Happiness for me is about accepting what you have and not spending time craving stuff i will never have, basically appreciate what you have and who you have with you
Interesting to see Liam walking on the left side of roads - the UK Highway Code says you should normally walk on the right when there’s no pavement (sidewalk) I.e. into oncoming traffic so you’re not surprised or hit by a vehicle coming from behind.
Yep, he was definitely walking on the wrong side. The only time the rules change is if you're on a blind bend, when you're meant to walk on the outside of the curve, regardless of the direction of travel.
@@vaudevillian7 All the writing in the video is the right way round, including on road signs while he’s walking past them (on the left side of the road) so doesn’t seem so.
@@moat9 ah fair enough, haven’t watched it yet (and haven’t seen the original video for a while) so thought that might be it. Surprising giving him being an experienced walker
It's generally accepted that walkers/campers stick to the paths and don't damage anything. The other BIG consideration is the closing of all gates and the remouval of all your rubbish afterwards, and that's drilled into children from schooldays - we had it at our school.
Actually, the code requests that, if during your travels, you come across a gate that is closed, you should close it behind you - But - if you come across a gate which is open, you should leave it open,as it was left open by the farmer for a reason. There's nothing worse than expecting to be able to drive, ride or steer animals through an open gate only to find some well-meaning tourist / walker has shut it.
Liam. One of Endlands finest. Yet, I dont think Liam actually realises how amazing he himself is. Using selctive narration, brilliant drone footage and POV camera work, and no music allowing us to feel right there with him. Others should study his work.
28:40 No, trains cannot derail themselves. Pretty much every single rail line in Europe uses a form of safety system which is designed to prevent trains from getting on a collision course in the first place though. This can be a very low-tech solution on rural, quiet lines, where a train may only enter that portion if the driver can take a specific kind of object in his possession, or it can be a modern electronically controlled system, where the presence of the trains is detected automatically and dispatchers set routes for the trains, with the safety system making it impossible to route trains in a way where you could have two collide.
The total number of sheep and lambs in the UK was 22.4 million yes we have horseflies in the UK England Coast Path, is a proposed long-distance National Trail that will follow the coastline of England. When complete, it will be around 2,700 miles
This was another great video. Liked the different scenery throughout. Yes, I agreed with a lot of what you said - especially about how he goes through a low patch on journeys of vastly different lengths. It must be common to everyone I think.
Longtown ......... Ah that brings back such wonderful memories. Our local council used to own a activity centre in Longtown and many of the local school and college offered kids the opportunity to go on on adventure trips. My first experince of caving, climbing and gorge walk where done from Longtown.
On sheep and deer - Yes there are a lot of sheep, 33 million in the UK compared to 5 to 6 million in the US. We do tend to get excited by deer, but they are not that uncommon, there are around 2 million in the wild. We have two native species, the Red Deer a big animal mostly found in Scotland and tye Roe Deer a smaller one which is most common. The Fallow Deer was introduced by the Normans and three other Asian species have escaped into the wild in the 19th and 20th century.
You're right, about roughly 1000 miles. It's like 600 as the crow flies but 850 by the most direct motorways so if you're walking winding country roads 1000 is a fair estimate.
Lands End to John O'Groats in a straight line is 603 miles, 970 km. But by road it's 874 miles, 1,407km. It's about the same as where you are from, to North Carolina... Obv Liam has chosen a route that is longer, because he can't travel by road all the way with him walking... And btw, just in case you ever go to repeat this word & say it the way Liam does, Milngavie isn't pronounced how it's spelt. It's pronounced 'Mill-guy.' Just trying to save you from being called a muppet again in the future :) Also the freedom to roam when camping, is only in Scotland. That's why he had to stay under the radar when wild camping in England. And Hereford @36:24 is a different place from Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire is pronounced how it's spelt, so the 'Hert' part is pronounced the same way you'd pronounce the name 'Bert' but with a H obv. Hereford is a town, where as Hertfordshire is a county, as is anywhere in England that ends with 'Shire.' Next one, in the UK if you see milk in a container with a blue lid or label, that means it's pasteurised, if you see milk with a green lid or label that means it's semi skimmed.
I have never heard of trains being able to derail themselves, trains stay on the rails mainly because the rails and wheels are shaped so they self centre themselves on the track ,the flanges on the wheels may come into play on curves . ❤.
The Great Glen with Loch Ness, Loch Oich and Loch Lochy between Inverness and Fort William and Loch Linnhe south of Fort William all lie along the fault line between the Western Highlands and the Grampians in the east. They are partly the product of two land masses colliding millions of years ago and partly being gouged out by glaciers during the last ice age. Quality of life is what you make it. The town of Milngavie is pronounced Mull-guy. It's from the Gaelic.
Blackcurrants are the berries of a bush that usually grow to be about a meter in height and width. The berries are larger and more glossy black compared to blueberries. They also have a very distinct, aromatic scent and flavor. They are closely related to redcurrants and gooseberries, and belong to the rose family like rowan, apples and pears. It is quite widespread throughout Europe, and you can find them in many gardens as they make good jam or drinks. They are much more rare in the US as they carry a fungus that transfer over to some of your native pine trees, killing them. This is why in Europe, blackcurrant flavored things are very common, while in the US it's pretty much non-exsistent, and you have grape flavored stuff instead, which is more uncommon in Europe. In Norway they are called solbær, which translates to sunberry.
You asked about coastal paths, yes, there is one around England that I know they've been working hard to open up a complete route around. It was called the English Coastal Path, great name, does just what it says on the tin, but some nonce decided to rename it the King Charles III Coastal Path! Rolls eyes. Now that would be an amazing walk to do.
im 5 minutes in, Horse flys are over populated here in South Wales. Im guess its because of the wild cattle, and horses, summer time they will attack in hundreds in the summer, each bite is the size of a golf ball haha
Love Liam, love his videos!! Not just the UK, he has branched out to more and more destinations, so far European but watch this space, I fully expect him to keep widening his circle over time.
In Scotland we have these horrible flies called cleggs (I assume they are a type of horsefly). They are vicious and people like me who have a sensitivity to them kill them on sight! I was walking The Dava Way and got bitten 3 times on the same leg. The reaction was so bad my leg swelled to twice its normal size. I popped in a chemist in Forres for some antihistamines and was told to go to hospital. It took days for the swelling to go down and I had a fever too but the itching was the worst. One of the bites became infected and I still have the scar. xxx
I would love him to take his time and do a full walk of the Welsh coast and all of it's hidden coves and beaches often overlooked by ordinary tourists. It is special!
Amazing video, I do lots of wild camping and hiking in Northern Ireland. By the way, those were not blueberries, they are the smaller cousin called Bilberry @Connor Check out a video called “Two Eight Two - The Munros in 98 days”
I'm not absolutely sure ,but when you say the Lochs /lakes look like they have been scraped out by a claw you are probably close,more than likely they have been carved out by slow moving glaciers during the ice age 👍👍❤ .
I haven’t done a lot of Hiking/Walking although I did a bit near Lake Bala in Wales, I have travelled extensively throughout England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland & Northern Ireland albeit mainly for Work, It brought back memories at 37:25 when he gets to Hay-on-Wye, I did a Job there in the 2000’s installing Video Monitors and Macy Grey was nearby rehearsing for a Gig in the Area! 🙂🇬🇧
Midges: I think we have 42 species. If you are outdoors in the Highlands in the summer you MUST protect yourself with insect repellent, and covering yourself with clothes.
Half of the fun of watching your videos for me is that you cant keep your questions in "i am gonna sit on my hands" lol thats funny but it only shows your interested in learning whic is cool
Yes we have Horse Flies, I've been bitten by one. Immediate course of antibiotics off the doctor and an alergic reaction to the anti-coagulant the fly injected into me. Not something I want to repeat
The wild blueberries he found are wortle berries.they are indeed wild blueberries. When I was a kid the woods near us were full of them. So many that we used to have wortleberry fights and come home covered in blue stains, wortle berry bruises!
Liam.Someone suggested to me I should eat Marmite everyday for at least a week prior to visiting midge country in Scotland.( luckily I like Marmite) Midges don’t apparently. Well, it seemed to work,I didn’t get bitten!
Unpasteurised milk isn’t heat treated. When I was a kid that was just about the only milk available. I was brought up on a farm and we delivered (unpasteurised) milk to houses in the village.
HEREFORD -Pronounced 'HEH-REE-FORD'' is one of the best Apple-Cider growing and apple production areas in Britain. (some locals there may drop the 'H' making it sound like ''EH-REE-FORD'. By the way, the famous Book town called 'Hay -on Wye'' is world famous and I think there is an American connection to the old castle and books collections.
Have you watched geowizard's straight line missions on youtube? Seems like it'd be something you'd be into He has ones across Wales, Scotland and Norway so far I think
Did you know ferns are meant to be minute forest floor growers but as humans have felled so many forests the ferns have had the growth benefits of sunlight and so now have become massive in size.
The USA air force practices flying through mountains and tilting from side to side in ? Wales … those in the know go and stand on the hills above the planes to take videos of the USA planes flying just below past them …
The elevation gain when climbing Katahdin is about 4000 feet which is similar, maybe a little less, than Ben Nevis because with Ben Nevis you'd be starting at close to sea level.
Watching the part at 47:05 when he bought his Milk, Best Milk I ever tasted was when I was working at a Hotel in Guernsey in the Channel Islands, The Milk there is so Creamy, I used to drink Gallons of the stuff Daily as it was all Free anyway! 🙂🇬🇧
Black currants are possibly the most intensely flavoured fruit, but not generally available in USA. Get hold of some blackcurrant conserve for a really good taste sensation.
Bilberry not blueberry, tastier than a blueberry and known by a few different names around the country. We call them wimberry local to me and ive picked them all my life because they make the best fruit pies.
We have horseflies. Scottish midges are worse. They're relentless. Also, he was wrong - he wasn't eating wild blueberries, he was eating blaeberries (in Scotland, and where I'm from in very norther England) - bilberries to most people. Related to blueberries, but not the same.
your not far wrong about the lakes being clawed out, They were actually carved out by glaziers during the last ice age as well as that, if you took all the water from all the rivers and lakes in the UK, there still would not be enough water to fill loch ness, so i heard
It is not legal to camp without permission. He is careful and will not cause fires or damage but giving a lot of ignorant stupid people the idea that this is OK is annoying. My grandfather was a farmer. The family still is. Dogs allowed to defecate in the fields of pregnant ewes for example can cause abortions. Most farmers will give permission but they will specify where it is ok. They know the plans for fields. However in Scotland and Wales it is possible to buy a book that shows you places you can shelter for free in bad weather. These are usually very simple stone built structures built for shepherds known as Bothys. Given how our weather can change dramatically only experiened knowledgeable people should be camping this way.
You are right again Connor, about distance this time, all things are relative. Usually I find that halfway is pivotal in my thinking process, it almost feels like I'm walking downhill after that. This film is fascinating on so many levels 👍🇬🇧🙋♀️
I've looked at why/how farmers are able to sell unpasteurised milk , farmers who sell unpasteurised milk have to adhere to more strict hygiene standards and it has to be clearly labeled with the risks of consuming unpasteurised milk❤
We find it so odd that you from the US don't know about blackcurrants, which are a standard fruit for us to eat; but I gather you banned them (and their relative, gooseberries) because you considered them a threat to your white pine. Bilberries are delicious and grow in wild areas all over the UK. I dislike the commercial blueberry. (Blackcurrants are different and also very nice.) In the Ice Ages the glaciers gouged deep long hollows for many of our lakes. Flies are certainly a problem at certain times in Scotland. If you go, be prepared! Midges are a confounded nuisance; another commenter has rightly highlighted cleggs; and I have once or twice seen the proper horsefly - like a housefly, but much bigger. Many get nasty allergic reactions from their bite. And don't forget the ticks; every night he probably had to remove the ticks. (There are little hooks to help with this, and you have to remove them or you can get Lyme Disease.) The Offa's Dike Path is one of our great trails. It doesn't exactly follow the Welsh-English border. It follows a great historic monument, built about 780-790! It's a great embankment built on the orders of King Offa of Mercia. ( I dislike him. He was a bit of a megalomaniac, and really made this embankment, not so much to keep out the Welsh, but to score a point over Charlemagne, Emperor of the Franks!) There may be some confusion over the "Right to Roam'. The legal position in Scotland in different from that in England and Wales. My understanding is that the Scots did have an Act giving the 'right to roam' in 2006, but they really already had it, because there is no law of trespass in Scotland. In England and Wales we got the Right to Roam in 1999. In certain high, wild areas - now marked on the Ordnance Survey maps - you have the right to walk anywhere. Exceptions are made for going too near someone's house and for interfering with livestock. But Rights of Way have existed for centuries, and are the glory of our country. Wild camping is controversial. Officially you need the landowner's permission in England and Wales. But a landowner on Dartmoor - the one place it is legal without permission - tried recently to get wild camping banned. That was defeated, and it's opened up a fierce debate.
Lochs, I think there is only one lake in Scotland, lake Monteith. Loads of the lochs are man made. Dry summers will reveal old buildings in lochs which were part of old vilaages
I agree with you, Connor, regarding happiness, and I appreciate how you analyse things. You are a deep thinker, and often notice the less obvious, which is why I always enjoy your reactions. Keep up the good work 👍 🤗🇬🇧🙋♀️
I’m not sure derailments are better than head-on collisions. I believe most of the injuries and deaths in train accidents happen when one of the train derails. When that happens, everyone gets flung in every direction meaning more chances for breaking your neck due to weird angles. If the train stays on the track, the bulk of the injuries will be in the forward carriages too rather than every carriage that leaves the track. Plus, there usually isn’t a lot of space around a track for a train to land that’s safe. Might need to do a bit more digging for stats though because I’m an ADHD nerd with a massive infrastructure fixation. 🤓 That all being said, head-on collisions are incredibly rare (even compared to other rail accidents). Most accidents, especially the rare fatal ones, are caused by a single train derailing due to broken or obstructed track.
We (the British) often rib Americans when they mispronounce British place names BUT given the very many accents and dialects in this (by comparison) small island it's not surprising that even we have problems with places we are not familiar with. Liam talked of a suburb of Glasgow which he pronounced as it's written - Milngavie. It's actually pronounced Millguy.
Not horseflies, its the dreaded biting Highland Midge which swarm in their millions which can inflict total misery on any exposed bit of skin...Insect Repellant essential for travelling in the highlands.
Happiness for me is about accepting what you have and not spending time craving stuff i will never have, basically appreciate what you have and who you have with you
I so agree with you, be happy and grateful for what you have.
Interesting to see Liam walking on the left side of roads - the UK Highway Code says you should normally walk on the right when there’s no pavement (sidewalk) I.e. into oncoming traffic so you’re not surprised or hit by a vehicle coming from behind.
Yep, he was definitely walking on the wrong side. The only time the rules change is if you're on a blind bend, when you're meant to walk on the outside of the curve, regardless of the direction of travel.
Yes I was taught this in Ranger Guides, too.
Is the video flipped?
@@vaudevillian7 All the writing in the video is the right way round, including on road signs while he’s walking past them (on the left side of the road) so doesn’t seem so.
@@moat9 ah fair enough, haven’t watched it yet (and haven’t seen the original video for a while) so thought that might be it. Surprising giving him being an experienced walker
It's generally accepted that walkers/campers stick to the paths and don't damage anything.
The other BIG consideration is the closing of all gates and the remouval of all your rubbish afterwards, and that's drilled into children from schooldays - we had it at our school.
Actually, the code requests that, if during your travels, you come across a gate that is closed, you should close it behind you - But - if you come across a gate which is open, you should leave it open,as it was left open by the farmer for a reason. There's nothing worse than expecting to be able to drive, ride or steer animals through an open gate only to find some well-meaning tourist / walker has shut it.
Liam. One of Endlands finest. Yet, I dont think Liam actually realises how amazing he himself is.
Using selctive narration, brilliant drone footage and POV camera work, and no music allowing us to feel right there with him. Others should study his work.
Great reaction video. I loved watching this as much as you did, Connor!
28:40 No, trains cannot derail themselves. Pretty much every single rail line in Europe uses a form of safety system which is designed to prevent trains from getting on a collision course in the first place though. This can be a very low-tech solution on rural, quiet lines, where a train may only enter that portion if the driver can take a specific kind of object in his possession, or it can be a modern electronically controlled system, where the presence of the trains is detected automatically and dispatchers set routes for the trains, with the safety system making it impossible to route trains in a way where you could have two collide.
The total number of sheep and lambs in the UK was 22.4 million
yes we have horseflies in the UK
England Coast Path, is a proposed long-distance National Trail that will follow the coastline of England. When complete, it will be around 2,700 miles
This was the first of Liam's videos I watched when I first found his channel. He makes superb content. Great reaction!
This was another great video. Liked the different scenery throughout. Yes, I agreed with a lot of what you said - especially about how he goes through a low patch on journeys of vastly different lengths. It must be common to everyone I think.
The right to roam is in Scotland only. You can't roam in people's back gardens or wander over crop fields, etc.
Longtown .........
Ah that brings back such wonderful memories.
Our local council used to own a activity centre in Longtown and many of the local school and college offered kids the opportunity to go on on adventure trips.
My first experince of caving, climbing and gorge walk where done from Longtown.
On sheep and deer - Yes there are a lot of sheep, 33 million in the UK compared to 5 to 6 million in the US. We do tend to get excited by deer, but they are not that uncommon, there are around 2 million in the wild. We have two native species, the Red Deer a big animal mostly found in Scotland and tye Roe Deer a smaller one which is most common. The Fallow Deer was introduced by the Normans and three other Asian species have escaped into the wild in the 19th and 20th century.
You're right, about roughly 1000 miles. It's like 600 as the crow flies but 850 by the most direct motorways so if you're walking winding country roads 1000 is a fair estimate.
Lands End to John O'Groats in a straight line is 603 miles, 970 km. But by road it's 874 miles, 1,407km. It's about the same as where you are from, to North Carolina... Obv Liam has chosen a route that is longer, because he can't travel by road all the way with him walking... And btw, just in case you ever go to repeat this word & say it the way Liam does, Milngavie isn't pronounced how it's spelt. It's pronounced 'Mill-guy.' Just trying to save you from being called a muppet again in the future :) Also the freedom to roam when camping, is only in Scotland. That's why he had to stay under the radar when wild camping in England. And Hereford @36:24 is a different place from Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire is pronounced how it's spelt, so the 'Hert' part is pronounced the same way you'd pronounce the name 'Bert' but with a H obv. Hereford is a town, where as Hertfordshire is a county, as is anywhere in England that ends with 'Shire.' Next one, in the UK if you see milk in a container with a blue lid or label, that means it's pasteurised, if you see milk with a green lid or label that means it's semi skimmed.
The berries are planted on shooting estates as the grouse love them. They are all over North Yorkshire too. Brimham Rocks has tons.
I have never heard of trains being able to derail themselves, trains stay on the rails mainly because the rails and wheels are shaped so they self centre themselves on the track ,the flanges on the wheels may come into play on curves . ❤.
Yes, some of us in the UK do drink fresh milk from farms
And cheese. :)
The Great Glen with Loch Ness, Loch Oich and Loch Lochy between Inverness and Fort William and Loch Linnhe south of Fort William all lie along the fault line between the Western Highlands and the Grampians in the east. They are partly the product of two land masses colliding millions of years ago and partly being gouged out by glaciers during the last ice age.
Quality of life is what you make it.
The town of Milngavie is pronounced Mull-guy. It's from the Gaelic.
Blackcurrants are the berries of a bush that usually grow to be about a meter in height and width.
The berries are larger and more glossy black compared to blueberries.
They also have a very distinct, aromatic scent and flavor.
They are closely related to redcurrants and gooseberries, and belong to the rose family like rowan, apples and pears.
It is quite widespread throughout Europe, and you can find them in many gardens as they make good jam or drinks.
They are much more rare in the US as they carry a fungus that transfer over to some of your native pine trees, killing them.
This is why in Europe, blackcurrant flavored things are very common, while in the US it's pretty much non-exsistent, and you have grape flavored stuff instead, which is more uncommon in Europe.
In Norway they are called solbær, which translates to sunberry.
You asked about coastal paths, yes, there is one around England that I know they've been working hard to open up a complete route around. It was called the English Coastal Path, great name, does just what it says on the tin, but some nonce decided to rename it the King Charles III Coastal Path! Rolls eyes. Now that would be an amazing walk to do.
Yep sheep everywhere. There are more sheep in Wales than people. (Yes I’ve heard all the sheep jokes)😂
Connor, our mountains were taller, but are older, and erosion etc has reduced their overall height over the millennia.
im 5 minutes in, Horse flys are over populated here in South Wales. Im guess its because of the wild cattle, and horses, summer time they will attack in hundreds in the summer, each bite is the size of a golf ball haha
All of englands coast is connected with a coastal path it’s all amazing but the south west is the best (slightly bias as a Cornish girl 😜)
Love Liam, love his videos!! Not just the UK, he has branched out to more and more destinations, so far European but watch this space, I fully expect him to keep widening his circle over time.
Can you tell me the name of Liam’s YT channel please?
I’d like to subscribe as I’m really enjoying his trekking about all over the place 😊
@@cleopatra5682 his channel is LiamBrown. Hope that helps.
@cleopatra5682 his YT channel name is Liam Brown
@@Mbkgaz thank you 😘
"Failte" translates to "welcome".
In Scotland we have these horrible flies called cleggs (I assume they are a type of horsefly). They are vicious and people like me who have a sensitivity to them kill them on sight! I was walking The Dava Way and got bitten 3 times on the same leg. The reaction was so bad my leg swelled to twice its normal size. I popped in a chemist in Forres for some antihistamines and was told to go to hospital. It took days for the swelling to go down and I had a fever too but the itching was the worst. One of the bites became infected and I still have the scar. xxx
Clegs are horseflies.. I'm highly allergic to them
If I was homeless, I would do this, wouldn't want to live in a city.
I would love him to take his time and do a full walk of the Welsh coast and all of it's hidden coves and beaches often overlooked by ordinary tourists. It is special!
Amazing video, I do lots of wild camping and hiking in Northern Ireland.
By the way, those were not blueberries, they are the smaller cousin called Bilberry
@Connor Check out a video called “Two Eight Two - The Munros in 98 days”
Or called whortleberries in Somerset.
Wimberries in my part of the country.
The european type have many names, blaeberry, whortleberry, wimberry, whinberry and bilberry. But not Blueberry as they come from north america
I'm not absolutely sure ,but when you say the Lochs /lakes look like they have been scraped out by a claw you are probably close,more than likely they have been carved out by slow moving glaciers during the ice age 👍👍❤ .
Hay-on-Wye - book town. A big annual book festival is held there every year.
'Right to roam' laws are different in Scotland and England.
I haven’t done a lot of Hiking/Walking although I did a bit near Lake Bala in Wales, I have travelled extensively throughout England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland & Northern Ireland albeit mainly for Work, It brought back memories at 37:25 when he gets to Hay-on-Wye, I did a Job there in the 2000’s installing Video Monitors and Macy Grey was nearby rehearsing for a Gig in the Area! 🙂🇬🇧
Midges: I think we have 42 species. If you are outdoors in the Highlands in the summer you MUST protect yourself with insect repellent, and covering yourself with clothes.
The plural of Sheep is Sheep. This is reason I don't trust them. Up to no good, all of them.
There are videos on the coltswolds way I think it's about 120 miles long , could be 140 thou !
Half of the fun of watching your videos for me is that you cant keep your questions in "i am gonna sit on my hands" lol thats funny but it only shows your interested in learning whic is cool
Yes we have Horse Flies, I've been bitten by one. Immediate course of antibiotics off the doctor and an alergic reaction to the anti-coagulant the fly injected into me. Not something I want to repeat
We call those ‘whimberries’ or ‘bilberries’. Used to spend hours with my parents gathering them as a kid.
Don’t come here to
Yorkshire and hug a sheep, our people will think you are Welsh!
The wellies are always a giveaway.
The wild blueberries he found are wortle berries.they are indeed wild blueberries. When I was a kid the woods near us were full of them. So many that we used to have wortleberry fights and come home covered in blue stains, wortle berry bruises!
There's a show called 'Coast to Coast' you might like. Travelling full circle of Britain.
Liam.Someone suggested to me I should eat Marmite everyday for at least a week prior to visiting midge country in Scotland.( luckily I like Marmite) Midges don’t apparently. Well, it seemed to work,I didn’t get bitten!
what you said at 39:00 makes perfect sense, the last hour of your shift is the longest type of thing.
It was strange about the rain, it usually rains more in Scotland!
I was pleased to see how beautiful Scotland is, having never been there 😊
Good lad. More of our young folks should do this.
Midges are a horror.. they are a menace.. you never just get one you get swarms of the things that bite & love human flesh when they find you
Unpasteurised milk isn’t heat treated. When I was a kid that was just about the only milk available. I was brought up on a farm and we delivered (unpasteurised) milk to houses in the village.
HEREFORD -Pronounced 'HEH-REE-FORD'' is one of the best Apple-Cider growing and apple production areas in Britain. (some locals there may drop the 'H' making it sound like ''EH-REE-FORD'. By the way, the famous Book town called 'Hay -on Wye'' is world famous and I think there is an American connection to the old castle and books collections.
Have you watched geowizard's straight line missions on youtube? Seems like it'd be something you'd be into
He has ones across Wales, Scotland and Norway so far I think
I love the Connor nervous energy 😀
Did you know ferns are meant to be minute forest floor growers but as humans have felled so many forests the ferns have had the growth benefits of sunlight and so now have become massive in size.
The USA air force practices flying through mountains and tilting from side to side in ? Wales … those in the know go and stand on the hills above the planes to take videos of the USA planes flying just below past them …
The elevation gain when climbing Katahdin is about 4000 feet which is similar, maybe a little less, than Ben Nevis because with Ben Nevis you'd be starting at close to sea level.
Watching the part at 47:05 when he bought his Milk, Best Milk I ever tasted was when I was working at a Hotel in Guernsey in the Channel Islands, The Milk there is so Creamy, I used to drink Gallons of the stuff Daily as it was all Free anyway! 🙂🇬🇧
'Milngavie' is pronounced 'Mul-guy' - each syllable with equal emphasis.
Black currants are possibly the most intensely flavoured fruit, but not generally available in USA. Get hold of some blackcurrant conserve for a really good taste sensation.
Bilberry not blueberry, tastier than a blueberry and known by a few different names around the country. We call them wimberry local to me and ive picked them all my life because they make the best fruit pies.
Try looking up the Countryside Code, which is what you follow on this kind of journey
I love wild camping this is a great video not sure if I could walk it though.
We have horseflies. Scottish midges are worse. They're relentless.
Also, he was wrong - he wasn't eating wild blueberries, he was eating blaeberries (in Scotland, and where I'm from in very norther England) - bilberries to most people. Related to blueberries, but not the same.
I know what your saying, you always make perfect sense to me.
Don’t worry about the lamb the farmer will find it and save it. I hope 🐑🤞
your not far wrong about the lakes being clawed out, They were actually carved out by glaziers during the last ice age
as well as that, if you took all the water from all the rivers and lakes in the UK, there still would not be enough water to fill loch ness, so i heard
Loch Ness has more water than the whole of England. Scotland has around a further 33000 lochs.
Thanks for that one bud i really enjoyed it!
If you want to camp in a farmer's field you should have the good manners to ask first. Usually there will be no p
The John o’groats sign is changed for everyone …. You used to pay for a ‘proper ‘ photo as part of the deal …
It is not legal to camp without permission. He is careful and will not cause fires or damage but giving a lot of ignorant stupid people the idea that this is OK is annoying. My grandfather was a farmer. The family still is. Dogs allowed to defecate in the fields of pregnant ewes for example can cause abortions. Most farmers will give permission but they will specify where it is ok. They know the plans for fields. However in Scotland and Wales it is possible to buy a book that shows you places you can shelter for free in bad weather. These are usually very simple stone built structures built for shepherds known as Bothys. Given how our weather can change dramatically only experiened knowledgeable people should be camping this way.
"I'm sitting on my hands" 😂😂
Milngavie is pronounced "Mulguy"
He made me snort, twice was priceless 🤣
You are right again Connor, about distance this time, all things are relative. Usually I find that halfway is pivotal in my thinking process, it almost feels like I'm walking downhill after that. This film is fascinating on so many levels 👍🇬🇧🙋♀️
I've looked at why/how farmers are able to sell unpasteurised milk , farmers who sell unpasteurised milk have to adhere to more strict hygiene standards and it has to be clearly labeled with the risks of consuming unpasteurised milk❤
Shame he didn't go through Cotswolds and walk on any sandy beahes in devon/cornwall. He rushed england, stayed on busy roads.
We find it so odd that you from the US don't know about blackcurrants, which are a standard fruit for us to eat; but I gather you banned them (and their relative, gooseberries) because you considered them a threat to your white pine.
Bilberries are delicious and grow in wild areas all over the UK. I dislike the commercial blueberry. (Blackcurrants are different and also very nice.)
In the Ice Ages the glaciers gouged deep long hollows for many of our lakes.
Flies are certainly a problem at certain times in Scotland. If you go, be prepared! Midges are a confounded nuisance; another commenter has rightly highlighted cleggs; and I have once or twice seen the proper horsefly - like a housefly, but much bigger. Many get nasty allergic reactions from their bite. And don't forget the ticks; every night he probably had to remove the ticks. (There are little hooks to help with this, and you have to remove them or you can get Lyme Disease.)
The Offa's Dike Path is one of our great trails. It doesn't exactly follow the Welsh-English border. It follows a great historic monument, built about 780-790! It's a great embankment built on the orders of King Offa of Mercia. ( I dislike him. He was a bit of a megalomaniac, and really made this embankment, not so much to keep out the Welsh, but to score a point over Charlemagne, Emperor of the Franks!)
There may be some confusion over the "Right to Roam'. The legal position in Scotland in different from that in England and Wales. My understanding is that the Scots did have an Act giving the 'right to roam' in 2006, but they really already had it, because there is no law of trespass in Scotland.
In England and Wales we got the Right to Roam in 1999. In certain high, wild areas - now marked on the Ordnance Survey maps - you have the right to walk anywhere. Exceptions are made for going too near someone's house and for interfering with livestock. But Rights of Way have existed for centuries, and are the glory of our country.
Wild camping is controversial. Officially you need the landowner's permission in England and Wales. But a landowner on Dartmoor - the one place it is legal without permission - tried recently to get wild camping banned. That was defeated, and it's opened up a fierce debate.
I feel he didn't cover this video very well. Tried to cover too much over a short time. I wanted more.
the lakes in Scotland were scraped out by ice, so your not far wrong
Lochs, I think there is only one lake in Scotland, lake Monteith.
Loads of the lochs are man made.
Dry summers will reveal old buildings in lochs which were part of old vilaages
His walking videos are incredible!
Happiness is not about having a bidet! 😂
The "sheep" fascination is getting worrying!
Perhaps he has Welsh blood too?
@@jeanbicknell7887 perhaps!
I agree with you, Connor, regarding happiness, and I appreciate how you analyse things. You are a deep thinker, and often notice the less obvious, which is why I always enjoy your reactions. Keep up the good work 👍 🤗🇬🇧🙋♀️
I’m not sure derailments are better than head-on collisions. I believe most of the injuries and deaths in train accidents happen when one of the train derails. When that happens, everyone gets flung in every direction meaning more chances for breaking your neck due to weird angles. If the train stays on the track, the bulk of the injuries will be in the forward carriages too rather than every carriage that leaves the track. Plus, there usually isn’t a lot of space around a track for a train to land that’s safe. Might need to do a bit more digging for stats though because I’m an ADHD nerd with a massive infrastructure fixation. 🤓
That all being said, head-on collisions are incredibly rare (even compared to other rail accidents). Most accidents, especially the rare fatal ones, are caused by a single train derailing due to broken or obstructed track.
I have what I need not necessarily what I want but that's OK, yes it's the simple things that really matter Connor and peace of mind 😊
Did you say sheeps
I'm curious,I've spent many days hillwalking,why doesn't he have waterproof boots,it's asking for trouble 😮😮😮❤.
We (the British) often rib Americans when they mispronounce British place names BUT given the very many accents and dialects in this (by comparison) small island it's not surprising that even we have problems with places we are not familiar with. Liam talked of a suburb of Glasgow which he pronounced as it's written - Milngavie. It's actually pronounced Millguy.
Someone has already translated what was on the signpost it's Gaelic ❤.
We learnt a little bit about the great American Walmart famine at school but not all that much
The older i get the more the small things make me happy.
Another great video Connor. More if possible please
Not horseflies, its the dreaded biting Highland Midge which swarm in their millions which can inflict total misery on any exposed bit of skin...Insect Repellant essential for travelling in the highlands.
Unbelievably painful for such a tiny insect
No way! The US with its 3.8m sq mile land area has bigger mountains than the uk at 94,000 sq miles? Crazy
Come Home to the Derbyshire Peak District Lad .
We have winberries, also known as bilberries.
he said thet he went down the penine way but it goes through derbyshire not cheshire
He had come off the Pennine Way when he was filming in Cheshire...to get to the English/Welsh border.
happyness comes from not expecting the future. You poop in the toilet, then one day you have a toiilet that poops for you
My neck of the woods( South Yorkshire)👍
Leaves> bracken … good as bedding not as fodder.dont mistake wild blueberries for sheep droppings …
Based upon experience rather than expectation.
Freedom to roam in Scotland is amazing. True Freedom!
Couldn't do that. I need a shower and a bed every night.
I mean I don't even like standing up.