You know what Sean, keep these videos coming, you will never be short of content, there is so much doom and gloom in the world right now and these types of videos are just what is needed to escape all that, there is joy in just watching your simple life in beautiful surroundings, the homeliness of your cottage and cats just makes me feel better about the world - thank you x
My old Brooklyn Polish neighborhood used to have a lot of them--so much good food!--but then gentrification came along and a lot of them got pushed out. It was sad. There is still a few, but no where what it was like when I first moved there.
@@ceahorse56yes, they are becoming fewer and fewer. Small supermarkets open and sell all the produce that the little shops sell. Or even worse big supermarkets out of town open up. My own village has only one store now, general grocery with fewer choices. For choice we have to drive to the big supermarket.
During the war, my mum has told me they used to receive care parcels from family in Canada - letters, clothes, ribbons etc - her aunt would also fold what we now know as tea bags into the layers within the parcel. Mum told me that they didn’t know what to do with a teabag - they used to snip them open and empty them into the tea caddy.
My parents (both children of immigrants) used to send food parcels from the US during and after the war to family in Scotland and Ireland. I recall Mother telling how very hungry some elderly aunts in Aberdeen were at the time.
I absolutely loved this video it just seemed magical somehow I was diagnosed with terminal cancer this week so I’m looking for peace and joy wherever I can find it.God bless you for making this video thoroughly enjoyed every second of it sending you love xx
Your so lucky you have a high street full of shops Mine is full of cafes and Turkish barbers. No shops per say except a few chemist's and supermarkets.
Agree. I've two local shopping streets about 15 minutes away in different directions. One is really struggling & looks tired & run down with some empty shops. 2nd place seems to be doing OK thank goodness & has a nice mix of shops. If shops closed down in the 2nd place the nearby MP is fairly passionate about the area, so I'd b writing to say 'keep our banks and keep our shops' if it took a downward projectors any time soon. Seems short sighted that commercial landlords put rents up but when shops give up & shut, often that unit sits empty so the greed of some landlords then backfires. Reasonable rents are needed to allow shops/ communities to thrive & compete against the online drive. I follow a RUclips channel - where Wendall travels around British towns/Cities & he reports on the decline of local 'community warmth' once shops shut their doors in unison (or there's a loss of the varied mix of shops open).
Hey to anyone who is interested in some more cozy, Wales-based content there is a series called Tales From The Green Valley that was aired in the 00s. Some historians lived in an old Welsh farmhouse for a year in the same way people would have lived in the 1600s. It was such a lovely show and showed a lot of beautiful Wales and the practical aspects of farming at the time.
So enjoyed seeing the town and shops. Why on earth are they taking your bank away. That seems so unfair to me since many of the shops only accept currency. I hope the shop keepers and locals start a protest of sorts. Your Cawl looks delicious…you could also make a slurry with corn starch and water to thicken it. Loose tea is a favourite of mine. I love a good English Breakfast tea. So full of flavour. Thanks for those historic pics and interesting info.🇨🇦👍🏻💕
Good day from Montreal - Canada ... I recently discovered your RUclips channel, and subscribed today. I have always been a loner, and since retiring, have become almost a hermit, and I love every moment of it.... It is always instructive and interesting to see people all over the world who live alone and what their daily life is like. Your RUclips channel is very interesting because, above all, of its great simplicity..... Speaking about tea, I have been a tea drinker since childhood, at our house, we very rarely drank coffee.... I enjoy tea in both forms, either leaf or bag... my favorite brand of tea, both leaf and bag is "King Cole" strong tea... I have a cup of one liter capacity, which I drink some hot in the morning for breakfast, and sip the rest throughout the day....Have a wonderful week-end .... :-)
You are doing so brave changing your life to beautiful Wales with your lovely cat IT seems to be such a success,congratulations,at entertaining me ,and many more .
The cawl looks really tasty 😋. Where I live a little village called Crynant one's we had everything even a cinema now one corner shop with post office one chemist and a fish shop. And six miles to my town called Neath.Barclays banks are closing in our town and also I have heard that the post office is closing as well . The government is trying to push us all to go cashless. I am not happy with this at all.
Agree. In Canada same thing. Banks, ATMS, Post Offices all closing. WEF is forcing Central Bank Digital Currency on the world....cashless society so they can control us . We must fight back for our way of life. Saddened Brit.
Just loved your trip to Treorchy with all the high street shops. So much nicer popping in and getting your food rather than a supermarket. Healthier too, and you get to meet local people doing the same. Obviously, a cup of tea is very important! My daughter and I (she’s disabled and lives with me) are going the loose tea route. We have got a glass teapot with an infuser inside so we can tell when the tea has infused to a nice strength. Yummy! Bye for now.
Hello from Washington State :) I am so happy to catch up with your channel after a long while. I just made myself a cup of tea. Feeling cozy. The tour of the village was wonderful
I can't express how much I loved this post. Wish I lived in a place like that. Heaven. 1Tbls of cornflour mixed in with 3 tablespoons of cold water and poured in whilst stirring quickly might be your more keto friendly thickener, cus you'll use less and it's easy peasy.❤
Nice to see an active high street.Sidolis cafe I recognised it before you mentioned its name..its got the same layout as the one we used to have in our local market town, renowned for it fresh cream cakes,Its now run by someone else under another name but still the same layout..its been there for as long as I can recall,used to be me and my friends go to place on a Saturday afternoon when we were in our mid teens and I'm the wrong side of 65 now.Your videos are making me feel nostalgic it's lovely to remember the less frenetic times of life..Love your cosy corner,very homely.
I LOVE your town with all the great little shops🙂 I enjoy accompanying you Sean on all your walks ... thank you! I don't know if you'll understand though when I tell you my mind is more settled when I listen to your voice as you take us all on a journey & share your memories💙
My memories centre on Carpaninini's cafe in High Street, Treorchy ; circa 1960. I lived just 50 yards away, and passed it most days. The "Bracchis" were an institution which transcended nationality, background and religion. Wish that it were so now!
Shopping the way it used to be. No supermarkets. As an old singleton with a couple of mates in the same boat we have a cooked breakfast every Friday and bemoan life and when we were young we talked about girls, motorbikes and cars! Now it’s shopping😂and how hard it is as a single person because ina supermarket difficult to buy small amounts of price or single items like onions, chops,apples, potatoes. No little shops by me. As an aside Seani am 65 and I have had several health complaints and medication doing nothing. So I have adopted my own semi carnivore diet. Cutting sugar and very low carb. Done it since early December and although not perfect at 65 Ithink I feel much better and medication free. It’s amazing that buying meat doesn’t have to be expensive. My air fryer is king for a single man. I eat 4 eggs a day too. The one thing I have noticed is I have lost a stone but the body transformation is quite remarkable. Belly almost gone. I just look my old shape. People have noticed. So I am going to continue not with a fixed carnivore diet but my own version. V little sugar, low carbs, high protein and just because of hassle of buying not much veg. Toilet habits have been improved. Still have treats like a beer for my birthday, cooked breakfast every Friday but no bread. The one thing I have done is cut out all seed oils and margarine. Fry eggs in butter, animal fat all the time, goes against all medics say. However my parents died last year at 95. Only ate butter, wedges cheese and all the animal fat they could. They both died of “old age” the hearts and cancer not present. It goes against the grain but I am now eating all animal related products. Taking vit b supplements. Whichever works for us eh. I am going back to loose tea after this😂agin single - t bags easy. As well as an air fryer I have a slow cooker cost same as a light bulb, much cheaper than your cooker mate. £30.
Good morning Sean, your village is very nice,what a nice surprise to see a paper bag for the groceries.also the price was really good for 7 breakfast items considering you paid over £7 for less items in one of your London videos! Take care and keep up the good work 💜😉
Well Sean, I would never describe that as a village with that many shops. It’s a town! Where I live has neither shops, pub or post office…. now that is a village.
Good morning Sean, what a lovely town for you to shop in. Around where we are all the lovely traditional cafés are closing down and replaced by The fashionable places like Costas. It is such a shame as I far prefer the traditional cafés where you can have a traditional breakfast or a cottage pie. Love your videos. 😘💕🌸
always drink loose leaf tea, so much better flavour plus tea bags have plastic in them otherwise the paper would dissolve (watched a RUclips video on where they make teabags in the UK) introduce more vegies into your diet & have a few meatless meals, replace with pulses, you ever tried having rosemary with lamb? they do go hand in hand, you should try different herb flavours, many have different health properties am enjoying your slow living & am looking forward to seeing more gardening thanx for sharing your little town with us
Always makes me smile to see a new video up from you Sean. What a lovely High Street you have, it looks like its thriving compared to so many. Im old school & love to see people shop like this, how it was in the old days when i was growing up. Loved seeing the butchers & the cafe etc, what a great price for the breakfast Sean👍Lovely to see the butcher & yourself chatting & he remembered you from school too❤ These trendy diets, even though i know they work are definitely NOT a one size fits all. You have a very serious health condition to manage too. I have tried them all over the last 20 years & i can categorically state that the only one that is workable for me is my own version. I keep my carbs under 100, usually between 50 & 80g a day which is classed as low carb but i can still eat lovely stew or cawl which is a super healthy meal, am i the only one who is worried about you giving up vegatables etc My nurse recently told me she is super proud that i have managed to get my blood sugars down & keep them down for 4/5 years now & i dont feel deprived of anything at all. So there is a way of eating well without going extreme anything. PLEASE remember Sean, your happiness & well being are SO IMPORTANT. Will going on an extreme diet affect your mental well-being? just as you are getting settled. Im ten years older than you & i want to enjoy life itself without a "diet" being in control of my days, weeks, months. Just be kind to yourself my lovely, you seem like such a lovely person. I dont know how you cope with so much differing advice from all angles, all well intentioned im sure. The older i get the more i realise that i am most comfortable with a good joint of meat, that lasts days, make meals & butties with it, lots of lovely veg, nice gravy, good cooked breakfast & using low carb bread & pasta, oh & tins of tuna & eggs for omelettes etc. I know Keto works for almost everyone & if you can cope with giving up your lovely cawl etc then good luck to you but just stay happy & dont forget to take into account the effect on your ME too my lovely. I know personally, the more veg i eat the better my MS is & if i go a week or so without oh boy do i suffer. Your needs are individual to you, its you that has CFS & i know that is an incredibly difficult thing to live with & manage. YOU are the manager. I hope i dont sound bossy🥴Only wish the best for you cariad🙏 Annie 🏴 Ooh i forgot to say, North Wales is due snow on Thursday, im not sure if you are getting it in the south ❄️⛄️
My father was born and raised in treorchy !!! Not sure if I spelt it right lol . Love your homely comforting vloggs .. I also live on my own and I must admit I love it
Really enjoyed that Sean what a lovely high street it's going to be so lovely in the summer. Very jealous. What a pity the slow cooker hasn't come yet makes all the difference it does. The house is so homely now the cats must be so happy having the whole house same as you. xxx
I think your Cawl , not sure how to spell it, is healthy food , dieting is overrated portion control is better, and eating fruit , vegetables some meat and fish, leave off on pastry’s cakes and biscuits and keep walking and once your out gardening the weight will drop off. I love that way of shopping , the green grocer and butcher , choose how much you want not all bundled up in plastic bags so you buy twice as much as you need, loved seeing the high street not many of those left now. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Glad to see you have an electric kettle now much cheaper to use than an electric ring on the cooker. ❤️
I enjoy your episodes, Sean, regardless of what you are doing. I am doing Keto, so my ears perk up when you mention that. The Cawl looks good. I think if you substitute maybe cauliflower for the potatoes, it would be a keto stew, for now. Once the weight is where you want it, you can go and add the higher glycemic veggies in, and see how it goes. Your hikes and walks are so interesting to me, from Oregon. Your cats are sweet-does one have green eyes, and the other gold? It is your personality, and way of enjoying your life that I find compelling. I am looking forward to seeing your back garden area, and what you end up doing with that.
I hope the keto diet goes well. I'm enjoying some of your videos and don't even live anywhere near Wales, althouh my mum came from Blaina and we usd to visit every year. The high street and cafe remind me so much of Blaina high street although that was 50 years ago. We used to go whimberry picking in the mountains to make tarts and had fresh eggs from the chickens in the back garden with gibbons and other salad veg grown there too. I also remember all the small shops in the front rooms of terraced homes selling sweets and pop and homegrown veg. All the shops were the friendly high street types like the butchers you visited. Its a shame the big supermarkets have closed so many high street shops as the community spirit and social good well feeling has gone in many araes. They even had a cafe in Blaina with the milk frothers and mable tables with the same interior as you went in. When my mum left home she went to work in an Italian owned cafe in Tenby, so the Italians appear to have made their mark in South Wales in the early -mid 1900's. My plan is to retire to South Wales at 67 in 5 years although I have no property or pension, just a bit I'm trying to save up to cover moving and setting up costs and a little for a rainy day. Maybe Haverford West or Pembroke Dock or Brigend. It's only a dream though.
Just found your videos and have really enjoyed your company about the house and garden, I agree that is better than an allotment, so many of those. When making cowl if you dust the meat in flour before browning it’s much thicker, also adding mint to the dish takes away the lovely lamb taste. I am going to watch more of your super restful videos, thank you so much, I’m a Northumberland women living on the south coast much warmer. Kind regards Jennifer
Thank you Sean for another lovely video. I live in the North East and my Mum used to make a similar stew but with the addition of barley. It was lovely to see a shop that sells small amouts particular of spices. My Dad would only drink loose tea and he would joke that he was going to read them to see when we were going to win our fortune. Loved the historic portion of the video.
Add corn flour to thicken it. Mix a little with a small amount cold water in a cup (consistency of milk) and then add to your stew. Your butchers sold it on the back wall x
Great to support local butchers and greengrocers! What a lovely town... I love your cottage,its so cozy!! Im going to have a go at the Cawl.....looks fabulous!
Great video, I enjoy learning about the history of the area, thank you to the butchers and greengrocer for letting you film. I love watching a gentle lifestyle vlog. Tea chat! We use loose tea, it has increased health benefits and the flavour is different and often much better, even if it's from the supermarket (although we treat ourselves to a good blend from a specialist every now and then.) The Waitrose essentials loose tea used to be our economical favourite, but I think they've discontinued that. Tesco's Assam is nice, but their Finest loose tea is half the price and tastes fine! It's a case of trial and error and personal preference. We use a level teaspoon per person. It needs to brew for longer (we choose 6 minutes) so I recommend making it in your teapot with a tea cosy to keep the heat in, or if you're making it in a cup cover it with a small plate. 🫖🙂
that was a nice walk down your high street 😃 and you cant beat a full english breakfast in a nice cafe 😃😋and not forgetting.... a nice cup of tea to go with it 😄😃🍵🫖
Hi Sean I also live with myself me and my black 🐈⬛ Blazer in Mtl Canada 🇨🇦 for me Prices Are crazy also I am diabetic and have IBS so shopping careful love tea 🍵 old school ideals
Apart from bank closing high street looks like It has everything u need just a tip you may know I do it with lob scouse when it's all cooked get a potatoe masher and gently press it into the stew to break up,the potatoes not mash them just squash them a bit it thickens it up nicely
I use cornflour to thicken stews Shaun. Comes in a small packet. Couple of heaped teaspoons mixed in half cup of water and stir in OK always works! Love the films. Keep going mate.
I use those big cardboard boxes for covering freshly prepared beds to avoid weeds before I have time to plant and mulch, or to kill off weedy soil (as in no dig) but remove the cardboard and add a smaller amount of compost to the original soil. Cheaper than no dig if you don't have vast amounts of compost and nicer than black plastic or weedmat. Throw out? No way. The house is looking very cosy.
Do love a cuppa x I've bought darjelling no need for milk or sugar x can't get used to green tea, however, Waitrose have nettle, few healthy tea bags I like the taste of God bless ❤️
Just love your vids Sean .e used to put tea in teapot then use strainer to pour into cup .much better than teabags I think .Not a lot of places sell loose tea now .see you next time .
Real heart warming seeing the butchers the café etc in main street so much nicer than impersonal supermarkets i miss the corner shops. Passed my driving test in Treorchy for manual car as few years earlier had Automatic car so took that on my test in Swansea.
I enjoy hearing about your new/old home. Showing history through photos and personal stories is wonderful. I think anything you choose to read will be calming to hear. You have that demeanor in your voice. If I may make a suggestion? I wonder if a footstool would help make your sitting more comfortable. It’s nice to come home and put one’s feet up after a walk about. I’m loving the cozy corner you’ve made. Nice that you are settling in. Take care.
You are very good cooking fresh everyday, I have lived alone 17 yrs and I just buy ready meals, occasionally I use the slow cooker for stew, then share it with the dogs. You have an Iceland, Boots, Specsavers, Barclay's Bank and buses. Here there is a Doctor's surgery, Chemist, corner shop and coffee shop down by the river, there is a pub on the river. Bus is on a Wednesday 9.30am
I love your butcher's shop!! These shops are very like small neighborhoods in bigger cities in the U.S....where small neighborhoods still exist. The real and big difference, of course, is that, when you come out of your shop, you stand in pristine and uncrowded areas full of mountains, streams, and woods instead of endless block after block of further urbanization. I stopped drinking coffee last year (simply a change with age--love coffee!!) and substituted herbal teas. Since I live in a hot climate, I drink tons of iced herbal tea (+ water) for most of the year. Last year, I tried several methods of steeping. I have incredibly large strainers but find I like the medium unbleached tea bags because they're neater. I buy loose because I buy in bulk for cheaper cost. I also make a concoction of chaparral for each morning (liver cleanser) which is steeped simply loose in the jar but I dearly hate it since clean-up is a mess.
If you remove a small portion and liquidise it, then reintroduce it back into the pot, that will help thicken it. Also, as someone has mentioned, try lentils for thickening; use red one as they tend to disintegrate which is what you for thickening. Suspect you may want to add them part way through cooking - experiment !
That snug would make a lovely crochet corner! I love it. I got a floor standing daylight lamp for my crochet and recommend it! I can crochet no matter the weather. Today it's poor daylight but I can crochet away!
So nice to see small independent shops. The butchers and greengrocers look great and offer such good produce and customer service. Only stumbled across your channel recently but I’m really enjoying the content. Thank you for sharing your days 🤗
Your shopping experience reminded me of my childhood in the 1940’s. My mother and I would shop exactly as you did today. Brought back a lot of lovely memories! Thank you!
Thank you for the lovely video. Another way to get a thicker consistency when no flour is around (or someone can’t eat wheat) is take a little of the cooked potato and smush it completely and stir it in.
we have a famous Italian who lived in our town,Enrico Cocozza he made many of his films in the town and wrote a book about his grandparents journey coming over from italy to scotland a great read x
oh I was so sad to see the cafe had shut used to do fabulous steam pie I think the last time I was there was 2018 and I think he had the starting of Alzheimer’s I don’t expect his son wanted to take the cafe over what a shame he was a lovely man and the first cafe you when to they do do A lovely breakfast there and I think it was two brothers that I did in the end and one of them was named Johnny used to come round in the ice cream van specially on a Sunday they used to do lovely ice cream thank you very much for the video Christine NZ🌹
Another great video. Congratulations on going back to your roots. I love a strong black tea myself. In the US we can get PG tips and a few others. Can’t live without my tea.
Awesome video Sean, great butchers and veggie shop loved the herbs n spices too, really loving the vibe of these new vids. I grew up on loose tea with a pot/strainer in the 60s i remember my grandad pouring it from the pot into a mug from a great height to make bubbles in the mug he made a great cuppa! 'ere dad do you know the pianos on my foot, no son, you hum it and i'll play it :)
Love the cosy book corner. What a relaxing place to sit and read. We mostly use loose tea now, (better flavour). You may be better off using your pot for tea and getting the original sort of tea strainer and tea measuring spoon. Also, we've found storing the tea leaves in containers keeps it fresher. 🫖 💕 Enjoy the cawl, looks delicious!
You can make a very tasty cream soup with Jerusalem artichoke. Dean and Deluca used to make it in their cafe before they closed down. But I’m sure you could google the recipe.
Dad had a village butchers shop , brought back a few memories for me! I’ve never had a pick n mix breakfast though, interesting way of doing things. Our local town has lost all its banks, I think they have to keep the cash points open when that happens. Interesting to learn about the Italian cafes in Wales, just back from a few days with friends on Anglesey, lots of shops struggling to stay open there. My grandad refused to use teabags, said they were made from the sweepings off the floor…
You read my mind this morning. 1. I'm irritated hearing Barclays closing so no bank there cept 9 miles away. Barclays is not my bank but it closed down in a shopping street not far from me. I was in my bank yesterday & there was one person on seat area serving at mid afternoon, yet queue of people. Yet they keep telling us there's less footfall which is why they are closing banks. I do not agree. Can't also b pushed cashless. I hope everyone there will be demanding a banking hub or a mobile bank van to visit in that case!! Its a cop out & they pull out of banks making staff redundant, suggesting people consider on line banking - then say because people r on online banking they r too quiet in the face to face banks! Many bods want face to face. 2. I get acid reflux if have too much tea, but did read about micorplastics particles in new type tea bags. I'd go for loose if I had tea rather than coffee. But it's all personal choice. Ha ha. , when you stated u going for a cuppa in the cafe I thought I bet he gets brekky - sure enuf u did, but I see why. That looked as good/reasonably priced as your fave cafe back in London, Sean.
Nice to see a real butchers shop, lamb with vegetable delicious although I have never added mint must try it. I do like loose tea leaves I have cinnamon or vanilla flavour. Thanks for sharing.
I have a small fridge too. You have to cool everything down before you put it in the fridge to store. Maybe outside for an hour then put it in the fridge. Just my experience. Good luck! I cook in batches on my day off. Love the videos of Wales!
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You know what Sean, keep these videos coming, you will never be short of content, there is so much doom and gloom in the world right now and these types of videos are just what is needed to escape all that, there is joy in just watching your simple life in beautiful surroundings, the homeliness of your cottage and cats just makes me feel better about the world - thank you x
I agree, you are so endearing to watch with a dash of humour....just lovely....fro Australia.....God bless all you do.....Amen.....
Nice to see all those traditional small shops still going and you can just jump on a bus to get to them .
I’m 67 and live in the US and never seen shops like that in my lifetime. Now I know what my parents were talking about
My old Brooklyn Polish neighborhood used to have a lot of them--so much good food!--but then gentrification came along and a lot of them got pushed out. It was sad. There is still a few, but no where what it was like when I first moved there.
@@ceahorse56yes, they are becoming fewer and fewer. Small supermarkets open and sell all the produce that the little shops sell. Or even worse big supermarkets out of town open up. My own village has only one store now, general grocery with fewer choices. For choice we have to drive to the big supermarket.
You are fortunate to have such nice small shops for grocery and no towering buildings looming. Pleasant life you ate establishing thete.
I love what you said about there’s no bad weather, just the wrong clothes.
Banks need to be made accountable. It is disgraceful what they are doing. Cash is King 👍 So nice to see the independent shops 👍
UK citizens and Australians are too compliant.
Our political representatives are also too compliant, just yes men of big businesses
During the war, my mum has told me they used to receive care parcels from family in Canada - letters, clothes, ribbons etc - her aunt would also fold what we now know as tea bags into the layers within the parcel. Mum told me that they didn’t know what to do with a teabag - they used to snip them open and empty them into the tea caddy.
My parents (both children of immigrants) used to send food parcels from the US during and after the war to family in Scotland and Ireland. I recall Mother telling how very hungry some elderly aunts in Aberdeen were at the time.
I absolutely loved this video it just seemed magical somehow I was diagnosed with terminal cancer this week so I’m looking for peace and joy wherever I can find it.God bless you for making this video thoroughly enjoyed every second of it sending you love xx
Well if I can keep you smiling then my job here is complete. All the best.
Your so lucky you have a high street full of shops
Mine is full of cafes and Turkish barbers. No shops per say except a few chemist's and supermarkets.
Sounds like the Turkish are the new Italians.
Agree. I've two local shopping streets about 15 minutes away in different directions. One is really struggling & looks tired & run down with some empty shops. 2nd place seems to be doing OK thank goodness & has a nice mix of shops. If shops closed down in the 2nd place the nearby MP is fairly passionate about the area, so I'd b writing to say 'keep our banks and keep our shops' if it took a downward projectors any time soon. Seems short sighted that commercial landlords put rents up but when shops give up & shut, often that unit sits empty so the greed of some landlords then backfires. Reasonable rents are needed to allow shops/ communities to thrive & compete against the online drive. I follow a RUclips channel - where Wendall travels around British towns/Cities & he reports on the decline of local 'community warmth' once shops shut their doors in unison (or there's a loss of the varied mix of shops open).
Hey to anyone who is interested in some more cozy, Wales-based content there is a series called Tales From The Green Valley that was aired in the 00s. Some historians lived in an old Welsh farmhouse for a year in the same way people would have lived in the 1600s. It was such a lovely show and showed a lot of beautiful Wales and the practical aspects of farming at the time.
Will have to check that out. Thanks.
A lovely series ❤
That was a nice show
So enjoyed seeing the town and shops. Why on earth are they taking your bank away. That seems so unfair to me since many of the shops only accept currency. I hope the shop keepers and locals start a protest of sorts. Your Cawl looks delicious…you could also make a slurry with corn starch and water to thicken it. Loose tea is a favourite of mine. I love a good English Breakfast tea. So full of flavour. Thanks for those historic pics and interesting info.🇨🇦👍🏻💕
loose tea is best back in the 60's always was used by mum and nan
Love the photos of the old shops and your stroll along the High St.
Good day from Montreal - Canada ... I recently discovered your RUclips channel, and subscribed today. I have always been a loner, and since retiring, have become almost a hermit, and I love every moment of it.... It is always instructive and interesting to see people all over the world who live alone and what their daily life is like. Your RUclips channel is very interesting because, above all, of its great simplicity..... Speaking about tea, I have been a tea drinker since childhood, at our house, we very rarely drank coffee.... I enjoy tea in both forms, either leaf or bag... my favorite brand of tea, both leaf and bag is "King Cole" strong tea... I have a cup of one liter capacity, which I drink some hot in the morning for breakfast, and sip the rest throughout the day....Have a wonderful week-end .... :-)
You are doing so brave changing your life to beautiful Wales with your lovely cat IT seems to be such a success,congratulations,at entertaining me ,and many more .
Nice butcher's shop, a good selection of joints. The cafe was reasonable too, the sort of price I like to pay.
The cawl looks really tasty 😋. Where I live a little village called Crynant one's we had everything even a cinema now one corner shop with post office one chemist and a fish shop. And six miles to my town called Neath.Barclays banks are closing in our town and also I have heard that the post office is closing as well . The government is trying to push us all to go cashless. I am not happy with this at all.
Agree. In Canada same thing. Banks, ATMS, Post Offices all closing. WEF is forcing Central Bank Digital Currency on the world....cashless society so they can control us . We must fight back for our way of life. Saddened Brit.
Just loved your trip to Treorchy with all the high street shops. So much nicer popping in and getting your food rather than a supermarket. Healthier too, and you get to meet local people doing the same. Obviously, a cup of tea is very important! My daughter and I (she’s disabled and lives with me) are going the loose tea route. We have got a glass teapot with an infuser inside so we can tell when the tea has infused to a nice strength. Yummy! Bye for now.
Hello from Washington State :) I am so happy to catch up with your channel after a long while. I just made myself a cup of tea. Feeling cozy. The tour of the village was wonderful
I put a cup of lentils in my cawl. It helps to thicken it.
Dried split peas are also great for thickening!
I won't use split peas or lentils
I would be going to that Italian cafe every Friday as my treat to myself.
I can't express how much I loved this post. Wish I lived in a place like that. Heaven.
1Tbls of cornflour mixed in with 3 tablespoons of cold water and poured in whilst stirring quickly might be your more keto friendly thickener, cus you'll use less and it's easy peasy.❤
I think this move has been very good for your soul - you look happier in your face. Must be nice to be around old familiar faces too.
I love my loose teas. Even the supermarket own-brands are often nice, Sean.
Nice to see an active high street.Sidolis cafe I recognised it before you mentioned its name..its got the same layout as the one we used to have in our local market town, renowned for it fresh cream cakes,Its now run by someone else under another name but still the same layout..its been there for as long as I can recall,used to be me and my friends go to place on a Saturday afternoon when we were in our mid teens and I'm the wrong side of 65 now.Your videos are making me feel nostalgic it's lovely to remember the less frenetic times of life..Love your cosy corner,very homely.
I LOVE your town with all the great little shops🙂 I enjoy accompanying you Sean on all your walks ... thank you! I don't know if you'll understand though when I tell you my mind is more settled when I listen to your voice as you take us all on a journey & share your memories💙
My memories centre on Carpaninini's cafe in High Street, Treorchy ; circa 1960. I lived just 50 yards away, and passed it most days. The "Bracchis" were an institution which transcended nationality, background and religion. Wish that it were so now!
Shopping the way it used to be. No supermarkets. As an old singleton with a couple of mates in the same boat we have a cooked breakfast every Friday and bemoan life and when we were young we talked about girls, motorbikes and cars! Now it’s shopping😂and how hard it is as a single person because ina supermarket difficult to buy small amounts of price or single items like onions, chops,apples, potatoes. No little shops by me. As an aside Seani am 65 and I have had several health complaints and medication doing nothing. So I have adopted my own semi carnivore diet. Cutting sugar and very low carb. Done it since early December and although not perfect at 65 Ithink I feel much better and medication free. It’s amazing that buying meat doesn’t have to be expensive. My air fryer is king for a single man. I eat 4 eggs a day too. The one thing I have noticed is I have lost a stone but the body transformation is quite remarkable. Belly almost gone. I just look my old shape. People have noticed. So I am going to continue not with a fixed carnivore diet but my own version. V little sugar, low carbs, high protein and just because of hassle of buying not much veg. Toilet habits have been improved. Still have treats like a beer for my birthday, cooked breakfast every Friday but no bread. The one thing I have done is cut out all seed oils and margarine. Fry eggs in butter, animal fat all the time, goes against all medics say. However my parents died last year at 95. Only ate butter, wedges cheese and all the animal fat they could. They both died of “old age” the hearts and cancer not present. It goes against the grain but I am now eating all animal related products. Taking vit b supplements. Whichever works for us eh. I am going back to loose tea after this😂agin single - t bags easy. As well as an air fryer I have a slow cooker cost same as a light bulb, much cheaper than your cooker mate. £30.
Interesting facts about your parents and something we can all learn from. Full fat milk rather than skimmed etc.
My father used to work for Sidolis ice cream and they were based in Ebbw Vale many years ago!
Good morning Sean, your village is very nice,what a nice surprise to see a paper bag for the groceries.also the price was really good for 7 breakfast items considering you paid over £7 for less items in one of your London videos! Take care and keep up the good work 💜😉
What a lovely high street proper shops. Your snug looks so cosy
Well Sean, I would never describe that as a village with that many shops. It’s a town! Where I live has neither shops, pub or post office…. now that is a village.
Good morning Sean, what a lovely town for you to shop in. Around where we are all the lovely traditional cafés are closing down and replaced by The fashionable places like Costas. It is such a shame as I far prefer the traditional cafés where you can have a traditional breakfast or a cottage pie. Love your videos. 😘💕🌸
Love the shops and it reminded me of the shops here in Australia in the 60’s and early 70’s, way to live for sure , great video
always drink loose leaf tea, so much better flavour plus tea bags have plastic in them otherwise the paper would dissolve (watched a RUclips video on where they make teabags in the UK)
introduce more vegies into your diet & have a few meatless meals, replace with pulses,
you ever tried having rosemary with lamb? they do go hand in hand, you should try different herb flavours, many have different health properties
am enjoying your slow living & am looking forward to seeing more gardening
thanx for sharing your little town with us
Loose tea all day every day and tea to the garden. U.S.A.. Cheers.
Mr. Sean you look very happy 😊 and it shows on your videos 🎉 love watching your videos and lifestyle
Always makes me smile to see a new video up from you Sean. What a lovely High Street you have, it looks like its thriving compared to so many. Im old school & love to see people shop like this, how it was in the old days when i was growing up. Loved seeing the butchers & the cafe etc, what a great price for the breakfast Sean👍Lovely to see the butcher & yourself chatting & he remembered you from school too❤
These trendy diets, even though i know they work are definitely NOT a one size fits all. You have a very serious health condition to manage too. I have tried them all over the last 20 years & i can categorically state that the only one that is workable for me is my own version. I keep my carbs under 100, usually between 50 & 80g a day which is classed as low carb but i can still eat lovely stew or cawl which is a super healthy meal, am i the only one who is worried about you giving up vegatables etc My nurse recently told me she is super proud that i have managed to get my blood sugars down & keep them down for 4/5 years now & i dont feel deprived of anything at all. So there is a way of eating well without going extreme anything. PLEASE remember Sean, your happiness & well being are SO IMPORTANT. Will going on an extreme diet affect your mental well-being? just as you are getting settled. Im ten years older than you & i want to enjoy life itself without a "diet" being in control of my days, weeks, months. Just be kind to yourself my lovely, you seem like such a lovely person. I dont know how you cope with so much differing advice from all angles, all well intentioned im sure. The older i get the more i realise that i am most comfortable with a good joint of meat, that lasts days, make meals & butties with it, lots of lovely veg, nice gravy, good cooked breakfast & using low carb bread & pasta, oh & tins of tuna & eggs for omelettes etc. I know Keto works for almost everyone & if you can cope with giving up your lovely cawl etc then good luck to you but just stay happy & dont forget to take into account the effect on your ME too my lovely. I know personally, the more veg i eat the better my MS is & if i go a week or so without oh boy do i suffer. Your needs are individual to you, its you that has CFS & i know that is an incredibly difficult thing to live with & manage. YOU are the manager. I hope i dont sound bossy🥴Only wish the best for you cariad🙏 Annie 🏴 Ooh i forgot to say, North Wales is due snow on Thursday, im not sure if you are getting it in the south ❄️⛄️
Do love a bit of snow.
My father was born and raised in treorchy !!! Not sure if I spelt it right lol . Love your homely comforting vloggs .. I also live on my own and I must admit I love it
Hi I thought I would share that I grow my own mint. Peppermint, spear mint, apple mint, chocolate mint an more!
Really enjoyed that Sean what a lovely high street it's going to be so lovely in the summer. Very jealous. What a pity the slow cooker hasn't come yet makes all the difference it does. The house is so homely now the cats must be so happy having the whole house same as you. xxx
Expecting it any day now.
I think your Cawl , not sure how to spell it, is healthy food , dieting is overrated portion control is better, and eating fruit , vegetables some meat and fish, leave off on pastry’s cakes and biscuits and keep walking and once your out gardening the weight will drop off. I love that way of shopping , the green grocer and butcher , choose how much you want not all bundled up in plastic bags so you buy twice as much as you need, loved seeing the high street not many of those left now. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Glad to see you have an electric kettle now much cheaper to use than an electric ring on the cooker. ❤️
I enjoy your episodes, Sean, regardless of what you are doing. I am doing Keto, so my ears perk up when you mention that. The Cawl looks good. I think if you substitute maybe cauliflower for the potatoes, it would be a keto stew, for now. Once the weight is where you want it, you can go and add the higher glycemic veggies in, and see how it goes. Your hikes and walks are so interesting to me, from Oregon. Your cats are sweet-does one have green eyes, and the other gold? It is your personality, and way of enjoying your life that I find compelling. I am looking forward to seeing your back garden area, and what you end up doing with that.
Yes the cats have different coloured eyes. The garden episode is this Saturday.
Loved watching you do your shopping .shops look lovely and that breakfast looks yum.
Such lovely little shops. I love places that offer bulk foods where you can select any amount you need.
The high street looks very vibrant which is great to see.
Loved going with you to the local shops. Beautiful. Thank you.
I hope the keto diet goes well. I'm enjoying some of your videos and don't even live anywhere near Wales, althouh my mum came from Blaina and we usd to visit every year. The high street and cafe remind me so much of Blaina high street although that was 50 years ago. We used to go whimberry picking in the mountains to make tarts and had fresh eggs from the chickens in the back garden with gibbons and other salad veg grown there too. I also remember all the small shops in the front rooms of terraced homes selling sweets and pop and homegrown veg. All the shops were the friendly high street types like the butchers you visited. Its a shame the big supermarkets have closed so many high street shops as the community spirit and social good well feeling has gone in many araes. They even had a cafe in Blaina with the milk frothers and mable tables with the same interior as you went in. When my mum left home she went to work in an Italian owned cafe in Tenby, so the Italians appear to have made their mark in South Wales in the early -mid 1900's. My plan is to retire to South Wales at 67 in 5 years although I have no property or pension, just a bit I'm trying to save up to cover moving and setting up costs and a little for a rainy day. Maybe Haverford West or Pembroke Dock or Brigend. It's only a dream though.
I often use loose tea, being alone i find it a waste using a teabag to make 1 cup of tea. Scottish blend or tetley tea bag makes two cups 😮😂😂e
If you need to thicken any soup and ran out of flour, a tablespoon of plain porridge, added to the soup will give it some, nice thickener. X
Just found your videos and have really enjoyed your company about the house and garden, I agree that is better than an allotment, so many of those. When making cowl if you dust the meat in flour before browning it’s much thicker, also adding mint to the dish takes away the lovely lamb taste. I am going to watch more of your super restful videos, thank you so much, I’m a Northumberland women living on the south coast much warmer. Kind regards Jennifer
Thank you Sean for another lovely video. I live in the North East and my Mum used to make a similar stew but with the addition of barley. It was lovely to see a shop that sells small amouts particular of spices. My Dad would only drink loose tea and he would joke that he was going to read them to see when we were going to win our fortune. Loved the historic portion of the video.
Add corn flour to thicken it. Mix a little with a small amount cold water in a cup (consistency of milk) and then add to your stew. Your butchers sold it on the back wall x
Thank you Dear Sean ❤ I Love that you have Rusty on your new bookcase
Great to support local butchers and greengrocers! What a lovely town... I love your cottage,its so cozy!! Im going to have a go at the Cawl.....looks fabulous!
Great video, I enjoy learning about the history of the area, thank you to the butchers and greengrocer for letting you film. I love watching a gentle lifestyle vlog.
Tea chat!
We use loose tea, it has increased health benefits and the flavour is different and often much better, even if it's from the supermarket (although we treat ourselves to a good blend from a specialist every now and then.)
The Waitrose essentials loose tea used to be our economical favourite, but I think they've discontinued that. Tesco's Assam is nice, but their Finest loose tea is half the price and tastes fine!
It's a case of trial and error and personal preference.
We use a level teaspoon per person. It needs to brew for longer (we choose 6 minutes) so I recommend making it in your teapot with a tea cosy to keep the heat in, or if you're making it in a cup cover it with a small plate. 🫖🙂
You could put some dumplings in at the end of cooking that would make it nice
that was a nice walk down your high street 😃 and you cant beat a full english breakfast in a nice cafe 😃😋and not forgetting.... a nice cup of tea to go with it 😄😃🍵🫖
Powdered potato added to a stew/ cawl can act as a thickener also. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Sean I also live with myself me and my black 🐈⬛ Blazer in Mtl Canada 🇨🇦 for me Prices Are crazy also I am diabetic and have IBS so shopping careful love tea 🍵 old school ideals
Thank you for sharing your life I found it very relaxing watching it I love old fashioned shops particularly butcher s🙏
Yay real village shops, brings back memories. Sean you are looking relaxed =-)
Apart from bank closing high street looks like It has everything u need just a tip you may know I do it with lob scouse when it's all cooked get a potatoe masher and gently press it into the stew to break up,the potatoes not mash them just squash them a bit it thickens it up nicely
I use cornflour to thicken stews Shaun. Comes in a small packet. Couple of heaped teaspoons mixed in half cup of water and stir in OK always works! Love the films. Keep going mate.
I use those big cardboard boxes for covering freshly prepared beds to avoid weeds before I have time to plant and mulch, or to kill off weedy soil (as in no dig) but remove the cardboard and add a smaller amount of compost to the original soil. Cheaper than no dig if you don't have vast amounts of compost and nicer than black plastic or weedmat. Throw out? No way. The house is looking very cosy.
Do love a cuppa x I've bought darjelling no need for milk or sugar x can't get used to green tea, however, Waitrose have nettle, few healthy tea bags I like the taste of God bless ❤️
I spent every summer in Wales as a child..I lived in Wales for a time. Born and raised in London.
Just love your vids Sean .e used to put tea in teapot then use strainer to pour into cup .much better than teabags I think .Not a lot of places sell loose tea now .see you next time .
What a beautiful village sean your settling in quite nicely amber and topsy look content x
Real heart warming seeing the butchers the café etc in main street so much nicer than impersonal supermarkets i miss the corner shops. Passed my driving test in Treorchy for manual car as few years earlier had Automatic car so took that on my test in Swansea.
I enjoy hearing about your new/old home. Showing history through photos and personal stories is wonderful. I think anything you choose to read will be calming to hear. You have that demeanor in your voice. If I may make a suggestion? I wonder if a footstool would help make your sitting more comfortable. It’s nice to come home and put one’s feet up after a walk about. I’m loving the cozy corner you’ve made. Nice that you are settling in. Take care.
You are very good cooking fresh everyday, I have lived alone 17 yrs and I just buy ready meals, occasionally I use the slow cooker for stew, then share it with the dogs. You have an Iceland, Boots, Specsavers, Barclay's Bank and buses. Here there is a Doctor's surgery, Chemist, corner shop and coffee shop down by the river, there is a pub on the river. Bus is on a Wednesday 9.30am
Video was very relaxing to watch looks a lovely place were you live
I love your butcher's shop!! These shops are very like small neighborhoods in bigger cities in the U.S....where small neighborhoods still exist. The real and big difference, of course, is that, when you come out of your shop, you stand in pristine and uncrowded areas full of mountains, streams, and woods instead of endless block after block of further urbanization. I stopped drinking coffee last year (simply a change with age--love coffee!!) and substituted herbal teas. Since I live in a hot climate, I drink tons of iced herbal tea (+ water) for most of the year. Last year, I tried several methods of steeping. I have incredibly large strainers but find I like the medium unbleached tea bags because they're neater. I buy loose because I buy in bulk for cheaper cost. I also make a concoction of chaparral for each morning (liver cleanser) which is steeped simply loose in the jar but I dearly hate it since clean-up is a mess.
If you remove a small portion and liquidise it, then reintroduce it back into the pot, that will help thicken it. Also, as someone has mentioned, try lentils for thickening; use red one as they tend to disintegrate which is what you for thickening. Suspect you may want to add them part way through cooking - experiment !
You can’t beat tea leaves they make a great brew. I put one and a half teaspoons in of Yorkshire tea leaves in, simply devine !!
That snug would make a lovely crochet corner! I love it. I got a floor standing daylight lamp for my crochet and recommend it! I can crochet no matter the weather. Today it's poor daylight but I can crochet away!
So nice to see small independent shops. The butchers and greengrocers look great and offer such good produce and customer service. Only stumbled across your channel recently but I’m really enjoying the content. Thank you for sharing your days 🤗
Your shopping experience reminded me of my childhood in the 1940’s. My mother and I would shop exactly as you did today. Brought back a lot of lovely memories! Thank you!
So happy i found your channel , love your video's . Looking forward to following your story .
I love the atmosphere of the shops, nothing like that in this town.
Thank you for the lovely video. Another way to get a thicker consistency when no flour is around (or someone can’t eat wheat) is take a little of the cooked potato and smush it completely and stir it in.
we have a famous Italian who lived in our town,Enrico Cocozza he made many of his films in the town and wrote a book about his grandparents journey coming over from italy to scotland a great read x
You can get cash from any post office Sean!!! That’s what I do as no bank for miles.
Wow that breakfast in the cafe looked beautiful 😍
I use only loose leaf tea home, at work I use bags due to constraints.... In home i use French Press or Snap Ball Tea Strainer to brew a cuppa
Your videos are pure joy to watch keep up the good work, and I wish you well in your new home
Really enjoying your videos Sean, some happy chat and normality away from all the doom and gloom, keep up the good work & thank you so much!!
oh I was so sad to see the cafe had shut used to do fabulous steam pie I think the last time I was there was 2018 and I think he had the starting of Alzheimer’s I don’t expect his son wanted to take the cafe over what a shame he was a lovely man and the first cafe you when to they do do A lovely breakfast there and I think it was two brothers that I did in the end and one of them was named Johnny used to come round in the ice cream van specially on a Sunday they used to do lovely ice cream thank you very much for the video Christine NZ🌹
Loved seeing the village shops & some of the locals. Keep enjoying every day. As I said before, you are in a little slice of heaven!😊
Another great video. Congratulations on going back to your roots. I love a strong black tea myself. In the US we can get PG tips and a few others. Can’t live without my tea.
Please keep reading from the old gardening books as its fascinatng to hear the advice from all those years agoxx
In my wee town the banks have all gone and we're left with the cashpoints... Its quite a cashless society our wee town.
Awesome video Sean, great butchers and veggie shop loved the herbs n spices too, really loving the vibe of these new vids. I grew up on loose tea with a pot/strainer in the 60s i remember my grandad pouring it from the pot into a mug from a great height to make bubbles in the mug he made a great cuppa! 'ere dad do you know the pianos on my foot, no son, you hum it and i'll play it :)
Love the cosy book corner. What a relaxing place to sit and read.
We mostly use loose tea now, (better flavour). You may be better off using your pot for tea and getting the original sort of tea strainer and tea measuring spoon. Also, we've found storing the tea leaves in containers keeps it fresher. 🫖 💕 Enjoy the cawl, looks delicious!
Great town village ther Treorchy ther great diy shop and butchers looks great and veg shop place and found out ther farm shop ther lover place to be
You can make a very tasty cream soup with Jerusalem artichoke. Dean and Deluca used to make it in their cafe before they closed down. But I’m sure you could google the recipe.
Dad had a village butchers shop , brought back a few memories for me! I’ve never had a pick n mix breakfast though, interesting way of doing things. Our local town has lost all its banks, I think they have to keep the cash points open when that happens. Interesting to learn about the Italian cafes in Wales, just back from a few days with friends on Anglesey, lots of shops struggling to stay open there. My grandad refused to use teabags, said they were made from the sweepings off the floor…
Is there a campaign in the town to stop the bank from shutting? I always do teapot with loose leaf tea...so much better
You read my mind this morning. 1. I'm irritated hearing Barclays closing so no bank there cept 9 miles away. Barclays is not my bank but it closed down in a shopping street not far from me. I was in my bank yesterday & there was one person on seat area serving at mid afternoon, yet queue of people. Yet they keep telling us there's less footfall which is why they are closing banks. I do not agree. Can't also b pushed cashless. I hope everyone there will be demanding a banking hub or a mobile bank van to visit in that case!! Its a cop out & they pull out of banks making staff redundant, suggesting people consider on line banking - then say because people r on online banking they r too quiet in the face to face banks! Many bods want face to face. 2. I get acid reflux if have too much tea, but did read about micorplastics particles in new type tea bags. I'd go for loose if I had tea rather than coffee. But it's all personal choice. Ha ha. , when you stated u going for a cuppa in the cafe I thought I bet he gets brekky - sure enuf u did, but I see why. That looked as good/reasonably priced as your fave cafe back in London, Sean.
and you can often squeeze out a second cup! 🫖☕️
Nice to see a real butchers shop, lamb with vegetable delicious although I have never added mint must try it. I do like loose tea leaves I have cinnamon or vanilla flavour. Thanks for sharing.
I have a small fridge too. You have to cool everything down before you put it in the fridge to store. Maybe outside for an hour then put it in the fridge. Just my experience. Good luck! I cook in batches on my day off. Love the videos of Wales!