American Couple Reacts: English Villages in Summer! Beautiful, Relaxing, & Magical! FIRST TIME!!
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- American Couple Reacts: English Villages in Summer! Beautiful, Relaxing, & Magical! FIRST TIME REACTION! We are joining our friends, Kirsten & Joerg on this lovely glance at some of the incredible, English Villages in the Summertime! This episode starts off at Castle Ashby Gardens in Northamptonshire. We look at different places in the smallest county of Rutland too. This is such a fun episode and looking forward to seeing this in person next Summer when we visit the United Kingdom. Let us know if you live here or close by. All the views are so picturesque! Please click on the link below to Subscribe to Kirsten & Joerg's amazing channel! We would love to hear from you in the comments. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support! *More Links below...
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You should also see some Suffolk villages, such as, Kersey, Cavendish, Lavenham, Long Melford, Orford, Coddenham, Somerleyton village, Southwold, Aldeburgh etc
I live in a medieval village in Suffolk. Take a look at Lavenham. An absolute gem.
Lovely church.
Years ago, me and a mate cycled around Rutland water in the dead of night. We started out at about 10pm. When we got to that church we started chasing each other around it until we collapsed in laughter. Fun memories of being young and fit. My mate, Lloyd was best man at my first wedding. He got breast cancer last year. Seems to be on the mend now though. He's had to have a moob off and tons of chemo. But hair grows back. Great video ladies. X
Tbh our country is full of these gems. Every county has many 'chocolate box' villages, but unless you actually live there, very few are seen, especially by tourists. Travel off a main road in any direction and you will find them.
Very much so
I went up Newcastle upon Tyne last month. That has some nice places
@@da90sReAlvloc I went last yr and loved it. Also beautiful Tynemouth a half hour metro ride away. If I could I’d love to explore more of Northumberland definitely the best kept secret for tourists
Exactly, there's loads of places like this around where I am
I don't live far from this area. It is truly lovely and a great place for a pleasant British stroll every couple of weekends. Air conditioning in UK....open the window!
My daughter was married in Normanton Church. What you see is the original upper floor of the church. The ground floor is underwater now. They deconsecrated the church before they flooded the land to make Rutland Water. Once the new water level stabilised, they reopened the upper floor. It is now a venue for civil wedding ceremonies.
That’s interesting but also a little sad
I've moved to Herefordshire and miss Rutland and the Northampton village where I lived. There are some stunning villages in Herefordshire though and many are on the black and white trail which is through villages built of timber framed houses and cottages whitewashed with the frames painted black - they could do worse than visit Pembridge.
I can totally recommend my local The Fox and hounds on the village green in Exton .or your both welcome too stay with me in Exton 💕
They ruined that church! It should have been moved away from the reservoir in its entirety.
The British countryside with it's small villages really is a place to grow old in peace. That quiet when you open the front door and all you can hear is the birds in the trees and your garden hedge is calming and comforting. I wouldn't live anywhere else. I was lucky enough to be born and live all my life in paradise.
Northamptonshire is beautiful my Uncle was a local, we spent many family Christmas's at their house...my Grandma, 4 adults, 7 kids & 3 dogs...Happy memories. Local & light from Abertawe(Swansea) South Wales 💜🏴🌻
Love not local?! Sorry 🦄
Lots of English people do not know and/or appreciate their home country. They stay in their boring semi-detached suburban estates and then go to Spain for two weeks a year and the odd trip to an obvious UK coast resort. Most are ignorant of the UK's beauty.
Definitely have a look at Dorset which has many thatched cottages also has the Jurasic coast, Sandbanks, Corfe castle .....THE NEW FOREST is an absolute must!
Shhhh! Stop telling people about Dorset. 🤪
Dorset: the tetchy, “Blue-Badge County”, where Sundays are marred by the sound of retired folk, operating lawnmowers, chainsaws etc, instead of savouring the natural beauty; guess who visited, this weekend!
Thomas Hardy country.😅@@1daveyp
Absolutely breath-taking! Makes me so proud to call England home!
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When thinking of England, it’s exactly how I picture it in my head. Gorgeous little villages, not the big bustling cities.
I find it so bizarre that you havent looked at the South of England at all! Especially as youre going to be staying Kent (the garden of England). You're missing out on so much. Kent, East and West Sussex, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Cornwall plus the Isle of Wight! They're all crammed with so much beauty and the weather's better too😂
Please at least check out Rye, Alfriston, Brighton Pavillion and the South Downs Way.
I live in a southern village near Winchester, the whole country is littered with pretty villages. The great thing about villages in the UK is being in the countryside, but yet not far from the nearest town.
Try Alresford, Cheriton and its environs - lovely area.
Wherever we live in the UK it has beautiful villages and towns . My advice will be visit between May and September- out of season you will miss the flowers and natural beauty. Most hotels do not have air conditioning - only in cars! I live near Cambridge- the university colleges are a joy to walk round but the City is expensive and traffic a nightmare ❤
The problem with A/C in the UK , its crazy expensive to run, plus in a lot of these buildings you see, they are grade 2 listed so incredibly expensive to install as you can't knock down walls or change the make up of these buildings...however the UK is a very temperant climate...these 2 are lovely , loved this vlog as a Brit as I've never been to Rutland, definitely a hidden gem...❤
Speak for yourself I die without my AC lol
The buildings that you see in this video are all heavyweight buildings so that they are cosy warm in winter (when heated properly) and cool in summer so there is no need for A/C. We have a moderate weight house and at the height of the summer last year when it was 40degC outside, our house was a comfortable 25.5degC inside. Our heating season starts sometime in November and finishes March/April depending on the weather.
A/C as most people know it is not crazy expensive, it is basically heat pumps that supply warm or cool air that you see in many small offices and will be a cheap alternative to lpg and oil in places where there is no mains gas. This is the system that the Govt are promoting to reduce our gas consumption. It gets more sophisticated when you add humidity control that is really only suitable for large office buildings. The issue with 'A/C' is that it provides cool air to overcome the deficiencies of the building construction i.e. lightweight building that is exacerbated by high levels of insulation. Generally speaking, cooling air is around 3x as expensive as heating it for the same temperature change +/-, and of course that energy is used during the period when with other types of buildings it is unnecessary.
Rutland is a picturesque county with classic sandstone houses, often with Switherland Slate roofs i.e. massive. The brick production in nearby Peterborough seems to have bypassed the county except in 1960's/70's although new developments are favoured with sandstone replica cladding, which doesn't sit right with precise modern houses.
@@clivewilliams3661 my a/c only gets me a couple of degrees lower in 1 room but as long as you sit in the direction of air flow you get the "standing in front of the fridge" benefit. Night times are awful in the heat. I need another unit to keep upstairs.
@@mandimoo87 It sounds as though the unit is woefully undersized. Is it a stand alone cabinet or a plumbed in split unit with a condenser outside? As I said, cooling the air takes 3 times the amount of energy for every degree than to heat it every degree so that if for example your house needs to cool from 30degC to 20degC it will use the same amount of energy as heating it from minus 10degC to 20degC. Therefore if you primarily require the cooling to perform then it needs to be 3 times as big as the one for heating. If the house heats up to an uncomfortable level then it is likely to be a lightweight building that has no thermal mass to modulate solar heat gain. You can insulate to lower the solar transmission but this is usually quite difficult to achieve as an insulated house tends to keep the solar heat in, double glazed windows are terrible in this respect. I would look to add shading where possible to reduce the solar gain and look to tacking the heat gain in the roof space.
For most systems A/C (Air Conditioning) is the wrong term as to be A/C it requires humidity control that adds another layer of complication, most 'A/C' units are only heat pumps that heat when the refrigerant is flowing in one direction and cooling when flowing in the other, commonly they are called split units
@@clivewilliams3661 stand alone the bes I could afford. It's better than nothing and gets us to about 22-23 inside which isnt too bad. I am getting it vented into my Chimney soon so will be able to keep windows closed then
If you visit that part of the world the town of Stamford is well worth checking out its beautiful and I'm pretty sure many period dramas have been filmed there . As far as air conditioning goes my advice would be always presume there will be none , its rare , then if it is present that will be a bonus and lovely surprise .
We are joining our friends, Kirsten & Joerg on this lovely glance at some of the incredible, English Villages in the Summertime! This episode starts off at Castle Ashby Gardens in Northamptonshire. We look at different places in the smallest county of Rutland too. This is such a fun episode and looking forward to seeing this in person next Summer when we visit the United Kingdom. Let us know if you live here or close by. All the views are so picturesque! Please click on the link below to Subscribe to Kirsten & Joerg's amazing channel that is in the description! We would love to hear from you in the comments. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
I do live near here! So thanks!
Hi gals, here is a tip. When you get to visit those lovely villages, to blend in with the ambiance wear floral summer dresses & flat shoes.
Morning you two, If I have my figures correct, that 2 bed cottage for sale in EXTON, is going for around £350,000.
If I remember right, when I was a youngster, the Govt tried to do away with the County of Rutland, and amalgamate it with another County, but such a fuss was created that it got shelved.
We lived in Empingham, a small village in Rutland, next to Rutland Water (
largest man made lake in Europe. We sold our cottage and moved 5 miles into the small market town of Stamford last year. We now live next to the river in the historic centre of Stamford which is also a gorgeous place to visit - it regularly features in the Sunday Times best place to live in the UK competition (and won it twice).
This part of the country is one of the best kept secrets - just as pretty as the Cotswolds but not crawling with tourists - you can walk for miles and hardly ever meet another person.
I would highly recommend staying anywhere in Rutland or Stamford, we're only 40 miles away from Cambridge and 80 from London.
There are lots of village's all over Britain. You will be spoilt for choice. Good village shops like that bakery are a must.
I live in a village called Offwell in East Devon. Beautiful village, 9 miles from the coast. Devon is a beautiful county
It doesn't matter how you pronounce Scone. Buy. Eat. Enjoy.
Correct answer! ❤️❤️
If you have any young people [children] in your family, then you must have to go to Hartfield Village, it is where Pooh Corner is located. The actual place where A.A. Milne wrote the story for his son Christopher Robin. We have visited there and we strongly recommend it to you, in fact to everyone. Plus the village is more than a picture postcard.
Bugger the children I would love to see that place!
As much as this video showed an impressive village area, it’s just one of thousands of villages, all with their own regional character, hidden treasures, local historical places. Take Kent where you’ll be based: just travelling village to village will take forever.
Cherrypicking your stay is going to take a lot of planning ☺️👍🏼
Yes do try and visit the Isle of Wight stunning chocolate box villages thatched roofs beautiful beaches and absolutely stunning countryside too. A little bias as my family all live on the island But it won’t disappoint
I live on the Isle of Wight and it is stunning over here.
To echo others, 100s of lovely, picturesque towns and villages throughout the UK, with their unique style bult from local stone and materials. Check out Polstead in Suffolk, Lavenham also in Suffolk is known for its timber-framed historic buildings. Check out Ludlow in Shropshire, town known for its castle and great food, with Georgian and older Tudor architecture. BTW default is no aircon, we dont need it (or nor will you in May/June) only in modern chain hotels in major towns/cities.
Oh, you’ll definitely want to put Cornwall on your list of places to visit. We have quaint little villages too, as well as award winning beaches, castles, waterfalls, a cathedral, hundreds of years old churches, pasties, cider, clotted cream, the Eden Project, harbours, St Michael’s Mount, stunning gardens, practically everything you’d want to see!
You are not likely to get air conditioning in a small hotel, but if you are staying in an old stone built building, it is unlikely to get very hot inside. The walls are often about 2ft thick.
I regularly drive my small bus through Exton village (was there yesterday), it really is a lovely village. The route goes from Melton Mowbray, home of the pork pie, through to Oakham, which is the county town of Rutland. I love the route, it goes through some lovely little villages and during the summer, it's a sight to behold. As a note, the little house next to the gate at 22:16 is known as a toll house, where "road" users used to pay a fee to travel onwards. Most of them are very small, but usually lived in and very well looked after, as some of them are protected buildings. Also - I'll finish in a minute, my friends husband is a baker at Hambleton Bakeries, and could well have made those scones (I say "scon") and soda bread.
Why do you say scon, it has an e on the end as in stone not ston?
@@johngardiner6800 because that is the way I have always said it. It's a regional variation. I don't particularly care how a word is spelt, if it will be understood as is. I write scone, but I say scon.
I was brought up in Melton, and as a kid regularly used to cycle through to Exton and beyond. And to see the Vulcans, at nearby RAF Cottesmore. All before the lake was created. Rides through to Rutland were my favourite cycle rides.
I use to be a delivery driver for this area of Rutland, 15 years delivering here and never got tired of the beauty, there is also a Falconry Centre close by, so many pretty villages in Rutland especially around Rutland Water
Hi I live in a village called Earls Barton it’s about 10 minutes drive from Castle Ashby Northamptonshire is a beautiful county right in the centre of England, it does rain here but not all the time it’s more dry days than wet. Earls Barton has a Saxon church well over a 1000 years old well worth a visit. Enjoy you’re stay when you come to UK.
I've been to Earls Barton many times, when I lived in Northampton, as my cousin lives there and my ex husband's aunt lived there. It is lovely.
There’s loads of villages like in the Cotswolds everywhere, Cotswolds are the best known because they’re within commuting distance of London traditionally…
Yes and the Cotswolds is where all the luvvy media types live, (becasue it's near London,) which gives them a higher profile. There are nicer villages all over the UK.
I absolutely love how passionate you are about our green and pleasant land. Much love to you both x
Sadly one month will not be long enough to experience everything the UK has to offer
Just take your time and enjoy ❤️
Ladies, Did you see the traditional telephone boxes that are odour-free and can be entered without the fear of being overwhelmed by the smell of urine? There was one in the video, did you notice it? Most villages have phone boxes that have been renovated, and now they serve as emergency stations for cardiac arrests. Some still retain their old phones, which are standard among visitors who come to enjoy the beautiful countryside. This is especially helpful since many elderly people live in these villages. If you ever witness someone having a heart attack, you can enter one of these booths and find the necessary equipment that could potentially save their life. This is a responsible and beneficial idea for any community. So you will be able to have a look in a telephone box.
Honestly no matter where you are in the UK your never far away from beautiful scenery and very quaint and pretty villages
Rutland is the smallest county in England not far away is the beautiful Georgian town, which is a step back in Time ! Stamford. It’s the most perfectly preserved Georgian town in the country that is a must visit. Stunning
Such lovely villages 😍you will find lovely little villages like these in the country.
You should visit Stanton in The Cotswolds (look it up on google images) a beautiful little village.
Others i would recommend if visiting The Cotswolds is Bourton on the Water, Castle Combe, Bibury, Burford, Broadway, Blockley, Lower & Upper Slaughter, Stow on the Wold & Chipping Campden, all beautful towns and villages.
Thank you ladies for this video. You will probably need to hire a motor home to explore more places when you come over next year x
Kirsten & Joerg did a fantastic job of recording these beautiful little villages... These places are so peaceful and quiet... And believe me... They really do lower your heart rate due to the lack of stress you feel... It's almost as if time is standing still at times... And did you notice the lack of traffic throughout the entire video too?... In the more touristy areas of the country... Visitors can sometimes overwhelm the local community... Making it much harder for them to park their own vehicles or to access local amenities... In Rutland you can see these beautiful little villages... Unchanged by the passage of time... With almost no changes from the way that they looked well over a hundred years ago... There's no noise pollution either... Literally all you can hear is birdsong... And the breeze running through the trees... Peace and quiet is a rarity in modern day life these days... Once you have it... You certainly wouldn't want to give it up... A stress free life is much more important to most people here... But very few of us can ever achieve it... As there's a premium to living in such tranquil surroundings as these... Those that are lucky enough to live here... Are very blessed indeed.
Definitely Scon 😊 lovely video. That part of the UK is really pretty. I’ve been to Rutland and surrounding counties of Lincolnshire (Stamford which appeared on a sign is also a pretty small town), Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. Suffolk and Essex are also worth visiting ❤
I agree with scon, Queen Lizzy famously used to say scon so thats good enough for me.
Hi Ladies, another terrific video of some of England's quaint villages. Rutland is one of those 'blink and you miss it' places, only by main roads though, with some stunning scenery and wildlife especially around Rutland Water. Also, thank you for introducing me to Kirsten and Joerg with your series of reactions, I am now subscribed. Keep up the good content.
Rutland is beautiful, however you have to be a millionaire to live here!
make absolutely sure you go to an area in the county of hampshire near the south coast called the new forest. over 200 square miles it's a unique area of woods/heathland/moorland where you can bump into freely roaming new forest ponies, donkeys and cattle that have a historical right to graze upon the open forest . it's full of history going right back to pre historic times. a truly beautiful and unique area
Oh I LOVE the New Forest! It’s lovely
thanks for your videos, love ´em
Looking forward to you Lovely Ladies coming to our stunning country, here in good old Blighty!
Don't forget to include Cornwall and Devon, where we have the most gorgeous villages and coastal areas....breathtakingly awesome comes as standard!
Lovey video. I recall you said you'd be in Kent for a while. May I recommend a visit to Sissinghurst Gardens, Hever Castle, Canterbury Cathedral and Dover Castle. All are really great attractions and well worth a visit - you'll need a few days as they are not next door to each other but not too far away either. Have a great time when you go. Best wishes from Australia.
Another great video girls I went to Tenby in wales with my girlfriend because of you two you featured it in video few months back keep good work up your educating me about my own country 😊
That's wonderful!! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
What a relaxing way to wake up , a lovely stroll around some breath taking villages, listening to your reactions of love and appreciation for what you are looking forward to seeing for yourselves of our little Green and Pleasant land💖💝
Haven't finished watching yet but what struck me around 10:30 was the LACK OF CARS! The village must look much the same as it did 100 years ago and more. Fabulous!
Wherever you visit next year be prepared to end up planning future visits - there's so much to see and do!
P.S. I've always said "scone" (as in "bone", "lone", "cone", "tone", "hone") rather than rhyming with "gone"
Oh, and the house fore sale has a guide price of £350,000 :)
The villages look very different today than 100 years ago because of the clinical tarmac highways and street clutter that detracts from the original ambiance. Back then the street would have been dirt with potholes and ridges and meandering verges.
Exton is not on any major road - indeed, it is not even on a minor road, being on a short loop lane from the nearest minor road, so there is never any through traffic.
Not sure but if you are visiting Devon one of the most beautiful villages I’ve visited I found in Devon called Cockington Village is absolutely beautiful and still got a working blacksmith , also if you walk through the park you find builds where they have all kinds of craft makers they have some wonderful items that you can buy or just watch them making all kinds of things.
Yes! We are going to Clovelly!
Hi ladies , there are hundreds of little picturesque villages dotted around , Kent where I live has dome gorgeous villages too . Love these two YTubers they are quirkey and just lovely ..as are you guys . 😊
If in Rutland, a visit to Stamford, a stunning market town, along with stopping off at Burghley House, which is close by is a must. Burghley is an outstanding stately home on par with the best and better than most. The annual Horse Trials, a 3 day event, takes place at the end of August/beginning of September each year and is regarded as one of the premium events worldwide, attracting the very best international competitor, and Royalty as well! The Crown and the George hotels are the best in the town for luncheon.
Princess Anne rode at Burghley years ago.
Girls. You make so proud to be a Brit. Better still, good to see you both and the other more worlds outside of the US. Good on you both
The Cotswold type stone seam of rock runs almost diagonally from Bath to Yorkshire, so it makes sense that they thought the villages in Rutland/Northamptonshire felt Cotswoldy. Aircon isn't standard. The scone/scon debate is both regional and class based I believe.
Yes lots of choices for you ladies, if you like the look of Suffolk & Norfolk, first head over to view the beautiful and traditional Suffolk seaside town of Southwold, it is beautiful not to be missed, enjoy.
what a wonderful video and the couple who videoed it i highly enjoyed it thanks ladies
What an absolute treat of a video. Thank you for bringing this to us.
The tall flowers with a round purple bloom are Alium, a member of the onion family. Stunning when they are grown in large clumps.
We have tons of villages through out the uk with thatched roofs quaint churches and Roses around the doors I'm so lucky to live in one of them the cotswolds are gorgeous the stately homes around the uk are wonderful the towns are more modern and sometimes not as diserable I'm sure you both will have a superb time theirs good very good and some not so good places but I think that's in every country generally the summer can get very hot other than that it's reasonable t shirt whether but the winters cold have fun ladies and so looking forward to seeing your pics and hearing what you got upto xx 😀
New to me, too.
Thanks, so much.
Might see you there 🤞
And it's sgon 🏴
Amazing video, amazing places; absolutely beautiful! Lovely couple sharing these stunning picturesque areas. All it’s doing is tugging on my heart strings and making me impatient to show you around when/if you come to visit my local area and the surrounding areas. Much much love ladies, thank you 🙏 xxx
Fabulous video as always. Thank you xx
Wow what a beautiful place . Great video ladies
Hi guys.
First comment, but I have been following you both for a while, and I am already looking forward to your blogs and vids in the U.K.
I know you love your quiet little villages and don't want to get bogged down with the hassle and bustle of the big cities, although some have great architecture.
I'm from bradford in West Yorkshire, a once heavy industrial town in the 18-19th century's.
However, being a fair sized city still has seriously old buildings that most people overlook, like the fantastic bolling Hall.
Construction was finished in 1086 by order of William the conquer and just one of the gems in Yorkshire that gets overlooked by everyone that visits.
Wherever you go in the UK, I'm sure you'll have a hell of a time no matter where you visit, so please guys enjoy yourself when your here
That was beautiful, a big WOW. There are alot of places around that are stunning. The church I attend is 12th century. Again girlies we see you transported to these wonderful places.Well done xxx
Love you both and so happy I found your channel ❤
All the best from Wales ❤
Once again I missed the start, but I got up at 7.30 on a Sunday morning that's pretty good for me ! Great video and worth losing sleep over !! ❤
Bit late watching this one! But worth the wait 😜 Looks like a beautiful place to visit!
I always get cheered up by your video's. Thanks girls ❤
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I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Thank you for taking the time to make them.
So nice of you
Kirstens video about the Herdwick sheep is a MUST SEE !
I live about 20 mins down the road from this and have been many times and it's so breathtaking in person to see it.
Thanks Natasha and Debbie, this was just spectacular to watch. I loved everything! ❤
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You might be surprised how relatively cheap houses are in this area, especially when compared to the south east and the Cotswolds.
Love the the admiration you show to these places. I'm in a town in the North West called Ramsbottom. If you ever get over here you should visit. I'd happily show you around ❤
I went to a rock festival at Castle Ashby for ten years on the trot back in my youth. Never really got to see the formal grounds or inside the house though. If you do go to Rutland Water, they have a lot of Ospreys nesting there and you can go on boat cruises to spot them. There are really little gems of villages over the country all with their own distinctive style depending on the type of stone or wood available in that area.
Regardless of the weather, you guys will have a blast here!
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. I am 72. I have never left Great Britain and still have a long list of places to visit. So I am sure you will have a wonderful time.
Thank you!
I live in the Midlands and I love it here, I look out of my window and look across the valley. It looks different all the time as the sun moves across the sky.
Use to love riding round Rutland waters as a child
❤ the video absolutely beautiful place to go and visit.❤❤
Kew Gardens is well worth a visit if you get the chance, the palm house is breathtaking.
Can't wait for your coments next year when you visited the UK. Great video!
I live in Kent overlooking the river Medway between Aylesford and Rochester. I have recently spent several holidays in Rutland and stayed in a self catering lodge at Barnsdale. It's so peaceful and relaxing. The views across Rutland Water are astonishing. I fully recommend Rutland as Holiday venue.
I love sight seeing with you girl's around my own country. Carry-on.
It’s a beautiful county, with lots of stunning countryside to explore 👍🏻
Yahay , Castle Ashby ...only 20 minutes up the road from me
This is social media at its best , just an amazing bit of editing and so well done...love this couple ❤
Nat.. just wanting to be there.. Debbie.. just seems on a quiet, very very peaceful place in her mind. Beautiful to see both.
1 month is simply not enough.
Bless you both
I've seen a lot of these little gems of villages. My dad was a HGV driver he did it for over 30 years in the UK alone. So any time we travelled around the UK either for camping trips or to visit places he would stick to smaller roads as he saw motorways daily. So we always ended up passing through these little villages.
This was really nice to watch - I felt a calm come over me (after a bad day!) just loved the flowers, the walks they took, the lady’s calm voice, the serenity and the thatched cottages - everything! I live in Sussex, Ladies, and I recommend Arundel nearby, Arundel castle and Arundel Cathedral lovely - if ever you come this way, you would love it! Also the Isle of Wight!
I was struck by the lack of traffic. Gorgeous video, thank you Natasha and Debbie and Kirsten and Joerg.
These villages are dormitories in that they are used by the occupants to commute to the towns and cities during the day that can only be reached by car, hence few cars (and people). One of my clients lived in Empingham on the east side of the county and travelled into Leicester every day, others I know drive to Peterborough and commute to London daily by train.
Rutland water is lovely - I used to live nearby and we'd walk around it every weekend.
Know of the Barsdale Lodge Hotel - never been in it but we pass it regularly on our way from South Lincs to one of our favourite Garden Centres just outside Oakham.
I say 'scon'. Have you looked at the Surrey Hills yet? It's just south of London and is an area of 'outstanding natural beauty' which includes the North downs and the South downs which runs to the south coast. Iv lived here for 3 years now and I'm still exploring this gorgeous area.
I've grown up in the Surrey Hills area and know it well. I hope you've discovered Abinger, Holmbury St Mary and Coldharbour?. Lovely places with great pubs 😊
You're right. Lovely pubs. Love Abinger and Gomshall. I'm in Albury.
@@debbiebatten6088 Nice! 😊
My family are from some very quaint villages way out in the middle of nowhere. They're kind of between Kent (where I think you said previously you'll be staying) and the Cotswolds. I'd be happy to show you around and tell you some of the local history. I have never, ever seen a tourist in those villages so they're completely untouched. We also have a very large, grand house locally which unless you've been living under a rock for the last 15yrs you might just recognise from a TV show 😉
Good morning Ladies hope you are well , loved the video and have subscribed as suggested , i used to live at a place called Oakham which is near Rutland water and have have fond memories of when i was there , i was only a youngster about 4 yrs old . My father was stationed there as he was in the Royal air force . The main thing i remember is a lonely road lined with Blackberry bushes and a small railway bridge with a steam train running under us as we watched from above on a summers day , what a wonderful place to grow up in i feel blessed that i had the chance to grow up there . take care lots of love .
Looking forward to having you here.
The “scon” / scone thing is hotly debated here in the UK, even in the same locality. I’m not sure it’s a regional thing either; for example, I would call it a “scon” (spelt scone, of course) but a colleague of mine, born and bred in exact same area calls it a scone. Horses for courses I guess?
It's NOT hotly debated. People have other things to think about.
When it comes to our weather this year, is definitely was a flaming June, but July is starting off less settled. Still warm but with slightly more showers.
Travelled that road plenty of times ,on our way to Peterborough from Cheshire,passing through many picturesque villages. in Rutland Lincolnshire and into Cambridgeshire..
I was stationed at RAF north luffenham in the mid 1980s. My favourite posting.. right next to Rutland water.. beautiful location. And nice cushy posting..
Debbie sure has grown in confidence since the start of your channel...............great to see
If you're coming to the Cotswolds next year, start looking at places to stay now and book asap. Although there are always places available, to book into a place you've both set your heart's on, it's worth booking early. If you're going to Stratford (on Avon) it gets incredibly busy, especially in the summer. It's one of the reasons we moved away from there. Some hidden gems are the Tews, Oxford (my birthplace), Chipping Campden, too many more to mention.