We Were Ill in WHITSTABLE 🤢
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- We travelled to Kent to spend a few days in our tiny van. First stop Whitstable where we were both taken ill 😕
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I live in Whitstable, with the amount of raw sewage that's pumped into the sea from the Swalecliff water treatment centre 3 miles away. I would never eat an oyster. You take a risk swimming around that coast.
Yes, the unwitting tourists! Still need to make a complaint to the shop & the council. If they are selling food unfit for human consumption.
I live in Whitstable too! Interesting to see a newcomers view. I remember when oysters were 50p. Like you, I will never eat the oysters or go in the sea now - shameful the amount of sewage they pump into our sea. 🤢
Someone should warn the tourists, but nobody will because those local businesses needs them to survive. It's a no win situation.
Oysters can kill from botulism especially all the sewage dumped in the sea sod that for a game of soldiers 😂
Which is why you know it wasn’t the oysters.
Might have the shits but it'll sort out your furrowed brow and crows feet though
Most oysters are farmed.
The Oyster have to pureated for at least 42 hrs and then tested. Food standards law now.
You`re more likely to die in your car than die from eating an oyster.
You know it's true love when you can both have D and V in the back of a small van and 😄come out smiling.
Aww sorry to hear you both been sick and bad . Must of been hard in ur van . Hope u both feel better now .
Ah, after all that sickness, you two are still able to laugh about it. Well done!!!! 😂😂
🎵 'And it burned burned burned, the ring of fire, the ring of fire'.
Such a wonderful couple, seeing you both happy makes me happy
I was told by locals in Whitstable that the season for Oysters is between September and April and to avoid out of season.
❤With an R in month. YES
Lol: "People might be having their tea" and "Do you still fancy me" Made me laugh out loud! I hope you're both feeling better! Cheers from Canada :)
Hilarious 😂😂😂
Put a claim in to the water company. The sea all around the Kent coast is filthy. With continual sewage dumping it will only get worse.
The water company is going to do sweet Fanny Adams. The complaint needs to be sent to the local council & shop.
Helen cracks me up every time 😂
Oysters and the people of Whitstable, are known as Natives. Tudor tea rooms was a favourite haunt (pun not intended) of Peter Cushing.
Look on the bright side. At least you didn't catch crabs ! 😊
I did, down in Old Hastings Town. Thanks, Liz!
Not sure if I have commented but if not, I hope you got over the sickness. I once ate mussels in the South of France before travelling on a coach back to UK, and had food poisoning all the way through France. The coach driver kept stopping to let me be ill on the side of the motorway, and sit on the roadside kerb area. My daughter was about 6 at the time and my fellow passengers looked after her. That must be one step worse than being ill in your van! Imagine a coach full of passengers watching the display!
Oh god that sounds terrible
If a relationship can withstand a double loss at seafood roulette while staying in a van, it can withstand anything ❤
It's great to hear that you decided to do your own thing and live life on the road. I live in Herne Bay, just up the road from Whitstable (The Bubble). I migrated from Sunny Scunny about 19 years ago. I would never leave here now. I love it. The sunsets are the best I've seen, hands down EVER..... Enjoy the rest of your journeys....I'll subscribe to a fellow Northerner...all the best ☀️
My late dad would always say. “Never eat seafood unless there’s an “R” in the month.
This is also a saying in the Netherlands, and most people stick by it.
I had the same in Africa. Then I lived on white rice and ginger beer. It really helped.
we stayed in one of those fisherman's huts for my husband's 40th about 8 years ago. gorgeous, hearing the books clanking on the water outside. white bedroom upstairs, everything u need, little kitchen downstairs. wasn't v expensive ( then!). went to a famous oyster place, had amazing seafood sat in the window of a tiny shop front( their restaurant was being done up for AGES). no oysters for us tho 😅😅
❤YES
An R IN MONTH to eat OYSTERS shell fish with what's pumped into our sea .... no wsy
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UK Water now just a Sewer. Can't even swim safely in it anymore.
Whitstable was ok for oysters back in the Victorian era but sewage outfall pipes from a population explosion killed it off but about 40 years back they extended the outfall pipes and that resurrected the oysters beds, since then there has been another population explosion, well you can see where I'm going with this.
Fasting is the best thing .... Give the gut time to heal instead of forcing
more crap on to it.
That is why animals don't eat when they are unwell ... Yet some of us keep
trying to tempt them to eat.🥰
How true is that animals know Best ❤
You need to drink a lot of water though, otherwise you will dehydrate.
Just pissing ourselves , we've all been there and the stories are always the best pub anecdotes, in a van is even more hilarious 🤣 obviously not for you at the time 😂😂
Yep, it will be the Oysters, they can be a bit like Russian Roulette. I had a 48-hour similar experience (as did three friends) after eating them a few years ago. I haven't had the nerve to eat them again. Hope you are both feeling better now. Love the channel!
Hi I live in Whitstable it was interesting to see our town through a visitors eyes.
On the Oyster front - it is Whitstables main trade - the oyters when brought in - DONT just go to restaurents and outlets - they have to be purified for at least 42hrs and be
Tested before they can be consumed.
You have been unlucky, did you swim in the sea? People have unfortunately been ill from that.
The industrial side of the Harbour is a local aggregate company Brett , they've been around for over 100 yrs. Whitstable was the first harbour to have a railway line running to it - The 'Crab and Winkle' as its known locally. If you come back ( dont be put off)- take a trip on the Whitstable Vintage lifeboat The Chieftain 😊.
Where do you buy the safe ones if you shouldn't go to restaurants and outlets? and how can you recognise those who have been purified, do thay have a certificate?
Thank you both for the lovely tour.
Oh I am so sorry for both of you…..I know how horrible food poisoning is……I think you know where it came from…😔….love you two!…..keep on getting better…x
We've all been there with the food poisoning ahaha nasty ain't it!! Happens to us all I'll never forget the time I had a double ender camping down cornwall in a bloody proper storm!
Helen - your expression, right at the very end of the video is priceless! 😂
What a shame you both got food poisoning. At least you never have to try another oyster, James!
I hope you were both well enough to go to the Kate Bush festival? I love Kate Bush, that will be so entertaining! 😊✌
We go to whitstable a lot. My dad was born there. I just love the place. However I would never touch an oyster, no way!!
O my god i feel for you both guys, we all know that feeling. Make sure you drink plenty of water.👍❤❤
As much as i like seafood, the amount of raw sewage being pumped into the sea and our rivers puts me off having it ,especially Oysters! You've both been lucky not to be in hospital to be honest in my humble opinion! All the best to you both.
"lucky not to be in hospital" They would be dead by now, staying in the hospitals in Kent.
James & Helen ... You knew the oysters looked totally wrong.
View & Smell & then Taste if you are not sure of any food before you commit to eating ! God bless & Get well soon 🌟🌟🧡
Awww bless you both. Food poisoning is a bad time especially without having facilities. It's definitely problematic in those situations not having a bathroom etc. Take care you two. ✌️
I had to subscribe 1) because you make staying in Benidorm look like fun 2) you're always so positive, even after 2 days with severe food poisoning 3) love the name of the van .
Saludos desde Barcelona.
p.s. glad you are both feeling a bit better 😀
Thank you :-)
The coastal fishermen's cottages look lovely, sorry you got the squits!😤🫣😱🤒💩
You sound a lot happier now you're back in the UK James. Happy for you mate, keep going well Brother!
I'm sorry you got poisoned, I haven't seen that part yet. I'm just 20 minutes in and I just want to say, it's an absolutely brilliant show tonight. It's great the way you're both chatting about everything you see.
It's brilliant!
Just you tell it the way it is Helen that’s why we enjoy watching
Oysters are well known to cause intestinal problems! It depends on the area; Mediterranean oysters are particularly bad!
The number of viruses and bacteria associated with them is legion! And guess what? The UK water companies are now discharging sewage into the sea at present!
Hope you both recover soon 🙏 !
Awful
Pollution
Bless you both! Happened to me on a birthday trip to Dublin nearly 20 years ago. 2 days spent on the bathroom floor of our fancy hotel, still can't look at an oyster without wincing! Love the channel. Get better soon.
Thank you :-)
Whitstable, vomit and diarrhoea, now that's what I call keeping it real, so glad you're back and doing what you do best 😉. Hope you are both feeling better. Be lucky.
You should have gone to the cafe Peter Cushing used to go to and visited his house.
Food poisoning knocked the stuffing outa me ,wasn't right for 2 weeks, hope you're better, as a wizard of oz fan love your van is called Dorothy 😊
Thankgod you’re both better.. hopefully the weather will pick up now.. 😊
You're both lucky to be alive. I could have been reading about you in the Daily Mail, couple found in back of van, plus all the gory details of how they found you, surrounded in vomit, etc. What a way to go. James, rely on your instincts in future about oysters. I watch your videos here in New Zealand, they're very funny.
it is well known that sewerage is pumped into the sea at Whitstable. sorry you swallowed some. looking forward to Margate, we live a couple of miles from there
@markdyballuk Should do Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate.
Having now watched the Margate video too that`s the last place I would want to go if I was feeling sick,my god what a depressing dump!!
You have my sympathies. I had food poisoning recently and it was horrendous! Violently ill for 12 hours. Weak as a kitten after for several days. I dont like being mithered either, just left to my misery on my own. Hope you are feeling better now.
You have to watch it with seafood filter feeders that have been left at room temperature for over a couple of hours , eaten o natural or undercooked.
Really you should of notified the authorities what you had eaten, what establishments and the time you both got ill.
Gaz Yorkshire.
Folkestone was great today all the woman and some men in red dresses, 😂 we went to the goods yard for some grub on the harbour 🙌 on poisoning there 😂😂 cheers guys x
Have to say......we all came down with Norovirus a couple of weeks ago, might not have been the food!
But feel your pain......it took me a week to recover and that was just before our hols in Cyprus .....was terrified of still being ill if it clashed with holiday
I am so glad you are both feeling a little better. There is nothing as bad as food poisoning. I love how open Helen is she tells it as is it keep safe you guys.
I love Helen she's such a down to earth girl telling the world about her adult nappies haha wish U both better x
“ Gut instinct “ excuse the pun 🤣 Never cut Helen she is gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️
Hi guys I’ve just subscribed as I have been watching some of your videos and they have been very enjoyable…. Thanks guys for your entertainment ❤
Thank you 😊
Loved it with zero moaning. Good job James love the videos
I have always wanted to go to Whitstable simply because it is where the wonderful Actor Peter Cushing lived. He was my idol growing up. I was disappointed you didn't take us inside Wetherspoons. But I have thoroughly enjoyed it . :) I am sorry you had food poisoning, hope you are both recovered.
I use to be sent to Whitstable to Sort electrical problems out with many customers. One customer was the oyster house , an interesting building with it's History. Not my favourite place as Whitstable I found a messy town, but had it's charm. Could never understand why it was so popular. I am retired and living in Wales. Thanks for the video. I am from Margate originally where i trained as an electrician. I lived in Sittingbourne eventually after Bedfordshire. Then south Wales. My last electrical job in Kent was Wetherspoons Herne Bay. Hope to be revisiting later this year.
Ohh feel for you... Ive been going to Whistable for years and normally get them on the front and same happened to me the first time i went to Wheelers....now never again... I had to stop twice on the motorway back to Heathrow to be sick.... It was a nightmare... I watched your face while you were in there... It said it all... Look forward to your Folkstone one as my daughter just moved down to the Harbour and loves it.. So do i... She was on the beach today and heard the Kate Bush festival so look forward to seeing that. My Dr said after food poisoning no milk, yeast bread esc to feed the bug... Just bananas or home made chicken soup for 48 hours shout if you need his recipe ... We call it Dr Amjads soup now its so tasty 😂😂 xx
Sorry to hear that you both were so ill. Happy that both of you are on the mend. Love the honest share at the end, it was hilarious. ❤ to you both
Should have visited my town Faversham beautiful medieval town right next to whistable.
I have a lot of sympathy for you guys with the oyster thing, many years ago I had some oysters from Morrison's and within 24hrs was so incredibly ill and scared the life out of my daughter as I had no idea where I was or what was happening, I was out of my head. It has taken me the best part of 20yrs to try them again and I have from The Clementina in Sant Luis Minorca in May 2024, and they were delicious. I had expressed what had happened to me to the owner Mike and he assured me that these oysters were not only super fresh but had been purged - I had no ill effects at all and intend having some more when I return in Sept.
You two crack me up. I have travelled extensively internationally over many years with work and so I have experienced similar issue in hotels, which is bad enough. But in a tiny van!! But as usual you two turn what we all know was horrendous into a comedy routine. Well done and good on you. All the best.
Awww bless yas, as bad as it is that's soo funny how u went from happy times to both drained the next day haha excellent 👍 love your video ❤
Poor you & Helen what a nightmare!
However you always keep a sense of humour, which reminds me that life is too short to take it too seriously! I'd give the oysters a wide berth in future though!
Oh my goodness what bad luck ! I can just imagine you both clenching everything as you checked into the hotel 🥱😵😩🤣 Hopefully you have both recovered fully 🙏🤞❤️
Congratulations on 55k!
Thank you!!
I looked at your Facebook page to see where you might be going this week after realizing you were fairly close to Essex, so I have seen spoliers about what happened next after Whitstable ! But I am glad you got a good walk round the place, it really is quite different from a lot of coastal towns in the South-East. I have a friend who is a train driver who lives very close to the football ground a bit further inland in the town and we've met up a couple of times for matches there - the team are nicknamed ... of course ... The Oystermen !! I've not tried the old school fish n chips shop you saw, there has always been a big queue outside on my visits (V C Jones but it looks like they've closed down now after 62 years ) however there are two branches of "Ossies" either side of the town centre, one on the Tankerton Road near Marine Parade where you can sit on a bench up on the grassy cliff nearby and look out over the sea, they were very nice and recommended to me. Sounds like you should have stuck to good old FnC ! BTW James, how many times have you said in a video now "I'm going to leave that bit out Helen" and then of course once you get to editing, it stays in after all, this time some priceless Helly-babble about "D n V" and "adult diapers" PMSL - pardon the pun !!! You've got one in a million there mate ...
I love oysters by the dozen if in Whitstable go to either Whellers, Samphire or the oyster Whitstable factory
Glad you feeling bit better, another great vlog,hope you enjoyed whitstable apart from being unwell.
Another great one guy's I love your Vloggs, hope you are both well now Take care & thanks for sharing 🙏🏻👍🏻
If you walk towards the Neptune and past it you will pass Peter Chushings house
I was in Whitstable this morning, its a nice bike ride from Canterbury.
Ive not had oysters for about 40 years, not a fan.
I got ill from the Costa Coffee in the high street (bad milk) needed antibiotics it felt like I had little creepers in my tummy lol
That fish and chip shop you pointed out has been closed for a while now. Pretty sad as that was my favourite fish & chips shop in the world.
The only good thing about Margate is that is where my youngest was born otherwise i avoid it 😊
I'm sure you're feeling better now. We all got ecoli in Sharm el Sheik, eldest son has kidney damage and renal hypertension from it. In and out of hospital for years. Still on going with appointments & meds.
We stayed and ate in the highest rated hotel there at the time as well. Hilton Fayrouz it was called.
Good video cheers
Bottom feeders, as in sea bottom feeders, enough said. 😂
That sand bank you mentioned is what I’m led to believe to be a part of an old Roman road that with the right tide looks like you are walking on water.
Glad that you are both okay and feeling better.
My other half had some mussels in Le Touquet a few years ago and was ill afterwards. He hasn’t eaten oysters or mussels since. Thankfully, I don’t like them and I certainly wouldn’t eat those cultivated around the south east coastline - too much sewage floating around.
It went through you like a porsh , WOOOSH
When I lived in Falmouth of course you have to have the local oysters with a beer in Oyster Week. I was very surprised when they cooked them for a few seconds, until they told me that the law had changed maybe 10 years ago. Seeing you traveled through Spain without any Montezuma’s revenge a couple of weeks ago, well I seem to have the V virus which is now circulating a bit in Barcelona. My associated smell is Detol, mum always put it in the bucket, so visiting some hospitals brings back dodgy memories.
The things on stilts are WW2 Gun In placements guarding the River Thames Ann London .
Omg. Sorry to hear this. Take time to recover. Love to u both. 🫶🏻xx
Oh guys, I have had food poisoning once from under cooked chicken 🐔 and …….. it is NOT NICE 😮 I think we all know where this happened 🧐 Thanks for another tour guys xxxxx The red dress looked gorgeous Helen ❤
I've been eating oysters for 40 years with no illness, l love them, l'll be getting some more in Leeds market tomorrow. I've heard you can get struck by lighting. Another lovely vid. 👍,
I am glad I tried them from the Hut @ £2.50 last Tuesday across from the boat trip place that you pointed out, because if I had watched this first I would not have had them as travelling back home same day!
I’m a sth Londoner,that fish & chip shop at 18.mins was our favourite place on earth as kids in the early 70s,they had a lemon tree in the little courtyard at the back that was like a spaceship to us back then 🙂
Eyup again you two I really enjoyed meeting you both just so sorry you were taken ill oysters mebbe? been here 5 years never touched em once to be honest ! hope the rest of your trip goes well take care both of you all si thi
It was a pleasure to meet you too. 🙂
Never understood Oysters Mussels or Black Pudding was in whitstable a few weeks ago had Cod and Chips
Great video and info. Thanks James and Helen.
"Do you still fancy me?" "NO!!!"
Me spluttering laughing ha ha!
Yes trust your instincts James! Funny enough, the Bible advises against eating shellfish and pork although I still enjoy a LITTLE of both 😂
This vlog before the poisoning reminded me of nursing home residents who get excited about dinner half an hour after lunch 😂
Too funny xx
Brought back memories, i lived there for 6 years, lovely place but so expensive to live, pay rent etc hence why we moved but thank you for the nostalgia ❤
Everywhere in the s/e is expensive to rent, that´s even if you can find a property to rent.
So many people can't afford a house or flat your one of them,it's a shocking state of affairs.😢
D'you want some? The guy at the end, brilliant.
Oh no , aww what a shame you been poorly , it's awful , you feel really rotten and think your never going to get better , big hug for you both X X 🥰👍
Not surprised with the state of water ways in England
I’m actually allergic to scallops and clams. Can eat oysters, lobsters and mussels. Go figure, right? But two, maybe three years ago, I had such trouble with both lobster and oysters (at separate times) very strange…but I’m good now, I just make sure the source is good.
I once went to Bridlington and absolutely pigged out on shell fish and was so violently I’ll from both ends I’ve never touched shell fish since👎
James will never eat oysters again!!!! I might 😂 H x
Always a risk when you eat raw seafood, the places they are farmed are monitored for bacteria like e.coli to try and make is safer, but sounds like you were unlucky! Helen is hilarious!💀
Get well soon I had the same never will touch oysters again glad u kept drinking worst thing to eat u get a bad one and that's it ❤hope u feel better soon love the channel been a fan yrs 💖
My family were all Hastings fishermen and my grandfather used to say never eat anything out of the sea that doesn't have an eye ...
Hi James the thing that looks like a cement plant is actually an Asphalt plant ,keep up the good work 🤩
Damn guys, that sucks. We live in a bus, so I can't imagine fighting for the lone receptacle. Glad you found a place where you didn't have to worry so much. Glad you're feeling better my friends.
PS: Helen ... you tell us all the details you want. LOL!
On another note ... remind me again what mics you guys use please? My Rode is about kaput and I love the size of those. What's battery life like?
Hi Rick, these mics are fantastic, they are Hollyland Lark M2. Far cheaper and better than all the competition in my opinion
Hope you're both feeling better x
I feel the same about mussels and ginger after a bout of food poisoning 😢