I live in Whitstable, with the amount of raw sewage that's pumped into the sea from the Swalecliff water treatment centre 3 miles away. I would never eat an oyster. You take a risk swimming around that coast.
I live in Whitstable too! Interesting to see a newcomers view. I remember when oysters were 50p. Like you, I will never eat the oysters or go in the sea now - shameful the amount of sewage they pump into our sea. 🤢
Hi there mate how going I got To say sorry I froth the lady was your wife mate. It's a great video I in joy washing You guys you are funny people so be safe guys
Whitstable was ok for oysters back in the Victorian era but sewage outfall pipes from a population explosion killed it off but about 40 years back they extended the outfall pipes and that resurrected the oysters beds, since then there has been another population explosion, well you can see where I'm going with this.
Not sure if I have commented but if not, I hope you got over the sickness. I once ate mussels in the South of France before travelling on a coach back to UK, and had food poisoning all the way through France. The coach driver kept stopping to let me be ill on the side of the motorway, and sit on the roadside kerb area. My daughter was about 6 at the time and my fellow passengers looked after her. That must be one step worse than being ill in your van! Imagine a coach full of passengers watching the display!
Hi I live in Whitstable it was interesting to see our town through a visitors eyes. On the Oyster front - it is Whitstables main trade - the oyters when brought in - DONT just go to restaurents and outlets - they have to be purified for at least 42hrs and be Tested before they can be consumed. You have been unlucky, did you swim in the sea? People have unfortunately been ill from that. The industrial side of the Harbour is a local aggregate company Brett , they've been around for over 100 yrs. Whitstable was the first harbour to have a railway line running to it - The 'Crab and Winkle' as its known locally. If you come back ( dont be put off)- take a trip on the Whitstable Vintage lifeboat The Chieftain 😊.
Where do you buy the safe ones if you shouldn't go to restaurants and outlets? and how can you recognise those who have been purified, do thay have a certificate?
Oysters are well known to cause intestinal problems! It depends on the area; Mediterranean oysters are particularly bad! The number of viruses and bacteria associated with them is legion! And guess what? The UK water companies are now discharging sewage into the sea at present! Hope you both recover soon 🙏 !
It's great to hear that you decided to do your own thing and live life on the road. I live in Herne Bay, just up the road from Whitstable (The Bubble). I migrated from Sunny Scunny about 19 years ago. I would never leave here now. I love it. The sunsets are the best I've seen, hands down EVER..... Enjoy the rest of your journeys....I'll subscribe to a fellow Northerner...all the best ☀️
I met Peter Cushing years ago ,sitting in the little cafe he used to frequent . I was star struck. I am 58 and used to love the Hammer House films, as a kid. My ex boyfriend lived in Whitstable as a young boy and Peter had a beachfront house , boy friend and friends used to play on the beach near Peters house and he used to give them lemonade..Claim to fame!
I had to subscribe 1) because you make staying in Benidorm look like fun 2) you're always so positive, even after 2 days with severe food poisoning 3) love the name of the van . Saludos desde Barcelona. p.s. glad you are both feeling a bit better 😀
Yep, it will be the Oysters, they can be a bit like Russian Roulette. I had a 48-hour similar experience (as did three friends) after eating them a few years ago. I haven't had the nerve to eat them again. Hope you are both feeling better now. Love the channel!
Bless you both! Happened to me on a birthday trip to Dublin nearly 20 years ago. 2 days spent on the bathroom floor of our fancy hotel, still can't look at an oyster without wincing! Love the channel. Get better soon.
You have to watch it with seafood filter feeders that have been left at room temperature for over a couple of hours , eaten o natural or undercooked. Really you should of notified the authorities what you had eaten, what establishments and the time you both got ill. Gaz Yorkshire.
Oh I am so sorry for both of you…..I know how horrible food poisoning is……I think you know where it came from…😔….love you two!…..keep on getting better…x
James & Helen ... You knew the oysters looked totally wrong. View & Smell & then Taste if you are not sure of any food before you commit to eating ! God bless & Get well soon 🌟🌟🧡
Awww bless you both. Food poisoning is a bad time especially without having facilities. It's definitely problematic in those situations not having a bathroom etc. Take care you two. ✌️
I'm sorry you got poisoned, I haven't seen that part yet. I'm just 20 minutes in and I just want to say, it's an absolutely brilliant show tonight. It's great the way you're both chatting about everything you see. It's brilliant!
Just pissing ourselves , we've all been there and the stories are always the best pub anecdotes, in a van is even more hilarious 🤣 obviously not for you at the time 😂😂
As much as i like seafood, the amount of raw sewage being pumped into the sea and our rivers puts me off having it ,especially Oysters! You've both been lucky not to be in hospital to be honest in my humble opinion! All the best to you both.
You have my sympathies. I had food poisoning recently and it was horrendous! Violently ill for 12 hours. Weak as a kitten after for several days. I dont like being mithered either, just left to my misery on my own. Hope you are feeling better now.
We've all been there with the food poisoning ahaha nasty ain't it!! Happens to us all I'll never forget the time I had a double ender camping down cornwall in a bloody proper storm!
I use to be sent to Whitstable to Sort electrical problems out with many customers. One customer was the oyster house , an interesting building with it's History. Not my favourite place as Whitstable I found a messy town, but had it's charm. Could never understand why it was so popular. I am retired and living in Wales. Thanks for the video. I am from Margate originally where i trained as an electrician. I lived in Sittingbourne eventually after Bedfordshire. Then south Wales. My last electrical job in Kent was Wetherspoons Herne Bay. Hope to be revisiting later this year.
I have always wanted to go to Whitstable simply because it is where the wonderful Actor Peter Cushing lived. He was my idol growing up. I was disappointed you didn't take us inside Wetherspoons. But I have thoroughly enjoyed it . :) I am sorry you had food poisoning, hope you are both recovered.
Whitstable, vomit and diarrhoea, now that's what I call keeping it real, so glad you're back and doing what you do best 😉. Hope you are both feeling better. Be lucky.
Fasting is the best thing .... Give the gut time to heal instead of forcing more crap on to it. That is why animals don't eat when they are unwell ... Yet some of us keep trying to tempt them to eat.🥰
it is well known that sewerage is pumped into the sea at Whitstable. sorry you swallowed some. looking forward to Margate, we live a couple of miles from there
we stayed in one of those fisherman's huts for my husband's 40th about 8 years ago. gorgeous, hearing the books clanking on the water outside. white bedroom upstairs, everything u need, little kitchen downstairs. wasn't v expensive ( then!). went to a famous oyster place, had amazing seafood sat in the window of a tiny shop front( their restaurant was being done up for AGES). no oysters for us tho 😅😅
I am glad I tried them from the Hut @ £2.50 last Tuesday across from the boat trip place that you pointed out, because if I had watched this first I would not have had them as travelling back home same day!
You're both lucky to be alive. I could have been reading about you in the Daily Mail, couple found in back of van, plus all the gory details of how they found you, surrounded in vomit, etc. What a way to go. James, rely on your instincts in future about oysters. I watch your videos here in New Zealand, they're very funny.
I was in Whitstable this morning, its a nice bike ride from Canterbury. Ive not had oysters for about 40 years, not a fan. I got ill from the Costa Coffee in the high street (bad milk) needed antibiotics it felt like I had little creepers in my tummy lol That fish and chip shop you pointed out has been closed for a while now. Pretty sad as that was my favourite fish & chips shop in the world. The only good thing about Margate is that is where my youngest was born otherwise i avoid it 😊 I'm sure you're feeling better now. We all got ecoli in Sharm el Sheik, eldest son has kidney damage and renal hypertension from it. In and out of hospital for years. Still on going with appointments & meds. We stayed and ate in the highest rated hotel there at the time as well. Hilton Fayrouz it was called. Good video cheers
That sand bank you mentioned is what I’m led to believe to be a part of an old Roman road that with the right tide looks like you are walking on water.
Brought back memories, i lived there for 6 years, lovely place but so expensive to live, pay rent etc hence why we moved but thank you for the nostalgia ❤
I have a lot of sympathy for you guys with the oyster thing, many years ago I had some oysters from Morrison's and within 24hrs was so incredibly ill and scared the life out of my daughter as I had no idea where I was or what was happening, I was out of my head. It has taken me the best part of 20yrs to try them again and I have from The Clementina in Sant Luis Minorca in May 2024, and they were delicious. I had expressed what had happened to me to the owner Mike and he assured me that these oysters were not only super fresh but had been purged - I had no ill effects at all and intend having some more when I return in Sept.
I am so glad you are both feeling a little better. There is nothing as bad as food poisoning. I love how open Helen is she tells it as is it keep safe you guys.
Oh my goodness what bad luck ! I can just imagine you both clenching everything as you checked into the hotel 🥱😵😩🤣 Hopefully you have both recovered fully 🙏🤞❤️
When I lived in Falmouth of course you have to have the local oysters with a beer in Oyster Week. I was very surprised when they cooked them for a few seconds, until they told me that the law had changed maybe 10 years ago. Seeing you traveled through Spain without any Montezuma’s revenge a couple of weeks ago, well I seem to have the V virus which is now circulating a bit in Barcelona. My associated smell is Detol, mum always put it in the bucket, so visiting some hospitals brings back dodgy memories.
You two crack me up. I have travelled extensively internationally over many years with work and so I have experienced similar issue in hotels, which is bad enough. But in a tiny van!! But as usual you two turn what we all know was horrendous into a comedy routine. Well done and good on you. All the best.
Helen - your expression, right at the very end of the video is priceless! 😂 What a shame you both got food poisoning. At least you never have to try another oyster, James! I hope you were both well enough to go to the Kate Bush festival? I love Kate Bush, that will be so entertaining! 😊✌
Oh guys, I have had food poisoning once from under cooked chicken 🐔 and …….. it is NOT NICE 😮 I think we all know where this happened 🧐 Thanks for another tour guys xxxxx The red dress looked gorgeous Helen ❤
I'm just working my way through your journeys-just want to say lve not laughed so much in a long time.Even when James is "moaning," 😂you make a great team, thank you both 🍺🍺😊
I looked at your Facebook page to see where you might be going this week after realizing you were fairly close to Essex, so I have seen spoliers about what happened next after Whitstable ! But I am glad you got a good walk round the place, it really is quite different from a lot of coastal towns in the South-East. I have a friend who is a train driver who lives very close to the football ground a bit further inland in the town and we've met up a couple of times for matches there - the team are nicknamed ... of course ... The Oystermen !! I've not tried the old school fish n chips shop you saw, there has always been a big queue outside on my visits (V C Jones but it looks like they've closed down now after 62 years ) however there are two branches of "Ossies" either side of the town centre, one on the Tankerton Road near Marine Parade where you can sit on a bench up on the grassy cliff nearby and look out over the sea, they were very nice and recommended to me. Sounds like you should have stuck to good old FnC ! BTW James, how many times have you said in a video now "I'm going to leave that bit out Helen" and then of course once you get to editing, it stays in after all, this time some priceless Helly-babble about "D n V" and "adult diapers" PMSL - pardon the pun !!! You've got one in a million there mate ...
Poor you & Helen what a nightmare! However you always keep a sense of humour, which reminds me that life is too short to take it too seriously! I'd give the oysters a wide berth in future though!
Have to say......we all came down with Norovirus a couple of weeks ago, might not have been the food! But feel your pain......it took me a week to recover and that was just before our hols in Cyprus .....was terrified of still being ill if it clashed with holiday
Folkestone was great today all the woman and some men in red dresses, 😂 we went to the goods yard for some grub on the harbour 🙌 on poisoning there 😂😂 cheers guys x
Theses are my favourite shops never been in them they have not got any we’re I live so I am looking forward to this video please do more of the old fashion shops ❤️
Arcachon oysters of SW France are great and not ridiculously priced like ones harvested at Whitstable from the Thames, Medway, Lea, and the rest, which are sewage outflows. If they are not thoroughly purged, yer buggered. I haven't had Whitstable oysters for 30+years, and I'm not having anymore. I used to love Whitstable: not anymore.
I’m a sth Londoner,that fish & chip shop at 18.mins was our favourite place on earth as kids in the early 70s,they had a lemon tree in the little courtyard at the back that was like a spaceship to us back then 🙂
I've been eating oysters for 40 years with no illness, l love them, l'll be getting some more in Leeds market tomorrow. I've heard you can get struck by lighting. Another lovely vid. 👍,
My other half had some mussels in Le Touquet a few years ago and was ill afterwards. He hasn’t eaten oysters or mussels since. Thankfully, I don’t like them and I certainly wouldn’t eat those cultivated around the south east coastline - too much sewage floating around.
Eyup again you two I really enjoyed meeting you both just so sorry you were taken ill oysters mebbe? been here 5 years never touched em once to be honest ! hope the rest of your trip goes well take care both of you all si thi
It's not necessarily food poisoning, had a number of violent D+V events over the years. But never had any since I stopped touching door handles, especially toilet door handles! Probably a bug, simple as that. It's rare if you did both had food poisoning that a number of other people would have as well, any reports on that happening? A umber of years ago my mother had D+V after a fish meal in Weymouth, two days later it was my dad, then me and I didn't even go to Weymouth.
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I live in Whitstable, with the amount of raw sewage that's pumped into the sea from the Swalecliff water treatment centre 3 miles away. I would never eat an oyster. You take a risk swimming around that coast.
Yes, the unwitting tourists! Still need to make a complaint to the shop & the council. If they are selling food unfit for human consumption.
I live in Whitstable too! Interesting to see a newcomers view. I remember when oysters were 50p. Like you, I will never eat the oysters or go in the sea now - shameful the amount of sewage they pump into our sea. 🤢
Someone should warn the tourists, but nobody will because those local businesses needs them to survive. It's a no win situation.
Hi there mate how going I got
To say sorry I froth the lady was your wife mate. It's a great video I in joy washing
You guys you are funny people so be safe guys
Whitstable was ok for oysters back in the Victorian era but sewage outfall pipes from a population explosion killed it off but about 40 years back they extended the outfall pipes and that resurrected the oysters beds, since then there has been another population explosion, well you can see where I'm going with this.
You know it's true love when you can both have D and V in the back of a small van and 😄come out smiling.
Aww sorry to hear you both been sick and bad . Must of been hard in ur van . Hope u both feel better now .
Oysters can kill from botulism especially all the sewage dumped in the sea sod that for a game of soldiers 😂
Which is why you know it wasn’t the oysters.
Might have the shits but it'll sort out your furrowed brow and crows feet though
Most oysters are farmed.
The Oyster have to pureated for at least 42 hrs and then tested. Food standards law now.
You`re more likely to die in your car than die from eating an oyster.
Such a wonderful couple, seeing you both happy makes me happy
Not sure if I have commented but if not, I hope you got over the sickness. I once ate mussels in the South of France before travelling on a coach back to UK, and had food poisoning all the way through France. The coach driver kept stopping to let me be ill on the side of the motorway, and sit on the roadside kerb area. My daughter was about 6 at the time and my fellow passengers looked after her. That must be one step worse than being ill in your van! Imagine a coach full of passengers watching the display!
Oh god that sounds terrible
Ah, after all that sickness, you two are still able to laugh about it. Well done!!!! 😂😂
Lol: "People might be having their tea" and "Do you still fancy me" Made me laugh out loud! I hope you're both feeling better! Cheers from Canada :)
Hilarious 😂😂😂
UK Water now just a Sewer. Can't even swim safely in it anymore.
I was told by locals in Whitstable that the season for Oysters is between September and April and to avoid out of season.
❤With an R in month. YES
If a relationship can withstand a double loss at seafood roulette while staying in a van, it can withstand anything ❤
Hi I live in Whitstable it was interesting to see our town through a visitors eyes.
On the Oyster front - it is Whitstables main trade - the oyters when brought in - DONT just go to restaurents and outlets - they have to be purified for at least 42hrs and be
Tested before they can be consumed.
You have been unlucky, did you swim in the sea? People have unfortunately been ill from that.
The industrial side of the Harbour is a local aggregate company Brett , they've been around for over 100 yrs. Whitstable was the first harbour to have a railway line running to it - The 'Crab and Winkle' as its known locally. If you come back ( dont be put off)- take a trip on the Whitstable Vintage lifeboat The Chieftain 😊.
Where do you buy the safe ones if you shouldn't go to restaurants and outlets? and how can you recognise those who have been purified, do thay have a certificate?
Oysters and the people of Whitstable, are known as Natives. Tudor tea rooms was a favourite haunt (pun not intended) of Peter Cushing.
Put a claim in to the water company. The sea all around the Kent coast is filthy. With continual sewage dumping it will only get worse.
The water company is going to do sweet Fanny Adams. The complaint needs to be sent to the local council & shop.
We go to whitstable a lot. My dad was born there. I just love the place. However I would never touch an oyster, no way!!
Oysters are well known to cause intestinal problems! It depends on the area; Mediterranean oysters are particularly bad!
The number of viruses and bacteria associated with them is legion! And guess what? The UK water companies are now discharging sewage into the sea at present!
Hope you both recover soon 🙏 !
Awful
Pollution
It's great to hear that you decided to do your own thing and live life on the road. I live in Herne Bay, just up the road from Whitstable (The Bubble). I migrated from Sunny Scunny about 19 years ago. I would never leave here now. I love it. The sunsets are the best I've seen, hands down EVER..... Enjoy the rest of your journeys....I'll subscribe to a fellow Northerner...all the best ☀️
I met Peter Cushing years ago ,sitting in the little cafe he used to frequent . I was star struck. I am 58 and used to love the Hammer House films, as a kid. My ex boyfriend lived in Whitstable as a young boy and Peter had a beachfront house , boy friend and friends used to play on the beach near Peters house and he used to give them lemonade..Claim to fame!
I had to subscribe 1) because you make staying in Benidorm look like fun 2) you're always so positive, even after 2 days with severe food poisoning 3) love the name of the van .
Saludos desde Barcelona.
p.s. glad you are both feeling a bit better 😀
Thank you :-)
Yep, it will be the Oysters, they can be a bit like Russian Roulette. I had a 48-hour similar experience (as did three friends) after eating them a few years ago. I haven't had the nerve to eat them again. Hope you are both feeling better now. Love the channel!
Bless you both! Happened to me on a birthday trip to Dublin nearly 20 years ago. 2 days spent on the bathroom floor of our fancy hotel, still can't look at an oyster without wincing! Love the channel. Get better soon.
Thank you :-)
You have to watch it with seafood filter feeders that have been left at room temperature for over a couple of hours , eaten o natural or undercooked.
Really you should of notified the authorities what you had eaten, what establishments and the time you both got ill.
Gaz Yorkshire.
Oh I am so sorry for both of you…..I know how horrible food poisoning is……I think you know where it came from…😔….love you two!…..keep on getting better…x
James & Helen ... You knew the oysters looked totally wrong.
View & Smell & then Taste if you are not sure of any food before you commit to eating ! God bless & Get well soon 🌟🌟🧡
Awww bless you both. Food poisoning is a bad time especially without having facilities. It's definitely problematic in those situations not having a bathroom etc. Take care you two. ✌️
I'm sorry you got poisoned, I haven't seen that part yet. I'm just 20 minutes in and I just want to say, it's an absolutely brilliant show tonight. It's great the way you're both chatting about everything you see.
It's brilliant!
Look on the bright side. At least you didn't catch crabs ! 😊
I did, down in Old Hastings Town. Thanks, Liz!
You should have gone to the cafe Peter Cushing used to go to and visited his house.
Just pissing ourselves , we've all been there and the stories are always the best pub anecdotes, in a van is even more hilarious 🤣 obviously not for you at the time 😂😂
As much as i like seafood, the amount of raw sewage being pumped into the sea and our rivers puts me off having it ,especially Oysters! You've both been lucky not to be in hospital to be honest in my humble opinion! All the best to you both.
"lucky not to be in hospital" They would be dead by now, staying in the hospitals in Kent.
O my god i feel for you both guys, we all know that feeling. Make sure you drink plenty of water.👍❤❤
Just you tell it the way it is Helen that’s why we enjoy watching
Thank you both for the lovely tour.
Helen cracks me up every time 😂
You sound a lot happier now you're back in the UK James. Happy for you mate, keep going well Brother!
You have my sympathies. I had food poisoning recently and it was horrendous! Violently ill for 12 hours. Weak as a kitten after for several days. I dont like being mithered either, just left to my misery on my own. Hope you are feeling better now.
I love Helen she's such a down to earth girl telling the world about her adult nappies haha wish U both better x
We've all been there with the food poisoning ahaha nasty ain't it!! Happens to us all I'll never forget the time I had a double ender camping down cornwall in a bloody proper storm!
I use to be sent to Whitstable to Sort electrical problems out with many customers. One customer was the oyster house , an interesting building with it's History. Not my favourite place as Whitstable I found a messy town, but had it's charm. Could never understand why it was so popular. I am retired and living in Wales. Thanks for the video. I am from Margate originally where i trained as an electrician. I lived in Sittingbourne eventually after Bedfordshire. Then south Wales. My last electrical job in Kent was Wetherspoons Herne Bay. Hope to be revisiting later this year.
Food poisoning knocked the stuffing outa me ,wasn't right for 2 weeks, hope you're better, as a wizard of oz fan love your van is called Dorothy 😊
I have always wanted to go to Whitstable simply because it is where the wonderful Actor Peter Cushing lived. He was my idol growing up. I was disappointed you didn't take us inside Wetherspoons. But I have thoroughly enjoyed it . :) I am sorry you had food poisoning, hope you are both recovered.
Whitstable, vomit and diarrhoea, now that's what I call keeping it real, so glad you're back and doing what you do best 😉. Hope you are both feeling better. Be lucky.
Fasting is the best thing .... Give the gut time to heal instead of forcing
more crap on to it.
That is why animals don't eat when they are unwell ... Yet some of us keep
trying to tempt them to eat.🥰
How true is that animals know Best ❤
You need to drink a lot of water though, otherwise you will dehydrate.
it is well known that sewerage is pumped into the sea at Whitstable. sorry you swallowed some. looking forward to Margate, we live a couple of miles from there
@markdyballuk Should do Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate.
Having now watched the Margate video too that`s the last place I would want to go if I was feeling sick,my god what a depressing dump!!
My late dad would always say. “Never eat seafood unless there’s an “R” in the month.
This is also a saying in the Netherlands, and most people stick by it.
I had the same in Africa. Then I lived on white rice and ginger beer. It really helped.
we stayed in one of those fisherman's huts for my husband's 40th about 8 years ago. gorgeous, hearing the books clanking on the water outside. white bedroom upstairs, everything u need, little kitchen downstairs. wasn't v expensive ( then!). went to a famous oyster place, had amazing seafood sat in the window of a tiny shop front( their restaurant was being done up for AGES). no oysters for us tho 😅😅
❤YES
An R IN MONTH to eat OYSTERS shell fish with what's pumped into our sea .... no wsy
.
I am glad I tried them from the Hut @ £2.50 last Tuesday across from the boat trip place that you pointed out, because if I had watched this first I would not have had them as travelling back home same day!
You're both lucky to be alive. I could have been reading about you in the Daily Mail, couple found in back of van, plus all the gory details of how they found you, surrounded in vomit, etc. What a way to go. James, rely on your instincts in future about oysters. I watch your videos here in New Zealand, they're very funny.
I was in Whitstable this morning, its a nice bike ride from Canterbury.
Ive not had oysters for about 40 years, not a fan.
I got ill from the Costa Coffee in the high street (bad milk) needed antibiotics it felt like I had little creepers in my tummy lol
That fish and chip shop you pointed out has been closed for a while now. Pretty sad as that was my favourite fish & chips shop in the world.
The only good thing about Margate is that is where my youngest was born otherwise i avoid it 😊
I'm sure you're feeling better now. We all got ecoli in Sharm el Sheik, eldest son has kidney damage and renal hypertension from it. In and out of hospital for years. Still on going with appointments & meds.
We stayed and ate in the highest rated hotel there at the time as well. Hilton Fayrouz it was called.
Good video cheers
That sand bank you mentioned is what I’m led to believe to be a part of an old Roman road that with the right tide looks like you are walking on water.
Brought back memories, i lived there for 6 years, lovely place but so expensive to live, pay rent etc hence why we moved but thank you for the nostalgia ❤
Everywhere in the s/e is expensive to rent, that´s even if you can find a property to rent.
I love you two..Down too earth Northern souls .
I have a lot of sympathy for you guys with the oyster thing, many years ago I had some oysters from Morrison's and within 24hrs was so incredibly ill and scared the life out of my daughter as I had no idea where I was or what was happening, I was out of my head. It has taken me the best part of 20yrs to try them again and I have from The Clementina in Sant Luis Minorca in May 2024, and they were delicious. I had expressed what had happened to me to the owner Mike and he assured me that these oysters were not only super fresh but had been purged - I had no ill effects at all and intend having some more when I return in Sept.
I am so glad you are both feeling a little better. There is nothing as bad as food poisoning. I love how open Helen is she tells it as is it keep safe you guys.
Thankgod you’re both better.. hopefully the weather will pick up now.. 😊
My family were all Hastings fishermen and my grandfather used to say never eat anything out of the sea that doesn't have an eye ...
Sorry to hear that you both were so ill. Happy that both of you are on the mend. Love the honest share at the end, it was hilarious. ❤ to you both
Oh my goodness what bad luck ! I can just imagine you both clenching everything as you checked into the hotel 🥱😵😩🤣 Hopefully you have both recovered fully 🙏🤞❤️
When I lived in Falmouth of course you have to have the local oysters with a beer in Oyster Week. I was very surprised when they cooked them for a few seconds, until they told me that the law had changed maybe 10 years ago. Seeing you traveled through Spain without any Montezuma’s revenge a couple of weeks ago, well I seem to have the V virus which is now circulating a bit in Barcelona. My associated smell is Detol, mum always put it in the bucket, so visiting some hospitals brings back dodgy memories.
You two crack me up. I have travelled extensively internationally over many years with work and so I have experienced similar issue in hotels, which is bad enough. But in a tiny van!! But as usual you two turn what we all know was horrendous into a comedy routine. Well done and good on you. All the best.
Helen - your expression, right at the very end of the video is priceless! 😂
What a shame you both got food poisoning. At least you never have to try another oyster, James!
I hope you were both well enough to go to the Kate Bush festival? I love Kate Bush, that will be so entertaining! 😊✌
Helens so funny James love it
Loved it with zero moaning. Good job James love the videos
The things on stilts are WW2 Gun In placements guarding the River Thames Ann London .
Oh guys, I have had food poisoning once from under cooked chicken 🐔 and …….. it is NOT NICE 😮 I think we all know where this happened 🧐 Thanks for another tour guys xxxxx The red dress looked gorgeous Helen ❤
I'm just working my way through your journeys-just want to say lve not laughed so much in a long time.Even when James is "moaning," 😂you make a great team, thank you both 🍺🍺😊
I looked at your Facebook page to see where you might be going this week after realizing you were fairly close to Essex, so I have seen spoliers about what happened next after Whitstable ! But I am glad you got a good walk round the place, it really is quite different from a lot of coastal towns in the South-East. I have a friend who is a train driver who lives very close to the football ground a bit further inland in the town and we've met up a couple of times for matches there - the team are nicknamed ... of course ... The Oystermen !! I've not tried the old school fish n chips shop you saw, there has always been a big queue outside on my visits (V C Jones but it looks like they've closed down now after 62 years ) however there are two branches of "Ossies" either side of the town centre, one on the Tankerton Road near Marine Parade where you can sit on a bench up on the grassy cliff nearby and look out over the sea, they were very nice and recommended to me. Sounds like you should have stuck to good old FnC ! BTW James, how many times have you said in a video now "I'm going to leave that bit out Helen" and then of course once you get to editing, it stays in after all, this time some priceless Helly-babble about "D n V" and "adult diapers" PMSL - pardon the pun !!! You've got one in a million there mate ...
Omg. Sorry to hear this. Take time to recover. Love to u both. 🫶🏻xx
Oh no , aww what a shame you been poorly , it's awful , you feel really rotten and think your never going to get better , big hug for you both X X 🥰👍
Should have visited my town Faversham beautiful medieval town right next to whistable.
Congratulations on 55k!
Thank you!!
Poor you & Helen what a nightmare!
However you always keep a sense of humour, which reminds me that life is too short to take it too seriously! I'd give the oysters a wide berth in future though!
Glad that you are both okay and feeling better.
Have to say......we all came down with Norovirus a couple of weeks ago, might not have been the food!
But feel your pain......it took me a week to recover and that was just before our hols in Cyprus .....was terrified of still being ill if it clashed with holiday
Folkestone was great today all the woman and some men in red dresses, 😂 we went to the goods yard for some grub on the harbour 🙌 on poisoning there 😂😂 cheers guys x
Awww bless yas, as bad as it is that's soo funny how u went from happy times to both drained the next day haha excellent 👍 love your video ❤
Theses are my favourite shops never been in them they have not got any we’re I live so I am looking forward to this video please do more of the old fashion shops ❤️
Hi James the thing that looks like a cement plant is actually an Asphalt plant ,keep up the good work 🤩
Arcachon oysters of SW France are great and not ridiculously priced like ones harvested at Whitstable from the Thames, Medway, Lea, and the rest, which are sewage outflows. If they are not thoroughly purged, yer buggered. I haven't had Whitstable oysters for 30+years, and I'm not having anymore. I used to love Whitstable: not anymore.
I’m a sth Londoner,that fish & chip shop at 18.mins was our favourite place on earth as kids in the early 70s,they had a lemon tree in the little courtyard at the back that was like a spaceship to us back then 🙂
I've been eating oysters for 40 years with no illness, l love them, l'll be getting some more in Leeds market tomorrow. I've heard you can get struck by lighting. Another lovely vid. 👍,
D'you want some? The guy at the end, brilliant.
My other half had some mussels in Le Touquet a few years ago and was ill afterwards. He hasn’t eaten oysters or mussels since. Thankfully, I don’t like them and I certainly wouldn’t eat those cultivated around the south east coastline - too much sewage floating around.
I love oysters by the dozen if in Whitstable go to either Whellers, Samphire or the oyster Whitstable factory
So many people can't afford a house or flat your one of them,it's a shocking state of affairs.😢
Oysters for def. Its probably the water they are produced in...algea blooms. We got all got sick exactly 1 days after eating the same thing...weird.
Great video and info. Thanks James and Helen.
Eyup again you two I really enjoyed meeting you both just so sorry you were taken ill oysters mebbe? been here 5 years never touched em once to be honest ! hope the rest of your trip goes well take care both of you all si thi
It was a pleasure to meet you too. 🙂
Another enjoyable video 👍 really nice place that you visited
In the South Quay Shed in the harbour, try the Rad Burger, one of the best burger and chips I;ve ever had.
Not surprised with the state of water ways in England
“ Gut instinct “ excuse the pun 🤣 Never cut Helen she is gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️
Hi guys I’ve just subscribed as I have been watching some of your videos and they have been very enjoyable…. Thanks guys for your entertainment ❤
Thank you 😊
Hope you're both feeling better x
Another great one guy's I love your Vloggs, hope you are both well now Take care & thanks for sharing 🙏🏻👍🏻
Sorry to hear you had the old Fiona Trots guys . Phil & Elly Wallasey.
You should have eaten at Birdies it's very good or Whitstable cafe for breakfast and lunch. Would love to have seen you 2❤ xxx. Get well soon
I live in Kent and only eat shellfood when theres a R in the month ... its an old saying that makes sense
The coastal fishermen's cottages look lovely, sorry you got the squits!😤🫣😱🤒💩
I feel the same about mussels and ginger after a bout of food poisoning 😢
It's not necessarily food poisoning, had a number of violent D+V events over the years. But never had any since I stopped touching door handles, especially toilet door handles! Probably a bug, simple as that. It's rare if you did both had food poisoning that a number of other people would have as well, any reports on that happening? A umber of years ago my mother had D+V after a fish meal in Weymouth, two days later it was my dad, then me and I didn't even go to Weymouth.