Torquay is it still worth a visit in 2024 ?

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @Anita-rq9ev
    @Anita-rq9ev Рік тому +5

    You had beautiful weather in Torquay. It's beautiful there. My bet was on Fish & Chips 😄.

  • @jamessmith6402
    @jamessmith6402 Рік тому +3

    Thanks guys for the memories of holidays in Torquay 👍

  • @getawaygeese
    @getawaygeese Рік тому +2

    Thanks for sharing guys reminding us of warmer days

  • @leenewcome85
    @leenewcome85 10 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for the Torquay trip 😊

  • @stellaswancounselling
    @stellaswancounselling Рік тому +8

    I’m so glad we’re not the only ones that struggle when there are lots of screaming kids around. Lovely weather ❤

  • @Burgermullo
    @Burgermullo Рік тому +2

    Thank you very much. Now i have to go heading to Torquay myself😂 greetings from the Netherlands

  • @maryg.249
    @maryg.249 Рік тому +1

    I guessed wrong. Thought you’d go for fish n chips. The tulips! Oh my heart! Love those pretties. The brownie looked so amazing. I’d say time spent there was worth it. Mary

  • @thebairdMi
    @thebairdMi Рік тому +2

    Well thanks for the invitation to your next location.. but to be a bit honest its short notice for me so no promises lol. Keep having fun!

  • @vansforthememories
    @vansforthememories Рік тому +1

    😂 at the screaming kids line, as much as I love kids & have two (grown up now) It’s not a sound we enjoy listening to when out for food 🤭 Looked a lovely day to explore the Torquay delights. Em 🎄

  • @goldengamer9045
    @goldengamer9045 4 місяці тому

    Been to Torquay twice as well as quiet Paignton one day i will go back as its over 8 years since i last visited
    Thanks for sharing a brief overview of Torquay with us all,its greatly appreciated by me so thank you
    Best regards
    Tony

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  4 місяці тому

      @@goldengamer9045 thanks for watching 👍🙂

  • @user-dk2vw1lt7q
    @user-dk2vw1lt7q Рік тому

    Arrrrrr, I loved your video as I'm a local born and bred ❤so appreciated your time in doing this video 😊

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching. It’s a lovely area of the country 🙂👍

  • @karenchapman2561
    @karenchapman2561 Рік тому +1

    Great vid Carol & Ken 😁

  • @PaulSmith-br4tj
    @PaulSmith-br4tj Рік тому

    Used to visit as a child due to my dad being from Brixham and had many holidays close by in Paignton and goodrington but last time I visited which was last year omg what a change,most shop door ways had someone sleeping there and constantly being asked for change,like a lot of places has really changed but still some beautiful places to see

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому

      We didn’t hang around in the high street much as it was very busy. It’s very sad to see this and would be pretty easy to do something about it. Councils seem more interested in ticking boxes these days rather than improving the quality of life for their community.

  • @lcook0825
    @lcook0825 Рік тому +1

    Nice boardwalk. Beautiful place for sure.

  • @Stchristopherofatlantis
    @Stchristopherofatlantis Рік тому

    It's not today Ken and Carol, it's absolutely banging it down so we are catching up. Great video as always.

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching. Not quite raining down here but it’s trying! Stay warm and dry 🚐🙂👍

  • @brianreay4104
    @brianreay4104 4 місяці тому

    We have a largish fridge with a freezer below. We tend to keep them well stocked, shopping much as we do at home- a main shop plus the odd top up as needed ( milk etc). Being a foodie, I can’t resist local specialities. A French Market is my idea of heaven.

  • @yarntaxi2176
    @yarntaxi2176 Рік тому

    Lovely to see Torquay. I visited it years ago. If I am correct, it was the site previous to Normandy in WW2? Thank you, Jan

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому +1

      Lots of units both British and American were billeted in Torquay and set out for France from there on D Day 👍

  • @morgengouldthorpe8690
    @morgengouldthorpe8690 Рік тому

    I'm from Torquay, it has its good and bad.
    Scenery is beautiful which I miss now I don't live there.
    Never liked how packed it got in the summer personally (as a local), not sure I would want to move back there but I would definitely love to go back and visit home at some point.

    • @itssamiyoutube
      @itssamiyoutube 11 місяців тому +1

      Never been I've booked for February 2024 half term school holidays with coach holidays hope it's worth it ? Staying at torquay torbay hotel.

  • @ImJustHarryT
    @ImJustHarryT 17 днів тому

    I used to be very excited about going to Torquay from when I first went in 2017, but I've noticed it had been gaining a reputation and it's not hard to see why. The gorgeous seafront can't disguise how this town has deteriorated into somewhere dangerous and riddled with louts who verbally abuse you. I do not want to go near the town with a bargepole, and it is honestly very sad that it has come to this. 99% of the places I go to, I never experience what I have experienced in this town.
    Also, why are people in the comments getting defensive over screaming kids and claiming he said it in a "derogatory way"? There was absolutely nothing wrong with calling out what parents should keep under their control (unless its for reasons beyond their control). Some are even saying "we were all screaming kids at one point." Really? I wasn't! I'm sure a lot of us weren't either!

  • @Wizardinthewild
    @Wizardinthewild Рік тому

    Been there a few times when our girls were little. Not keen on screaming kids either! Nice evening light in Torquay. 👍😊

  • @richardsingh5827
    @richardsingh5827 10 місяців тому

    I went there 20 years ago, it was nice then, it doesn’t seem that different now.

  • @davidsheriff8989
    @davidsheriff8989 10 місяців тому

    Travelled there every year from 1986-2007 some years more than once....great vid thanks..try Topsham

  • @davidmarshall5596
    @davidmarshall5596 Рік тому

    Watching on a quiet Wednesday morning that feels like another Sunday morning that is 4 days in a row!😮😮Nice Cuppa tea 🍵 😋 Watching Torquay in all it's splendour & The Chocolate Brownie with Salted Caramel Ice Cream 🍦 🍨 😋 😍 😀 YUMMY 😋 😍 opened The Quality Street yesterday gonna make serious inroads starting now Ken !!!!!!!! How you getting on 🤔🍬🍬🍬🍬🍬🤣

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому

      There are a few more videos to come so you might need a tin of Celebrations at the ready 😂👍

    • @davidmarshall5596
      @davidmarshall5596 Рік тому

      @@LifeistooshortCK ha ha 😂 sounds like a plan to me 🍬🍬🤣

  • @marionjohansson4235
    @marionjohansson4235 Рік тому

    Gosh who was it that said “die by chocolate!” That looked absolutely amazing! Yummy. You both look very relaxed.

  • @tylerstravels0610
    @tylerstravels0610 Рік тому

    Never saw Torquay at its best time we were there, defo need to go back again 🙂

  • @marieharris-j2w
    @marieharris-j2w 11 місяців тому +1

    bottom end town nice top end very rough and dangerous i live in nice area of torquay i dont come town unless i really have to frightens me

  • @steveusually989
    @steveusually989 5 місяців тому

    Spend three days there recently, definitely a town that caters for the quay area and the people it attracts only, beyond that is not worth the walk, and if you do venture that far you won’t want to go further than that. Did you walk on the beach with the sea weed and actually smell it?

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  5 місяців тому

      @@steveusually989 we only went to the cafe at the end as we show in the video not actually onto the beach 🙂

  • @Lizapendleton
    @Lizapendleton Рік тому

    Love the UK videos. Doable trips for me!

  • @CB-bq7yl
    @CB-bq7yl 4 місяці тому

    I lived in Torquay years ago and moved to west yorkshire 😮 But we have sold our house and soon we are moving back home to devon. I can't wait ❤

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  4 місяці тому +2

      @@CB-bq7yl good luck with the move 🍀🙂

    • @CB-bq7yl
      @CB-bq7yl 4 місяці тому

      @@LifeistooshortCK Thank you X

  • @Glory3823
    @Glory3823 Місяць тому

    6 miles from were i live in Newton Abbot ❤❤❤

  • @brubeker12
    @brubeker12 6 місяців тому

    I used to live a d qork in the area ,harbour area is fune as are licsl beeches and a nice
    park but the rest is such a sad witn out place suffering from planning disasters of the town

  • @anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204

    good vid thanks lee

  • @davypeugeot
    @davypeugeot Рік тому

    Thanks guys

  • @knockedoutloaded279
    @knockedoutloaded279 9 місяців тому

    Hope it improves, and goes upmarket...

  • @BillAVFC
    @BillAVFC Рік тому +3

    Ye deffo still worth a visit 👍👍

  • @nigeldavey1043
    @nigeldavey1043 Рік тому

    Since it's part of the South coasts Riviera it's always worth a visit yes. I'm curious to know why you chose the Klesma music for the first part of the stroll though. Is there a Jewish quarter in Torquay ? Oh yes, and of course we'll all be following along tomorrow. A bit of sunshine at the tail end of the year is always welcome. 🤔🙂

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому

      I generally choose music because I like the tune or vocals so no deeper meaning. When I am selecting it its all about the emotion I am trying to invoke.🙂

    • @nigeldavey1043
      @nigeldavey1043 Рік тому

      @@LifeistooshortCK Well that music was what is known as a Hora (like Hava Nagila) and you dance to it, so I hope you did a jig along that promenade. 🤔🤣

  • @HarrisonSanders-xb8wn
    @HarrisonSanders-xb8wn 3 місяці тому

    If you do come to Torquay please visit our museum, tickets are cheep and it’s better than you think. We have a lot of stuff that we probably shouldn’t

  • @robertstevenson3126
    @robertstevenson3126 Рік тому

    When is the new van arriving

  • @janetbowen7854
    @janetbowen7854 Рік тому

    Beautiful, your evening stroll in Torquay looked lovely. Your final evening meal looked a real treat. I can't abide screaming children, anywhere!!!!! Excited to see your next venue 😄🍾🌴

  • @craftynook1
    @craftynook1 Рік тому +1

    I would say no, but then live here lol

  • @R.E.HILL_
    @R.E.HILL_ Рік тому +1

    Screaming kids.. that's one notch above boy racers...😉🙂

  • @vulpinish
    @vulpinish Рік тому

    When warm and sunny, no better place to be in the UK.

  • @Bingpot_Cowabunga
    @Bingpot_Cowabunga 11 місяців тому +1

    It stopped being a place to visit in 1972.

  • @itssamiyoutube
    @itssamiyoutube 11 місяців тому

    Im going here with Caledonian travel from York in February 2024 4days break hope my daughter likes it don't know why you mentioned screaming kids? For

  • @You.are.boring.me.now2024
    @You.are.boring.me.now2024 10 місяців тому +1

    I live there, the sea front and marina are still quite nice but the rest of the town is just rubbish , nothing but a whole bunch of empty shop units.

  • @carolinegreenwell9086
    @carolinegreenwell9086 Рік тому

    ... "Carol had some sort of salad but we made a poor choice because it was full of screaming kids" ... must have made your food very crunchy haha !!

  • @alandavidge1273
    @alandavidge1273 Рік тому

    Please don't take this the wrong way, but you seem to have lost your " spark" a bit in this series. When you are in little red you come across as much more enthusiastic and cheerful.
    Of course you may not be feeling 100% or maybe I'm struggling with this new format. Anyway, on a positive, your camera work is as brilliant as ever, as is your impeccable choice of music.

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому +1

      No offence taken. To avoid becoming bored it’s important to experiment every now and then. I always learn a lot from doing so. Without the van it’s a different experience. I doubt I will do daily videos again after this series. I always fancied giving it a try but I wouldn’t recommend it. 😁👍

    • @richardcope3850
      @richardcope3850 Рік тому

      Still a good video in my book, appreciate your honesty, heading west for the next episode?

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому

      @@richardcope3850 north👍

  • @innfield8836
    @innfield8836 5 місяців тому +2

    Life-threatening place when it comes to feral teenagers

    • @ImJustHarryT
      @ImJustHarryT 17 днів тому

      I can confirm this after my previous and hopefully last visit to Torquay.

  • @carolcharlton9192
    @carolcharlton9192 6 місяців тому +1

    I visited the town after ten years with my grand children it was so disheartening scruffy uncept more disturbing it was full of druggys and they was fighting the date was27 5/24 I will not return it is such a shame

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  6 місяців тому

      Very sad and not hard to clean all that up if only the authorities cared.

  • @JimiHendrix998
    @JimiHendrix998 11 місяців тому +1

    Torquay is desperately trying to keep its head above water.
    It once was a smart town with beautiful Georgian terraces. It is now a sink estate by the sea. A collection of dhss hostels and closed retail units. At night, drugged and or drunk gangs of feral kids roam the centre and seafront looking for prey. Only the struggling John Lewis store, Hoopers is left trying to maintain the corpse of a once-thriving market for decent quality goods.
    Is it worth visiting...?
    No

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  11 місяців тому

      A common story from across the nation to be honest.

    • @JimiHendrix998
      @JimiHendrix998 11 місяців тому

      @@LifeistooshortCK My heart bleeds for this once-great country.
      Thank you for your kind uploads.

  • @SwaghettiYoloneses
    @SwaghettiYoloneses Рік тому +2

    The video does not show the rest of the town.
    Abandoned buildings, dirty areas mixed with low income/homeless drug users around the town.
    Avoid going there or find out the hard way.

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому

      We didn’t venture into the town centre as it was so busy. Unfortunately a lot of English towns are suffering the same fate.

    • @SwaghettiYoloneses
      @SwaghettiYoloneses Рік тому

      @LifeistooshortCK The council in the area have done a very good job for tourism and their areas of focus.
      I would advise against walking around and beyond the edge of town, particularly up the higher part of town and beyond. Could be a cause of concern to the vulnerable.
      Remember, seeing large amounts of blood outside the car park during a visit this year, someone witnessed two people stabbing each other over used cigarettes. Blood wasn't cleaned up either, but I'm not surprised knowing the area well.

  • @TJHaze123
    @TJHaze123 Рік тому +2

    As a resident of the absolute hell hole that is Torquay, I'd say it's absolutely NOT worth a visit. Unless you want to get mugged by some Spice heads. While the Harbour is lovely, the town is a desolate, filthy shit hole, abused and ravaged by a council that seemed determined to destroy a once beautiful town. Avoid like the plague

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому

      A lot of beautiful towns are sinking. Policing has become far too soft. They say society gets the police it deserves. We all need to stand up for what is right. We enjoyed our stay but then again we didn’t go looking for trouble 😁👍

    • @TJHaze123
      @TJHaze123 Рік тому

      @@LifeistooshortCK trouble usually comes looking for you in Torquay. And yes, sadly true many towns are suffering. However, Torbay Council have done their best, including getting sued, to destroy the town with some truly baffling choices. They recently cut down all the palm tress along the seafront for "improvement" reasons. Glad, if surprised, you had a nice time

    • @LifeistooshortCK
      @LifeistooshortCK  Рік тому

      @TJHaze123 I read about that. Absolutely crazy. Sounds similar to Brighton. A war on motorists driving visitors away. I hope we can pull it back as both places used to be magnificent.

    • @TJHaze123
      @TJHaze123 Рік тому

      @@LifeistooshortCK crazy sums up the council's choices far too often. The council has recently been awarded many millions by the Government, everyone I know around here is fully expecting them to squander it

    • @michaellee1344
      @michaellee1344 Рік тому

      @@TJHaze123stop talking shite! No ones getting attacked by spice heads. Also the palms were cut down as they were pretty much dead! The gardens are now being returned to their original Victorian style. As for the money being granted to the council they’ve already started the redevelopment on the harbour and work on the pavilion will start soon too.

  • @Toni589-f8b
    @Toni589-f8b Рік тому +2

    Hahahaha you got to be kidding it's rubbish and i live here don't bother stay away

  • @jmick7191
    @jmick7191 Рік тому +15

    Please don't mention 'screaming kids' in a derogatory way. We've had children and now have a 2 year old granddaughter. Life means that sometimes we hear unhappy children: they are learning to handle life and all the emotions this can bring - that's all 🙂 Please be kind everyone x

    • @itssamiyoutube
      @itssamiyoutube 10 місяців тому

      I agree I've a daughter whos 10yrs old and as adhd autism sp can't help children been o a wobblers I think its wrong for this mam say screaming kids were there if you don't like children crying then don't go busy places

    • @JohnSims-xxx
      @JohnSims-xxx 5 місяців тому

      It's called free speech
      If you don't like it go to bongobongo land

    • @XTRAIT-em4rx
      @XTRAIT-em4rx 4 місяці тому +1

      Some people forget that they were once one of those screaming kids.

    • @ImJustHarryT
      @ImJustHarryT 17 днів тому

      Sorry but no. Unless it's for reasons beyond the parents' control (i:e disabilities etc.), they should not be bringing kids who scream their heads off via temper tantrums to public sectors like restaurants, cafes, cinemas, theatres and such where people go for escapism. If parents cannot defuse their child's tantrums or take them outside for a bit from these spaces, they should not be taking them to these public spaces.

  • @BumblebumBear
    @BumblebumBear Рік тому +2

    In two words…don’t bother