5 MORE Things Americans Love About the UK
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Flogging and torture as not stopped in our house ' just ask my Mrs??
Here we go again, another US couple with a 'things I love about the uk'....
That's what I thought but if I'm honest it was brilliant! I enjoy your style and way you communicate, it is very easy to listen to. I'd say it was the best 'things I love about the uk' I've seen.
Liked and subscribed
@@chrisparkinson5160 Welcome to our little corner of the internet, Chris! We appreciate the kind words and are so glad that our video didn't let you down :)
Center parcs is amazing.U have to stay for the weekend or week it is a massive forest with lodges and shopping center its amazing and a subtropical pool and everything troipcal and waterslides everything imaginable Search it
@@WanderingRavens Casleton in North Derbyshire, just a few miles from Sheffield is great if you like Countryside walks and exploring natural and man made features. You can climb MamTor and see the remains of an iron age fort, and you can visit Peveril Castle. There are caverns and caves you can get guided tours of. You can buy items or jewellery made out of Blue John, a semi precious blue/purple gemstone that is only found in a couple of places around the world. Think Grace may like a piece of Blue John as a souvenir Eric , nudge, nudge wink.
I can't imagine having anyone round to my house without immediately offering them a cup of tea.
As I can't imagine being round to any English household without immediately being offered a cup of tea 😁😁 or coffee ☕
You can also see why we do it. It would be so awfully awkward otherwise. It's also a grandmother's favourite way of making you stay much longer than intended.
Even my 4 year olds ask visitors if they want a cuppa ☺️
WELL BLOODY SAID!
Hear!-Hear! 🫖
These days stocks and flogging have largely retreated to the bedroom.
😂😂
Dan G TMI mate 😂
And Norfolk
And Twitter
Can confirm we like a bit of BDSM in Norfolk
The lake district, Snowdonia, the north of England as well as the Highlands in scotland are beautiful places to explore.
Most of Scotland, even the lowlands, is incredibly beautiful ... no wonder loads of English invaders recently broke quarantine to journey up to Scotland (much to Nicola's disgust! [First Minister of Scotland])
agree, also IRELAND is a beutiful country, now the troubles have died down.
The Peak District National Park, which covers areas of Derbyshire and Yorkshire is beautiful too.
@@kathyjones5929 Everywhere in the UK, that isn't London, is just like in Witcher 3
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When I see a stereotypical English person i’m as surprised as any American and I’m English
If you love the language you should check out a sitcom from the late 70's/early 80's called Yes Minister. Very wordy but also incredibly witty. It will also give you some insight into British politics and government.
Sir Humphrey,
"Yes. Unfortunately although the answer was indeed clear, simple and straightforward there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets you applied to the statement. Inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information you communicated and the facts insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated is such as to cause epistemological problems of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear."
In other words, you told a lie.
Thank you for the suggestion! We will give it a watch :D
: Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers. The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country, the Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country, the Times is read by the people who actually do run the country, the Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country, the Financial Times is read by people who own the country, the Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country, and the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.
: Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?
: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits.
Another great comedy I'd recommend for anyone wanting to learn the London accent and slang is 'Only Fools 'n' Horses'. It's one of our most popular comedies ever.
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Thought of an obvious thing I love about the UK that I forgot. The national health service.
Seconded
@@oldrootsfreshshoots Third.
Fourth ... windows open at 8pm today ... [CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!]
Y.E.S
Our country [America] should take notes
Its always nice to hear a couple of intelligent and articulate Septics...
I feel like it's less about RP and more about just being understood when it comes to employability
the way Grace says We're the Wandering Ravens, is so full of joy that i get cheered up whenever I hear it. Nice vids guys, greetings from UK.
Aww, that's so sweet! Thank you for joining our channel :) x
They really are such a pleasant couple aren't they? They've become my guilty pleasure lol
@@jasonhendry8136 Awww, thank you, Jason! :D
@@WanderingRavens keep up the good work guys and I will look forward to seeing you both in your next video.
Sadly now the 'Caged Ravens'.
Try Dorset in England ,corfe castle,little villages ,great beaches,sandbanks in poole is one of the best in England ,but it has many ,many more .
I love Dorset, had some of my happiest childhood holidays there ♥
I’ve lived in Dorset all my life. Love the countryside and small villages. Jurassic coast, Durdle door, Portland, Shaftesbury gold hill
Just down from Corfe Castle is Swanage and Studland - a beautiful area and well recommemded, Swanage even has a set of traffic lights. Woohoo
P.S. I've lived there for years and it is amazing.
I love that you guys came to the Midlands - the best part of the UK! If you love the English countryside, be sure to explore the Cotswolds (bourton-on-the-water, chipping campden, etc.) And for interesting language, definitely go to a football match😂 when we're allowed to leave home again, that is!
Dan Simpson - my father lived in Birmingham and I still have first cousins from there. I also have family in Tamworth!
Dan Simpson - Bourton on the water - is that the town that has a scale model of the town, and another smaller scale of that?
@@stephenflynn7600 - yes, we call it a model village and they're pretty common at English holiday destinations!
In case anyone is wondering, the footage at the beginning of this video is of the Newent Onion Fair in Gloucestershire at the beginning of September and it is great fun! P.S. why do Morris dancers were bells on their legs? So they can annoy blind people as well!
Morris dancing is a rhythmic step dance and so the bells help to enhance the beat of the music/dance, I guess it's similar to tap dancing shoes for that style of dance
Everything (as an American) I've learned about Morris Dancing is forms of derision from Rowan Atkinson (Most likely via Black Adder), or Red Dwarf. Outside of that, no idea what it is.
Once when I was in R.E (Religious education) my teacher decided to read the cockney rhyming slang version of Noah's Arch, that was a wild ride lol.
That is hilarious! Your teacher sounds like a cool person 😂 I want to read the cockney rhyming slang version of Noah's Ark now.
Any idea where we can find it? Google came up empty.
Arch ?
Aww love it never heard of that schools changed from when I was there.
Lol, country roads in the UK are like flying down the Death Star trench in Star Wars.
😂
I absolutely love living here in England. I love travelling too, and would consider living for a year or two in either France, Spain or Italy mainly because I think their culture and hospitality is on a par or even better than ours and I adore their food! But I would always come back here to the U.K. I love verbal sparring with friends, I love being with my mates and taking the piss out of each other. We can seem mean towards each other at times, but when a dear friend dies (as has happened too many times) the depth of our grief is hard to describe. Our bark is very much worse than our bite! British people are the kindest in the world IMHO.
We do love the Brits! :D
I really love Glasgow and Edinburgh.its definetly worth spending time there.The culture and language is very different to England.
I’ve been there too, very nice places. However, speaking as an English person, the only thing that was noticeably different was the accent
no its the same language
Edinburgh is the most gorgeous and unique city in the UK and it's not even close.
You two are so lovely. I'm so glad you like Britain. I absolutely love the U.S. It was always my wish to live there when I was young and I'd still like to. I've been there a few times and was blessed to work alongside many US soldiers. Putting a few Cultural differences aside, there is not much difference between our countries...especially our values! Anyway.. I'm addicted to your channel. You're both lovely!
Thank you for the kind words! We love the UK :)
Studioeasels.com - where did you work with US soldiers?
@@stephenflynn7600 Bosnia, Germany, Poland. I even had an American Sqn leader at one point when my regiment and his regiment did a sort of work exchange thing lol
"Colours seem so much more vivid when with U"
Hi Eric and Grace. I'm British. Just wanted to thank you for your great videos. I'm so pleased you love us so much! Please come back soon. I'm in Lincolnshire try it next time the countryside is beautiful!
Just found your channel and loving it, thank you. I recommend Salisbury in Wiltshire. It has the Cathedral, Old Sarum and is close to Amesbury which has Stonehenge. Bath is really beautiful - with the Roman baths and gorgeous Georgian architecture. Winchester in Hampshire is also a delight. You’d be very welcome X
I find it amusing that Americans don’t use the word bloody. I was using bloody at the age of 6 😂😂
I always remember the late Honor Blackman on the TV show "The Upper Hand" (the British version "Who's the Boss"). Her character frequently exclaimed "bloody hell".
Whenever my sibling used bloody hell as kids we always got called Ron Weasley by our parents but we never got told iff
My so does, he isn’t aloud to use it in school though 😂 his 6 years old he can’t do something wrong without saying ‘bloody hell’
I think they might be referring to the word “hell” which is blasphemy in that context. To say “bloody hell” is technically blasphemy. They’re more religious I think.
Bloody is the nice way of saying fucking
Being a 'Brit' I wear my britishness like an old shoe and I take my countryside for granted.
It’s always easy to look at other countries as more appealing than our own, (the saying goes “the grass is always greener on the other side”) when appreciation should have its place too because each and every country could use growing in its own ways. There’s just more work to be done in in some more than others!
I've been to a few places, but after a month in Hawaii or couldn't wait to get home. We live in one of the the most beautiful countries in the world.
I would highly recommend the City of Bath if you haven’t already been. Rather unique in that the whole city is made from a very beautiful Georgian Bath stone. A Very historic and beautiful city complete with Roman baths and natural springs, gorgeous Georgian markets, and outdoor park areas! Would love to show you around; and I Love the videos! Keep it up guys!
We spent 5 days in Bath last year! One of our absolute favorite cities :D
I highly recommend going to St Ives, Cornwall their beaches and little shops are incredible not to mention the people! Such a friendly and beautiful place; my family and I go every year, but go either before or just after the summer holidays to avoid all of the crowds so you can experience the culture as is 💛
I don’t know if you’ve been to Lincolnshire- it’s a county in the East Midlands of England and it is very famous for its countryside, markets and history!
Great video and always interesting to see things from another perspective. Shared language with so many differences that make it rich and always good to explore. I enjoyed the way you got excited about the depth of language and the joy that not everything is binary and there are many different ways to express ourselves
The next time that you're in London, the food markets to try are Borough Market (by London Bridge) and Camden Market. Borough is just food, while Camden has a variety of places to eat or shop.
You must visit Chester if you get a chance, it is full of history and one of my favourite places to visit in the UK 😊
I am from Chester and I would agree. It's beautiful.
I regularly visit the zoo there, it is always charming seeing the elephants on the way in and out!
@@kathleenharris-officialmus261 especially my old house in Chester which is Edwardian built in 1906.
I lived in Chester from age 3 to 18. Went to The Queen's school, Chester which was a grammar school.
Well done guys. I also like the fact that the content is intelligent and thoughtful. Come back soon you are very welcome
Also, one thing I love about your channel is your enthusiasm for etymology - it’s great to listen to and I often learn a lot about the origin of words and phrases from your videos - I especially like it when you research this before making the videos and educate us :)
The scone thing is a massive debate in south-west England. People from Cornwall swear by jam then cream and those from Devon stand by cream then jam. Let's not forget that the pronunciation of scone is also widely debated, rhyming either with gone or cone. Obviously, the correct answers are that it rhymes with gone and you put the cream on first.
I would recommend the South West. From the moors of Darthmouth and Exmoor to Perrenporth beach to the little fishing villages, to the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Something for everyone.
Those sound lovely! Thank you for the suggestions :D
@@WanderingRavens And slightly less South West - Here in Dorset and the edge of Hampshire we have the New Forest, Studland, Amazing beaches, lots of history, and lots of beauty
@@thegingerwitch322 Agreed,but.......Cornwall is better.
@@TheCornishCockney Nope
The West Wales coastline is reminiscent of Cornwall but is far less crowded. It is stunningly beautiful and the visible history goes back to the neolithic.
U guys are a pleasure to listen to, love your overview and appreciation of our rich language
Thank you! We're so glad you appreciate our videos :)
Something that people do here is make a holiday or road trip of seeing all, or some, of the British cathedrals, maybe staying nearby then driving on to the next. And it doesn't have to be driving. It's a way of moving around and seeing all different parts of the UK - and the cathedrals are stunning.
Food/cuisine e.g. the availability of bbq restaurants, culture like Shakespeare, 24 hour drinking limited to certain areas, cinema like 007, castles 4000 in England alone, antiques like old money and coins. And the Royal family like its genealogy/ family tree.
Something I love about where I live in the UK is if I look out of my window to one side I see the city and to the other side I see the countryside. I have the best of both worlds.
What a beautiful way to describe swearing: “The salt of language”. I’m going to originate that.
@wanderingravens I would say that doing Jam first makes more sense due to the consistency of it, its a lot stickier than clotted cream. So you can use the roughness of the scone to spread your jam then the clotted creams goes on top and spreads over nicely 😬
Tea Time in the north of England also means 'dinner' or evening meal. So if someone in Manchester invites you to their house for 'tea', they are asking to come for dinner. If they are inviting you to drink tea, they will ask if you fancy a 'brew' or a 'cuppa'.
Here's where things get very confusing to those not British. Southerners call the evening meal 'supper'. To a northerner that's a snack just before bed time. 'Dinner time' was the mid-day meal at school served by 'dinner ladies' (at least it was in the north). 'Tea' was in fact the evening meal as in: "What do want for your tea?"
While it's true that school meals were served in the dinner hall by dinner ladies, most southerners will call it lunch. For working and lower middle classes "tea" is an early evening meal and supper is a late evening meal (perhaps just a snack or maybe a fish supper late takeaway). Dinner tends to refer to the main evening meal mid-evening, and is generally taken as an alternative to tea and supper.
You two are just delightful. You're the most kindest house guests. The complete opposite of my father in law.
I highly recommend Winchester in Hampshire (the south) if you are interested in history. It has an amazing cathedral and is the old capital city. The south west is also beautiful and the coast is amazing.
I live a 2minute walk from Treyarnon bay on the north coast of Cornwall (the Atlantic) and i can tell you,its absolute heaven,couldn't imagine living anywhere else,and I'm a Londoner !
Winchester cathedral is huge and amazing, parts of it date from the Norman period. (12th c.) The area surrounding the cathedral is very beautiful and there's a great pub serving good food.
You get more jam if you spread it on the scone first. Then dollop the cream on top.
I can't help but think that you get less jam and cream per half scone if you put the cream on first. It's like being short-changed, makes me positively livid at the thought.
Very nice, cheered me up in these trying times.Thank you. Pip Pip and keep your chin up!.
I live in the countryside and when I use to go to school on a back road my mum would drive at like 60 then a tractor would be coming at 50 she would slam on the breaks and fly in to a bush then back out after the tractors gone
Those back roads are terrifying!
Subscribed and looking forward to welcoming you to the 10k club!! Good luck and we can all celebrate with a cup of tea when you get here !!
Thank you for your support and encouragement! We would love a good cup of tea to celebrate with you :D
Wandering Ravens you’ll need to visit Norfolk when you’re next over 👍
Just starting watching your videos , I’m glad you experienced the British culture 😊
Hello again guys, another great video, as usual :)
I’m soooo glad you saw through the stigma of swearing, we call our friends some of the worst words known to man.....as a term of endearment!
I think it was Ben Elton's (a potty mouthed comedian) mum who said "it's ok to swear as an exclamation mark, but not as a comma".
That's brilliant :-)
Ben Elton went to the same 6th form college as me which begs the question 'where did he get his cockney geezer accent from?'.
@@ivorbiggun710 He's an entertainer ... I can tell he means every word he says, but he hides behind the mask of a "cockney geezer" as part of his act.
Because the idea of a cockney geezer who actually cares about world issues, is a good thing.
@@ivorbiggun710 - that's not Cockney, it's Mockney - mock cockney, cos cockney was the "in" thing, a real geezer, one of the lads.
but I was cockney decades before it became fashionable.
I went off Billy Connolly when he used swearing as even more than commas; once in a while for shock effect is fine, but every other word is just boring.
They make a big deal about swearing in the US, but they accept the screaming "ow my gawd" all over the place. Screaming in general is soooo American.
I find your take on our language interesting, there is only one English language, and because of Empire we have many dialects, North American , Indian, West Indian, Australian, etc. What you call American English, is ENGLISH with your local dialects. I find most of the differences are time related I.e. not changed since colonial days, but changed with time in UK, in other words quaint to our ears.
@@angelagitterman4477 Surely that is not meant as a response to me?
Nelson Kaiowá - whenever a Brit says that’s soooo American, it is so disparaging! I am sooooo sick of this American bashing of the US! It reminds me of Antisemitic Nazi’s!
@@stephenflynn7600 That´s just sensitivity. I also say that is soooo gay (and I am gay) or that is soooo ghetto, or that is sooo Brittish, or that is soooo Dutch. It just means one recognizes something immidiately as being typical, it doesn´t mean "that is so bad". If you see windmills and wooden shoes, wouldn´t you say "that is sooooo Dutch"? Does it automatically mean you have an opinion about it and that it is a bad one? No. You just recognize it as being stereotypical for that country. Also, for the record, I am not Brittish but Brazilian (you know, carnaval with half naked people dancing in the streets, soooooo Brazilian) and why would you take more offense from Brits? Or did you say that just because it is about Brits and Americans?
You are right, that there are exceptions, but usually it is not meant as a compliment! I asked Eric and Grace to ask, “Why do American’s bash Brits”! Eric wrote back, “I don’t really hear any negatives about the Brits aside from the crooked teeth and bland food! I think the US has a crush on the U.K.”! I went on to ask if he could ask the Brits if they can say what they like about the US. He hasn’t gotten back to me.
Places to visit:
Anywhere in the Cotswolds
Oxford
Cambridge
Blenheim - for the Churchill connection-
Stay in Woodstock and you can get the public transport into Oxford
Know this is late but the best festival I've ever been is the green man festival. At the start they put on a show and if the green man wins everyone celebrates. They celebrate by going to a field with activities and stalls and it goes on for hours. They have games and food. They also have bands and people singing in the streets. Just a great atmosphere!!!!
I love living on a narrow boat in the county of Gloucestershire. Your welcome to visit when your over next as long as your not packers fans
Love the content but I found the background music intruded on trying to listen to what you were saying.
I think as a Brit I have taken so much for granted until I went to California. I realised how wonderfully green Britain is in comparison, and that's why I don't mind the weather. I love that I can walk pretty much anywhere across fields, through forests etc without fear of being shot for trespassing. I love home cooked food, most people I know are great cooks which is why we don't eat out in England as often as Americans do. Incidentally this explains why many restaurants in England aren't open as long as they are in the states it just isn't profitable for them. I love English TV drama (not soaps) I think British productions are far more realistic than the glitzy American shows where everyone looks like a fashion model. Everyone is wealthy. cars explode on impact, and It's always sunny except in movies, where it always christmas. Finally English real ale. Beer in England is wonderful and has got so much better in the last say thirty years. With so many small breweries around the quality is world class, and the variety staggering. This is not "warm beer" btw good real ale is cool from the cellar but because it's not chilled you can really savour the flavour, much like a good red wine.
A square meal originates with the old sailing ships, when at sea to eat a meal and to stop the plate sliding around, they nailed 4 stripes of wood into a square and sat the plate in it. Hence square meal.
I love british markets and festivals! And I go to them lots.
They're so much fun! We love the food, music, and drink.
Wandering Ravens England is so much fun because it’s new for you . I’m English and love my country but I found America is a great country to . But I do get very homesick when I go Abroad for longer than 2 weeks .
whats with the hedgehogs anyway.......they need to learn to share the hedge
I'd like to recommend the Trough of Bowland and the Forest of Bowland. Not much in the way of trees, but the River Ribble, historic pubs like the Hark to Bounty at Slaidburn and great walking and scenery.
In Dorset there is no motorways and lots of country road/ lanes,,so I highly recommend Dorset for a visit
I once swore ( bloody ) in front of an American couple who had children with them and they asked me to not swear in front of their children to which I replied “ i did not realise there was a queue “ 🧐
What does that mean?
Think of the butler who broke wind. “How dare you do that in front of her Ladyship! cried his Lordship. “I’m dreadfully sorry” said the butler. “I didn’t realise it was her turn ...”
You may find the Bristolian / West Country accent of interest 🙃 And the place of the first US consulate in the UK
There was an episode of "Chef!" that I saw on public TV here in the US, where the main character goes to the countryside to get some illegal cheese and has an encounter with a policeman who says something like "You may not be able to tell, but I was raised a count'ry boy" or something like that but with the full accent (it being the joke)
Ark at eee my loverrrr! 😆
Shropshire is a lovely place to visit, we have canals, a river, hills, medival towns and villages and then places like Ironbridge and the Victorian Heritage Museum at Blists Hill where you can walk around buildings and shops that were dismantled and rebuilt on site to recreate a Victorian market town.
North Essex and Suffolk are both characterised by these tiny little colourful villages and tea shops. I can recommend Thaxted, Finchingfield and Dedham. If you enjoy the art of John Constable, you can find all the beautiful old houses, ponds and fields that were the subjects of his paintings. Plus there are larger towns, such as Colchester (the oldest recorded town in the UK - there’s an amazing castle), Maldon (for tiptree jam and the surrounding coastal villages for some oysters and fish and chips) and Saffron Walden with beautiful markets.It truly is a delight that many people don’t get to see!
Jam first always. I't a lot easier to spread the jam on the scone, then add a dollop of cream rather than dollop the cream and try to spread jam on it and end up with a claggy mess!
Mr Messy cream first and then jam. Stops the scone becoming soggy because of the jam. Same reason why butter goes under the jam when you make jam on toast
@@samuelkelly7177 Because butter doesn't make toast go soft? I have never found jam to make anything soggy, it's far too sticky for that.
There's another debate: is scone pronounced Scoh-n or skon.
It's a scoh-n before you eat it, then it's skon.
Simples!
It's a fast cake!!!
@@jamieforrester2857
Not as fast as an eclair.
I always called it scone like gone
It's scone, like s-cone
Unless it's a stone, in which case it's a Scoon.
Really enjoyed that! An awesome place to visit is Portsmouth on the south coast where I lived for 20 years, it's the traditional home of the royal navy and also home. They have a road called "pigeon house lane", which like in your video is a tight country road and a lot of the younger kids use it as a bravery test to see how fast they can go (I did myself) and in traditional British humour, there is a house at the end called "at last". One thing I'll add about the tea is a "builders brew". Basically the unwritten rule is that whenever you have workers at your house, you HAVE to keep them constantly topped up with tea, and a builders tea is (nearly) always milk with 2 sugars, which is also called "tea NATO", because it's the standard cup of tea for soldiers, sailors and airmen of the british forces. I served 5 years as an infantry soldier and we always found time for a "brew up".
You should come to the Cotswolds, I live in a village called Tetbury with Amazing country walks right next to the village and it houses the Royal gardens. Everyone is lovely here and you are not far from bigger towns like Cheltenham it's an amazing place to live and I'm thankful to be here. Also love your channel its the first time I have commented on your videos but also the first time I have ever commented on a RUclips video x
You’ve got to come to Birmingham and I would recommend coming to Cadbury world, especially if you love chocolate (I’m lucky enough to work there)
Hmmm (suspicious).
Have you had any German kids fall into the chocolate pool, and then get stuck up a pipe?
I know that the Tories loosened restrictions - but even they would see this as a breach of Health and Safety laws.
Come to Birmingham and have a kipper tie.
Baby Yoda can you ride in a Cadbury egg?
Stephen Flynn you cannot however you can go on the cadabra ride which is a ride in a car around a magical land. There is also a 4D cinema (included in the ticket) which includes a rollercoaster simulation
Baby Yoda my father would visit Birmingham often. He was a chocoholic. He would bring home a mammoth brick of Cadbury chocolate 🍫 and God forbid if you ate any, he’d take your hand off! 🤣😂
All right me duck it means are you alright my friend I’m from Nottingham 🇬🇧
Me too.
Not just Nottingham. It's the same in Derby and Leicestershire too.
@@ollylewin the people from Stoke say me duck apparently ,don't know how true that is
I think you guys would really enjoy taking a trip to Dorset on the South Coast of England. It’s a really beautiful part of the world with quaint little towns, castles, white chalky cliffs with beaches and rolling countryside.
Try the medieval wool towns of East Anglia - Lavenham, Long Melford and Bury St Edmunds. They are only 70 miles from London and 30 miles east of Cambridge. John T Appleby was an American GI based at Lavenham during WW2. He wrote a best seller of his cycle tours around these towns and villagers called "Suffolk Summer" which is still in print. Sadly he never returned to Suffolk but the royalties paid for a Rose Garden in the medieval Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds to remember his time there and the US airmen who flew from Suffolk airfields but never returned.
I love love the british countryside! Its a place where you can go after a stressful day to calm down.
So much peace and clarity out there.
My favourite channel by far
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Aww, thank you, Nicola!! xx
Near where I live in Newcastle, there is the Tynemouth Market every weekend in the metro station which is a traditional Victorian train station. There are lots of stalls from local artisans and artists alongside second-hand stalls like at car boot sales 🙂
I'm from South West England and the cream/jam debate on scones is very real!!
With myself, I grew up in a quite rural area and so my accent was quite thick. When I went to my secondary school in the centre of the city due to being in a private institution I noticed that my accent started to change. So much so when my friend from primary school became a barber at the shop I go to he said he couldn't believe how much my voice changed that we sounded so different.
Wow! Accents can change so quickly!
@@MagentaOtterTravels I guess that's what partially happened to me I wanted to fit in but then it just became something I'm used to?
@@MagentaOtterTravels They're alright like English people practically grow up with them in the media so I think they're alright but nothing to write home about?
@@MagentaOtterTravels Ahaha, class. Tbh I don't know why we sound like we've got authority to other countries to us it's just run of the mill. I guess with adverts in America though they want to grab attention so the best thing to do is get an accent that stands out. It's quite like how the Trivago ads have an Australian woman.
Come to Norfolk. If you like farms, you'll love Norfolk.
Cider and beer festivals, farmers markets, village fêtes, the Bath & West show, Maypole dancing, Wassailing, and fruit picking... I love living in rural Somerset. But I do love all of the UK, this country has so much beauty, both natural and man made. We are very lucky.
I'm a UK native and the thing with jam and cream on the scones is a very serious topic over here! People get very heated about whether to put the jam on first, or the cream on first. Devon style is jam on top and Cornish style is cream on top. Thanks for sharing, always a fan of your vids ^_^
The peak district Derbyshire
I know what you mean about the country roads! My grandad used to always drive at 30 mph no matter where, but as soon as you let him loose on a country road, he turned into a racing driver!
I noticed how many 4 wheel drives you see on the back roads and the drivers sit higher than in a normal car, so they see the coming road better.
Wilma Knickersfit That’s certainly true, although its probably a consequence of the back roads mainly being in the countryside, where four wheel drives are more suitable
@@Georgexb I would definitely drive a 4WD if I drove those kinds of roads all the time. 😎
You have to visit st fagans in South Wales, it’s a natural history museum with buildings from all different eras. You would love it, there are building from all around the country that have been dismantled and rebuilt at st fagans, you can also go inside and have a look around, also the have stalls and old shops you can visit and buy stuff, from old sweet shops a bakery and you also have the modern gift shops that sell local brewed beer and local honey. And new to st fagans is a tree top walk and information centres dotted around.
If you're interested in travelling to the UK, out of London, then I'd recommend maybe travelling to liverpool, especially if you're interested in music history, mainly The Beatles as they are very Beatles proud because their origin was in Liverpool, and there is also things like the docs and museums (including art museums). You would probably get most things to do there done in around 2-3 days so it could be a stop off point if you were travelling around a bit. Another place in the UK you should go to is Scotland, personally I recommend the Isle of Skye (it's beautiful), it has a lot of mountains and you can do a lot of walking in the countryside.
You guys really need to visit Scotland, whole different experience.
I came on here to say just that!
I live in the midlands and everybody is really really friendly!
We had such a good time there :) Which city/town are you in?
If it’s the West Midlands they speak like retards. Still friendly though 😀
Sep Tember I am from the West Midlands and children from year 1 to year 6 don’t really have a West Midlands accent but when you get into high school in changes completely. 😀
@@mrm5183 Excuse me!!!!
@@WanderingRavens Watford
Norwich has loads of history and architecture with enough to keep you busy for days. It's also got a castle and probably more churches than you can count. And a cathedral that's quite beautiful.
Motown Soul legend,Edwin Starr,was so impressed with the warmth and knowledge of British soul fans and the total absence of any racism what so ever and loved the English countryside so much and the people,he bought a rural manor house and became a Duke,settled there in the black country (midlands) and died there.
He and the other Motown stars on that tour were blown away with the reception they received that a special bond was created between those Motown legends and the British fans and came back many many times.
It certainly IS a special relationship we have with you guys and long may it continue.
Also i don't know anyone who would refer to themselves as British, if you ask someone there nationality here they will say English Irish Scottish or Welsh almost never British
I suspect a Yorkshireman will always tell you he's a Yorkshireman! 😂
Andrew Sutcliffe I always say I’m English
I call myself British!
@@fionaj8668 there is always one
@@andrewsutcliffe4889 I only do it because I thought that what my nationality was. Didn't think Scottish, English etc was strictly a nationality. I am from the west coast of Scotland and there are people who would call themselves passionately British for the same reason most of Northern Ireland do. This is not the reason I do though. Scottish, British, European I am all three and have no issue calling myself any of these. As my passport is British I am sure that is what my "official" nationality is.
"Put the kettle on."
There are regional variations as to how a cream tea should preferably be eaten.
The Devonian, or Devonshire, method is to split the scone in two, cover each half with clotted cream, and then add strawberry jam on top. The Devon method is also commonly used in neighbouring counties and other Commonwealth countries.
With the Cornish method, the warm 'bread split' or a 'scone' is first split in two, then spread with strawberry jam, and finally topped with a spoonful of clotted cream. This method is also used elsewhere, notably in London.
If you come back to the U.K you should check out the Peak District national park near Sheffield city, it’s beautiful and well known in Europe for its rock climbing community. Lots of amazing walks too.
Thank you for the suggestion! :D
Rhyming slang: J Arthur Rank.
Also Jodrell Bank.
They won't understand that one as they don't say 'wank' in America. I know, how do they manage?
I know his cousin tommy tank
@@raychambers3646 and ham shank
do a video on wales 🏴
We will! Just as soon as we visit :D
@@WanderingRavens Welsh people are fabulous & their accents are even better
@@MagentaOtterTravels Well i might have to put up a teeny weeny bit of an argument there, being Scottish and all 😁
i suggest you visit my county of somerset specifically Bath. Bath has a huge history and is surrounded in countryside. it also has a lot of attractions, e.g the roman baths (a hot spring that romans used to bathe in) it’s gorgeous and there isn’t a skyscraper in sight. all the buildings are very traditional to the area and i LOVE living there.
Visit The Fenlands in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. This is the country's 'Bread Basket' it's mainly rural and grows the majority of the countries food. But its full of beautiful villages
Clotted cream on the top cos jam is heavier
Good to know!
I thought same thing haha
Absolute nonsensical guff!
Elizabeth Frame I’m sorry but the clotted cream should be applied liberally. Then the jam applied gently and easily so the knife never returns to the jam with a smidgeon of the cream on it. Elizabeth you need reframing!
David Cook I said what my mum always says but I put the clotted cream on one side and the jam on the other then put it together use 2 different knifes cos my brother can’t have clotted cream
5:05 in a slightly shocked, slightly awed manner ‘guys, I think you have a bigger vocabulary than most Americans!’ which was received by gasps of astonishment from literally no one in the UK. I think my elderly parrot probably has a bigger vocabulary, too, and it’s been dead for 2 years. If you didn’t guess, I’m not serious, I just haven’t been out much lately and I miss insulting people..... carry on with the videos, they’re quite interesting. 😉
you're 'avin a tin barf mate.
have you ever been to toxteth?
thats not English they speak.
and up in sweaty sock land,the orcs sound like they are having problems breathing every time they open their traps.
only jokin sweaties.
Alcester food festival in Warwickshire at the start of the video- I was there! It’s where I grew up, cutest and most welcoming village, does feel like you’ve gone back in time sometimes though haha
Very interesting video guys. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this, not something I've seen about before.
Glad you enjoyed our video! :D