Stonehenge is actually older than the pyramids and its not even the oldest in the uk. There are stone circles and even a recently excavated temple complex in scottish isles that predate stonehenge by several hundred years.
I think you’ll find Stonehenge is older than the pyramids by some time, thought not quite as impressive. That said the sun on the summer solstice shining directly through Stonehenge’s main arch is impressive given how long ago they worked it out.
Stonehenge was built about a thousand years before the pyramids. The Dorset Jurassic coast is really interesting. You can fossil hunt on the beaches. Durdle Door is very pretty. Wales is beautiful, north south and west. Its all worth a visit. I think that Jersey and Gurnsey are similar to the Isle of Man as Crown Dependancies. There are also British Overseas Territories such as Gibralter and the self governing Falkland Islands. It is complicated so don't worry if you don't get it. The Giant's Causeway was created during the same volcanic event that created Fingal's Cave in Scotland, so a massive event. Check them both out. The Lake District is a beautiful part of England as are the Yorkshire Dales and Coast and Moors. Derbyshire is nice, the Sussex Downs, Essex Coast and villages, Norfolk Coast, Suffolk villages and countryside, not to mention the garden of Engand, Kent. Northumberland has so much to offer with beautiful scenery, fabulous coast and a wealth of history including Hadrian's Wall, Banburgh castle, Anwick gardens and castle and so much more.
Stonehenge is the UK's "Disney Castle" of Neolithic sites. If you want to see real Neolithic stone circles (3 of them), buildings/settlements (Skara Brae), burial chambers (MaesHowe, the Tomb of Eagles) that you can actually get up-close to and in some cases, go inside, then the island of Orkney (off the North coast of Scotland) is the place to go.
Latest research on stonehenge , and other british stone circles, show that they were actually built for the Winter solstice not the summer solstice. They were used for the summer solstice but the stones line up more accurately for the winter solstice, added to which the winter solstice was a much more important time & bigger festival as it celebrated the time when the sun would start returning, this is reason why christian religions co-opted the winter solstice festival and turned it into the biggest annual celebration of the Christian world, Christmas.
If you’d like to go to some ancient history have a look at the Orkney islands , lots of stuff there from the standing stones of Callanish to Skara Brae , it’s one of the best Neolithic sites in Europe
There's nothing wrong with doing 'touristy' stuff! I live 20 miles from the capital with trains every 20 mins so i can be there within an hour. I have a yearly pass to The Tower of London which is probably my favourite place on earth. The more i travel and explore London, the more history i discover, I'll never get enough of London. I plan to go to York this year, i have to visit the site of the battle of Towton.. look at me going on a history rant 😂😂
As an Edinburgh local, and former archaeologist, it is a wonderful city for history lovers - especially the contrast between old town and new town. Only this week I took my local wellbeing walk to the area beside where we are based, and they only knew a fraction of the history I mentioned from WW2 and cold war secrets to Little Egypt. Something I should note, we have 7 hills, which many don't realise or bring appropriate shoes for...Arthur's Seat I've seen many not realise this!
Most Americans do this kinda trip, but they miss out Yorkshire. Yorkshire has the knickname God's Own County for a reason, its countryside etc (Lancashire also has some decent bits aswell). Some mistake the knickname as God's Own Country, but it isn't. Yorkshire is kind of a county of counties with ridings and things.
He' confused about Snowdon which is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands.
Technically the stones that coined the term henge, aren't really a henge due to the configuration of ditchies and banks. The smart money is it's nothing more than a calendar with the winter solstice being the important one.. People just go in the summer because it's better weather
maybe the US Virgin Islands is somewhat analogous the Isle of Man? Dependent but has its own elected legislature? There are bound to be a lot of other differences I expect
That is the White Cliffs The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about 96 miles, basically to the West of the Isle of White. Durdle Door is on the Jurassic Coast. Jersey and Guernsey are similar to the IoM. Scotland, been to all the spots LOL We have a different story about what was left sticking up of the Old Man on Skye, His pronunciation was off on most things but he got Edinburgh right. He got a few other facts wrong about Wales, Ireland and Scotland but then many do LOL. Get yourself over here John, find out for yourself.
The Celtic (pronounced Keltic) countries were top heavy in this vid but there’s a hell of a lot more to see in England than a ring of stones,impressive as they are.
stone henge, is what you said, summer soltis, some think its a druid worship place, no one knows, as its 5000 years old, yeah, the rocks came from around 150 miles away, that type of rock does not exist in that area, each stone weighs around 25 tons, what does not get mention, is a walk away near the stones are these mounds, which are belived to be burial grounds, which adds to the confusion, or what was the purpose
Years ago when i was at school some 40 yrs ago spent may a time at Durdle Door collecting minerials, I still have the collection. Lovely place. Peace 2 all
We didn't find the Giant's Causeway very touristy - there is a tourist centre and you can take the audio tour, but it's more about hiking around and enjoying the natural beauty rather than trying to get money out of you. Lovely part of the world. Definitely recommend.
as with stone henge, they do a bust tour that takes you to stone henge, and bath to see the roman baths, with dinner included in a traditional pub. these are options that can be done in a day, as we are small country, we can sit inside florida with room to spare
Hundreds of people still gather there on the summer solstice an experience it lasts all night with music. Have to get there very early to avoid traffic jam
It's nicely filmed , and there are some spectacular natural places to visit here although the experience may depend on the weather . There are quite a few viaducts ( rail) and aqueducts ( canals) , Victorian engineers such as Brunel designed to fit into the landscape . It always seems surprising to see so much unspoiled countryside on car or train journeys as most of us live in towns and Cities . On the history side most of them have historic places from many periods in our history , still being used or incorporated into later walls or structures we live with every day with information plaques to point them out . . Only the biggest and most important are managed and preserved as attractions .
Hi John. I’m embarrassed to say I haven’t visited most of these locations and I live in England so close. I have visited Scotland a few times and love it there especially the Highlands. I have 28 percent Scottish ancestry according to my DNA. Edinburgh can be shorted to Edinbro when written. 🏴
Dorset, with the Jurassic coast and Durdle Door (near Scratchy Bottom) is a beautiful and varied county. Used to go on holiday there with my parents as a child in the sixties, staying in a sixteenth century, village Inn close to the Jurassic coast. Around the old coastal town Lyme Regis would be a place to look to stay for the Jurassic Coast. Just don't go there during our School holidays, much of the south-west of England gets packed out with holidaymakers and tourists.
To be honest, alot of the tourist stuff in London is not to expensive, when you put, time against money. tower of london, 30 quid, but you can spend 3 to 4 hours easily. museums are free, tie a museum in with the second half the day. 30 pounds a day each. travel is cheep on public transport. do another site, tie in a museum same day. it get expensive as a tourist and i get it, i lived london for 10 years, trying to cram stuff in, with the limited time you have. accomadation expensive london, food and drink, get on the outskirts, same food same pubs, cheaper., istead of the london eye which is pricey to see the city, book the sky gardens, still get a 360 view of the city high up as the london eye and its free. , plan ask brits, set your day out right, ride the buses, sit on top, you can ride all day for 8 to 9 pounds as there is a cap on public trasport, this also gives you great views
I was on holiday in Dorset last week and spent time down on the Jurrasic Coast, my Daughter and I found 4 fossils by cracking open some rocks, she was so happy to find some fossils. I can highly recommend a visit. Great channel, keep up the good work. 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Of the places in this list I've visited, I think they are worth going to see, except Stonehenge. It's a few rock slabs in a field next to a busy main road and you have to stand 3 meters away. Worth reading about, but for me not worth the drive
My Uncle's wife is from the small Scottish village of Dornie, where Eilean Donan Castle is located. Because of this, they had their wedding at the castle - such a stunning location for a wedding. When we arrived in Dornie after a long drive, I thought I recognised the castle from the film Highlander, something the locals confirmed in the pub the night before the wedding..
Can I just say before I start,that I’m not an expert in any way but after watching the most recent documentary on Stone Henge (from a reputable channel), the current thinking seems to be that Stone Henge should be seen in the context of a greater ceremonial landscape. And that it could be connected to funeral rites centred on the winter solstice. The problem with Stone Henge is that the physical evidence of what actually happened there is so scarce and ambiguous that the theories are really only educated guesses. Of course we all know in reality, it was actually built as a dock for Alien spacecraft 👽
If you’re taking some recs from randoms: Romanboo ramblings is a channel with some one hit wonder vids in a sea of meh the last I saw of it. “Saving Constantinople in 1453' which is a detailed look at the situation dire situation surrounding the last years for byzantium and 'The HRE Was Actually Holy, Roman and an Empire” which is more difficult to easily sum up but is an argumentitive look into how the HRE/medieval europe understood what 'Rome' was and how the name HRE is justified.. Pilgrim’s pass is a bit of a crazy guy channel focused on fart sniffings of fiction and he mostly says nonsense but the guy made a real gem of a video on Ukraine and it fitting into what he saw as a timeless cycle of history influencing stories and those stories influencing reality in turn. “How Ukraine manifests the Modern Epic” Pretty much any of the material by whatifalthist is a recommend. If I were to make some standout suggestions: "How Family Structure Drives Ideology" and the “explaining [insert] Civilization” playlist are a good introduction since he's arguably more of homegrown sociologist then history channel these days. Pretty much any of the material by Old Britania is a recommend as well but it might be a bit to dry. If I were to make some standout suggestions: "The War Aims of Each Nation in WW1" is probably the best thing he'd done.
Snowdon is 10045 feet not meters. I can point to Nebraska and Kansas but im guessing here the isle of man is under the crown but fully in control of itself the English government has no control there at all either.
He did make a mistake with the height of Snowdon, but he didn't substitute feet for metres, he just moved the decimal point to the left. It's actually 1,085metres, as opposed to 10,085metres, 1,085metres is roughly 3,500feet.
10% of the UK is National Park. That does not even nearly encompass all the beauty of the UK just vast areas of concentrated beauty. Our houses and gardens are small because as much as possible we try to prevent urban sprawl into our beautiful countryside. We have a network of public rights of way( some established thousands of years ago) that bear no relations to modern boundaries so they cross planted fields through wildflower meadows, crops, woods. They crisscross the Uk and are gated and signposted. An ordinance survey map downloaded to your phone will guide you. If you pull up a map of Britains footpaths, public rights of way and bridal paths you will see that the only place not well covered with paths are mountains and moors where there are fewer paths.These provide a level of access to countryside you could not imagine in the US. We walk in Britain. It is important visitors shut gates, leave no litter, keep dogs on the leash if there is livestock in a field and pick up dog poo in fields that might be used for livestock as it can cause abortions in sheep for example. If you come bring a good pair of broken in hiking boots and a light weight waterproof coat and light layers as you can experience all 4 seasons in a morning. Personally I find London crippling expensive packed with tourists and we have so much to see all over Britain. For instance StoneHenge you cannot even get near but we have many neolithic sites for instance Skarabrae the most complete neolithic village in Europe walls up to 8ft high older than stone Henge and the great pyramids at Giza. Many stone circles you can walk around and touch. Hundreds of castles and stately homes. In fact a cheap way of doing it is to stay in bed and breakfasts invest in a National Trust Membership that gives you Access to over 250 castles stately homes lighthouses historic buildings all maintained with guides for members woods heritage coastline, information on walks that are graded for difficulty, facilities, free parking, often quaint tea rooms to eat, shops, gardens designed by people such as Capability Brown, events .......the booklet that comes with membership would be a great way to plan your tour. Bear in mind at ghe height of summer daylight can stretch between 4.30 and 10 o'clock. I hope this information is useful to anyone coming to the UK. If you like the sound of it and are not used to walking may I suggest you build your steps up so you do not have sore legs. I read somewhere that to Britains going 100 miles is a very long drive but 2 miles up and 2 miles down a steep hill is a leisurely weekend stroll.
@@vaudevillian7 one other piece of advice public transport is very good and widely used but not cheap. Brits swap driving sides of the road easily as we have easy cheap access to europe. If you get bucket flight deals it can be as cheap to get a flight to Paris as a train to Edinborough from London. We Brits get at least a month's holiday a year... I know you don't but economy wise the longer your holiday the better value it is. Especially as the North is cheaper than the South.. It is also cheaper to fly to Ireland if you base your holiday around Ireland Scotland the North of England and Wales( the land of castles, sheep, and sign posts in 2 languages). If you plan to hire a car, hire very small cars with SAT NAV, that makes roundabouts a doddle as it counts exits for you. Also automatics are rare(be adamant if you need an automatic) but much easier the first day you are learning to switch sides of the road as it gives those not used to driving stick one less things to think about. A small car can deal better with some of our more scenic country b roads that are often too narrow( made for travelling by horse or carriage hundreds of years ago) for 2 way traffic and have passing points.
the difference between the united kingdom great britain and england explained by c g p gray is a good video if you want to find out about the crown dependencies and the commonwealth countries
I’m not sure that bombing training was done on the white cliffs but it was certainly a nice sight for returning crews as it signified ‘home’ and there were plenty of dogfights over there during the Battle of Britain. There is a famous radio recording of a journalist commentating on one there, during the kanalkampf phase I believed. There are tunnels in the white cliffs, they were a barracks in the Napoleonic Wars and shelters were built for anti-aircraft gun crews in them during WW2. You can visit them
Che ckout the Isle of Harris and Lewes Carribbean looking beaches and wild Scottish countryside combined. YUP Edin- bru, it isn't even spelt Edin- borough. Also you are Scottish or a Scot, but NEVER Scotch, scotch is a drink 😊
He missed Glasgow,great shipbuilding Centre on the Clyde,3 Cathedrals and buildings and history going back over 800 years.Many great attractions in Glasgow Scotland's largest city and forefront of the industrial revolution.. Famous Glaswegians - Glasgow City Council Glasgow www.glasgow.gov.uk › ...Hope the link works for your information.
Stonehenge is actually older than the pyramids and its not even the oldest in the uk. There are stone circles and even a recently excavated temple complex in scottish isles that predate stonehenge by several hundred years.
May I just correct you. The lady with the castle wasn't Scotch - that's a drink. She was Scottish
I appreciate that, it was an ignorant assumption on my part. Thanks for the correction!
I think you’ll find Stonehenge is older than the pyramids by some time, thought not quite as impressive. That said the sun on the summer solstice shining directly through Stonehenge’s main arch is impressive given how long ago they worked it out.
The UK has so much diversity in landscape. It's beautiful all packed into one small island 🏝 .
Stonehenge was built about a thousand years before the pyramids. The Dorset Jurassic coast is really interesting. You can fossil hunt on the beaches. Durdle Door is very pretty. Wales is beautiful, north south and west. Its all worth a visit. I think that Jersey and Gurnsey are similar to the Isle of Man as Crown Dependancies. There are also British Overseas Territories such as Gibralter and the self governing Falkland Islands. It is complicated so don't worry if you don't get it. The Giant's Causeway was created during the same volcanic event that created Fingal's Cave in Scotland, so a massive event. Check them both out. The Lake District is a beautiful part of England as are the Yorkshire Dales and Coast and Moors. Derbyshire is nice, the Sussex Downs, Essex Coast and villages, Norfolk Coast, Suffolk villages and countryside, not to mention the garden of Engand, Kent. Northumberland has so much to offer with beautiful scenery, fabulous coast and a wealth of history including Hadrian's Wall, Banburgh castle, Anwick gardens and castle and so much more.
Stonehenge is the UK's "Disney Castle" of Neolithic sites. If you want to see real Neolithic stone circles (3 of them), buildings/settlements (Skara Brae), burial chambers (MaesHowe, the Tomb of Eagles) that you can actually get up-close to and in some cases, go inside, then the island of Orkney (off the North coast of Scotland) is the place to go.
Latest research on stonehenge , and other british stone circles, show that they were actually built for the Winter solstice not the summer solstice. They were used for the summer solstice but the stones line up more accurately for the winter solstice, added to which the winter solstice was a much more important time & bigger festival as it celebrated the time when the sun would start returning, this is reason why christian religions co-opted the winter solstice festival and turned it into the biggest annual celebration of the Christian world, Christmas.
If you’d like to go to some ancient history have a look at the Orkney islands , lots of stuff there from the standing stones of Callanish to Skara Brae , it’s one of the best Neolithic sites in Europe
There's nothing wrong with doing 'touristy' stuff! I live 20 miles from the capital with trains every 20 mins so i can be there within an hour. I have a yearly pass to The Tower of London which is probably my favourite place on earth. The more i travel and explore London, the more history i discover, I'll never get enough of London. I plan to go to York this year, i have to visit the site of the battle of Towton.. look at me going on a history rant 😂😂
As an Edinburgh local, and former archaeologist, it is a wonderful city for history lovers - especially the contrast between old town and new town. Only this week I took my local wellbeing walk to the area beside where we are based, and they only knew a fraction of the history I mentioned from WW2 and cold war secrets to Little Egypt. Something I should note, we have 7 hills, which many don't realise or bring appropriate shoes for...Arthur's Seat I've seen many not realise this!
Most Americans do this kinda trip, but they miss out Yorkshire. Yorkshire has the knickname God's Own County for a reason, its countryside etc (Lancashire also has some decent bits aswell). Some mistake the knickname as God's Own Country, but it isn't. Yorkshire is kind of a county of counties with ridings and things.
He' confused about Snowdon which is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands.
Technically the stones that coined the term henge, aren't really a henge due to the configuration of ditchies and banks. The smart money is it's nothing more than a calendar with the winter solstice being the important one.. People just go in the summer because it's better weather
Experts state that Stonehenge is older than the pyramids, Pyramids circa 2600 BC and Stonehenge circa 3100 BC
maybe the US Virgin Islands is somewhat analogous the Isle of Man? Dependent but has its own elected legislature? There are bound to be a lot of other differences I expect
Or Puerto Rico
I wish there was a way of editing and correcting some of the pronunciations on this video! It’s Stonehenge, not stone hedge!
That is the White Cliffs The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about 96 miles, basically to the West of the Isle of White. Durdle Door is on the Jurassic Coast.
Jersey and Guernsey are similar to the IoM.
Scotland, been to all the spots LOL We have a different story about what was left sticking up of the Old Man on Skye, His pronunciation was off on most things but he got Edinburgh right. He got a few other facts wrong about Wales, Ireland and Scotland but then many do LOL. Get yourself over here John, find out for yourself.
The Celtic (pronounced Keltic) countries were top heavy in this vid but there’s a hell of a lot more to see in England than a ring of stones,impressive as they are.
Durdle Door is about 30 miles from where I live, it's a spectacular part of the country.
Mt Snowdon is apparently taller than Everest!
Apparently so, who knew?
stone henge, is what you said, summer soltis, some think its a druid worship place, no one knows, as its 5000 years old, yeah, the rocks came from around 150 miles away, that type of rock does not exist in that area, each stone weighs around 25 tons, what does not get mention, is a walk away near the stones are these mounds, which are belived to be burial grounds, which adds to the confusion, or what was the purpose
The Isle of Man is between Ireland and Britain
I'm pretty sure that Stonehenge dates back 500 years or so before the pyramids.
Yeah! 'Edinbruh'' is how we scots pronounce it!
Every British person says Edinbruh too
Years ago when i was at school some 40 yrs ago spent may a time at Durdle Door collecting minerials, I still have the collection.
Lovely place.
Peace 2 all
The nearest example to the Isle of Man in Status is probably Probably Puerto Rico to America!
We didn't find the Giant's Causeway very touristy - there is a tourist centre and you can take the audio tour, but it's more about hiking around and enjoying the natural beauty rather than trying to get money out of you.
Lovely part of the world. Definitely recommend.
dont need to look at a map to know where nabraska is its right in the middle , , south dakota above and kanas below ,
as with stone henge, they do a bust tour that takes you to stone henge, and bath to see the roman baths, with dinner included in a traditional pub. these are options that can be done in a day, as we are small country, we can sit inside florida with room to spare
Hundreds of people still gather there on the summer solstice an experience it lasts all night with music. Have to get there very early to avoid traffic jam
Isle of Mann = Puerto Rico.
It's nicely filmed , and there are some spectacular natural places to visit here although the experience may depend on the weather . There are quite a few viaducts ( rail) and aqueducts ( canals) , Victorian engineers such as Brunel designed to fit into the landscape . It always seems surprising to see so much unspoiled countryside on car or train journeys as most of us live in towns and Cities . On the history side most of them have historic places from many periods in our history , still being used or incorporated into later walls or structures we live with every day with information plaques to point them out . . Only the biggest and most important are managed and preserved as attractions .
Isle of Man equivalent ? -possibly Puerto Rico?
I love seeing your eyes pop out in stalks
Hi John. I’m embarrassed to say I haven’t visited most of these locations and I live in England so close. I have visited Scotland a few times and love it there especially the Highlands. I have 28 percent Scottish ancestry according to my DNA. Edinburgh can be shorted to Edinbro when written. 🏴
don’t be embarrassed, you’ll get there!
Try Edinburra , Kathryn when spoken and Edinburgh when written then all will be well.
Dorset, with the Jurassic coast and Durdle Door (near Scratchy Bottom) is a beautiful and varied county. Used to go on holiday there with my parents as a child in the sixties, staying in a sixteenth century, village Inn close to the Jurassic coast. Around the old coastal town Lyme Regis would be a place to look to stay for the Jurassic Coast. Just don't go there during our School holidays, much of the south-west of England gets packed out with holidaymakers and tourists.
Look up Shell Island, Lake Bala, Kendal and Rivington pike... lovely chill places. If ye come here doing the lakes up Snowden in Wales is a must.
To be honest, alot of the tourist stuff in London is not to expensive, when you put, time against money. tower of london, 30 quid, but you can spend 3 to 4 hours easily. museums are free, tie a museum in with the second half the day. 30 pounds a day each. travel is cheep on public transport.
do another site, tie in a museum same day. it get expensive as a tourist and i get it, i lived london for 10 years, trying to cram stuff in, with the limited time you have. accomadation expensive london, food and drink, get on the outskirts, same food same pubs, cheaper., istead of the london eye which is pricey to see the city, book the sky gardens, still get a 360 view of the city high up as the london eye and its free. , plan ask brits, set your day out right, ride the buses, sit on top, you can ride all day for 8 to 9 pounds as there is a cap on public trasport, this also gives you great views
I was on holiday in Dorset last week and spent time down on the Jurrasic Coast, my Daughter and I found 4 fossils by cracking open some rocks, she was so happy to find some fossils. I can highly recommend a visit. Great channel, keep up the good work. 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Isle of Man is a protectorate same as Gibraltar in Spain
There's tons of stone circles in the UK.
Of the places in this list I've visited, I think they are worth going to see, except Stonehenge. It's a few rock slabs in a field next to a busy main road and you have to stand 3 meters away. Worth reading about, but for me not worth the drive
Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernesey are Bailiwicks.
My Uncle's wife is from the small Scottish village of Dornie, where Eilean Donan Castle is located. Because of this, they had their wedding at the castle - such a stunning location for a wedding. When we arrived in Dornie after a long drive, I thought I recognised the castle from the film Highlander, something the locals confirmed in the pub the night before the wedding..
I guess hawaii would be close as I can think of that's it's a state but it's no where near the us.
Can I just say before I start,that I’m not an expert in any way but after watching the most recent documentary on Stone Henge (from a reputable channel), the current thinking seems to be that Stone Henge should be seen in the context of a greater ceremonial landscape. And that it could be connected to funeral rites centred on the winter solstice.
The problem with Stone Henge is that the physical evidence of what actually happened there is so scarce and ambiguous that the theories are really only educated guesses.
Of course we all know in reality, it was actually built as a dock for Alien spacecraft 👽
If you’re taking some recs from randoms:
Romanboo ramblings is a channel with some one hit wonder vids in a sea of meh the last I saw of it. “Saving Constantinople in 1453' which is a detailed look at the situation dire situation surrounding the last years for byzantium and 'The HRE Was Actually Holy, Roman and an Empire” which is more difficult to easily sum up but is an argumentitive look into how the HRE/medieval europe understood what 'Rome' was and how the name HRE is justified..
Pilgrim’s pass is a bit of a crazy guy channel focused on fart sniffings of fiction and he mostly says nonsense but the guy made a real gem of a video on Ukraine and it fitting into what he saw as a timeless cycle of history influencing stories and those stories influencing reality in turn. “How Ukraine manifests the Modern Epic”
Pretty much any of the material by whatifalthist is a recommend. If I were to make some standout suggestions: "How Family Structure Drives Ideology" and the “explaining [insert] Civilization” playlist are a good introduction since he's arguably more of homegrown sociologist then history channel these days.
Pretty much any of the material by Old Britania is a recommend as well but it might be a bit to dry. If I were to make some standout suggestions: "The War Aims of Each Nation in WW1" is probably the best thing he'd done.
Cheddar gorge, Exmore National park,
Snowdon is 10045 feet not meters. I can point to Nebraska and Kansas but im guessing here the isle of man is under the crown but fully in control of itself the English government has no control there at all either.
He did make a mistake with the height of Snowdon, but he didn't substitute feet for metres, he just moved the decimal point to the left. It's actually 1,085metres, as opposed to 10,085metres, 1,085metres is roughly 3,500feet.
@@nicksykes4575 yeah you're correct I'd just woke up and hadn't switched my brain on fully
@@mattsmith5421 Totally understandable, just you wait young fella until that state of affairs remains with you most of the day!
@@nicksykes4575 young fella lol I wish
@@mattsmith5421 You & me both good sir!
Snowdon is 1085 meters.
Stonehenge a 'Hilltop' computer.
Wales is pronounced as “Whales” as in the animal not as in a place of water “wells”
I rewatched it, it’s my silly American accent😂
John, 10,085 Metres elevation, if I heard correctly? I think he needs to check that, there's one too many zero's in that!
10% of the UK is National Park. That does not even nearly encompass all the beauty of the UK just vast areas of concentrated beauty. Our houses and gardens are small because as much as possible we try to prevent urban sprawl into our beautiful countryside. We have a network of public rights of way( some established thousands of years ago) that bear no relations to modern boundaries so they cross planted fields through wildflower meadows, crops, woods. They crisscross the Uk and are gated and signposted. An ordinance survey map downloaded to your phone will guide you. If you pull up a map of Britains footpaths, public rights of way and bridal paths you will see that the only place not well covered with paths are mountains and moors where there are fewer paths.These provide a level of access to countryside you could not imagine in the US. We walk in Britain. It is important visitors shut gates, leave no litter, keep dogs on the leash if there is livestock in a field and pick up dog poo in fields that might be used for livestock as it can cause abortions in sheep for example. If you come bring a good pair of broken in hiking boots and a light weight waterproof coat and light layers as you can experience all 4 seasons in a morning. Personally I find London crippling expensive packed with tourists and we have so much to see all over Britain. For instance StoneHenge you cannot even get near but we have many neolithic sites for instance Skarabrae the most complete neolithic village in Europe walls up to 8ft high older than stone Henge and the great pyramids at Giza. Many stone circles you can walk around and touch. Hundreds of castles and stately homes. In fact a cheap way of doing it is to stay in bed and breakfasts invest in a National Trust Membership that gives you Access to over 250 castles stately homes lighthouses historic buildings all maintained with guides for members woods heritage coastline, information on walks that are graded for difficulty, facilities, free parking, often quaint tea rooms to eat, shops, gardens designed by people such as Capability Brown, events .......the booklet that comes with membership would be a great way to plan your tour. Bear in mind at ghe height of summer daylight can stretch between 4.30 and 10 o'clock. I hope this information is useful to anyone coming to the UK. If you like the sound of it and are not used to walking may I suggest you build your steps up so you do not have sore legs. I read somewhere that to Britains going 100 miles is a very long drive but 2 miles up and 2 miles down a steep hill is a leisurely weekend stroll.
Very much so on all counts
@@vaudevillian7 one other piece of advice public transport is very good and widely used but not cheap. Brits swap driving sides of the road easily as we have easy cheap access to europe. If you get bucket flight deals it can be as cheap to get a flight to Paris as a train to Edinborough from London. We Brits get at least a month's holiday a year... I know you don't but economy wise the longer your holiday the better value it is. Especially as the North is cheaper than the South.. It is also cheaper to fly to Ireland if you base your holiday around Ireland Scotland the North of England and Wales( the land of castles, sheep, and sign posts in 2 languages). If you plan to hire a car, hire very small cars with SAT NAV, that makes roundabouts a doddle as it counts exits for you. Also automatics are rare(be adamant if you need an automatic) but much easier the first day you are learning to switch sides of the road as it gives those not used to driving stick one less things to think about. A small car can deal better with some of our more scenic country b roads that are often too narrow( made for travelling by horse or carriage hundreds of years ago) for 2 way traffic and have passing points.
the difference between the united kingdom great britain and england explained by c g p gray is a good video if you want to find out about the crown dependencies and the commonwealth countries
I’m not sure that bombing training was done on the white cliffs but it was certainly a nice sight for returning crews as it signified ‘home’ and there were plenty of dogfights over there during the Battle of Britain. There is a famous radio recording of a journalist commentating on one there, during the kanalkampf phase I believed.
There are tunnels in the white cliffs, they were a barracks in the Napoleonic Wars and shelters were built for anti-aircraft gun crews in them during WW2. You can visit them
Stonehedge is the oldest man made structure in the rurld.
Where does this narrator come from?
And it’s WestMINSTER,NOT minister.
Stonehenge is older than the pyramids 🙄
Also Mt Snowdon is 10,000ft NOT metres!! That would make it higher than Everest 🤡
Che ckout the Isle of Harris and Lewes Carribbean looking beaches and wild Scottish countryside combined. YUP Edin- bru, it isn't even spelt Edin- borough. Also you are Scottish or a Scot, but NEVER Scotch, scotch is a drink 😊
stoneheDge ?
I wish he’d pronounce thing’s properly!!
Just can't help cringe every time he says West MInister. Minster bro. Holyrood not holyrod.
I didn’t know I did that, I’ll try to get it right. 🤙
He missed Glasgow,great shipbuilding Centre on the Clyde,3 Cathedrals and buildings and history going back over 800 years.Many great attractions in Glasgow Scotland's largest city and forefront of the industrial revolution..
Famous Glaswegians - Glasgow City Council
Glasgow
www.glasgow.gov.uk › ...Hope the link works for your information.