Beyond London: Our Month Traveling the Best of Britain

[@chrisshelley3027]

This is one of if not the best videos I have seen about the places to visit in the UK, informative and incredibly well shot footage, nothing looks forced and false, genuinly well done, other vloggers should watch and take note/s of how it should be done. I live just south of York in a city which was a supply hub to York by river in Roman times, this was particularly useful as they used the rivers which join us, this avoided theives etc by road which was common due to the ease of access, unfortunatly little evidence is left of the Roman occupation here except for street names etc.

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

Thank you for showing how stunning the UK is and there is more than London.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

I totally agree! There are so many incredible places to visit. Cheers 🥂

[@johnhankinson1929]

Manchester has more per square mile than London has to offer

[@ghostdestiny1]

London isn't England any longer

[@Markiboy3]

@@johnhankinson1929 No it doesn't

[@MigElite1]

Fantastically filmed and produced introduction to Great Britain. Makes me proud to live here. Thank you.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

So great to hear! Thank you for watching, we loved our time in Great Britain!

[@mj-pg7jf]

THAT WAS GREAT GUYS. PLEASE COME BACK TO THE UK ANYTIME. CUTE CHILD AS WELL.

[@NeilWeedon]

Guys, you've done an amazing job with this video. I've lived all of my 60+ years in England and travelled extensively here and around the world and I was hooked from the first minute to the last. It's a real pleasure to hear how much you've enjoyed your time here and I wish you lots more wonderful adventures.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for journeying along with us, here's to many more adventures!

[@Ayne-ny4em]

Fantastic vlog. And what a lovely family. 😊😊

[@richardcharlton-taylor6024]

Probably the most interesting and honest American views I've watched in years. Spot to on observations.

[@simonevans1838]

Excellent ‘normal’ tour of my wonderful UK. What a lovely family and thank you for your insightful views and opinions on our superb history as seen and heard from visiting Americans. Well done.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@geoff2504]

I’m very impressed with your videography and editing. Your story is well told and very entertaining. I enjoyed watching, and I live here!! 👍

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@caru547]

What a thoroughly enjoyable vlog! Your little girl is gorgeous. Thanks for visiting! 🇬🇧

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

THANK YOU!

[@susanminton7574]

I'm English and there's more to the U.K than just London and Stratford-upon-Avon, nice to see you going beyond these to see more, York is also one of my favourite places as well as Whitby on the Yorkshire coast.

[@andrewf3746]

Wow..what an amazing vlog. Thankyou for sharing this. Shows my country off in a way i dont think other vlogs do. You showed both the good and the bad of our history and the fact that even the darkest moments we dont hide from our history, and that we aim to educate and learn from our past mistakes. I love the locations you visited and our scenery is to die for, but i am biased lol. Thanks again. Hope you had an amazing time here. Welcome.back anytime. You showed true respect for our nation and iur treasures. So thankyou . Its appreciated. Not everyone is so kind.x

[@jamesrowe3606]

In Bath you meant Georgian when you described Royal Crescent as "Gregorian". It's almost an anagram, so you're forgiven. 😉

[@antonycharnock2993]

I loved the National "Wailway" Museum. Living in Yorkshire, I've visited York many times.

[@Sharon_Mc]

🇬🇧 Pronounced George-Ian. As in the two names, I.e. Prince George and the name, Ian McKellen. So, George-Ian . Thank you for your video. Ps. Thames, pronounced Tems.

[@Sharon_Mc]

🇬🇧 I so hope that you will visit Canterbury. The Cathedral , Mother church of the Church of England. World Heritage site, Roman city walls etc. Tudor buildings, great restaurants, coffee shops, try Queen Elizabeth's Guest House. C.1644 if I remember correctly. Original meeting place of Elizabeth 1st and a French Duke. So much more to see . The list is endless

[@definitelyhexed]

and we say 'Baath'

[@Sharon_Mc]

Yes, I do. ​@@definitelyhexed

[@MaxwellMoore-d1u]

What a Lovely Family I've enjoyed your journey around my Lovely Island.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

So glad!

[@martinwilkinson6692]

one of the best travel log .

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Thank you so very much!

[@X2Ronbo]

This might be the best video blog ever. My family is visiting Edinburgh, York, Bath, and London in a couple of weeks and now I will definitely do the York Castle Museum.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Enjoy your trip! Check out our newest video where we visit Edinburgh!

[@dubsnbuds6668]

What a wonderful video of your stay in the UK 😊 genuinely made my heart melt , thankfully you got to see the real UK outside London, although you definitely need to come back to explore my gorgeous home of Yorkshire and the north more , another adventure I know you will appreciate ❤❤

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

We would love to see more of Yorkshire and the north!

[@rogerwalton8160]

I have lived in York all my 76 years - you've done it proud.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

You live in an incredible city!!

[@KarlPhillips-fu6hh]

York is my favourite city, an almost embarrassment of riches when it comes to history, its AMAZING.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

It is important to understand that not one African slave passed through Bristol and that only the ships used to transport slaves came from Bristol merchants in the triangular business ventures. Before that, Saxon slaves were transported to Europe and Ireland until that was stopped by King William 1st after 1066. All civilisations and cultures were enslaved and enslaved others through history until the UK banned the practice in 1805 and enforced the ending of transporting people out of Africa, bought from African Rulers, for the trade to the Arab and Ottoman Turkish Empires after complete castration and survival of that practice and to S America. Also, the UK bought the freedoms of all American slaves which caused a national debt that was only paid off in 2015. Slavery is complex and exists today, increasingly. No-one talks about it.

[@anthonycliftonjones2564]

Well said and iterated. I hate the modern style of museum exhibitions that downplay Britain's involvement in ending slavery in the British Empire and the World. We are made to feel colonial guilt for crimes committed by most nations of the world.

[@mariewolton7027]

And also, within the law it stated : if a slave stepped on England - anywhere - they were instantly free.

[@RichardFedczuk]

200+ years of debt.

[@qman2261]

Well said - this colonial guilt thing has gone way too far - our kids our growing up thinking Britain was the first and only country to ever have an empire and that it was exclusively exploitative and provided nothing in return. Perhaps Italy, Greece and Egypt should empty their museums of all their heritage - after all, they were all slave owners! Same for pretty much every other country in the world and the Africans were some of the worst.

[@Whiteshirtloosetie]

To add to that the year slavery in England was banned was 1102.

[@leematthews6812]

Very interesting, a few off-the-beaten-track destinations included in your journey. Glad you enjoyed your time here.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Definitely spiced it up with some different places to the usual American travel videos. Americans. Don't just stick to London if you have the time. Visit random British towns & cities for the real experience.

[@flashtheoriginal]

England is a beautiful, historic, unique country. York, Newcastle upon Tyne, Chichester, Lincoln, Canterbury, Salisbury, Bath, Colchester, Brighton, Harrogate, Chester; such a contrast. Really enjoyed this video. Nice to see England appreciated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️

[@whitedwarf4986]

8:10 Love the fact the young organist was playing 'Concerning Hobbits' from LOTR in Wells Cathedral! Fantastic! You are right, York is up there with the best cities in the world. Thanks for coming to our little island. New subscriber. 🇬🇧

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

It was truly a magic moment for us!

[@hadz8671]

A great video - better than many "commercially" produced ones on the same subject.

[@johnwaga3702]

Congratulations on an excellent video that was not just London centric as many are.

[@cazzyuk8939]

You're little one is adorable. Love the red hair; my younger sister was blessed with the same colouring & tons of freckles!

[@ben7ani]

What a fantastic video. You put that together really well guys. Nice work :)

[@RonSeymour1]

Subscribed. That was one of the most well thought out, educational blogs that I have seen You have s lovely family.

[@UseDgh]

Great - I'm from the UK and you did a really great job - many of my favourites places!

[@julianbarber4708]

Really enjoyed that! Looking forward to Scotland, where I live!

[@markyy3590]

Really great video. 👍

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

We absolutely fell in love with England!

[@oopsdidItypethatoutloud]

Lovely video. I always love listening to Americans and the way they pronounce things, it always tickles me 😅 Durham Cathedral is the best. It's actually a Cathedral Castle as both are built on the same place. If you ever visit I have a task for you. The American presidential seal is the Washington coat of arms... it's from here, and it's in Durham Cathedral... see if you can find it... difficult to find, it's small. It's also the origin of Gothic arches, the poiny ones that allow them to have really slim pillars and be very high. You can see where they started with Roman arches and then developed gothic. It's also the resting plase of St. Cuthbert who's remains were hidden from the invading vikings. Also the venerable Bede who gave us the A.D. B.C. calendar we use today. You can go to the very top of the tower for a couple of quid, the Cathedral is free... I nearly had heart failure when I was expected to pay to get into York Minster 😮fortunately we were there for Easter service and didn't have to pay... still 😮 Plus you can go into the castle, and if you book early..... and have plenty of money, you can stay. ❤ from Northeast England ❤️

[@MaxwellMoore-d1u]

I was in York in February its my Favourite City Break.

[@trevorveail]

Glad that you got to see the National Railway Museumin York. One of the greatest museums of the world. Pity that ypu missed the Yorvik Vicking museum in York.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

We will have to visit it next time we are there!

[@ulsterscot]

Lovely video Sir!!you even came to NI - bravo.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

We loved NI!

[@ceciliamair4171]

Lovely couple.... beautiful baby...so enjoyed this

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

Well done in bringing a Ginger back home to their roots

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Haha!

[@johnhankinson1929]

yes . keep the soy boy and his harridan away

[@rawschri]

Lovely, well edited film .... the foundations of East River Drive in Manhattan, are comprised largely of rubble from the bomb damaged homes of Bristol. They were used to provide ballast for the US shipping that brought vital supplies to Britain during WW2 on their return journey, and then emptied in the New York docks ...

[@davidberesford7009]

Very pleasant vid! It looks like you enjoyed your visit. Do come again. These islands have a whole lot of variety on offer. You should perhaps take advice on other less obvious touristy things to see and do on future visits. Journey on in health and happiness.

[@OliverTrist]

My third, and final, comment from me. I'd like to say thank you to the maker of this video for being so authentic and accurate about York Minster. Alongside the library at Arundel Castle (which I do hope that you will also visit one day) it's one of the most beautiful and atmospheric buildings in the world. TOP TIP: Visit the Minster when the choir are practicing; take a seat, look up at the ceiling and just listen... I promise you, the hair will stand up on the back of your neck, you'll get goosebumps and a lump in your throat, like you have never experienced before!

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

We did have a chance to visit when the choir was performing! It was stunning!!

[@richardtaylor3280]

Thank you for your informative and balanced view of our country

[@jackkruese4258]

Hi lovely video, my home town of Cambridge is well worth visiting. Very crowded in summer, especially at weekends, but punting on the river Cam is great.

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

Brilliant video and you both do great voice overs.

[@davidabbott4520]

Really enjoyed this. Great video. Another great place to visit in York is the Yorvik Centre. It’s a museum dedicated to the Vikings who were in York and has a ride taking you through a Viking village recreation. All the best from Harpenden, England

[@anthonyhamilton8007]

Your doing great so far👍my mother and father got married in that st Mary Radcliffe,my father was head choirboy,rip mum&dad,your trips are great don’t stop,little un looks more than happy😄

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Loved St Mary Radcliffe! Thanks for following along

[@robertfeltham6554]

​@@dreamtojourneyfamilyfyi, St Mary redcliffe is not a cathedral but a parish church.

[@annewalsh1666]

Beautiful photography. Wonderful video. I'm impressed with your talent and happy to see your family joy captured on film. Well done!

[@sdy30]

Great video guys. I’m British and it’s really great to see you enjoying the country. There’s so much history and so many places with amazing stories to tell. I’m really pleased to see such positive people enjoying their travels throughout Britannia! Stay happy, stay curious and keep loving and living life.

[@mataform]

Winchester is where Alfred the Great ruled from. He started the process of binding the English into one national and his gr@ndson finished it off. Henry 8 ‘s older brother Arthur was taken there to be christened as it is a very important place in the history of our monarchs and country. The little villages in Hampshire are so pretty as well in lovely rolling countryside. Well worth a visit as well as all of Devon,Cornwall and Sussex.

[@andrewhargreaves504]

Your narrative is so thoughtful & sweet. You seem to have had a wonderful time & that makes me happy to know that you enjoyed your visit to the UK. We hope you return.

[@KNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

I usec to climb all over STONE HENGE in the 70's but you do realise i think in the 1940's they actually put some of the stones back up

[@tompiper9276]

I thought it was earlier than the 40's. There was something else going on then.....

[@AndrewofWare]

A couple of stones fell, but much earlier than the 1940s. They were able put them back up, because they photographic evidence of what they looked like before they fell. Other fallen stones have been found, but cannot be re-erected because they fell hundreds of years ago.

[@Jamie_D]

Amazing video, found it through a reaction video to it :) and wow what a perfect family,love how happy and loving you all are :D

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

You are so kind!! Thank you so much!

[@EarthAcademy9]

Oh!! How amazing! I saw you all at the Harbour Festival! We were standing right by each other! Small world! I'm so happy you loved our corner of the world.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

No way!! What a coincidence. Be sure to say hello next time!

[@saxoncodex9736]

5 star video, brilliant production, very professional, but also very likeable with lots of content, and this old bloke had tears welling, just at your overview of Stonehenge. Love from Yorkshire. PS to any visitors to York, just 17 miles by train is Knaresborough, where I am at the moment, and is one of those Hidden Gems, that people from York visit, because it is like York without the masses of tourists, where you walk down a side street and think, why haven't I seen that on a picture postcard? And of course lots of History.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

We will be sure to visit! Thanks for watching, and for the incredibly nice compliment. Cheers!

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Thank you for watching! Journey along with us by subscribing!

[@MaxwellMoore-d1u]

For future Reference its pronounced Temms not Thames .Sorry for being Pedantic.

[@digidol52]

And Bath architecture is Georgian, not Gregorian.

[@faridulislam85329]

Lovely video, Thanks for sharing..💝

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Cheers!

[@DS-uy6jw]

Ha ha. When your kid turns around to face the camera, with her face covered in chocolate. Love it!

[@normanorourke3244]

Beautiful family loved this video

[@tonyhooper1468]

Thank you for this very nice video of my country.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@guypainter]

Next time you come, check out Lincoln. The cathedral is IMO the most beautiful example of gothic architecture in the country and once the world's tallest building, and right next door is the Castle, home of the Magna Carta.

[@davidfussell5735]

Great video guys

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@collettefurlong6843]

York is my happy place love it , no matter how many times i go which has been a lot over the years .my fav place ❤

[@cassandrabellingham8486]

You went to all my favourite places.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

You must have great taste!

[@kirkwhitfield5257]

you got a beautiful cute little child your a beautiful family

[@PhilH919]

Thanks guys. Great video. I was born Near York and spent all my schooldays in Yorkshire. I have travelled extensively. Malaya, Singapore, Borneo, Middle East, Canada and of course most of Europe, but always love going back to York, with it's Viking and Roman history. I am of course bias. I think the people are very friendly.

[@malcshone4409]

Come back soon guys! Try Chester and Warwick Castle !

[@OliverTrist]

LOL... my second comment on this video... From real life experience.... American tourist in York: Excuse me; could you give me directions to the Minster? Me (in York): Certainly... [I give them directions]. American tourist: We've heard that the Minster is very old. Me: Yes, in fact, it's about 700 years older than your country. American tourist's young children: [mouths open, jaws hitting the floor, eyes as wide as dinner plates]. Bless them, the oldest manmade thing that they had ever seen up until that point in their lives was their grandfather! Priceless!

[@TimeyWimeyLimey]

I'd like to see more of the North of England in your best of Britain. How about Liverpool, Blackpool, The Lake District, a drive across the Pennines to the Yorkshire Dales.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

We plan on visiting more of England shortly! Stay tuned!

[@KNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

Blackpool?? Is a 💩 hole

[@DatFwad]

Err….avoid Blackpool 😂

[@TimeyWimeyLimey]

@@DatFwad What's not to love about Blackpool ? Six miles of sandy beaches. All the fun of the fair on three piers, The iconic Blackpool Tower, the British Eiffel Tower. A circus, a zoo, Sealife centre and so many more attractions. It's a great place for families and plenty of low cost accommodation. Did I mention donkey rides for kids on the beach ?

[@lollys9041]

Great vlog.😻🙏❤️🇬🇧

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Thanks for watching!

[@stevesilk51]

Really good commentary, 👍👍👍

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Thank you for watching!

[@douglasmcclelland]

Beautiful video.

[@hythekent]

A charming video, interesting to see our country through the eyes of Americans. The Royal Crescent in Bath is Georgian not Gregorian. The river Thames is pronounced ‘tehms’ not tayms. And was that “Rain and royalty” ? 😂or reign

[@davidrowlands441]

Fantastic camera work and commentary. You look a nice family.👍

[@mgsparky8870]

Fantastic production quality and great content!

[@susanyork5089]

So glad you love my home city York

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

The best!

[@normanorourke3244]

York and bath are my favourite cities

[@paulg0170]

Fantastic.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Thank you!

[@robcrossgrove7927]

Hi. Great video. Very well made. I'm glad the sun was shining for you. Just a small point, both Bath and Wells are cities rather than towns, though I know it doesn't really matter for the purposes of your video.

[@pointycapitals7306]

If you ever get chance, visit the north York moors and Whitby, Yorkshire dales and Lake District in particular.

[@DavidHammersley-p6v]

Great video when you come back visit ely and its cathedral its a unknown gem!

[@pittarak1]

Not sure if it's already been said but the 'Hot Fuzz' movie was filmed in Wells.

[@julianryll755]

GREAT VIDEO

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!!

[@pim1234]

the Shambles in York !

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Thanks you watching!

[@frogandspanner]

1:26 The Crescent is not as old as _Gregorian_ (16C) but is Georgian (18C)

[@normanwallace7658]

Their is NO Gregorian architecture it was called Gothic !! Most African Slaves were sold into Slavery by their own people don't hear anyone asking them for restitution ?? Also a large number of American Slave Owneres were Black Freed Slaves Who were paid restitution by the UK up untill 2015!! Anyone got an axe to grind about That ??

[@kevinthornley7659]

Wells is under rated and is a must see.

[@morbidsnails1913]

Wonderful video, your daughter's adorable. Next time try the Lake District. I've lived there (Keswick) all of my 53 years and I've yet to see a more beautiful place, here or abroad. York's easily the most beautiful city in England, Durham too. London is so overrated.

[@eileentaylor1691]

really enjoyed this video!!

[@greg1943-u3i]

Great video thanks...must have taken ages to edit. FYI Edward Colston was a merchant trading in textiles and food & drink imports.

[@deeboneham2738]

Thank you going outside London

[@AdiSneakerFreak]

Great vid, but lots of especially great places and cities missed off. Especially northern ones.

[@definitelyhexed]

Exceptional video, you should work for British tourism. You missed Vicars' Close in Wells -the oldest residential street in Europe, c1348-1430. Glad you made it to where I live, Cardiff. Croeso i Gymru. Just 10 miles north of here is one of the largest castles in Britain, Caerphilly Castle, built in 1268, by the Norman invaders.

[@judyburgess3357]

You certainly got very busy in England (and Wales), I am sorry you had so many rainy days to contend with. It was nice to experience your pleasure in the sites you visited. Please forgive me but the first place is Bath pronounced Barth likewise those big stone buildings are pronounced carsles. The crescent of houses is Georgian architecture not gregorian. In Bristol there is a cathedral, but St Mary Redcliffe is just a church. That wooden contraption is called the Stocks, not stockades. Glad you enjoyed York.

[@bordersw1239]

Excellent, you need more subs.

[@dreamtojourneyfamily]

Agreed! lol Thanks for watching

[@morganetches3749]

St Mary Redcliffe isn’t a cathedral, it’s just a very large church. A cathedral is the seat of a bishop and the Bishop of Bristol’s seat is at Bristol Cathedral

[@peterd788]

Tors, which are very common in the South West of England, aren't really hills. Some are man-made mounds and others are geological anomalies.

[@stephaniebarker9244]

You missed the Yorvik centre where the Vikings settled. There is the original streets and shops.

[@mtpaley1]

If you come back then try Canterbury. Very York like and the Cathederal is amazing.

[@mtpaley1]

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[@AndrewofWare]

St. Mary Redcliffe is a wonderful church, but it is just a parish church, not a cathedral. Great video, by the way.

[@The_Original_Geoff_B]

9:45 - That isn't the plinth upon which Colston's statue stood. It's the Cenotaph. Quite a different thing.

[@johnhankinson1929]

good film i enjoyed it and "chipping " by the way means market and "shambles " means a slaughter house

[@geoff2504]

@@johnhankinson1929 Hmmm. Chipping Shambles. Next time I marry, I shall make sure to go and live there. Seems so fitting in an old fashioned kind of way!