I live in Devon on the south coast near to salcombe with stunning coastal landscape Check out Cornwall, Clovelly , St Ives , The Eden Project, the Minack Theatre the list is endless
When you are England, it's perfectly acceptable to say English this or England that, just as in Scotland or Wales.... It's only British if you are referring to the land mass as a whole... If you refer to the UK you are referring to the four home countries that make up the UK.
King Arthur is associated with Cornwall and a place called Tintagel. You should check out a video on Cornwall. It’s beautiful. There’s so much this video didn’t cover that you should check out The Lake District The Peak District The Yorkshire Dales The Cotswolds The Norfolk broads Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park The new forest
Actually there is no evidence of King Arthur being in Cornwall except in stories. The only evidence at all is in a very old (1300's I think) Welsh book. In it they talk of a King and a magician called Merddyn (Mare- thyn) in old mid Wales. This could possibly be Merlin. Tintagel was more likely to be a trading port for the Middle East some 2000 years ago.
Do you know, in England & Wales , your never more than 80 miles from a beach (& that's only in what we English call the Midlands) . Where I live , Newcastle, England itself is just over 83 miles wide , I know this because I was born in Wallsend , Roman name Segedunum on the North Sea coast (it is actually the beginning of Hadrians Wall not the end but that's another story !) Hadrian's Wall actually ends in Cumbria, the Solway Firth, near Carlisle on the Irish Sea & the length of the walk is 83 miles travelling through THE most stunning & wild countryside . The Wall itself was 1900 years old last year & we celebrated it for the whole 12 months... If you've ever watched Robin, Prince of Theives, much of it was filmed here, especially the opening scene where an arrow was shot into a tree (sadly that tree was cut down last September but the criminals were caught & there's a big court case in Newcastle next month , you may hear about it, certainly the cutting down of the tree went global ! We also have a massive dark sky park around the Wall & up to the Scottish border, it was opened about 20 years ago, not long after the 1st dark sky park in the world in California, so we were the second ever , it's worth a visit to the Keilder Forest Observatory, Keilder Forest is, literally, the darkest area in the whole of England 🏴
On the jurassic coast you can pick up hand sized stones and with a small hammer break them open to discover fossils that date back millions of years your kid would love it.
What a lovely video, as a Scot, I’m so proud of my homeland, I live in England in the middle of the countryside, which is also beautiful. Have a look at the Lake District, Loch Lomond, the Cotswold area, Inverness. Wales is beautiful, as is Northern Ireland. Not forgetting beautiful Cornwall and all that has to offer.
There’s to much to see for a 3 hours video much less a 25 but we really have a burning desire to go explore Scotland it just seems so gorgeous. Edinburgh the isle of sky, the highlands in general. I’m at that point of obsession I look a homes for sale in Scotland with 2 dollars in my pocket 😂🤣😂
@@Trippingthroughadventures I'm English (Halifax,Yorkshire) and not to be too rude, you could actually buy a wee (very small) property in the Highlands for two Dollars. Lol.
@@Trippingthroughadventures , always be aware of the white cliffs ( chalk ) as plants grow on them so the roots weaken the cliffs and can fall without notice , same goes with the jurassic coast ( you'll need a small hammer to open stones , for sale in local shops , but you can get guides to help ) If you are thinking of Scotland the west coast is milder due to the Gulf Stream but the sea water around the UK is cold ( your very lucky if it goes above 12c ). Have you looked at the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy racing ? North East of England has the most castles in England .
@@Trippingthroughadventures , the UK is about the same size as Alabama but were Alabama has 6-7m people the UK has approximately 67m , hence the size of houses , roads etc. Keep up the good work as surely you're on your way to being a Anglophile 😂
York is a must see, Edinburgh is my favorite city in the UK. So many places to visit like the lake district, northumbrian coast, whitby, the dales etc.
Everything else is meant to be Experience in person, that’s the only thing I needed you to know, that was the true message my soul needed you to hear 🤣😂🤣😂
I watched a young boy on Mount Snowdon, one afternoon It's not Welles it's Wales, if you are Welsh it is Cymru. They speak their own language. Rounding up Sheep, with two dogs, he was amazing. Only used Welsh. When my parents were children they were banned from using Welsh in School, if they were caught they were punished. Of course they still used it at Home Unfortunately in the 1930s many had to leave Wales because they closed the Coal Mines, they had to leave Wales to find work. Luckily the men were intelligent enough to be able to adapt to other Industries. Many nearly as dangerous as Coal Mining ⛏️.My father worked in an Iron Foundry, before Automation. Hell on earth.They are now, self Governing, Early days yet.
It is so heartwarming to see and hear your genuine affection for all of the UK. It's a beautiful reminder to us Brits and also the genuine friendship between the US & the UK. Thank you both, you are always welcome here x
The UK is beautiful and all the four countries have their own charm and beautiful countryside. Devon, Cornwall and Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset are all beautiful. Then there is the South Coast: Hampshire ( where I live ). West and East Sussex and Kent. All beautiful and if you like history there is plenty to see in Cathedral's and Castles and beautiful Stately Homes like Highclere Castle ( Downton Abbey from TV program). Blenheim Palace , Oxfordshire. Northern England Yorkshire, Lancashire and Derbyshire etc etc. Wales and Scotland and Cardiff and Glasgow are worth a visit. Buy yourself a Lonely Plant Tour guide and it will cover the whole of the UK history, landscape etc etc. Also there is the Cotswolds and Lake District and Hadrians Wall built by the Romans, that Borders England and Scotland. I love my little island called UK and very proud of our history and landscape.
My son and his family have just come back from Orlando, he could not get over the size of your country.We are so used to travelling from one place to another in a short space of time, you would be able to see a lot when you visit the UK. A three hour drive somewhere for us is a big event, as someone said,a 100 years to an American is a long time a 100 miles to a Brit is a long way. I live near York and when I walk along the city walls that the Romans built I think nothing of it we take our castles etc for granted and we should not.
Try the Wye valley and the English/Welsh border country ….absolutely beautiful ,lots of old castles ,places like Chester and Shrewsbury. The British Isles are just beautiful and stuffed with history. If you have British ancestry,this is where your ancestors came from…..I think a lot of Americans forget that!
They should ignore them. A pub in Scotland is a Scottish pub! A pub in Wales is a Welsh pub. A pub in NI is an Northern Irish pub. They are all UK pubs but no-one says I'm a Ukadian!!!
@@margaretnicol3423 Well of course once upon a time people used to be proud to say 'I'm British' or 'a Briton' but somehow these days that sounds a bit pompous - too much Imperial historical baggage I suppose...
Pompous to say you're proud to be British? A tiny loudmouthed minority who spend their time running our country down aren't representative. Every country has good and bad history but imo most are still proud to be British.
Part of the reason for UK coastal variety is that in 7-8,000 BC after the last ice age in combination with the Storegga tsnuami 6,500BC, England as an island was formed by 400 foot increase in sea levels causing the flooding of Doggerland (now the North Sea) and expansion of the English Channel. This resulted in a lot of chalk hills being eroded forming the chalk cliffs famous as the Jurassic Coast and White Cliffs of Dover along the south coast in particular.
I like places that are off the tourist trail. The bordlands between England & Wales are largely unspoilt - towns & cities such as Monmouth/ Hay-on-Wye/ Gloucester / Hereford / Worcester / Shrewsbury / Welshpool / Chester. Natural features such as the Forest of Dean / Wyre Forest / Hergest Ridge / the Long Mynd / the Wrekin - and man-made structures like Offa's Dike and Chester city walls.
I was thinking Caernarvon and Conway castles in North Wales, Chester, Liverpool, Manchester all very close to each other would make a good place to spend some time for a visitor from the USA. Merseyrail gets you from Liverpool to Chester, North Wales coast line gets you from Chester to Conway and Bangor where you may be able to get a taxi to Caernarvon and back later. There are regular trains from Liverpool to Manchester as well.
Cant believe the Lake District wasn't on there. It's stunning. The most beautiful place in England I've ever been. I'm lucky as I only live 2 hours away.
And the Romans, Saxons and Norman's. In S . Wales you have a Roman ampatheater too. A lot of history that we Brits don't visit often as we are surrounded by it. We take it for granted.
Hang on your pickle is actually a pickled gherkin because to pickle is a process and not a vegetable, the small cucumber has gone through a pickling process. See???
I live in the South East of England, near Canterbury and there are so many stunning places to see here BUT my heart is in Northumberland (not far from the Scottish border). The natural beauty of the area is breathtaking and tranquil and there are many ancient sites to visit including Hadrian’s Wall built by the Romans and around 73 miles long, together with ruined Roman forts. There are Castles including Bamburgh, which is on the beach and Alnwick (pronounced Annick). The Holy Island of Lindisfarne is nearby and also has a castle and a Priory. You can only get to the Island by way of a causeway but being tidal it’s under water at certain times and you have to know when the tide’s coming in. Just three of the many amazing places you can see and might want to look up. 10/10 by the way for your corrections to some of Ryan’s pronunciations!
Stonehenge is a tourist trap. There are dozens of stones circles as old or older around Great Britain. If you want scenery ANY national park will do, Scotland is blessed with scenic views as soon as you head north of the M8 (the Glasgow/Edinburgh motorways) but it's cold in winter and swarmed with insects in summer. Wales is a well kept secret, I think they are so quite hoping to be forgotten. It's no party central, but if you love nature it can be surprising... The south of England is expensive. An hour of London in any direction cuts costs, but head north and it's a different country... They're friendlier, more talkative and more sociable (on the whole) but accents will change rapidly as you move north... King Arthur was a myth, perhaps based upon some events long ago, but more a romanticised story... However Wales has the coolest national animal, a Dragon, yes a dragon, it's on their flag. The Scottish national animal is a Unicorn, but it's not on their flag.
My favourite stone circle is the Standing Stones of Callanish on the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides, off the west coast of northern Scotland. It's close to the sea in a beautiful setting. Much daintier than Stonehenge.. The most interesting thing about Stonehenge is that the huge stones from which it is made came from Wales and were transported all that way, before wheels were invented.
@@missharry5727 The secret of Stonehenge is not what but how, and a little known secret is that some stones have been moved and cemented in place. The question as to its purpose is as intriguing as any of these stone circles, why would Stonehenge be any different other than size?
You want a stone circle? Go to Avebury. It's older and far bigger than Stonehenge, you can walk through and touch the stones, and it's got a pub in the middle. And it's down south.😅
You’ve got someone in your party who really wants to go to Edinburgh so you’d better get that under your belt first! Then think in regions. These would be the South West (Devon and Cornwall), Wales (more castles than you can shake a stick at and spectacular scenery), the Cotswolds (stunning villages and cottages), the West Country (including Stonehenge and Bath), the Midlands (Manchester and Birmingham), East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk), the Lake District, the Peak District, the Yorkshire dales and the North East around Newcastle and Durham. Distance between the various regions is small in mileage terms compared to the USA but there’s so much to see and do when you get to the next point that you’ll be spoiled for choice. Our cities, towns and villages all have special places to visit, maybe cottages, stately homes and gardens, Viking relics, Roman walls, medieval churches or a castle or two. You could do a search for any of those topics and get a good selection of YT videos to whet your appetite. Good luck on your new journey of discovery!
You want to see magical creatures. I never forget when my daughter came back from a swim at our local pool, where she walks back through the park. She swears even now when she’s grown up that she saw a fairy!
Recommend Wales (north and south) and south-west England (especially Somerset & Devon, but Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Cornwall have their positives too). BTW when I was a child there were no restrictions at the Stones (Stonehenge), you just went up and touched them (too steep to climb) and also looked at the graffiti that had been carved into them in the preceding hundreds of years.
@@Trippingthroughadventures of course Braveheart is an American movie for an American audience (initially), so nobody outside the UK really cared about the details. Blue woad on the face died out about 200 years before the Wallace story. It was, however, a useful identifier for the audience to who was who on the battlefield scenes.
You might want to check out Skara Brae in Orkney, Scotland. It's a stone age village that was uncovered in a storm. ruclips.net/video/n29TmCfEwXc/видео.htmlsi=ruNIzL6CU1XfqlUD
@@Trippingthroughadventures the romans made written records of the ancient Britton’s they faced during the south coast invasion being covered in blue wode.
The Avebury circle is the one near Stonehenge, yes it's henGe. Check out the Scottish islands for some cracking beaches - Luskentyre is a great one. Skara Brae is always worth a look too. The geology is a lot to do with ice-age glaciers & how they moved as they melted.
Our coastline is like that because of the Alps. Scotland is rising, England is sinking because of the tectonic activity that keeps the Alps up. That’s why the north and west has cliffs, eastern and southern England is lower down (with a few exceptions of chalk hills that have become cliffs). It’s also why the Jurassic coast is important because the rock strata got tipped on its side. That laid out aeons of geological history across the ground, just waiting for someone to get curious about why there was so much variety of rock in that area. They could just read the history off the surface, they didn’t need to dig it up.
As a Scotsman, a Glaswegian, we pronounce it Edin-bruh. Edinburgh is fantastic but it's definitely for tourists. Glasgow is more grounded and cosmopolitan.
The tall buildings in London are strangely shaped because of something called "St Paul's heights law"...this law stops buildings being built that would restrict the view of St Paul's cathedral from 10 different points around London
Well spotted❤it is Westminster,the reason people will pick you up on uk,british,English,Scottish Welsh or Northern Ireland is because most people are proud of their country 😅❤ Ps I see you now have the travel 🐛 bug😂🇬🇧🇺🇸
Correct, Minister (servant) works in a religious organization or government. Minster on the other hand is a church. St Paul's cathedral was the church in the City of London (pretty much the old London Londinium) where money was made that polluted the air which was taken east by the wind and poop was thrown into the river before sewers ( and sadly today by privatized water companies looking to save money). The royals and their fan club thus built places upstream and west of the dirty capitalists and a rival west church (minster).
Shame you had volume issues. The volume on the video you were reviewing was much lower than your voices, so trying to get a balance was tricky. There's no war between London and the rest of the UK, it's just that London is not representative of the UK as a whole.
This was our first reaction video so you got to do one to see what you need for the next one lol, we are running a streaming software the issue is actually we need to let it play through the software but in order to do that we need a head phone splitter so we don’t double the sound coming from the computer and the software to create a horrible doubled sound lol. We were more referring to what people claim as being uk and what people consider their own country or town lol if we said it was a British thing someone would say “no that a English thing” and if we said it was a English thing “ they would say “ no it’s a British thing. For example our pub video. We had people saying it was not just English pub culture it was British as well as people saying “ that’s not how pubs work in uk that’s a London thing” or “ that’s a English pub “ lol.
@@Trippingthroughadventures Yep, the sound was distorted (double-tracked?) for me, as well as being lower volume. Could just about follow most of it, but it was quite an effort. Good luck getting the equipment you need sorted out. It all costs money!
I would spend some holidays in the Channel Islands, Scilly Isles, Isle of Wight,bThe Isle of Man The Farne Islands, Inner and Outer Hebrides, The Orkney and Shetland Islands. All are different all have their own uniqueness, and the islanders are all friendly. Trust me!
Hi Guys , great reaction ! plenty to do and see here on our little old island, look into some of our cathedrals ,Yorkminster , Canterbury and sailsbury they will blow your mind 😊. Best wishes
Well said. NORTHUMBRIA is NOT only Newcastle regardless of the Geordies ignorance. Northumbria was a kingdom (and largely Anglo Saxon). The County of Northumberland has more castles than any other county in the UK. The County of Durham is Fabulous. Go there, you will love it.
You’re not far off with ‘sausage roll’ and ‘only fools and horses’… Literally summed up my weekend. As a British man (in England)… Enjoy our countryside, but be sure to visit us. You’re always welcome… when you can spell words, like “Colour” and “dependant”. “programme” and “ensure” also winds the fuck out of me… Nice channel guys. Great fun.
that was a snapshot of great placess to visit but obviously there are many more. 10 best well not so sure but anything like that is always very subjective but it definately gave a taster of the sorts of places you can find.
Although London is an amazing place to visit it's a very different experience to the rest of the UK. Visiting London and thinking one has visited the UK would be like one of us flying to New York and thinking we know what America is like 😊
The Appalachians and the mountains of Britain and Norway are the same mountain range separated millions of years ago, hence the cliffs. The chalk cliffs of southern England have corresponding cliffs in France. Only 8,000 years ago Britain and France were joined together and Britain and Ireland weren't islands and joined to mainland Europe by a now sunken land called Doggerland until a landslide in Norway fell into the sea and drowned the lands and separated us leaving chalk cliffs behind.
A few points. 1) Dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic coast can be about the size of an adult human male but are of sea based creatures. 2) some of the shapes of new London buildings is because of laws to protect views of St Pauls Cathedral from various points in the city. If you moved here the summers are long endless days and can get very warm. Winter is wonderful with Christmas lights and festivals. I'd go visit your family for Jan and Feb as they are dark, cold and not much fun. York is amazing too.
Hi you guy's need to come live here, Lot's more holiday's, Free health care, it does have a lot of plus points, The weather is not so great, But i am with you with really hot weather it can be too much, as least we do get the 4 seasons here, ATB Wayne UK....😀👍
There are plenty of ancient stone structures across the country. If you visit North Wales there is the Bryn Celli Ddu Burial Chamber on the Isle of Angelsey where you can walk into the chamber itself where you will find items left by the last celebration of the Summer Solstice. It's not far from Conwy, a walled medieval city with an impressive English castle. In the north of England you might also like the Roman Hadrian's Wall and Vindolanda, the remains of a Roman military town.
There’s nicer places than this in England, Scotland & Wales ( Great Britain) + Northern Island = United Kingdom. You need to get your background sound correct. June to September best weather, cheap air conditioning ( open the windows). If you enjoyed London I guarantee you will like the rest of the U.K more.
We know what we need to fix the back ground, we will in the next one we just didn’t have the piece to fix it right now we need a headphone splitter, lol, we are excited to explore more of the uk!
@@TrippingthroughadventuresI would recommend checking out the National Trust and English Heritage sites along with their associates such as Historic Scotland and Cadw, and if you’re thinking of a longer holiday over here then you might want to consider signing up for a membership for them.
If you go to the isle of skye, take a week to see it, stunning place. Isle of Harris and Lewis not far away by ferry, another week ish to do both with traveling. Also the nc500 for a similar experience (circular loop of top of Scottish highlands) with Orkney island also by ferry at the top, take at least 2 weeks to see most of nc5. Lewis and Orkney have the oldest stone circles in British isle twice the age of the famous stone henge. Aberdeenshire in Scotland has the most castle per county than any other, possibly more than England itself but can't remember the numbers. Look forward to your next trip 🤘
No Cornwall, no Devon - you really have some further treats in store. Visit Brixham or St Ives, Port Isaac, Exmouth, Lamorna Cove, Looe, or the little village of Mousehole near Penzance. See Cheddar Gorge and the caves there (do some cheesemaking there), see the Woodford Velley in Wiltshire, see the city of Salisbury - so many recommendable places.
Please note that at 7:15 the view is of the Belle Tout lighthouse (although it hasn't been a lighthouse since around 1902) with the much more famous Beachy Head lighthouse just round the corner and all part of the Seven Sisters Cliffs. The one slight problem is that they have NOTHING to do with the Jurassic Coast, and are a long way from there. I know this because I live very close to the Seven Sisters. They are part of the South Downs in Sussex and it is beatiful.
The triangular building to the right of the Gerkin is the Cheese Grater. The building to the very far right of the picture is called the Walkie-Talkie. The one in the background with the pyramid top is Canary Wharf. Then we have the tallest building in Europe called The Shard not shown in that picture.
Don’t worry about idiots commenting on wether you say British English Scottish or Welsh if your in a pub in England your in an English pub and the same applies to the other countries that make up the British isles
Americans think that London is Britain so its refreshing that you are looking at all 4 Countries. I think Edinburgh would be a good centre for your next trip . There is a lot of history there and plenty of fabulous scenery to behold . You might struggle with the accents initially but it would be worth the effort as the Scots are a great people.
Lovely shots @ 7:19, not of Anvil Point Lighthouse close to Old Harry but of Belle Tout Lighthouse near Beachy Head, similar chalk cliffs but in East Sussex not Dorset.
The stone circle located near to Stonehenge is Avebury which is large enough to encompass a real village, with a road running through it. Decent pub there too! Close by Avebury (within a short walk) is Silbury Hill, not to mention the West Kennet Long Barrow. The barrow is a burial mound, but Silbury's purpose is unknown. But both, like the stone circle of Avebury, are prehistoric.
Hello. Just seen your channel and have subbed. The Jurassic coast is where I live and if your son likes dinosaurs and fossils then you will have to visit here. Just a few months ago some clever bloke discovered a Pliosaur or sea monster that is said to be from 150 million years ago. So far the head was found sticking out of the cliff just above the beach and that head alone is over 2 meters ( 61/2 feet) long. It's on BBC news reports on Google if you want to read up on it. The bloke now wants the rest of it. I'm sure your son and you would love it and looking for fossils. My son and I never come back from there empty handed. Practically falling over the bloody things. Sorry for going on, but you mentioned dinosaurs and seem to like the look of the Jurassic coast.✌
There are hundreds of prehistoric stone circles in the uk. There is one about 2 miles from my house. Generally you can visit these free and get right amongst them. Many have stories and folk lore attached to them.
Great vid , nowhere in the uk is more than 70ish miles from the sea, I'm in the middle of the south coast (below london) where today its sunny with a breeze with a temp of 66F , i watched your last trip where the Lady totally outclassed london lol,my only advise is to make it a holiday and not an ordeal, pick an area and stick in it as iv seen some trying to spread far too wide, travelling takes time as you know ,don't waste it, Hope you both get back soon
I was born & spent most of my life in Edinburgh - apart from my childhood because my dad was a soldier & we moved around the world. It is a double edged sword coming from such a beautiful city as Edinburgh because it spoils the rest of the world for you. Nothing I have ever seen can match the beauty & mystical majesty of Edinburgh.
Avebury Circle is what you are talking about. You are correct, it's 'Henge' not hedge. There are dozens of stone circles and other neolithic sites all over the UK. Thanks for being so interested and respectful, you're welcome back anytime!😊
Places in the UK I've found pretty are Tenby in Wales, Salcombe in Devon, the Lake District England. Nice cities I think are Bath, York, Edinburgh. Lots of nice villages around the Cotswolds. I was in Scotland 2 years ago and based myself in Oban. The train from Glasgow to there was very scenic. From Oban I was able to catch ferries to the Isle of Mull and from there the island of Iona via a boat ride to Staffa where the hexagonal rocks are (quite stunning and we saw dolphins swimming). The beaches of Iona are pure white sand and turquoise water. It's like the Caribbean only the water will be freezing. There is a monastery on Iona that was worth seeing. Fort William isn't a great town but handy to visit the Glenfinnan railway (you can get the steam train from Fort William), the silver sands or Morar and Stalker Castle. There's a cafe with great views of Stalker Castle I think at Port Appin - I saw six full rainbows at the same time. Loads of lovely places in Scotland. The Facebook site Visit Scotland is good for ideas.
This should be subtitled, "Or... MY favourite places that I've visited"! lol. :) The UK is full of stunning scenery, beautiful countryside, historic sites and amazing architecture". It's a good top 10 but just remember that it's a very personal list. I think most Brits wouldn't half of his choices, at least, in their personal top 10s. Not because they're bad choices, rather because we're all different, coupled with the fact that he missed out many, much more obvious choices. For instance, most Brits would probably include the Lake District, Cornwall and the Cotswolds, which he didn't even mention. Some of the many picturesque historic towns would be included too, such as York, Cambridge or Bath, to give just 3 examples. :)
I do agree with you. When we would planning our trip to London, we were trying to include Cotswolds and bath. We had something booked and it ended getting cancelled. We did get to make it to Oxford and it was lovely.
According to google there are 1,303 stone circles in Britain. Avebury stone circle, Castle Rigg, Stanton Drew stone circle and Cove, The Roll Right Stones to name but a few. We also have sites where there were wooden henges, where mostly today the post holes are left. I would suggest you go where you would like to go to on your next trip over here. Whatever you decide I will look forward to watching your travels thank you.
Lots of people when the visit the UK for the first time go to London, there is so much to see and do there it perfectly acceptable to not have time to see the rest of the country. Ive seen a few you tube video where they seem to spend more time travelling on trains or by car than actually in the places they are going to visit, it just a bit silly as you really just dont have enough time to enjoy the place before rushing on. Id really suggest if you decide to visit again plan your holiday, decide where you want to go and see if its feasible to fit everything in.
Great video, you should also have a look at York, my new home town, history everywhere you look and also it's meant to be the most haunted city in Europe
I live in Hastings famous for 1066 the battle of Hastings and John Logie Baird invented the television 📺 in he shop in Hastings, also Tintagel in Cornwall is the most popular and famous place for the King Arthur and Merlin , Snowdon is the surname of a British Earl related to the late Queen so to the current King
Old Harry Rocks (not Harrys Rocks) is very real, they are 12 miles down the road from me. They are like that because of the sea. Good place to walk. Good places to fossil hunt on the Jurassic Coast are Lyme Regis and Charmouth.
Really cool, genuine reaction guys. It's great to hear you expressing your appreciation of our temperate climate. Stereotypically people mock the British weather, but I far prefer our seasons to relentless, oppressive heat and high humidity. And walking in places like the Lake District in the autumn (fall) can be so beautiful. With the mist hanging over lakes like Grasmere as you walk through the woodland on the shores of the lake is mesmerisingly beautiful, even if it is drizzling with rain. And sitting by a roaring fire afterwards either back in your hotel or rented cottage having tea and cakes or in a quaint old English pub enjoying a drink and some good pub food, again by a roaring, crackling fire is magical.
Thank you we keep hearing about the Lake District it’s on our list for return trip. We loved the weather. In Florida we have two seasons hot and 100% humidity and kind of hot 100% humidity….its terrible you got to travel almost 800 miles north to see a leaf change
Durham, York, Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. Bamburgh and Holy Island on the way to Edinburgh and if you go to Durham visit Beamish Open Air Museum you won't be dissapointed in any of those places.
Go to Stonehenge if you really want to (tourist trap), but if you want to experience a Neolithic stone circle go to Avebury. It does NOT disappoint. Stonehenge, alone, earns English Heritage (the governmental charity body that maintains and runs national monuments) over 30% of ALL the money it makes from over 400 sites. It effectively pays for most of the national upkeep. FYI, Dover is second but is WELL worth a visit.
@@Trippingthroughadventures it is a special place. England is blessed with an amazing history with many mythical places. Wiltshire county (state to you in USA speak) where stone henge is. Has quite a few historic and beautiful places. There’s a mini henge a mile or so from there I prefer as it’s only known by the locals and is lovely for a dog walk or a picnic on a summers day. Wiltshire and neighboring Somerset counties have some wonderful places, city of bath, cheddar Gorge, the mendip hills to name a few. Bath is only an hour on the train from London.
Oh of course Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland too. Beautiful and such a green lush landscape. The UK is so green, because of all the rain!!! Also the four seasons here are special in their own way too.
A pickle is something that has been pickled through the process of pickling, many things can be pickled, a gherkin is a pickled cucumber. Pickling is a preservation technique to keep food edible for long periods.
In the the states a gherkin is called a pickle and everything else is called “ pickled (insert name here)” idk why I missed that meeting when they were deciding that 😂
Everyone is keen to show off the beautiful area's they live in or come from except me... There's not a lot to boast about in Southend on Sea lol, except we have the world's longest 'Pleasure Pier', a medioca beach, and a 12th century Castle (whats left of it)... Oh, and we tend to get the best weather in the country. It's normally a little warmer in the South East
I live in The Lake District. I retired there from london. Its absolutely stunning. The UK has so many beautiful places, youd need to visit for 6 months and be minted 😂
The other 'stonehenge' is Avebury. It's a 20 minute drive from my house. We have hundreds of ancient stone sites across the UK. You can touch most of them.
8,000-6,000 years ago England was actually connected to Europe via a land bridge called Doggerland, there was a huge deluge that raised sea levels and Doggerland didn't get destroyed, it simply exists as Dogger Bank under the sea now...
I am very happy to hear that you are a fan of “Only fools and horses”. I never get tired of seeing it. I love it. Especially Del Boy and Rodney but actually they are all great. Have you seen any of the episodes of “ Faulty Towers”. It is also very funny. If you haven’t seen any of them try some out. I am sure you will love it.
Seriously, the places in this video are great, but you could go anywhere in the UK and find great things to see. The country is full of old castles, national parks, quaint villages, lively cities, historical monuments, beautiful countryside … For your next trip, I challenge you to throw a dart at a map go there and see what you can find !!
Game of Thrones: A principal inspiration for the novels is the English Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) between the houses of Lancaster and York, reflected in Martin's houses of Lannister and Stark.
I come from Bournemouth (Seaside Resort) on the South coast (AKA The Jewel of the South) part of the Jurassic Coast. We have Palm Trees (Although a Hardier Species than yours obviously) that grow here also. In gardens and on the side of the roads all over the place, also as you go into Bournemouth Town Centre etc. Because of certain factors the area has its own mini weather system and its been hotter than Madrid in Spain in the Summer on many occasions in the past People don't believe it when I tell them lol I used to go Boat Fishing off of Old Harry's Rocks as a kid as it has a lot of old wrecks around the area its good for Conger eel l and Ling.
You definitely need to visit the north of England starting at Liverpool on the west coast andf thru to Kingston upon Hull where I live on the east coast in East Yorkshire incorparting the Lake District Leeds and York along the way
great video guys, im from CT orginally, but moved to the uk in 2006. you should check out the isles of scilly, these are the most southern islands in the uk and are a tropical paradise, i have visited the islands since i was 2 and my family has for generations, one of the top beautiful places in the uk.
It was the Vikings who named the spot where the Liffey and the Poddle meet as "Dubh Linn". The name Dublin comes from Dubh Linn or the "black pool". The black pool in question is the junction where the Liffey and its tributary the Poddle meet.
That is pure Irish, not Viking. Dubh means black and linn means lake. The Celtic languages - Erse, Scots Gaelic and Cornish - are not closely related to the Scandinavian languages.
We are finding that no matter what you do someone will be upset at something 😂🤣😂 if you call a London pub a London pub some one will be mad an says it’s a British pub, if you call it and English pub someone will be mad and say it’s a London pub and if you call it a British pub someone will be mad and call it a English pub 😂🤣😄 we did all 3 in the pub video and if you go through the comments we got all three angry comments.
You say One of the Surnames of your Family is Snowdon ,, That's The the Ancient name for Stirling, Gateway to the Highlands of Scotland . James 5 th , escaped a Scots Lords Clutches & Had to make His Teacher & Companion since early Childhood David Lindsay of Fife The Kings Snowdon Herald .. who Had To Meet the Douglas on Stirling Bridge by Informing Him He was Out of Favour & Guilty of High Treason if He Came within 6 miles of His Grace.
No Cornwall/Devon, no Lake District on this video. These are not totally indicative of UK's top 10. They are only the places Ryan visited
He didn't even visit some of these.
Completely agree
I live in Devon on the south coast near to salcombe with stunning coastal landscape
Check out Cornwall, Clovelly , St Ives , The Eden Project, the Minack Theatre the list is endless
Lots to see on his next trip then
Didn't gan to the lakes so no interest in this video
When you are England, it's perfectly acceptable to say English this or England that, just as in Scotland or Wales.... It's only British if you are referring to the land mass as a whole... If you refer to the UK you are referring to the four home countries that make up the UK.
King Arthur is associated with Cornwall and a place called Tintagel. You should check out a video on Cornwall. It’s beautiful. There’s so much this video didn’t cover that you should check out
The Lake District
The Peak District
The Yorkshire Dales
The Cotswolds
The Norfolk broads
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
The new forest
That’s where I want to go so bad I want to explore some of the more legendary parts of the UK!
Actually there is no evidence of King Arthur being in Cornwall except in stories. The only evidence at all is in a very old (1300's I think) Welsh book. In it they talk of a King and a magician called Merddyn (Mare- thyn) in old mid Wales. This could possibly be Merlin. Tintagel was more likely to be a trading port for the Middle East some 2000 years ago.
@@gagada124 Quite right, the Arthurian legends came over with the Normans, they had been doing the rounds in continental Europe for centuries.
True...also the North East coast.....all the way to Immingham ..beautiful unspoilt country with rolling beaches
Do you know, in England & Wales , your never more than 80 miles from a beach (& that's only in what we English call the Midlands) . Where I live , Newcastle, England itself is just over 83 miles wide , I know this because I was born in Wallsend , Roman name Segedunum on the North Sea coast (it is actually the beginning of Hadrians Wall not the end but that's another story !) Hadrian's Wall actually ends in Cumbria, the Solway Firth, near Carlisle on the Irish Sea & the length of the walk is 83 miles travelling through THE most stunning & wild countryside . The Wall itself was 1900 years old last year & we celebrated it for the whole 12 months... If you've ever watched Robin, Prince of Theives, much of it was filmed here, especially the opening scene where an arrow was shot into a tree (sadly that tree was cut down last September but the criminals were caught & there's a big court case in Newcastle next month , you may hear about it, certainly the cutting down of the tree went global ! We also have a massive dark sky park around the Wall & up to the Scottish border, it was opened about 20 years ago, not long after the 1st dark sky park in the world in California, so we were the second ever , it's worth a visit to the Keilder Forest Observatory, Keilder Forest is, literally, the darkest area in the whole of England 🏴
On the jurassic coast you can pick up hand sized stones and with a small hammer break them open to discover fossils that date back millions of years your kid would love it.
What a lovely video, as a Scot, I’m so proud of my homeland, I live in England in the middle of the countryside, which is also beautiful. Have a look at the Lake District, Loch Lomond, the Cotswold area, Inverness. Wales is beautiful, as is Northern Ireland. Not forgetting beautiful Cornwall and all that has to offer.
There’s to much to see for a 3 hours video much less a 25 but we really have a burning desire to go explore Scotland it just seems so gorgeous. Edinburgh the isle of sky, the highlands in general. I’m at that point of obsession I look a homes for sale in Scotland with 2 dollars in my pocket 😂🤣😂
@@Trippingthroughadventures I'm English (Halifax,Yorkshire) and not to be too rude, you could actually buy a wee (very small) property in the Highlands for two Dollars. Lol.
@@Trippingthroughadventures , always be aware of the white cliffs ( chalk ) as plants grow on them so the roots weaken the cliffs and can fall without notice , same goes with the jurassic coast ( you'll need a small hammer to open stones , for sale in local shops , but you can get guides to help )
If you are thinking of Scotland the west coast is milder due to the Gulf Stream but the sea water around the UK is cold ( your very lucky if it goes above 12c ).
Have you looked at the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy racing ?
North East of England has the most castles in England .
@lawrenceglaister4364 awesome I’m sure if you watched our St. Paul’s video you just unlocked a brand new fear 🤣😂🤣🤣
@@Trippingthroughadventures , the UK is about the same size as Alabama but were Alabama has 6-7m people the UK has approximately 67m , hence the size of houses , roads etc.
Keep up the good work as surely you're on your way to being a Anglophile 😂
Im English but Scotland is my favourite part of the UK. There are so many wonderful places to explore there. It is a stunning country.
York is a must see, Edinburgh is my favorite city in the UK. So many places to visit like the lake district, northumbrian coast, whitby, the dales etc.
The thing i took from this vid is that you watch and understand 'Only fools and Horses' ? You are indeed turning British !!!
Everything else is meant to be Experience in person, that’s the only thing I needed you to know, that was the true message my soul needed you to hear 🤣😂🤣😂
I watched a young boy on Mount Snowdon, one afternoon It's not Welles it's Wales, if you are Welsh it is Cymru. They speak their own language. Rounding up Sheep, with two dogs, he was amazing. Only used Welsh. When my parents were children they were banned from using Welsh in School, if they were caught they were punished. Of course they still used it at Home Unfortunately in the 1930s many had to leave Wales because they closed the Coal Mines, they had to leave Wales to find work. Luckily the men were intelligent enough to be able to adapt to other Industries. Many nearly as dangerous as Coal Mining ⛏️.My father worked in an Iron Foundry, before Automation. Hell on earth.They are now, self Governing, Early days yet.
It is so heartwarming to see and hear your genuine affection for all of the UK. It's a beautiful reminder to us Brits and also the genuine friendship between the US & the UK. Thank you both, you are always welcome here x
The UK is beautiful and all the four countries have their own charm and beautiful countryside. Devon, Cornwall and Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset are all beautiful. Then there is the South Coast: Hampshire ( where I live ). West and East Sussex and Kent. All beautiful and if you like history there is plenty to see in Cathedral's and Castles and beautiful Stately Homes like Highclere Castle ( Downton Abbey from TV program). Blenheim Palace , Oxfordshire. Northern England Yorkshire, Lancashire and Derbyshire etc etc. Wales and Scotland and Cardiff and Glasgow are worth a visit. Buy yourself a Lonely Plant Tour guide and it will cover the whole of the UK history, landscape etc etc. Also there is the Cotswolds and Lake District and Hadrians Wall built by the Romans, that Borders England and Scotland. I love my little island called UK and very proud of our history and landscape.
My son and his family have just come back from Orlando, he could not get over the size of your country.We are so used to travelling from one place to another in a short space of time, you would be able to see a lot when you visit the UK. A three hour drive somewhere for us is a big event, as someone said,a 100 years to an American is a long time a 100 miles to a Brit is a long way. I live near York and when I walk along the city walls that the Romans built I think nothing of it we take our castles etc for granted and we should not.
Try the Wye valley and the English/Welsh border country ….absolutely beautiful ,lots of old castles ,places like Chester and Shrewsbury. The British Isles are just beautiful and stuffed with history. If you have British ancestry,this is where your ancestors came from…..I think a lot of Americans forget that!
Its perfectly fine to say any location or pub in England is English. Some people will say this doesn't represent them but its still English.
They should ignore them. A pub in Scotland is a Scottish pub! A pub in Wales is a Welsh pub. A pub in NI is an Northern Irish pub. They are all UK pubs but no-one says I'm a Ukadian!!!
@@margaretnicol3423 Well of course once upon a time people used to be proud to say 'I'm British' or 'a Briton' but somehow these days that sounds a bit pompous - too much Imperial historical baggage I suppose...
@@papercup2517 I think people still are proud to say they are British - but a local pub is a local pub. 😀
Pompous to say you're proud to be British? A tiny loudmouthed minority who spend their time running our country down aren't representative. Every country has good and bad history but imo most are still proud to be British.
@@papercup2517to the Scottish Welsh and Northern Irish it’s a synonym for England and that’s why many of us dont use the term.
Part of the reason for UK coastal variety is that in 7-8,000 BC after the last ice age in combination with the Storegga tsnuami 6,500BC, England as an island was formed by 400 foot increase in sea levels causing the flooding of Doggerland (now the North Sea) and expansion of the English Channel. This resulted in a lot of chalk hills being eroded forming the chalk cliffs famous as the Jurassic Coast and White Cliffs of Dover along the south coast in particular.
"England as an island"
When did that happen? England is not an island. Did you mean Great Britain as an island?
@@sirderam1 there was no England, no Britain, no UK back then. Just saying. 😊
England is not an island. Great Britain is an island.
England is not an island. Great Britain is an island.
I like places that are off the tourist trail. The bordlands between England & Wales are largely unspoilt - towns & cities such as Monmouth/ Hay-on-Wye/ Gloucester / Hereford / Worcester / Shrewsbury / Welshpool / Chester. Natural features such as the Forest of Dean / Wyre Forest / Hergest Ridge / the Long Mynd / the Wrekin - and man-made structures like Offa's Dike and Chester city walls.
I was thinking Caernarvon and Conway castles in North Wales, Chester, Liverpool, Manchester all very close to each other would make a good place to spend some time for a visitor from the USA. Merseyrail gets you from Liverpool to Chester, North Wales coast line gets you from Chester to Conway and Bangor where you may be able to get a taxi to Caernarvon and back later. There are regular trains from Liverpool to Manchester as well.
I love your honesty, that comes across so well, cant wait to see you back in the UK
Cant believe the Lake District wasn't on there. It's stunning. The most beautiful place in England I've ever been. I'm lucky as I only live 2 hours away.
We will have to find a video on the Lake District and check it out!
@Trippingthroughadventures there are loads of drone footage videos. Whenever I go there, people always have the drones out.
I'm an Englishman and proud to be in my opinion you and your family would be more than welcome to come back home.
And the Romans, Saxons and Norman's. In S . Wales you have a Roman ampatheater too. A lot of history that we Brits don't visit often as we are surrounded by it. We take it for granted.
Hang on your pickle is actually a pickled gherkin because to pickle is a process and not a vegetable, the small cucumber has gone through a pickling process. See???
I live in the South East of England, near Canterbury and there are so many stunning places to see here BUT my heart is in Northumberland (not far from the Scottish border). The natural beauty of the area is breathtaking and tranquil and there are many ancient sites to visit including Hadrian’s Wall built by the Romans and around 73 miles long, together with ruined Roman forts. There are Castles including Bamburgh, which is on the beach and Alnwick (pronounced Annick). The Holy Island of Lindisfarne is nearby and also has a castle and a Priory. You can only get to the Island by way of a causeway but being tidal it’s under water at certain times and you have to know when the tide’s coming in. Just three of the many amazing places you can see and might want to look up. 10/10 by the way for your corrections to some of Ryan’s pronunciations!
More and more people are finding us. "Vira" has a lot to answer for😀
I live there gods country
Yep I'm just down the road in Maidstone, and we really do live in a beautiful part of the world, despite becoming heavily over populated.
Stonehenge is a tourist trap. There are dozens of stones circles as old or older around Great Britain.
If you want scenery ANY national park will do, Scotland is blessed with scenic views as soon as you head north of the M8 (the Glasgow/Edinburgh motorways) but it's cold in winter and swarmed with insects in summer.
Wales is a well kept secret, I think they are so quite hoping to be forgotten. It's no party central, but if you love nature it can be surprising...
The south of England is expensive. An hour of London in any direction cuts costs, but head north and it's a different country... They're friendlier, more talkative and more sociable (on the whole) but accents will change rapidly as you move north...
King Arthur was a myth, perhaps based upon some events long ago, but more a romanticised story... However Wales has the coolest national animal, a Dragon, yes a dragon, it's on their flag. The Scottish national animal is a Unicorn, but it's not on their flag.
My favourite stone circle is the Standing Stones of Callanish on the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides, off the west coast of northern Scotland. It's close to the sea in a beautiful setting. Much daintier than Stonehenge..
The most interesting thing about Stonehenge is that the huge stones from which it is made came from Wales and were transported all that way, before wheels were invented.
It is however one of the supporters - the other is the lion of England - On the coat of arms of the United Kingdom.
@@missharry5727 The secret of Stonehenge is not what but how, and a little known secret is that some stones have been moved and cemented in place.
The question as to its purpose is as intriguing as any of these stone circles, why would Stonehenge be any different other than size?
You want a stone circle? Go to Avebury. It's older and far bigger than Stonehenge, you can walk through and touch the stones, and it's got a pub in the middle.
And it's down south.😅
@@adventussaxonum448 You had me until "it's down south"...
You’ve got someone in your party who really wants to go to Edinburgh so you’d better get that under your belt first!
Then think in regions. These would be the South West (Devon and Cornwall), Wales (more castles than you can shake a stick at and spectacular scenery), the Cotswolds (stunning villages and cottages), the West Country (including Stonehenge and Bath), the Midlands (Manchester and Birmingham), East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk), the Lake District, the Peak District, the Yorkshire dales and the North East around Newcastle and Durham.
Distance between the various regions is small in mileage terms compared to the USA but there’s so much to see and do when you get to the next point that you’ll be spoiled for choice. Our cities, towns and villages all have special places to visit, maybe cottages, stately homes and gardens, Viking relics, Roman walls, medieval churches or a castle or two.
You could do a search for any of those topics and get a good selection of YT videos to whet your appetite. Good luck on your new journey of discovery!
Manchester in the midlands 😮 don’t let the Mancs hear you saying that. Manchester and Liverpool are both in the North West (Lancashire, Cheshire)
You want to see magical creatures. I never forget when my daughter came back from a swim at our local pool, where she walks back through the park. She swears even now when she’s grown up that she saw a fairy!
Recommend Wales (north and south) and south-west England (especially Somerset & Devon, but Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Cornwall have their positives too). BTW when I was a child there were no restrictions at the Stones (Stonehenge), you just went up and touched them (too steep to climb) and also looked at the graffiti that had been carved into them in the preceding hundreds of years.
The Scottish people who painted their face's blue where the picts, they have some amazing artwork.
There it is and I was saying “they lied “ I was referring to the Braveheart movie, William Wallace never did that, they stole the idea from the picts
@@Trippingthroughadventures of course Braveheart is an American movie for an American audience (initially), so nobody outside the UK really cared about the details. Blue woad on the face died out about 200 years before the Wallace story. It was, however, a useful identifier for the audience to who was who on the battlefield scenes.
You might want to check out Skara Brae in Orkney, Scotland. It's a stone age village that was uncovered in a storm. ruclips.net/video/n29TmCfEwXc/видео.htmlsi=ruNIzL6CU1XfqlUD
Robert the Bruce was the real deal some say it was The Bruce that handed Wallace over to the English but there's all different versions of the truth.
@@Trippingthroughadventures the romans made written records of the ancient Britton’s they faced during the south coast invasion being covered in blue wode.
The Avebury circle is the one near Stonehenge, yes it's henGe.
Check out the Scottish islands for some cracking beaches - Luskentyre is a great one. Skara Brae is always worth a look too.
The geology is a lot to do with ice-age glaciers & how they moved as they melted.
Avebury is fantastic!
Our coastline is like that because of the Alps. Scotland is rising, England is sinking because of the tectonic activity that keeps the Alps up. That’s why the north and west has cliffs, eastern and southern England is lower down (with a few exceptions of chalk hills that have become cliffs).
It’s also why the Jurassic coast is important because the rock strata got tipped on its side. That laid out aeons of geological history across the ground, just waiting for someone to get curious about why there was so much variety of rock in that area. They could just read the history off the surface, they didn’t need to dig it up.
Great video guys. We are blessed living in the UK. History, great landscapes, nice people yet we embrace the future.
As a Scotsman, a Glaswegian, we pronounce it Edin-bruh. Edinburgh is fantastic but it's definitely for tourists. Glasgow is more grounded and cosmopolitan.
The tall buildings in London are strangely shaped because of something called "St Paul's heights law"...this law stops buildings being built that would restrict the view of St Paul's cathedral from 10 different points around London
Always makes me smile when someone says “lt’s just like out of a movie” when looking at a movie location.
Well spotted❤it is Westminster,the reason people will pick you up on uk,british,English,Scottish Welsh or Northern Ireland is because most people are proud of their country 😅❤
Ps I see you now have the travel 🐛 bug😂🇬🇧🇺🇸
Correct, Minister (servant) works in a religious organization or government. Minster on the other hand is a church. St Paul's cathedral was the church in the City of London (pretty much the old London Londinium) where money was made that polluted the air which was taken east by the wind and poop was thrown into the river before sewers ( and sadly today by privatized water companies looking to save money). The royals and their fan club thus built places upstream and west of the dirty capitalists and a rival west church (minster).
Shame you had volume issues. The volume on the video you were reviewing was much lower than your voices, so trying to get a balance was tricky. There's no war between London and the rest of the UK, it's just that London is not representative of the UK as a whole.
This was our first reaction video so you got to do one to see what you need for the next one lol, we are running a streaming software the issue is actually we need to let it play through the software but in order to do that we need a head phone splitter so we don’t double the sound coming from the computer and the software to create a horrible doubled sound lol. We were more referring to what people claim as being uk and what people consider their own country or town lol if we said it was a British thing someone would say “no that a English thing” and if we said it was a English thing “ they would say “ no it’s a British thing. For example our pub video. We had people saying it was not just English pub culture it was British as well as people saying “ that’s not how pubs work in uk that’s a London thing” or “ that’s a English pub “ lol.
@@Trippingthroughadventures Yep, the sound was distorted (double-tracked?) for me, as well as being lower volume. Could just about follow most of it, but it was quite an effort. Good luck getting the equipment you need sorted out. It all costs money!
I would spend some holidays in the Channel Islands, Scilly Isles, Isle of Wight,bThe Isle of Man The Farne Islands, Inner and Outer Hebrides, The Orkney and Shetland Islands. All are different all have their own uniqueness, and the islanders are all friendly. Trust me!
Hi Guys , great reaction ! plenty to do and see here on our little old island, look into some of our cathedrals ,Yorkminster , Canterbury and sailsbury they will blow your mind 😊. Best wishes
No York ,I can't believe it .Derbyshire Peak District .Lake District,
Well said. NORTHUMBRIA is NOT only Newcastle regardless of the Geordies ignorance. Northumbria was a kingdom (and largely Anglo Saxon). The County of Northumberland has more castles than any other county in the UK. The County of Durham is Fabulous. Go there, you will love it.
There is a channel callled “day off adventures”, they are a couple of Americans who came here hiking the Cotswold way. Well worth a watch.
You’re not far off with ‘sausage roll’ and ‘only fools and horses’…
Literally summed up my weekend. As a British man (in England)…
Enjoy our countryside, but be sure to visit us.
You’re always welcome… when you can spell words, like “Colour” and “dependant”.
“programme” and “ensure” also winds the fuck out of me…
Nice channel guys. Great fun.
that was a snapshot of great placess to visit but obviously there are many more. 10 best well not so sure but anything like that is always very subjective but it definately gave a taster of the sorts of places you can find.
Check out videos on the cotswolds and best british coastal towns, we also call them seaside towns and beaches
Cotswolds was suppose to be a part of this series but our guide fell through the day we were suppose to go. So we ended up touring Oxford instead.
Although London is an amazing place to visit it's a very different experience to the rest of the UK. Visiting London and thinking one has visited the UK would be like one of us flying to New York and thinking we know what America is like 😊
Great vid guys.
The Appalachians and the mountains of Britain and Norway are the same mountain range separated millions of years ago, hence the cliffs.
The chalk cliffs of southern England have corresponding cliffs in France. Only 8,000 years ago Britain and France were joined together and Britain and Ireland weren't islands and joined to mainland Europe by a now sunken land called Doggerland until a landslide in Norway fell into the sea and drowned the lands and separated us leaving chalk cliffs behind.
You should checkout York its stunning
You need to checkout the Lake District also Cornwall
A few points.
1) Dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic coast can be about the size of an adult human male but are of sea based creatures.
2) some of the shapes of new London buildings is because of laws to protect views of St Pauls Cathedral from various points in the city.
If you moved here the summers are long endless days and can get very warm. Winter is wonderful with Christmas lights and festivals. I'd go visit your family for Jan and Feb as they are dark, cold and not much fun.
York is amazing too.
Hi you guy's need to come live here, Lot's more holiday's, Free health care, it does have a lot of plus points, The weather is not so great, But i am with you with really hot weather it can be too much, as least we do get the 4 seasons here, ATB Wayne UK....😀👍
You guys make me realise how lucky we are here in Britain. 😊 the history is amazing.
That was a great reaction.
There are plenty of ancient stone structures across the country. If you visit North Wales there is the Bryn Celli Ddu Burial Chamber on the Isle of Angelsey where you can walk into the chamber itself where you will find items left by the last celebration of the Summer Solstice. It's not far from Conwy, a walled medieval city with an impressive English castle. In the north of England you might also like the Roman Hadrian's Wall and Vindolanda, the remains of a Roman military town.
There’s nicer places than this in England, Scotland & Wales ( Great Britain) + Northern Island = United Kingdom. You need to get your background sound correct. June to September best weather, cheap air conditioning ( open the windows). If you enjoyed London I guarantee you will like the rest of the U.K more.
We know what we need to fix the back ground, we will in the next one we just didn’t have the piece to fix it right now we need a headphone splitter, lol, we are excited to explore more of the uk!
@@TrippingthroughadventuresI would recommend checking out the National Trust and English Heritage sites along with their associates such as Historic Scotland and Cadw, and if you’re thinking of a longer holiday over here then you might want to consider signing up for a membership for them.
If you go to the isle of skye, take a week to see it, stunning place.
Isle of Harris and Lewis not far away by ferry, another week ish to do both with traveling. Also the nc500 for a similar experience (circular loop of top of Scottish highlands) with Orkney island also by ferry at the top, take at least 2 weeks to see most of nc5.
Lewis and Orkney have the oldest stone circles in British isle twice the age of the famous stone henge.
Aberdeenshire in Scotland has the most castle per county than any other, possibly more than England itself but can't remember the numbers.
Look forward to your next trip 🤘
No Cornwall, no Devon - you really have some further treats in store. Visit Brixham or St Ives, Port Isaac, Exmouth, Lamorna Cove, Looe, or the little village of Mousehole near Penzance.
See Cheddar Gorge and the caves there (do some cheesemaking there), see the Woodford Velley in Wiltshire, see the city of Salisbury - so many recommendable places.
Please note that at 7:15 the view is of the Belle Tout lighthouse (although it hasn't been a lighthouse since around 1902) with the much more famous Beachy Head lighthouse just round the corner and all part of the Seven Sisters Cliffs. The one slight problem is that they have NOTHING to do with the Jurassic Coast, and are a long way from there. I know this because I live very close to the Seven Sisters. They are part of the South Downs in Sussex and it is beatiful.
The triangular building to the right of the Gerkin is the Cheese Grater. The building to the very far right of the picture is called the Walkie-Talkie. The one in the background with the pyramid top is Canary Wharf. Then we have the tallest building in Europe called The Shard not shown in that picture.
I like the idea of a Lonely Plant tour, looking for rare and isolated flora.
Feels like I am learning from locals now! That Jurassic Coast looks unreal. Wow, Skye 😮 great reactions!
Thank you I think we need to return and explore more to really get the idea lol… someone book us a ticket back to the uk 😂
@@Trippingthroughadventures 😂
Don’t worry about idiots commenting on wether you say British English Scottish or Welsh if your in a pub in England your in an English pub and the same applies to the other countries that make up the British isles
Americans think that London is Britain so its refreshing that you are looking at all 4 Countries.
I think Edinburgh would be a good centre for your next trip .
There is a lot of history there and plenty of fabulous scenery to behold .
You might struggle with the accents initially but it would be worth the effort as the Scots are a great people.
We was thinking the same thing base in Edinburgh check out northern England and the Scottish highlands
Lovely shots @ 7:19, not of Anvil Point Lighthouse close to Old Harry but of Belle Tout Lighthouse near Beachy Head, similar chalk cliffs but in East Sussex not Dorset.
Just found this channel. What a mint couple! Great vids from the London visit. 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
Thank you for your kind words 😇
Follow your heart and come home.
Great Britain is a magical place.
Be a part of it.
You know, a few people have said that and it just feels different when it’s said about your ancestral homeland. It’s a very deep feeling.
The stone circle located near to Stonehenge is Avebury which is large enough to encompass a real village, with a road running through it. Decent pub there too!
Close by Avebury (within a short walk) is Silbury Hill, not to mention the West Kennet Long Barrow. The barrow is a burial mound, but Silbury's purpose is unknown. But both, like the stone circle of Avebury, are prehistoric.
Hello. Just seen your channel and have subbed. The Jurassic coast is where I live and if your son likes dinosaurs and fossils then you will have to visit here. Just a few months ago some clever bloke discovered a Pliosaur or sea monster that is said to be from 150 million years ago. So far the head was found sticking out of the cliff just above the beach and that head alone is over 2 meters ( 61/2 feet) long. It's on BBC news reports on Google if you want to read up on it. The bloke now wants the rest of it. I'm sure your son and you would love it and looking for fossils. My son and I never come back from there empty handed. Practically falling over the bloody things. Sorry for going on, but you mentioned dinosaurs and seem to like the look of the Jurassic coast.✌
There are hundreds of prehistoric stone circles in the uk. There is one about 2 miles from my house. Generally you can visit these free and get right amongst them. Many have stories and folk lore attached to them.
Great vid , nowhere in the uk is more than 70ish miles from the sea, I'm in the middle of the south coast (below london) where today its sunny with a breeze with a temp of 66F , i watched your last trip where the Lady totally outclassed london lol,my only advise is to make it a holiday and not an ordeal, pick an area and stick in it as iv seen some trying to spread far too wide, travelling takes time as you know ,don't waste it, Hope you both get back soon
I was born & spent most of my life in Edinburgh - apart from my childhood because my dad was a soldier & we moved around the world. It is a double edged sword coming from such a beautiful city as Edinburgh because it spoils the rest of the world for you. Nothing I have ever seen can match the beauty & mystical majesty of Edinburgh.
Avebury Circle is what you are talking about. You are correct, it's 'Henge' not hedge. There are dozens of stone circles and other neolithic sites all over the UK. Thanks for being so interested and respectful, you're welcome back anytime!😊
Thank you for watching 😊
Places in the UK I've found pretty are Tenby in Wales, Salcombe in Devon, the Lake District England. Nice cities I think are Bath, York, Edinburgh. Lots of nice villages around the Cotswolds. I was in Scotland 2 years ago and based myself in Oban. The train from Glasgow to there was very scenic. From Oban I was able to catch ferries to the Isle of Mull and from there the island of Iona via a boat ride to Staffa where the hexagonal rocks are (quite stunning and we saw dolphins swimming). The beaches of Iona are pure white sand and turquoise water. It's like the Caribbean only the water will be freezing. There is a monastery on Iona that was worth seeing. Fort William isn't a great town but handy to visit the Glenfinnan railway (you can get the steam train from Fort William), the silver sands or Morar and Stalker Castle. There's a cafe with great views of Stalker Castle I think at Port Appin - I saw six full rainbows at the same time. Loads of lovely places in Scotland. The Facebook site Visit Scotland is good for ideas.
This should be subtitled, "Or... MY favourite places that I've visited"! lol. :) The UK is full of stunning scenery, beautiful countryside, historic sites and amazing architecture". It's a good top 10 but just remember that it's a very personal list. I think most Brits wouldn't half of his choices, at least, in their personal top 10s. Not because they're bad choices, rather because we're all different, coupled with the fact that he missed out many, much more obvious choices. For instance, most Brits would probably include the Lake District, Cornwall and the Cotswolds, which he didn't even mention. Some of the many picturesque historic towns would be included too, such as York, Cambridge or Bath, to give just 3 examples. :)
I do agree with you. When we would planning our trip to London, we were trying to include Cotswolds and bath. We had something booked and it ended getting cancelled. We did get to make it to Oxford and it was lovely.
According to google there are 1,303 stone circles in Britain. Avebury stone circle, Castle Rigg, Stanton Drew stone circle and Cove, The Roll Right Stones to name but a few. We also have sites where there were wooden henges, where mostly today the post holes are left. I would suggest you go where you would like to go to on your next trip over here. Whatever you decide I will look forward to watching your travels thank you.
Lots of people when the visit the UK for the first time go to London, there is so much to see and do there it perfectly acceptable to not have time to see the rest of the country. Ive seen a few you tube video where they seem to spend more time travelling on trains or by car than actually in the places they are going to visit, it just a bit silly as you really just dont have enough time to enjoy the place before rushing on. Id really suggest if you decide to visit again plan your holiday, decide where you want to go and see if its feasible to fit everything in.
Sausage roll, flat white and Fools & Horses...!!! I'm howling!!! you've definitely tapped into British culture... great!
Well to be fair Dale boy really fulfills that British pride 😂🤣🤣 he’s basically the British version of my self 😂🤣😂
Great video, you should also have a look at York, my new home town, history everywhere you look and also it's meant to be the most haunted city in Europe
I live in Hastings famous for 1066 the battle of Hastings and John Logie Baird invented the television 📺 in he shop in Hastings, also Tintagel in Cornwall is the most popular and famous place for the King Arthur and Merlin , Snowdon is the surname of a British Earl related to the late Queen so to the current King
Old Harry Rocks (not Harrys Rocks) is very real, they are 12 miles down the road from me. They are like that because of the sea. Good place to walk. Good places to fossil hunt on the Jurassic Coast are Lyme Regis and Charmouth.
We want to do a fossil hunt that sounds soo fun 🤩
Really cool, genuine reaction guys. It's great to hear you expressing your appreciation of our temperate climate. Stereotypically people mock the British weather, but I far prefer our seasons to relentless, oppressive heat and high humidity. And walking in places like the Lake District in the autumn (fall) can be so beautiful. With the mist hanging over lakes like Grasmere as you walk through the woodland on the shores of the lake is mesmerisingly beautiful, even if it is drizzling with rain. And sitting by a roaring fire afterwards either back in your hotel or rented cottage having tea and cakes or in a quaint old English pub enjoying a drink and some good pub food, again by a roaring, crackling fire is magical.
Thank you we keep hearing about the Lake District it’s on our list for return trip. We loved the weather. In Florida we have two seasons hot and 100% humidity and kind of hot 100% humidity….its terrible you got to travel almost 800 miles north to see a leaf change
Durham, York, Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. Bamburgh and Holy Island on the way to Edinburgh and if you go to Durham visit Beamish Open Air Museum you won't be dissapointed in any of those places.
Go to Stonehenge if you really want to (tourist trap), but if you want to experience a Neolithic stone circle go to Avebury. It does NOT disappoint. Stonehenge, alone, earns English Heritage (the governmental charity body that maintains and runs national monuments) over 30% of ALL the money it makes from over 400 sites. It effectively pays for most of the national upkeep. FYI, Dover is second but is WELL worth a visit.
Yes I live near stone henge, yes there are several and many you can actually walk around but stone henge is the biggest.
Well I feel like you got to see stone henge. It’s one of the wonders of the world lol.
@@Trippingthroughadventures it is a special place. England is blessed with an amazing history with many mythical places. Wiltshire county (state to you in USA speak) where stone henge is. Has quite a few historic and beautiful places. There’s a mini henge a mile or so from there I prefer as it’s only known by the locals and is lovely for a dog walk or a picnic on a summers day. Wiltshire and neighboring Somerset counties have some wonderful places, city of bath, cheddar Gorge, the mendip hills to name a few. Bath is only an hour on the train from London.
Oh of course Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland too. Beautiful and such a green lush landscape. The UK is so green, because of all the rain!!! Also the four seasons here are special in their own way too.
A pickle is something that has been pickled through the process of pickling, many things can be pickled, a gherkin is a pickled cucumber. Pickling is a preservation technique to keep food edible for long periods.
In the the states a gherkin is called a pickle and everything else is called “ pickled (insert name here)” idk why I missed that meeting when they were deciding that 😂
Then there's Branston pickle, great with cheese and cold meat...
Everyone is keen to show off the beautiful area's they live in or come from except me... There's not a lot to boast about in Southend on Sea lol, except we have the world's longest 'Pleasure Pier', a medioca beach, and a 12th century Castle (whats left of it)... Oh, and we tend to get the best weather in the country. It's normally a little warmer in the South East
I live in The Lake District. I retired there from london. Its absolutely stunning. The UK has so many beautiful places, youd need to visit for 6 months and be minted 😂
We would love to spend 6 months in the uk lol sounds like a dream 🤩
The other 'stonehenge' is Avebury. It's a 20 minute drive from my house. We have hundreds of ancient stone sites across the UK. You can touch most of them.
Yes someone else mentioned Avebury as well. We might thinking about going to Avebury instead.
@Trippingthroughadventures If you go to Avebury, you can touch the stones. If you go early morning just after sunrise, it's absolutely peaceful.
8,000-6,000 years ago England was actually connected to Europe via a land bridge called Doggerland, there was a huge deluge that raised sea levels and Doggerland didn't get destroyed, it simply exists as Dogger Bank under the sea now...
No doggerland was washed away because of a tsunami off the coast of Norway that killed 25% of GB’s population
I am very happy to hear that you are a fan of “Only fools and horses”. I never get tired of seeing it. I love it. Especially Del Boy and Rodney but actually they are all great.
Have you seen any of the episodes of “ Faulty Towers”. It is also very funny. If you haven’t seen any of them try some out. I am sure you will love it.
Seriously, the places in this video are great, but you could go anywhere in the UK and find great things to see.
The country is full of old castles, national parks, quaint villages, lively cities, historical monuments, beautiful countryside …
For your next trip, I challenge you to throw a dart at a map go there and see what you can find !!
Game of Thrones:
A principal inspiration for the novels is the English Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) between the houses of Lancaster and York, reflected in Martin's houses of Lannister and Stark.
I come from Bournemouth (Seaside Resort) on the South coast (AKA The Jewel of the South) part of the Jurassic Coast. We have Palm Trees (Although a Hardier Species than yours obviously) that grow here also. In gardens and on the side of the roads all over the place, also as you go into Bournemouth Town Centre etc. Because of certain factors the area has its own mini weather system and its been hotter than Madrid in Spain in the Summer on many occasions in the past People don't believe it when I tell them lol
I used to go Boat Fishing off of Old Harry's Rocks as a kid as it has a lot of old wrecks around the area its good for Conger eel l and Ling.
England is England within the United kingdom as Scotland ,wales n/Ireland also called the British isles
You definitely need to visit the north of England starting at Liverpool on the west coast andf thru to Kingston upon Hull where I live on the east coast in East Yorkshire incorparting the Lake District Leeds and York along the way
Avebury is home to the biggest stone circle in the world and there are many monoliths in walkable distance!
great video guys, im from CT orginally, but moved to the uk in 2006. you should check out the isles of scilly, these are the most southern islands in the uk and are a tropical paradise, i have visited the islands since i was 2 and my family has for generations, one of the top beautiful places in the uk.
You will notice on lots of comments about this video that he pronounces lots of the places incorrectly
Yea….youll notice that in ours too 😂🤣🤣🤣
It was the Vikings who named the spot where the Liffey and the Poddle meet as "Dubh Linn". The name Dublin comes from Dubh Linn or the "black pool". The black pool in question is the junction where the Liffey and its tributary the Poddle meet.
That is pure Irish, not Viking. Dubh means black and linn means lake. The Celtic languages - Erse, Scots Gaelic and Cornish - are not closely related to the Scandinavian languages.
Easiest way to upset an Englishman, Scotsman, Welshman or Ulsterman? - Call them British. Or worse, call the last three English!
We are finding that no matter what you do someone will be upset at something 😂🤣😂 if you call a London pub a London pub some one will be mad an says it’s a British pub, if you call it and English pub someone will be mad and say it’s a London pub and if you call it a British pub someone will be mad and call it a English pub 😂🤣😄 we did all 3 in the pub video and if you go through the comments we got all three angry comments.
You say One of the Surnames of your Family is Snowdon ,, That's The the Ancient name for Stirling, Gateway to the Highlands of Scotland . James 5 th , escaped a Scots Lords Clutches & Had to make His Teacher & Companion since early Childhood David Lindsay of Fife The Kings Snowdon Herald .. who Had To Meet the Douglas on Stirling Bridge by Informing Him He was Out of Favour & Guilty of High Treason if He Came within 6 miles of His Grace.
You must go to Whitby it is so beautiful and takes you back in time