Have you ever taken a DNA 🧬 test.. With the love and interest you show for our country, it wouldn’t surprise me if you’re somewhat British 😄 Love your videos btw!!
Nobody ever seems to mention that earlier in 1066 the Vikings invaded further north in Yorkshire, England. Harold and his Saxon army defeated the potential invaders at the battle of Stamford Bridge in September 1066. They then had to march all the way to the south coast of England and fight another pitched battle in October 1066. One must wonder, if the Saxon army had been fresh, who would have carried the day and how different might the world be today?
I’ve always said this, but we’d have no castles or cathedrals, so I’m glad it happened from that perspective. It’s a double-edged sword (pun intended)!
To answer your question ln how hot it gets in the UK. The hotest temperature ever recorded was just down the road from where I live at Coningsby in Lincolnshire in 2022. It reached 40.3C, which is 104F. Most days, even in summer, it doesn't get above 80F here in the UK. The winters are long, dark, and cold though. The earliest sunset is around 4pm.
Yeah but when it's 30 degrees C or above it can be pretty unbearable. It's the humidity. You sweat but it doesn't evaporate. So you just end up hot and sweaty and it's terrible.
Just one thing on the history of the UK, it's not just the castles, the cathedrals, the cobblestone streets here in the UK that show our long history. I can literay go out into the fields near where I live after the farmer has just ploughed the soil and find roman coins from almost 1000 years ago that the farmer's plough has just churned up. There is a lot of history under the soil as well as the history that is standing in plain sight.
I love these videos. British & European history as a whole is almost impossible to learn. I. as a 62 year old Brit know pretty much all of US history from the pilgrims, founding fathers, slavery, war of independence, civil war right up to modern day, but the US only has about 300 years of history. Europe has thousands of years of history to try & absorb. So we learn stuff from these videos too. I hope that you can get over here at some point. You will be very welcome.
@@chrisellis3797 I've never seen a weasel never mind a drunken one, my husband has by the time he told me it was gone. We keep ferrets they belong to the same family just a little bigger and not quiet as fast❤️
I admire your thirst for knowledge. The world is comparatively small, but full of wonder for the curious. You'll always be welcome here should you have the opportunity to visit.
A castle isnt a house or home. A castle is a military structure, meant for warfare. Castles were built to house, arm and feed troops and protect populations under siege. A state home, estate or palace can be a castle esque building, but its more like a grand fancy house not a military structure. In most of the uk it will be between 55 and 85 degrees in F all year. In the summer some parts of the south of england have got to like 95-100 for a day or two but thats a relatively recent thing with temps increasing all around the world. Most of the year the weather is mild, its jeans and hoodie/coat weather most of the time shorts and t shirt weather for maybe only a month per year haha.
I am actually a UK citizen but I see more of my country through your videos. Thanks. By the way I wouldn't go canal boating either if I knew there were crocodiles lurking in it.
We are lucky that we don’t have crocodiles, alligators or coyotes. We have one venomous snake in the UK and the Adder is more likely to hide from you than bite you. We have foxes and badgers but you are unlikely to see one unless it is an urban fox.
Wow it's cool to hear the audio from the earpieces at the battlesite in... well, Battle. I went there many years ago and listened to that very audio recording I'm sure. Quite nostalgic.
Harold wouldn't have lost that battle I'm sure if it wasn't for the fact they had literally just fought off the vikings up north and then had to trek all the way down south afterwards to fight off William. The bastard.
"This is seen as a good thing by the people of England" says who? Posh French people? By which I mean posh English people. They are posh French people. Although technically they're Vikings who adopted Frenchness. The Normans. They are still the upper class of the UK to some extent.
Almost every castle built in England was built to protect the area, generally they are positioned on the highest point in an area so they can spot advancing armies.
It can sometimes get above 30 degrees C and recently has even hit 40 in the UK. And that's hot. Especially because of the humidity. Sweating doesn't work. It doesn't cool you down. It doesn't evaporate. So you're just hot and sticky.
I wouldn't get that close to the edge of the cliffs, they can have chunks slide off at any time. William the Bastard's invasion is the blacked day in medieval history. NO, he used the Anglo Saxon civil service to collect taxes etc. There were three piers, Chain Pier, it's Palace Pier, NOT Brighton Pier, and then there is West Pier. Yes, I live in Brighton. George IV is one of the mosted hated monarch. Sometimes they give still give concerts in the music room, but obviously the room in limited, so you have to be quick to get tickets or arrive early. Queen Victoria hated Brighton Palace.
You asked how much it cost to visit the Brighton Royal Pavilion - it's £19 normally but for one day a year, every year, it's totally free for everyone. It's a long held tradition to allow the poor to still have access. Also I'm from a family where all the men are (were) Royal Marines which is the equivalent of Navy Seals.
I live in Brighton it's beautiful, a mix of city, countryside and sea, we drive down to the Seven Sisters cliffs most days to take our little dog for a walk, so yes some of us get to see that beautiful countryside almost every day, Cuckmere Haven is beautiful as is Beachy Head. It's on the South Downs National Park which is stunning. Quite a short trip to to Dover or Portsmouth too. Lately I have been stricken by chronic pain so I cannot walk very well now, but there's always somewhere to sit and admire the beautiful countryside and the sea. The Pavillion is a weird building but it's beautiful inside and out and has a museum too, lots of little shops and cafes nearby too. I never go to Brighton beach much, but lots of nice little beaches nearby, and when it's sunny it's really sunny. A great place to live❤
You can take a kayak for mikes in Britain …. Off shore you might see a basking shark in some places …. They eat tiny things by the millions. There filter feeders… don’t attack or eat people …
Lol no crocs here. You can swim in our rivers. I often do go go swimming in them after work. Learn to swim before coming to the UK. It will be worth it.
The man leaning over the white chalk cliffs at the beginning was taking a big risk, one I would not have taken. Chalk cliffs are unstable and the edges are likely to collapse if one walks close to them. They can also be overhanging and at the edge with nothing under the overhang to support it. People have died walking or standing close to the edge.
1066 is definitely NOT seen as a good thing by this and many other Englishmen! We lost a LOT of our pre-Conquest and Anglo-Saxon culture and mythology. The common English were subjugated by French-speaking vikings that massacred entire regions of England and changed it forever. However, among the English, Anglo-Saxon ancestry is still the plurality (biggest portion) of our ancestry. Thankfully, at least our language survives (however with French influence). Did you know that England (Anglaland) means 'land of the Angles' (the Anglo in Anglo Saxon)? They arrived in England circa 450AD onwards and they were Germanic tribes from Southern Denmark, Northern Germany, and the Netherlands. The old Ebglish gods are essentially the same as the Scandinavian ones (Thor is old English Thunor, Odin is Woden etc). They form the bedrock of English identity and ancestry today.
Learn to swim ! , I live 200 meters from the North Sea and swimming and surfing is a must , if you get a chance look at the first ever seaside town that is Scarborough , greatest place to live ever , although i might be biased lol , again much love from Yorkshire Gods own county ! , by the way Brighton's beach is shite !!
Prince's were the playboys of their day, getting away with all sorts of things that are and were illegal at the time. The Palace at Brighton was his crib at the beach. You can imagine the parties now. Same behaviour of the privileged in any period of history. From Yorkshire
In the past, not everyone joined the navy voluntarily. Often they were press-ganged. This means that the ship's crew would go ashore and kidnap men to server on the ship. Imagine, a wife is waiting for her husband to return form the pub and may never see him again if he is killed in battle!
You could only be pressed into the navy if you had any experience of working at sea. Certain ports, like Liverpool, were very keen to obstruct the press gangs whenever possible.
Where do you get this, "it rains _a lot_ in the UK..."?? Lets' look at some figures for average annual rainfall: _Orlando_ 53.17 inches /135 cm; _Fort Lauderdale_ 68.8 inches / 174.75 cm; _London_ 21.95 inches / 55.75 cm; _UK overall_ 45.47 inches / 115.5 cm. Florida is wetter than the UK!
I live in The UK and it rains light and often! I visit the US frequently and it rains heavy and not for as long! It can drizzle (light rain) for days on end in the U.K. and only rain 0.5inches. It rains 3-4 inches every month with little seasonal difference. It’s cloudy and overcast a lot of the time. The weather U.K. is like Seattle everywhere
@@murraycruickshank4764 I was wondering if "rains a lot" refers to frequency rather than volume. Maybe we need to say "rains often" instead, just to keep the pretentious teenagers off our back. 😝
"Hasn't been invaded in 1000 years" Bro the Normans? We got invaded as shit. That was 1066. It's not 2066 yet so yeah we got invaded within 1000 years. Although yeah okay only just, maybe I'm being too pedantic.
Castles …. Most started off as defensive … but also control and intimidation …. Willian the conqueror …. Quite a few destroyed …. During the civil war …. Ours not American …
aathighthorne This commentator has a very sketchy connection with the history he's trying to impart !! I advise you to do your own research, then you'll have All the facts !
Squirrels and seagulls can be quite violent, but that's about it.
Hi You should check out some videos on seagulls in Cornwall. They are gangsters!
Im a Scarborian and yup Seagulls are pretty violent !!
Great video friend. I am ex-Royal Navy. My son is currently a Tank Commander for The Royal Hussars.
No crocodiles, no alligators, no coyotes! Definitely safe to boat on UK rivers!
Have you ever taken a DNA 🧬 test..
With the love and interest you show for our country, it wouldn’t surprise me if you’re somewhat British 😄
Love your videos btw!!
Nobody ever seems to mention that earlier in 1066 the Vikings invaded further north in Yorkshire, England. Harold and his Saxon army defeated the potential invaders at the battle of Stamford Bridge in September 1066. They then had to march all the way to the south coast of England and fight another pitched battle in October 1066. One must wonder, if the Saxon army had been fresh, who would have carried the day and how different might the world be today?
I’ve always said this, but we’d have no castles or cathedrals, so I’m glad it happened from that perspective. It’s a double-edged sword (pun intended)!
To answer your question ln how hot it gets in the UK.
The hotest temperature ever recorded was just down the road from where I live at Coningsby in Lincolnshire in 2022. It reached 40.3C, which is 104F.
Most days, even in summer, it doesn't get above 80F here in the UK.
The winters are long, dark, and cold though. The earliest sunset is around 4pm.
Yeah but when it's 30 degrees C or above it can be pretty unbearable. It's the humidity. You sweat but it doesn't evaporate. So you just end up hot and sweaty and it's terrible.
Just one thing on the history of the UK, it's not just the castles, the cathedrals, the cobblestone streets here in the UK that show our long history.
I can literay go out into the fields near where I live after the farmer has just ploughed the soil and find roman coins from almost 1000 years ago that the farmer's plough has just churned up. There is a lot of history under the soil as well as the history that is standing in plain sight.
Roman coins from almost 1000 years ago? Care to rephrase that?
Thank you for publicising our country.
Look at the battle of Britain 🇬🇧 please our finest hour ❤❤
I love these videos. British & European history as a whole is almost impossible to learn.
I. as a 62 year old Brit know pretty much all of US history from the pilgrims, founding fathers, slavery, war of independence, civil war right up to modern day, but the US only has about 300 years of history.
Europe has thousands of years of history to try & absorb. So we learn stuff from these videos too.
I hope that you can get over here at some point. You will be very welcome.
The worst you'll get over here is a mildly annoyed badger
Bribe them with mash potatoes
And a noisy fox❤
I got attacked by a weasel with a hangover
@@chrisellis3797 I've never seen a weasel never mind a drunken one, my husband has by the time he told me it was gone. We keep ferrets they belong to the same family just a little bigger and not quiet as fast❤️
The seagulls are the worst. Thieving little bullys 🤣🤣
i am in uk, 76 and learning a lot with you. xx
Dope dat yu wona learn 💯
The beach at Brighton like a lot of English beaches is called a pebble beach. Stones washed and shaped by the tides.
I admire your thirst for knowledge. The world is comparatively small, but full of wonder for the curious. You'll always be welcome here should you have the opportunity to visit.
I'm from Hampshire so going to Pompey and seeing the Victory was a school day trip.
HMS Victory is still a ship of the line and has an Admiral as such.
A castle isnt a house or home. A castle is a military structure, meant for warfare. Castles were built to house, arm and feed troops and protect populations under siege. A state home, estate or palace can be a castle esque building, but its more like a grand fancy house not a military structure. In most of the uk it will be between 55 and 85 degrees in F all year. In the summer some parts of the south of england have got to like 95-100 for a day or two but thats a relatively recent thing with temps increasing all around the world. Most of the year the weather is mild, its jeans and hoodie/coat weather most of the time shorts and t shirt weather for maybe only a month per year haha.
I am actually a UK citizen but I see more of my country through your videos. Thanks. By the way I wouldn't go canal boating either if I knew there were crocodiles lurking in it.
I heard a comedian once say......""squirrels are not going to hunt you down in packs "".....😅.....
Al murray
No cause we don't deserve it 🤣
We are lucky that we don’t have crocodiles, alligators or coyotes. We have one venomous snake in the UK and the Adder is more likely to hide from you than bite you. We have foxes and badgers but you are unlikely to see one unless it is an urban fox.
Wow it's cool to hear the audio from the earpieces at the battlesite in... well, Battle. I went there many years ago and listened to that very audio recording I'm sure. Quite nostalgic.
Harold wouldn't have lost that battle I'm sure if it wasn't for the fact they had literally just fought off the vikings up north and then had to trek all the way down south afterwards to fight off William. The bastard.
"This is seen as a good thing by the people of England" says who? Posh French people? By which I mean posh English people. They are posh French people. Although technically they're Vikings who adopted Frenchness. The Normans. They are still the upper class of the UK to some extent.
I live in Glastonbury now and love it here. I used to live in the south east but I think it has the unfriendliest people in the UK.
Almost every castle built in England was built to protect the area, generally they are positioned on the highest point in an area so they can spot advancing armies.
Brighton Pavilion costs...Adults pay £18, children aged 5-18 pay £11, and family passes range from £29-£43
The only wildlife danger on a river in the UK is that you may come across an angry swan that will terrify you with its hissing.
It can sometimes get above 30 degrees C and recently has even hit 40 in the UK. And that's hot. Especially because of the humidity. Sweating doesn't work. It doesn't cool you down. It doesn't evaporate. So you're just hot and sticky.
When I say "recently" I mean the last few years. I don't think we hit 40 this year. In fact I'm pretty sure we didn't.
Then again I'm sure Florida is very humid too so you get it I'm sure.
You can swim in the water here and nothing will attack you.😊
Aside from the occasional man-eating plop.
I wouldn't get that close to the edge of the cliffs, they can have chunks slide off at any time. William the Bastard's invasion is the blacked day in medieval history. NO, he used the Anglo Saxon civil service to collect taxes etc. There were three piers, Chain Pier, it's Palace Pier, NOT Brighton Pier, and then there is West Pier. Yes, I live in Brighton. George IV is one of the mosted hated monarch. Sometimes they give still give concerts in the music room, but obviously the room in limited, so you have to be quick to get tickets or arrive early. Queen Victoria hated Brighton Palace.
I live in Eastbourne just up from Beachy Head, near Hastings and Brighton, nice place
All castles were built as defensive structures with thick walls, and sometimes moats.
You asked how much it cost to visit the Brighton Royal Pavilion - it's £19 normally but for one day a year, every year, it's totally free for everyone. It's a long held tradition to allow the poor to still have access.
Also I'm from a family where all the men are (were) Royal Marines which is the equivalent of Navy Seals.
I'm afraid we don't have very many sandy beaches! Certainly along this part of the south coast - pebbles, pebbles, pebbles - ouch!
the South Coast as seen in the opening with Rick is where I live...Beachy Head area with sea views.
dam that the tiger inn, an amazing pub and also east dean is a beatiful little town
I live in Brighton it's beautiful, a mix of city, countryside and sea, we drive down to the Seven Sisters cliffs most days to take our little dog for a walk, so yes some of us get to see that beautiful countryside almost every day, Cuckmere Haven is beautiful as is Beachy Head. It's on the South Downs National Park which is stunning. Quite a short trip to to Dover or Portsmouth too. Lately I have been stricken by chronic pain so I cannot walk very well now, but there's always somewhere to sit and admire the beautiful countryside and the sea. The Pavillion is a weird building but it's beautiful inside and out and has a museum too, lots of little shops and cafes nearby too. I never go to Brighton beach much, but lots of nice little beaches nearby, and when it's sunny it's really sunny. A great place to live❤
The hottest day in the UK was recorded in Coningsby in Lincolnshire on 19 July 2022, when the mercury hit 40.3C.
All castles were built to dominate the surrounding area and defend it.
You should read the book a short history of England, fascinating
Fascinating video, very enjoyable
'Hot', for us, usually refers to anything over 25 C (77F)
“Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?”…so two knights took off a murdered Thomas á Beckett in Canterbury.
Portsmouth is also nicknamed "Pompey". 27degs is about the hottest we like for Summer, if it goes over 30degs it's too much for us.
You can take a kayak for mikes in Britain …. Off shore you might see a basking shark in some places …. They eat tiny things by the millions. There filter feeders… don’t attack or eat people …
Lol no crocs here. You can swim in our rivers. I often do go go swimming in them after work. Learn to swim before coming to the UK. It will be worth it.
£19 for adults and £11.50 kir kids to see Brighton Pavillion or a family ticket for two adults and up to 4 children for £49.50
beachy head can be a scary place
The man leaning over the white chalk cliffs at the beginning was taking a big risk, one I would not have taken. Chalk cliffs are unstable and the edges are likely to collapse if one walks close to them. They can also be overhanging and at the edge with nothing under the overhang to support it. People have died walking or standing close to the edge.
1066 is definitely NOT seen as a good thing by this and many other Englishmen! We lost a LOT of our pre-Conquest and Anglo-Saxon culture and mythology. The common English were subjugated by French-speaking vikings that massacred entire regions of England and changed it forever. However, among the English, Anglo-Saxon ancestry is still the plurality (biggest portion) of our ancestry. Thankfully, at least our language survives (however with French influence).
Did you know that England (Anglaland) means 'land of the Angles' (the Anglo in Anglo Saxon)? They arrived in England circa 450AD onwards and they were Germanic tribes from Southern Denmark, Northern Germany, and the Netherlands. The old Ebglish gods are essentially the same as the Scandinavian ones (Thor is old English Thunor, Odin is Woden etc). They form the bedrock of English identity and ancestry today.
Learn to swim ! , I live 200 meters from the North Sea and swimming and surfing is a must , if you get a chance look at the first ever seaside town that is Scarborough , greatest place to live ever , although i might be biased lol , again much love from Yorkshire Gods own county ! , by the way Brighton's beach is shite !!
It can get so hot that we can have droughts.
Prince's were the playboys of their day, getting away with all sorts of things that are and were illegal at the time. The Palace at Brighton was his crib at the beach. You can imagine the parties now. Same behaviour of the privileged in any period of history. From Yorkshire
Not much changed there these days then.
Learn to swim 😂
All friends and family iz from kent
They blurred out the longness of the long-man I see
In the past, not everyone joined the navy voluntarily. Often they were press-ganged. This means that the ship's crew would go ashore and kidnap men to server on the ship. Imagine, a wife is waiting for her husband to return form the pub and may never see him again if he is killed in battle!
You could only be pressed into the navy if you had any experience of working at sea. Certain ports, like Liverpool, were very keen to obstruct the press gangs whenever possible.
Bro did you really just say "Coyote" when you meant "Crocodiles"??? haha
Somerset bro 😊
Where do you get this, "it rains _a lot_ in the UK..."?? Lets' look at some figures for average annual rainfall: _Orlando_ 53.17 inches /135 cm; _Fort Lauderdale_ 68.8 inches / 174.75 cm; _London_ 21.95 inches / 55.75 cm; _UK overall_ 45.47 inches / 115.5 cm. Florida is wetter than the UK!
I live in The UK and it rains light and often! I visit the US frequently and it rains heavy and not for as long! It can drizzle (light rain) for days on end in the U.K. and only rain 0.5inches. It rains 3-4 inches every month with little seasonal difference. It’s cloudy and overcast a lot of the time. The weather U.K. is like Seattle everywhere
So it rains a lot in the UK but it's not the wettest place on earth? Thanks for the correction. 👍
@@murraycruickshank4764 I was wondering if "rains a lot" refers to frequency rather than volume. Maybe we need to say "rains often" instead, just to keep the pretentious teenagers off our back. 😝
"Hasn't been invaded in 1000 years"
Bro the Normans? We got invaded as shit. That was 1066. It's not 2066 yet so yeah we got invaded within 1000 years. Although yeah okay only just, maybe I'm being too pedantic.
Please learn to swim. As well as your safety, you're missing out on lots of water fun!
Castles …. Most started off as defensive … but also control and intimidation …. Willian the conqueror …. Quite a few destroyed …. During the civil war …. Ours not American …
aathighthorne
This commentator has a very sketchy connection with the history he's trying to impart !! I advise you to do your own research, then you'll have All the facts !