I Visit California in the UK!
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Did you know that there is a place on the Norfolk coast called California?
Join me as I take a look at one of the most beautiful beaches in Norfolk just outside of Great Yarmouth, find out how it got it's name and also take a look at the popular costal village of Scratby with its many holiday parks and great beach which has been used to advertise holidays abroad!
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Tim I always give you a thumbs up and I am subscribed. Sorry about the spelling of Scratby. Marie
Haha... I know that sign... I walk past it regularly.
It's a great place to live.
I am Canadian and I absolutely love watching you sit hotels across Europe. I’m turning 50 in me and I plan to go back to England. I might stay at the savoy even though they have plastic chandeliers.
Done sir
The plant you wanted to know about is Common Gorse (Ulex europaeus), there are several sub-species, it's commonly used to good to stabilize sand dunes; the problem is the plant is it easily becomes rampant and is difficult to control.
I had a caravan holiday with my mum and dad in California in 1964 - I remember everywhere you went you heard the Beach Boys 'I get around' playing in cafes and on peoples transistors! The caravans weren't so posh in those days or so numerous. We had fish and chips every day - I don't think you could get anything else. In the evening we went for a walk in the nearby countryside where there was a lot of pea picking going on in the fields. Vans with crates of peas would pass by dropping a lot on the road - they were delicious - very sweet. By the time we got back to the caravan it was quite dark and spookily quiet. My school friends were very impressed that I'd been to California - until they found out it was in Norfolk!
Lol great story
Just seen your California video,looks like a really nice place Tim.I have been to California in America with my mum back in 1996,never flown before,it was a once in a lifetime experience.
The flower is called Gorse. It smells like coconut if you take one and sniff it. And apparently it tastes like coconut too, but every time I've tried it tastes very bitter to me
When I was little in 1960 we went there for several lovely caravan holidays. We called it California Cliffs. Thank you for letting me see it again.
I remember back in early to mid 80s those beaches at California were always pack during the summer we always used to stop at Claifornia cliffs holiday park I didn't know they had pulled the amusement arcade down used to love that place and also walked the track between California and Caister many times thanks for showing the video
The spiky bush with the yellow flowers is called 'gorse'. It is found all over the UK. A similar plant that's also very common and often found in similar places is called 'broom', however broom unlike gorse is not thorny. Both display those yellow flowers throughout most of the year. There is an old saying that goes, "If gorse and broom is not in bloom, kissing is out of season!" Loving the vids.
very knowledgeable Pete
They are gorse flowers! Really beautiful
I live in Southern Cali. This beach does remind me of Zuma Beqch that's near Malibu. It definitely has a Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) vibe. Gorgeous!
I walk from Caister-on-Sea to Cali and back most afternoons with my dog. What a place to live.
Agree
Hi Tim, thanks for taking the time to chat yesterday (as you watered your plants!) we love your work and next time we are up, and if we see you, my son will have to say hi! Like I said, he’s a massive fan….Cheers mate.
What a stunning beach, wishing i was there, beautiful vlog as always, well done Tim ♥️👍
Thank you! 😃
4:10 Just behind that wooden gate on the right is Dun Sailin', the cottage where we used to stay. Looks like it's been done up a lot since then - it always felt like it was about to fall down back in the 70s. And directly opposite, where there's that poster on the wall, there used to be a second door into the chippy, making it a very short trip.
That walk way down to the beach I remember well from my childhood, i also rember the amusements that used to be where houses now are. Used to stay at California Sands as a child.
Thanks for watching
It's so weird to see palm trees in England! 🌴
Thank you for showing me such a lovely part of England. I've never been yo Norfolk before, so when I'm back in the UK, Norfolk will be top of my list of places to visit anf stay
You’re welcome 😊
All the buildings including the chalets looked beautiful in the sunshine.
Everything looks better in the sun
I agree
Stunning beach and the surf is so white too ... What a beautiful day for this walk ... Those are definitley Gorse bushes Tim .... Great video .... Thank you
Thanks paula
Got to admit I miss the old arcades in California. I guess it's progress but I think these little places have that 1950's charm about them. I think you mentioned Newport Holiday camp had that 'Are you being Served' feel about it. That's where I'm headed. Great vid.
Yes I know a shame
Wow, 💯 per cent stunning. Tim enjoyed the walk. You certainly picked a lovely day for filming. Love it.💙
Glad you enjoyed it Shirley .. if I had picked a cloudy one it wouldn't have been as good
Wow really enjoyed that video ,i knew there was a place called California in the UK and coincidently ive just finished reading a book and the little girl was evacuated from London to California during ww 2 and had to ride her bike to Scratby to go to school ,so you can imagine how pleased i was to see you feature both places .
your welcome dawn, many thanks for watching remember to hit subscribe
Whats the name of the book dawn? Please
@@angelaashpole8931 IT IS CALLED THE GINGERBREAD GIRL BY SHEILA NEWBERRY IF YOU ENJOY NOSTALGIA FROM WW2 THEN ITS A BOOK FOR YOU X
Thankyou dawn just my kindvof book😀
There’s more than one California in the U.K. That one looks far nicer than the one near me.
Ah Scratby. Stayed there in 1987. It's changed so much. Thanks for covering this area again.
Glad you enjoyed it Andy
Great video Tim as usual , going 5here 26/6/2023 . You make the place seem amazing . Thank you so much for such a great informative video indeed . Can’t wait now to go .
Very welcome
I like how you call these caravans. In America we would either call these mobile homes or manufactured homes. And the big motor vehicles that you drive that I guess maybe you call campers we call them recreational vehicles or RV’s for short. The only place in California that I believe is worth seeing is northern California, the redwood trees which are the biggest trees and some of the oldest trees in the whole world. Put that on your bucket list it’s absolutely breathtaking.
California and it’s beach looks amazing - another place to add to the list!
Used to go there and Scratby ,Winterton, when family was younger,we had all had vun on our Holiday s
Look at that clear blue sky.
I know its beautiful
i was watched your videos more than 5 . it feel like our self walking with you.
thanks Nilsesh , thats the idea lol
@@WalkWithMeTim i wish one day i want to walk with you to get good experince of your knowledge.
Lovely holidays here in the 80s , so much as changed . loved your video , brought back lots of good memories . Thankyou
You're welcome Trish
i come here every year, Its beutiful!
Another great vlog, fabulous views across the beach,sand so lovely, so peaceful thanks for this one,very interesting knowledge you have Tim
Great video I love all the history you give on the location's you visit and the Crystal clear quality camera you used to record it on looks so good on my 8k tv.
Glad you enjoyed it thanks yes now shooting in 4k so if it doesn't automaticaly change to 4k and enjoy lol
This is the content im here for! Doing it like the first one I watched just over a year ago think was Hemsby in lockdown.
Thanks Mat I still do one video (edited) every Friday and two lives a week
There's also a California in my town of Falkirk , Scotland
is it as nice?
@@WalkWithMeTim no to be honest! It's just a small village . 👍
lol
What a great walk today and the sky is still blue a year on...
I know lol
I haven’t watch the whole video, but I am loving California already. Let’s hope you have a good hotel room Tim.
As a native Californian I must say California UK looks more like Baja Mexico. I agree, Malibu if you ignore the houses. Cheers!
I’m off here for a week next month. Chill and read
That looks lovely, I would really love to visit the zoo.
I am from actual state of California, fancy myself as quite the Anglophile, and I was never aware there was a California in the UK! I learn something new from you all the time, Tim! Thank you. 🙂
There are few
Our first visit to Norfolk was last year 2022, the beaches are amazing !! Lovely villages . Tim how long has your you tube channel been going ?
One of the best holidays I’ve ever had staying at Summerfields in a Chalet. Scratby is beautiful! 👌👌
It really is!
I worked at summerfields on the entertainment team many years ago
Hi Tim. Two lovely beaches in one vlog. You are sppoilling us. California and Scrappy. Marie
Scratby lol
Ive always wanted to go to California myself and meet
Rocky Balboa and Adrian
The bushes with yellow flowers are gorse, very hardy and very prickly !
yes I would not want to pick um lol
@@WalkWithMeTim The posh name is "Ulex" and the flowers can give off a smell of coconut. I say can because not everyone can actually smell it. It's a weird biological trick.
My 1st holiday was at California cliffs there was 7 off with mum and dad 4 girls and my brother oh happy days
Thanks for watching Tracey, remember to hit subscribe
Stayed there two years running, lovely place to stay. I remember the arcade and shop where the new houses are now, also opposite California cliffs ice cream shop arcade and Chinese takeaway. Lovely memories. Thanks Tim
You're welcome malcolm
Brings back so many memories , my family had a caravan on California cliffs until 2012 I believe , then we moved down the road to the haven site , I haven’t been Yarmouth in about 8-9 years , and went down last weekend , absolutely beautiful place
thanks for watching matt remember to hit subscribe
@@WalkWithMeTim will do 👍
What a lovely place 🫶🏼
What a beautiful beach. Great thanks tim. 👍👍
hey Doll, thanks for watching
When I saw the clip of you walking on the beach, I think you needed to rent my dog Lando Calrissian best dog ever and he loves Star Wars.
We always went to California sands chalet park every year as a kid
Looks more like the outer Cape in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to me.
Looks beautiful! My boyfriend and I just booked a little holiday here for our 7 year anniversary/ his birthday. His mum goes here yearly and said how nice it is so we’ve decided to book up for a week this October! I can’t wait. :-) This video makes me even more excited to visit California.
Hope u have a great time
Stunning location the drone shots you did some buildings very close to the cliff edge
Glad you enjoyed it yes I know! week
Hi Tim ,lots to explore nice there ,the coastal erosion worry's me ,hope lots people can get out enjoy ,bookings on caraven sites,glad it's bank hol weekend,thanks tim
You're welcome andy
I’m going to comment as I see the video. That beach is absolutely beautiful. I’m sure it’s called but it’s beautiful.
Love Greenfarm with its water fountains my Dad went to school with Jeff who owned it
Nice , thanks Diane
Just purfect place enjoyed so much visiting as child love everything about the place stunning beautiful seanary well done 👍 your amazing bless you we both enjoyed watching hugs to you and Gabby bless you both no 1 team ☺️
Thank you so much 👍
Just to add, I've only just moved here. And still discovering places since lockdown was eased.
Love all you videos, I had never been here before I moved to GY, but felt I knew where I was going because I watched your videos a year before we moved here.. So thank you for making them 😊
Glad you like them! moon shine! means a lot!
Me pulling into beach road chalet park in the audi🤣
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@@WalkWithMeTim 13.02 minutes you'll see my car drive pass you, turning into beach road chalet park. First time i watched it today and seen my car 🤣 i own a chalet on the site
lol
We stayed at Summerfields in Scratby for our holiday this year. We really liked it, but I wouldn't recommend it for families with young children if you usually like to stay on site at holiday parks as there is very little to actually do on site (it is basically just the chalets/caravans and a building with the swimming pool, bar and restaurant - we never even went in that building!) but if you're a couple or with older kids just looking for a nice quiet place in a decent location it's great. We were out every day, went to Caister, Yarmouth, Norwich, up to Cromer and of course the Broads and only really were at the park when sleeping. It's close enough to use as a base to visit most places (plus it was dirt cheap, I think under £200 for five nights!) but if you're after a holiday park with plenty of activities to keep little'uns entertained, this isn't it
We were in a chalet and it was a bit... odd. Tbh I think it's because it was modified to be wheelchair friendly (we didn't realise when booking) and the bathroom was a big wet room but at the same time the place still wasn't brilliantly laid out for a wheelchair user (the sofa sort of blocked everything!). The wet room wasn't brilliantly designed either, there wasn't enough drainage and it sort of just... flooded every time you showered (we had to use a broom we found to try and sweep the water down the drain, and never went in wearing socks!) Plus there were only like two electric plugs in the whole place! The caravans looked a lot nicer. We'd be happy to go there again, but we'll probably have a caravan instead.
You can take your pets, too!
Oh, at that Chinese you can see at 19:05 - Orchard House - was very nice, and the people running it very friendly! There was also a brilliant chippy in Caister, aptly named "Brilliant Fish and Chips".
Lovely beach great tour again Tim👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Tim...this is one of my favorite places you have gone. 🌸
I know there is not much there its just a lovely area
@@WalkWithMeTim just to walk on the beach on a beautiful day as that and listen to the sea would make me happy Tim.
Hi Tim for the price of the room u would think they would be able to clean it better than what it was 😃👍
Scratby and california woah!!! Good video
Thanks! 😃
Great video Tim. Looks even lovelier in the sunshine than when I last went in the rain lol
Absolutely
Beautiful Tim. I want to go for a walk now on the beach. Sunny and peaceful. It looks like California in the USA. So pretty there. ☀️🇺🇸
thanks Melissa I have been to Malibu and does remind me of it
@@WalkWithMeTim did you like Malibu Tim? So expensive to live there. You guys have such beautiful beaches as well. Is it expensive to rent a place at the holiday park? I find it so charming. ☀️
@@melissaphillips3088 Fly out in the Summer.
Not as expensive as Malibu. It is good value for money and such a different experience.
Direct flights from New York to London.
Best regards
Sam
And all the homeless people and drug addicts😂
The yellow flowered shrubs on the cliff tops are prickluy Broom don,t pull them up the roots are holding the cliffs together. Nice video. Its a species of gorse.
Thanks for watching rob
Great video Tim, nice day for a walk 🌞although probably a bit chilly at the moment. The beaches look stunning in the sun. I bet they're heaving in the height of summer. Looks like there's miles of beach though to find your own quiet patch😁
yes Julia never crowded!
Hi Tim great video puts me in holiday mode. Not long to go now 😂 lovely weather there. Thanks.
You're welcome paul
Another lovely video, making me long for a walk on the beach again.
Glad you enjoyed it John
It's a Gorse bush, yellow flowers in spring and very, very prickly! 🤣
yes I did notice ;-)
Hi Tim ! We have Stayed in California before my husband loves tricia's chippy you get a whole dinner plate of chips 😆 to take away . Really happy memories of spending time with my late Grandad there. Thankyou for sharing with us as always love Tracey 💕 Xxxx
Glad you had some great memories with your grandad its a lovely place , thanks for watching Tracey
I used to holiday at Scratby every year as a child
thanks for watching Diane , has it change much?
Always liked it there great times well done Tim
Thanks
Also spent a lot of time at summer fields holiday park , great fish n chips around scatby and Hemsby 🙂 yummy 🤤
Oh yes!
Such a superb video.
Beautifully shot 👏
Thank you for transporting me back through the years to those days when I used to walk there 🙂
your welcome , remember to hit subscribe to see more of my videos when I upload
I think the flower is called Gorse
Thanks Kevin
@@WalkWithMeTim good to see a job done well
Great video as always, coming to California sands caravan park on the 23rd May for one week, love it there.
Have fun! Janet thanks for watching
This looks such a great place.
Looks good but is the parking a long way from the beach. We are getting on now and walking a long was is not an option. Also loos are there any open yet? Thank you for the trip. The shrub is Gorse and whilst it is in bloom they say you can expect snow.
the loo's I think are not currently open but they are in Scratby
I’ve been wanting to stay at a holiday park in Norfolk ever since I started watching your vids but couldn’t make up my mind where to go. After watching this I think it has to be California or Scratby - the beach is just stunning and the sea looked wonderful. I have watched this three times now cos I can’t get over how lovely it is. Thanks Tim😍
You should! its lovely there
I spent my teen summer years there staying in the Caravan park
Lovely video, I just came across it by luck. The flowers are Gorse bush flowers.
Thanks paul
Great Vid Tim can’t believe you went into Tuddenham caravan Park where I stay when I come on holiday and you actually passed my caravan it was the one in the corner with the blue roof behind the brown one on the front so annoyed I wasn’t there
It's such a nice little park, you are lucky
@@WalkWithMeTim I know we have been going there for 5 years this year it’s really nice and I love being there much more to being at home where it’s noisy 29th May which is ages away I will be back for half term week
I will be there from tomorrow for the week 😊
Nice. Just got back from the California in the US. These tours are lots of fun. Can't wait to be able to travel again. Cheers. -H
Welcome back!
My first holiday park job was at summerfields in scratby
Great video Tim what a fantastic beach
It really is!
Pretty sure it was Summerfields we stayed at when I was a kid in one of the chalets along the main road into the park. Seem to remember spending a lot of time in the arcade they used to have in front of the indoor pool.
yes you are right! thanks for watching Craig
Yeap that was summerfields I did a season back in the late 80s on the entertainment team
Great video Tim the town houses look especially good 👍
Thanks 👍 for watching Peter!
If those shots are from your hotel, it is quite pretty go ahead and continue. I will be quiet until the end. I hope so.
I can hear you're flip flops as you walk around Tim...lol
lol thats my mic lead
Would love to live in one of the Alma cottages.
wow very interesting tim did not know we had a califonia here in england great video
Thanks for watching mandy, not many people do, remember to subscribe
Great post. I lived in Scratby most my life till 10 years ago where I live in Hemsby. My parents still live in Scratby. It is a beautiful place to live. Fantastic job. I heard that it was called California after the California gold rush because there was so many gold coins. I heard coins were found in the cliffs because a pirate hid them there. In my younger days I use to get drunk in the clubs, and also in The Tavern 🤣Fond memories of Scratby.
yes I hear different stories but on a sunny day its wow
@@WalkWithMeTim I read about you in the Yarmouth Mercury, great stuff, keep it up
Hi Tim ,I've been there years ago when I was a kid
Next to the bakery in scratby was the promenade my mum used to live in there and Bobby Ball and his wife had a place up there too take a look sometime it was quite nice when she was there 😊
oh really
@@WalkWithMeTim yes they have like prefab bungalows cold in winter
Bit if l in the summer I’d love to live there 😊
@@sarade-mott5867 or get a HUDGE Heater! lol
You would need to it was so cold the windows had ice on the inside haha 😂
great walk and memories. thx Tim
Cheers nick