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[@andybaker2456]

The white cliff is chalk. The "black stuff" on the beach is probably seaweed!

[@Gillie51-bl8su]

Likewise the 'brown stuff' at Eilean Donan Castle. Both only exposed at low tide.

[@KissMyFatAxe]

I'm amazed this stuff confused them.

[@keefsmiff]

Any orange will be life vests or inflatables probably

[@vitalspark6288]

Furthermore, the stuff you write on a chalkboard with is probably gypsum (calcium sulphate dihydrate), not chalk (calcium carbonate) even though people call it chalk. The stuff used by climbers and gymnasts to improve their grip is usually magnesium carbonate. They're both basically better than chalk for their intended purposes, and easy to mass produce.

[@malkchatters1046]

Or invading migrants.

[@kieranolafferty523]

the UK, the only place in the world where you might find yourself walking along a road first built by the Romans, next to a canal built by the Victorians, past the grave of a Celtic king who was buried next to a now disappeared neolithic monument. we might not have a lot anymore, but we definitely have history.

[@UnknownUser-rb9pd]

I'm not disagreeing about the history you can see in the UK but most of Europe is equally rich in history. Around the Mediterranean especially which had empires at the time the British Isles had a few hunter gatherers and has retained an awful lot of it through the ages. Italy , southern France, Spain especially have vast amounts of historical buildings from early Roman right through to renaissance and later through to Napoleon, Garibaldi etc.

[@garybarnes4169]

England. Where the Romans built roads that lasted millennia, but the county council's road falls apart in months.

[@UnknownUser-rb9pd]

@@garybarnes4169 I don't think the Roman roads had 40 ton articulated lorries travelling on them at speeds ten times faster than a horse and cart goes at.

[@101steel4]

I don't know why stonehenge gets negative comments. It's amazing. Just being there was incredible for me. The mystery and the age alone. I'm not sure what people expect to see in a stone circle, apart from stones. A roller-coaster?😂

[@bada2839]

I think you get it in the wrong way. I believe that people considere it overrated because it is too crowded, so other similar megalithic formations have let's attention and so you can enjoy it better.

[@davidmartin3947]

How about a pub? Avebury is around 30 miles from Stonehenge, and has megaliths you can actually walk amongst, whilst in the middle is a pub you can have a meal in!

[@101steel4]

@@davidmartin3947 I went with the school to Stonehenge back in the day and we were allowed to walk amongst them. Even as a kid I thought it was amazing.

[@martinwebb1681]

It was far better when you used to have unrestricted access, but as usual a few people spoil it for the rest because they damage historic sights.

[@missmerrily4830]

The negativity is over its ownership and exploitation as a tourist trap not what it is.

[@simonsandall3246]

Avebury is a far better stone circle!!

[@AndrewHalliwell]

And featured in a kids tv series of its own... Children of the stones. (It's on KZbin)

[@101steel4]

​@@AndrewHalliwellnightmares from the theme tune alone

[@vinnyganzano1930]

​@@AndrewHalliwellThat show gave me bloody nightmares, it was brilliant.

[@marieofthetoon09]

And the haunted pub there

[@richidraykat]

I agree

[@johnturner7569]

Mount Snowdon is not 10,085 metres it's 1,085 metres. Mount Everest is 8,849 metres.

[@chrisperyagh]

Cool! Mount Snowdon is the largest mountain in the whole world!

[@johnmc128]

Yes he boobed just a bit there.

[@davidmartin3947]

Yeah, he got his feet and metres confused! It is not part of the Himalayas, and no oxygen masks are required!

[@horsenuts1831]

1085 metres only. Haven't walked up it since about 1980, but the visitor centre used to sell beer to my Dad's delight.

[@richardgt4100]

Yes but you can conquer it by train too

[@ArsenaISarah]

OK Guys, Cornish Sarah here now listen ~ I’ve had 2 cups of coffee and I’m still not mellowing here. The ONLY WAY to appease the Cornish population of the UK is to do an entire episode on the beauty & mystery of Cornwall. You missed the ENTIRE SOUTH WEST of the UK. It’s unforgivable, Ambulance… Ambulance…. Be still my heart… I have my own beast here in Bodmin “The Beast of Bodmin” Oh the injustice…… 😱

[@BlueTexel]

I agree, Cornwall is a special place. The Minack Theatre is just one of the incredible places to see there.

[@vinnyganzano1930]

As a Scotsman I have to agree, Cornwall is beautiful. It's how Scotland would look with sunshine😉 Our alcohol is better but your cream teas are delicious.

[@angelataylor2049]

I love Cornwall too.

[@ArsenaISarah]

@@vinnyganzano1930 I’ll let you in to a secret ~ I drove to Fort William last year… OMG! It is by far the most beautiful place in the World!!

[@wulfgold]

Should definitely look up The Cornish National Liberation Army (CNLA) - the world's most polite "terror group".

[@marcuswardle3180]

When I was a kid you could just walk up to Stonehenge and walk round it. Ever since it became National Trust property it has been fenced off and commercialised all in the name of “preservation”!

[@chrisperyagh]

I did that in 1976 and then in 1979 they cordoned the whole lot off and had police guarding it. I was gutted as I wanted to play in among the stones and my aunt and uncle from Texas visited that year and we borrowed a car to a special trip over there to see it.

[@tonys1636]

Somewhere on one of the stones are my initials and dated 6/62, probably weathered away now as scratched on with a penknife. One of the reasons they became fenced off to protect them from little naughty Boys like me, some not so little.

[@Gillie51-bl8su]

Me too. A 'school trip' from primary school when we took turns to be 'sacrificed on the altar' (one of the fallen stones) while others took photos..

[@Drew-Dastardly]

Apparently there is an ancient "right of way" that no landowner can stop people using which gets as close to the stones as the paid tourist path.

[@thomasmumw8435]

When I was a kid my dad asked the one bloke on site in a little car park if we could have a look around at the "stones" so he took us over the road unlocked a little wooden gate and let us roam all over it, awesome and even at a young age it felt ethereal......

[@SGrahamArt]

Scottish person here. I often wonder when Glenfinnan and Edinburgh will be famous for real things again instead of children's books. There's a lot more to see in both!

[@hendryde-lux4287]

The blackberries under the viaduct is worth the trip alone

[@alanmoss3603]

This is not a particularly good video!

[@StephenReacts]

I always cringe when Harry Potter is always mentioned when talking about Glenfinnan 🫡🫡🫡

[@andybaker2456]

The same for London. Surely the Harry Potter bubble will burst at some point, and visitors will become less interested in the street believed to be the inspiration for Diagon Alley, or that ridiculous Platform 9 3/4 thing they've got going on at King's Cross Station! There's so much more to London than all that faddy fictional nonsense!

[@weedle30]

@@StephenReactscringe?? I want to 👊🏻👊🏻someone!! 😱😆 it was “there” long before ‘Hawwweee Poddderrrr’ grrrr 🤬🤬🤬🤬 same with all the historic buildings in England, being “just like they are in the Hawwwwee Poddderrrr movies” ughhhhh

[@angelataylor2049]

Lake District….England, Buttermere and Ullswater, Keswick in that area , also York and Snowdonia, Llandudno and Conwy North Wales also. The Cotswolds, Devon…..Scotland is beautiful but more spread out……

[@Tam19399]

How can Scotland be more spread out? its smaller than England.

[@angelataylor2049]

@@Tam19399 I meant the good things to visit, lol

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@Tam19399 Have you travelled in the Highlands????

[@garstangterrier501]

If I was visiting from USA I would pick one country at a time and maybe split England up into 2 trips north and south. So much to see here, so many layers of history.

[@chrisisaac9007]

What about the other 3 countries in the UK

[@SaintPhoenixx]

You couldnt ​do Scotland in one go either. Americans underestimate how big Scotland is.

[@steven54511]

And maybe allocate for a full month per trip!

[@lynnejamieson2063]

@@SaintPhoenixx exactly, Scotlands combined landmass is just under a thirds of the entire landmass of the whole of the UK. Too many people presume that because the population is so much smaller than that of England then the landmass must be so much smaller too.

[@kenvoysey8222]

@@SaintPhoenixx lol no they underestimate how much there is to see America is big just mostly full of nothing that’s all.

[@user-xq8hn1xl7v]

The white cliffs are made of chalk and collapse very easily!!

[@IBadmagicI]

For reference, a midge is average half the size of a mosquito, and their bites while incredibly itchy/frustrating don't spread disease in the same way, west of Scotland is utterly infested every year but any sort of decent breeze deals with them, the real danger is when there is no wind where they swarm in clouds. Usually times to be midge aware is May to September approx.

[@martinwebb1681]

So basically the best parts of the year then.

[@IBadmagicI]

@@martinwebb1681 Pretty much. 😁

[@JanineCrainich-rj6sx]

I love the New Forest, everything about this area makes my heart smile 😊

[@verbalverbosity]

From my first time ever going to the New Forest, I fell in love, even as a Brit. Horses wandering the streets, just living their wild life like they should be doing is magical

[@JanineCrainich-rj6sx]

@@verbalverbosity yeah me too, I’m a Londoner and I just love everything about it….scenery, wild horses, wild pigs, the buildings and people, to name just a few ❤️👌🏻🔥

[@freyja7474]

Same here. Having picnics when I was younger and watching the wild horses, leaping over streams (I was very small) and pretending that the fallen branches on the trees were rocking horses 😂 good times 💚

[@martinwebb1681]

I found it a nightmare, endless tourists and everywhere crowded, so much so I have never returned.

[@heraklesnothercules.]

@@verbalverbosity A few years ago a townie took over management of the New Forest. One of the first things he was going to do was to stop the pigs from roaming freely... until it was pointed out to him that in that case all the wild horses would die. They would eat the acorns, but acorns are poisonous to horses. The pigs are let onto the common ground and they eat all the acorns (they're not poisonous to pigs) before the horses are then let out onto the common ground.

[@iamrol.]

Yorkshire. Dales, moors and coast. You'd love it.

[@streaky81]

"it looks very chalky" is good for a chuckle. That would be the chalk that it is made of :)

[@chrissymoss514]

I believe wherever you go in the UK, you'll always find places of historical interest and beauty.

[@Shoomer1988]

Milton Keynes?

[@brigidsingleton1596]

​@@Shoomer1988 Milton Keynes has concrete cows... Not many places can make that boast and get away with it!!

[@williamdom3814]

Ratcliffe on Soar power station, the last coal fired power station in England. Surely a MUST see 😂. See it whilst you still can, it closes this year, 2024.

[@lolsaXx]

The best standing stones are Callinish on the Isle of Lewis (outer hebrides) in Scotland.

[@StephMcAlea]

Regarding Stonehenge, you don't go to Stonehenge to look at a bunch of rocks, you go to stand with your ancestors, to contemplate your purpose, and to see the stars. I'm biased as I'm a druid but if you just go to say you've gone there, you'll be bored. Touch the stones and centre your place in history and the world. My favourite stone circles are Avebury and those on Mann because so many houses have one in their garden lol The chalk cliffs are that way because it was washed away relatively quickly when Doggerland sank, separating us from the rest of Europe. I grew up near Snowdon and I miss it. Nearby visit Betws y coed, Caernarfon, and Conwy.

[@Tam19399]

How did you pass your Druidship?

[@AndrewHalliwell]

Don't forget Beddgelert

[@davidmartin3947]

You do? I always go Stonehenge to sacrifice virgins on the altar under the full moon. Unfortunately there now appear to be supply shortages. Thats Brexit for you, probably something to do with import taxes.

[@iloveweekends5142]

Thankyou!!!

[@user-bq9rz9fw5x]

I flinch and my eye goes twitchy when I hear this guy's attempts at pronouncing place names, especially the Gaelic, but then I remember that I was 12 before I learned how to pronounce Milngavie and Burntisland and I practice humility 😆. Sincerely, a forgiving Scotswoman

[@andybaker2456]

I'm curious, for some reason I know how to pronounce Milngavie (as a Londoner, that knowledge has never really been of that much use to me!), but how do you pronounce Burntisland??

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Just don't ask Ryan Shirley* to pronounce it?! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (*Whatever his last name is?!🤔)

[@vinnyganzano1930]

​@@brigidsingleton1596I won't and don't call me Shirley😉

[@vinnyganzano1930]

Glenfeenan though Jesus that put my backup. You missed a few places though... Anstruther Kirkcaldy Kirkcudbright

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@vinnyganzano1930 Oops sorry Vinny 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇬🇧🙂🖖

[@julianbarber4708]

Kudos to Lyndsey for name checking Skara Brae! Also, her face, when Steve can't believe it's chalk. 🤣

[@Jules-R]

I liked how she was like 😐and then changed the subject so he'd stop "I love the shape." 😆

[@jono.pom-downunder]

5:05 the white rock is chalk the black is seaweed, the green is dry seaweed. 13:43 the brown Moss, is seaweed, the castle is on a sea Loch. I used to live in Kent in a 300 year old cottage the whole country has living history.

[@hayee]

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is an absolute must, one of the 7 wonders of Wales

[@heraklesnothercules.]

Agreed. I've walked across it... fabulous views. Not for the faint-hearted, though.

[@Sneckster]

I live in the city of Lincoln and it is very much a beautiful place that the tourists haven't found yet. There are so many places in the UK that are just as beautiful as the touristy areas.

[@wafty6435]

Same, up in the bailgate around the castle and cathedral and down steep hill is beautiful.

[@vaudevillian7]

Seconded, I’m just down the road just over the Notts border but love Lincoln

[@the_yorkshire_pudding]

Lincoln Christmas Market! Not been there for years, sadly!

[@reactingtomyroots]

Absolutely believe that! We'll have to look at Lincoln

[@CRINOTH]

Yes, I live in Lincoln too and I totally agree

[@bill-wd7zs]

I don't know why Stonehenge is always included in these must visit videos. If your time here is limited I would certainly give it a miss, maybe drive right past it and go and see Salisbury cathedral instead which is much more impressive and also free to get in on some days.

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

Probably because of the age of it, it'll be more impressive to people from newer countries than to us.

[@kenvoysey8222]

@@faithpearlgenied-a5517more because the idiot making it googled the Uk. He didn’t even visit some of the places listed.

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

AND the guy in the video calling it Stone HEDGE really annoys me... 🤔 Its StoneHENGE... DUH!

[@yves2694]

I prefer Avebury. Always have. It has such an atmosphere, and Silbury Hill at night terrifies me. Pray the car doesn't break down 😱

[@SteveBagnall-gh1fu]

Totally Agree, very over rated.

[@juliajoyce4535]

The place on the Thumbnail is Old Harry Rocks in Dorset, it’s not that far from my home, it’s on the Isle of Purbeck. The Isle of Purbeck is not a true island but a peninsula, near the rocks is Studland Bay, it’s a marine conservation zone due to the fact that seagrass meadows are off the coast, the seagrass is home to Spiny Seahorses and is a protected area, it’s a beautiful area

[@lesdonovan7911]

Yes the Jurassic coast is mainly in Dorset and as a Dorset man we are proud of it we also have chalk hills everywhere giant head is a famous one, It has nothing to do with the white cliffs of dover,

[@juliajoyce4535]

@@lesdonovan7911 I live in Swanage

[@lesdonovan7911]

@@juliajoyce4535 lovely part of the world. had my 18th birthday there 54 years ago,

[@marcuswardle3180]

@@juliajoyce4535I lived in Swanage then Wareham and went to the Purbeck.

[@orwellboy1958]

@@juliajoyce4535 I live in Bournemouth, I'll pop out in to the garden and give you a wave

[@tonym480]

Sorry, but I have to say this, It's Stone Henge NOT Stone Hedge 🤔 (I know you guys say it right, it's the commentator on the video you are reacting to) At 4:40 into your video when he is talking about the Jurassic Coast, the video clip he is showing is from East Sussex, not Dorset. It is part of the Severn Sisters near Beachy Head. The old (no longer in use) Belle Tout lighthouse is clearly visible on the cliff top. Yes, the cliffs are made from chalk, with flint inclusions, both in Sussex and Dorset. I have walked the cliff top paths in both these locations, in Dorset from the Old Harry rock spires to the town of Weymouth, passing Lullworth Cove and Durdle Door along the way. The Severn Sisters are quite local to me (about 30 miles east of my home) As others have already commented, he gets the height of Mt Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa in Welsh) Wrong by an order of magnitude (x10) This is not a good video to watch, there are many other mispronunciations and factual errors that make it painful for me.

[@exsubmariner]

Americans watching a film made by an American about a country that's not American what could possibly go wrong

[@frogmaster83]

Glad you brought this up. 👍👍

[@Toadhall22]

Avebury's stone circle is free and is much bigger than Stonehenge and is much older.

[@richardgoddard37]

Avebury is not far from Stonehenge. It's bigger, and older than Stonehenge, and a stone's throw from Silbury Hill - huge man made hill built for no apparent reason (they've excavated many times and found nothing) & West Kennet Long Barrow (large underground burial chamber)

[@wessexdruid7598]

Silbury Hill is of a similar size and age to the Egyptian pyramids.

[@billyo54]

Hi guys. When you come to the UK or Ireland may I suggest three things. (1) make a list of a couple of cities with medieval history ( York, Chester, Bath for example) (2) stay in a rural area such as The Cotswolds for part of your trip. (3) do some gym training if you are not doing so already. I know how Americans love their cars but you're going to be doing a lot of walking if you want to see remote sights.

[@AndyKing1963]

He didn't go to the top of Arthur's Seat, he was only on Carlton Hill. I went to Arthur's Seat on Monday and my knees are still complaining

[@Tam19399]

No, he was running at the top of Salisbury Crags.

[@martinwebb1681]

The cliffs are made of chalk, the white cliffs of Dover are also made of chalk accented with strips of black flint.

[@rod2623]

Avebury, Waylands smithy, Rollright stones, are worth checking out, and that's just three of hundreds or standing stones/ burial mounds all over the British Isles!

[@youtongtube]

The “tree tunnel” is called The Dark Hedges which has been badly damaged by tourist buses. My mother went to school in the field beside that and it was beautiful when ai was young and walked there with my grandmother. Makes me so sad to see how much it has deteriorated since it has become a tourist attraction.

[@clairefleming8075]

I’ll be coming to see it myself later this year in august, only because it was featured in the that series that stared Sean Bean , forget what it was called now as I stopped watching after he got his head chopped off 😂😂

[@DavidDoyleOutdoors]

Most of the damage was done by a really bad storm, the damaged trees were turned into carved game of thrones themed doors and placed at various locations in NI

[@juliehdodds4126]

If you go to Edinburgh,go to the underground vaults,a city below the city where people actually lived.

[@missmerrily4830]

Yes, an amazing preserved piece of Edinburgh's hidden history.

[@user-iy3ry2hi6t]

I was born and brought up in Bournemouth, a town on the South coast close to the juasic coast and ‘Old Harry Rocks’. Although I moved away, my wife and I visited regularly and my wife fell in love with ‘old Harry’ to the extent that well she sadly died, she had requested that her ashes be spread on the sea close to the rocks, which my daughter and I carried out for her. I will have my ashes similarly disposed of there, when the time comes. The white chalk cliff were, millions of years ago, the sea bed, when England was joined to Europe and is formed by the compressed shells of sea animals, laid down over millennia. That is why the Jurassic coast is known for its fossils. The white cliffs of Dover were formed the same way. When the ice sheets from the ice age melted, the sea levels rose and England became an island, cut off from the rest of Europe by the forming of the English Channel.

[@TheNoobilator]

Since you mentioned lesser-known and not-so-tourist-y spots Steve, may I recommend Dunster fairly close to my home in Somerset! A gorgeous old market street, a 400+ year-old market hall still standing in the middle, and Dunster Castle sat on the hill which has been a fortified place for over 1000 years. The castle was updated throughout the years, but the current structure is still many hundreds of years old! Thanks for the reaction you two!

[@andybaker2456]

I love Dunster. One of my aunts lived in a village on Exmoor called Exton for a number of years, and whenever we went to visit her, we always spent time in Dunster. For a while, she even had a part time job in the Dunster Castle gift shop!

[@steven54511]

It's a shame that the presenter in the video you saw mispronounced the majority of the place names. However, a place that is known to visit is Portmeirion in North Wales, it's picturesque and took decades to construct. Italian culture features heavily. Almost all of the beaches on the North East coast are superb and almost all are deserted unless of course they are in built up areas. The Malton to Pickering Heritage Railway is very cool. It travels through some of the best scenery I've ever seen. Seaside towns are excellent to visit too - and finding overnight places to stay is all to easy as there are plenty of places. There are plenty of places to visit in the North if you want to stare at the night sky with one of the best being in the Kielder forest dark zone.

[@ArsenaISarah]

It’s a shame he missed the ENTIRE SOUTH WEST 😂 I’m really going to have to shut up now, it’s no good for my health 😂

[@vinnyganzano1930]

Portmeirion of course still known best to a whole generation as The Village.

[@clarelawton4653]

Stonehedge 🤷‍♀️

[@ArsenaISarah]

CORNWALL STEVE.. It’s full of Castles, old buildings, hauntings, pixies and Witches. Beauty… Please please look us up, I think you owe us after today, the non mention for such a MASSIVE part of the UK, it’s criminal I tell you!

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

It's really not that big, and it's pretty empty

[@ArsenaISarah]

@@wallythewondercorncake8657pretty ridiculous comment, he’s quite capable of looking at the size of our county

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

@@ArsenaISarah It's true. How is that a ridiculous thing to say?

[@brigidsingleton1596]

The Cornish call pixies "piskies" if I remember correctly?!

[@PHDarren]

03:32 the thing with Stonehenge is it's not just those stones, it's a huge area with other stone markers, ceremonial avenues and burial mounds dotted around.

[@Steve-ys1ig]

I have always thought that Avebury,which is nearby, is better. It is bigger and you walk amongst and touch the stones it even has a village in the middle.

[@roseoconnor5938]

There are over 2,000 golf courses dotted around the UK....St Andrews being one of the most famous 😊

[@Sorarse]

I'm quite proud of my home county of Kent. We have the white cliffs of Dover, with Dover castle sitting on top of them. The city of Canterbury, with it's impressive cathedral and oldie worldy streets. Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, is touted as being one the most beautiful in the country. They also hold several events there throughout the year. Chartwell house if you want to visit the home and garden of Sir Winston Churchill, as well as several other castles dotted around the county. Also, Kent borders London, so the capital city is just a short train ride away.

[@PeakTrans]

For scenery North Devon - especially the coastline - is pretty spectacular. I'm a Londoner and after London, my favourite city is Bath. From there you can tour and visit places like Cheddar Gorge and Stonehenge.

[@neilmcdonald9164]

The look Lydsey gave Steve when he seemed to doubt the chalkiness of those cliffs 🎩

[@nadeansimmons226]

She is so much more switched on than her hubby. Listens and picks things up faster

[@Jon.Cullen]

The sites that have that "wow" factor that you want - yet are not crowded with tourists, really don't exist anymore thanks to media sites such as KZbin. Someone with a camera films it, uploads to KZbin and bingo, that hidden gem is no longer hidden. That being said, where I live we have 3 castles (all ruins), 6 Iron Age forts and settlements, a Roman road, at least 6 museums and countless other things that some might find interesting. No, I'm not saying where it is other than somewhere in Scotland...

[@emilyjayne77]

There’s a lovely channel called “Living the Skye life” new episode every Sunday 🩵

[@cliveglover5343]

Arnos Vale cemetery in Bristol is a very interesting place. Lots of beautifully carved tombs & headstones. About half is left to nature, so lots of graves covered in brambles & long grass etc. It would make a perfect horror movie setting.

[@francis_n]

Chalk? Chalk? Steve's reaction to it made my day 😅

[@Akari_Reinhart]

Harry Potter has certainly helped tourism eh 😊. JK is a fantastic writer, listened and read the books so many times. Makes me feel young reading them. Scotland Highlands are quite amazing.

[@lynnejamieson2063]

To be honest some of the very touristy attractions are really a must, they aren’t touristy for no reason. The likes of Edinburgh Castle is great and the Scottish Crown Jewels are older than the English ones (as almost all of the English Crown Jewels were destroyed at the insistence of Oliver Cromwell whilst Britain was technically a republic but though he tried to get the Scottish ones, they were successfully hidden). Due to its long military connection it also contains the Scottish National War Museum and the Scottish National War Memorial along with a couple of Regimental Museums. Then of course there is St Margaret’s Chapel which was built around 1130 and is Edinburgh’s oldest building. Tickets are currently £19.50 per adult if you book online or £22 per adult if you just walk up on the day. Though I’d suggest looking into an annual membership that gives you free admission to many attractions. The likes of Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle are covered by Historic Scotland, there are over 300 sites that they maintain and admission to all of them is included in the membership fee (along with discounts at their shops and cafes). But in your first year you also get discounted entry into English Heritage and Cadw (a historic Wales organisation) the discount is 50% but once you renew for a second year the entry becomes free. There are also discounts into Manx National Heritage (Isle of Man) as well as the Palace of Holyroodhouse (which is the monarch’s official royal residence in Scotland) and Dumfries House in Ayrshire. A couples membership of Historic Scotland is a cost of £96 per year. This of course is just an example of one of the organisations in the UK that look after historical sites (some of the sites are grand palaces or castles and some are ruins) and I used Historic Scotland as the example because you specifically questioned about the cost of admission during the Edinburgh Castle section but with a little research you’d easily find the best option for membership for your family but if you are planning on visiting more than a few historic sites when you visit the UK, these memberships (though they might seem either a lot or that with it being annual might seem wasteful) will in actual fact save you quite a bit. Oh and Skara Brae is older than either Stonehenge or the Great Pyramids but is so much more awe inspiring in a way because it is just a small group of homes that have survived in part because they were buried under a sand dune for centuries and because they were constructed of stone due to the lack of trees that grow in Orkney, Shetland or the Hebrides fro that matter (Orkney and Shetland are off the North East coast of Scotland where the Hebrides are off the North West Coast, Skye being part of the Inner Hebrides).

[@bashab3098]

The landscape around Stonehenge is uninspiring but that is why it’s there so it gives a clear line of site to the phases of the sun

[@kevinwhite981]

We are truly blessed here in the UK 🇬🇧 personally i feel very grateful i live here the history is so rich. 😊

[@beardyhomebrewing]

Way more to stonehenge than just the stones. The Grove that runs along side of it you get lots of old hippies who stay there in old self built campers etc. The winter and summer solstice meet ups are amazing.

[@alisonrodger3360]

Lyndsey mentioned Skara Brae - it's a neolithic village, the standing stones are the Ring of Brodgar, well remembered on the name though :-D Edinburgh Castle is about £20 for adults and £13 for kids - combination family tickets are also available.

[@julietilley5556]

We are very blessed to live in the UK. Stunning scenery can be found right on our doorstep. Personally I adore Scotland, no place on earth quite like it. Beautiful, the people are lovely and friendly too. We holiday in Scotland every year, go different places, in September to avoid the midges and the weather is always good. The isle of Arran is a mini Scotland all in one tiny island. Stirling Castle, Aviemore, Dornoch, Skye. Ps.

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

They have recently found two mounds 3 miles away from Stonehenge ,forgot the name of the area but i can look it up the mounds were set right next to each other ,which is the first and they found pottery dating the time Stonehenge was built . So they believe it was being used around the same time Stonehenge was being used , They also found other artefacts date to that era .They also believed they were living there and found perfect axes and other artefacts in pit holes

[@angelafalconer102]

If your into cemeteries Highgate cemetery in London and the Necropolis in Gladgow are amazing places of interest and history both very accessible and close to borh cities

[@reactingtomyroots]

I've actually reacted to both of those and thought they were amazing! :)

[@neilmcdonald9164]

Steve,trust me,you DON'T want to check out Midges🤣🎩

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

4:51 It's Chalk, usually on the south/east coast, hence why the white cliffs of Dover face France. As far as I know, it's also why people down south have more hard water than further up. As others have said, Chalk is also way more prone to collapse due to erosion so maybe don't put your house on top 🤣 7:57 Anywhere with little population will be a dark sky zone (good for stargazing, telescopes, etc) due to very little light pollution, the biggest one up here in Scotland is near Fort William. Apparently the best are : Brecon Beacons in Wales, The Isle of Sark in the Channel Islands, Moore’s Reserve in The South Downs, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway (Galloway Forest Park) in Scotland and Exmoor Dark Sky Reserve

[@UnknownUser-rb9pd]

The standing stones at Callanais on the Isle of Lewis are the second largest stone circles in the UK. There are actually twelve stone circles at that location and it is far more atmospheric than Stonehenge. It is also much more difficult to get to of course and in quite a remote location. Regarding the chalk cliffs of Southern England (and Northern France) it is amazing to think that these cliffs are made up of the remains of trillions of tiny sea creatures laid down over tens of million of years. Snowdon is one thousand and eighty five metres not ten thousand. Ireland split into North and South in 1921 not 1941. I can tell you that many well known mountains in Scotland, with far bigger hikes than the Old Man of Storr are very busy in summer. Eileen Donan castle is on a sea loch and that brown stuff is sea weed. If you get a sunny day it is good to wait around till sunset as the sun sets over Loch Duich to the west silhouetting the mountains and castle. In summer this will be around 10pm. Edinburgh is worth visiting but is very busy and definitely should be avoided during the Edinburgh Festival in August, unless you're very much into theatre, comedy and live performances. If you want to go places that are even more beautiful than the places shown in the video, hire a car and explore the scenery starting from Ullapool and moving further North West, go through Achiltibuie, Assynt, Lochinver, Scourie Durness, Tongue. There's a circular driving route called the North Coast 500 which explores this area and starts in Inverness. There's also some spectacular beaches like Achmelvich Bay and Sandwood Bay (the latter has a 4 mile walk into and out of the beach so is usually fairly quiet). And if you want it quieter still you can take the ferry from Ullapool to Lewis and Harris and visit my favourite beach, Luskentyre as well as the Callanais stones mentioned previously. There's a lots of lovely islands in the Inner and Outer Hebrides (Skye being one of the Inner Hebrides) like the Uists and Mull, Arran, Jura and Islay, Rum and so forth. To be honest, there hundreds of spectacular places to visit right down the length of Scotland's West Coast, all the way to the Mull of Kintyre (made famous by Paul McCartney) and down to Stranraer and all with lots of lovely, quiet places to visit. Then there's Orkney and Shetland and some spectacular beaches and dunes on the East coast as well in Aberdeenshire and further south down to Montrose. Too many places to list but I suggest doing some research.

[@SaintPhoenixx]

The UK may seem small to Americans but it's still big enough to where you'd need to make several trips to really see a decent amount of it. It'd be like if we wanted to see all of California in a weekend. Like, you just couldn't. You'd have to spend a weekend in London, a few days travelling down south, two or three days in Wales, a day or two in Northern Ireland, a weekend around Liverpool/Manchester, then a few days in Scotland. You couldn't do it all in one go unless you just got internal flights to each of these locations and spend 90% of your holiday on a plane. The UK is a great road trip type location, its not just a day trip.

[@maniadh]

And even then, it depends on how much depth. I live in NI, you could certainly travel half of it in a day, but you'd only have time out of travel to spend maybe 3-4 hours actually doing/seeing things total. Not a huge place, but the less time you stay the higher % of your stay will just be travel, delays, maybe getting lost, etc. For example if you wanted to do northern ireland in real depth and see most if not all "checklist" sites foe more than just a drive by, you'd need most of a week imo, with a full day in Belfast and a full day in Derry.

[@jennd9091]

Snowdon is now called Y Wyddfa (EE-WITH-VUH) and Snowdonia Eryri (ER-RUH-REE) as those are the original and correct Welsh names.

[@alexmckee4683]

They were already called that. ;-) It is still perfectly correct to refer to them as Snowdon and Snowdonia. I'm sure you don't call Greece Ellada or Hellas, or Spain España because it's common to use the translated or transliterated forms in your own language. Just as a Spanish person can call England "Inglaterra" and it is in no way demeaning or offensive to the English for them to do so, so an English person can say they will visit Snowdonia in Wales and it is not demeaning or offensive to the Welsh.

[@TanyaRando]

Highgate cemetery in London, is one I’d like to see, but for some reason I’ve never done it.

[@claregale9011]

Me too .love the old headstones and tombs all nestled in the under growth makes it more atmospheric and mysterious 😊

[@TanyaRando]

@@claregale9011 I love them during the daytime, but get spooked at dusk, due to too many hammer house of horror vampire movies as a kid 🤣🤣

[@claregale9011]

@@TanyaRando 🤣 👻

[@elsalcombe]

Avebury is a really cool stone circle

[@AC-um2mk]

Mount Snowden is NOT 10,000m 😂

[@danuk2005]

It felt like it when I walked up

[@Akari_Reinhart]

Did he mean feet lol

[@AC-um2mk]

@@Akari_Reinhart It also isn't 10,000 feet

[@michaelgodbold6247]

Its1,768 feet

[@peeky44]

​@@michaelgodbold6247Snowdon is 1,085m (just over 3,000 ft). I'm not sure what you're quoting but it must be a different mountain.

[@denise1875]

There is beauty all over the UK it just depends on your definition of it. My feelings are that you both want to not just to see how these places look but also the emotions and atmospheres they produce. Very crowded places tend to dampen those down.

[@donaldomahoney1774]

Places to visit, I live in the county of Hertfordshire just outside London, we have Hatfield House home of Elizabeth 1st and where she found out she was Queen, near Hatfield is the market city of St Albans, St Albans was to be made capital of the UK by the Romans, St Albans has the amazing cathedral and the Verulamiam museum and Roman Ruins ... couple of good cemeteries to visit in London are Highgate cemetery (George Michael, Karl Marx plus many more) and the Golders Green crematorium which has Marc Bolan (t-rex pop star), Peter Sellers (pink panther films and goon show), Ronnie Biggs (great train robber) Sigmund Freud, Enid Blyton (children's auther) Sid James (actor, carry on films) Keith Moon (musician - The Who) Bram Stoker (author- Dracula) a few others cremated here but were moved to either scatter or lay somewhere else were Amy Winehouse, H.G. Wells, Vivien Leigh (gone with the wind) Rudyard Kipling (poet - if (famous poem)) T.S Elliott (U.S poet)

[@janice506]

A less touristy castle to visit in Scotland is Stirling castle .

[@jasonsmart3482]

I have yet to visit, on my trips to the city - one day., My brother being a cheapskate and actually lives in Stirling goes often as locals can get in free. Sadly that doesnt extend to little old me down in Kent

[@chrisives2152]

If you come to the UK a few days in York is a must

[@RollerbazAndCoasterDad]

I would recommend..... County Durham and Northumberland including trips to Beamish and Lindisfarne. The Cairngorms for hiking and wildness. Avebury for your stone circles. Visit London, but stay outside the centre to experience a real London in Wandsworh, or Brixton or Finsbury park.

[@NickHobbs]

Steve, I've been meaning to tell you this for a while, but you can rewind a video by pressing the left arrow and going back 10 seconds - I often see you manually clicking to try and find something - I hope this tip works for you!

[@stephengoodland6123]

We live near Cotswolds. Lyndsey would love Moreton in the Marsh and stow on the world Also close to other iconic places. Come to our Village Show. Kitchen free here for your lady to see use and exhibit. Gets competitive!

[@huwford2731]

The village of Avebury is inside a stone circle

[@amandajill3625]

I LOVE your videos, I watched my country with love and pride and you made me realise we take it for granted… Thank you for making me appreciate my country again. Xxx ❤ xxx

[@user-gt2ud2gw9e]

Yes, there's a mountain railway to take you up Snowdonia. They say you can see Ireland from the top but you'll need good eyesight. Much closer is France from Dover, and with a pair of cheap binoculars you can even see the houses.!!!

[@joanbonner5076]

The lake district is lovely

[@joanbonner5076]

There’s only one called a lake in the lake district that’s Bassenthwaite lake the rest are called meres or waters like buttermere or Ullswaterullswater

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Stonehenge is the most dramatic of the roughly 1200 prehistoric stone circles in the British Isles, but you're correct in observing that its majesty is now despoiled by over-tourism. Nearby, Avebury is much more atmospheric. So are Castlerigg in Cumbria, Bryn Celli Ddu in Wales, and Callanish in Scotland.

[@donaldanderson6604]

Advice for Edinburgh. Avoid August because the hotels literally triple their charges. However, Edinburgh is gorgeous and the castle is definitely worth visting but there are plenty of other places in the town. So full of history.

[@johnbeaker8721]

As someone who frequently takes the beauty of Glenfinnan for granted, I appreciate your appreciation of it. I feel incredibly lucky to live only an hour's drive from it.

[@ArsenaISarah]

Cornwall has the largest number of second homes in England, outside of London, and the number continues to rise. A total of 13,292 properties in Cornwall are classed as second homes to the rich and famous.

[@harbl99]

This video is like Pippin singing in the white hall in LOTR: "We Hobbits are a small people who don't have such things." (sings song perfectly suited for grave times and tragic events) "Oh, we Brits have no epic landscapes and sprawling vistas." (posts Salisbury Plain, the Highlands, the Peak District, Northumbria, the Downs, Ely Cathedral in the mists, etc.) "Those? Oh, they were just lying around when we got here."

[@wessexdruid7598]

I once saw a comment on YT about the UK being like a Tardis. Much bigger and more varied when you come inside...

[@82clive]

Steve, there is a danger in 2 Yanks watching a video made by a Yank, about the UK. The Isle of Skye is beautiful, but it is large & remote & takes a while to get there even from Edinburgh. Also it is wet, very wet, especially in the Summer. That may not be a problem for a single guy, who can sit in a pub all day drinking. But for a couple with a small child? There is only one sizeable town on Skye. Portree has a few hotels, hostels and bed-and-breakfasts in town, while more B&Bs line the roads into and out of town" The village also has "banks, churches, cafes and restaurants, a cinema at the Aros Centre, a swimming pool and library. fuel filling stations and supermarkets".Your video maker got lucky with the weather. Distances in the UK can present problems for you. The M25 goes around London it is 117 mile circumference. I live on the Eastern edge of it. If I want to go to Portsmouth or Southampton I have to travel 50/60 miles to pick up the appropriate routes. On I good day it can take 50 minutes. Some times it can take 3-4 hours if there are roadworks or an accident.

[@Gillie51-bl8su]

You should take into account that the locations he shows you are his own personal favourite places. Most of us would offer up completely different ones... For instance, I would recommend The Lake District, The Cotswolds, the Cities of Bath and Oxford, and for child-friendly beaches, you can't beat the Gower Peninsular in South Wales... As for stone circles, there are 508 in Scotland, 316 in England; 187 in Ireland; 156 in Northern Ireland; 81 in Wales; and 6 in the Channel Isles. Spoilt for choice!

[@a-jbrown7178]

There's an old joke about the price of admission to Edinburgh Castle. "The English tried for years to get in to Edinburgh Castle, but when they made it £20 a person they stopped bothering." and yes take a moment or two away from the tourist trap conventions to experience real beauty not tourist tat.

[@Mark_Bickerton]

Eilean Donon Castle was demolished by the Royal Navy during the Jacobite rebellion, I forget exactly but around 1745!. It was rebuilt in the early 1900's for about £28,000. Well worth the visit!

[@janice506]

Destroyed by the English & seized Edinburgh castle too .

[@Mark_Bickerton]

@@janice506 As you will know, the Jacobite rebellion was NOT Scotland Vs England, as I suspect you would try to engineer to suite your own hatred!

[@PaladinesAngel]

The good thing about Stonehenge is that you can see it from the main road that passes. So you don’t even have to stop :D

[@wessexdruid7598]

Until they build the tunnel...

[@SBIJFoot]

I think the main reason Stonehenge gets a bad review from tourists is that after 10/15 minutes of looking at them, you're done. As its in the middle of no-where if you've driven down from London then it's a bit of an anti-climax. That said nearby Salisbury is well worth a visit.

[@geoffbeattie3160]

We have some old houses made of rammed chalk. Created by shuttering then pouring in chalky mixture and ramming it solid like a paste left to harden off in shutter work!

[@orwellboy1958]

In deed, I was born in a house that had clunch walls and as a kid we use to explore the clunch pits.

[@jaysmith8199]

Cornwall - Constantine Bay Bedruthan Steps Tintagel - king arthur castle Mousehhole (pronounced mow (like how) zole) Daymer Bay St Ives (v touristy but beautiful) Rame Head, Kingsand and Cawsand villages, Whitsand beach. Not as touristy. Bodmin Moor and Dozmary Pool (supposedly bottomless) Goonhilly Downs - fascinating for big dish antenna, marconi etc. Eden Project, biodomes and gardens Lost gardens of Heligan Beaches, fishing villages, pirates, pasties and clotted cream (cream teas) 😊

[@LisaTimmins]

The Minack Theatre & St Michael’s Mount.

[@lwilson6133]

@reactingtomyroots Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, located on a rise overlooking the River Boyne, eight kilometres west of the town of Drogheda. It is an exceptionally grand passage tomb built during the Neolithic Period, around 3200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.x

[@alistairthorn1122]

Bamburgh Castle always seems to be missing from the typical castle videos folk react to. A good, full day out would be to visit Lindisfarne in the morning, maybe go to Seahouses for lunch and then spend the afternoon visiting Bamburgh Castle. Alnwick is a full day, but that would fill a couple of days between Alnwick and Bamburgh/Lindisfarne. In Scotland they always seem to ignore Glamis Castle. It's great to visit.

[@RonSeymour1]

I believe that it only makes sense to visit Stonehenge if you are driving past it to get to Bath. Otherwise, it is a long trip from London for what is an anti-climax. It is an amazing structure but limited to justify the journey.

[@wessexdruid7598]

It is more logical to come via Avebury, from London to Bath...?

[@RonSeymour1]

@@wessexdruid7598 That makes sense and Avebury has more of a mystique about it, particularly in an early morning mist. Stonehenge is impressive, for 2 minutes but it is way too commercialised. The visitor centre is great but is not what you go for. Drive slowly past along the main road and see it for nothing, knowing that everyone behind you is being delayed by the crawl, but that they don't really mind because they are also looking. The Cerne Abbas Giant figure is free and also worth a detour.

[@masterofparsnips5327]

Castlerigg stone circle in The Lake District is a much better place to visit than Stonehenge. You can right inside the circle and touch the stones. Castlerigg is surrounded by beautiful mountain scenery.

[@MarkAJAgi]

"It looks very chalky" because it is chalk. The White Cliffs of Dover is where the South Downs meets the sea. The North Downs and South Downs are mostly made of chalk.

[@cdeford2]

It's actually the skeletons of micro-organisms called cocoliths, with some mollusc shells thrown in. It boggles the mind how such tiny organisms could form those cliffs.

[@ArsenaISarah]

I’m only half way through but if you don’t visit Cornwall I’m actually going to cry!

[@julianbarber4708]

Better get your tissues ready!

[@ArsenaISarah]

@@julianbarber4708 I was prepared, still in bloody shock mind!

[@garstangterrier501]

Scotland is very beautiful but can't believe he missed out the lake district np

[@rosscrewe]

Knaresborough, Yorkshire should be on this list. It's stunning.

[@markrichardson3421]

You actually said 'the cliffs look chalky, difficult to climb' - literally chalky 😊

[@1851johnny]

It's green because we have a lot of rain ☔ which would you believe it's doing right now, good video guys thank you for sharing. 👍🏻

[@martinwebb1681]

Depends where you're at, here in Eastern England (South Lincolnshire) it has been a scorcher these past two days, blue skies and sunshine, 20c today and 19c yesterday.