I’m vibing with these videos so much! My husband and I moved here from America two years ago (he’s a British National), and we exhausted ourselves with travel as well.. Like who plans a honeymoon directly after an international move? We did - and then some - and we’re still exhausted. If you’re keen on the Cotswolds, look at a place called Dryhill House just outside of Cheltenham. It’s incredibly peaceful if you’re after nature and the country quite. I stayed there with my in-laws and it was perhaps the dreamiest place I’ve ever been, it helps that a lovely poet and composer lived there 100 years ago. Anyway, thank you for sharing these videos. It’s nice to know other people enjoy sharing expat observations. 🥂
Glad to hear Bedfordshire was mentioned, even Luton (where I live) isn’t as bad as people think. Certain areas aren’t great, but the same can be said about London. Love your enthusiasm for the UK, reminds me to appreciate what you’ve got close to home
Suggestions for best paces to live (and visit) outside London: Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Exeter. Suggestions for travel: Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Cotswolds, Kent, Suffolk, Lake District .... Enjoy!!
Come down to Tonbrige Maidstone area all countryside loads of rare breeds of sheep and it’s a 30min train to London and a 1hr dive if that from the beech
A lovely Aussie couple were sat opposite me during a train journey to London, their delight in the greenery and landscape (until we hit London) was a pleasure to witness. Britain is beautiful, we should appreciate what we have more
We had a lovely week in Dorset in 2018. We had a car and we stayed in Cordwainers Cottage, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset. Half a mile from the main road and on the road to Lulworth Cove. None of our days out were rushed, but we managed to do a lot. Day 1 - Dorchester and the Roman Town House, Max Gate (the home of Thomas Hardy) and Tynham Village (people were moved out during the war and never allowed to move back again) We also drove to Lulworth Cove for a few hours as it was so close. Day 2 - Wareham and a nice walk around the Saxon walls, a church built in 1020 AD and a cream tea by the river. (cream teas in Wareham are £1.50 cheaper than the other tourist areas), Corfe Castle. Day 3 - Abbotsbury Swannery definitely worth a visit, Isle of Portland and Portland Bill. Day 4 - Old Harry Rocks, a lovely walk along the cliff tops, South Beach Studland (near the car park for Old Harry Rocks) for a relaxing afternoon and Durdle Door on the way back to the cottage. Day 5 - Bovington Tank Museum were we stayed longer than we had planned as there is so much to see, Clouds Hill (home of T.E. Lawrence) and Moreton where he was buried with a lovely tea room in an old school building. (the church is very interesting as well). Thomas Hardy's cottage where he grew up on the way back to our cottage. Day 6 - Wimborne on the way back to Kent.
York is must see place so much history and your parents will absolutely love it’ I’ve taken a few of your fellow country folk around York and they were blown away by the place.
Go to Salisbury in Wiltshire it’s a city but about the same size of a town, it’s a city because it has a cathedral with the tallest spire in the U.K. and was built in the 12th century and there are plenty of Tudor buildings about, which reminds me of York which you mentioned and definitely go to York too, York Cathedral is massive! Also from Salisbury you can go on a Stonehenge tour which is only about 15/20 minutes away. Go to Cornwall in the summer it’s a great county, home to the English Riviera. Go to Cheddar Gorge that’s a great place to visit, I think that’s in Dorset.
Shout out for Carlisle. My home. It's a curious place. When your here, you can get a bit bored as it's 50+ miles from the next nearest city, but if you move away, very soon you start missing the place, so you come back and it starts all over again. But as I've gotten older I've started appreciating the hidden and less well known history of the place, the things you pass by every day and don't give a second glance, the stuff that's passed down in story form. Yvette, if you ever want anything sent from Carlisle to send to your mother in law, just say and where to send it and it'll be done. Also, your a great lass, there is always going to be a small minority of trolls who enjoy trying to put someone down or be-little them. Ignore them, they aren't worth a second thought. Take care and keep being you, because your bloody awesome okay.
Another enjoyable video. I have lived in London for over a quarter of a century now (I am in my mid-40s, but clearly still in the first flush of youth, as my wife and children would confirm), and I pride myself on seeing as much of London as I can, but it's certainly the case that when you live somewhere there is a danger you don't visit a great attraction as you know there's no rush. As regards moving somewhere more affordable, there are plenty of affordable places on the edge of London, such as Purley and Coulsdon (just mentioning places on the borders of Surrey) from which it's easy to get in to central London.
I struggled with a bank account when I moved here and Lloyds accepted me with just an employers letter and a passport. I'm from Ireland by the way, I really recommend renting a car and trekking outside of Dublin if you can. Many places are closed because of Corona though, like some restaurants etc. Glendalough, Wicklow mountains, Newgrange, Blarney and Cobh in Cork, Galway and Connemara, cliffs of moher, Killarney and ring of Kerry, the Game of Thrones tour in Belfast with Giants Causeway are my recommendations. All so beautiful and scenic, but a car is essential to avoid paying a lot of money on tour buses.
Kent is a great place to live for commuting to London, especially as we have the high speed trains which get from Kent to central London in 20 minutes! Also Canterbury is definitely worth a visit as it’s so beautiful and has so much history and the white cliffs of Dover are also worth visiting when the weather is a bit nicer for some lovely walks
We got Monzo accounts when we arrived from South Africa, but we had to get the cards posted to a friend's house. But there definitely is a cycle of need-the-address-for-a-bank-account-need-the-bank-account-for-the-flat. I think the thing that caught us out most was not knowing what 'furnished' meant - in some cases, a furnished flat came with cutlery and crockery, and in others, it didn't even have a kettle.
The Midlands is great too! Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire have so much history and beautiful places it’s worth a look! If you are up here any time I would love to take you to Lichfield Cathedral, Tamworth Castle, Hardwick Hall, Shugborough, Stratford, Warwick castle, Kenilworth castle, the Peak District. Might take a week or so to do them all though!
Cov is the "City of Culture", so the mediaeval area, Cathedral and so on are worth a look. A banquet at Coombe Abbey is good fun, too! If someone is interested in jet engines and WWII planes, there's a lovely little museum near Baginton that lets people explore some of the planes. Good pub grub not far away, too. And a Roman hill Fort.
One thing that works is to write down all the things you want to see (museums etc) on separate bits of paper and then decide to draw one each weekend and go do it.
York and Cornwall, tough choice. I'm closer to York, so I probably appreciate and look forward to Cornwall more. Living 20 miles from Lincoln, I go there a lot. The New Forest is lovely. Also Cardiff is great, very relaxing for a capital. Whitby is a lovely seaside town. Making friends isn't just after moving to a different country, it could be moving an hour away to the next city.
Be careful - it is obvious that you are not used to the rail strikes. You could be stuck if you are out in the sticks. Look for somewhere with Underground/Overground and the national network trains (eg Watford). Not exactly the countryside but it is not faraway.
The Cotswolds is nice, its where I live. Great countryside, villages and pubs. Dorset is closer to you than Devon by the way and is worth a visit, as is Hampshire ( I've lived in both :) ). Essex is good for the commute to London. It used to take me an hour on the tube when I lived there.
Ireland both North and South are great to visit and tour, I do on a regular basis as my Dad came from Ireland, I'm not sure that you'll being going there come Easter though with all the worry over Covid19
Ok, so road tripping around Northenr Ireland and Ireland. A couple of simple things to remember. Northern Ireland uses Sterling and miles per hour, so it shouldn't be too much of a transition. Just don't try bringing our Sterling notes back to London, they get pretty snottery about our money over there. Ireland uses Euros and kilometers per hour. If you head to Dublin on the dual carriageway past Newry you'll need Euros for the toll once you cross the boarder (it's a toll for the road, not for crossing the boarder). I don't know how much it is, I haven't used that road in a few years, sorry. With any luck it'll be decent weather while you're over!
Gets a bad reputation, but would recommend Luton (we have an airport for your travels), and 30 Mins to St Pancras, has decent rents and good community spirit.
If one is thinking of moving abroad check if ones bank has a branch or branches in the country one is moving to, most major banks will have a branch in a country which is a player in international money markets, if so transfer ones account to it. A trip to Ireland at Easter, Covid 19 might yet put the kibosh on that, it will be a loss to this green and pleasant country.
Hi Yvette, I love your videos, you always look so bright an cheerful. I'm sure your determination not to become London centric will win you lots of friends.
Bin York off cause f... the northern lot. Hit up Devon (and the less acceptable side of Cornwall). Exmouth is beautiful and a stunning beach and town centre. Plenty of good pubs, too.
six biggest mistakes you maade moving to london. 1 you moved to london. 2 you moved to london. 3 you moved to london. 4 you moved to london. 5 you moved to london. 6 you moved to london. lol am jokin by the way.
York is LOVELY! Old city walls, pubs, river cruises, cobbled streets. It's just great!
I’m vibing with these videos so much! My husband and I moved here from America two years ago (he’s a British National), and we exhausted ourselves with travel as well.. Like who plans a honeymoon directly after an international move? We did - and then some - and we’re still exhausted.
If you’re keen on the Cotswolds, look at a place called Dryhill House just outside of Cheltenham. It’s incredibly peaceful if you’re after nature and the country quite. I stayed there with my in-laws and it was perhaps the dreamiest place I’ve ever been, it helps that a lovely poet and composer lived there 100 years ago.
Anyway, thank you for sharing these videos. It’s nice to know other people enjoy sharing expat observations. 🥂
Get out of London during May and find a nice wood and see the Bluebells as they are only out during spring and well worth seeing.
You don't even have to leave London, Wanstead park has a spectacular bluebell wood.
Winkworth Arboretum in Surrey has spectacular bluebell displays.
Glad to hear Bedfordshire was mentioned, even Luton (where I live) isn’t as bad as people think. Certain areas aren’t great, but the same can be said about London. Love your enthusiasm for the UK, reminds me to appreciate what you’ve got close to home
Suggestions for best paces to live (and visit) outside London: Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Exeter. Suggestions for travel: Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Cotswolds, Kent, Suffolk, Lake District .... Enjoy!!
Come down to Tonbrige Maidstone area all countryside loads of rare breeds of sheep and it’s a 30min train to London and a 1hr dive if that from the beech
A lovely Aussie couple were sat opposite me during a train journey to London, their delight in the greenery and landscape (until we hit London) was a pleasure to witness.
Britain is beautiful, we should appreciate what we have more
We had a lovely week in Dorset in 2018. We had a car and we stayed in Cordwainers Cottage, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset. Half a mile from the main road and on the road to Lulworth Cove. None of our days out were rushed, but we managed to do a lot.
Day 1 - Dorchester and the Roman Town House, Max Gate (the home of Thomas Hardy) and Tynham Village (people were moved out during the war and never allowed to move back again) We also drove to Lulworth Cove for a few hours as it was so close.
Day 2 - Wareham and a nice walk around the Saxon walls, a church built in 1020 AD and a cream tea by the river. (cream teas in Wareham are £1.50 cheaper than the other tourist areas), Corfe Castle.
Day 3 - Abbotsbury Swannery definitely worth a visit, Isle of Portland and Portland Bill.
Day 4 - Old Harry Rocks, a lovely walk along the cliff tops, South Beach Studland (near the car park for Old Harry Rocks) for a relaxing afternoon and Durdle Door on the way back to the cottage.
Day 5 - Bovington Tank Museum were we stayed longer than we had planned as there is so much to see, Clouds Hill (home of T.E. Lawrence) and Moreton where he was buried with a lovely tea room in an old school building. (the church is very interesting as well). Thomas Hardy's cottage where he grew up on the way back to our cottage.
Day 6 - Wimborne on the way back to Kent.
Come to Durham see the castle and the cathedral the river running through it. It is a bit far from London though.
York is must see place so much history and your parents will absolutely love it’ I’ve taken a few of your fellow country folk around York and they were blown away by the place.
I recommend my own village of Codicote in Hertfordshire if you want to live in the countryside but still be commutable to London.
Go to Salisbury in Wiltshire it’s a city but about the same size of a town, it’s a city because it has a cathedral with the tallest spire in the U.K. and was built in the 12th century and there are plenty of Tudor buildings about, which reminds me of York which you mentioned and definitely go to York too, York Cathedral is massive! Also from Salisbury you can go on a Stonehenge tour which is only about 15/20 minutes away. Go to Cornwall in the summer it’s a great county, home to the English Riviera. Go to Cheddar Gorge that’s a great place to visit, I think that’s in Dorset.
York is amazing. Lots of history and culture to see.
It's also very close to Leeds and Manchester.
Shout out for Carlisle. My home. It's a curious place. When your here, you can get a bit bored as it's 50+ miles from the next nearest city, but if you move away, very soon you start missing the place, so you come back and it starts all over again. But as I've gotten older I've started appreciating the hidden and less well known history of the place, the things you pass by every day and don't give a second glance, the stuff that's passed down in story form.
Yvette, if you ever want anything sent from Carlisle to send to your mother in law, just say and where to send it and it'll be done.
Also, your a great lass, there is always going to be a small minority of trolls who enjoy trying to put someone down or be-little them. Ignore them, they aren't worth a second thought.
Take care and keep being you, because your bloody awesome okay.
Another enjoyable video.
I have lived in London for over a quarter of a century now (I am in my mid-40s, but clearly still in the first flush of youth, as my wife and children would confirm), and I pride myself on seeing as much of London as I can, but it's certainly the case that when you live somewhere there is a danger you don't visit a great attraction as you know there's no rush.
As regards moving somewhere more affordable, there are plenty of affordable places on the edge of London, such as Purley and Coulsdon (just mentioning places on the borders of Surrey) from which it's easy to get in to central London.
I struggled with a bank account when I moved here and Lloyds accepted me with just an employers letter and a passport. I'm from Ireland by the way, I really recommend renting a car and trekking outside of Dublin if you can. Many places are closed because of Corona though, like some restaurants etc. Glendalough, Wicklow mountains, Newgrange, Blarney and Cobh in Cork, Galway and Connemara, cliffs of moher, Killarney and ring of Kerry, the Game of Thrones tour in Belfast with Giants Causeway are my recommendations. All so beautiful and scenic, but a car is essential to avoid paying a lot of money on tour buses.
Kent is a great place to live for commuting to London, especially as we have the high speed trains which get from Kent to central London in 20 minutes! Also Canterbury is definitely worth a visit as it’s so beautiful and has so much history and the white cliffs of Dover are also worth visiting when the weather is a bit nicer for some lovely walks
We got Monzo accounts when we arrived from South Africa, but we had to get the cards posted to a friend's house. But there definitely is a cycle of need-the-address-for-a-bank-account-need-the-bank-account-for-the-flat. I think the thing that caught us out most was not knowing what 'furnished' meant - in some cases, a furnished flat came with cutlery and crockery, and in others, it didn't even have a kettle.
I live in Essex and am one hour from London, thirty minutes from the coast and five minutes from the countryside. I coulld never live in a city.
plus a massive cocaine habit and an orange tan ;)
The Midlands is great too! Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire have so much history and beautiful places it’s worth a look! If you are up here any time I would love to take you to Lichfield Cathedral, Tamworth Castle, Hardwick Hall, Shugborough, Stratford, Warwick castle, Kenilworth castle, the Peak District. Might take a week or so to do them all though!
Cov is the "City of Culture", so the mediaeval area, Cathedral and so on are worth a look. A banquet at Coombe Abbey is good fun, too!
If someone is interested in jet engines and WWII planes, there's a lovely little museum near Baginton that lets people explore some of the planes. Good pub grub not far away, too. And a Roman hill Fort.
The British Museum is something else! Hardly anything inside it is British. We wouldn't have a museum if it was just British stuff!
One thing that works is to write down all the things you want to see (museums etc) on separate bits of paper and then decide to draw one each weekend and go do it.
York and Cornwall, tough choice. I'm closer to York, so I probably appreciate and look forward to Cornwall more. Living 20 miles from Lincoln, I go there a lot.
The New Forest is lovely. Also Cardiff is great, very relaxing for a capital. Whitby is a lovely seaside town.
Making friends isn't just after moving to a different country, it could be moving an hour away to the next city.
Be careful - it is obvious that you are not used to the rail strikes. You could be stuck if you are out in the sticks. Look for somewhere with Underground/Overground and the national network trains (eg Watford). Not exactly the countryside but it is not faraway.
The Cotswolds is nice, its where I live. Great countryside, villages and pubs. Dorset is closer to you than Devon by the way and is worth a visit, as is Hampshire ( I've lived in both :) ). Essex is good for the commute to London. It used to take me an hour on the tube when I lived there.
It is difficult when you move to a different country. I was going to move to a different country. Not now. Nice seeing you take care.
Well you might be able to get to Ireland now :/
York is defo a great place !!!!
Yes! go to Canterbury, where went to Uni & where I'm currently trying to move back to
London is very very dear! You should come over to Northern Ireland it’s cheaper here and the air is cleaner too.
Ireland both North and South are great to visit and tour, I do on a regular basis as my Dad came from Ireland, I'm not sure that you'll being going there come Easter though with all the worry over Covid19
Ok, so road tripping around Northenr Ireland and Ireland. A couple of simple things to remember. Northern Ireland uses Sterling and miles per hour, so it shouldn't be too much of a transition. Just don't try bringing our Sterling notes back to London, they get pretty snottery about our money over there.
Ireland uses Euros and kilometers per hour. If you head to Dublin on the dual carriageway past Newry you'll need Euros for the toll once you cross the boarder (it's a toll for the road, not for crossing the boarder). I don't know how much it is, I haven't used that road in a few years, sorry.
With any luck it'll be decent weather while you're over!
Gets a bad reputation, but would recommend Luton (we have an airport for your travels), and 30 Mins to St Pancras, has decent rents and good community spirit.
Sheringham in Norfolks a nice weekend..Durham,Newcastle,if you like walking the Lake district.
Stratford Upon Avon, Matlock and Chester would be good places to take your parents to.
Stratford is beautiful and appeals to tourists. Just don't let the folks wander into the road to take photos and say how "quaint" it is!
I was able to Google Australian farm in the time you gave. Thanks to auto fill.
If one is thinking of moving abroad check if ones bank has a branch or branches in the country one is moving to, most major banks will have a branch in a country which is a player in international money markets, if so transfer ones account to it.
A trip to Ireland at Easter, Covid 19 might yet put the kibosh on that, it will be a loss to this green and pleasant country.
One is grateful, bruv!
Combe Martin Devon is lovley little village north Devon xx
What’s you reaction to winter in the UK
Hi Yvette, I love your videos, you always look so bright an cheerful. I'm sure your determination not to become London centric will win you lots of friends.
Just relax Yvette take your time to visit places
I've watched lots of your videos, and I live in Carlisle!
Stratford on Avon would be good, Coronavirus permitting!
S ohow easy is it for a non-Australian to get a bank accont in Australia?
What people forget when conversion rate is tax on the product.
Bin York off cause f... the northern lot. Hit up Devon (and the less acceptable side of Cornwall). Exmouth is beautiful and a stunning beach and town centre. Plenty of good pubs, too.
You should move to Essex it is one hour from London .
Don't move to surrey it is the beverly hills of England .
Norfolk... it's a great place to calm life down lol
Come to Ireland
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You seem like a sound person actually. It's just jealousy. Sod them.
Besides you just keep your sunny day outlook and sod all those damp day fuckers.
I have no idea what I'm going to do about getting a bank account...
I think you could open an account somewhere like HSBC that has banks in many countries and ask them about transferring it abroad.
Devon is further than dorset
six biggest mistakes you maade moving to london. 1 you moved to london. 2 you moved to london. 3 you moved to london. 4 you moved to london. 5 you moved to london. 6 you moved to london. lol am jokin by the way.
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Travel ban to Poland.
Why don’t you talk to love and London you tuber
u talk too much