Great video, one of my go to places as a local photographer .. last year there was a resident grey heron around but been twice recently and no sign of it .. if you would like to follow my photography I am on FB, also Instagram @robloveswildlife x
I’m not religious at all really, but in historical religious sites everywhere, you can’t help feeling in awe of something, maybe it’s the footsteps of those gone before, and this may sound odd but I always feel like the load has been lightened, especially when I visit Lincoln Cathedral, that place just is perfect it’s my favourite place in my county, well and Sir. Isaac Newton’s apple tree, being surrounded by history makes me happy.
I'm a devout atheist but I love religious buildings for simply the amount of effort it took. Astounding human achievment. How did they do that without machines?! Amazing.
@@mooghead Definitely, I wholeheartedly agree. Many religious buildings around the world were actually the sites of major technological and architectural innovation. Take for example the Duomo of the Cathedral of Santa Maria in Florence, built in 1436. It was the first ever self supporting dome, that supported itself as it was being built. All of this done, as you say, without machinery (at least the modern electronic machinery we use today) , just ropes, pulleys, stone and manpower. Incredible, really. On top of that, it isn't just an engineering marvel, but also aesthetically gorgeous, to me anyway. If you haven't seen it in person, it really is spectacular, and it was built over half a millennium ago!
Thank you for such a very nice video. I have subscribed! It made me feel rather homesick. I am from Sussex and now live in Alberta, Canada. I know Kent very well. By the way, the geese are called Canada Geese, not Canadian Geese, but it is a common mistake. They were named after John Canada.
🇨🇦 The realization that every one of the stones in the Priory was placed by a craftsman, one at a time, by hand is staggering. We marvel at modern architecture but it really doesn’t hold a candle. Another wonderful video. Stay safe. Keep up the excellent work.💚
Same for nearly all our cathedrals. You can still see in most of them where the scaffolding was built. I remember something from a BBC Drama "at one time the sight of a cathedral put the awe and fear of God into people, now we just see them as pictures on place mats"
That castle they are building in France using the techniques of the time showed the placing of every stone was done a few times then was lime mortered into place.
There is a Ragstone quarry still working in Ditton, close to Aylesford, where I grew up back in the 1960s. The stones from there have built many a great house, church, bridge, priory and prison as far away as Maidstone.
There are at least 3 or 4 free car parks in Aylesford. The other free parking I know of is a beauty spot at Bluebell Hill, and remarkably, Bluewater shopping centre.
Just came across this video. I live in this village & agree that it is a lovely place indeed. A quintessential English village. The bridge is a 1,000 years old & worth seeing, we also have the Little Gem the smallest pub in Kent.
Hundreds of beautiful villages like this all over the UK - feel so blessed. I reckon those geese were making such a noise because they recognised another Canadian! lol 🙃😂🙏
I grew up a short walk from Aylesford, at Ditton. My parents ran the fish and chip shop there and the wool shop next door; they are both made into one larger fish and chip shop now.
Aww my Mum used to work at the priory gift shop it’s so lovely seeing local areas from the perspective of someone who didn’t grow up around them and enjoying them as much as I used to. ❤️
@@AdventuresAndNaps Thank's Letchworth's best known for being the worlds first designed Garden City or New Town and also the worlds first street roundabout!
hi, I live 5 minutes away from Aylesford priory. Lovely place to just stroll around on a spring/summer day Which we can now do very shortly without fear of Covid ! . It's only 35 miles from central London as are many beautiful parts of England in all directions, north, south , east or west. 👌
It's so nice to see someone enjoying Kent like this! Your recent videos about places in and around Kent have really refreshed my affection for the area I live in.
Ahh that looks amazing! I'm also a Canadian originally and though I live in Australia, my dream is to move to England one day if I can manage. Absolutely love the history, architecture, and beautiful landscapes.
Don't waste your time! You're lucky, stay in Oz! I'm English and I'm telling u, my country has became a 3rd world sh*those, mass immigration has totally ruined it beyond recognition...honestly it's sad to see...
I was born in Wouldham, a village not far from Aylesford and lived in Kent until I migrated to Australia when I was 20. Moving to Australia was the best thing I ever did (over 30 years ago now), but I did enjoy your video and the walk down memory lane. Wow...I forgot just how narrow the roads are in England :)
I live in se9 and I can jump on the m20 and be in kent in 20mins and I love it, park up in the middle of nowhere and it’s just me and nature! The birds are chirping the sheep are bleating and the horses running freely in the fields and I can just chill in my car and there is just peace and nature and the heavy breathing I make with my gimp mask on 😊
Hi Alanna. I agree those are interesting videos. Especially in spring/summer. Well-done highlighting some history. Thanks for reminding me of the fast speeds on country roads...🇬🇧
My mum came from eccles just up the road. I used to go to aylesford all the time. My uncles used to drive lorries for safeways and one of my other uncles worked at the kimbley clark factory
It saddens me beyond belief that anybody, let alone more than one person, would give a thumbs down to one of your videos! Your joyful and positive attitude to everything is an enormous asset to our entire population!!
Not sure people deliberately hit the thumbs down. The act of scrolling the page can give accidental hits. I've done it but noticed I'd done it. Statistically, its going to happen
I've accidentally thumbs down a video when trying to stop my phone launching itself into the sink or other water based receptacle, so you never know a thumbs down may not have been the worst outcome!
A UA-cam vlogger described how it works and according to them neither is relevant but hitting either is. It's also helpful to comment as the algorithm notes them for the vlogger s rating.
My wife and I love this part of England. My late dad was born in Kent, so there’s an added family attraction. By the way, I’m Canadian and understood everything that the geese said.
Hey Alanna, good to see you well and out and about. That's some truly stunning green screen, CGI work you did there, it almost looks real. ;-) Napping is over, time for some adventures. That long peace garden looked very nice, if I'm ever in that area I'm definitely going to visit that priory. Thanks for highlighting it.
A welcome reminder that there are loads of interesting places to visit in the UK. I don't know Kent very well. My only experience of the county is stopping at Maidstone Services prior to travelling to France via the tunnel, and a school trip when I was ten. In addition to visiting Dover and Canterbury and the usual places our teachers took us to a nightclub to see a drag act!
Thanks for posting this, 10 years ago I worked in Maidstone for a couple of years and used to chill out at the priory a couple of times a week. That was so nostalgic for me I knew what was lurking around every corner. Ashame you never got to stop in one of the pubs on the high street but the memory of it is flooding back.
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for showing so much of Aylesford Priory. This is one of my favourite places on earth and it feels like Heaven. I just love this trip you gave me around my loved shrine. Praying for you now and thank you for all your lovely videos. You are a delight to listen to and always do a good job and put me into a lifted and happy mood. Keep up the good work. You are super. Thank you again for your review of Aylesford Priory and the village.
I lived in kent for nearly 30 years and loved visiting many of the surrounding village's. Smarden, Pluckley, Tenterden and Headcorn are very nice and have some great pubs and stories of 👻. Smarden Bell was my favourite pub and they have a excellent beer 🍺 garden💙✌
Used to parachute from Cesna 172 (GATWJ) in Headcorn and visit the Mounted Rifleman close by for a pint brought up from the cellars before heading back to London, those were the days.
The buildings to your right (behind the hedge) in the first shot looking over the bridge was a school, which was one of the first schools built in Britain, in about 1860.
“Deep sigh of happiness...Kent, MY home county too.....love living in the Garden of England.... looked such lovely afternoon, hope you had a nice walk taking in the fresh Spring sunshine xx
It may be a bit of a trek for you as it is in eastern Kent. However, have you seen a direction sign south of Sandwich? It reads as follows. Ham 1/2 Sandwich 3 You will need to plan other activities.as, from memory, there is nothing really there once the novelty of the sign has worn off. I did love the fact that you commented on how noisy the geese were, then remark how peaceful it was with just the songbirds. Did the Geese come from the wrong part of Canada?
Wow! This village used to be where I walked for my lunch breaks a few years back. I recommend you visit Rochester as well in Medway. There's a beautiful Rochester Castle and Rochester Catherdal with an amazing food scene (restaurants) on the High Street. Rochester bridge will also leave you amazed. Well done
If you are visiting by train, when you come out by the Aylesford station building (no longer in use), turn left for Aylesford less than 100 yards, turn right for Ditton (about 200 yards).
Before Alanna was around the back listening to the birds The snare drum in that piece of music was annoying me as it's timing wandered and it was slightly too soon.
I asked a while ago, if you could get out and about more as I am bored with grey! So here you are, but you only just scratched the surface of the village, and it would have been good to check out the pub/s and some other stuff! Not withstanding that, it is always good to see you, with your bright and cheerful demeanour, and positive attitude,,,,x
being a person of a certain age .... it still shocks me NOT to see a tax disc in the corner of the windscreen! its soooo good to have a little bit of freedom back! enjoy yourself, keep up the great work, and big love to all people :)
@@Tom_UA-cam_stole_my_handle government being cheapskates, I think I already had the paper one by then but I didn't even bother putting it on. There was absolutely no point, no-one ever looked at it!
The road over the bridge goes to Ditton, then carefully cross the A20 and take New Road to the small church, and in there is a family tomb that includes Charles Dickens' parents and other ancestors.
@@AdventuresAndNaps I love you love our lil old island called the U.K. ...our quaint little villages really are something special. Love the channel Alannah..keep it up
It never ceases to amaze me that foreigners always want to go to London when you have beautiful, quaint little towns and villages less than forty miles from London. Kent is just beautiful. The garden of England. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🖖
Oh come on, the first time ever in England of course people will want visit London... "Westminster Abbey, the Tower of Big Ben, the Rosie Red Cheeks of the Little Children"
@@roberttreborable I wasn't dissing London per se, it's one of the greatest metropolises in the world. I'm just saying there's more to this fair isle. And you don't have to travel far. Before the Scots, Welsh and Irish get on their high horse, I mean the whole of the UK. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🖖
The glorious sounds of the M20 in the background :) it looked lovely though. Looking forward to more Kent, maybe East Sussex too. An Oast House or two. Castles, Cathedrals, Houses, Gardens, sea and estuaries. Oh, pub gardens! When we can go out properly it will be great.
Been there. On Sunday mornings there is (pre-COVID) a farmers market by the car park. The tea rooms at the priory do nice cakes too. We park in the priory car park and do a 8 mile circular walk around the area
I’m pretty certain there used to be an Italian festival here every year. I used to go with my family during the 80’s. Thousands of people would attend and have picnics, barbecues.
Knole park is well worth a walk in the sunshine...Stately home, ancient forest and wild deer everywhere. Ightam mote is another good visit not far from here.
Aylesford? That's about 10 minutes up the road from me. Aylesford is nice but I have to wave a banner for West Malling and Offham... let me know if you want a guided tour!
Lovely video Alanna. I don't know Aylesford but it looks really pretty, especially the priory - it really didn't have the look of a 10,000 population place (well spread as you say) but that dwarves my little corner of the Surrey Hills which just about hits 3000 people! Loved the glimpse of an Oast House on the way too - it wouldn't be Kent without one!!
nice one Alanna. Kent is a favourite county of mine and I am fond of the village of Charing near Ashford. I have often been point to point racing there but the village itself is well worth a visit.
Love the videos. Thanks for the positivity and all you do to sell our wonderful country to tourists. I'm sure you must bring in a few quid to this country.
Hi Alanna, Wow!! excellent video. Thanks for sharing. You have definitely outdone yourself this time. Love the geese there. It sounds like they are all giving you a welcome. It always looks so lush and green in the English countryside. We are in autumn here in Melbourne Australia and there has even been a bit of snow in the mountains. Aylesford looks like a very nice area. Wishing you the very best. Take care. Robert.
Whoever filmed this Alanna did an amazing job, like a professional! Please more of these great outdoor type English countryside/village vids. Oh & keep to the sunny blues skies theme as it definitely makes it more aesthetically appealing to my eyes. Beautiful!!
Lovely video Alanna, it's true what they say Kent is truly the "Garden of England". I do have 1 suggestion that would allay your fear of not finding anywhere to get a coffee; make up a flask to take with you and perhaps a nice wicker basket containing a picnic of various snacks, sandwiches, etc. Also, I'm not sure you know but there was once a lovely tv comedy series filmed in Kent called "The Darling Buds of May", the box-set is available on Amazon and I highly recommend watching it. Anyway, it was filmed in the village of Pluckley, 5.5 miles north-west of Ashford, so perhaps you could visit that village? Take care.
Me, too. Also read in a book on the Germans plans for invading England that they were counting on that bridge to move a Panzer Division across the Medway... They had better have brought a bridge with them, as the main road was over a British Army Bailey Bridge for many years (new one replaced it now).
Loved this video. I just your channel a few days ago and really like your videos. You have a honest and genuine style which comes out in the videos you do. Also, since I am from Ontario (lived there all my life) it is nice to see one of us in England doing these. I have been to England about 4 times, but mainly in London and close areas as well as Southampton (to get on a Cruise trip). Would you ever visit some coastal towns & villages? I would love to see that.
Might be a bit of a trek for you but I would recommend Chester ... the main street there is very rustic.. plus there is a lot to do in and around the town... and there was a old timey pub at the bottom of the main street that did great food. I went there about 10 years ago for work ended up going back for a holiday to show the wife and kids around.... Planning on going again (if this lockdown ever ends) and we live in the north of Scotland...so thats about 8 hours away - still worth it.
Hi Alanna, you are such a beautiful, sincere, happy, uplifting, lovely young lady, I am so pleased you have chosen my country to settle in (for the last 5 years at least) as your love for the English way of life is so refreshing to see. Thank you for being so enthusiastic about life on this small and sometimes damp isle. Love your videos, you always bring your very own ray of sunshine, despite the weather outside 🇬🇧❤🇨🇦
Please can we have more of these exploring videos, they are amazing... The time will come when you get a fan recognise you on one of your visits, and if you want to visit Colchester just let me know... I will buy you a coffee.
Pity you couldn't have a drink in the little gem ,a pub down the road.Safeway supermarkets used to have their headquarters there aswell.used to know the area quiet wellies around there for 18 years
The Little Gem is indeed a little gem. Your route out should have been via Eccles, Burham and Wouldham and back into Rochester. Or maybe across Peters Bridge to Halling and back to the A20 via Snodland. Maybe next time.
I take it you havent been to Aylesford in a long time. The Little Gem closed down 11 years ago but I have heard that there are plans to reopen it. The Safeway site is now owned by Waitrose.
Absolutely love these videos and I’m so happy that as things slowly open up you can do more, thanks for the video, what a lovely village I would never have seen otherwise
Lots of nice river walks in Aylesford and Maidstone surrounding are. I will have to visit again in the next couple of years and visit my favourite Maidstone town centre pub which is called the Thirsty pig 🐖🥃🍻💙✌
1:31 Geese: "Hey guys look! A fellow Canadian!"
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Damn, I was just about to post the same thing!
@@leematthews6812 I think we all were 😂
1:31 Geese: “Crap. They’re onto us!”
Great video, one of my go to places as a local photographer .. last year there was a resident grey heron around but been twice recently and no sign of it .. if you would like to follow my photography I am on FB, also Instagram @robloveswildlife x
I’m not religious at all really, but in historical religious sites everywhere, you can’t help feeling in awe of something, maybe it’s the footsteps of those gone before, and this may sound odd but I always feel like the load has been lightened, especially when I visit Lincoln Cathedral, that place just is perfect it’s my favourite place in my county, well and Sir. Isaac Newton’s apple tree, being surrounded by history makes me happy.
I know just what you mean. Those old builders really knew what they were doing. They were masterful craftsmen back then.
I'm a devout atheist but I love religious buildings for simply the amount of effort it took. Astounding human achievment. How did they do that without machines?! Amazing.
@@mooghead Definitely, I wholeheartedly agree. Many religious buildings around the world were actually the sites of major technological and architectural innovation. Take for example the Duomo of the Cathedral of Santa Maria in Florence, built in 1436. It was the first ever self supporting dome, that supported itself as it was being built. All of this done, as you say, without machinery (at least the modern electronic machinery we use today) , just ropes, pulleys, stone and manpower. Incredible, really. On top of that, it isn't just an engineering marvel, but also aesthetically gorgeous, to me anyway.
If you haven't seen it in person, it really is spectacular, and it was built over half a millennium ago!
@@BiggyJimbo Durham Cathedral is one of my favourites, it is just so huge.
Thank you for such a very nice video. I have subscribed! It made me feel rather homesick. I am from Sussex and now live in Alberta, Canada. I know Kent very well. By the way, the geese are called Canada Geese, not Canadian Geese, but it is a common mistake. They were named after John Canada.
🇨🇦 The realization that every one of the stones in the Priory was placed by a craftsman, one at a time, by hand is staggering. We marvel at modern architecture but it really doesn’t hold a candle.
Another wonderful video. Stay safe. Keep up the excellent work.💚
Well said!
Same for nearly all our cathedrals. You can still see in most of them where the scaffolding was built. I remember something from a BBC Drama "at one time the sight of a cathedral put the awe and fear of God into people, now we just see them as pictures on place mats"
That castle they are building in France using the techniques of the time showed the placing of every stone was done a few times then was lime mortered into place.
There is a Ragstone quarry still working in Ditton, close to Aylesford, where I grew up back in the 1960s.
The stones from there have built many a great house, church, bridge, priory and prison as far away as Maidstone.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful spring day with us! I think the geese were trying to tell you they were Canadian as well...🇨🇦🇬🇧
Thank you so much!
I'm just amazed you found a free car park in the South East of England
There are at least 3 or 4 free car parks in Aylesford. The other free parking I know of is a beauty spot at Bluebell Hill, and remarkably, Bluewater shopping centre.
Actually there are quite a few free carparks in Kent, particularly in the East
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Just came across this video. I live in this village & agree that it is a lovely place indeed. A quintessential English village. The bridge is a 1,000 years old & worth seeing, we also have the Little Gem the smallest pub in Kent.
Hundreds of beautiful villages like this all over the UK - feel so blessed. I reckon those geese were making such a noise because they recognised another Canadian! lol 🙃😂🙏
I grew up a short walk from Aylesford, at Ditton.
My parents ran the fish and chip shop there and the wool shop next door; they are both made into one larger fish and chip shop now.
Aww my Mum used to work at the priory gift shop it’s so lovely seeing local areas from the perspective of someone who didn’t grow up around them and enjoying them as much as I used to. ❤️
That's awesome! Canterbury is a beautiful place
Agree! Beautiful English Spring Day! I'm enjoying the sun and fresh air about 80 miles north of you in Letchworth First Garden City!
Sounds great!
@@AdventuresAndNaps Thank's Letchworth's best known for being the worlds first designed Garden City or New Town and also the worlds first street roundabout!
hi, I live 5 minutes away from Aylesford priory. Lovely place to just stroll around on a spring/summer day Which we can now do very shortly without fear of Covid ! . It's only 35 miles from central London as are many beautiful parts of England in all directions, north, south , east or west. 👌
It's a beautiful place!
It's so nice to see someone enjoying Kent like this! Your recent videos about places in and around Kent have really refreshed my affection for the area I live in.
Thank you so much!!
Ahh that looks amazing! I'm also a Canadian originally and though I live in Australia, my dream is to move to England one day if I can manage. Absolutely love the history, architecture, and beautiful landscapes.
Don't waste your time! You're lucky, stay in Oz! I'm English and I'm telling u, my country has became a 3rd world sh*those, mass immigration has totally ruined it beyond recognition...honestly it's sad to see...
I was born in Wouldham, a village not far from Aylesford and lived in Kent until I migrated to Australia when I was 20. Moving to Australia was the best thing I ever did (over 30 years ago now), but I did enjoy your video and the walk down memory lane. Wow...I forgot just how narrow the roads are in England :)
Very cool!
just found the video - so lovely! It's my home village but I haven't been back in 20 years - I moved to Asia. Made me homesick (in a good way!)
I live in se9 and I can jump on the m20 and be in kent in 20mins and I love it, park up in the middle of nowhere and it’s just me and nature! The birds are chirping the sheep are bleating and the horses running freely in the fields and I can just chill in my car and there is just peace and nature and the heavy breathing I make with my gimp mask on 😊
Hi Alanna. I agree those are interesting videos. Especially in spring/summer. Well-done highlighting some history. Thanks for reminding me of the fast speeds on country roads...🇬🇧
Thanks so much for watching!
My mum came from eccles just up the road. I used to go to aylesford all the time. My uncles used to drive lorries for safeways and one of my other uncles worked at the kimbley clark factory
It saddens me beyond belief that anybody, let alone more than one person, would give a thumbs down to one of your videos! Your joyful and positive attitude to everything is an enormous asset to our entire population!!
Thank you!!
There are sad people who thumb down before they even watch if they do at all !
Not sure people deliberately hit the thumbs down. The act of scrolling the page can give accidental hits. I've done it but noticed I'd done it. Statistically, its going to happen
I've accidentally thumbs down a video when trying to stop my phone launching itself into the sink or other water based receptacle, so you never know a thumbs down may not have been the worst outcome!
A UA-cam vlogger described how it works and according to them neither is relevant but hitting either is. It's also helpful to comment as the algorithm notes them for the vlogger s rating.
The geese just wanted to bask in the glory of the best UK based Canadian on UA-cam. These let's take a tour videos are fun.
More to come!
Goose don't stand a chance in Canada!!!
So good the tranquility of being out in the open in a beautiful space gives you such a lift. More please!
More to come!
My wife and I love this part of England. My late dad was born in Kent, so there’s an added family attraction. By the way, I’m Canadian and understood everything that the geese said.
Great video, as usual. Making me homesick. Hope you’ve been able to grab a “cheeky” cider or two since the pubs reopened!
Lovely to see Aylesford Priory, hasn't changed a bit since I used to visit as a child, well over 30 years ago! Great video..
Many thanks!
Make More! Really enjoy this content and especially the Priory - Thanks Alanna
Thank you! Will do!
Please video from a pub garden next week, now we have been released, almost got to be done, I’ll buy the ciders x
I grew up in Aylesford, it was so different 30 years ago, it will always be my home no matter where I live
More like this please - I think it does us good to be reminded what a beautiful county Kent is.
Thanks so much for watching!
Hey Alanna, good to see you well and out and about. That's some truly stunning green screen, CGI work you did there, it almost looks real. ;-)
Napping is over, time for some adventures. That long peace garden looked very nice, if I'm ever in that area I'm definitely going to visit that priory. Thanks for highlighting it.
My favourite kind of weather. I love spring. Enjoy the rest of your day Alanna
Thank you! You too!
That was a good one, there are lots of quaint old villages all over England happy hunting.
A welcome reminder that there are loads of interesting places to visit in the UK. I don't know Kent very well. My only experience of the county is stopping at Maidstone Services prior to travelling to France via the tunnel, and a school trip when I was ten. In addition to visiting Dover and Canterbury and the usual places our teachers took us to a nightclub to see a drag act!
Great video Alanna. I laughed when you went to visit the geese and then quickly changed your mind!
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Thanks for posting this, 10 years ago I worked in Maidstone for a couple of years and used to chill out at the priory a couple of times a week. That was so nostalgic for me I knew what was lurking around every corner. Ashame you never got to stop in one of the pubs on the high street but the memory of it is flooding back.
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for showing so much of Aylesford Priory. This is one of my favourite places on earth and it feels like Heaven. I just love this trip you gave me around my loved shrine. Praying for you now and thank you for all your lovely videos. You are a delight to listen to and always do a good job and put me into a lifted and happy mood. Keep up the good work. You are super. Thank you again for your review of Aylesford Priory and the village.
Reminds me of my Kent village where the 1944 war movie was set. 🎥🎥🎥
I lived in kent for nearly 30 years and loved visiting many of the surrounding village's. Smarden, Pluckley, Tenterden and Headcorn are very nice and have some great pubs and stories of 👻. Smarden Bell was my favourite pub and they have a excellent beer 🍺 garden💙✌
It's a wonderful area!
Used to parachute from Cesna 172 (GATWJ) in Headcorn and visit the Mounted Rifleman close by for a pint brought up from the cellars before heading back to London, those were the days.
Love those oast houses barely glimpsed as you passed by
I live just half an hour from Aylesford in Rochester. Aylesford is a very nice little place.
There's an Aylesford in Nova Scotia too. Lovely tour.
The buildings to your right (behind the hedge) in the first shot looking over the bridge was a school, which was one of the first schools built in Britain, in about 1860.
“Deep sigh of happiness...Kent, MY home county too.....love living in the Garden of England.... looked such lovely afternoon, hope you had a nice walk taking in the fresh Spring sunshine xx
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the glimpse of Ss Peter & Paul. Working on a family that lived in Aylesford in the 1800's. More villages please.
Hi Alanna. Thanks so much. Nice music choices also.
We're so blessed to live in this beautiful country.
Thanks for watching!
It may be a bit of a trek for you as it is in eastern Kent. However, have you seen a direction sign south of Sandwich? It reads as follows.
Ham 1/2
Sandwich 3
You will need to plan other activities.as, from memory, there is nothing really there once the novelty of the sign has worn off.
I did love the fact that you commented on how noisy the geese were, then remark how peaceful it was with just the songbirds. Did the Geese come from the wrong part of Canada?
Wow! This village used to be where I walked for my lunch breaks a few years back. I recommend you visit Rochester as well in Medway. There's a beautiful Rochester Castle and Rochester Catherdal with an amazing food scene (restaurants) on the High Street. Rochester bridge will also leave you amazed. Well done
If you are visiting by train, when you come out by the Aylesford station building (no longer in use), turn left for Aylesford less than 100 yards, turn right for Ditton (about 200 yards).
What a lovely and peaceful video. So nice to see you looking happy and enjoying the sun shine!
Thank you so much!
I was on retreat in Aylesford priory a couple of years ago. It was fun to try and place all of your shots in my head map of the place!
That's so cool!
With the scenery and the music you played half way through the video I was expecting to see characters from Camberwick Green and Trumpton
I know what you mean lol
Before Alanna was around the back listening to the birds The snare drum in that piece of music was annoying me as it's timing wandered and it was slightly too soon.
"Here is a box. A musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today?"
@@michaelstamper5875 And a miniature Alanna appears from the box
Trouble is only people of an age would know what the hell you’re on about... and the name of the engine driver was.....
I asked a while ago, if you could get out and about more as I am bored with grey!
So here you are, but you only just scratched the surface of the village, and it would have been good to check out the pub/s
and some other stuff!
Not withstanding that, it is always good to see you, with your bright and cheerful demeanour, and positive attitude,,,,x
being a person of a certain age .... it still shocks me NOT to see a tax disc in the corner of the windscreen! its soooo good to have a little bit of freedom back! enjoy yourself, keep up the great work, and big love to all people :)
Thank you for watching!!
You'd be surprised how many people still have the old discs there!
@@hairyairey What always amazed me was how in the last gasp of the paper tax disc you actually had to print your own.
@@Tom_UA-cam_stole_my_handle government being cheapskates, I think I already had the paper one by then but I didn't even bother putting it on. There was absolutely no point, no-one ever looked at it!
A very tasteful choice of music, it matches the video's atmosphere perfectly without being distracting.
One thing to say. More please.
More to come!
Pepsi and bread please!!! 🤣
Yay more to come 😍 love outdoor videos and the Sun and spring weather. Gorgeous Kent countryside
Alanna, giddy as a school girl. Getting out AND it's sunny almost too much for her 😂
The geese roughing up the pigeons.
😂 Geese are so evil
The road over the bridge goes to Ditton, then carefully cross the A20 and take New Road to the small church, and in there is a family tomb that includes Charles Dickens' parents and other ancestors.
You made that beautiful sunny walk so much fun. Sometimes you just smile and let us enjoy what is around you. Thanks for taking us along!
My Grandfather was the gardener there when it was a private house . At least one of my aunts was born there, back in the 1930's. A great place.
Nice, more like this please.
Will do!
Those geese were happy to see you ..they know who you are.. being Canadian and all
😂
@@AdventuresAndNaps I love you love our lil old island called the U.K. ...our quaint little villages really are something special. Love the channel Alannah..keep it up
Looks lovely there. I love both the indoor and outdoor stuff so it's a win in any case!
Thank you so much!!
Aylesford is a beautiful place. It's been years since i was there. You are blessed to have it on your doorstep. Absolutely right about a pub!
It really is!
It never ceases to amaze me that foreigners always want to go to London when you have beautiful, quaint little towns and villages less than forty miles from London. Kent is just beautiful. The garden of England. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🖖
It depends what you want out of life!! Not everybody wants quaint wildlife -- some people want a wild life!!!
Oh come on, the first time ever in England of course people will want visit London... "Westminster Abbey, the Tower of Big Ben, the Rosie Red Cheeks of the Little Children"
@@roberttreborable I wasn't dissing London per se, it's one of the greatest metropolises in the world. I'm just saying there's more to this fair isle. And you don't have to travel far. Before the Scots, Welsh and Irish get on their high horse, I mean the whole of the UK. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🖖
Those little villages are all over the UK, especially in the south.
To be fair, they need to go to London first before they can explore the provinces, Heathrow and Gatwick being huge international airpors.
Lovely village along the River Medford. Quaint, peaceful, lovely!
Thanks for watching!
River Medway👍
The glorious sounds of the M20 in the background :) it looked lovely though. Looking forward to more Kent, maybe East Sussex too. An Oast House or two. Castles, Cathedrals, Houses, Gardens, sea and estuaries. Oh, pub gardens! When we can go out properly it will be great.
More to come!
On the opposite side of the Priory car park is a big tea room. They have a great selection of home made cakes.
Been there. On Sunday mornings there is (pre-COVID) a farmers market by the car park. The tea rooms at the priory do nice cakes too.
We park in the priory car park and do a 8 mile circular walk around the area
I love days like these.
A beautiful day!
I would like to see you explore Eynsford, this is also in Kent. Thank you for your time. Stay safe. Stay well.🙂. 💕
Will do!
I’m pretty certain there used to be an Italian festival here every year. I used to go with my family during the 80’s. Thousands of people would attend and have picnics, barbecues.
Sometimes I forget that when we venture out of our cities in the UK we officially live in Hobbit land. Lovely vlog.
Thanks so much for watching!
With that gnarled old tree, it's Minas Tirith, surely? ;-)
You picked a lovely day to go to Sight seeing but don’t forget you will find little villages like that all over Great Britain
Knole park is well worth a walk in the sunshine...Stately home, ancient forest and wild deer everywhere.
Ightam mote is another good visit not far from here.
Aylesford? That's about 10 minutes up the road from me. Aylesford is nice but I have to wave a banner for West Malling and Offham... let me know if you want a guided tour!
5:07 "The only thing you can hear" is the M20 in the background.
oh! very beautiful village and sight. I want to go England someday.
Lovely video Alanna. I don't know Aylesford but it looks really pretty, especially the priory - it really didn't have the look of a 10,000 population place (well spread as you say) but that dwarves my little corner of the Surrey Hills which just about hits 3000 people! Loved the glimpse of an Oast House on the way too - it wouldn't be Kent without one!!
Thanks so much!!
nice one Alanna. Kent is a favourite county of mine and I am fond of the village of Charing near Ashford. I have often been point to point racing there but the village itself is well worth a visit.
Love the videos. Thanks for the positivity and all you do to sell our wonderful country to tourists. I'm sure you must bring in a few quid to this country.
You are so kind, thank you!!
Hi Alanna, Wow!! excellent video. Thanks for sharing. You have definitely outdone yourself this time. Love the geese there. It sounds like they are all giving you a welcome. It always looks so lush and green in the English countryside. We are in autumn here in Melbourne Australia and there has even been a bit of snow in the mountains. Aylesford looks like a very nice area. Wishing you the very best. Take care. Robert.
Thank you so much!
@@AdventuresAndNaps You are most welcome.
My first visit here, some 20 years ago was lovely. It was still a working priory. Interesting.
Wonderful!
I love the music you paired with the attractive landscapes.
Very beautiful. Grew up there as a kid.
Check out Rochester and Canterbury for equal mesmerizing day out.
Whoever filmed this Alanna did an amazing job, like a professional! Please more of these great outdoor type English countryside/village vids. Oh & keep to the sunny blues skies theme as it definitely makes it more aesthetically appealing to my eyes. Beautiful!!
More to come!
@@AdventuresAndNaps Can't wait!
Yalding is nice, you can walk along the Medway. Whitstable is also worth a visit
Burrrrrrrdz, so cute, what a place that is!!! many castles out of ten score
Lovely video Alanna, it's true what they say Kent is truly the "Garden of England". I do have 1 suggestion that would allay your fear of not finding anywhere to get a coffee; make up a flask to take with you and perhaps a nice wicker basket containing a picnic of various snacks, sandwiches, etc. Also, I'm not sure you know but there was once a lovely tv comedy series filmed in Kent called "The Darling Buds of May", the box-set is available on Amazon and I highly recommend watching it. Anyway, it was filmed in the village of Pluckley, 5.5 miles north-west of Ashford, so perhaps you could visit that village? Take care.
I remember when cars used the old bridge at Aylesford.
Me, too.
Also read in a book on the Germans plans for invading England that they were counting on that bridge to move a Panzer Division across the Medway...
They had better have brought a bridge with them, as the main road was over a British Army Bailey Bridge for many years (new one replaced it now).
Loved this video. I just your channel a few days ago and really like your videos. You have a honest and genuine style which comes out in the videos you do. Also, since I am from Ontario (lived there all my life) it is nice to see one of us in England doing these. I have been to England about 4 times, but mainly in London and close areas as well as Southampton (to get on a Cruise trip). Would you ever visit some coastal towns & villages? I would love to see that.
Thank you so much!!
Might be a bit of a trek for you but I would recommend Chester ... the main street there is very rustic.. plus there is a lot to do in and around the town... and there was a old timey pub at the bottom of the main street that did great food.
I went there about 10 years ago for work ended up going back for a holiday to show the wife and kids around.... Planning on going again (if this lockdown ever ends) and we live in the north of Scotland...so thats about 8 hours away - still worth it.
Hi Alanna, you are such a beautiful, sincere, happy, uplifting, lovely young lady, I am so pleased you have chosen my country to settle in (for the last 5 years at least) as your love for the English way of life is so refreshing to see. Thank you for being so enthusiastic about life on this small and sometimes damp isle. Love your videos, you always bring your very own ray of sunshine, despite the weather outside 🇬🇧❤🇨🇦
Thank you so much!
I used to go there a lot when I was a kid, Such a lovely place.
It really is!
Please can we have more of these exploring videos, they are amazing... The time will come when you get a fan recognise you on one of your visits, and if you want to visit Colchester just let me know... I will buy you a coffee.
Pity you couldn't have a drink in the little gem ,a pub down the road.Safeway supermarkets used to have their headquarters there aswell.used to know the area quiet wellies around there for 18 years
The Little Gem is indeed a little gem. Your route out should have been via Eccles, Burham and Wouldham and back into Rochester. Or maybe across Peters Bridge to Halling and back to the A20 via Snodland. Maybe next time.
I take it you havent been to Aylesford in a long time. The Little Gem closed down 11 years ago but I have heard that there are plans to reopen it. The Safeway site is now owned by Waitrose.
@@jaycbills I drove through 3 weeks ago but admit I haven't been to the Little Gem in years. Looks like I won't be going now!
Absolutely love these videos and I’m so happy that as things slowly open up you can do more, thanks for the video, what a lovely village I would never have seen otherwise
Glad you like them!
Alanna did an amazing job
Thanks so much for watching!
Lots of nice river walks in Aylesford and Maidstone surrounding are. I will have to visit again in the next couple of years and visit my favourite Maidstone town centre pub which is called the Thirsty pig 🐖🥃🍻💙✌
You should visit Sandwich, one of the best preserved medieval towns in the UK. And Deal just down the road is a lovely little coastal getaway
I just love Aylesford and I have been there once when I did a walk alongside the River Medway but I have never been to the Priory...It looks lovely
It's a beautiful place!