Alone but not lonely: Sleeping in my minivan at the beach of amazing Hastings and exploring the town

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  • Опубліковано 10 гру 2024

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  • @dianneatfeld687
    @dianneatfeld687 4 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for this lovely tour of Hastings. I live along the coast and haven’t been there for years, but you’ve given me the inspiration to go! I see Hastings now with new eyes!

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому

      Oh what a wonderful feedback, thank you so much ❤️. I really love Hastings, such a charming old town, I will surely come back, one day... Have a wonderful weekend and greetings from Germany

  • @RonSeymour1
    @RonSeymour1 2 місяці тому

    Thank you Jennifer as it has been many years since I have been to Hastings. In fact, it was 43 years ago when the kids were small and saw a friend of my 8-year-old son, on the cliff tops, who just happened to be visiting as well, 60 miles from home. It's a small world.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  2 місяці тому

      Wonderful... I am always delighted when my videos trigger you relive happy memories ❤️

  • @gsx1250fast
    @gsx1250fast 7 місяців тому +8

    This is a beautiful vlog, Jennifer, so well filmed, and interesting, for once it makes me feel good about this country, the music is lovely and helps create the atmosphere. You are very brave living like this. Travel definitely broadens the mind. I have also done a lot of travelling in Germany and love the country. You have got another fan. You seem to have the ability to make places we take for granted look so interesting. Take care.😁😁😁👐👐👐

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  7 місяців тому +2

      Thank you so much for this lovely feedback, it means a lot to me. ❤️ And I know well what you mean. I have grown up in Aachen, a beautiful historic city but only saw the beauty of it after I have moved away. Many greetings from Dorset

  • @paulinemckelvey9001
    @paulinemckelvey9001 6 місяців тому +4

    Thank you Jennifer for taking me back to Hastings for a virtual visit. I stayed there with a friend (German actually!) in 1997 and enjoyed the historic feel and atmosphere of a very characterful town. Your views of the beach and pier were really beautiful. May you continue to encounter friendly people on your travels and be well and happy seeing the world. I admire your courage.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +2

      Thank you, Pauline, I really enjoyed Hastings and am planning to stay there again on my way back for it was so lovely. It always makes me happy to read that I can bring back beloved memories with my videos. Have a great day, Pauline. 😀

  • @traceygoodman6203
    @traceygoodman6203 Місяць тому

    Very enjoyable thanks. I have a friend there but have never visited. Showed me what I was missing lol 🙌👏🙏💐🇬🇧 Tracey from Brighton ❤️ Safe happy travels ❤️

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  Місяць тому

      Hastings is amazing, especially the Old town and that lovely book Café 😀 Go, visit it and your friend, Tracey ❤️

  • @amandasymon4363
    @amandasymon4363 5 місяців тому +2

    Glad I found you - I have just bought my first Campervan and am still trying to get enough courage to take it away alone. My husband died 7 months ago and I hadn’t realised how much I depended on him to make big decisions. You have inspired me. Thank you

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  5 місяців тому

      Amanda, so glad you are writing me here. It must be a very difficult situation you are in. Please, feel yourself hugged from me. It is not that I am without fears but I decided for myself to notice them but not be ruled by them. And so far, I was always rewarded and the fears are getting smaller the more I challenge myself. May I ask what kind of campervan you got and where you intent to go? I am very interessted. Take care and lots of love. ❤️

  • @davidnash41
    @davidnash41 6 місяців тому +4

    Thank you for your posting. It takes me back so many years ago when my parents took me to Hastings for the annual holiday. Am now 83 years old and live in Peru. Many thanks for bringing back so many memories of all those years ago.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +1

      David, this makes me so happy. Thank you for telling me. I have been a teacher and loved getting students excited about things I loved. It means a lot to me that now, it seems, I can do the same with places I love through video... Many greetings to Peru. ❤️

  • @traceygoodman6203
    @traceygoodman6203 Місяць тому

    Thanks

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  Місяць тому

      Tracey? Now I can get even a chai latte 😀 ❤️

  • @MrDiPY
    @MrDiPY 4 місяці тому

    I just came across your channel. I live in Bexhill-on-Sea, which is just next to Hastings. It was great to see Hastings featured in a UA-cam video, you really captured its beauty. It has some truly hidden gems. It was also interesting to see you Dacia camper, I've not see one before. We currently have a Dacia Sandero Stepway but we will need to upgrade to a larger car for the family in the future, so we will look at something like this perhaps!

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому

      Hi there, wonderful to read of you and your family. Yes, Hasting has a special place in my heart. ❤️
      Unfortunately, the Dacia Dokker is not built anymore... I am so sad about it, it was perfect. My Delphine has run a lot of miles by now, so I will have to replace her in fall and everything similar to her size is much more expensive... We will see what I end up with... Greetings from France to you. I will be back in England by the end of September 😀

  • @peterhobbs7609
    @peterhobbs7609 4 місяці тому

    Really lovely video, happy travels to you, sure is a lovely view to wake to

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому

      Hello Peter, nice to meet you. Thank you for coming along, and yes: it was a lovely place to spend the night. ❤️

  • @MrTerryb1956
    @MrTerryb1956 5 місяців тому +1

    Good Morning, I have just come across your video. I like the way you have put this together with great content with a very relaxing way in which you come across., One of the main things that's drawn me to you is the way you see our beautiful country though your eyes because of this Ive subscribed I wish could experience van life . Stay safe xx

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  5 місяців тому +2

      Hi Terry. I am happy you enjoy my videos and decided to come along. And yes, you sure live in a beautiful country filled with history... Have a wonderful weekend

  • @jamesmcbride6304
    @jamesmcbride6304 Місяць тому

    did anybody else loose Audio half way through ? Love the beech hastings is one of the places i havent been to, looks really nice jennifer

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  Місяць тому

      Unfortunately, youtube made me distort some of my older videos due to copyright of some of the music I was using 😢 I have the choice between deleting the video completely, cutting out the relevant sequences or having the sequences without tone. I was always trying to pick the choice which would hurt the least but it was really painful to do it after putting so much effort in editing. So, my apologies. I hope, the present videos will not have a similar fate. The first weeks, I wasn't notified, it happened later despite the music platform I am using telling me there should be no problems with copyright...

    • @jamesmcbride6304
      @jamesmcbride6304 Місяць тому

      @@jenniferk6632 Ok what a shame.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  Місяць тому

      Indeed...

  • @Time4you-Donna
    @Time4you-Donna 4 місяці тому

    Hi Jennifer, truly inspiring, will love following you ❤ from Torbay devon x

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому

      Ahh Devon. I truely loved what I have seen of it... so happy that you like my video and decided to come along. Greetings from France ❤️

  • @lalanellie8396
    @lalanellie8396 4 місяці тому

    How lovely! A truly inspiring video of how to do what you love and really live life to the full. Thank you Jennifer, I am now subscribing to your very gentle channel! Toni ❤

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому

      Hi Toni... How wonderful that you will join my travels on this channel... It alwys makes me happy to read that people enjoy what I am doing. May I ask where you are from? This is always so interesting for me. Much love from Le Tréport in France where I enjoy the sunset... ❤️

    • @lalanellie8396
      @lalanellie8396 4 місяці тому

      @@jenniferk6632 Hi Jennifer! I am from Kent in South East England. Enjoy the sunset. It is raining and thundering and lightning here but it’s beautiful to hear it. ⛈️❤️

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому +1

      @lalanellie8396 Thundering clouds here on the horizon, direction of England, too... Kent, beautiful... I will go back to England in late September on a housesit in Southend on Sea... I am very excited for that. My daughter will have my campervan at that time, so I am planning to fly and use public transport. Have a good night, Tony and enjoy the sounds of thunder...

  • @jeffbyrd4456
    @jeffbyrd4456 6 місяців тому

    Old town Hastings 🤩 that bookshop + cafe! Thank you for the history and tour!

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +1

      Yes, it was so lovely... Jeff, I think you will really like the latest video on me exploring Corfe castle village and the one I am going to release tomorrow for there are interesting pieces of history involved... So happy to see you are taking your time outs and join me 😀

  • @the_bohemian_drifter
    @the_bohemian_drifter 5 місяців тому

    Lovely video! I live in Hastings old town and it was fabulous to see it through your eyes. Just subscribed and am now catching up with your other videos- this is what I dream of doing with my campervan so it’s very inspiring 😊

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  5 місяців тому +1

      Oh wonderful, I am happy that you are coming along. You sure live in a beautiful place. May I ask if you are planning to stay in England during your travels or do you also want to travel on the continent ?

    • @the_bohemian_drifter
      @the_bohemian_drifter 5 місяців тому

      I had a small van like yours and I went to Ireland, Spain, Portugal and France. I’m Australian so it still amazes me how easy it is to get around Europe! I sold my van and got a larger one but it was a mistake for me. I’ve just been asked to sell it to a friend so once that’s completed (🤞) I’m going to buy another small camper and go back to France and I’d like to travel around Germany as well. I’d also like to see Croatia and Montenegro etc. Really enjoying your videos!

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  5 місяців тому +1

      @the_bohemian_drifter oh wonderful. Yes, I enjoy it to be able to drive through cities and enter any parking with my little Delphine. Hope, you will enjoy it again with your new minivan. ❤️

    • @the_bohemian_drifter
      @the_bohemian_drifter 5 місяців тому

      Thank you 🙏 for now I shall enjoy your adventures until I’m back on the road again! Safe travels 😊

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  5 місяців тому +1

      @the_bohemian_drifter ❤️ Thank you

  • @La_Dolce_Vita_S
    @La_Dolce_Vita_S 4 місяці тому

    Lovely content so glad everyone has been friendly towards you. Hastings is not far from me. A cute town. We also have a self built camper van. Enjoy your travels 😊

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому +1

      What a wonderful User name you have... I get the most beautiful picture in my mind when reading it... ❤️ Yes, I had such a good time that I have arranged another housesit in England for late September. Will go to Southend on Sea, then. Hastings was amazing. You are so lucky to live in that area... Lots of love from the French coast to you ❤️

    • @La_Dolce_Vita_S
      @La_Dolce_Vita_S 4 місяці тому

      @@jenniferk6632 thank you ☺️ few years ago on new years day it had been beautiful sunshine ☀️ we were having tea and lunch in the garden 🪴 and it started raining but it was still so beautiful 😍so I thought I’d take that name!

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому

      @Tea_in_the_rain_please ahhh... Just what I had imagined... fresh green leaves sparkling with the pearls of rain... a nostalgic table ,flowers, lowering their heads in the rain and a cup of tea . Thank you for sharing 😀

  • @rebeccabennett9737
    @rebeccabennett9737 4 місяці тому

    Hello Jennifer from Somerset, England. I have just discovered your channel and am looking forward to catching up on all your lovely videos. Hastings looks lovely I must try and visit one day. Safe travels 😎

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому +1

      Hi Rebecca, so lovely that you will join me on my travels and letting me know where you are from. I spent 2 weeks in Somerset in the lovely village of Crowcombe, so there are a few videos about my time there in May- June. Have a great day. Love from France ❤️

    • @rebeccabennett9737
      @rebeccabennett9737 4 місяці тому

      @@jenniferk6632 I'm in Taunton which is not far from Crowcombe. I will enjoy your Somerset videos. I hope you are having a lovely time in France.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому +1

      @rebeccabennett9737 ahh... I took a quick rest in Taunton, having a cafe close to the beautiful castle... wonderful area you live in ❤️

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому +1

      @rebeccabennett9737 and yes, I really enjoy my time in France, as I always do when travelling 😀

  • @brianbarbarich1401
    @brianbarbarich1401 6 місяців тому +1

    Hi Jennifer. Just found your utube channel by chance. Well edited video. Thank you. You seem such a happy person.
    Cheers from
    Durban, South Africa.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +1

      Oh wow... South Africa. I was housesitting for a gorgeous couple from South Africa in the South of France, recently. Thanks a lot, Brian, so happy that you enjoy my videos and are coming along. Have a wonderful weekend

    • @brianbarbarich1401
      @brianbarbarich1401 6 місяців тому

      @jenniferk6632 thank you, you too. 🙏

  • @dafadowndilly8919
    @dafadowndilly8919 6 місяців тому

    I know Hastings well and Bexhill on Sea, which is just up the road. I love 'Old Town Hastings' Thank you for sharing.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому

      Yes, I really fell in love with the old town of Hastings... 😀 Thank you for watching...

  • @colinlambert882
    @colinlambert882 6 місяців тому

    At 12:48, there is a brief view of an improbable 13 century French Gothic-style Cathedral. It’s a Victorian build by the premier non-Royal Duke of Norfolk - a Catholic family who live in the neighbouring Arundel Castle. Both well worth a visit.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому

      How comes that you know so much about history? Just a personal interest or work related, I wonder? 🙂 Thank you, again... Will keep it in mind

  • @JSolhoff
    @JSolhoff 6 місяців тому

    tnx for sharing, nice video too. Remember the streets in the old town from back in my youth, -86, the language school i joined was located in that part of Hastings. I,ve got plans to go back and travel along all the coast of England soon. So beautiful scenery😍

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +1

      The 80s were my time of youth as well. I was at a language school in Bournemouth, then. Thx for coming along. And have a beautiful trip when you will finally be going...

  • @MotivEntdecker
    @MotivEntdecker 7 місяців тому

    Hastings ist wunderschön, danke für die tollen Bilder. Das Buchcafe war klasse. Was mir schwerfällt, hineinzugehen und zu filmen. Das bist du mutiger. Liebe Grüße Nicole

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  7 місяців тому +1

      Ja, das ist nicht einfach, aber wenn ich mit den Menschen ins Gespräch komme, reagieren sie oft positiv und bieten manchmal sogar an zu filmen...

  • @petrabutler3463
    @petrabutler3463 6 місяців тому +1

    Hello from a fellow German living in the Uk. Dreaming of owning my own little camper soon. I just came across your channel and will follow your adventures from now on. If you are ever in Lincolnshire let me know and I would love to meet for a coffee and look at your little van 😍Alles Liebe Petra

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому

      Wie schön!! Ich würde gerne vorbei schauen und bei einem Cream tea etwas quatschen... Allerdings bin ich seit ein paar Tagen in Frankreich, wo das Vanlife Leben etwas günstiger ist 😉 Allerdings hat mir England so gut gefallen, dass ich beschlossen habe, jedes Jahr für 1 Monat zurück zu kehren... Herzliche Grüße aus Carentan

  • @tanishasplanet
    @tanishasplanet 6 місяців тому

    Endlich habe ich die Zeit gefunden, mal wieder in deinen Kanal zu schauen. So schön, dein neues Video! Ganz liebe Grüße vom kleinen Planeten 💗

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому

      Ganz lieben Dank, Tanisha. Schön, dass Du nochmal dabei warst 😀

  • @topchelseagirl9074
    @topchelseagirl9074 6 місяців тому

    Hi I just came across this video by chance and I enjoyed it so much! I've never been to Hastings but it looks really nice, you took some great footage of it. I have subscribed and will now have to watch your other videos. I love your hat by the way!

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +1

      Oh, thank you, I am so happy that you like the video (and my hat 😀) .
      This lifestyle as well as doing UA-cam actively is still new to me and I am really amazed at the warmhearted responses you guys are giving to me. Have a wonderful weekend.

  • @Dave4291
    @Dave4291 6 місяців тому

    Looks like a really great travelling experience, I live in Weymouth and it is refreshing to find a Vlog of the British seaside that doesn’t just concern itself with the bad things.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +1

      Hi Dave, thank you so much for watching and commenting. I am so overwhelmed by the beauty of the British seaside, so far. I would not know any bad things to say. Obviously, there is always good and bad in everything but I personally make the choice to focus on the good for I only have this one life to live to the fullest.
      Many greetings to you from beautiful Somerset, where I am doing another housesit. 😀

  • @ahellyer1367
    @ahellyer1367 7 місяців тому

    Hi new subscriber but really loving your videos and enjoying the journey with you

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  7 місяців тому

      Hey there, welcome. I am happy you are coming along. May I ask which country you are from?

    • @ahellyer1367
      @ahellyer1367 7 місяців тому

      @@jenniferk6632 hi im from England

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  7 місяців тому

      Wonderful. Hi from Dorset back to you

    • @ahellyer1367
      @ahellyer1367 7 місяців тому

      @@jenniferk6632 I’m glad the weather is not that bad here for you and hope you enjoy your time here and have a amazing time

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  7 місяців тому

      I really have a wonderful time and feel very lucky with regard to the weather, too. 😀

  • @sarahsue42
    @sarahsue42 4 місяці тому

    Lovely video 😊

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому

      Thank you, Sarah Sue... I had a wonderful time ❤️

  • @alienlifeuk8633
    @alienlifeuk8633 7 місяців тому

    I lived in West Berlin for 7 years when the wall was up, a lovely city then.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +1

      Wow, this must have been an experience... I have family and friends living there, now... Thank you for coming along 😀 Have a wonderful day

  • @anyasward4556
    @anyasward4556 6 місяців тому +1

    Hi Jenny, I love this latest video. You do get about quickly. I live in a quiet village between Salisbury (Wiltshire) and Winchester (the old capital of England). I suffer with ME/CFS so spend a lot of time resting. The condition is fairly unpredictable as to when my energies will crash; its mainly "boom and bust" Would you believe I actually look after dogs with this condition....mad aren't I? Other times I design fused glass objects. I don't watch tv, I prefer to read or watch documentaries and youtube. There...just thought I would introduce myself. I hope this finds you well x

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +1

      Oh Anya, I am feeling very honored that you are telling me about yourself... Even though I do not have the same illness, I do know about the sudden loss of energy. I am happy to hear that you found a passion with art. In fact, it makes me happy that in times of low energy periods, I can lay on a couch (or in my campervan) and still feel productive by editing these videos...Do you happen to be on Instagram?
      Lots of love from Dorset to you

    • @anyasward4556
      @anyasward4556 6 місяців тому

      @@jenniferk6632 Hello; I had a feeling you would understand about the energy compromise as you're recovering from long covid. Is your condition improved by being away from home? I have a friend with long covid and he just moseys on through....he's in his 90's!! I expect being on the coast is a good tonic to your health. I often smile and laugh at your expressions. Anyhow....I hope you've something good planned for today. X

    • @anyasward4556
      @anyasward4556 6 місяців тому

      O'h and love from Hampshire. You're in the county below!😊

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +1

      😀 Nice to read from you, again. I was just enchanted by beautiful Corfe village and am now driving to Swanage... I do not have long Covid, though but Covid triggered a chronic lung disease plus, due to an autoimmune illness, my lungs were already effected. I hope, your friend will recover completely. Wish him well for me. Lots of love to you...

  • @memmymacbemmy
    @memmymacbemmy 7 місяців тому

    💕💕💕

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  7 місяців тому

      Thank you for coming along, Süße

  • @marielouiseweeksb33attitud33
    @marielouiseweeksb33attitud33 6 місяців тому

    Welcome to my home town.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому +1

      Oh wow... you sure live at an amazing place 😀 Great that you came along... I am sure, I missed quite a few nice spots though...

  • @KarenMillen-v5d
    @KarenMillen-v5d 4 місяці тому

    I live in Hastings 😊

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  4 місяці тому

      Hello there, what a beautiful spot of this world it is you live in... and this profile picture is taking my breath away... I used to have a brown mare... she was my soulmate and I miss her, everyday... ❤️

  • @Bobtheschoolboy
    @Bobtheschoolboy 7 місяців тому

    gang gang gang

  • @CarlosAlberto-ii1li
    @CarlosAlberto-ii1li 6 місяців тому

    Dangerous place, Danny Chambers lives nearby, you are better off here in Spain.

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  6 місяців тому

      Haha... so far, I feel safe, though... will come back to Spain this winter Where from Spain are you from?

    • @CarlosAlberto-ii1li
      @CarlosAlberto-ii1li 6 місяців тому

      @@jenniferk6632 I am in aragon, you can park up on my land, it is rural, no one will bother you

    • @CarlosAlberto-ii1li
      @CarlosAlberto-ii1li 6 місяців тому

      @@jenniferk6632 Aragon, a rural place you can park on my land in safety for the winter. It is very quiet, no one to bother you.

  • @patrickberndt
    @patrickberndt 6 місяців тому

  • @jeanne7041
    @jeanne7041 7 місяців тому

    💕💕

    • @jenniferk6632
      @jenniferk6632  7 місяців тому

      Danke fürs Dabei sein, Süße ❤️