 Hello, thank you for joining me. This is going to be part five of our walk along the River Mistborn I've just come down to higher denim This is a road called broken gate lane goes up to tackling end Which is between George Cross and denim you can't actually drive all the way up here And it becomes narrow becomes a public footpath in the middle But the top end of it is known as broken gate lane, which I think is really unusual name for a road And I wonder where it got its name from that's the River Mistborn Here it is or here's one course of it. So you've got one course here flowing Directly under the lane and down there the next course We shall find just up here. So where we are now, this is higher denim So we're gonna be walking all through denim village in this video, but higher denim is where The railway station of denim golf club is it is just up up there above the houses and right down the other end of the village down there is The martin bakers factory which makes the ejector seats. So although it's not particularly big place. It's got Quite an important factory In higher denim But the station is called denim golf club because originally when they built denim golf club station It was for the golfers. There would have been no houses here at all And now it's quite an unusual thing for a golf course to have its own I think denim golf club is the only Golf course in britain to have a railway station named after it. So um quite unique We have been to denim golf club station ever look at this video coming on screen now that um Was when I did do a video at denim golf club. So we're coming up to the second course of The river Mistborn Just here Some very nice back gardens there where their back garden literally ends at the river And then if we look on that side The river flows off. There's a public park just around here I've had a look around it. You can't see the river at all really. So what I'm going to do now I'm going to walk up there and there's a public footpath which runs along by the railway and I'll walk along there To denim. So let's go up there and find it So I'm now walking on from higher denim to denim along this public footpath River Mistborn runs Out along there somewhere. You can't see any of it really between higher denim and denim There's also a road which runs along there called slade out lane But it's very narrow and cars come quite fast. So so I'm really pleased They built this footpath because it wasn't always here. I remember as a child This footpath wasn't here and I remember when it opened and you know, I was really excited to come for a walk along here And um when it's not too overgrown. We are right by the Chilton mainline and the track is literally just there. So the train came along now, obviously we'd see it But I'm not sure when the next train is due So I'm going to continue on walking and when we're next going to see the river it's going to look Quite different. So um, yeah, when we get to the end of here, you shall see what I'm talking about I'm about to find the river Mistborn again. I've been walking for about a mile and a bit away from the river I'm just walking along now beside the north orbital road But where I am I'm on the older course of the road. That's the newer course of the road I'm not sure exactly when it was built, but I'm gathering By the masonry of this brickwork. Um, even the new road is quite old, but Here we have in front of us. This is the old road bridge. There's the new bridge over the river Mistborn So not a great deal to see on that side just the other bridge But have a look on this side. I told you the river was going to look a bit different Well How's that for a looking a bit different? This is den and place. It's a was a stately home. It's Private now. So we cannot go into the grounds at all But there is a lovely big stately home in there with grounds and this really Is the only bit you can see so what I'm going to have to do now I'm going to carry on in that direction I'm going to walk around to den and village and I'm going to appear at the other end But at the other end you'd almost never know that there'd been a lake It'll be going back to the smaller river. We've seen most of the course and back at high den and so I'm now going to let you see the lake again. I'm going to walk around to den and village I've come around the other side of den and place this wall you see this in circles the whole den and place estate. So You literally need to follow the wall from where we were a moment ago Just keep following it and you'll come to den and village. I've done this walk pretty much all my life So I've always enjoyed coming to den and always enjoyed seeing the river Here in the village which we shall see in a moment and then how it had changed so much at den and place now This building here, this is den and village memorial halls. It's like the village hall Now if you think you've seen some of this before in my videos, that's because We're for a little bit. We're going to retrace our steps from when we did a video where we explored den and so If you want to watch that video, it's links coming on screen now And that tells you more about the actual village Rather than this one. We're following the river misborn and it just sort of Appears here the river from the wall with den and place being in there the river literally just comes out Of the culvert down there and then we've got a course of river Follow it flowing along here beside the road And there's another course up there. So the lake I think must be Somewhere over there. So wherever this is a separate spring. I'm not sure or somewhere from what you can't see from the road the There's another course that comes off the lake To flow along here. So if anyone has been into den and place and knows the sort of layout of the river Please do comment and tell me because I've always been intrigued by this bit how they're Two rivers here and then when I was little before I understood like about which way it flowed I just thought it kind of came along here wound off Under the fence and then reappeared there, but I've since realized, you know, it's All flows in that direction. So we lose sight of this section of river there and then the river flows under the fence And somewhere up there that would join up with this course here, which we are about to see So this is where the village becomes really attractive. You've got all these lovely cottages Whipping willows are nice And it's just a really attractive village. It's been on various programs. It's been in Midsummer Murders And because there was then tv studios quite a lot of films were filmed here So here's the other course of river. So this is the one I think Behind here comes from the lake we saw around the other side. So it goes under the humpback bridge This is a house there called Midsborn Lodge and it flows off Off down there. So we now lose sight of the river. I'm going to walk around the village And I shall show you another really attractive section of river Further around the road So I've just walked all the way around through Denham village And we are just coming up to what I think is one of the most attractive sections of the river Midsborn And it's just here. It's the old mill at Denham Now we look over the wall. It reveals itself. You've got Two houses with the river in the middle of them. So have a look Over here. This is what I think is one of the most attractive sections of river Midsborn So the river as you can see flows through the old mill and then on that side of the road It disappears off through the trees towards Denham Country Park. So what I'm going to do now I'm going to walk into Denham Country Park And we shall follow the river on its final course up towards the confluence with the river Colm I'm now following a footpath from the old mill house, which is taking us into Denham Country Park Rivers just running parallel here and there's a bridge so we can cross And we'll see a more open section of river. So here's a very Kind of closed-in section with trees and bushes each side Flowing nicely though a lot of water, but then we have this bridge And then on this side of the bridge, it's incomplete contrast. It's it's open. It's you know, you can see it all It's um, just a really nice section of river. It's across a golf course And then it goes into the woods over there, which is Denham Country Park. So what we're going to do is I'm going to follow The path around There's two ways I can go I can either go that way and they end up going right around the back of that lake or I could go Where those people with a dog are I might go that way actually and we shall follow the river on up towards through right through the middle of Denham Country Park and In a way, it's becoming a bit of a shame because we're so close to the end now We're only about half a mile or so away from the end of the river Missbourne. So Let's follow to the end now So here we are in Denham Country Park. I've just followed the river past the main centre. There was a lot of people having picnics So I've walked on through that section to here where it's a bit quieter and it's a really nice Section of the river. It just drifts through the trees very nice and calming feeling It's not long though. As I've already said, I'd say if we've got a quarter of a mile now till we get to the river coal I'm not sure if we're actually going to find the exact Confluence because it might be in woods, but we're going to get as close as we possibly can to the confidence with the river coal So I'm leaving the main area of Denham Country Park right now And there's cows everywhere That's even very calm and you know quite just happy resting in the sun the river Flows along over there Underneath where that pile on is so I'm going to aim for that corner over there and that is where Somewhere around there is the confidence with the river coal, which we've been walking for towards this whole series So here we are towards the very end of the room is born and this is a section of the river I've never seen before I've had to come for all these woodlands to get here down these paths So the river curves off around there on its final meanders and then the river coal Must be just over there through the woods. So um, whether I'm going to be actually able to find The Confluence, I'm not sure but what I'll do is I shall aim to get downstream On the coal downstream of the Confluence on the coal and that's um, so we can sort of you know, see where The river would have ended up. I've now got to walk back down this um quite nice path And I'm going to go over the river coal and Keep looking till we find the Confluence or as I said as near as we possibly can get to the Confluence I've come out the little woodland where we were we were just in there and this Here is the river coal. So I thought we'd do we'll walk across the river coal It's much bigger river Very nice and clear so the Confluence of the miserable must literally be just behind that weeping willow So we'll keep walking on towards the Grand Union Canal, which is just up here and then um, we'll keep going and see what we find Really, so we're going to go down this boardwalk here and The canal Is going to be just up here. So We're soon as I said, so we're soon near the end So here we are beside the river coal the river Mistborn Confluence is just around the corner here And here is the Grand Union Canal now Looking ahead Where I looked on the map and where the Confluence is It looks like it's going to be well that I can't actually take you to it because it's Behind this field here, and it says well, there's a padlock on the gate. It says private land So I'm really sorry, but unfortunately I cannot actually take you to the Confluence. It's just down there So what I thought we'd do we'll just um Take you have to take my word for it. It's literally about there somewhere That's where the Confluence is and we shall leave with a view of the Grand Union Canal So I hope you enjoyed this video and the whole Mistborn series Please do feel free to like subscribe tell your friends. Thank you very much for watching from denim lock on the Grand Union canal. Goodbye