Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Great walk to find a location from best-selling author Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of books nestled in the Chilterns countryside close to where Pratchett grew up - and also my childhood home. Sniggs Alley is a place in Ankh-Morpork on the Discworld. It's also an ancient footpath that runs from Loudwater to the village of Penn in Buckinghamshire. Our quest to find Sniggs Alley starts in High Wycombe and we walk along the A40 London Road to Loudwater before walking into the Chiltern Hills. We then turn towards Forty Green, near Beaconsfield, where Terry Pratchett grew up. At Lude Farm we pass the field where a B17 bomber crashed on 12 August 1944 pennchurch.uk/tomahawk-warrior
At Forty Green we stop for a pint on the Royal Standard of England, which is the oldest free house in England and has existed for over 900 years. The final part of the walk takes to Beaconsfield Library where Terry Pratchett spent much time reading and studying.
“Every town on the multiverse has a part that is something like Ankh-Morpork’s Shades. It’s usually the oldest part, its lanes faithfully following the original tracks of medieval cows going down to the river, and they have names like Shambles, the Rookery, Sniggs Alley ...”
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Wycombe videos:
A walk along the River Wye youtu.be/BytLWHYZadU?si=v1N9Q89h30DZJbaA
Back to my Roots - High Wycombe to Beaconsfield - Episode 100
youtu.be/T4YMy3C_GbU?si=T69SldMausX4H2MT
Chilterns Walk from Wycombe to Wooburn youtu.be/BSVgKcBiWgU?si=eoV2wTfYtmuSqLPb
Music
Balissi - Year of the Deer
First Hibernation - Headlund
Sunset Street - Saira Ridley
Touching Clouds - Headlund
I Found You Now - Candelion
Little Drunk Quiet Floats - Puddle of Infinity
Over the Meadow, Over the Stream - Alan Rogers
From Epidemic Sound and the YouTube Audio Library + original composition
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Shot in 4K on a Olympus OM-D EM-1 mark 2 with audio recorded with a Rode Wireless GO
My Walking kit (amazon affiliate link - I earn a small commission on purchases)
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Great walk to find a location from best-selling author Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of books nestled in the Chilterns countryside close to where Pratchett grew up - and also my childhood home. Sniggs Alley is a place in Ankh-Morpork on the Discworld. It's also an ancient footpath that runs from Loudwater to the village of Penn in Buckinghamshire. Our quest to find Sniggs Alley starts in High Wycombe and we walk along the A40 London Road to Loudwater before walking into the Chiltern Hills. We then turn towards Forty Green, near Beaconsfield, where Terry Pratchett grew up. At Lude Farm we pass the field where a B17 bomber crashed on 12 August 1944 pennchurch.uk/tomahawk-warrior
At Forty Green we stop for a pint on the Royal Standard of England, which is the oldest free house in England and has existed for over 900 years. The final part of the walk takes to Beaconsfield Library where Terry Pratchett spent much time reading and studying.
“Every town on the multiverse has a part that is something like Ankh-Morpork’s Shades. It’s usually the oldest part, its lanes faithfully following the original tracks of medieval cows going down to the river, and they have names like Shambles, the Rookery, Sniggs Alley ...”
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Wycombe videos:
A walk along the River Wye youtu.be/BytLWHYZadU?si=v1N9Q89h30DZJbaA
Back to my Roots - High Wycombe to Beaconsfield - Episode 100
youtu.be/T4YMy3C_GbU?si=T69SldMausX4H2MT
Chilterns Walk from Wycombe to Wooburn youtu.be/BSVgKcBiWgU?si=eoV2wTfYtmuSqLPb
Music
Balissi - Year of the Deer
First Hibernation - Headlund
Sunset Street - Saira Ridley
Touching Clouds - Headlund
I Found You Now - Candelion
Little Drunk Quiet Floats - Puddle of Infinity
Over the Meadow, Over the Stream - Alan Rogers
From Epidemic Sound and the YouTube Audio Library + original composition
share.epidemicsound.com/ftphix (affiliate link)
Thanks to my supporters on Patreon patreon.com/JohnRogers
Please subscribe for regular videos: bit.ly/1EJjIB8
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCk1qvhkPMbF703QHR8qj8og/join
Maps:
Open Street Map “© OpenStreetMap contributors” using data available under the Open Database Licence
_________________________________________________________________________________
Patreon patreon.com/JohnRogers
My shop: teespring.com/stores/the-lost-byway
My Books:
Welcome to New London amzn.to/3LTK9Rv
This Other London amzn.to/2zbFmTd
Audiobook & Kindle: amzn.to/2xLGb8s
Blog: The Lost Byway: thelostbyway.com
Twitter: twitter.com/fugueur
Instagram instagram.com/thelostbyway
Make a donation to help support the channel paypal.me/JohnRogersLondon - many thanks!
Shot in 4K on a Olympus OM-D EM-1 mark 2 with audio recorded with a Rode Wireless GO
My Walking kit (amazon affiliate link - I earn a small commission on purchases)
amzn.to/2Xky2UA
