Someone's probably already said, but places with piddle in the name are referencing the Old English for a marsh or fen. Seems to have come to mean a river in general so probably the reason it morphed into its common modern meaning. In fact, there is a river Piddle in Dorset and places called Piddletrenthide and Puddletown (that changed its name from Piddletown to save its blushes).
@@MagentaOtterTravels haha I've always said that I want to live there one day. Telling people you live in Upton Snodsbury, makes you sound automatically posh although it's a pretty normal village 😂
Of course, when you say you had spaghetti, you had only spaghetti and no sauce 😂 We do specify too if and what sauce we have the spaghetti with. 😉 When autumn sets in you can find fatballs in nearly every hardware store....and we (humans) don't eat them either 😆. Another amazing video, great job!!! 💞
So what is YOUR favourite sauce for spaghetti? Mine is pesto :-) Like your cool pesto video! When my sons were young we had spaghetti with meat sauce about once a week... and I would take out a pesto cube from the freezer and have mine with pesto instead! Thanks for watching... and I'm glad to hear you aren't eating fatballs! LOL
@@MagentaOtterTravels when I was a child with had spaghetti bolognese every Saturday at my grandpartents'. As they were Italian it was my grandmother who cooked. But where she came from (North of Venice) they called it "pasta asciutta" and she made "ragú alla bolognese" as a sauce to go with. My favourite sauce is a vegan ragú I make myself with vegan minced "beef", a lot of fresh tomatoes and a lot of herbs! And for the other family members I cook a real ragú all bolognese, like my grandmother.
Madame Minima That’s right! I forgot about your grandparents being Italian. I bet your grandmother made the best sauce! Italian Americans call spaghetti sauce like that “gravy”... and they cook it for HOURS! Does yours take a long time to cook?
Bobby Xhilone thanks! I think I will film the British grocery store, and then film the American comparison when I get home. That way, people on both sides of the pond can see the differences😉
The thing is, what we call a grocery store, is not what you call a grocery store. We call those supermarkets. A traditional British grocers only sells food items, but not fresh vegetables, because that is a greengrocers.
Oh my God, Weston upon Trent - that's amazing. I'm sure that's something that will come up again and again in family conversations and will make you smile! Wonderful!
Miss Anglophilia I was just talking to Weston about the need to re-create that photo in future years. We just have to make sure that he doesn’t get fatter than Trent is strong!💪 😂
a place name i like is Slack Bottom in yorkshire. my (male) partner nearly bought a house there just because of the name. he moved from london and loved the cute (suggestive) names in yorkshire.
Gonna take me awhile to catch up on your videos, mentioning rabbit pies I had one grandfather that bred show rabbits and my other grandfather was a farmer that caught rabbits for pies!
Oh my! Are you a fan of rabbit pies? Not something a typical person from the US would choose to eat... As for my videos, they aren't all equally interesting. I'll link below to the playlists that I think are best and you can start by seeing which of those sound good. Thanks so much for your support!! Cheers! Dara Why I love Britain: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAUTwUEfEsQlyVeMZRv1iYqa.html Weird & Wonderful: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAXnJC2Mx_KH8jHvdruHitmW.html British Culture: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAULDOXSwYXi2rrjI86jY5Gc.html Yorkshire vlogs: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAV1zJvdml10CLCoKCa4sd4o.html Northumberland vlogs: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAUqvRDVs5VqbfCr3TJgfB_w.html Cotswolds vlogs: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAWQXCAbt1nZgXLKOaI4_qnd.html Devon vlogs: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAVtRKkHCNx-nAgbrZKqNCFd.html Cornwall vlogs: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAVbq4OOaVjN405BBeaTFORG.html
As a Brit in England this was a very fascinating video. I think the name Spag Bol came from when you get the receipt from the shop that's what its abbreviated as. So glad you love it here :D
Speaking of names, I love your username. That's what I call my 22 year old son when he's been playing Runescape for 14 hours straight ;-) Thanks very much for your comment! That is an interesting idea about the origin of "Spag Bol"... makes sense! Yes, I love Britain and can't wait to get back for a visit!!!❤
@@MagentaOtterTravels Thank you. I really love my country and so happy you love it here. My user name is a take on Couch Potato, but instead of watching a lot of TV it means someone that is always on the computer :D
Dara, I look forward to every Friday morning just to see your great videos. I enjoy them so much......but as I've said before, and will say again today "My hamburger looks better and better every day!"
Thanks so much, friend! 😘 Yes, stick with that hamburger!!! I’m just glad it wasn’t raccoon pie... or you probably would have unsubscribed! I love watching updates about your backyard friends ❤️
There is a place I believe to be in Yorsksire ( damn it, I`m from Lincolnshire but won`t let that hold me down ) called "Cold knuckles." I have no idea why - but its there. There`s another place in Yorkshire ( the North Riding of Yorkshire, I think ) called "Thick sod Holes," which comes as no surpirse to me begging the Yorkshireman`s pardon whilst at the same time being no fault of mine.
In the UK there are National Parks and Common Land where you are allowed to graze cattle, horses and sheep etc., but you are not allowed to put up any form of barrier. In Hampshire there is the New Forest where every entrance contains a cattle grid to prevent the wild life leaving. As you drive through the park you will almost always see horses grazing at the side of the road, and at the local golf club I have driven off with cows literally laying in front of the first tee! There is also Dartmoor National Park where the famous Dartmoor Ponies freely roam.
George Davie yes, I love driving through those national parks! Thanks so much for your comment. I cannot believe they have cows on a golf course! That is crazy and super funny! Love the ponies in Dartmoor! I think the sheep picture I showed was probably in a national park. I just can’t remember which one!🙄
@@MagentaOtterTravels They have two courses. The Manor Course is of a high standard and is wire fenced off so no animals. The other is the Forest Course which is very well maintained but the animals (including snakes, so in summer you are told to keep out the long grass and you get a free drop) are allowed to wander freely! You get a free drop if your lands in animal poop!
Rabbit pie and rabbit stew are excellent. As a kid we used to take out our ferrets and catch rabbits which we promptly skinned, prepared and cooked. We often used to add pheasant and/or pigeon as well. It was probably the first thing I learned to cook.
Steve Gray that is amazing! I’m sure it was delicious. If you fed me rabbit stew, but just told me it was beef stew, I would probably enjoy it. I just can’t think about fluffy bunnies while eating it! LOL! Speaking of pheasant, we are currently staying on a farm in Cornwall. When we were driving here last night, we saw this gorgeous bird that looked like a pheasant, but it was black and had an iridescent green head. It was gorgeous! I wish I were better at identifying birds...
Maybe someone already said but if you havent already seen it, you might like 'the meaning of Liff', part written by douglas adams of hitchikers guide to the galaxy. Alternative meanings for british place names.
I have been there! I actually spent a very rainy afternoon in the pub near there, having a delicious ploughman‘s lunch and an even more delicious crumble whilst listening to an extremely charming bartender with a Scottish/Spanish accent telling stories. It was a very fun place, with a really weird name! Ha ha
@@MagentaOtterTravels I've included your British food tasting videos in my "Trying British Food (USA)" playlist: check it out on my channel..... it's down at the bottom of my homepage. btw you have a new subscriber! :)
The bus stop ad for Spag Bol shows two TV chefs known as the “Hairy Bikers”. Dave Myers and Si King aren't professionally trained but were originally background staff in TV production. They regularly host programmes on the BBC. Their shows are very informative and not too serious at all, but they do cook-up some really good food. They are motor cyclists and as you can see hairy. Search on You Tube for some of their cooking. Dara note, measurements will be in metric units rather than cups as in the USA. Some videos may be about “Pub-Grub” or traditional British food & some of their foreign adventures
Peter Symonds interesting to know who those two chaps are! Following British recipes can be challenging at times. The biggest issue is not the measurements, it’s the fact that some ingredients are difficult to find on the other side of the pond, so we have to make substitutions..
Penistone 😭 there is Titty Hill, East Sussex and so many more! If you come over and do the shopping one, you should go to Morrison’s and then you should do an Iceland. Two completely different styles of shopping. Great video once again!
Magenta Otter Travels I can’t think of any where in America that is like an Iceland. So it should intrigue your American viewers. The stuff you find in there are interesting. I won’t spoil your treasure hunting by telling you what you may find. But I’m sure there will be a few things you have mentioned in your food videos ❤️💜❤️
TransientLand It was 10 years ago! We need to re-create the photo 10 years from now. Consider yourself warned that you need to start doing squats with 200 pound barbells. Weston is planning on getting fat.
I haven't read through all the comments so I don't know if anybody as mentioned Nempnett Thrubwell, south west of Bristol airport. Tricky to get to especially when driving a truck.
How funny to name a town so that you think of getting a wallop on your nether regions! LOL… seriously, there are so many brilliant names. I’m constantly asking Ian to pull the car over so I can take a photo! Or simply just smiling as we drive by another sign. I collected a few more doozies whilst we lived in Britain this summer! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Cheers XX Dara
Try coming to Cornwall Dara, we have some beauts! Perranunthnoe: North Country: Perranzabuloe; Trevarrion: Ruan Lanihorne: St Michael Penkevil to name just a few.
My favourite British village name surely has to be CATBRAIN. I'd love to know how that came to be a placename. The most exotic village in Hertforshire is FLAMINGO, another one for the list ?
Oh, I really want to go visit Hertfordshire with a lorry load of plastic flamingos to stick in people's front gardens! LOL Yes, I think CATBRAIN is a brilliant name!!! I wonder if the people there are very condescending, independent, like to be scratched behind the ears, and sleep all day (preferably in sunny spot)?
Love all details of interesting name of street signs. Of course, my favorite is "Weston Upon Trent" and I will do same thing, haha. So wonderful to have pic of Weston and Trent (so cute)!!! I never know that British love to call, "fingers" on many things like "Fish fingers , Pineapple fingers"...do you think, "Finger food" originally came from there? Umm. That picture of spaghetti was awesome. Did you make that Spag Bol? Looks so delicious. I am thankful for Ian's tolerance , I can see that you will say, "Ian, stop, I need to take that picture, opps, I don't like this, can you go back, I need to take cows again, it didn't come out right?" Makes me smile.
I confess that the spaghetti photo was a stock photo. I am not patient enough to make proper spaghetti bolognese I'm afraid. Yes, I am turning into a big pain to travel with... poor Ian! Which reminds me, I have a video I need to send you. I'll send it in FB messenger ;-)
Rabbit pie was very popular during WW2 in Britain when food was rationed. People would keep rabbits for the meat. Rationing in Britain lasted until 1954
Pleased your boys didn't end up being christened Penistone and Birdlip! Grew up in a village in Wales that you could only get to using one of those narrow, windy country single track lanes with steep banks and hedges - most with 60 mph speed limits! We had tractors up and down the road in front of the house all day and every day and the road would get blocked when the man from the dairy came with his tanker twice a day to collect the milk. A couple of times a year they would herd the cows and the sheep from one side of the village to the other and we would sometimes end up with the odd sheep in the front garden for a while. A neighbour kept chickens and we would telephone her whenever we saw the fox on the prowl. I now live in a small city and miss the country life, although some of the city parks do still keep sheep and you can walk in the same area as them as there are kissing-gates and cattle grids for bikes and pushchairs to get through. Strange food names in the UK? Well there is the famous spotted dick and we used to have Hedgehog Flavour Crisps - quite a sharp-prickly kind of taste - not seen these for a while. Thank you for the film xxx
Yes, spotted dick is a very controversial name for sure! And I need to try the hedgehog crisps... they better not have harmed any hedgies in the making! 😉❤️🦔
@@MagentaOtterTravels No hedgehogs harmed. I think, if you collected 20 tokens or so, and sent them in the post, they would make a donation to the hedgehog hospital or similar. xxx
Oz Have you watched my hedgehog and otter video? I’m obsessed with hedgehogs. I have been a supporter of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society for a couple decades.👍 #savethehedgies
@@MagentaOtterTravels I've watched 'Otters Hedgehogs & Puffins/Vol 6 if this is the one you mean: We discussed the film Ring of Bright Water, that I still think you would enjoy. Saw a hedgehog by the foot path on Wednesday evening on his prowl. When I was at Uni and in a ground floor room, I was once woken up by the sounds of a pair of amorous hedgehogs. Love coming across these little animals when I am out on walks! xx
Hi on funny/ strange place names near Colchester there is a petrol station called Doggetts lane, named after the small dead-end lane behind it, say no more 🤐
Love these place names. Some of these were new to me! One of my personal favorites is Loose Bottom, which I think is in East Sussex 😂 So cool that you named your children that and got that picture. What a great story!!! Only just realised that people don't call it "Spag Bol" out here - whoa!! 😂
How long have you been in the states? I'm surprised you didn't notice the Spaghetti thing yet ;-) Yes, Loose Bottom is very funny!!! The UA-camrs always focus on towns like Shitterton, but I prefer the more subtle and silly names which I encounter. I found a good one on Dartmoor, I just need to go back to get the photo!
Thanks for sharing those examples. I love them! Now I want to visit Pity Me and have a Pity Party! And visiting Nowhere would definitely be good for a laugh! I collected some good names in my last two UK trips so I can continue this series... one of these days I will edit that. I have about 100 videos in the pipeline, I think. Again, thanks again for you comment, I really appreciate it! Cheers! XX Dara
There is a poem explains why our roads are not straight. Here's the first verse. BTW I live in an old converted Inn, it was still a pub up until the late 1970's. We are just outside the village at the bottom of a steep winding road, the stories go that by the time a customer managed to get up the hill and home they would be sobber enough to be allowed in the house. The the rolling English road by G. K. CHESTERTON Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire, And after him the parson ran, the sexton and the squire; A merry road, a mazy road, and such as we did tread The night we went to Birmingham by way of Beachy Head.
Thanks so much for sharing that! I enjoy it when subscribers share lovely poems about England! That is a particularly good one I'll have to reference. It's made even more funny by the fact that Ian's dad is from Birmingham. I shall make sure he knows about it ;-) Cheers! XX Dara
I would like to see you on a supermarket/grocery store trip Dara. My father grew up in the 30's and he often went out with his father to catch wild rabbits for dinner. I lived most of my early life in small towns and villages, and those small country lanes are a pain in the butt when passing other vehicles.
Thanks, Mark! I think I'll do a combination video with both a British AND an American grocery store... then I can compare them side by side ;-) Rabbit is a SUPER common meat to eat in Europe. It just seems odd to Americans because we usually don't eat bunnies unless they are made out of chocolate! haha The country lanes... oh my... I know there are "laybys" for passing, but honestly, my heart skips a beat every time we encounter an oncoming motorist. Especially in the summer in an area with tall hedgerows and curvy roads... you can't see them coming!
@@MagentaOtterTravels You do need nerves of steel to go around a curvy blind bend with high hedgerows either side. I would like to see a UK/US grocery store comparison. I believe the items in the US stores don't have taxes added to the price though. As someone used to the what you see is what you pay idea, that would be cofusing to me.
OMG Penistone (pronounced Pennyston) it’s where my great grandfather was born. Unbelievably it never occurred to me that it could be read like that. Maybe it’s because I grew up knowing how it was pronounced. Bakewell tart and Bakewell pudding are two different things.
Country roads are centuries old, they are walkways and made for a horse and cart in the days when you had to be rich to own a horse and most people never ventured more than a days walk from their village. Not intended for two way traffic as there would have been no need unless it was a main road from town to town, but there are regularly spaced widened passing points The dry stone walls can be centuries old, same for the hedgerows, up to a thousand years or more and they are listed (So protected)
Thanks for your comment Mr. Campbell, and the historical perspective! I am SO THANKFUL for those pasing points! It's still a bit nerve-racking for us tourists to navigate the roads because we don't know where all those passing points are, and when the roads are curvy and the hedges are high... there's no visibility. But we have always found the locals to be very courteous and so far... no collisions! Let's hope it stays that way ;-)
Do a video on a farmers market. Most towns have one at least once a week. Fresh meat and vegetables reared locally always seems to surprise Americans. The US, being so big, means food often has to travel, which means preservatives and chain restaurants.
Great idea! We do have farmer's markets... but not everywhere. And most of our produce is grown in California and then shipped all over. I have been to many market days, but not since having my UA-cam channel ;-) It would be fun to show the cool stuff there. I remember being at one in Cheltenham a couple years ago and seeing a booth with chips and salsa. I was like "no thank you!" ... not what I leave Texas to come get in England! haha I hear the fruit & veg are great at the Stroud Farmers Market. I'm looking forward to checking it out one day! Thanks for the suggestion!
I live in Sheffield which is quite local to both Penistone in one direction, and Bakewell in (sort of) the opposite direction. Penistone is pronounced Penn-iss-tun - not how it looks. If it was pronounced how it appears, I wouldn't be able to live there due to my err... shortcomings. Bakewell tarts are as you say filled with jam, covered with fondant and a glacé (plastic?) cherry. I would say that Bakewell puddings are more traditional (though I stand to be corrected) and they are filled with jam, covered with an almond pastry.
Hiya Chris! Thanks for making me laugh :-) Nice to know you are from Sheffield (I think of nice knives when I hear that name). I appreciate you explaining how to pronounce Penistone. I was NOT going to try saying that on camera! Ha! Thanks for the info on Bakewell tarts/puddings. I will be interested if anyone else chimes in with info!
@@MagentaOtterTravels A couple of other curiously named places in Yorkshire are Blubberhouses, Wetwang and the Land of Nod. But there are loads of others. In Devon there is a place called Westward Ho!, and that's the only place in Britain with an exclamation mark in it's name.
In the Scottish Highlands they have a breed of cow called Highland Cattle, you showed one in this vlog. They are usually ginger brown. long horned and long haired and gentle in manner but can have cream or black coloured coats. The long fringe/bangs seems to get into it's line of sight! But by design or chance it keeps the “Man-eating” Scottish midges (annoying biting flies) out of their eyes. They are ideally suited to the damp and highland weather and live out doors all year, They are called “Hairy Coos” (rhymes with "boo") in the local dialect). As you've been around Hereford you must have noticed their golden brown cows, renowned for meat and milk quality. These have been exported all over the world, including the USA and most places where us Brits left our mark. Old maps and globes once had the UK and it's Empire and Dependencies were always coloured red.
You are a wealth of interesting info, Mr. Symonds! Thanks for reminding me the name of the hairy coos... I had heard that before but forgot. What a charming name! Yes, I'm definitely very familiar with the Hereford breed of cattle. Interestingly, when I first started visiting the county of Hereford (nearly 30 years ago) my father was still alive. He grew up on a dairy farm in Illinois and told me that in the US the breed is pronounced "herr-ferd" instead of the 3-syllable British way. Just another one of our silly pronunciation differences. Yes, I have heard about the nasty midges!!! My husband used to go camping as a child and told me of a particular night when they had to pack up and leave in the middle of the night because they were being eaten alive! You get extra points for knowing we call fringe "bangs"! Boy, did I confuse the hair stylist the first time I went to get my hair cut in England. We both looked at each other like we were from another planet when I said I needed my bangs trimmed, LOL!
When we stayed in Bakewell, maybe Bloomers, had rabbits hung up outside (dead) for sale. So just having the pie wasn't so bad. Try explaining dead rabbits to your young daughters.
I'll email you some of our favorite finds in the grocery stores....like hot dogs that claim to be "All American" and are sold in water in cans or in bottles.
@@MagentaOtterTravels Many roads originated as drovers roads for moving cattle around. If you ever come across a road/lane/path named the Holloway (there are lots of them) then thats a sure sign of it originally being an ancient road. A Holloway is the ditch left between two field boundaries and generally date back to pre Saxon times. You know for sure when you are walking on one, when the path is lower than the level of the surrounding fields. Eee.....every day's an education. 😘
Hi Dara, We are not short of strange/unusual place names are we. I'm sure on your Cotswolds travels you've been through Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter, not funny but unusual. Near St. Ives in Cornwall there is a picturesque fishing port called Mousehole (pronounced MAUZEL). In Wales there are a lot of places with Pant (Welsh for stream) as part of a place name. I've already seen you know that's what we call underwear (especially men's)' The name of my local secondary school is called Y Pant, they even have a web site (ypant.co.uk). On Anglesey (N. Wales) there is a village called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. It is a man-made name for tourism purposes in the 1860's. Translated it means "St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the Red Cave". It even has a railway station. At one time you had to purchase a “platform ticket” and it was about 9 inches long because regulations a that time required the full name on it to enter, only a couple of pence. They sold loads of them but it's unstaffed now and they don't sell them nowadays, but the full spelling is shown on the platform signs. Locally it's shortened to Llanfatr PG.
I love your comment! Yes, actually the Slaughters are some of our favourite Cotswolds villages. If you are on Instagram, you need to follow me @magentaotter. Because next time I'm in Britain I plan to go to Symonds Yat and take a photo next to the village sign just for YOU! Speaking of my next trip, I am supposed to visit Cornwall for the first time, and I can't wait! I hope to get to Mousehole... that's always a good one to teach Americans how to say! I have heard about that crazy Welsh village... BUT I didn't know the stories about the meaning of the name and the reason for it's origin and the train tickets. VERY INTERESTING!!! Thanks for all the awesome info.
@@MagentaOtterTravels - If you're off to Cornwall then going to (the) Looe should be on your list.....not far from that pretty small coastal town is a place called No Mans Land...Also re animals in the road...traversing any of the moorland roads, should Exmoor or Dartmoor be on your itinerary - especially at night you may find that some sheep settle in the road as it will have warmed during the day and then radiate that heat out in the evening / night....
@@MagentaOtterTravels - Yup Looe is pronounced 'Loo'!! Fowey, quintessential Cornish fishing village....can get busy 'in season' - but then that would be the same for the whole county! My wife is Cornish on her fathers side, so we spent lots of time holidaying there back in the day. Loved it....totally different pace of life!
Charles Taylor good morning Mr. Taylor! Are you referring to the spaghetti thing? I think people in the UK probably eat spaghetti more often with a variety of sauces. Because we so commonly have red sauce with meat here, people just started saying spaghetti generically. I guess if the only time we ever ate potatoes was with steak, we might say that 🤔... But heavenat potatoes 1 million different ways!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Just try it! I make a great rabbit stew - my grandmother's recipe. It is a lean meat with with little to no fat and if like me you grew up on a farm in England then you see rabbits as vermin and a pest and not as a pet.
Chris Davies I am sure if rabbit were prepared well it would be delicious. I was just making fun of that pie I saw in the shop because it said it tasted gamey. To me the adjective “gamey” is very unappealing, and not one I would brag about on the front of a package! Where we live in suburban Texas, the rabbits are a nuisance as well. Always eating flowers or anything else you try to plant!
Many Americans eat rabbit just like us Brits. It's apparently so high in protein that it's dangerous to eat too much rabbit without other foods as the digestion process for rabbit is very micronutrient heavy. It tastes a bit like mild pigeon to me...
welshdragon99 very interesting! Americans certainly do love eating protein these days! I just haven’t ever seen rabbit on a menu or in a store myself...
My favourite is Farcombe Hall and to fully appreciate just why, one has to pronounce it with a slightly rural West Country accent...Farkem 'All... Stupid and childish I know, but hey what's life for? On with the motley! Dave
I know there's a place in Lincolnshire at Horncastle called Fircombe Hall and the Carry on films 'Carry on Girls' was about a 'Miss Fircombe' contest, but not Farcombe, there is a Farncombe in Surrey, are you thinking about Fircombe and all the Carry on double entendre 🤣👍
@@wencireone It's in Dorset somewhere, (hence the West Country accent) and it featured on a TV programme...I recall mentioning the place at work and having a laugh about it...My MD at the time mentioned a similar place so that could've been the Surrey one (we had a branch in Surrey at the time)....
Can I just say that "Penistone" isn't far from where I live and despite how it looks it's pronounced, "Pennistun" We still used to joke about places like that by saying who put the penis in Penistone or the C**T in Scunthorpe but what you will find especially the further north you travel is that places names were derived from the Viking settlers and thus are said differently to common English. Also can't believe you haven't eaten Beaver before....lol
I have eaten a hedgehog! I even did a video about it! There are so many curious place names in Britain, and many of them have very interesting origins for the names, linked to other languages. Thanks for your comment!
Places names seem unusual or inappropriate now for various reasons, meanings have changed, it’s old English, or Saxon, Norman or Viking or a mixture or people just said it like it is then.
Maysam Adventures thanks for watching! And thanks for all of your comments! I love Waitrose and Morrison ‘s. And also have favourite things I like to get in the food section of M & S. What about you? Which supermarket is your favorite?
@@MagentaOtterTravels I think they are destroyed these days, so yeah you would. They don't appeal to me anyway. Liver, fine, kidney, fine, pork cheeks, delicious, shin, mmmm. Most of the animal but eyes, brain, heart I am happy to leave.
remember when you talked about the difference between Cottage Pie (beef) and Shepherds Pie (lamb) did you know there is a third variant ? Crofters Pie which is all vegetable filling
misolgit 69 no, I have not heard of that! Honestly, that one would be my favourite. I will have to order it if I see it on the menu. And try making it when I’m back home😉. Thanks so much for your comment!
I think the sheep on roads is often down to common land. This is land that belongs to "the people" and not farmers, but the farmers have rights to allow the animals to graze on them, but they cannot put up any fence, as all citizens have a right of access, and a fence would hinder that.
That is so interesting! I don’t think we really have the same type of thing here in the US. Thanks for watching and commenting! What part of the world do you live in?
@@MagentaOtterTravels We also have a right to roam in the UK. Many farm lands are privately owned, but have public rights of way across them (footpaths usually). The land owner cannot block these rights of way, but must also maintain them.
@@jca111 yes, watch my “Gangsta Cows” 30 second short video for our cow confrontation in September! 😳😂🐄. It was on one of those paths with the free roaming cows!
Hiya. Do you not eat Game, then? I thought you were a 'foodie'? Also, you never said whether you tried the Bakewell Pudding or its derivative, the Bakewell Tart. God! You've got me aching to get out and about again. How have you NOT received more subscribers? Stay safe. All the best to you.
I have eaten a Bakewell Tart... I HAD to try one at the festival! I thought it was fine, but not my favourite. I am a pie snob, after all ;-) I still don't understand what Bakewell Pudding is and if they are different? As for game... no. I barely eat meat, and when I do, I don't want it to taste "gamey"! I want it to "taste like chicken" haha... is that a saying in Britain?
@@MagentaOtterTravels - SO different. The pudding is sweeter than the tart and not so much of a 'cake' in texture. In my view, it can look quite ugly. But the taste! Mmmm. You can have it hot or cold, on its own or with, say, custard and even with tea or coffee. You should go to Bloomers in Bakewell for it, but, again, that's just my opinion. Rabbit DOES taste like chicken! Lol. Honest! Strong chicken. It's a fairly mild meat, if farmed, though. Yes, we use that phrase in the UK. Frogs Legs? Taste like chicken. Snake? Tastes like chicken. Lol.
@@MagentaOtterTravels Dara!... You have shocked me. How could you not try a Bakewell Pudding, while you were visiting Bakewell?. The Bakewell Tarts can be bought anywhere in the UK. But if you want to try an original Bakewell Pudding, that's really the only place to try them. A few years ago Alison & Eric (The Endless Adventurers) were visiting Bakewell, and tried them both together. Their video is here. >>>>>> ua-cam.com/video/PE1lMP1vfTk/v-deo.html
So funny that you mentioned that village because I was JUST thinking about it today! Today we were driving around the impossibly narrow back roads of Dartmoor, and I was remembering last September when we were in The Lakes and drove to a little village near one of our hikes. We ended up sitting in the most delightful pub for most of the afternoon because it was raining too hard to do that hike. And that village was Cockermouth. I saw that name and thought... "y'all have gotta be kidding me!!!" I know it's the name of river, and Cock means something different in US vs UK. But yes, great village with a scandalous name, LOL
@@valeriedavidson2785 much nicer with one “s”! The Cotswolds is my favourite area, and they have a lot of funny names. Traveling through the West Country last month I saw lots more very interesting names! And unusual pronunciations! A future video for sure...
Tintwisle Glossop great name on the woodhead pass road from Sheffield to Manchester windie road through mountain range looks onto reservoirs built by the Victorians also try snake pass other side of woodhead pass again from Sheffield to Glossop to Manchester often closed in winter scenery is amazing breathtaking lady bower dam stunning one thing you don't get in the south is northern people two different worlds the farther you go north the warmer the people are ...and the Beer is so much better you get a head on you pint ... Also we aren't greedy ....
Thanks for sharing more great names! Love them! I also am amused by the great Noth vs. South rivalry and taking the mickey! I hope you saw my wonderful video about making Yorkshire puddings with my friend in Yorkshire. It was epic! And then today's video is about Northumberland castles... so you gotta check it out! ua-cam.com/video/qIHDtP8Yt_8/v-deo.html
Funny but awful story... Trent had a girlfriend in HS who was terrified of rabbits. It was odd, I mean WHO can possibly be scared of fluffy little bunnies? Anyway, you couldn't even TALK about rabbits around her. So our family went on a trip and in a food market in Italy they were selling whole rabbits... hanging there on hooks... skinned. Trent took a photo and texted it to her. Really mean. She had nightmares.
@@MagentaOtterTravels Anya the demon in Buffy the Vampire Slayer had a white bunny costume at Hallowe'en because it was the most terrifying thing sshe could think of.
there are butchers who sell rabbit meat not many now but at the end of the war when everything was on ration rabbits were not so we had our rabbit pie but I would not eat pidgin. no way even that my mother made it
Yes, someone told me that in my Digestive video. An American said I can find them at the World Market import store that conveniently has a location near me! They were out of stock last time I was there, but shall keep my eyes open! There is also Puffin cereal here in the US. Big puffin fan... can't remember if you've watched that video yet, LOL!
Wow!!! Those pies...umm names of pies and what's in pies ouch!!! I wouldn't be fan of those pies...would they have "Birdlip" pies? My favorite name is "Fat Balls" some how, Thank you showing "Fat Bombs". Somehow I am thinking about names of Fish Eye Balls and Fish Cake(made out of left over fish) and Chichen Feet ( I never tried but many people eat that...and eating a live octopus, what do you think? It's getting wired so I will stop here...I can keep going...Thank you! It was an another awesome video. Make me to go there and take a picture of myself nest "Weston Upon Trent" and send you message, "Dara, guess where am I?
The pies I mentioned are weird, but your fish eyes and chicken feet and live octopus... is even weirder! I don't think I could handle that!! I have a fixation on taking photos next to village signs... I predict that will continue as now I have a UA-cam channel to record my antics for! haha
My local butcher does a breakfast pie, a Scotch pie case, sliced sausage , bacon, beans, egg with a potato scone as the top. I've wondered for a while why Mac and cheese pies haven't caught on in the US, every baker in Scotland sells them.
@@MagentaOtterTravels every American I've known who had them has loved them. You can eat them hot or cold. I would have thought a hand-held mac and cheese would be an instant his in the USA. Basically the Scots will put anything in a pie. Today's line up at the butchers was - steak mince, scotch pie, venison, steak and haggis, steak and kidney, chicken, chicken curry and chilli con carne.
Charles Taylor yes, it does sound like it would be a successful concept in the US! You need to start a chain of shops! Ha ha I think you are right about putting anything in a pie. Chili con Carne in a pie is a new one for me! 😳 Do you live in Scotland?
And Offal is making a comeback in Fine Dining restaurants ; liver and kidneys are delicious and much healthier than your ultra processed US foods; be a bit more adventurous !!
There are some fairly rude-sounding place names in Britain, but also some censorship-worthy historical street names that are as intentionally rude as they sound. Such are often changed by local authorities to something less offensive these days. I guess it's understandable, but you can't help feeling that something of cultural or historical significance has been lost.
Yes, I have been noticing a lot of those street and town names the past two years! Some are rude sounding, and some are just unbelievably silly! I’m going to show a few in an upcoming video 😉
I’m sure he has felt that way on MANY occasions! I shall have to get him saying that on camera! He is truly VERY long suffering... He doesn’t enjoy being on camera, and then his crazy wife has a midlife crisis and insists on starting a UA-cam channel! LOL. If you watch the video I published yesterday about Somerset, he actually did a lovely job of enduring the camera to give some architectural explanations, though!
I've just realized I'm already addicted to your channel 😂😂😂😂
Typically I’m not a fan of addiction. But I’ll be honest... I’m very happy to hear that!🙌
Same here 😂💕
Dara is a great role model....
Someone's probably already said, but places with piddle in the name are referencing the Old English for a marsh or fen. Seems to have come to mean a river in general so probably the reason it morphed into its common modern meaning. In fact, there is a river Piddle in Dorset and places called Piddletrenthide and Puddletown (that changed its name from Piddletown to save its blushes).
Oh, I love Puddletown! That's great! 😀
I used to travel to Stone and on route passed through "Tittensor", always made me grin!
Oh yes, I don't think I could live there! Lol
I used to drive past Upton Snodsbury all the time when I went to university in Worcester. Always makes me laugh everytime I hear it, never gets old!
I'm glad someone is with me on that one! It just sounds like a really snooty, snobbish, upper-class person looking down their nose at me!
@@MagentaOtterTravels haha I've always said that I want to live there one day. Telling people you live in Upton Snodsbury, makes you sound automatically posh although it's a pretty normal village 😂
Exploring England good point! My son said that it sounds like the name of a Dr. Seuss character 😂
Loving the Weston Upon Trent sign and family relevance!
Thanks so much! I would love to take my sons (now 23 and almost 25) back there again sometime to re-create the photo!
Cheers
XX
Dara
Of course, when you say you had spaghetti, you had only spaghetti and no sauce 😂 We do specify too if and what sauce we have the spaghetti with. 😉 When autumn sets in you can find fatballs in nearly every hardware store....and we (humans) don't eat them either 😆. Another amazing video, great job!!! 💞
So what is YOUR favourite sauce for spaghetti? Mine is pesto :-) Like your cool pesto video! When my sons were young we had spaghetti with meat sauce about once a week... and I would take out a pesto cube from the freezer and have mine with pesto instead!
Thanks for watching... and I'm glad to hear you aren't eating fatballs! LOL
@@MagentaOtterTravels when I was a child with had spaghetti bolognese every Saturday at my grandpartents'. As they were Italian it was my grandmother who cooked. But where she came from (North of Venice) they called it "pasta asciutta" and she made "ragú alla bolognese" as a sauce to go with. My favourite sauce is a vegan ragú I make myself with vegan minced "beef", a lot of fresh tomatoes and a lot of herbs! And for the other family members I cook a real ragú all bolognese, like my grandmother.
Madame Minima That’s right! I forgot about your grandparents being Italian. I bet your grandmother made the best sauce! Italian Americans call spaghetti sauce like that “gravy”... and they cook it for HOURS! Does yours take a long time to cook?
Yes, would love to see a trip to a British grocery store, Dara. Great idea for a future video!!
Bobby Xhilone thanks! I think I will film the British grocery store, and then film the American comparison when I get home. That way, people on both sides of the pond can see the differences😉
And go to the small section that offers American sweets and stuff..
The thing is, what we call a grocery store, is not what you call a grocery store. We call those supermarkets. A traditional British grocers only sells food items, but not fresh vegetables, because that is a greengrocers.
@@Jon1950 I am learning these nuances 😉
Grocer Jack.
Oh my God, Weston upon Trent - that's amazing. I'm sure that's something that will come up again and again in family conversations and will make you smile! Wonderful!
Miss Anglophilia I was just talking to Weston about the need to re-create that photo in future years. We just have to make sure that he doesn’t get fatter than Trent is strong!💪 😂
@@MagentaOtterTravels Haha, great idea!
Six Mile Bottom always makes me snigger when I see that sign by the road. It's near Newmarket in Suffolk.
Yes, I would giggle at that too! haha... I am finishing this Friday's video and there is a "bottom" sign in it ... you'll have a watch for it ;-)
a place name i like is Slack Bottom in yorkshire. my (male) partner nearly bought a house there just because of the name. he moved from london and loved the cute (suggestive) names in yorkshire.
Oh yes! But I must say Soggy Bottom is even a bit better. I might say a “wee” bit better 😂🤣… so many great names!
Hi Dara, my first thought was, what,s so funny about Weston-upon-Trent? It dawned on me about a second before you put the lads names up!!!
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Gonna take me awhile to catch up on your videos, mentioning rabbit pies I had one grandfather that bred show rabbits and my other grandfather was a farmer that caught rabbits for pies!
Oh my! Are you a fan of rabbit pies? Not something a typical person from the US would choose to eat...
As for my videos, they aren't all equally interesting. I'll link below to the playlists that I think are best and you can start by seeing which of those sound good. Thanks so much for your support!! Cheers! Dara
Why I love Britain: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAUTwUEfEsQlyVeMZRv1iYqa.html
Weird & Wonderful: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAXnJC2Mx_KH8jHvdruHitmW.html
British Culture: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAULDOXSwYXi2rrjI86jY5Gc.html
Yorkshire vlogs: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAV1zJvdml10CLCoKCa4sd4o.html
Northumberland vlogs: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAUqvRDVs5VqbfCr3TJgfB_w.html
Cotswolds vlogs: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAWQXCAbt1nZgXLKOaI4_qnd.html
Devon vlogs: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAVtRKkHCNx-nAgbrZKqNCFd.html
Cornwall vlogs: ua-cam.com/play/PLOedWVhYewAVbq4OOaVjN405BBeaTFORG.html
As a Brit in England this was a very fascinating video. I think the name Spag Bol came from when you get the receipt from the shop that's what its abbreviated as. So glad you love it here :D
Speaking of names, I love your username. That's what I call my 22 year old son when he's been playing Runescape for 14 hours straight ;-)
Thanks very much for your comment! That is an interesting idea about the origin of "Spag Bol"... makes sense! Yes, I love Britain and can't wait to get back for a visit!!!❤
@@MagentaOtterTravels Thank you. I really love my country and so happy you love it here. My user name is a take on Couch Potato, but instead of watching a lot of TV it means someone that is always on the computer :D
Dara, I look forward to every Friday morning just to see your great videos. I enjoy them so much......but as I've said before, and will say again today "My hamburger looks better and better every day!"
Thanks so much, friend! 😘
Yes, stick with that hamburger!!! I’m just glad it wasn’t raccoon pie... or you probably would have unsubscribed! I love watching updates about your backyard friends ❤️
There is a place I believe to be in Yorsksire ( damn it, I`m from Lincolnshire but won`t let that hold me down ) called "Cold knuckles." I have no idea why - but its there. There`s another place in Yorkshire ( the North Riding of Yorkshire, I think ) called "Thick sod Holes," which comes as no surpirse to me begging the Yorkshireman`s pardon whilst at the same time being no fault of mine.
Those names are hilarious!
Upton Snodsbury 😂😂🤣 I’ve been there!
Haha, thanks for watching! I knew you would appreciate that one. But have you been to PENISTONE? lol
love this video Dara!!!! Always full of useful information!!!
88Keys to Cure thanks for the comment, but I’m not sure it’s useful. More like utter nonsense! LOL
In the UK there are National Parks and Common Land where you are allowed to graze cattle, horses and sheep etc., but you are not allowed to put up any form of barrier. In Hampshire there is the New Forest where every entrance contains a cattle grid to prevent the wild life leaving. As you drive through the park you will almost always see horses grazing at the side of the road, and at the local golf club I have driven off with cows literally laying in front of the first tee! There is also Dartmoor National Park where the famous Dartmoor Ponies freely roam.
George Davie yes, I love driving through those national parks! Thanks so much for your comment. I cannot believe they have cows on a golf course! That is crazy and super funny!
Love the ponies in Dartmoor! I think the sheep picture I showed was probably in a national park. I just can’t remember which one!🙄
@@MagentaOtterTravels They have two courses. The Manor Course is of a high standard and is wire fenced off so no animals. The other is the Forest Course which is very well maintained but the animals (including snakes, so in summer you are told to keep out the long grass and you get a free drop) are allowed to wander freely! You get a free drop if your lands in animal poop!
George Davie that is so funny! Not only do you have to watch out for cows when golfing, but also animal poop and snakes! Yikes!😳
Rabbit pie and rabbit stew are excellent. As a kid we used to take out our ferrets and catch rabbits which we promptly skinned, prepared and cooked. We often used to add pheasant and/or pigeon as well. It was probably the first thing I learned to cook.
Steve Gray that is amazing! I’m sure it was delicious. If you fed me rabbit stew, but just told me it was beef stew, I would probably enjoy it. I just can’t think about fluffy bunnies while eating it! LOL! Speaking of pheasant, we are currently staying on a farm in Cornwall. When we were driving here last night, we saw this gorgeous bird that looked like a pheasant, but it was black and had an iridescent green head. It was gorgeous! I wish I were better at identifying birds...
Maybe someone already said but if you havent already seen it, you might like 'the meaning of Liff', part written by douglas adams of hitchikers guide to the galaxy. Alternative meanings for british place names.
Haha, that's awesome! Cheers! Dara
I thought the same things about birdlip! Do birds have lips 🤯. Weston upon Trent awww I’m sure your Christmas card was the best! Hehe
Ramya R thanks for watching and commenting! Isn’t that Weston Upon Trent photo the cutest? 🥰
Magenta Otter Travels yesss it’s the cutest thing!!
Ramya R well, next to you and your sister. Y’all are pretty cute too! 💕
Westin Up On Trent...so cute!!! It's funny because a lot of the names remind of something belonging to a Harry Potter book...LoL
Fun and Budget with Tinesha Davis definitely! And that is why Americans love visiting Britain ❤️🇬🇧
Talking of funny British place names, if you ever visit the Lake District be sure to check out the charming town of Cockermouth! lol :)
I have been there! I actually spent a very rainy afternoon in the pub near there, having a delicious ploughman‘s lunch and an even more delicious crumble whilst listening to an extremely charming bartender with a Scottish/Spanish accent telling stories. It was a very fun place, with a really weird name! Ha ha
@@MagentaOtterTravels I've included your British food tasting videos in my "Trying British Food (USA)" playlist: check it out on my channel..... it's down at the bottom of my homepage. btw you have a new subscriber! :)
I love Brockleby pies they come to all our farmers markets around here.
Bonglecat I have seen them at a few farmers markets, so they must be popular! I need to give them a try next time I see them😉
The bus stop ad for Spag Bol shows two TV chefs known as the “Hairy Bikers”. Dave Myers and Si King aren't professionally trained but were originally background staff in TV production. They regularly host programmes on the BBC. Their shows are very informative and not too serious at all, but they do cook-up some really good food. They are motor cyclists and as you can see hairy. Search on You Tube for some of their cooking. Dara note, measurements will be in metric units rather than cups as in the USA. Some videos may be about “Pub-Grub” or traditional British food & some of their foreign adventures
Peter Symonds interesting to know who those two chaps are! Following British recipes can be challenging at times. The biggest issue is not the measurements, it’s the fact that some ingredients are difficult to find on the other side of the pond, so we have to make substitutions..
Penistone 😭 there is Titty Hill, East Sussex and so many more! If you come over and do the shopping one, you should go to Morrison’s and then you should do an Iceland. Two completely different styles of shopping. Great video once again!
Being Yemi King Thanks so much! I love Morrisons, but have not heard of Iceland. Will have to look for that one!
Magenta Otter Travels I can’t think of any where in America that is like an Iceland. So it should intrigue your American viewers. The stuff you find in there are interesting. I won’t spoil your treasure hunting by telling you what you may find. But I’m sure there will be a few things you have mentioned in your food videos ❤️💜❤️
Being Yemi King intriguing! Can’t wait!
Great to see that classic photo of Weston and me again!
TransientLand It was 10 years ago! We need to re-create the photo 10 years from now. Consider yourself warned that you need to start doing squats with 200 pound barbells. Weston is planning on getting fat.
I think spag bol....came from...a particular actress that popularised the phrase...joanna Lumley.
It was known in its full pronunciation before...
She’s brilliant
I live close to Weston on Trent; I live on the outskirts of Derby.
Well, then I hope you are subscribed to this channel. You are almost family! ❤
@@MagentaOtterTravels Yes, I am subscribed. Best wishes.
I haven't read through all the comments so I don't know if anybody as mentioned Nempnett Thrubwell, south west of Bristol airport. Tricky to get to especially when driving a truck.
No, I haven’t heard of that name before, but that is quite a unique one! Thanks for sharing 👍
Cheers
Dara
Weston upon Trent! I love it!
Britain on a Budget it was EPIC! A proud mum moment 💗💗
The Wallops: Over Wallop, Middle Wallop and (wait for it!) Nether Wallop. Not too far away, you'll find Nomansland.
How funny to name a town so that you think of getting a wallop on your nether regions! LOL… seriously, there are so many brilliant names. I’m constantly asking Ian to pull the car over so I can take a photo! Or simply just smiling as we drive by another sign. I collected a few more doozies whilst we lived in Britain this summer! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Cheers XX Dara
Try coming to Cornwall Dara, we have some beauts! Perranunthnoe: North Country: Perranzabuloe; Trevarrion: Ruan Lanihorne: St Michael Penkevil to name just a few.
We were in Cornwall in September... I am super behind in publishing blogs, but I will get to it eventually! 😬😬 But yes the names were amazing!
My favourite British village name surely has to be CATBRAIN. I'd love to know how that came to be a placename. The most exotic village in Hertforshire is FLAMINGO, another one for the list ?
Oh, I really want to go visit Hertfordshire with a lorry load of plastic flamingos to stick in people's front gardens! LOL
Yes, I think CATBRAIN is a brilliant name!!! I wonder if the people there are very condescending, independent, like to be scratched behind the ears, and sleep all day (preferably in sunny spot)?
Sounds a bit like Monty Python "and now for something completely different" 😂
That's EXACTLY what I was going for!!
@@MagentaOtterTravels 🤣🤣🤣👍
Oh, you've really got to try rabbit pie. It's delicious.
Only if someone lies and tells me it's chicken! LOL
Love all details of interesting name of street signs. Of course, my favorite is "Weston Upon Trent" and I will do same thing, haha. So wonderful to have pic of Weston and Trent (so cute)!!! I never know that British love to call, "fingers" on many things like "Fish fingers , Pineapple fingers"...do you think, "Finger food" originally came from there? Umm. That picture of spaghetti was awesome. Did you make that Spag Bol? Looks so delicious. I am thankful for Ian's tolerance , I can see that you will say, "Ian, stop, I need to take that picture, opps, I don't like this, can you go back, I need to take cows again, it didn't come out right?" Makes me smile.
I confess that the spaghetti photo was a stock photo. I am not patient enough to make proper spaghetti bolognese I'm afraid. Yes, I am turning into a big pain to travel with... poor Ian! Which reminds me, I have a video I need to send you. I'll send it in FB messenger ;-)
Yes fingers are basically to get kids to giggle and eat. They have chicken fingers too!
Being Yemi King of course! Chicken fingers!🐔
Driving out of Melton moowbry towards Newark on trent is saw a field full of bison they are farmed there
That's perfect!
@@MagentaOtterTravels quite a surprise when you expect to see cows they also farm venison
Rabbit pie was very popular during WW2 in Britain when food was rationed. People would keep rabbits for the meat. Rationing in Britain lasted until 1954
That is amazing to think that rationing lasted that long! Certainly impacted a lot of dietary habits!
Pleased your boys didn't end up being christened Penistone and Birdlip! Grew up in a village in Wales that you could only get to using one of those narrow, windy country single track lanes with steep banks and hedges - most with 60 mph speed limits! We had tractors up and down the road in front of the house all day and every day and the road would get blocked when the man from the dairy came with his tanker twice a day to collect the milk. A couple of times a year they would herd the cows and the sheep from one side of the village to the other and we would sometimes end up with the odd sheep in the front garden for a while. A neighbour kept chickens and we would telephone her whenever we saw the fox on the prowl. I now live in a small city and miss the country life, although some of the city parks do still keep sheep and you can walk in the same area as them as there are kissing-gates and cattle grids for bikes and pushchairs to get through. Strange food names in the UK? Well there is the famous spotted dick and we used to have Hedgehog Flavour Crisps - quite a sharp-prickly kind of taste - not seen these for a while. Thank you for the film xxx
Oz Oh my goodness! I read the first sentence of your comment and howled out loud with laughter!😂🤣
Yes, spotted dick is a very controversial name for sure! And I need to try the hedgehog crisps... they better not have harmed any hedgies in the making! 😉❤️🦔
@@MagentaOtterTravels No hedgehogs harmed. I think, if you collected 20 tokens or so, and sent them in the post, they would make a donation to the hedgehog hospital or similar. xxx
Oz Have you watched my hedgehog and otter video? I’m obsessed with hedgehogs. I have been a supporter of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society for a couple decades.👍 #savethehedgies
@@MagentaOtterTravels I've watched 'Otters Hedgehogs & Puffins/Vol 6 if this is the one you mean: We discussed the film Ring of Bright Water, that I still think you would enjoy. Saw a hedgehog by the foot path on Wednesday evening on his prowl. When I was at Uni and in a ground floor room, I was once woken up by the sounds of a pair of amorous hedgehogs. Love coming across these little animals when I am out on walks! xx
Hi on funny/ strange place names near Colchester there is a petrol station called Doggetts lane, named after the small dead-end lane behind it, say no more 🤐
wencire one 🧐
Love these place names. Some of these were new to me! One of my personal favorites is Loose Bottom, which I think is in East Sussex 😂 So cool that you named your children that and got that picture. What a great story!!! Only just realised that people don't call it "Spag Bol" out here - whoa!! 😂
How long have you been in the states? I'm surprised you didn't notice the Spaghetti thing yet ;-) Yes, Loose Bottom is very funny!!! The UA-camrs always focus on towns like Shitterton, but I prefer the more subtle and silly names which I encounter. I found a good one on Dartmoor, I just need to go back to get the photo!
There are several strange town names in northern England IE Pity Me, Stargate and a town called Nowhere
Thanks for sharing those examples. I love them! Now I want to visit Pity Me and have a Pity Party! And visiting Nowhere would definitely be good for a laugh! I collected some good names in my last two UK trips so I can continue this series... one of these days I will edit that. I have about 100 videos in the pipeline, I think. Again, thanks again for you comment, I really appreciate it! Cheers! XX Dara
There is a poem explains why our roads are not straight. Here's the first verse.
BTW I live in an old converted Inn, it was still a pub up until the late 1970's. We are just outside the village at the bottom of a steep winding road, the stories go that by the time a customer managed to get up the hill and home they would be sobber enough to be allowed in the house.
The the rolling English road by G. K. CHESTERTON
Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.
A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire,
And after him the parson ran, the sexton and the squire;
A merry road, a mazy road, and such as we did tread
The night we went to Birmingham by way of Beachy Head.
Thanks so much for sharing that! I enjoy it when subscribers share lovely poems about England! That is a particularly good one I'll have to reference. It's made even more funny by the fact that Ian's dad is from Birmingham. I shall make sure he knows about it ;-)
Cheers! XX Dara
Ogden... is real a strange name to me as well. This is real interesting. Learning a lot from you
Thanks so much! I have heard of an Ogden in Utah. Where is the one you are talking about?
I would like to see you on a supermarket/grocery store trip Dara. My father grew up in the 30's and he often went out with his father to catch wild rabbits for dinner. I lived most of my early life in small towns and villages, and those small country lanes are a pain in the butt when passing other vehicles.
Thanks, Mark! I think I'll do a combination video with both a British AND an American grocery store... then I can compare them side by side ;-)
Rabbit is a SUPER common meat to eat in Europe. It just seems odd to Americans because we usually don't eat bunnies unless they are made out of chocolate! haha
The country lanes... oh my... I know there are "laybys" for passing, but honestly, my heart skips a beat every time we encounter an oncoming motorist. Especially in the summer in an area with tall hedgerows and curvy roads... you can't see them coming!
@@MagentaOtterTravels You do need nerves of steel to go around a curvy blind bend with high hedgerows either side. I would like to see a UK/US grocery store comparison. I believe the items in the US stores don't have taxes added to the price though. As someone used to the what you see is what you pay idea, that would be cofusing to me.
OMG Penistone (pronounced Pennyston) it’s where my great grandfather was born. Unbelievably it never occurred to me that it could be read like that. Maybe it’s because I grew up knowing how it was pronounced. Bakewell tart and Bakewell pudding are two different things.
Sorry to have tainted your opinion about your great grandfather’s birthplace! 🤣
I need to try a Bakewell pudding sometime! Cheers XX Dara
Country roads are centuries old, they are walkways and made for a horse and cart in the days when you had to be rich to own a horse and most people never ventured more than a days walk from their village. Not intended for two way traffic as there would have been no need unless it was a main road from town to town, but there are regularly spaced widened passing points The dry stone walls can be centuries old, same for the hedgerows, up to a thousand years or more and they are listed (So protected)
Thanks for your comment Mr. Campbell, and the historical perspective! I am SO THANKFUL for those pasing points! It's still a bit nerve-racking for us tourists to navigate the roads because we don't know where all those passing points are, and when the roads are curvy and the hedges are high... there's no visibility. But we have always found the locals to be very courteous and so far... no collisions! Let's hope it stays that way ;-)
The higher the hedges the older they are. All that soil build up
Do a video on a farmers market. Most towns have one at least once a week. Fresh meat and vegetables reared locally always seems to surprise Americans. The US, being so big, means food often has to travel, which means preservatives and chain restaurants.
Great idea! We do have farmer's markets... but not everywhere. And most of our produce is grown in California and then shipped all over. I have been to many market days, but not since having my UA-cam channel ;-) It would be fun to show the cool stuff there. I remember being at one in Cheltenham a couple years ago and seeing a booth with chips and salsa. I was like "no thank you!" ... not what I leave Texas to come get in England! haha
I hear the fruit & veg are great at the Stroud Farmers Market. I'm looking forward to checking it out one day! Thanks for the suggestion!
Oh my gosh, Snodsbury made me think of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. When Varuka says something like there’s no such thing as a snossberry!
Petrina Steele that is funny! I hadn’t thought of that!🤣
I live in Sheffield which is quite local to both Penistone in one direction, and Bakewell in (sort of) the opposite direction. Penistone is pronounced Penn-iss-tun - not how it looks. If it was pronounced how it appears, I wouldn't be able to live there due to my err... shortcomings. Bakewell tarts are as you say filled with jam, covered with fondant and a glacé (plastic?) cherry. I would say that Bakewell puddings are more traditional (though I stand to be corrected) and they are filled with jam, covered with an almond pastry.
Hiya Chris! Thanks for making me laugh :-) Nice to know you are from Sheffield (I think of nice knives when I hear that name).
I appreciate you explaining how to pronounce Penistone. I was NOT going to try saying that on camera! Ha!
Thanks for the info on Bakewell tarts/puddings. I will be interested if anyone else chimes in with info!
@@MagentaOtterTravels A couple of other curiously named places in Yorkshire are Blubberhouses, Wetwang and the Land of Nod. But there are loads of others. In Devon there is a place called Westward Ho!, and that's the only place in Britain with an exclamation mark in it's name.
Near me there is a place called pratts bottom.
Oh my word! That’s a bad one 😳
In the Scottish Highlands they have a breed of cow called Highland Cattle, you showed one in this vlog. They are usually ginger brown. long horned and long haired and gentle in manner but can have cream or black coloured coats. The long fringe/bangs seems to get into it's line of sight! But by design or chance it keeps the “Man-eating” Scottish midges (annoying biting flies) out of their eyes. They are ideally suited to the damp and highland weather and live out doors all year, They are called “Hairy Coos” (rhymes with "boo") in the local dialect). As you've been around Hereford you must have noticed their golden brown cows, renowned for meat and milk quality. These have been exported all over the world, including the USA and most places where us Brits left our mark. Old maps and globes once had the UK and it's Empire and Dependencies were always coloured red.
You are a wealth of interesting info, Mr. Symonds! Thanks for reminding me the name of the hairy coos... I had heard that before but forgot. What a charming name! Yes, I'm definitely very familiar with the Hereford breed of cattle. Interestingly, when I first started visiting the county of Hereford (nearly 30 years ago) my father was still alive. He grew up on a dairy farm in Illinois and told me that in the US the breed is pronounced "herr-ferd" instead of the 3-syllable British way. Just another one of our silly pronunciation differences.
Yes, I have heard about the nasty midges!!! My husband used to go camping as a child and told me of a particular night when they had to pack up and leave in the middle of the night because they were being eaten alive!
You get extra points for knowing we call fringe "bangs"! Boy, did I confuse the hair stylist the first time I went to get my hair cut in England. We both looked at each other like we were from another planet when I said I needed my bangs trimmed, LOL!
When we stayed in Bakewell, maybe Bloomers, had rabbits hung up outside (dead) for sale. So just having the pie wasn't so bad. Try explaining dead rabbits to your young daughters.
Oh yeah, we saw dead, skinned rabbits hanging in a market in France and it was traumatising!
Rabbit is terrific.
What can I say? I'm kinda picky when it comes to eating meat... and I'm becoming more vegetarian over time ;-)
I'll email you some of our favorite finds in the grocery stores....like hot dogs that claim to be "All American" and are sold in water in cans or in bottles.
Brian Rabe yes please!!! I can’t wait!
Bendy roads originated because footpaths connected the pubs in different villages.
They start off straight and eventually go all over the place.
I"m laughing imagining drunk people creating the footpaths... no wonder they are so winding! I thought it was the sheep that created the paths ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels Many roads originated as drovers roads for moving cattle around.
If you ever come across a road/lane/path named the Holloway (there are lots of them) then thats a sure sign of it originally being an ancient road. A Holloway is the ditch left between two field boundaries and generally date back to pre Saxon times. You know for sure when you are walking on one, when the path is lower than the level of the surrounding fields.
Eee.....every day's an education. 😘
I drove from Bakersfield to San Francisco and saw 1000s and1000s of cattle packed in paddocks, I was horrified.
Yeah, there are a lot of animal mistreatment issues.
Hi Dara, We are not short of strange/unusual place names are we. I'm sure on your Cotswolds travels you've been through Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter, not funny but unusual. Near St. Ives in Cornwall there is a picturesque fishing port called Mousehole (pronounced MAUZEL).
In Wales there are a lot of places with Pant (Welsh for stream) as part of a place name. I've already seen you know that's what we call underwear (especially men's)' The name of my local secondary school is called Y Pant, they even have a web site (ypant.co.uk). On Anglesey (N. Wales) there is a village called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. It is a man-made name for tourism purposes in the 1860's. Translated it means "St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the Red Cave". It even has a railway station. At one time you had to purchase a “platform ticket” and it was about 9 inches long because regulations a that time required the full name on it to enter, only a couple of pence. They sold loads of them but it's unstaffed now and they don't sell them nowadays, but the full spelling is shown on the platform signs. Locally it's shortened to Llanfatr PG.
I love your comment! Yes, actually the Slaughters are some of our favourite Cotswolds villages. If you are on Instagram, you need to follow me @magentaotter. Because next time I'm in Britain I plan to go to Symonds Yat and take a photo next to the village sign just for YOU! Speaking of my next trip, I am supposed to visit Cornwall for the first time, and I can't wait! I hope to get to Mousehole... that's always a good one to teach Americans how to say!
I have heard about that crazy Welsh village... BUT I didn't know the stories about the meaning of the name and the reason for it's origin and the train tickets. VERY INTERESTING!!! Thanks for all the awesome info.
@@MagentaOtterTravels - If you're off to Cornwall then going to (the) Looe should be on your list.....not far from that pretty small coastal town is a place called No Mans Land...Also re animals in the road...traversing any of the moorland roads, should Exmoor or Dartmoor be on your itinerary - especially at night you may find that some sheep settle in the road as it will have warmed during the day and then radiate that heat out in the evening / night....
Canihavesome I have seen some beautiful photos of Looe! Is it really pronounced Loo?!
What are your thoughts on Fowey?
Canihavesome And that is a very dangerous place for sheep to have a warm nap!
@@MagentaOtterTravels - Yup Looe is pronounced 'Loo'!! Fowey, quintessential Cornish fishing village....can get busy 'in season' - but then that would be the same for the whole county! My wife is Cornish on her fathers side, so we spent lots of time holidaying there back in the day. Loved it....totally different pace of life!
Wheb you have steak, potatoes and veg do you say "I had potato"?
Charles Taylor good morning Mr. Taylor! Are you referring to the spaghetti thing? I think people in the UK probably eat spaghetti more often with a variety of sauces. Because we so commonly have red sauce with meat here, people just started saying spaghetti generically. I guess if the only time we ever ate potatoes was with steak, we might say that 🤔... But heavenat potatoes 1 million different ways!
The Weston upon Trent photo is pretty iconic
Weston Sandland thanks so much for playing along!😘❤️
It is now, World wide 😉
You SHOULD try eating rabbit, it’s delicious, just a gamier chicken taste and slightly sweet.
Philip Mason I need someone to serve it to me and not tell me it’s rabbit 🐇 😂
@@MagentaOtterTravels Just try it! I make a great rabbit stew - my grandmother's recipe. It is a lean meat with with little to no fat and if like me you grew up on a farm in England then you see rabbits as vermin and a pest and not as a pet.
Chris Davies I am sure if rabbit were prepared well it would be delicious. I was just making fun of that pie I saw in the shop because it said it tasted gamey. To me the adjective “gamey” is very unappealing, and not one I would brag about on the front of a package!
Where we live in suburban Texas, the rabbits are a nuisance as well. Always eating flowers or anything else you try to plant!
Many Americans eat rabbit just like us Brits. It's apparently so high in protein that it's dangerous to eat too much rabbit without other foods as the digestion process for rabbit is very micronutrient heavy. It tastes a bit like mild pigeon to me...
welshdragon99 very interesting! Americans certainly do love eating protein these days! I just haven’t ever seen rabbit on a menu or in a store myself...
@@MagentaOtterTravels they make a great curry.
Charles Taylor the Indian restaurants around me have goat curry. I wonder how that compares.
My favourite is Farcombe Hall and to fully appreciate just why, one has to pronounce it with a slightly rural West Country accent...Farkem 'All...
Stupid and childish I know, but hey what's life for? On with the motley!
Dave
cogidubnus1953 that is very funny!!! 😂🤣
Ooh, I’m so looking out for Farcombe Hall!
I know there's a place in Lincolnshire at Horncastle called Fircombe Hall and the Carry on films 'Carry on Girls' was about a 'Miss Fircombe' contest, but not Farcombe, there is a Farncombe in Surrey, are you thinking about Fircombe and all the Carry on double entendre 🤣👍
@@wencireone It's in Dorset somewhere, (hence the West Country accent) and it featured on a TV programme...I recall mentioning the place at work and having a laugh about it...My MD at the time mentioned a similar place so that could've been the Surrey one (we had a branch in Surrey at the time)....
Can I just say that "Penistone" isn't far from where I live and despite how it looks it's pronounced, "Pennistun" We still used to joke about places like that by saying who put the penis in Penistone or the C**T in Scunthorpe but what you will find especially the further north you travel is that places names were derived from the Viking settlers and thus are said differently to common English. Also can't believe you haven't eaten Beaver before....lol
I have eaten a hedgehog! I even did a video about it!
There are so many curious place names in Britain, and many of them have very interesting origins for the names, linked to other languages. Thanks for your comment!
Places names seem unusual or inappropriate now for various reasons, meanings have changed, it’s old English, or Saxon, Norman or Viking or a mixture or people just said it like it is then.
Yes like Butts referring to archery 🏹
We do have some funny place names here! 🤣
Weston Upon Trent!! That is amazing! 🤣🥰🤣🥰
Lake Windermere is so pretty! Sunbathing cows! 🤣
I love Bakewell Tart 😋
Definitely want to see you in the supermarket, which is your favourite British store?
Maysam Adventures thanks for watching! And thanks for all of your comments! I love Waitrose and Morrison ‘s. And also have favourite things I like to get in the food section of M & S. What about you? Which supermarket is your favorite?
Rabbit is nice is cooked correctly, so is wood pigeon. Want to try horse next.
J Williams you are more adventurous than I am 😉
@@MagentaOtterTravels well, my dad loved heart and brains lol. Can't buy them these days.
J Williams I guess you need to butcher your own meat to get those special bits these days!
@@MagentaOtterTravels I think they are destroyed these days, so yeah you would. They don't appeal to me anyway. Liver, fine, kidney, fine, pork cheeks, delicious, shin, mmmm. Most of the animal but eyes, brain, heart I am happy to leave.
J Williams how about pickled pigs feet? Cow tongue?
Don't worry, there are no fingers in finger sandwiches. My dad liked rabbit stew, i tried it, was ok, but i've never had it again.
Lots of people eat rabbit and think it’s great, but the only way I’d eat it is if someone lied and told me it was something else 😂
remember when you talked about the difference between Cottage Pie (beef) and Shepherds Pie (lamb) did you know there is a third variant ? Crofters Pie which is all vegetable filling
misolgit 69 no, I have not heard of that! Honestly, that one would be my favourite. I will have to order it if I see it on the menu. And try making it when I’m back home😉. Thanks so much for your comment!
What about Cumberland Pie which is like Cottage Pie but with breadcrumbs and melted cheese on top. It goes lovely and crispy in the oven
Jill Hobson well since melted cheese is the best thing in the world I vote 👍👍 on that!!!
I think the sheep on roads is often down to common land. This is land that belongs to "the people" and not farmers, but the farmers have rights to allow the animals to graze on them, but they cannot put up any fence, as all citizens have a right of access, and a fence would hinder that.
That is so interesting! I don’t think we really have the same type of thing here in the US. Thanks for watching and commenting! What part of the world do you live in?
@@MagentaOtterTravels I currently live in London, originally from South Wales, but have lived in MI, USA and Mexico as well.
@@MagentaOtterTravels We also have a right to roam in the UK. Many farm lands are privately owned, but have public rights of way across them (footpaths usually). The land owner cannot block these rights of way, but must also maintain them.
@@jca111 yes, watch my “Gangsta Cows” 30 second short video for our cow confrontation in September! 😳😂🐄. It was on one of those paths with the free roaming cows!
@@MagentaOtterTravels LOL - just seen it. Been there.... done that.
Hiya. Do you not eat Game, then? I thought you were a 'foodie'? Also, you never said whether you tried the Bakewell Pudding or its derivative, the Bakewell Tart. God! You've got me aching to get out and about again. How have you NOT received more subscribers? Stay safe. All the best to you.
I have eaten a Bakewell Tart... I HAD to try one at the festival! I thought it was fine, but not my favourite. I am a pie snob, after all ;-)
I still don't understand what Bakewell Pudding is and if they are different?
As for game... no. I barely eat meat, and when I do, I don't want it to taste "gamey"! I want it to "taste like chicken" haha... is that a saying in Britain?
@@MagentaOtterTravels - SO different. The pudding is sweeter than the tart and not so much of a 'cake' in texture. In my view, it can look quite ugly. But the taste! Mmmm. You can have it hot or cold, on its own or with, say, custard and even with tea or coffee. You should go to Bloomers in Bakewell for it, but, again, that's just my opinion.
Rabbit DOES taste like chicken! Lol. Honest! Strong chicken. It's a fairly mild meat, if farmed, though. Yes, we use that phrase in the UK. Frogs Legs? Taste like chicken. Snake? Tastes like chicken. Lol.
@@MagentaOtterTravels Dara!... You have shocked me. How could you not try a Bakewell Pudding, while you were visiting Bakewell?. The Bakewell Tarts can be bought anywhere in the UK. But if you want to try an original Bakewell Pudding, that's really the only place to try them. A few years ago Alison & Eric (The Endless Adventurers) were visiting Bakewell, and tried them both together. Their video is here. >>>>>> ua-cam.com/video/PE1lMP1vfTk/v-deo.html
Free range 😉🤣
🤔😂
I'm guess Trent is glad it wasn't Weston-super-Mare or Westonzoyland 😅
wencire one true! He got a much better name 😂
@@MagentaOtterTravels equally I guess Weston is glad he's not Stoke or Burton 😁
cockermouth is a great village
So funny that you mentioned that village because I was JUST thinking about it today! Today we were driving around the impossibly narrow back roads of Dartmoor, and I was remembering last September when we were in The Lakes and drove to a little village near one of our hikes. We ended up sitting in the most delightful pub for most of the afternoon because it was raining too hard to do that hike. And that village was Cockermouth. I saw that name and thought... "y'all have gotta be kidding me!!!" I know it's the name of river, and Cock means something different in US vs UK. But yes, great village with a scandalous name, LOL
Pampissford in Cambridge
Oh my! That is a good one. Must admit I wouldn't want to live there...
I lived in Pampisford many years ago. Now back home in Cotswold country. Please note, one 's' in Pampisford.
@@valeriedavidson2785 much nicer with one “s”! The Cotswolds is my favourite area, and they have a lot of funny names. Traveling through the West Country last month I saw lots more very interesting names! And unusual pronunciations! A future video for sure...
@@valeriedavidson2785 i sort of did it the other way round, i moved from Swindon to fen Ditton lol
@@potdog1000 Do you like the very flat landscape in Cambridgeshire?
Tintwisle Glossop great name on the woodhead pass road from Sheffield to Manchester windie road through mountain range looks onto reservoirs built by the Victorians also try snake pass other side of woodhead pass again from Sheffield to Glossop to Manchester often closed in winter scenery is amazing breathtaking lady bower dam stunning one thing you don't get in the south is northern people two different worlds the farther you go north the warmer the people are ...and the Beer is so much better you get a head on you pint ... Also we aren't greedy ....
Thanks for sharing more great names! Love them!
I also am amused by the great Noth vs. South rivalry and taking the mickey! I hope you saw my wonderful video about making Yorkshire puddings with my friend in Yorkshire. It was epic! And then today's video is about Northumberland castles... so you gotta check it out! ua-cam.com/video/qIHDtP8Yt_8/v-deo.html
Yes I would love to see the tour of the British grocery store! Sadly yes, I was disgusted by the meat pies 😩 I’m so American 🤦🏾♀️
Funny but awful story... Trent had a girlfriend in HS who was terrified of rabbits. It was odd, I mean WHO can possibly be scared of fluffy little bunnies? Anyway, you couldn't even TALK about rabbits around her. So our family went on a trip and in a food market in Italy they were selling whole rabbits... hanging there on hooks... skinned. Trent took a photo and texted it to her. Really mean. She had nightmares.
Magenta Otter Travels 😱🤣 I’m not going to judge him because who knows what my boys will do at that age 😂 lol!
AuthenticallyAmber thanks! You are a good mom and a good person❤️
@@MagentaOtterTravels Anya the demon in Buffy the Vampire Slayer had a white bunny costume at Hallowe'en because it was the most terrifying thing sshe could think of.
Charles Taylor aaaaah! Maybe that is where it came from! 🐇😂
I'm happy to stop the car for funny photos.... it's okay.
Ian S thank you very much, tolerant husband!❤️😘
Have you found the 'Cerne Abbas Giant' yet in Dorset, you'll definitely need to pullover for that😳
wencire one we Americans are far too prudish for that! 🙀
@@MagentaOtterTravels not the veiws of the rolling hills your after 😁
wencire one no sir! 🙅🏻♀️
I need me some Spag Bol
Yes, you were always a fan of the Spag Bol! ;-)
More of a spag alf person myself
TransientLand love that! 😂🤣
there are butchers who sell rabbit meat not many now but at the end of the war when everything was on ration rabbits were not so we had our rabbit pie but I would not eat pidgin. no way even that my mother made it
Oooooh yeah, I'd have to politely decline both rabbit and pigeon 😬
Did you know you can get chocolate Penguin biscuits 🍫🐧🍪
Yes, someone told me that in my Digestive video. An American said I can find them at the World Market import store that conveniently has a location near me! They were out of stock last time I was there, but shall keep my eyes open! There is also Puffin cereal here in the US. Big puffin fan... can't remember if you've watched that video yet, LOL!
Here to provide my requisite comment. Hope I don’t start any fights today. 🤣
Britain on a Budget I have a good feeling about today!💗
Magenta Otter Travels Yup, today is gonna be great! 👍🏼
Britain on a Budget I like your attitude 😉
Wow!!! Those pies...umm names of pies and what's in pies ouch!!! I wouldn't be fan of those pies...would they have "Birdlip" pies? My favorite name is "Fat Balls" some how, Thank you showing "Fat Bombs". Somehow I am thinking about names of Fish Eye Balls and Fish Cake(made out of left over fish) and Chichen Feet ( I never tried but many people eat that...and eating a live octopus, what do you think? It's getting wired so I will stop here...I can keep going...Thank you! It was an another awesome video. Make me to go there and take a picture of myself nest "Weston Upon Trent" and send you message, "Dara, guess where am I?
The pies I mentioned are weird, but your fish eyes and chicken feet and live octopus... is even weirder! I don't think I could handle that!! I have a fixation on taking photos next to village signs... I predict that will continue as now I have a UA-cam channel to record my antics for! haha
My local butcher does a breakfast pie, a Scotch pie case, sliced sausage , bacon, beans, egg with a potato scone as the top.
I've wondered for a while why Mac and cheese pies haven't caught on in the US, every baker in Scotland sells them.
Charles Taylor really??? Mac and cheese pie? That I need to try!!!
@@MagentaOtterTravels every American I've known who had them has loved them. You can eat them hot or cold. I would have thought a hand-held mac and cheese would be an instant his in the USA.
Basically the Scots will put anything in a pie. Today's line up at the butchers was - steak mince, scotch pie, venison, steak and haggis, steak and kidney, chicken, chicken curry and chilli con carne.
Charles Taylor yes, it does sound like it would be a successful concept in the US! You need to start a chain of shops! Ha ha
I think you are right about putting anything in a pie. Chili con Carne in a pie is a new one for me! 😳 Do you live in Scotland?
Are you aware that "Nottingham" was originally "Snottingham" ? Meaning "The Settlement of the people led by Snott".
Are you for real? If so, that is quite amusing!
@@MagentaOtterTravels All verifiable facts, my friend.
WET WANG Yorkshire
Oh heavens, that IS an awful name! haha
@@MagentaOtterTravels Anglo Saxon for water ditch
There's a road sign in Kent which might amuse you, Dara www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1983152
I do love the Ham Sandwich sign! Which reminds me... I'm overdue for lunch! haha
'Spag bol' rhymes with 'ragdoll'.
The Machine thanks for that helpful hint!!👍
Tolpuddle Martyrs
Oh, I haven’t heard of that! What is it?
Piddle means stream....i think.in fact everybody knows it's a stream..a weak stream..
Yes.... hee hee
And Offal is making a comeback in Fine Dining restaurants ; liver and kidneys are delicious and much healthier than your ultra processed US foods; be a bit more adventurous !!
I know, I know... I really need to broaden my horizons! ;-)
Penistone, thankfully is pronounced "Pennystone"
Thank goodness! 😂
Thats not a coach ,its a bus
I still get those confused! What is the distinction? A coach is one level and a bus is double decker?
Your claiming usa doesn't have strange place names or weird to pronounce
Stephen Pitt we have lots of both!!! Should I do a video about that?
Can not believe you are middle aged!
North'n'South well I’m older than Ian... just turned 56!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Wow!
There are some fairly rude-sounding place names in Britain, but also some censorship-worthy historical street names that are as intentionally rude as they sound. Such are often changed by local authorities to something less offensive these days. I guess it's understandable, but you can't help feeling that something of cultural or historical significance has been lost.
Yes, I have been noticing a lot of those street and town names the past two years! Some are rude sounding, and some are just unbelievably silly! I’m going to show a few in an upcoming video 😉
*Magenta Otter Travels* my beats would sound great on your channel 💯🔥🔥🔥 lets collab
All the best to you ...
your husband will get a big thumbs-up if he ever gives a long-suffering sigh and says “Pity Me” (County Durham).....just saying
I’m sure he has felt that way on MANY occasions! I shall have to get him saying that on camera! He is truly VERY long suffering... He doesn’t enjoy being on camera, and then his crazy wife has a midlife crisis and insists on starting a UA-cam channel! LOL. If you watch the video I published yesterday about Somerset, he actually did a lovely job of enduring the camera to give some architectural explanations, though!