Another beautiful place, Clovelly. A gentle walk down to the harbour, lovely. The walk back, now that's a different story... You skipped dinner! wow, if breakfast next day was a buffet breakfast I'll bet you cleared them out :)
First of all, the biscuits and cocoa were delicious, albeit not very filling. Thankfully the breakfast the next morning was GREAT! Actually, it will be featured in an upcoming video all about English Breakfasts I ate on my trip! hee hee I found the walk down a bit difficult only because I didn't want to slip! But the walk back up WAS enough to make me huff and puff.... though I had to climb up and down steep inclines a few times a day in Cornwall, so I was starting to get used to it! The one benefit is that I ate all those wonderful treats and didn't gain weight that trip! #worthit
@@MagentaOtterTravels I remember going to Clovelly when I was very young. There was transport up and down the hill, a Land Rover if I remember correctly. I wouldn't be able to manage it now! Exclamation point!
Thanks for watching, Eliz! There are SO many amazing town names. I can't help photograph signs... I do it constantly! Poor Ian, LOL! My trip was SIX MONTHS ago, and I'm still catching up on videos, even though I've done one or two a week ever since! Soooooo much content!
Westward Ho! actually named itself after the novel by Charles Kingsley. A must read as is his Hereward the Wake. Oh, and, as a Brit, it's been Clovelee all my 70+ years!
You think I said it correctly the “wrong” way?! Fascinating! Yes I find it also interesting that a town was named after a novel! 🤔 Thanks for watching and commenting!
My only regret is that I failed to take a photo of the puncture wound and terrible bruise! Lesson learned! Must photograph all future injuries if the moment of injury is not on video... #youtuberlife
Hey there! We are Matt and Ann and we just recently came across your channel. Your videos are very nice to watch :) They are very interesting and the scenes are really pretty. Thanks for sharing! Keep up the great work!
Excellent vlog. I loved the tight editing and the way you stitched in those Python clips! Brilliant! No criticism for mispronouncing English place names. We've all done it (Wymondham, Godmanchester, Happisburgh...). Sorry you didn't get to Westward Ho! - the only place name in the British Isles with an exclamation mark. The place owes its fame to Charles Kingsley's best selling book of the same name in the mid 19th century, set in nearby Bideford (pronounced Biddi-f'd). A group of entrepreneurs pounced on the opportunity to make the area a tourist hotspot, so the ! is an intentional part of the village name.
Honestly, Godmanchester is probably the most absurd pronunciation I've seen... really just meant to confuse everyone, LOL! Thanks for the advice on Bideford... I definitely would have said that incorrectly! I applaud the marketers who decided to use a ! to get people to visit. I certainly use them in video titles to try to get folks to watch! haha... Thanks for your lovely comments as always Mr. Wells!
Never turn your back on a rooster... and if you can visit a village with donkeys, do! Those are my words of advice from this video. Thanks for watching!!
You are forgiven just this once 😂😂 on a serious note I'm loving these little snippets of a glorious part of our country that you so obviously love. Thank you for sharing your Anglophile passion.
LOVED the Python Holy Grail clips, Dara!! One of my Top 5 favorite movies of all time. The rooster attack was unfortunate, but glad you did not suffer any extreme injury. How have you and Ian survived these various "feathered" attacks, I wonder?? ;-)
I think the real question is WHY DO WE KEEP GETTING ATTACKED??? I just need to be better about filming the attacks, LOL! #priorities I'm glad you enjoyed the MP&THG clips. I seriously laugh every time I see them.
seems like they’re BRUTAL over there about place names. we watch a British couple’s channel and even THEY get comments about pronunciation when they cruise around England. I like your edits/voice over about it, though. 🤣
@@StephenandAndie Yes, I am sorry that we missed seeing the donkeys in action as well. But I heard about another village with donkeys that do deliveries in the Cotswolds and it is not far from our flat. Hopefully I can go there!🤞
A little farther west from Clovelly on that Devon coast is Hartland point, with views north into the Bristol Channel and of Lundy Island, and views west into the often turbulent Atlantic Ocean. It's wilder and not so picture-pretty as Clovelly, but the Hartland coast has its own majesty.
I adore the coastline of Devon and Cornwall and Wales. I seriously could just spend a year going along the coast and seeing all the villages and views!!! My mum-in-law used to say years ago that she would retire and take a gypsy caravan (with just her, a horse and a dog!) around the entire perimeter of Britain. That didn't happen... and I am not up for sleeping in a caravan for a year, but I do like the coastal idea! Cheers! XX Dara
It is such a lovely and unique place to visit! It is very steep, so you have to wear proper shoes and plan accordingly! I saw people in flip-flops, and I was just shaking my head! LOL Also, I was very glad I wasn’t walking down that steep slope in the rain!😬
Wait a minute, Dear Husband, are you saying that I am STRANGE???? Well, you have been the one who has endured me taking selfies with hundreds of magenta flowers... so I guess you have earned the right to complain.
Thank you so much! I really enjoy his drone photography, and am very grateful that he is willing to contribute to my channel in this way 👍👍. Cheers! Dara
Yes I’m on love with Devon! We had been going to the south of Devon for decades, because we had family living there. It was only last year that we really spent time in the northern part and I fell in love with it as well! Please check out my videos of Gidleigh Park, Lustleigh (what a pretty place!), Salcombe, Dartmouth, Lynmouth & Lynton, and Watersmeet (possibly the most beautiful video on my channel). Thanks so much for your comment!
To my certain knowledge, Westward Ho! is the only place - in Britain anyway - that has an exclamation mark in it's name. I reckon the cats have seen too many people for too long, for it to faze them anymore. The first one (all grey) reminded me of one I got in the early 80's, he went by the name of Spike and all he wanted was fussing and loving, that was the most important thing for him - it made him content.
Awwwwww, I love the Spike story! Did he purr all the time? Yes, the Clovelly Cats are sick to death of tourists wanting to take their photos, I'm sure! If they were more like OTTERS they would love the attention! But they are cats... which makes them disdainful and uncooperative by nature. But I'm still a cat lover.😍 I think Westward Ho! is the only place in either of our countries with an exclamation point at the end. So funny!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Yes, he was a 'purrer'. But my current best friend seems to have 'purr buttons' all over his body. It doesn't take much to get him going and then his body fairly heaves with distinctly audible purring. He also has an impressive vocal range of miaows, chirps and trills.
Couldn't find another town with an exclamation mark but I found one with TWO!!. Saint-Louis--du-Ha!-Ha! in Quebec Canada. Probably the most dashes (is that the right word) as well.
Thanks for the successful Googling, Bobby! Let's be serious... the person naming that town in Canada was CLEARLY out to break a few records and bring notoriety to the town for publicity. How funny! Yes, dashes is the right word! Although sometimes I say hyphen to be more precise, but I'm a weird American... so don't expect anyone else to be like me! haha
Wait - you got attacked by another bird - LoL. So yesterday we were at Animal Kingdom and seen otters - someone asked do they eat fish, and thanks to your videos I was able to give them a confident YES - LoL
@@MagentaOtterTravels nope, not a postman. Hope you enjoyed Lynton and Lynmouth it's lovely there. I trust you visited Watersmeet and Valley of the Rocks?
the Rooster mush have thought that you had come to steal his children (eggs) or one of his GF's for Sunday Lunch lol. a good tip is to buy a block of cheese and some crackers to keep in a container in your backpack. that way you will always have a snack for on the go or in this case an evening meal.
We usually keep nuts and dried fruit, but I didn't have any at that point. I know we had lots of crisps and chocolate bars, but I was saving them for the upcoming taste tests! LOL
While in Clovelly you should have seen "Crazy Kates House", apparently it got its name because newlywed Katie used to watch her husband out in his small fishing boat, one a terrific storm blew and Kates husband drowned, the next day Kate put on her wedding dress and walked into the sea to be with her husband. I get quite emotional just writing about it.
Oh my word, what a heart breaking story! I didn't see or hear anything about that in Clovelly. I shall look for it if we visit again. But they shouldn't call her crazy... that's just a tragic tale. Thanks for your comment! It's always nice to hear more background information about places I visit! Cheers! XX Dara
I appreciate the apology for not pronouncing Clovelly correctly Dara, but I would have said the same as you unless I'd been corrected by the locals (there are some places they like to do that). You got Mousehole right in a previous video, so that's a big tick in my metaphorical book ;-)
I had heard of Mousehole before we visited, so I was prepared. Then we went to Canonteign Falls, and I asked the guy at the entry gate how to pronounce it, since I had no clue! As for Clovelly, I had never heard of the place... Ian just took me there! And I trusted my "British" husband knew how to pronounce it... but he led me astray! Not to throw him under the bus, but... it IS all Ian's fault, LOL!
Hiya. There isn't another place name similar to Westward Ho! in the entire British Isles. Probably because the village was named after the 1855 novel - to encourage tourism. How about that!? Stay safe. All the best to you.
Well it worked! I definitely wanted to visit! But alas... we were out of time. We already got to our hotel in Lynton too late to have supper that night 🙁
Honestly, they should! They seem to be annoyed by everyone loitering about, so perhaps that would make them happier! Seriously, though, I think Clovelly is unique (like Portmeirion in Wales) in that there is just one little place to enter... so it's easy to put up a booth and charge an admission fee! ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels the secret is to go off season....and wear a business suit, then you are an enigma....they can spot you easily in deely boppers, an “I love Newquay “ tee shirt and flip flops.
Oh wow, what a wonderful place to have family connections to! You made this comment on my Clovelly video... have you also watched my videos of Lynton & Lynmouth and Hiking the South West Coast path and (my favourite) Watersmeet? We loved that area so much, and I enjoy going back and watching the videos to remember our time there! Thanks for your comment, cheers! XX Dara
I think it IS a Russian Blue cat!! Maybe that is why I am getting all these Russian people leaving comments on this video (that make no sense)? LOL! How funny that you saw American geese! I didn't know that breed, but had to look it up. They are a pretty buff colour! I'm a big fan of Canada Geese (though I always want to call them Canadian Geese because it seems more grammatical, LOL)
@@MagentaOtterTravels I was told by the owner that the buff geese could hurt you with their flapping....i struggle to believe that...but I'll pay attention..
No criticism of your mispronunciation, as English is not your first language (LOL) you did ok! Clovelly has it's own lifeboat that is not funded by the RNLI, but by money raised locally. There used to be a beautiful clifftop road called The Hobby Drive leading into Clovelly but unfortunately coastal erosion made it unsafe
Oh wow, I didn't think about how Plymouth was probably a dangerous place to be during the war because of the port access. Glad you were safe... and how absolutely lovely to be able to live in a place like Clovelly! Do you currently live in Devon, or are you a Brummie now? Thanks for your comment. Cheers! Dara
@@tiltonroadbirmingham1153 my hubby's father in law is from Brum. WE LOVE DARTMOOR! What a lovely place! I've done videos of Tavistock and another one of Lustleigh, if you are interested ruclips.net/video/c8Z5K30CNd4/видео.html
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries" is LITERALLY MY FAVOURITE insult in the history of ever. I couldn't resist.
Monthy Python at it's best!!!
The more you post about Cornwall and Devon, the more I have to put on my bucket list....hopefully we will be able to travel soon.
Yes, I agree! On both points!
Bude dosent get much of a mention..
@@david-lt9wj I didn’t get to Bude! Next time!
Another beautiful place, Clovelly. A gentle walk down to the harbour, lovely. The walk back, now that's a different story...
You skipped dinner! wow, if breakfast next day was a buffet breakfast I'll bet you cleared them out :)
First of all, the biscuits and cocoa were delicious, albeit not very filling. Thankfully the breakfast the next morning was GREAT! Actually, it will be featured in an upcoming video all about English Breakfasts I ate on my trip! hee hee
I found the walk down a bit difficult only because I didn't want to slip! But the walk back up WAS enough to make me huff and puff.... though I had to climb up and down steep inclines a few times a day in Cornwall, so I was starting to get used to it! The one benefit is that I ate all those wonderful treats and didn't gain weight that trip! #worthit
@@MagentaOtterTravels aye, good point food-wise. so many treats to sample, and all guilt free due the tons of exercise. I like it.
@@jfergs.3302 when I came back home, the weight started coming back on. It really made me want to go back on holiday! LOL
@@MagentaOtterTravels I remember going to Clovelly when I was very young. There was transport up and down the hill, a Land Rover if I remember correctly.
I wouldn't be able to manage it now! Exclamation point!
All those cats were ( C ) lovely 😉👍
Bwahahahaha, good one! 😂
Love the blue nautical door and of course all the cute cats! :-) What a charming little village!
Thanks for watching! I would have loved to cuddle a cat!
I loved the 1st cat, so elegant, a real diva. 😄
Yes, she was gorgeous! But an arrogant little diva... no matter, I'm used to apathetic cats, LOL!
I should just be glad she didn't attack/bite me, haha!
Really enjoy your storytelling and humor! Thanks for the video! Beautiful countryside!
Thanks so much. Very kind of you 🙏
For the very clovelly contrived insertion of the Holy Grail clip I'd forgive almost anything Dara!
Glad you enjoyed it. I couldn't resist!
Oh my gosh, I love the Westward Ho! town! So fun to see your trip more!
Thanks for watching, Eliz! There are SO many amazing town names. I can't help photograph signs... I do it constantly! Poor Ian, LOL!
My trip was SIX MONTHS ago, and I'm still catching up on videos, even though I've done one or two a week ever since! Soooooo much content!
Westward Ho! actually named itself after the novel by Charles Kingsley. A must read as is his Hereward the Wake. Oh, and, as a Brit, it's been Clovelee all my 70+ years!
You think I said it correctly the “wrong” way?! Fascinating!
Yes I find it also interesting that a town was named after a novel! 🤔 Thanks for watching and commenting!
Another great video. So glad you survived the rooster attack.
My only regret is that I failed to take a photo of the puncture wound and terrible bruise! Lesson learned! Must photograph all future injuries if the moment of injury is not on video... #youtuberlife
@@MagentaOtterTravels Let us hope that being attacked by a rooster is a once in a life time event.
Hey there! We are Matt and Ann and we just recently came across your channel. Your videos are very nice to watch :) They are very interesting and the scenes are really pretty. Thanks for sharing! Keep up the great work!
Thanks for visiting!
Excellent vlog. I loved the tight editing and the way you stitched in those Python clips! Brilliant! No criticism for mispronouncing English place names. We've all done it (Wymondham, Godmanchester, Happisburgh...). Sorry you didn't get to Westward Ho! - the only place name in the British Isles with an exclamation mark. The place owes its fame to Charles Kingsley's best selling book of the same name in the mid 19th century, set in nearby Bideford (pronounced Biddi-f'd). A group of entrepreneurs pounced on the opportunity to make the area a tourist hotspot, so the ! is an intentional part of the village name.
Honestly, Godmanchester is probably the most absurd pronunciation I've seen... really just meant to confuse everyone, LOL!
Thanks for the advice on Bideford... I definitely would have said that incorrectly!
I applaud the marketers who decided to use a ! to get people to visit. I certainly use them in video titles to try to get folks to watch! haha... Thanks for your lovely comments as always Mr. Wells!
Hysterical intro! 🤣 Crazy roosters oh my! Great video looks like a lovely place to visit!
Never turn your back on a rooster... and if you can visit a village with donkeys, do!
Those are my words of advice from this video. Thanks for watching!!
Clovelly cats are clever cats! Nice vlog!
Well at least they were very pretty! 😻
Hahaha, this is brilliant!! Love the MP clips!
I don't think I fancy the steep cobbles...!
The rooster looked mentally unhinged! 😂😂
@@googlpanda I agree! Watching the footage again... that rooster was deranged for sure!🤪
Glad you enjoyed the clips! They were fun to find.
The hill was steep, and the bumpy surface made it even trickier!
Such fun and interesting nuggets of info. Sorry to hear of the rooster attack! But loved the little village and steep cobblestone road!!💖👍🏼
It was a lovely and unique little place!
THE RED LION pub on the harbour side was once owned by my great x6 grandfather
NO WAY!!! That is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing that family history fact! Those are my favourite❤️❤️
You are forgiven just this once 😂😂 on a serious note I'm loving these little snippets of a glorious part of our country that you so obviously love. Thank you for sharing your Anglophile passion.
Thank you for your forgiveness. And thank you for your kind comments! Yes, I do love Britain!❤️🇬🇧
LOVED the Python Holy Grail clips, Dara!! One of my Top 5 favorite movies of all time. The rooster attack was unfortunate, but glad you did not suffer any extreme injury. How have you and Ian survived these various "feathered" attacks, I wonder?? ;-)
I think the real question is WHY DO WE KEEP GETTING ATTACKED??? I just need to be better about filming the attacks, LOL! #priorities
I'm glad you enjoyed the MP&THG clips. I seriously laugh every time I see them.
You're right about Westward Ho! it's the only placed named with an exclamation mark. Lived here for past 15 yrs so got used to it :)
That's awesome! Will they deliver the post if someone writes your address without an "!"? 😂
seems like they’re BRUTAL over there about place names. we watch a British couple’s channel and even THEY get comments about pronunciation when they cruise around England. I like your edits/voice over about it, though. 🤣
aw, bummer you didn’t get to see the donkeys at work!
you two have the worst luck with birds! 😵
@@StephenandAndie Yes, I am sorry that we missed seeing the donkeys in action as well. But I heard about another village with donkeys that do deliveries in the Cotswolds and it is not far from our flat. Hopefully I can go there!🤞
A little farther west from Clovelly on that Devon coast is Hartland point, with views north into the Bristol Channel and of Lundy Island, and views west into the often turbulent Atlantic Ocean. It's wilder and not so picture-pretty as Clovelly, but the Hartland coast has its own majesty.
I adore the coastline of Devon and Cornwall and Wales. I seriously could just spend a year going along the coast and seeing all the villages and views!!! My mum-in-law used to say years ago that she would retire and take a gypsy caravan (with just her, a horse and a dog!) around the entire perimeter of Britain. That didn't happen... and I am not up for sleeping in a caravan for a year, but I do like the coastal idea! Cheers! XX Dara
Lovely film
Thank you! It is a lovely and unique place!
I have visited Clovelly twice once in the 1990s and second time a number of years ago.
It's such a unique place, you have to see it to understand, don't you?
Omg we were there last year, your not kidding it’s steep, trying to walk back up that hill was torturous
It is such a lovely and unique place to visit! It is very steep, so you have to wear proper shoes and plan accordingly! I saw people in flip-flops, and I was just shaking my head! LOL
Also, I was very glad I wasn’t walking down that steep slope in the rain!😬
I LOL until I coughed my head off. Loved the intro.
Thanks! I was glad to finally work in a little Monty Python 😉
But please stop coughing! 🙏
We use to have a beautiful British Blue cat called Otis!
Awwwwww, sweet! Did he look like the first Clovelly Cat?
@@MagentaOtterTravels Yes! He was a sweetie!
Michael Palin's interjection was appropriate.
Wait a minute, Dear Husband, are you saying that I am STRANGE???? Well, you have been the one who has endured me taking selfies with hundreds of magenta flowers... so I guess you have earned the right to complain.
You reminded me of another word, Dara! "exclamation point/mark!"
I use them both interchangeably. I had no idea one was British and one was American! I still can't keep it straight.
I like your videos. Ian is a top drone photographer.
Thank you so much! I really enjoy his drone photography, and am very grateful that he is willing to contribute to my channel in this way 👍👍. Cheers! Dara
Don't worry about it as long as you enjoyed yourselves in my beloved devon
Yes I’m on love with Devon! We had been going to the south of Devon for decades, because we had family living there. It was only last year that we really spent time in the northern part and I fell in love with it as well! Please check out my videos of Gidleigh Park, Lustleigh (what a pretty place!), Salcombe, Dartmouth, Lynmouth & Lynton, and Watersmeet (possibly the most beautiful video on my channel). Thanks so much for your comment!
Wished I could have explored the village. Was unfortunate that my feet were so bad.
Next time we need to have a meal in the village ;-)
Lovely Village and cute cats! Very typical cat behavior! 😹
Yes they can be a bit arrogant, can’t they? Thanks for watching 🙏
To my certain knowledge, Westward Ho! is the only place - in Britain anyway - that has an exclamation mark in it's name. I reckon the cats have seen too many people for too long, for it to faze them anymore. The first one (all grey) reminded me of one I got in the early 80's, he went by the name of Spike and all he wanted was fussing and loving, that was the most important thing for him - it made him content.
Awwwwww, I love the Spike story! Did he purr all the time?
Yes, the Clovelly Cats are sick to death of tourists wanting to take their photos, I'm sure! If they were more like OTTERS they would love the attention! But they are cats... which makes them disdainful and uncooperative by nature. But I'm still a cat lover.😍
I think Westward Ho! is the only place in either of our countries with an exclamation point at the end. So funny!
Wow! I had a cat named Spike too. Named after the dog in Tom & Jerry.
@@MagentaOtterTravels Yes, he was a 'purrer'. But my current best friend seems to have 'purr buttons' all over his body. It doesn't take much to get him going and then his body fairly heaves with distinctly audible purring. He also has an impressive vocal range of miaows, chirps and trills.
@@Beejay950 awww cute!
@@chrisaskin6144 Sounds like you have a very amusing furry family member!
I would not dare to walk down this steep road in winter with ice on it. OMG!!! 😱
Oh yeah.... if it ever got icy, everyone would have to stay indoors until it melted!
They don’t have a Winter...
@@david-lt9wj well Texas is not supposed to either! LOL
Love the Monte python inserts.😁😂
Thanks so much! I had a lot of fun with that!
Couldn't find another town with an exclamation mark but I found one with TWO!!. Saint-Louis--du-Ha!-Ha! in Quebec Canada. Probably the most dashes (is that the right word) as well.
Thanks for the successful Googling, Bobby! Let's be serious... the person naming that town in Canada was CLEARLY out to break a few records and bring notoriety to the town for publicity. How funny!
Yes, dashes is the right word! Although sometimes I say hyphen to be more precise, but I'm a weird American... so don't expect anyone else to be like me! haha
@@MagentaOtterTravels Yes! Hyphen is the word I couldn't think of, and now you have to type ha! ha! :-)
@@Beejay950 Ha! Ha! Is ridiculous!! What a poseur!🙄
@@Beejay950 btw the poseur is that Canadian, not you! 😉
Oh no! No dinner! That’s an anticlimax.
It’s a tragedy! 🎭😂
love it
Thanks for watching, John!
@@MagentaOtterTravels i enjoy them
Thanks ...
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Wait - you got attacked by another bird - LoL. So yesterday we were at Animal Kingdom and seen otters - someone asked do they eat fish, and thanks to your videos I was able to give them a confident YES - LoL
Ok...its the same angry bird - LoL
@@FunandBudget yes! I should make an Angry Birds series about the seagull and the rooster! LOL
@@FunandBudget I am so glad to know I helped contribute to your otter education! Haha! I hope you are enjoying your visit with Jay!😍
Oh no! I’ve heard that cockerels can get a bit territorial!
I had no idea. But I LEARNED THE HARD WAY! haha
Never mind Mary, PPIEW😉😁👍
"Practically" being the key word!!!🌂
Nice Monty Python inserts! I think you redeemed yourself there! 😅
Haha thanks so much 🙏
Postal carrier --> Postman
Thank you! I always forget which term we use in which country! LOL!
Remind me, are you one of my postmen subscribers? I know I have a couple...
@@MagentaOtterTravels nope, not a postman. Hope you enjoyed Lynton and Lynmouth it's lovely there. I trust you visited Watersmeet and Valley of the Rocks?
@@elansteve yes, stay tuned! Videos are coming up of all those things!
Oh gosh 😂 my favorite part is your voice dubbed over the knight. AHAHAHA
Thank you. I am ridiculous!
You can see my house across the bay from Clovelly.
You are a lucky dog, JR!
I mean, Mr. Russell!
@@MagentaOtterTravels
That's me!
@@jacketrussell 🤣
the Rooster mush have thought that you had come to steal his children (eggs) or one of his GF's for Sunday Lunch lol.
a good tip is to buy a block of cheese and some crackers to keep in a container in your backpack. that way you will always have a snack for on the go or in this case an evening meal.
We usually keep nuts and dried fruit, but I didn't have any at that point. I know we had lots of crisps and chocolate bars, but I was saving them for the upcoming taste tests! LOL
While in Clovelly you should have seen "Crazy Kates House", apparently it got its name because newlywed Katie used to watch her husband out in his small fishing boat, one a terrific storm blew and Kates husband drowned, the next day Kate put on her wedding dress and walked into the sea to be with her husband. I get quite emotional just writing about it.
Oh my word, what a heart breaking story! I didn't see or hear anything about that in Clovelly. I shall look for it if we visit again. But they shouldn't call her crazy... that's just a tragic tale. Thanks for your comment! It's always nice to hear more background information about places I visit! Cheers! XX Dara
I appreciate the apology for not pronouncing Clovelly correctly Dara, but I would have said the same as you unless I'd been corrected by the locals (there are some places they like to do that). You got Mousehole right in a previous video, so that's a big tick in my metaphorical book ;-)
I had heard of Mousehole before we visited, so I was prepared. Then we went to Canonteign Falls, and I asked the guy at the entry gate how to pronounce it, since I had no clue! As for Clovelly, I had never heard of the place... Ian just took me there! And I trusted my "British" husband knew how to pronounce it... but he led me astray! Not to throw him under the bus, but... it IS all Ian's fault, LOL!
@@MagentaOtterTravels just love public shaming. It's character building.
@@ians3586 awwww, no! I hope that wasn’t considered bullying or shaming!
Good
Hiya. There isn't another place name similar to Westward Ho! in the entire British Isles. Probably because the village was named after the 1855 novel - to encourage tourism. How about that!? Stay safe. All the best to you.
Well it worked! I definitely wanted to visit! But alas... we were out of time. We already got to our hotel in Lynton too late to have supper that night 🙁
Perhaps Port Isaac would like to charge for entry to their village ?
Honestly, they should! They seem to be annoyed by everyone loitering about, so perhaps that would make them happier! Seriously, though, I think Clovelly is unique (like Portmeirion in Wales) in that there is just one little place to enter... so it's easy to put up a booth and charge an admission fee! ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels did anybody call you a “grockle ” in Port Isaac?
@@MagentaOtterTravels the secret is to go off season....and wear a business suit, then you are an enigma....they can spot you easily in deely boppers, an “I love Newquay “ tee shirt and flip flops.
@@david-lt9wj 😂😂😂😂 what are boppers? You are losing me again...
@@david-lt9wj do you mean deely boppers???
Lynmouth and lynton my and families soul home. !y mum's ashes are scattered on castle rock, uncle Alan and grandad in the east Lynn river
Oh wow, what a wonderful place to have family connections to! You made this comment on my Clovelly video... have you also watched my videos of Lynton & Lynmouth and Hiking the South West Coast path and (my favourite) Watersmeet? We loved that area so much, and I enjoy going back and watching the videos to remember our time there! Thanks for your comment, cheers! XX Dara
This is a bit like Robin hoods bay.....ooh very nice...
So many picturesque spots along the coast!!!
Is that cat a Russian blue?(#1.)
In our English village this week I came across some American Buff geese...they were too pretty.
I think it IS a Russian Blue cat!! Maybe that is why I am getting all these Russian people leaving comments on this video (that make no sense)? LOL!
How funny that you saw American geese! I didn't know that breed, but had to look it up. They are a pretty buff colour! I'm a big fan of Canada Geese (though I always want to call them Canadian Geese because it seems more grammatical, LOL)
@@MagentaOtterTravels we get hordes of Canada geese in a farmers field next to a river...but don't they come from Scandinavia?
@@david-lt9wj no idea! I barely know how to say their name correctly, so I’m far from knowledgeable, LOL!
@@MagentaOtterTravels I was told by the owner that the buff geese could hurt you with their flapping....i struggle to believe that...but I'll pay attention..
@@david-lt9wj Never hug a flapping goose. You can quote me on that.😂🤣
The candy poo 💩 😂
Were you amused that I have a FAVOURITE candy poo? LOL
On sledge like contraptions know as sledges😅
"Sled-like" is what I said... perhaps you don't understand my Texan accent!
@@MagentaOtterTravels oh yes my mistake, got a bit carried away 😊👍
@@MagentaOtterTravels Sledge
No criticism of your mispronunciation, as English is not your first language (LOL) you did ok! Clovelly has it's own lifeboat that is not funded by the RNLI, but by money raised locally. There used to be a beautiful clifftop road called The Hobby Drive leading into Clovelly but unfortunately coastal erosion made it unsafe
Never underestimate roosters!
Haha, and never turn your back on one either!
“What are you doing in England?” 🤣🤣🤣
Oh, the terror of being an Anglophile who pronounces British words incorrectly. 😱
YES INDEED! I'm sure you can relate! Are you a Monty Python fan? Those clips crack me up every time...
Openminded night 16
No clue what you are saying, mate!
Do you like the Russian Blue cat? Вам нравится русская голубая кошка?
Those cats weren't very impressed by the way you pronounced Clovelly.
LOL... I'm certain they were saying very unkind feline insults in their minds!!!
Mispronunciation is OK, but if you bitch about there not being a MacDonalds there..... ;)
I loathe McDonald’s 🤢
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😂 it could be worse - it could have been a Welsh place name - they get butchered all the time by visitors.
Oh for sure! Like me and Betsy Co-ed!!! I definitely plan to do a video about Welsh pronunciation in the future. Want to do a collab with me?
Surely you mean exclamation mark? Exclamation point.... Americans... Lol
Hahaha
My mum & family lived here after being evacuated from Plymouth during the ww2.
Oh wow, I didn't think about how Plymouth was probably a dangerous place to be during the war because of the port access. Glad you were safe... and how absolutely lovely to be able to live in a place like Clovelly! Do you currently live in Devon, or are you a Brummie now? Thanks for your comment. Cheers! Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels Sorry I meant my mums family. I was born and brought up in Brum. I now live on Dartmoor in Devon.
@@tiltonroadbirmingham1153 my hubby's father in law is from Brum. WE LOVE DARTMOOR! What a lovely place! I've done videos of Tavistock and another one of Lustleigh, if you are interested ruclips.net/video/c8Z5K30CNd4/видео.html