouldn't suggest um you try and cross that bridge unless you really Want to like me, but thank you very much for watching Um, please do feel free to like subscribe and comment because every person that subscribes It really does help me out. Um, you know, we get to do more videos. So please do like subscribe and comment I really appreciate every like and subscribe and comment I get so thank you very much and from The bridge I'm not going to cross. Goodbye