We Stayed At BOTH OF LONDON'S ONLY CAMPSITES (VanLife in the UK)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Can we camp in London city whilst doing vanlife in the uk? There's only one way to find out
In this video we explore the possibilities of doing van life uk in London in our camper van conversion
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2. Lee Valley at £20 approx
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We also go watch the Back to the Future Musical which cost us £45 each, but there are an array of different prices lwtheatres.co....
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is that you in reply to my comment above?
now THAT was epic-and how fortuitous that your fave band got back together and you got to see them live in the captial city! You made London vanlife look totally possible. I did not know there were campsites in London!! Amazing!! I really enjoyed sharing your trip back down memory lane. Much respect and regards-Kenny
Thanks Kenny ✌️
Brilliant video again. Your energy and enthusiasm lifted my spirits and filled me with happiness. Laughed out loud at your panic when approaching the ferry. Your filming of the gig was superb and really captured the electric atmosphere and brought back so many memories for me, from being at gigs in London during the 80's and 90's. Thank you so much x
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Wow, you have opened our eyes to camping in London, thank you. It was great to see you both having fun with friends xx
Has to be done 🤩
@@ThoseHappyDays I can't, it's £200 a day for my van to be in London
@@alanhat5252 is that CAZ charge ?
What a great video 🤩 the panic in your voices when you realised they you were going on a ferry 🤣🤣 I would have been the same 😊 can’t believe how beautiful that first campsite was 😍 thank you for sharing 👍
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£15 pounds near center of london thats amazing guys. love your channel. please don't stop making these videos. you are number one make no mistake!
You're too kind thank you
@@ThoseHappyDays take care guys great videos. X
Oh my! The Lea Valley campsite is in Edmonton, the town I grew up in. There used to be Picketts Lock leisure centre there (I used to go drinking at the golf range bar) and the cinema and a restaurant was built in front of the centre to make it a more leisure complex. I moved away in 2002 and they apparently pulled down Picketts Lock and built the athletics centre for the 2012 olympics.
Great video. I lived in Sarth London for 17 years and never went across the Woolwich Ferry as far as I remember! That first campsite was amazing.
Yeah it's a winner that one
I squatted in London in 2008 when I was a angsty 18 year old punk. I lasted 4 months before moving back to my comfortable home in Ireland 😂 I had such a good time though and it really made me grow up.
You're such a lovely couple! Address your entusiasm and obvious devotion to each other. Brilliant.
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Liam and Janine as per usual u have made a SUPER vid 😀 So much creativity has gone into this with the campsite views, the play and the band. It's not a bog standard trip to London for the sights it's way beyond that, and it certainly takes immense skill to go way beyond the usual standard trip to London ❤️
Namaste and Blessings
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Thank you Kas, that means a lot ❤️
Love your videos, so much fun to watch. From Phoenixm Arizona, born in Glasgow Scotland
Yay Woolwich ferry. We live just by where you are staying!
Thanks for even more useful information! The 2 campsites look great!
No worries 🤩
We have stayed a few times in London at the Crystal Palace camp site, it’s lovely with a huge park next to it ,Perfect for when we visited family. Really enjoyed seeing the other sites, we’ll definitely try them soon. So wonderful for Liam to see his favourite band! ❤
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Word of warning when in London and its suburbs, if you have a converted van, make sure it is registered as motorhome/campervan. If its been converted but you havent gone through the process with the DVLA and the V5 says its still a van you can/will get stung for going through tunnels/restricted areas. We travelled with a mate and he got 2 fines in his T5 and we didnt see any notifications around the tunnel to indicate this was an issue!
The Rotherhithe tunnel is the only restricted one, it does have signs though.
I camped in Abbeywood 50 years ago, and now live there
So glad you got to see your musical 🎼 heroes
Was immense
Welcome to London ! Yes we have wild ringnecked parakeets. If you go to St Jame's Park - (which you should do anyway to see the pelicans) they will sit on your hand and do tricks for food 😄. Have a wonderful time guys.
Haha no way....we did walk through St James Park and a squirrel ran up my leg...frightened the life out of me
Janine the boots you wore to the punk show are EPIC. Also made my old punk rock heart sing. ❤
Haha nice!!! 😄
We have those little green parakeets in Thanet, and sandy beaches, come to Broadstairs some time? Joss Bay is beautiful!
I really appreciate the fact that you tried out London for camping. Never would have thought you could do it there. This big city does surprise people for some things. Now I am not into that group's genre (metal?)but it was great to you so excited and no hat Liam! Good to see both campsites were clean.
Stayed at Abbywood last summer, felt safe and with the new Elizabeth line 10 minutes walk away an easy way into London, great site
Agreed
A couple of parakeets escaped about 20 years ago and thrived and survived!!
Haha evidently 🤣
if you stay at the abbeywood campsite again visit the abbey that gave abbeywood its name also a short drive away you have eltham palace once lived in by henry the 8th and chislehurst caves where they used to have concerts where bands like the rolling stones ,status quo ,david bowie all performed
Beautiful music and greatest vibes bc of all reasons that Liam mentioned..lovely London
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Hi both. Been following you for a while now. Enjoy your vlogs. Back in 72 my late wife and myself wild camped in the back of a Vauxhall Viva estate car round Cornwall for a week doing much the same as you are now and with our young son aged 18 months. All we could afford then. Seeing as you were in my old Manor I thought you might like to learn a bit about where you were in North London. The Lee Valley site is at Pickets Lock in Edmonton. Have you ever watched Some Mothers do Ave em ? I doubt you have. You can Google it. In one episode the scene in the roller skating rink was filmed there at Pickets Lock. You took the train from Edmonton Green which was immortalised in a song by Chas and Dave. You should have a listen. More roller skating scenes were shot at the bus station at Edmonton Green as well. I hope Janine didn't get too EXCITED at the gig. 😉
Hi Alan, yeah I used to watch Frank Spencer with my folks when I was younger and never knew the skating scene was filmed there 😲
What a fun video!!
Fabulous vlog this week. You have opened our eyes to camping in London! Thank you ❤️
Fantastic 🤩
I really enjoyed that and Janine looked even more beautiful at the gig!
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Really nicely made video. You must have put a lot of work into it. Glad u liked London - it’s a great city.
Woolwich Ferry is free, its the best way to cross the river there. You would have driven right by my house, you should have popped in for a cup of tea. I have a flock of parakeets that visit my South London garden regularly.
I found that amazing 🤩😲
@@ThoseHappyDays I am amazed by it too. But love their visits especially on dull , overcast days. They provide colour and vibrancy although cost alot in fat balls, but worth it. 💕💜Happy travels, your channel is my favourite. Always makes me smile 😃😃Plus, try many of your recipes, easing into the vegan lifestyle.
Parakeets fly all around London they fly by my house and my mum's house daily
Them birds actually taste amazing especially marinated in red wine and onion with a herb of your choice, you don’t get much meat on them so I normally have three for my dinner
I don’t get loving this band at all.. but glad u loved it
You were lucky to get abbeywood for £18.90, as that's for 1 adult. It's £29.00 for 2 adults.
Hope you make the Crystal Palace campsite in season. I have a lot of good memories from there.
Would love to check it out
Hi guys , sorry I was shouting out the car at you….😂😂😂if I knew you were around Hampstead we could had a coffee
Happy travels
Pm me if you want a good free park up in Hampstead
Haha next Time mate, where abouts is park up...we found one
@@ThoseHappyDays just around the Heath itself lovely spot under the trees I always used to use
I think people have kept those locations to themselves. But I'm sure you wont tell. Haaa. The information was great and will try there in the future hopefully. Like you i imagined London was a nightmare for vans. But there's hope now.
Haha both sites were only a quarter full...I think people have a bad impression of London or something
Clean air charge..hilarous isnt it. Seen the chemical skies lately.
Good vid guys!!😍
It's all about mooolar
Forgot to ask love that song Tidings of comfort and Joy who sang it please saying that I love all the music you play. ❤❤
As we have so much music it's hard to list them all, but there is an app called Shazzam that you hold it near music and it tells you the artist and song
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There are Parakeets in Birmingham and Dudley as well
Incredible
stayed at lee valley one time. great site. went on a jack the ripper tour in central london then walked back. omg was long walk but scared the s i ts out of me and me mum?
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I can imagine
We stayed in Abbey wood and Crystal Palace. Loved Abbey wood. Fantastic. Crystal Palace was awful! Hated it. The overhead electric lines were so strong you couldn’t get a signal in the van. Couldn’t even get the electric locking to work on the van. Rang the maintenance people. Said we were in London. He said you’re not in Crystal Palace campsite are you. We said yes. He said yeh the locks won’t work. Do them manually!!! Luckily we only stayed two nights and left. I wouldn’t go back there. I mean this was years ago, but I didn’t like it there at all. The vans were also very packed in. Not much space as I recall. Not very green either. Well not like Abbey wood anyway. Enjoying your trips. Thank you.
Ah that's not good
Thank you. Do they allow for tents. or supply them. Thanks.
please....can someone let me know what that song is called at 22 minutes..would be very appreciated as my wife wants it.thanks
This might be a weird question but do you know where you got your folding steps I am looking for something exactly like that for my luton 😊
Thule RV steps on Google...three rung
@@ThoseHappyDays thanks so much. Loving the videos by the way absolutely hooked!
How did you get back to Lee Valley Camping from Islington so late in the night,? Is there a night bus please??
Had to uber it,
Loved this video I was born west London Hammersmith most people think the whole of London is bad (not true )
Thank you for showing a side to London that’s beautiful.
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Thank you, we had a great time !!
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Did you get any fines for emissions zones etc, Or did you pay beforehand?
Paid as we went along
Who knew there were campsites in London. The first one looks like you are in the countryside. Amazing. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Stay safe and happy travels xx
Yeah it was actually beautiful 😍
We thought similar about van life in London, however after having to stay for work we found it super easy! North London (Theobalds Park Camping and Caravanning club) was great and a 20min walk to overground. We also found that Watford was a great area for wild camping with a friendly community, lots of park ups and on the tube line! Currently I'm working in Windsor and have found this area to be the best for wild camping with links still to london. Windsor has a designated campervan park up thats free overnight (with water tap 😉) and right in the town centre - I highly recommend 👌
Loved the video :-) I was born in Islington and now live 5 mins from Woolwich ferry. I didn’t know any of the 3 campsites you highlighted so educational as well as positive, funny and uplifting. Thanks to the both of you 🙏🏼
Pleased you liked it 😀
Hey Nicky from Islington..born n bred ☺️
Hey Nick from Islington..born n bred ☺️
Great to pass you in Enfield today Sunday. We could not believe our eyes. We had just watched your London campsite output before heading out to the shops. Then Morgan sails past us as we are turning into the supermarket. Nice to wave and get one back from you both.
Haha nice to meet you guys
How fabulous to be invited to a gig by the band itself, especially when they are a favourite band of yours and you didn’t even know the gig was happening because they’ve been split up from before you got into them. It looks like you had an amazing night.
The first camp site you stayed on looked very pretty with all of the trees in Autumnal colours, definitely a surprise in the middle of London. Looking forward to seeing how wild camping in the city goes.
Yeah such a strange week with beautiful happenings
Hi guys. Great vid today. Those camp sites in London are really handy for getting into town. Really good to see Liam enjoying the gig . . Funny to see you ending up on the Woolwich ferry. . Take care guys.
The site at Crystal Palace is open until 18th of December and you can get a bus 300 yards away from the site entrance right into the centre of London for £1.50. It runs 24hrs a day and is perfect for trips to London. The future of the site is uncertain as the local Council want to build houses on it. It's had a stay of execution for 12 months at a time for about the last 3 or 4 years now, so not sure how many more years it'll be there. Worth a visit though
Glad you enjoyed yourselves so much!
I live a short distance from the Lea Valley campsite. Although the site itself is a bit barren, a quick glance at the satellite view of the area will show you that it’s part of a huge wetlands park, with large reservoirs and a navigable canal, (River Lee or Lea), leading down to the Thames. Where you have a navigation, you have a tow path which can be a great walking or cycling route, always flat and away from roads.
I can't wait! Next summer i want to take my kayak out and navigate the rivers, starting with the river i grew up by, the lea. i'll be camping on the banks and documenting it. Will also bring me wetsuit and have a lil swim if safety(and absence of raw sewage!) allows it.
When the RUclips algorithm brings up a video of someone you know!Went to college with Liam, top man! One of my best teenage memories was an epic house party at his, many things I can’t mention in public! But everyone forming a line from the freezer to the oven and passing down all the food his parents left him for the week to cook was a funny sight 😂
Ha! How cool.
There are road traffic signs telling drivers ferry ahead. Should be no surprise to a experienced alert driver lol
Absolutely loving the content! I'll be starting van life soon in my 1987 talbot express. Taking plenty notes from the two of you.
We love Talbots, and will be looking out for you
Used to live near Woolwich and went to college there many years ago. I don't go to London the congestion charging puts me off tbh. The zone seems to creeping out towards Kent now. Glad I moved to Swanage in Dorset. Brings back some old memories seeing the Woolwich ferry.There is a walkway under the Thames from Woolwich to Silvertown too. Happy days Lol...🙂🙂🙂
This was GREAT! So good to see London partying again like the good old days😍Your production abilities are amazing. Keep up the good work. You keep hope alive for all.
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Sitting here in Epping Forest, not too far from Lee Valley, half watching, listening to your experience of London, and 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen', while folding origami Christmas stars for table decorations. What a lovely way to spend half an hour on a Sunday afternoon!
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The 90s was my favourite decade, the music was incredible. It started with the Manchester scene, with the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays then the American post punk scene exploded into Grunge. The Raves were amazing and felt like such a happy optimistic time.
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Watched all of your previous videos but can't tell you how much I especially enjoyed this one! Packed full of information and really great to watch. You're doing a wonderful job please keep it up, it's great viewing.
So pleased you did 😀
I'm a bit wary of going to London, this makes it seem not so scary, thank you x
My family went camping for a week in London Crystal Palace in the 80s! Also I lived in the docklands part of London for 10 years and often took the free ferry to Woolwich to go shopping !!!
What a crazy city 🤣
🎉 wow🎉 amazing London.. cannot believe they have camping in London .. what a great find xx
My, you two have a way of pulling our heartstrings! Such a great time, thanks for sharing it with us!
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Great video guys 👍 so awesome to be able to be nostalgic about a certain time I could feel how you felt about the nineties and how good life was then 👌 it's the seventies for me loved it so much wish I could go back 🙌❤️ not so good now that's for sure 😩 anyway thanks for the entertainment 👍❤️
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Loved the park camping and such a reasonable price. Thinking of maybe taking Beryl there and then carrying on to see hubby's sister close by. Thank you so much for the content. It has proved to be very useful to us. xx
Go for it
Pete seemed like a level headed introverted chap. Few pints down him hes ripped his top off and screaming 😄 Great stuff
Haha that's Pete
Hi from Rhodes Greece. You guys surprise me all the time. Never know what is next. Love, love all the excitement.
When you were talking about birds , I remembered what my son told me about a magpie,
You have to salute it and say this for good luck. one for sorrow , two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver,six for gold, seven for ..... I forgot it!!! Really nice. Anyway thanks for another stunning 😘 video.
Seven for a secret never to be told!
I did the same in Poole Dorset.....I was driving and realised I was in a queue for the ferry. I was on my own and absolutely terrified in what to do. The sat nav was taking me quickest way to destination without telling me about the ferry x
🤣🤣🤣 it's confusing
Sorry, but I don’t really get RUclips. I can think of a similar channel to yours that sit there with nearly 300k subscribers putting out safe videos that are unite honestly quite sickly and all about them. Your channel is so refreshing, informative and different. Keep up the good work.
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What a blast from the past... That first campsite really did look lovely, who would of thought.. So glad you had a brilliant night. ❤️
Thank you, its a stunner
You should have gotten an oystercard. It works out a lot cheaper, you can use it on subsequent visits to London, and on top of it all, if you get one out of the vending machine, you might get the liz line limited edition, which given current events, are now probably worth more now.
WOW! Great Vlog! Never even considered London for camping before. The prices were amazing! Not long back from Europe where capital city campsites were very pricey but options so limited you just think well gotta go with the flow. We are not long back from Edinburgh for a gig and our site was more than yours but cheaper than Europe. You are right though if its a good gig or show you will talk about forever. Sugababes - Usher Hall were amazing.
Ah pleased you had a good time, yeah I think camping and watching bands is going to be a thing for us now haha
Absolutely loved the video will be booking tomorrow so I can go next November to the craft fair in Islington and have a few days in london we are getting our motorhome in February after eighteen months of waiting and we can’t wait, we are also booking for cropredy and then round Oxford, love love the vlogs and you two are just gorgeous hope Janine this year will be good and no cough xxx
How much do you pay in congestion charges etc for going into London for the day? isn't it rather expensive!
£12.50 for ulez
Thank you for being so complimentary about London guys. It's my hometown and I love it, but so many people complain about it, and don't forgive it for it's problems.
Ah thanks we had such a good time
Just caught up…fantastic vlog, thank you both so much!
Great video. Symposium you are stars to invite our favourite van lifers. Good on you. Fantastic energy after 23 years! Liam I bet you still have a smile on your face. What a surprise about the camp sites? Just be very careful wild camping won't you? All best ♥️
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Great video guys,but I would sooner be on the right side of the law and pay our way my wife and look at it this way if we couldn't afford to pay than we will not do it,,but then your channel is parking where ever and getting away without paying or paying the minimum charge,but not knocking you guys and you do a brilliant job of showing the ups and downs of Van Life,,ps we are not full van lifers we are a couple of weeks here and there camping with our German Shepherd dog 🐕.
Haven't read all 400 comments so might be repeating but there are loads of those parrotkeets in Surrey.Rumour is that they escaped from film studios when filming The African Queen
Unbelievable who would believe that was available in London fantastic video thanks 👍
I know, right, proper shocker
How did you get it for 15.00 a night we are members of the caravan and motorhome club and is saying 29.00 a night
Maybe because it was last minute and spaces were open
Hi my lovelies,you both looked like you had a lovely time your faces where a picture. Love you guys xx❤️🙏🏻🇬🇧
Sorry but what a fucking video i loved that, your video production is so underrated
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Re Lee Valley. The cinema and sports centre have been there for decades. See 'Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em' when Frank Spencer is roller skating.
Yeah, so now youvé set a benchmark for all those vanlife bloggers, love it👍
Aw thank you 😊
Loved this one. I live in North Devon now but I was born and raised in London and had lived not far from both camp sites! I knew Lee Valley site as Picketts Lock. I grew up not far away in Tottenham. In my 20's I moved to south east London, not far from Abbey Wood. I knew there was a camp site there but didn't know how nice it is. I may use it when visiting old friends.👍
Yeah you should it's beautiful 😍
Wow, you were in my neck of the woods in Edmonton Green! I love living in London, so I’m glad you got to see how diverse and exciting it can be. Good luck with the wild camping and I’m looking forward to seeing how you get on next week 👍
Been walking about Edmonton green recently, nice to see such a diverse place
My camper van is the old police sprinter van that spent most of its life outside Buckingham palace. Great campsites guys good content as usual
Ah no way 😲
London isn't what most people expect..lots of hidden surprises❗
What was that noise at the end 🤣
For ppl with different taste in music..
you can find all here in London 🙂
Great video I was surprised see u at Abbeywood that's my home town n station I use every day wishd bumped in to yous say hi, great woodland area monstrey ruiens use play by as child, loved see that show just seen wicked it really was wicked lol, great filming glad u enjoyed London
Lights illuminating the outside of Buckingham Palace during the day, say no more.
Can I just ask if the prices of the campsites were cheaper because of being campervan/ motor home ones? You know like the caravan club, get the camping cheaper if they stay in 1. I loved the 1st campsite, loved the trees
Yeah I think that's it... motorhome & caravan club membership is £50 (approx) for the year
I lived in St John's Newfoundland inner city campground called Pippy Park surrounded by a Boreal forest and wooden walkways everywhere connecting numerous well stocked ponds easily accessing the city by foot.
Check out the Edinburgh festival. Camp sites to the South and North of the City with a 20 minute bus ride to the City Centre. Book early. Edinburgh can match London for buzz factor at August.
I live in Northampton and there are lots of parakeets in our allotment and all around the town. What’s the name of the first site that you go to looks great did you have to pay a congestion charge to go into London?💚
Hi there, new subscriber here. I really enjoyed your video. I've never thought of camping in Lonon before. Do these sites allow tents? Thanks.
I think they do mate
🌴Aloha from Hawaii.💚Thanks for sharing. It's exciting to see the sites thru your eyes. Of which we, from elsewhere, see it by way of tourist bureau ads.💙 Looking forward to more driving sights.💛