Solo Day Trip To WHITSTABLE! My Grief Journey & Other Life News xxx

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  • @martine-sofiedahl4603
    @martine-sofiedahl4603 3 місяці тому +86

    Your videos are literally my safe place. You just make me feel so relaxed and make me forget the struggles. I watch your videos almost every day and you are a beautiful person❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @ScarlettKnowles-fy4nd
    @ScarlettKnowles-fy4nd 3 місяці тому +9

    I am solo travelling for the first time today and am sat at my gate watching your videos. You are an inspiration!

  • @georgiaoakes9511
    @georgiaoakes9511 3 місяці тому +20

    I lost my mum in March 2021 , as a 23 year old single mum I found it so hard to cope with her loss, but your videos comforted me then and nearly 4 years later I still struggle but my nearly 8 year old daughter is what keeps me going , I find your words so relatable and comforting , thank-you for always reminding us that you are just a normal guy with normal feelings and highs and lows xx

  • @x_amy_congdon_x4479
    @x_amy_congdon_x4479 3 місяці тому +16

    Grief convo was really helpful, thanks❤

  • @AnnieO_
    @AnnieO_ 3 місяці тому +15

    my best friend passed away a few months ago & she's who I'd go on adventures like this with. I am watching some of your solo travels to see what it would be like to go alone. it seems so scary to me, thank you for sharing Mark your vlogs make it seem really nice actually. x

  • @stewAC
    @stewAC 3 місяці тому +4

    You are the most beautiful, genuine, refreshing human!!!! ❤❤❤❤🧡💛💚💙💜
    Thank you for providing a nice escape with your vlogs!!!

  • @lm6259
    @lm6259 3 місяці тому +18

    I first found your channel when i was searching for reviews of Zoe's products and I subscribed instantly. Your personality was so genuine and its never changed. You are still that kind and sweet soul.♥

  • @eviev6992
    @eviev6992 3 місяці тому +5

    nostalgia is such a common and natural response to grief - its so good to find something that brings comfort xx

  • @Ash-dv9xg
    @Ash-dv9xg 3 місяці тому +11

    half way through this video and just wanted to say thank you. since i was young you and zoe have been a comfort for me especially when i lost my mum at 11 and last year i lost my gran who was my best friend at 16 and one days like these where the world is scary and i feel down watching this video have brought so much comfort, thank you so much x

  • @tabithahills8772
    @tabithahills8772 Місяць тому

    I grew up in whitstable! It’s changed so much over the years but you cannot beat the feeling on that beach, it’s my safe place 🌼 so lovely seeing the town from a different perspective, thank you! Needed the nostalgia today ☀️

  • @serendipitytwo777
    @serendipitytwo777 2 місяці тому +1

    Having lost my aunt (one of my absolute favourite ppl) suddenly a few years ago. I get it. It's life changing. ❤

  • @keapatz
    @keapatz 3 місяці тому +8

    Currently watching this on my own solo trip, your solo trips are always so inspiring Mark!

  • @molsartis4618
    @molsartis4618 2 місяці тому +1

    Your videos make me feel so cosy and safe and at home! I love your adventures and how real you are!! Keep doing you 🥹🥰

  • @lyndaholmes7293
    @lyndaholmes7293 3 місяці тому +5

    Your such a beautiful soul never change❤

  • @judimcdonnell1971
    @judimcdonnell1971 3 місяці тому +1

    Ohhhhh what a gorgeous little town and the beach and the seafood .. loved it ❤️ Never feel weird about how you grieve it’s a personal experience.. love you Mark ❤️🌺❤️

  • @kelseychurcher3458
    @kelseychurcher3458 2 місяці тому +1

    What a gorgeous day. I love your content soooo much, thankyou x

  • @jessicarivera1937
    @jessicarivera1937 3 місяці тому +6

    so relatable, i lost my dad when I was 17 and the grief is real

  • @kaitlinhosie
    @kaitlinhosie 3 місяці тому +1

    I love your solo travel videos, it makes me feel like I am right there with you!
    You are such a kind hearted soul, your videos make me smile ❤ keep being you!

  • @ashleanicole
    @ashleanicole 3 місяці тому +6

    While I cannot fathom the grief that most have because only one person in my family has passed (I'm also 33), but can imagine it's not easy. I've lost two of my previous cats and that was heartbreaking, so can't imagine how it must feel with people.
    The courage to tell your story about your Aunty is huge! The fact that you're even going to Disney, despite your fears? Bravery. She is definitely watching over you Mark x

  • @han7650
    @han7650 Місяць тому

    Probably the main thing about my personality is that I am sooo nostalgic! I have no grandparents and haven't done for 7 years now and sometimes I just drive to their old house because on the route there I can feel exactly how I used to feel when I was actually driving to see them. A few weeks ago I went and sat outside a parade of shops for an hour that I used to go to with my nan or I will go to a duck pond that I used to go to with my gran, it feels soooo lovely but is also such a sad feeling. I crave their company so much, bloody love the feeling of nostalgia but it also breaks your heart!!

  • @itslxurenjade
    @itslxurenjade 3 місяці тому +7

    Ferris!!!!!! I cannot believe you came to my hometown and I didn’t know 😭😭 would have loved to have seen you!!! I hope you had the most incredible time ❤

    • @itslxurenjade
      @itslxurenjade 3 місяці тому +1

      Watching the clip where you literally drive past my road is literally insane wtf 😭

    • @daisyunderhillrose
      @daisyunderhillrose 3 місяці тому +1

      Same I was literally at work that day aswell

  • @CelisticMarion
    @CelisticMarion 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for being so open and for talking about the hard stuff. It is genuinely so refreshing and lovely to have a place where you know that your feelings are valid and normal. Also that it's okay to feel them and go through them.

  • @EmmaCunningham-x6v
    @EmmaCunningham-x6v 3 місяці тому

    I also love the smell of the ocean. It’s everything. The brand Swedish Dream makes an amazing sea salt candle that smells amazing. You would def love it. Love you Mark 🤍 thanks for always being open.

  • @amalfi-u1z
    @amalfi-u1z 3 місяці тому

    I feel you so much Mark. I also give in to nostalgia way too much because it feels like the best time of my life already passed and I didn't realize it, like my childhood was the peak of my life. Your grief is totally valid.

  • @leonijohanns5458
    @leonijohanns5458 3 місяці тому

    Live in Whitstable and it's so nice to see it through someone else's eyes again. Glad you had a good day ❤

  • @PerryPresents
    @PerryPresents 3 місяці тому

    Love this! Your videos are always so lovely to watch. Thanks for visiting kent again and for sharing ! I hope you’re having the best time with Disney ❤

    • @PerryPresents
      @PerryPresents 3 місяці тому

      Also Mark you need to see the Cruel Intentions musical when it comes to Wimbledon it’s brilliant as I know you love the 90s as much as me it’s amazing!

  • @missemily_x
    @missemily_x 3 місяці тому

    Love you mark ❤ thanks for another adventure

  • @emilyrosegolding
    @emilyrosegolding 3 місяці тому +1

    I’m going through such a bad time at the moment and I’ve got myself really down and all I can think is I wish I could be as positive as you. You are a beautiful soul. Your vlogs keep me going x

  • @lovingyourshow
    @lovingyourshow 3 місяці тому

    I got to say that I feel comforted watching your videos as you bring normality to our chaotic times we’re living in. I look forward to a new episode regularly ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @katiebigglestone446
    @katiebigglestone446 3 місяці тому

    Your videos mark are comforting and cosy and makes us feel we’re watching our friend

  • @bexrose8701
    @bexrose8701 3 місяці тому

    Bless you mark . Hope you’re ok. Choked me listening to you talk about your aunt x

  • @linzertube
    @linzertube 3 місяці тому

    Aww, Mark, you are such an angel…definitely feel cared for and safe here in your company. Thank you for that.
    And, oh sunshine, I didn’t realize your Auntie passed while you were away in Disney…that would truly put a damper on any excitement involved in going back…but you’re so right, the best thing to do is to make a change to the way you think of a place. Take it back, as it were. I hope you find peace in going. Your loving Auntie is always with you, which is comforting. You have such a lovely and supportive family. Lucky man!
    Whitstable looked lovely. It’s so nice to look out on the sea (or just any body of water. Very soothing.❤

  • @KorneliaRajewska
    @KorneliaRajewska 3 місяці тому

    I've always watched you in Zoe's vlogs Mark and recently have subscribed to your channel as I love your vibes and the solo trips are just such comforting videos!! I really enjoy watching them❤

  • @TaraGriffith97
    @TaraGriffith97 Місяць тому

    I just recently lost my aunt this month so I heavily agree and sympathize with wanting to hold onto anything and everything that reminds me of her. Even if she never correlated with it, she was alive when i played it or had it. It's like every piece I have left of her slips away with each thing I get rid of

  • @katebishop449
    @katebishop449 2 місяці тому

    I live in Whitstable!!! It’s so nice to see you walking around you did come on a really lovely day didn’t you?!❤️❤️

  • @lisama4903
    @lisama4903 3 місяці тому

    Whitsatable looks so cozy and cute! Would love to have a stroll around there. Reminds me of seaside towns from childhood. ❤

  • @katebaker9180
    @katebaker9180 3 місяці тому

    I lost my aunt in January 2024 so feel so much comfort in watching you and hearing you talk about her - it sucks we have this in common but thank you for talking about it ❤️

  • @sarahhunt9085
    @sarahhunt9085 3 місяці тому +1

    Im 35 and lost my parents... I love my 90s toys as well! thank you for your video - hugs from Germany

  • @lucypearson3882
    @lucypearson3882 2 місяці тому

    You are so wholesome ❤

  • @isabelleslocombe266
    @isabelleslocombe266 3 місяці тому

    I can really empathise with you Mark - I lost my brother last year and I received the news whilst I was in a hotel room - this year i'm going to an event and i'm going back to the same hotel, which is giving me a lot of anxiety. But i think the more i overthink it, i'm subconsciously building the day up to be a bad one - so for now i'm putting it to the back of my mind and the aim is to replace those awful memories with some happier ones and just face it head on. Either way, we've both got this and I'm so proud of you. Wishing you love & healing!

  • @LilacRagdoll3180
    @LilacRagdoll3180 3 місяці тому

    Love your videos Mark.....💜💜. I recently lost my Mum 8 weeks ago..... this grief I will never get over .....✨🦋

  • @sharonsone341
    @sharonsone341 3 місяці тому

    I lost my dad 5 years ago today (10th) and your video is a nice distraction. The deep grief does lessen over time but the idea that he just doesn't exist in the world anymore is still crazy to me. I still can't fully get my head around it. I miss him so much every day but today I definitely need to keep my mind occupied. And the positivity you always bring is uplifting, so thankyou. You truly made today a little easier for me ❤

  • @niamhandrews2001
    @niamhandrews2001 2 місяці тому

    love that you came to Whitstable! that’s my home town❤

  • @fromzuella
    @fromzuella 3 місяці тому

    currently watching this on my work lunch break!!!

  • @DearSady
    @DearSady 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for talking about your grief Mark. I find it hard to talk about mine, and I felt comforted by what you were saying 💞

  • @MileyObsession96
    @MileyObsession96 3 місяці тому +1

    I feel you Mark. I lost one of my aunties when I was 8, I can’t imagine how you feel at 33 losing her. I hardly even remember mine because of how young I was and how bad my seizures were, so I don’t know if that’s better or worse? Grief is so weird though, you’re right. I feel you on a spiritual level

  • @fishtales2597
    @fishtales2597 3 місяці тому

    im lucky enough to live near the beach where i live and i absolutly love it, especially when holiday time is over and it becomes the calm peaceful place where the wind blows your hair and hopefully troubles away

  • @jahnavibilur3402
    @jahnavibilur3402 3 місяці тому

    the beach detour made me feel still, calm for a minute, and it made me remember something nostalgic, too but something more gen-z, the harbour in an old DS game I had:/ .

  • @kirsten_022
    @kirsten_022 3 місяці тому +1

    Your an amazing person . I wish I could be half the person you are x

  • @vickydeane4186
    @vickydeane4186 3 місяці тому

    Hi mark.Im like you and it's every day I reminisce old times especially with my bank and grandad and I have a tape of me talking I was two with my younger brother and my Nan and grandad's voices can be heard such a comfort and I'm nearly 46 so long time.Battlesbridge wish i knew as im from essex.x

  • @ilrin
    @ilrin Місяць тому

    Love ya, Mark!

  • @Xtremeangel1703
    @Xtremeangel1703 3 місяці тому +1

    I’ve done this with nostalgia. I’ve lost 5 family members in the past two years and I’ve literally replaced so many things from my childhood whilst going through the grief of it all

  • @stephanielake11
    @stephanielake11 3 місяці тому

    I lost my mom sadly in April due to cancer complications. From what I have learned so far is that you should do whatever makes you happy to keep your aunts memory alive. It’s the weirdest thing as I catch moments where I still can’t believe she’s no longer with us physically….yet often times I get signs from her. Anyhow your videos definitely do give me so much comfort & an escape from reality for a bit. I think if we were friends we would have the best time traveling to these cute towns. I also love “Cruel Intentions”!!
    Also I forget did you watch the tv series Buffy The Vampire Slayer??
    If you ever wanna travel to Toronto, Canada I can be your tour guide for free!!
    Love you Mark, you truly are such an amazing person!!💕💕💕

  • @MilesWatts
    @MilesWatts 3 місяці тому

    I’m listening to a lot of Alan Silvestri scores at the moment and I had to look it up to remind me who did the Practical Magic score! What a beauty.

  • @rhani96
    @rhani96 3 місяці тому

    What a lovely vlog❤️ about Disney, go, if you want to be there! Life happens whether you go out or stay home. In the back of my mind I am scared of something happening too, however, if I let that thought win I would have never gone to costa rica or lapland. And it was amazing. It might also help you to process it😘 alsoo.. sleeping separately is great, you both get a good nights rest & my bedroom is my woman cave with books and an art table! I love it😍

  • @RitaMarieHartford
    @RitaMarieHartford 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you so much for this. I didn't know I needed one of your videos! I lost my dad 2 years ago, and grief is werid! My mother has basically disowned me due to the person I've been with for 5 years.
    For the first time in my life, I'm an orphan. I'm reminded that it's not my anger or my generation curses that she has. I'm breaking them. She is vindictive and awful. I never want to be that.

  • @DemiLulu
    @DemiLulu 3 місяці тому

    I used to live on Island Wall and would visit the Coach and Horses every Monday night. 😆💚

  • @tatersprecious5827
    @tatersprecious5827 3 місяці тому

    I'm happy that Disney invited you back! I've lived in the USA my whole life, and I've never been to Disney World and I've only been to Disneyland twice (both times in my 30's). Mark has already gone more times than I have, and from way across the pond! 😊

  • @sophiewatson-pi8yc
    @sophiewatson-pi8yc 3 місяці тому

    I love watching your video they are amazing and i love watching solo trips they are incredible i love my own company ❤😊

  • @pastortom7488
    @pastortom7488 3 місяці тому

    Grief is a process & everyone goes through it differently ! I lost my dad due to covid 2yrs ago & it's still difficult sometimes & 2 weeks ago I lost my last living uncle,who was like a second dad and they both loved seafood(as do I),but sadly our favorite restaurant had to close down due to a massive fire & although they plan to reopen until then no other seafood place would be the same. Love your videos!

  • @janetsingleton1415
    @janetsingleton1415 3 місяці тому

    Oh Mark love the videos. They make me feel so much better. It's true keep some childhood things. I have lost bith parents and so I have some things abd photos to are so good and nostalgic to look back on. Please keep safe at your home. So wish you wouk move to Brighton near Zoe abd Alfie. 😃 yey, but you do you. Love the trips/ holidays you do. I feel I am going there without having to. Look forward to more vlogs. Love them all. ❤ x

  • @natalietaylor2324
    @natalietaylor2324 3 місяці тому

    You should definitely explore Canterbury!! So much to see there & so pretty 🌺

  • @elenaizquierdo9060
    @elenaizquierdo9060 3 місяці тому

    Hugs from Santander (Spain)❤

  • @Leam1903
    @Leam1903 3 місяці тому

    Best notifications love u mark life saver for my mental health ❤😢❤❤❤

  • @jessa698
    @jessa698 3 місяці тому +1

    Can’t believe you are where I live and I had no idea 🤣 seeing everywhere you are is strange as I live 2 mins from the beach you were at and everything haha xxx

  • @mollynottage
    @mollynottage 2 місяці тому

    I grew up in whitstable actually so sad I missed you!!!

  • @willowmay4441
    @willowmay4441 2 місяці тому

    Hey Mark! You mentioned visiting more Wales places in one of your videos. You should check out tenby! I stayed there for my first solo holiday this year and stayed in one of the hotels on the Escalade with a window seat to the beach and it was just amazing!!! Also I'm obsessed with your solo holiday videos and just love how you film them and how you just have the best time with your own company!! Xxx ❤❤❤

    • @willowmay4441
      @willowmay4441 2 місяці тому

      And as you like filming locations on the way there I visited pembroke which is where they filmed Me Before You! ❤❤

  • @miasayer4515
    @miasayer4515 3 місяці тому

    Mark you have to visit my hometown Mersea Island in Essex, you’d love it with all the pastel beach huts and the harbour !! Xx

  • @EmmaRosenBooks
    @EmmaRosenBooks 3 місяці тому

    Mark I think you’d like Deal in south east Kent. Lovely vibe. And beautiful surrounding villages heading into white cliff country.

  • @daisymountain8491
    @daisymountain8491 3 місяці тому

    i’m gonna be watching this before zoe’s iconic vlogust vid from today bc i’ve been grieving a lotttt for my dad lately so this video has come at the perfect time 🫂 love you sm mark 🩷

  • @paigemcgiveron567
    @paigemcgiveron567 3 місяці тому

    IVE BEEN LOOKING EVERYDAY SEE IF YOU HAVE POSTED 😂❤️❤️

  • @han7650
    @han7650 2 місяці тому

    Can't believe you came to Battlesbridge, I'm 5 mins from there!!

  • @RainayC
    @RainayC 3 місяці тому

    Coming up on four years that my husband passed away of a heart attack at 39 yrs old. Grief is a journey. ❤

  • @TheChrisFutrell
    @TheChrisFutrell 3 місяці тому +2

    "What the F**K is that?" at the creepy dead animal skull killed me.

  • @mariiniguez7769
    @mariiniguez7769 3 місяці тому

    Mark! 😂 omg it’s crazy watching 1am in my jeep thinking omg I love him and he has no idea who I am!

  • @sarahdear6920
    @sarahdear6920 3 місяці тому

    Work has been crazy and I'm a day late but OMG im so excited!!!

  • @neurodivergentdawn
    @neurodivergentdawn 3 місяці тому

    I lost my dad suddenly when I was 18. I now have PTSD, I feel you

  • @caitlinbordeaux
    @caitlinbordeaux 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for sharing and talking about emotions, have you seen Inside Out 2 yet? Omg I’m so excited for you to Disneyland, hopefully it will be decorated for Halloween when you visit.

  • @martine-sofiedahl4603
    @martine-sofiedahl4603 3 місяці тому

    Yey, new vlog. So exited to watch this later this evening❤❤❤❤

  • @sayitskay
    @sayitskay 3 місяці тому +2

    I know how you feel.I'm an orphan. I've lost both of my parents and it's hard.

    • @sayitskay
      @sayitskay 3 місяці тому +2

      We are going to go to a restaurant in September that my parents always took us to. It's gonna be hard but, yeah, worth visiting.

  • @mariah.7412
    @mariah.7412 3 місяці тому

    You’re just the cutest x x

  • @louisejane1400
    @louisejane1400 3 місяці тому

    Love this video. I really feel like you need to visit Southwold (Suffolk) I feel like you would absolutely love it!

  • @ismabilal7521
    @ismabilal7521 3 місяці тому

    deffo gonna be doing a roadtrip here next week 😊

  • @HannahBoyce-w5e
    @HannahBoyce-w5e 3 місяці тому

    What’s in the way is the way ❤

  • @pomme800
    @pomme800 3 місяці тому +2

    Looked up the price range for Whitstable beach huts…… 45,000💷 to 75,000 💷 for front row ones! 🇬🇧💂‍♀️💂‍♀️

    • @KelUK46
      @KelUK46 3 місяці тому

      There is also a massive waiting list.

  • @nellyjones00
    @nellyjones00 3 місяці тому

    We love youuuuuu ❤

  • @Littlegiftsco
    @Littlegiftsco 3 місяці тому

    I’m the next town over! Would have love to of met you. I hope you’re okay lovely, grief is a really hard thing to go through but you will be okay. Xx❤

  • @tiffanycoates3112
    @tiffanycoates3112 3 місяці тому

    Hey Mark! I’m from near Whitstable and would love to show you the best bars and pubs! Maybe some Karaoke to end the night? 😊❤

  • @heatherj9029
    @heatherj9029 3 місяці тому

    My aunt passed away last month and my father this month. My mother died years ago. I want to do anything to avoid going through his things and his home. I have to face it head on and get through it. I'm holding on to a house that's probably a bad idea but I can't bare to sell it. Grief is so hard.

  • @JessB1995x
    @JessB1995x 3 місяці тому

    I want to come bar hopping with you in Whitstable! Just know you’d be so fun😍

  • @charlottewilmer7398
    @charlottewilmer7398 3 місяці тому

    OMG can’t believe you visited my home town! That’s crazy and during ur video you were like round the corner from where I live. Was this on Mon 6th? Looks like you had a great day, beautiful weather. I love ur videos ❤ makes me smile 😃 ur an amazing person. Xx

  • @amyelou
    @amyelou 3 місяці тому

    mark you need to go to Tenby in wales it’s the cutest little seaside town ever ❤

  • @hm9766
    @hm9766 3 місяці тому

    Mark I think you’d love Universal Studios LA. Bates motel 😮so up your street ❤️‍🔥💕

  • @ABBSOLUTEKitten
    @ABBSOLUTEKitten 3 місяці тому

    There's a Crime Drama series called Whitstable Pearl I thought that was the Reason you went 😂❤ but about your Auntie I know the feeling I sadly lost my Mumma last May..... I've been emotionally shut down still trying to cope with the loss I'm going on holiday soon to her favourite place she used to go every year but I would stay home to watch the house ...this year I'm going for her ❤❤

  • @KateHazelM98
    @KateHazelM98 3 місяці тому

    I’d want to know how many times I’ve passed down a really good or exciting opportunity, or how many cups of tea I’ve had. Question - When decorating your house or spaces you share, what was the thought process like? did you always agree? Do you have similar aesthetics, and decor choices? Did one call the shots more than the other? Does on do more like heavy lifting, building work, architecture stuff, and the other more, painting, dressing a room, buying pieces?

  • @Smplsnooze
    @Smplsnooze 3 місяці тому

    I lost my mom when I was 3. Grief comes in waves.

  • @TheWallflowerDiaries
    @TheWallflowerDiaries 3 місяці тому

    Please mark if you get the chance visit salisbury i think you'll really love it there its beautiful..

  • @explorewithcasey
    @explorewithcasey 3 місяці тому

    You are my sanctuary!

  • @lindsaysnell8640
    @lindsaysnell8640 3 місяці тому

    Love coming along on your adventures through your videos. I've been subscribed for years but for some reason the last few months I have to re-subscribe when a new video drops or just before. I've tried with and without notifications. Has anyone else been having this issue?

  • @rpembert0n21
    @rpembert0n21 3 місяці тому

    As soon as i saw that fish thing on your ig i was dying for a video ❤😂