So glad you came to Llandudno (my home town), its very a very popular place for holidays. Hope you enjoyed it. Shame you didnt go up to the summit of the Great Orme as the view there is breathtaking being 679ft above sea level. The road around the Great Orme is called The Marine Drive. Sounds like you walked through some Nettles which have stinging hairs on their leaves. The walkway on the North Shore where the Pier is, is called the Promenade. Welsh is a very old originating language of the UK, its a celtic language which has evolved from the ancient Brythonic language of the ancient Britons who lived in the UK before the Romans. The Welsh language is protected by law and has presidence on all street signs so its alway above the English translation. Glad you met some of our goats, there is a herd about 150 strong on the Orme and they even come down into the town , especially during the covid outbreak when Llandudno became very quiet due to the lockdown. The goats originate from a pair of Kashmir goats which were presented to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, who then gave them to Lord Mostyn(big land owner) who then gave them to the town and they lived on the Great Orme. Hope this info helps you a bit.
The Gun Site, on the Marine Drive were part of the WW11 defense I believe. The houses next to them are on Lys Helig Drive or Millionaires Row. In the video the comments about Llandudno be the worse town according to an Instagram comment is a bit harsh I thought.
Every castle in wales was built a days March from the last and each one is different and beautiful in it’s own way, Caernarfon castle is awesome and contains so much history, the English and Welsh have a chequered history but as an English man I can say without doubt I have never heard anything but love and praise for our great welsh brothers and sisters and Wales 🏴 ❤ 🏴
Very impressed with these comments. Thank you all for replying. I'm welsh and I've learned a ton reading through this. Great recap guys and I'm glad you enjoyed your visit to Wales!
The Bush you touched was most likely Stinging nettles, if you look near it you will find dock leaves if you crush them and rub the juice on the sting it takes the pain away
I'm very surprised if they had not come across stinging nettles in the US. Even though they are native to Europe they are very widespread. I encountered them (i.e. was stung) in the lower Nepalese Himalaya!
They're the most dangerous natural thing in Wales, pretty tame :) New South Wales, the other side of the world, on the other hand... Well loads of flora and fauna can kill you!
Wales is the most beautiful place. It's a shame you didn't do Portmeirion, that would have fried your brain as it has very mediteranian buildings. It was used in the British TV series The Prisoner. It's very pretty, though very touristy. Also the Pembrokeshire coast has some absolutely stunnings spots, as does Snowdonia National Park and the Brecon Beacons. Then there is Conwy and Conwy Castle. Caernarfon Castle and Cardiff Castle and Devil's Bridge and..............................well, so much more to be explored. Should you ever come to the UK again you could spend the whole time exploring Wales and never get bored.
The door you had a problem locking used a multi point locking system, pushing the handle up engages the top and bottom lock bolts and locks mortice lock levers before releasing the barrel for the key to turn. The system is common with UPVC doors in the UK as installing them reduces house insurance costs.
My backdoor needs the handle to be shoved up really hard, often more than once, the door has dropped out of square as the UPVC unit was not designed to take the weight of a very heavy double glazed with laminated glass unit but only a toughned glass one. (Local building regs.)
If you get stung by a stinging nettle, you need to find a dock leaf to rub on the sting. The dock leaf sap counteracts the sting and they grow together often in similar locations
I've been watching this series quite intently. I'm glad you were able to experience the UK in your own way and find your own adventures here, and hopefully you'll return someday and mange to explore even more. I'd love to see your experience of the lake district, west country, or even explore our industrial past in the Midlands. You seem to have a knack for going off the beaten path a bit.
Llandudno is lovely. Jogging that road around the great orme is fantastic. Also, they do fireworks off the pier for bonfire night and you can watch for free from the promenade (aka "wide sidewalk") Also - the next town over (Conwy) has a lovely castle, and once a year they put on Shakespeare inside the castle walls, it's fantastic.
Really looking forward to your recap of Snowdonia. North Wales is where I was brought up and I've climbed Snowdon many, many times. The whole area is breathtaking - just hope you get good weather to appreciate it best. Safe travels.
So glad you guys visited Wales! There’s so many hidden gems to explore so when you think you’ve seen it all, you might be mistaken! Make sure to visit snowdonia national park, it’s the jewel in the crown!
I think all the flags are to make our 'foreign' visitors feel welcome and express gratitude in advance, since a place like that thrives -- or depends more like -- on tourist trade. The reason the water was warmer in Llandudno compared to Portobello beach by Edinburgh where you went previously is probably because of the Gulf Stream - warm water arrives all the way from the Gulf of Mexico all along the west coast of Great Britain - but doesn't make it into the North sea at Portobello! See Inverewe gardens, west coast of Scotland - 'a wide range of sub-tropical plants surviving in the Scottish Highland due to the Gulfstream'. It's all the Atlantic, at the end of the 24-hour diurnal cycle you see, you were right all along! 🙂🙃🙂
There's a small island on the west coast of Scotland called Seil - about 15 or 20 miles or so south of Oban. At low tide you could probably wade across a few metres of water to it as I recall. There is a not very large stone bridge, a beautiful stone arch, connecting the island to the mainland - the Clachan bridge. Look up 'Clachan bridge images' - it's stunning, with it's setting. In arguably a typically romantic, facetious and imaginative west Highland way, they call this 'the Bridge over the Atlantic'. A bit like they call the single track road across Mull 'the Mull motorway'. Anyway, by rights that stretch of water should be called 'the Sound of Seil' - maybe it is too, but it is also, you see, according to the locals, the Atlantic! 🙂🙃🙂
‘Wide sidewalk’ - aka The Promenade at UK seaside towns, because in the olden days people promenaded along the seaside showing off in their best clothes.
I lived in London for a couple of years and boy did I miss the sea. Watching the sea, the clouds in the sky and the curve of the earth on the horizon is magical. The sea and clouds changing colour as the sun moves around our spinning world is utterly glorious. I know there are huge spaces and endless skies in the midwest but the ocean is truly magical. I can really see you loved it.
Next time, drive up to the top of the Orme by the tram route and catch the sun set from the top. It an incredible experience. Makes a wonderful picture.
Great video guys. I’m so glad you enjoyed our amazing little island. I’m English but I love Wales and Scotland and Ireland too. You should read Notes from a small Island by Bill Bryson. Brilliant and funny and informative travel book about an American in the UK. Keep up the good work x
I've very happy memories of going to South Wales as a kid on holiday, we'd go to a place called the Gower Peninsula which has some amazing beaches.....So pleased you enjoyed your visit to the UK, be sure to come back soon!
At time 9:36 There are two peaks on the left of the picture. The peak on the right is the remains of Deganwy Castle, actually older than Conwy Castle on the other side of the estuary, and I live in one of the houses just below! I'm pleased you enjoyed your road trip around the Orme on Marine Drive (I go picking blackberry picking there at this time of year) as well as a highlight on your adventure here in Wales and the UK. If I'd known you were coming...
You two are so brilliant and engaging! I live about 50 miles away from Llandudno (in Cheshire) but have only visited a few times. However, I've never been on that 'Toll Road' - so thank you for that. You did really well, Nathan, to drive from York to North Wales - I recognised the A55 you drove along - the start of it is not very far from me! Keep up the great work guys - you distract us from all of the 'depressing' and 'worrying' stuff! Best wishes from the UK (sadly, now, a nation in mourning)!
You can find abandoned pillboxes and gun emplacements all around the British Isles, and not just on the coast, but at bridges and other strategic locations inland. You need to remember that for six years we were at the closest just 21 miles from Nazi-occupied Europe and constantly in fear of invasion or raids from sea and air.
North Wales coast is so beautiful, so glad you enjoyed it. Can't believe you drove Passed Chester on the way which has been voted the most Beautiful City in Britain. So glad you're enjoying your trip.
Glad you enjoyed Llandudno. Hope you get to see some of North Wales castles, Conwy & Caernarfon to name just two. By the way, we call those winds “Lazy Winds”, because it's too lazy to go around you but rather go straight through you!
Hi! I think the plant you walked into was a Nettle, it’s everywhere. It’s roots are very hard to get rid of from a garden. It’s brilliant for butterfly’s as they lay their eggs on it. The hairs you can just see act like the stingers on telly fish just not so poisonous, an old traditional remedy is to get a “Dock leaf” it’s a short plant with large leaves about 6 to 9inch long, and you rub the stung area and it will take the sting away after a bit. Usually called an old wives tale. People have events in the UK to see how many you can eat. Ball up and boiled it makes a healthy tea. It is also the origin of the term “he’s been nettled”. As someone who looks a bit worried or upset.
Llandudno is lovely but it’s a pity you didn’t get to south west Wales along the Pembrokeshire coast. A truly stunning part of the country with the picture perfect coastal town of Tenby being a must see place to visit!
Maintenance on Piers is high, due to winter storms. Ours at Cromer had a barge that lost its morings , cut it in half, one winter. Glad to see you did drive, hope it was okay.
I'm not suprised that you didn't hear much Welsh spoken in Llandudno because it is a tourist centre for English residents from the major cities of Manchester, Liverpool, the Wirral and other parts of England. Further West and South you would find that Welsh is the first language although practically everyone will also speak English, unless they are a perhaps a small pre-school child. The language seems difficult to pronounce but is easy when you understand that the Welsh alphabet has more vowels and letters than English and that alphabet letters are also pronounced very differently from English. The "u" in Welsh is pronounced like a short "i" in English. The double L "Ll" is hard to explain because it's spoken with a wide mouth and through the teeth and sometimes incorrectly by the English as "clan". You will see words like "cwm" but if you know that the "w" is pronounced like "oo" the word can easily be spoken as sounding like "koom". It's a beautiful phonetic language and it predates English as an ancient Celtic language.
The most common place in North Wales you can hear Welsh spoken in supermarkets. Not so much with the staff, but between the customers. I love hearing Welsh being spoken with English words spattered in sentences! 😎
I don't speak Welsh but my mother and both my step daughters speak it fluently and all say that cwm is pronounced more 'come' than 'coom'. Maybe it's a south vs north Wales difference?
Great Orme Head, which you drove around has about 3 miles of Bronze Age (3700 years ago) caves and mines beneath the surface. They were mining for copper.
Kinda like you guys. Not my normal watch on RUclips but I’m enjoying watching the videos you’re posting of your uk tour. I’m glad you’re having fun and wish you all the best for whatever you do going forward 😊
After the amazing city of York with the Minster you did well to find Llandudno where you could enjoy the scenery and just enjoy walking around. Apart from doors and driving in London you both seem so relaxed and comfortable on your adventure.
Pleased you enjoyed Wales it is a beautiful country, l spent many holidays there when l was a child. If you do get stung by nettles, there is normally another plant grows next to it called a doc leaf. It looks simular to rubarb, take a leaf and rub it on the sting and it will go. Done this so many times in my life and it always works.
When I saw you came to Llandudno I was so excited. My hometown woo! Glad you enjoyed it, the beaches and Great Orme are my favourite part of living here.
I you stood in nettles, very common in the UK and always close by is a plant calls Dock leaf, we normally take the Dock leaf, screw it up and rub it on the affected area, the juice/sap neutralizes the sting
Llandudno is lovely. A favourite place…. To pronounce it, push air out from your lungs with the back of your tongue near the roof of your mouth - a claggy sort of sound - and then move your tongue into the ‘L’ at the start.
Love the two of you doing these reviews, thanks. Really glad you enjoyed the little bit of our country that you have seen. Please come back and enjoy it some more...
Hello Ethan and Angela. I hope you come back soon and do more UK coast and out of town spots. I visited Wales a couple of times for university wargames championships in Bangor, where we English definitely stood out to Welsh speaking local folk in the town. I used to love it on holiday in Wales as a kid. I wish you could have brought the kids with you.
I unplugged my ear phones and played to my mother how you both said Llandudno.... She spat her wine out roaring laughing!!!!!! Absolutely hilarious !!! Welsh is difficult for practically everybody to pronounce even for us natives! But when it is spoken it is beautiful. Great vid guys :D
Your recaps are always great & such a good idea. It fills in all the ‘gaps’ that you don’t discuss at the time so thanks again. The Welsh coastline is spectacular for the very simple reason that it’s so accessible. That road up the Great Orme is such a great drive. We’re all hoping you can make it back to spend a little longer in the various places you visit. Best wishes as always.
Obviously you need to hike up Mount Snowdon at some point. Caernarfon is another interesting place to visit and definitely recommend going into the castle itself.
The pier is grade 2 listed. The smaller 'piers' are fishing jettys, in summer you can go on boat ride off them. You were right in not getting in the sea, Llandudno has a tonne of jellyfish. Again you missed alot of the orme, the tramway, the museum at the top, tabogon run, zip wire, ski slope, the cable cars, alice in wonderland woodland trail. Its pronnounced ' Clan-dud-no' by the welsh but the rest of the uk pronounce is Lan-dud-no
As an ex-resident (not native) of North Wales, I am glad you enjoyed it there. I lived neat Portmadog and so have a softer spot for that part - also the water is warmer!
I agree with Steve. The Lleyn Peninsula, near Portmadoc, has also some of the finest sandy beaches; many of them completely deserted and flanked by beautiful bays and rugged cliffs. I swim in the sea there frequently even in the winter when the sea, or ocean, feels much warmer than it might on a hot summers day.
For future reference, wherever there are stinging nettles you generally find dock leaves nearby. Rubbing a leaf on the rash takes the sting away. Just thought I'd mention it if you ever come across them again. Ps Stinging nettles make lovely tea 😊
As a kid I'd get stung a lot because I was always out climbing trees and stuff and you get used to them, you kind of build up a tolerance and the sting doesn't last long or bother you much. As an adult I just waded through a load remembering they weren't that bad just a short mild irritation but the sting didn't go away it hurt for a whole day with huge raised bumps everywhere. I think the tolerance wore off.
You both need to come back and do a tour of just Wales you'll love it. You missed so many good things in Llandudno but you weren't to know. The war memorial is at the start of the main pier you probably walked past it twice kinda hard to miss 😂 Harlech, caernarfon, anglesey and Conwy when you do your Welsh tour avoid Rhyl
You actually made it over here!! Started watching you when you did your reaction videos but dropped off. This has just come up on my feed and am pleased to see you actually managed to get over here after saying you would. Hope you enjoy our islands
Would love to see you guys in South Wales if you can manage it, all of Wales has its charms and South Wales is no different. Cardiff has amazing shopping and night life and Barry has some amazing beaches as does most of the south coast.
Tha k you for the lovely words on out country. Its a beautiful country for sure.. I can travel from the seemingly run down city I live in here in Wales to breathtaking mountains and rivers, coastlines within half an hour which helps the feeling of the run down city of Newport.. Not many people speak Welsh to be honest. It's on our signs and I've learned to recognise the Welsh translation but I don't speak it at all. The smaller villages in the very north and the very south west speak it a lot though.
I am so so so so so glad you enjoyed Llandudno so much. That said though, having visited in the last year, it's, to me, the most depressing and run down seaside place I've been to. Which is part of why I'm so glad you got so much from it. But when you come back, you should be able to find many places you love even more while still having these great memories. So thanks to you here, next time somebody asks me about Llandudno, I'll be less negative.
Usually wherever there are stinging nettles there are dock leaves which you can rub on the places you have been stung. They take the heat away from the sore spots
Llandudno, is my girlfriend and I's favourite place. We have some many happy memories here, and we visit every chance we get. So glad you enjoyed it too..
The Goats from Llandunno come down into the town and eat the flowers in the gardens , Also they select a billy Goat as a mascot for the Welsh Guards and is paraded on the Rugby field on International Rugby days
You found Stinging Nettles then, if you had looked around, nearby would have been the antidote to the sting, the Dock Plant, the leaves are a natural antiseptic and soap, just crush them and rub on the stings, it has large dark green leaves, looks a bit like a wild Horseradish plant. Stinging nettles make a nice anti oxident tea and are a great tasting veg, the sting is neutralised by cooking or immersion in hot water. They are also wrapped around Cornish Yarg Cheese and are eaten with the cheese.
dont know if you hit south wales but our tilde range in the south wales is big in Swansea where i am its 12 to 13 meters or 39ft from low to high tide vs the 6m one in Llandudno , south got the2nd highest range in the world it shocks and catches a lot of visitor's out, and to stop the stingy nettles you can use a doc leaf or vinegar and it stops the stinging fast
It's called 'para-sailing' 🤣 Great video guys, happy that you loved Wales 🏴 It is a stunning place, lovely people w. melodic voices and eclectic weather (next time you have to visit the west coast of Scotland, too) hello from Denmark 🌸🌱
Llandudno is the sort of place in the the UK that people move to after retiring from work. So basically the pier is geared for grandparents and grandchildren.
An ancient version of Welsh was spoken in nearly all of Britain before the Anglo-Saxons arrived & old English began to develop and eventually become the language it is today. Interestingly is likely that people whose ancestry is basically 'English' do have a lot of ancient British heritage combined with Anglo-Saxon heritage, so we share a lot of links with the Welsh. And mercifully there are lots of people in both countries who have neither ancient British not Anglo-Saxon blood who have equal claim to to the entire country & the individual countries within it. Long may that continue 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
I think the cave may have been an old sewage outlet. I think you encountered what is called nettles. Dark green pointed leaves coming from a single stem.
The next time you're over I'll plot a journey for you 😁 It's called the Fairy Trail. It goes from Chester (a 2000 year old Roman city again with a wall), to Llangollen (a pretty hill town along the same river Dee that Chester is on), then through the hills to Corwen where tiny waterfalls trickle past tree lined roads, then the mountain village of Betws y Coed where you can picnic on the Common underneath an iron age Fort, then to Llanrwst, a market town with views of the Conwy valley, then Conwy with the sea and ancient Castle and the town within it, then along the coast road back to Chester. It is the land of King Arthur, dragons, and hundreds of legends like Paulag's Cat (a cat the size of a dragon) and a very good boy who is the most loyal dog called Gelert and died protecting his family from wolves. 😁🏴
If your planning the trip from Chester to Llangollen make sure you put in a narrow boat across the Pontcycylle at least to Trevor, better still all the way upto Llangollen wharf
I thank You Both for your promotion of my Home Land. There is so much more, much more. You need a year over here to enjoy our splendid country. You descriptions of the differences between the US and us are brilliant to hear. You need to visit Pembrokeshire, I would call Llandudno a tourist town but Pembrokeshire is paradise.
Oh my goodness….. just watched one of your older videos and I was gonna suggest you visit the uk….. and your here, great. I want to watch all your reactions so subscribing and will be bing watching your visit to catch up.😉👍
Just for future reference. When driving on UK motorway/ freeway, you stay on the left. Middle and outside lanes are for overtaking only. There are fines for middle lane drivers who don't move back to the left.
I actually recommended Llandudno in the comments when you were planning your trip & wanted a go on that zip line. I thought you'd be bringing your kids & using the train - Llandudno, Rhyl & Prestatyn are seaside resorts that became popular when the railway connected them to Liverpool, Manchester & millions of Northern working people. They were always cheap & cheerful, but the bad reputation you heard will be from when foreign package holidays started to take their trade & they became rundown. Sea air was thought to be good for your health, it was certainly better than smoke filled industrial urban sprawl. Hence seaside promenades & piers to take you right out in to it. The sea level walkways are jetties for small boats, so they don't get grounded, but allow you to board from the beach.
I once missed the evening meal at the hotel when I was a child because I was watching the tide become high tide - but each day high tide is one hour later. My mum had been worried where I was…
The Great Orme is a nice drive. It is always very windy at the top. I live in Derbyshire which is very pretty but Cornwall is my faovurite place to holiday.
That locking system isn’t just in Wales, I had it in my old house and I live in the South East of England. They take a bit of getting used to ! Loving your videos 👍🏻 you two are just naturals at vlogging
I’m not sure who would tell you that North Wales, or Llandudno in particular is not nice or not worth a visit. Llandudno is a really lovely seaside town. Very well kept and with plenty to see. Downside is it can get very busy during the summer. Also very close to the historic town of Conwy, with its castle. Well worth the short bus ride.
If you come back to wales I'd recommend driving the entire coast from North wales to the south.then visit Tenby and the gower and also the brecon beacons.
Shame you didn’t stop at Chester en route from York to Llandudno - it’s not far off your route and very small and nice with city walls all the way around. Whilst at Llandudno did you get to Conwy, again not very far away and the castle is amazing.
So glad that you love the U.K , pity you didn't get time to visit the very ancient Copper mines near Llandudno , i think that you'll love Snowdonia , try to visit Carmarthen and Conwy castles if you can they're very old and still intact .
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside, beside the seaside. Beside the sea. 😜 "The ocean was directly below us". DOH!!! She'll get it right someday. Who knew they had special doors in Wales. 😂😂
So glad you came to Llandudno (my home town), its very a very popular place for holidays. Hope you enjoyed it. Shame you didnt go up to the summit of the Great Orme as the view there is breathtaking being 679ft above sea level. The road around the Great Orme is called The Marine Drive. Sounds like you walked through some Nettles which have stinging hairs on their leaves. The walkway on the North Shore where the Pier is, is called the Promenade. Welsh is a very old originating language of the UK, its a celtic language which has evolved from the ancient Brythonic language of the ancient Britons who lived in the UK before the Romans. The Welsh language is protected by law and has presidence on all street signs so its alway above the English translation. Glad you met some of our goats, there is a herd about 150 strong on the Orme and they even come down into the town , especially during the covid outbreak when Llandudno became very quiet due to the lockdown. The goats originate from a pair of Kashmir goats which were presented to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, who then gave them to Lord Mostyn(big land owner) who then gave them to the town and they lived on the Great Orme. Hope this info helps you a bit.
There seems to be a lot of Joneses commenting on this one. I wonder why 🤔😂
@@citizenpb cant for the life of me think why🤣🤣🤣
It's such a beautiful town and I'm so happy I live there to
If you rub Dock leaves on nettle stings it eases it a little
The Gun Site, on the Marine Drive were part of the WW11 defense I believe. The houses next to them are on Lys Helig Drive or Millionaires Row.
In the video the comments about Llandudno be the worse town according to an Instagram comment is a bit harsh I thought.
Lovely to see how much you appreciated Wales - without even one castle in sight!!! I hope the next day you found your castles.
Falling in stinging nettles is a British rite of passage as a kid.
Every castle in wales was built a days March from the last and each one is different and beautiful in it’s own way, Caernarfon castle is awesome and contains so much history, the English and Welsh have a chequered history but as an English man I can say without doubt I have never heard anything but love and praise for our great welsh brothers and sisters and Wales 🏴 ❤ 🏴
Thanks
Very impressed with these comments. Thank you all for replying. I'm welsh and I've learned a ton reading through this. Great recap guys and I'm glad you enjoyed your visit to Wales!
We call the wide pavement (sidewalk) beside the beach, a promenade, hence the verb to 'promenade' or walk slowly to be seen.
Regularly shortened to prom.
Next time if come back to South Wales in UK. Try place tenby and Pembroke good place to see
The Bush you touched was most likely Stinging nettles, if you look near it you will find dock leaves if you crush them and rub the juice on the sting it takes the pain away
I'm very surprised if they had not come across stinging nettles in the US. Even though they are native to Europe they are very widespread. I encountered them (i.e. was stung) in the lower Nepalese Himalaya!
Vinegar is great for nettle stings.
They're the most dangerous natural thing in Wales, pretty tame :) New South Wales, the other side of the world, on the other hand... Well loads of flora and fauna can kill you!
Wales is the most beautiful place. It's a shame you didn't do Portmeirion, that would have fried your brain as it has very mediteranian buildings. It was used in the British TV series The Prisoner. It's very pretty, though very touristy. Also the Pembrokeshire coast has some absolutely stunnings spots, as does Snowdonia National Park and the Brecon Beacons. Then there is Conwy and Conwy Castle. Caernarfon Castle and Cardiff Castle and Devil's Bridge and..............................well, so much more to be explored. Should you ever come to the UK again you could spend the whole time exploring Wales and never get bored.
and Caerphilly Castle, one of the most complex water defenses in Europe
Not to mention the Gower, which has some of the best beaches in the world and is also the UK’s first designated area of outstanding natural beauty.
The door you had a problem locking used a multi point locking system, pushing the handle up engages the top and bottom lock bolts and locks mortice lock levers before releasing the barrel for the key to turn. The system is common with UPVC doors in the UK as installing them reduces house insurance costs.
My backdoor needs the handle to be shoved up really hard, often more than once, the door has dropped out of square as the UPVC unit was not designed to take the weight of a very heavy double glazed with laminated glass unit but only a toughned glass one. (Local building regs.)
Your Mountains and Oceans are hills and seas to us
If you get stung by a stinging nettle, you need to find a dock leaf to rub on the sting. The dock leaf sap counteracts the sting and they grow together often in similar locations
I love how they interrupt each other all the time and he looks so politely frustrated whilst she's just so excited to tell the stories.
He also managed to drive on London roads with a 'stick system' within a couple of days in the country,. Did he train on F16's?
@@captaincorky237 Correlation? Kids know how to use a ''gear stick'' in UK. It's not rocket science.... LOL ''stick system'' 🤣🤣🤣
I've been watching this series quite intently. I'm glad you were able to experience the UK in your own way and find your own adventures here, and hopefully you'll return someday and mange to explore even more.
I'd love to see your experience of the lake district, west country, or even explore our industrial past in the Midlands. You seem to have a knack for going off the beaten path a bit.
Llandudno is lovely. Jogging that road around the great orme is fantastic. Also, they do fireworks off the pier for bonfire night and you can watch for free from the promenade (aka "wide sidewalk")
Also - the next town over (Conwy) has a lovely castle, and once a year they put on Shakespeare inside the castle walls, it's fantastic.
Really looking forward to your recap of Snowdonia. North Wales is where I was brought up and I've climbed Snowdon many, many times. The whole area is breathtaking - just hope you get good weather to appreciate it best. Safe travels.
So much to see in Wales, beautiful views, love it!
So glad you guys visited Wales! There’s so many hidden gems to explore so when you think you’ve seen it all, you might be mistaken! Make sure to visit snowdonia national park, it’s the jewel in the crown!
I think all the flags are to make our 'foreign' visitors feel welcome and express gratitude in advance, since a place like that thrives -- or depends more like -- on tourist trade.
The reason the water was warmer in Llandudno compared to Portobello beach by Edinburgh where you went previously is probably because of the Gulf Stream - warm water arrives all the way from the Gulf of Mexico all along the west coast of Great Britain - but doesn't make it into the North sea at Portobello! See Inverewe gardens, west coast of Scotland - 'a wide range of sub-tropical plants surviving in the Scottish Highland due to the Gulfstream'.
It's all the Atlantic, at the end of the 24-hour diurnal cycle you see, you were right all along! 🙂🙃🙂
There's a small island on the west coast of Scotland called Seil - about 15 or 20 miles or so south of Oban. At low tide you could probably wade across a few metres of water to it as I recall. There is a not very large stone bridge, a beautiful stone arch, connecting the island to the mainland - the Clachan bridge. Look up 'Clachan bridge images' - it's stunning, with it's setting.
In arguably a typically romantic, facetious and imaginative west Highland way, they call this 'the Bridge over the Atlantic'. A bit like they call the single track road across Mull 'the Mull motorway'.
Anyway, by rights that stretch of water should be called 'the Sound of Seil' - maybe it is too, but it is also, you see, according to the locals, the Atlantic! 🙂🙃🙂
‘Wide sidewalk’ - aka The Promenade at UK seaside towns, because in the olden days people promenaded along the seaside showing off in their best clothes.
During the first lockdown those goats came down off of Great Orme into the town as no one was outside to scare them away.
My favourite thing during lockdown
Usually You will find a painkiller close to Nettles , it is a large leaf plant that you rub over the sting it's called a Bayleaf.
It is called a 'Dock leaf'. Yep. it works.
So pleased you enjoyed Wales 🏴
I lived in London for a couple of years and boy did I miss the sea. Watching the sea, the clouds in the sky and the curve of the earth on the horizon is magical. The sea and clouds changing colour as the sun moves around our spinning world is utterly glorious. I know there are huge spaces and endless skies in the midwest but the ocean is truly magical. I can really see you loved it.
Next time, drive up to the top of the Orme by the tram route and catch the sun set from the top. It an incredible experience. Makes a wonderful picture.
You took me back to when I was about your age when I visited Llandudno, saw Conwy Castle and took the train up into the mountains. So beautiful.
I’ve been where you’ve been today so often but have missed things you have seen on one visit, thank you.
I live in Pembrokeshire in west wales am I’m glad your enjoying yourself
Great video guys. I’m so glad you enjoyed our amazing little island. I’m English but I love Wales and Scotland and Ireland too. You should read Notes from a small Island by Bill Bryson. Brilliant and funny and informative travel book about an American in the UK. Keep up the good work x
I just love watching you two. I really feel your enthusiasm for things, and you communicate things so well. Your videos are a tonic!
I've very happy memories of going to South Wales as a kid on holiday, we'd go to a place called the Gower Peninsula which has some amazing beaches.....So pleased you enjoyed your visit to the UK, be sure to come back soon!
And Gower has actual sand on the beaches too!
We used to stay in Eynon regularly. Great kite flying beach.
Worms head and rhossili bay are fantastic too!
Hello there from Gower!
@@welshgit Hello Welshgit!
@@sicr7373 I hope you get a chance to visit sunny Gower again soon!
At time 9:36 There are two peaks on the left of the picture. The peak on the right is the remains of Deganwy Castle, actually older than Conwy Castle on the other side of the estuary, and I live in one of the houses just below!
I'm pleased you enjoyed your road trip around the Orme on Marine Drive (I go picking blackberry picking there at this time of year) as well as a highlight on your adventure here in Wales and the UK. If I'd known you were coming...
Hi Angie and Ethan
The sidewalk along the beach is called the promenade or esplanade. 🇬🇧🇺🇸💜
You two are so brilliant and engaging! I live about 50 miles away from Llandudno (in Cheshire) but have only visited a few times. However, I've never been on that 'Toll Road' - so thank you for that. You did really well, Nathan, to drive from York to North Wales - I recognised the A55 you drove along - the start of it is not very far from me! Keep up the great work guys - you distract us from all of the 'depressing' and 'worrying' stuff! Best wishes from the UK (sadly, now, a nation in mourning)!
You can find abandoned pillboxes and gun emplacements all around the British Isles, and not just on the coast, but at bridges and other strategic locations inland. You need to remember that for six years we were at the closest just 21 miles from Nazi-occupied Europe and constantly in fear of invasion or raids from sea and air.
North Wales coast is so beautiful, so glad you enjoyed it. Can't believe you drove Passed Chester on the way which has been voted the most Beautiful City in Britain. So glad you're enjoying your trip.
Glad you enjoyed Llandudno. Hope you get to see some of North Wales castles, Conwy & Caernarfon to name just two. By the way, we call those winds “Lazy Winds”, because it's too lazy to go around you but rather go straight through you!
Conwy is definitely worth a visit also
Wales is beautiful and so are the people.
Hi! I think the plant you walked into was a Nettle, it’s everywhere. It’s roots are very hard to get rid of from a garden. It’s brilliant for butterfly’s as they lay their eggs on it. The hairs you can just see act like the stingers on telly fish just not so poisonous, an old traditional remedy is to get a “Dock leaf” it’s a short plant with large leaves about 6 to 9inch long, and you rub the stung area and it will take the sting away after a bit. Usually called an old wives tale. People have events in the UK to see how many you can eat. Ball up and boiled it makes a healthy tea. It is also the origin of the term “he’s been nettled”. As someone who looks a bit worried or upset.
Llandudno is lovely but it’s a pity you didn’t get to south west Wales along the Pembrokeshire coast. A truly stunning part of the country with the picture perfect coastal town of Tenby being a must see place to visit!
England beyond Wales?
@@iriscollins7583 we are still Proud Welsh.
Don't forget Gower!
Maintenance on Piers is high, due to winter storms. Ours at Cromer had a barge that lost its morings , cut it in half, one winter. Glad to see you did drive, hope it was okay.
I'm not suprised that you didn't hear much Welsh spoken in Llandudno because it is a tourist centre for English residents from the major cities of Manchester, Liverpool, the Wirral and other parts of England. Further West and South you would find that Welsh is the first language although practically everyone will also speak English, unless they are a perhaps a small pre-school child. The language seems difficult to pronounce but is easy when you understand that the Welsh alphabet has more vowels and letters than English and that alphabet letters are also pronounced very differently from English. The "u" in Welsh is pronounced like a short "i" in English. The double L "Ll" is hard to explain because it's spoken with a wide mouth and through the teeth and sometimes incorrectly by the English as "clan". You will see words like "cwm" but if you know that the "w" is pronounced like "oo" the word can easily be spoken as sounding like "koom". It's a beautiful phonetic language and it predates English as an ancient Celtic language.
The most common place in North Wales you can hear Welsh spoken in supermarkets. Not so much with the staff, but between the customers. I love hearing Welsh being spoken with English words spattered in sentences! 😎
I don't speak Welsh but my mother and both my step daughters speak it fluently and all say that cwm is pronounced more 'come' than 'coom'. Maybe it's a south vs north Wales difference?
Great Orme Head, which you drove around has about 3 miles of Bronze Age (3700 years ago) caves and mines beneath the surface. They were mining for copper.
Glad you loved our stunning country
Kinda like you guys. Not my normal watch on RUclips but I’m enjoying watching the videos you’re posting of your uk tour. I’m glad you’re having fun and wish you all the best for whatever you do going forward 😊
After the amazing city of York with the Minster you did well to find Llandudno where you could enjoy the scenery and just enjoy walking around. Apart from doors and driving in London you both seem so relaxed and comfortable on your adventure.
Pleased you enjoyed Wales it is a beautiful country, l spent many holidays there when l was a child. If you do get stung by nettles, there is normally another plant grows next to it called a doc leaf. It looks simular to rubarb, take a leaf and rub it on the sting and it will go. Done this so many times in my life and it always works.
When I saw you came to Llandudno I was so excited. My hometown woo! Glad you enjoyed it, the beaches and Great Orme are my favourite part of living here.
I you stood in nettles, very common in the UK and always close by is a plant calls Dock leaf, we normally take the Dock leaf, screw it up and rub it on the affected area, the juice/sap neutralizes the sting
The Welsh refer to their country as Cymru. "Welsh" is Anglo Saxon for foreigner!
Regards Ian Duckworth.
Snowdonia is stunning. You will love it.
Please please check out Tenby in West Wales. its magical.
Agreed - and there are so many other wonderful places nearby to visit.
It's great watching your adventures in the UK. I'm glad you had a good time
Llandudno is lovely. A favourite place…. To pronounce it, push air out from your lungs with the back of your tongue near the roof of your mouth - a claggy sort of sound - and then move your tongue into the ‘L’ at the start.
Love the two of you doing these reviews, thanks. Really glad you enjoyed the little bit of our country that you have seen. Please come back and enjoy it some more...
Hello Ethan and Angela. I hope you come back soon and do more UK coast and out of town spots.
I visited Wales a couple of times for university wargames championships in Bangor, where we English definitely stood out to Welsh speaking local folk in the town.
I used to love it on holiday in Wales as a kid. I wish you could have brought the kids with you.
I unplugged my ear phones and played to my mother how you both said Llandudno.... She spat her wine out roaring laughing!!!!!! Absolutely hilarious !!! Welsh is difficult for practically everybody to pronounce even for us natives! But when it is spoken it is beautiful. Great vid guys :D
Your recaps are always great & such a good idea. It fills in all the ‘gaps’ that you don’t discuss at the time so thanks again. The Welsh coastline is spectacular for the very simple reason that it’s so accessible. That road up the Great Orme is such a great drive. We’re all hoping you can make it back to spend a little longer in the various places you visit. Best wishes as always.
Obviously you need to hike up Mount Snowdon at some point. Caernarfon is another interesting place to visit and definitely recommend going into the castle itself.
The pier is grade 2 listed. The smaller 'piers' are fishing jettys, in summer you can go on boat ride off them. You were right in not getting in the sea, Llandudno has a tonne of jellyfish. Again you missed alot of the orme, the tramway, the museum at the top, tabogon run, zip wire, ski slope, the cable cars, alice in wonderland woodland trail. Its pronnounced ' Clan-dud-no' by the welsh but the rest of the uk pronounce is Lan-dud-no
Angela's climbing skilz are awesome!! xx
As an ex-resident (not native) of North Wales, I am glad you enjoyed it there. I lived neat Portmadog and so have a softer spot for that part - also the water is warmer!
I agree with Steve. The Lleyn Peninsula, near Portmadoc, has also some of the finest sandy beaches; many of them completely deserted and flanked by beautiful bays and rugged cliffs. I swim in the sea there frequently even in the winter when the sea, or ocean, feels much warmer than it might on a hot summers day.
Yep Lleyn peninsula is great and I have so much love for the vintage railways from my childhood and now Baz's.
For future reference, wherever there are stinging nettles you generally find dock leaves nearby. Rubbing a leaf on the rash takes the sting away. Just thought I'd mention it if you ever come across them again. Ps Stinging nettles make lovely tea 😊
A stinging nettle has never invited me around for any!
These dock leaves definately work. Personal experience.😟
As a kid I'd get stung a lot because I was always out climbing trees and stuff and you get used to them, you kind of build up a tolerance and the sting doesn't last long or bother you much. As an adult I just waded through a load remembering they weren't that bad just a short mild irritation but the sting didn't go away it hurt for a whole day with huge raised bumps everywhere. I think the tolerance wore off.
@@iriscollins7583 I think docks are alkaline which combats the acid in the nettle.
Just remember you need to rub hard enough to break the leaf up and release the sap.
You both need to come back and do a tour of just Wales you'll love it. You missed so many good things in Llandudno but you weren't to know. The war memorial is at the start of the main pier you probably walked past it twice kinda hard to miss 😂 Harlech, caernarfon, anglesey and Conwy when you do your Welsh tour avoid Rhyl
You actually made it over here!! Started watching you when you did your reaction videos but dropped off. This has just come up on my feed and am pleased to see you actually managed to get over here after saying you would. Hope you enjoy our islands
Would love to see you guys in South Wales if you can manage it, all of Wales has its charms and South Wales is no different. Cardiff has amazing shopping and night life and Barry has some amazing beaches as does most of the south coast.
Tha k you for the lovely words on out country. Its a beautiful country for sure.. I can travel from the seemingly run down city I live in here in Wales to breathtaking mountains and rivers, coastlines within half an hour which helps the feeling of the run down city of Newport..
Not many people speak Welsh to be honest. It's on our signs and I've learned to recognise the Welsh translation but I don't speak it at all. The smaller villages in the very north and the very south west speak it a lot though.
I am so so so so so glad you enjoyed Llandudno so much. That said though, having visited in the last year, it's, to me, the most depressing and run down seaside place I've been to. Which is part of why I'm so glad you got so much from it. But when you come back, you should be able to find many places you love even more while still having these great memories. So thanks to you here, next time somebody asks me about Llandudno, I'll be less negative.
Great to follow your travels, you two - and as they like to say in Wales:
_Diolch am siopa yn Marks & Spencer_
Usually wherever there are stinging nettles there are dock leaves which you can rub on the places you have been stung. They take the heat away from the sore spots
Llandudno, is my girlfriend and I's favourite place. We have some many happy memories here, and we visit every chance we get. So glad you enjoyed it too..
A lot of American troops were stationed in Wales during the war. Many in Llandudno .
Some amazing scenery in the black hills🏴💪
Am yet to do the coastline Llandudno and Anglesey.
The Goats from Llandunno come down into the town and eat the flowers in the gardens , Also they select a billy Goat as a mascot for the Welsh Guards and is paraded on the Rugby field on International Rugby days
You found Stinging Nettles then, if you had looked around, nearby would have been the antidote to the sting, the Dock Plant, the leaves are a natural antiseptic and soap, just crush them and rub on the stings, it has large dark green leaves, looks a bit like a wild Horseradish plant. Stinging nettles make a nice anti oxident tea and are a great tasting veg, the sting is neutralised by cooking or immersion in hot water. They are also wrapped around Cornish Yarg Cheese and are eaten with the cheese.
dont know if you hit south wales but our tilde range in the south wales is big in Swansea where i am its 12 to 13 meters or 39ft from low to high tide vs the 6m one in Llandudno , south got the2nd highest range in the world it shocks and catches a lot of visitor's out, and to stop the stingy nettles you can use a doc leaf or vinegar and it stops the stinging fast
It's called 'para-sailing' 🤣
Great video guys, happy that you loved Wales 🏴 It is a stunning place, lovely people w. melodic voices and eclectic weather
(next time you have to visit the west coast of Scotland, too)
hello from Denmark 🌸🌱
thought it was kite surfing
yes, you can get a free exfoliation on N Wales beaches on a windy day. The sand is pretty sharp.
Llandudno is the sort of place in the the UK that people move to after retiring from work. So basically the pier is geared for grandparents and grandchildren.
I'm so glad you had a good experience in Wales.
An ancient version of Welsh was spoken in nearly all of Britain before the Anglo-Saxons arrived & old English began to develop and eventually become the language it is today. Interestingly is likely that people whose ancestry is basically 'English' do have a lot of ancient British heritage combined with Anglo-Saxon heritage, so we share a lot of links with the Welsh. And mercifully there are lots of people in both countries who have neither ancient British not Anglo-Saxon blood who have equal claim to to the entire country & the individual countries within it. Long may that continue 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
I think the cave may have been an old sewage outlet.
I think you encountered what is called nettles. Dark green pointed leaves coming from a single stem.
The next time you're over I'll plot a journey for you 😁
It's called the Fairy Trail.
It goes from Chester (a 2000 year old Roman city again with a wall), to Llangollen (a pretty hill town along the same river Dee that Chester is on), then through the hills to Corwen where tiny waterfalls trickle past tree lined roads, then the mountain village of Betws y Coed where you can picnic on the Common underneath an iron age Fort, then to Llanrwst, a market town with views of the Conwy valley, then Conwy with the sea and ancient Castle and the town within it, then along the coast road back to Chester. It is the land of King Arthur, dragons, and hundreds of legends like Paulag's Cat (a cat the size of a dragon) and a very good boy who is the most loyal dog called Gelert and died protecting his family from wolves. 😁🏴
If your planning the trip from Chester to Llangollen make sure you put in a narrow boat across the Pontcycylle at least to Trevor, better still all the way upto Llangollen wharf
@@davehopkin9502 ^this!
I thank You Both for your promotion of my Home Land. There is so much more, much more. You need a year over here to enjoy our splendid country. You descriptions of the differences between the US and us are brilliant to hear. You need to visit Pembrokeshire, I would call Llandudno a tourist town but Pembrokeshire is paradise.
That's a Honda Jazz hybrid, very good little cars!
They weren't mountains near the sea, they're cliffs. Wait til you drive through Snowdonia. You'll see mountains there 😉
Oh my goodness….. just watched one of your older videos and I was gonna suggest you visit the uk….. and your here, great. I want to watch all your reactions so subscribing and will be bing watching your visit to catch up.😉👍
Just for future reference. When driving on UK motorway/ freeway, you stay on the left. Middle and outside lanes are for overtaking only. There are fines for middle lane drivers who don't move back to the left.
I actually recommended Llandudno in the comments when you were planning your trip & wanted a go on that zip line. I thought you'd be bringing your kids & using the train - Llandudno, Rhyl & Prestatyn are seaside resorts that became popular when the railway connected them to Liverpool, Manchester & millions of Northern working people. They were always cheap & cheerful, but the bad reputation you heard will be from when foreign package holidays started to take their trade & they became rundown. Sea air was thought to be good for your health, it was certainly better than smoke filled industrial urban sprawl. Hence seaside promenades & piers to take you right out in to it. The sea level walkways are jetties for small boats, so they don't get grounded, but allow you to board from the beach.
I once missed the evening meal at the hotel when I was a child because I was watching the tide become high tide - but each day high tide is one hour later. My mum had been worried where I was…
Glad you guys are having a nice time.
The Great Orme is a nice drive. It is always very windy at the top. I live in Derbyshire which is very pretty but Cornwall is my faovurite place to holiday.
That locking system isn’t just in Wales, I had it in my old house and I live in the South East of England. They take a bit of getting used to ! Loving your videos 👍🏻 you two are just naturals at vlogging
I’m not sure who would tell you that North Wales, or Llandudno in particular is not nice or not worth a visit. Llandudno is a really lovely seaside town. Very well kept and with plenty to see. Downside is it can get very busy during the summer.
Also very close to the historic town of Conwy, with its castle. Well worth the short bus ride.
I would say that anyone who said that about Llandudno has never been there!
Rhyl on the other hand...
North Wales I love but I was one of the Llandudno dislikes on Insta. I was there last year on a sunny day.
Maybe someone who liked sand?! :-)
@@welshgit do you ever get sand up your bum as a non sander I've always bin curious
If you come back to wales I'd recommend driving the entire coast from North wales to the south.then visit Tenby and the gower and also the brecon beacons.
Shame you didn’t stop at Chester en route from York to Llandudno - it’s not far off your route and very small and nice with city walls all the way around. Whilst at Llandudno did you get to Conwy, again not very far away and the castle is amazing.
So glad that you love the U.K , pity you didn't get time to visit the very ancient Copper mines near Llandudno , i think that you'll love Snowdonia , try to visit Carmarthen and Conwy castles if you can they're very old and still intact .
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside, beside the seaside. Beside the sea. 😜 "The ocean was directly below us". DOH!!! She'll get it right someday. Who knew they had special doors in Wales. 😂😂
Hope you come back soon guys x