Rather Splendid Regents Park - London Walk With Squirrels

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    Joolz shows you around Regents Park where he used to play football with WOODY HARRELSON and recreates the scenes from the cult British classic film, Withnail and I.
    Learn about how Regents Park came into being after being used by King Henry viii and how the Prince Regent redeveloped the whole of London to accommodate his friends in a beautiful palace that never got built.
    See the most miserable tree in London where a spirit is trapped inside whilst Joolz recites Shakespeare near the open air theatre and picks fresh blackberries outside London Zoo. See the camels chomping and penguins being fed whilst Julian McDonnell takes you on a friendly and fun guided walk around Regents Park.
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  • @Joolzguides
    @Joolzguides  7 років тому +5

    If you enjoy watching my films please throw me a one-off contribution via paypal! www.paypal.me/julianmcdonnell
    No one pays me to make these films so all proceeds go towards improving my productions and paying for my cameraman to eat a crust of bread! Or if you want to chip in $1 or $2 a month you can support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/joolzguides
    Thanks everyone....one of thee days I'll be a star!!!!!!!

    • @kingrat2465
      @kingrat2465 4 роки тому

      Squirrels are thugs. They harass birds, bunnies, & humans. Almost a decade ago, the squirrels of Texas killed 100-300 million mature oak& elm trees by eating the bark.

  • @howdan1985
    @howdan1985 13 днів тому +1

    Regents Park is my favourite park in London. It's also where I used to walk my cocker spaniel (who loved chasing those squirrels until he was so tired I had to carry him home)😂

  • @michaelwhittaker4246
    @michaelwhittaker4246 3 роки тому +3

    I couldn’t believe it. After watching this video this morning I walked into Regents Park and immediately saw Joolz in his Panama hat and cricket jumper. Got to wish him a good morning .
    Pip pip and tally ho! Keep up the good work.

  • @Joolzguides
    @Joolzguides  8 років тому +20

    Thanks folks. Yes, I bumped into Woody again the other day on the tube when he was here doing his live film experiment. I stopped him and we chatted a while but I'm only 60% sure he remembered who I was. He looked pretty zoned out which didn't surprise me! Always remember the time he almost started a fight in a pub because someone was smoking! Funny days. He made our summer.

    • @Auggies1956
      @Auggies1956 8 років тому +2

      That's Woody, he's a rude bad boy here in the states.

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  8 років тому +3

      Here too by the looks of things! I witnessed some of his moments!

    • @bobgreen2957
      @bobgreen2957 7 років тому +2

      I met him in Lakeville CT a few years ago. He has a summer house there. Being a fellow Texan I said howdy and we had a couple of cocktails before he brazenly fired up some smoking materiel, and it wasn't tobacco.A Wild Child for sure.

  • @rdrake316
    @rdrake316 7 років тому +15

    That Woody story is classic.

  • @nickyfurey4856
    @nickyfurey4856 7 років тому +18

    Re the Woody Harleson story. I remember the charity match and he actually talked about joining a match, your match, in Regent’s Park in his interview before the game.

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  7 років тому +9

      And after striking the winning penalty, not a mention for me who taught him everything he knows! Ha ha! I actually saw him recently and had a beer with him. He was nice and even had watched some of my films. He said I should try being a bit more funny in them! Good advice I guess, coming from him!

  • @pilucamonton9601
    @pilucamonton9601 2 місяці тому +1

    I always love 💕 returning to This Regents Park video !There is were I took my first photos ever with a Kodak camera 🎥 I don’t have anymore,I still own a couple of Violeta trousers like yours, What play did I attend in Open Air Theatre Regents Park? was it the Tempest? I used to live then in Halam street YWCA residence, 1985 I was so sad because I had to drop out an Engeenering degree course because I had a lump in my breast and returned to Spain😢😢😢😂😂😂 😅😮❤💙🩵💜💚❣️🤎

  • @robertbell2524
    @robertbell2524 3 роки тому +1

    I liked Regents Park, Julian. I wish I'd known as much about trees back then as I do now, so that I could have appreciated that beautiful space more. What beautiful flowers at the beginning of your video. I am learning so much from your interesting videos. Thanks for that.

  • @natalya6091
    @natalya6091 4 роки тому +1

    Good afternoon, dear Julian.You've made our day!Thank you.
    2:12We've drawn you ,squirrels, birds, your hat ,your umbrella and a bench.
    These touching music, episode and story are incredibly fantastic!!!🇷🇺

  • @388Caroline
    @388Caroline 5 років тому +6

    I’m addicted to your channel ❤️

  • @briancarson9309
    @briancarson9309 6 років тому +10

    Love the soliloquies.

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  6 років тому +5

      I guess I'm in practice in case my agent ever calls me.

  • @vilstef6988
    @vilstef6988 5 років тому +4

    Julius-this is one of my favorites in your Guides series.

  • @cbarnett2112
    @cbarnett2112 5 років тому +5

    Wow! Great Vid, that one! Love the Whitnail & I references! Love that movie! Ta!

  • @vmbrister3278
    @vmbrister3278 7 років тому +12

    What a pleasant, wonderful stroll this was. You're really very good at these, Joolz..Love all these so very much!

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  7 років тому +1

      Thanks. Yes....I could do with more subscribers. I think they'd like these films. I wonder how to get more exposure.

  • @funkyalfonso
    @funkyalfonso 4 роки тому +2

    When I was a kid they had motorboats and even sailing dinghies. In about three feet of water. In those days our way of chatting up girls was to bump in to their boats trying to start a conversation. Simple pleasures. Nearby the park is the residence of the American ambassador where they filmed 'The Omen'.

  • @dsanders755
    @dsanders755 5 років тому +2

    withnail and i is one of my favs...
    cheers

  • @apodis4900
    @apodis4900 5 років тому +2

    Awesome video, and Withnail & I is definitely then best film ever made. I wrote my name on the wall in Monty's cottage when it was derelict, and my dog caught a rat in the outbuildings. 😁

  • @junkolibertines2146
    @junkolibertines2146 6 років тому +11

    awwwww I love squirrels 🌰🐿❤️

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  6 років тому +4

      Who doesn't!

    • @AkhiDeia
      @AkhiDeia 5 років тому +1

      Yeah but they actually attack you in regents park and grab whatever you have in a plastic bag 😅😅 ♥️

    • @sgrannie9938
      @sgrannie9938 8 місяців тому +1

      ♥️🐿♥️🐿♥️🐿♥️

  • @robertofacchini4257
    @robertofacchini4257 4 роки тому +1

    Hi Julian, I did like your Brazilian football t-shirt . Thanks for supporting my countries team. Take care mate !

  • @nitramretep
    @nitramretep 7 років тому +2

    With Nail & I is a gem of a classic movie! Good video and very well presented, thanks.

  • @djgingecoldwell10
    @djgingecoldwell10 8 років тому +11

    Joolz is just brilliant

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  8 років тому +5

      Thanks....I made this longer as people have been requesting

  • @ChopChou
    @ChopChou 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks. I would have loved if you had gone around the outer circle and given some history on the different terraces. There are several of these iconic buildings here.

  • @lorsheijd
    @lorsheijd 8 років тому +5

    A good one again.I love the little anecdotes.

  • @pup1008
    @pup1008 4 роки тому +1

    Really great lithe video!
    Makes me realise what beauty and culture I have on my doorstep!

  • @luluandmeow
    @luluandmeow 3 роки тому +1

    love squirrels

    • @pilucamonton9601
      @pilucamonton9601 2 місяці тому

      Me too I remember I took a photo of a squirrel running up a tree/ 🌳 or it was down it and in Rived Domingo amplified it on a cloth little portrait/ picture without a “Marco” Rim?😅😅😅🎉🎉🎉🖊️🔎🚺🟪🟦🟨🟧🟩♦️

  • @sergeyontheroad
    @sergeyontheroad 8 років тому +6

    Great video! Love your work

  • @k_h
    @k_h 8 років тому +4

    That was great Joolz!

  • @sharjeelkhan7437
    @sharjeelkhan7437 5 років тому

    he looked more professional when he was clean shaved. and dark jacket. these videos are amazing, no other like these.

  • @nicksoteriou3880
    @nicksoteriou3880 8 років тому

    Love it, Joolz, it was my local park growing up. Our football skills were honed here, having to dodge dog crap!
    But we had many, many hours of fun.

  • @helenw8019
    @helenw8019 2 роки тому

    Thats my Sister giving the talk in the penguin enclosure!! 😆🐧 I thought I recognised the voice!!

  • @plhebel1
    @plhebel1 3 роки тому

    Outstanding the way Joolz breaks out into reciting Shakespeare or bits of other known plays. Mine has always been "Tis the very witching time of night, , , " or O day and night, but this is wondrous strange! And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.,, Wm Shakespeare( Hamlet), Lastly " Ho Ho Ho, look who thinks they know so much,, Fact is your friend is only Mostly dead,, Big difference in Mostly dead and all dead, , , (Princess Bride) William Goldman.

  • @VictoriaPichel
    @VictoriaPichel 8 років тому +5

    you're a walking wikipedia! As usual, very enjoyable :D cheers!

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  8 років тому +1

      Thanks. As it happens I do sometimes use that website for research, but only if I am feeling desperate. I prefer local knowledge and legends even if they are a bit sketchy on accuracy!

  • @christopherwhyte3322
    @christopherwhyte3322 7 років тому +2

    you are brilliant!! Love you're funny comments and history facts of London City.

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  7 років тому

      Thanks Christopher! I steal them mostly from Blackadder but some are my own!

    • @christopherwhyte3322
      @christopherwhyte3322 7 років тому

      I was born in Barnet 5.11. 1968 and my parents moved to Switzerland in 1976. So I really miss London!!

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn 5 років тому

    You could have been a great teacher if Shakespearean acting Joolz! ....and...a very talented and entertaining....park attendant 😊👏👏👏👏😉 btw....those squirrels love you! 🐿

  • @jonjones1553
    @jonjones1553 5 років тому +1

    Good stuff! Have you done a Withnail & I special?

  • @sakugava
    @sakugava 7 років тому +2

    Great video! Julian, did you know that Aspirin came from your favorite tree?

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  7 років тому +2

      No, I had no idea! That tree looksl ike he could do with an aspirin!

    • @stevenmutumbu2860
      @stevenmutumbu2860 3 роки тому

      @@Joolzguides 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @petelonghurst595
    @petelonghurst595 8 років тому

    These really are 'Fun London Guides' Joolz!

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  8 років тому

      Thanks Pete, I thought of the title all on my own ;)

  • @sgrannie9938
    @sgrannie9938 6 місяців тому

    🐿 points 😊

  • @glennwhittaker197
    @glennwhittaker197 4 роки тому

    Hey Joolz, did you know that adjacent to Regents Park on the East side is Albany Street, & the Army Barracks there are mentioned in HJ Wells “War of the worlds”.

  • @BombsGaspan
    @BombsGaspan 8 років тому +2

    Awesome :)

  • @jaydentownsend5402
    @jaydentownsend5402 5 років тому +2

    Im always watching joolzguides because i know i'll never be able to afford to travel and live in london. ;c

  • @dannymcmince
    @dannymcmince 4 роки тому

    Joolz..love your vids ..who sings the fabulous songs on you videos?

  • @MrMichaelsen
    @MrMichaelsen 5 років тому

    Hello Joolz. I love your videos. Have you ever done a video at the Clissold Park & Abney Park Cemetery ?both located in Newington. London

  • @pjgathergood6987
    @pjgathergood6987 6 років тому +2

    I've already mentioned in comments about this being possibly my favourite UA-cam channel, as a fellow 'Quirky London' fanatic. But when at 7:45 you say that Weeping Willows are your favourite tree.. as it is mine... I start to get a little creeped out. I'm stating to think maybe one of us is there other's doppelgänger...!

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  6 років тому

      Also creepy as they feature in that song from The Innocents... Willow Waily

  • @jogarthehutt
    @jogarthehutt 3 роки тому

    So are the wolves gone? as I visited there when I was 6 and I have fond memories of there

  • @Bigchurchmusic
    @Bigchurchmusic 5 років тому

    Excellent 😊

  • @dalebelseth3058
    @dalebelseth3058 5 років тому

    Well constructed Video

  • @eddielin6081
    @eddielin6081 5 років тому

    Joolz: You can use any nuts.
    Me: Not my nuts, thanks.

  • @fredthegredgred9013
    @fredthegredgred9013 8 місяців тому

    Love how you ended the video

  • @0IDaveCouch
    @0IDaveCouch 5 років тому +1

    We have squirrels in Australia. They're called koalas, and they have two thumbs on each hand.

  • @saadjaved6072
    @saadjaved6072 7 років тому +1

    Love your videos sir.....

  • @mandyaromas476
    @mandyaromas476 6 років тому

    I have seen Whitnail and I. When I return I’m going to have to feed the squirrels at Regents Park

  • @MoBench25
    @MoBench25 8 років тому +1

    Woody...........how cool......

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  8 років тому

      Yes...very odd. I actually bumped into him recently on the tube and stopped to talk to him. DOn't think he recognized me though :(

    • @MoBench25
      @MoBench25 8 років тому +1

      You should had invited him to Regents park for a football game ! lol.....

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  8 років тому

      I know..I'm so stupid. I felt bad for stopping him as he was clearly incognito....but I noticed him.

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 6 років тому +2

    What a corker !

  • @ayb100
    @ayb100 7 років тому +1

    Excellent

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  7 років тому

      Great! I'm glad people are still watching this one. I really liked it!

  • @corneliusmccann6239
    @corneliusmccann6239 5 років тому

    Mr. Jools how about a guide to pub/beer gardens that acyually have grass rather than paving stones rather than the common misnomer

  • @MrTonyHeath
    @MrTonyHeath 6 місяців тому

    The lake froze over at Christmas 1947 and we walked across for the first time after WW2.

  • @diannehardwick950
    @diannehardwick950 4 роки тому

    Come on Joolzy, what happened to the squiggles?

  • @teec3385
    @teec3385 8 років тому

    Excellent Joolz, how about a Jack The Ripper walk film ?
    Terry

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  8 років тому +1

      Hey! Funny you should say that. I was just thinking of doing that! Might take a while though. there's a lot of info!

    • @teec3385
      @teec3385 8 років тому

      Good stuff Joolz your take on it would be most interesting :) cheers

  • @stevencassidy6982
    @stevencassidy6982 6 років тому

    The wolves at the zoo used to overlook regents Park and as a small kid I used to imagine them escaping

  • @edepillim
    @edepillim 4 роки тому

    I am very ashamed to say that living in the London area for decades, l have never been to that park, and l can see what l missed.

  • @bdamjanovic
    @bdamjanovic 6 років тому

    Where in the park is the spot where you fed squirrels?

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  6 років тому

      Well, you can actually do it anywhere really. Around the university is good but I was near the broadwalk on a mound which is hidden round the back. Hard to explain..near where the art sculptures are at the moment.

  • @vilstef6988
    @vilstef6988 5 років тому +1

    English squirrels seem to be really aggro!

  • @batman51
    @batman51 5 років тому

    Tried poking my finger in the fountain today but no joy. Maybe it was turned off for the winter!

  • @klskin
    @klskin 5 років тому +1

    Tree looked like Hugh Laurie.....

  • @georginacox3909
    @georginacox3909 5 років тому

    There are websites for nature fairies

  • @michaelaaylott1686
    @michaelaaylott1686 4 роки тому

    Wonderful film - you seemed melancholy though, I hope it’s all forgotten now if you were.

  • @pilucamonton9601
    @pilucamonton9601 4 місяці тому

    What a pity! Nor woman neither….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

  • @londonsuburbs
    @londonsuburbs 5 років тому

    LONDON IS THE BEST!!!!

  • @BackslideDan
    @BackslideDan 4 роки тому

    7:56
    "Did you know, incidentally, that Swans..."
    Are assholes?

    • @pup1008
      @pup1008 4 роки тому

      Break yer arm with one flap of their wing ya know!

  • @MissPresley69
    @MissPresley69 5 років тому

    I'D BE MISERABLE TOO, IF I GOT PEED ON BY ALL THE PASSING DOGS! 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕😅🤣

  • @wilsonfineart
    @wilsonfineart 6 років тому +1

    Let us all guess at the height of our host. He seems to tower over everyone. Might I suggest 6 foot 5 inches?

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  6 років тому

      ha ha! Wrong! Guess again!!!

    • @wilsonfineart
      @wilsonfineart 6 років тому +2

      You mentioned that you had a "shrink" so clearly there is an ongoing need for a reduction in stature. Judging by your height in comparison to the squirrel, I say 6' 7".

  • @pigeonlove
    @pigeonlove 3 роки тому +1

    The problem with encouraging tourists to feed the park squirrels is the parks then have to cull them, killing them at random in the thousands, which is a far worse situation, some might say cruel (orphaned animals, social hierarchies altered, new territorial fights) than not being fed the poor quality food in the first place. People, in general, have no idea of animal nutrition, they all bring the same food (peanuts) which are too high in various vitamins and minerals and leads to organ failure. All animals need a variety of food. Worse, the tight tourists just come with an empty hand and tease the animals all day to get their free photos. I don't think its a good idea to encourage them. The parks themselves have signs asking you not to.

  • @Gunnercv
    @Gunnercv 5 років тому +1

    There seems less squirrels than in the 90s when i was a regular

  • @MoBench25
    @MoBench25 8 років тому

    I share these awesome videos on m y f/b which also includes "Americans in London"
    Check it on f/b

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  8 років тому

      Great! Thanks. I will now!

    • @Joolzguides
      @Joolzguides  8 років тому

      It looks like i can only see it if I join the group but I'm not American so I don't think they'll let me

    • @MoBench25
      @MoBench25 8 років тому

      Yes you can join......Trump is not in control of f/b ! There is no border to cross and no passport needed.....