Redneck Abroad: River Thames

[@doug3011]

As a brit, this fella is delightful to watch. great content.... subscribed!

[@MushroomHat]

I wish all tourists were as polite as you

[@CodyLaveau]

Thank you so much

[@rree9550]

i wish brits would behave when abroad..

[@shaunfarrell3834]

@@rree9550 Most of us do, don’t judge by the minority I’ll mannered oils.

[@spudgun4286]

@@rree9550 as a Brit so do I! There’s lots of places I won’t go because my countrymen have spoiled it by behaving like fools, and instilling a predetermined impression on the locals about our people. I’ll stay at home so I don’t cause anyone any stress or irritation.

[@Isleofskye]

@@CodyLaveau Thanks for this. There are 33 Bridges but al in Central or South West or West London. Tower Bridge is the border on the East side and the fist (or last one) lol We saw The Globe Theatre, an Open Air replica of Shakespeare's 16th Century Theatre.

[@AngelaHeelis]

As a Londoner I can honestly say I have never in my life said goody gumdrops 😂😂😂

[@stoneagepig3768]

Phew!! I was coming down from Yorkshire next week just to specifically lick the Waterloo bridge, you've saved me a heap of trouble pal so, for the first time in my life, I've got to thank a Yank😉 You will always be welcome in my part of the world if you ever come up to visit Yorkshire. We like decent folk such as yourself, enjoy the rest of your trip

[@rjjcms1]

Fortunately they don't have to have a bod,or a team,going round unsticking the tongues of unwary visitors from it.

[@mrsiborg]

'If the lions drink then London will sink' refers to the tide, if it reaches a height that it looks like the lions are drinking then London will be flooded. The Thames flood barrier has alleviated these worries now.

[@dinastanford7779]

If you have a sunny day, the boat to Hampton Court.

[@annhedges4243]

I was born in London. Tower Bridge is my absolute favourite. Welcome to my hometown. Enjoy your visit.

[@rjjcms1]

We went on it on one of those riverboat trips in February last year,with our guests over from Canada,and I can confirm we saw so much going from Westminter all the way out east to Greenwich and back. They couldn't stop posing for pictures with each other and the various sights behind them. We went under Tower Bridge,of course. I did get to see Tower Bridge open and close once,long ago,all the road traffic having to stop and wait.

[@brucebush5744]

The Albert Bridge (at Battersea) is my favourite. Millenium Bridge is also cool.

[@rjjcms1]

Now no longer wobbly.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

Waterloo bridge is called the Ladies bridge because a lot of the work was done during the War when there were few male labourers available. It was not designed by a woman and it was not built only by women and it was not built underbudget and its completion was massively late because of the second world war, it was opened even though it was not yet finished in 1942, and it was completed by men returning after the war. The bridge building was started in 1937 and for the first 2 years there would be very few if any women working on it.

[@debradickson7816]

There’s something about Tower Bridge that makes me feel ever so patriotic. It’s my favourite. It looks outstanding in the evening. So pleased you enjoyed your trip on the Thames. Btw enjoy your videos very much. They are tremendously informative and pleasing. Keep up the good work 👍

[@sharonkay8638]

The Albert Bridge. Beautifully pink and illuminated by hundreds of bulbs at night.

[@mariahoulihan9483]

No The in the title..

[@CharCanuck14]

I'm so envious Cody! I've camped around England & Wales but never been to London as my ex hated & steered away from large cities ☹ Enjoy every minute of your adventure! Cheers from Canada

[@shaunfarrell3834]

Your ex, sounds like a sensible type, at least in that regard! Having lived and visited London, I am always glad to get back to civilisation out in the country.

[@CharCanuck14]

@ We lived in the country & although I value all that I've gained from visiting lesser known areas, I would have liked to have mix things up a little by occasionally seeing large cities. People seem a little surprised when I tell them I have been to France 5 times....but never to Paris.

[@Wonderwoman79G]

I'm a Londoner. It is a shame that you did not visit. Hopefully, you will make a trip on your own or with a friend in the future.

[@CharCanuck14]

@@Wonderwoman79G Thank you......London is on my "Bucket List"!

[@johnmunro4952]

There's a bit of the Mark Twains about your narrations sir.

[@doonewatts7155]

Touring any city by boat is always amazing. As you say it gives you a different perspective.

[@eddyd8745]

Love these, you're a top man Cody. Ed (Salisbury),

[@lancecarter6072]

Tower Bridge is the best to look at, Waterloo Bridge is the best to look from.

[@Isleofskye]

We saw in The Millenium from Waterloo Bridge and my first job in 1971 was in Somerset House overlooking The Thames @ Waterloo Bridge,where I got off the bus and crossed the Bridge to enter from the side.

[@iain-e5x]

HI, love your videos! The present Waterloo Bridge was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott and while many of the construction crew were women (it was rebuilt during WWII) they were not all women - some suggest up to 65%, but there seems to be no exact details on numbers of workers or male/female split.

[@donaldanderson6604]

You sailed past the National Theatre which is a good place to try world class plays. Cheaper and more comfortable than the West End. The view from Waterloo Bridge at sunset is the best in the world,

[@MuswellMunky]

Solid advice 💯

[@iangudgin6536]

Cody, you should visit London again, I will take you to the road less travelled

[@CharlesLoukas]

The Waterloo sunset is great

[@mariahoulihan9483]

nd the sunrise. I saw it many times as a London Police officer coming and going to my shifts if I chose to drive that way. Wonderful as you say.

[@Stephen-gv4og]

The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (Official Audio) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJCwopl8Zbx1qbc&si=mjP9jS3A83qUyF_N

[@CharlesLoukas]

@@mariahoulihan9483 I might try and see the sunrise! I have only seen the sunset from a bus

[@mstheid3674]

Please get a boat west to Hampton Court. If you love the Tower of London you'll faint when you see Hampton Court.

[@anthonyrybicki1000]

Even better going westward towards Richmond by boat,the nicest and cleanest trip.

[@abnormallyfunny]

Richmond bridge is majestic

[@luluk3340]

Waterloo is my favourite too. The best views.

[@xandra7986]

You wouldn’t have seen it but Hammersmith Bridge in West London is dreamy. It needs repainting though (and strengthening) Other than that,yes, I too love Tower Bridge.

[@ianturpin9180]

Well my red necked friend my favourite London Bridge is in Arizona USA. The reason? Because the granite came from Dartmoor and was loaded at the New Quay Teignmouth to be shipped to London. the quay is still there as is the pub named for it. Edit.., just back from having a pint of "real" beer at the New Quay.

[@biddyboy1570]

Favourite bridge!? Everyone will say Tower so I'm going with millennium as there's no cars and the view up to St Paul's. Lolly looks a lovely dolly. Hung Drawn and Quartered is a great pub near the tower to take her to but don't tell everyone. We don't want it crowded.

[@brendaflower7790]

As a Londoner i love Tower Bridge and Westminster Bridge. Please you must come to Greenwich at some time.😊.

[@CodyLaveau]

I'd love to!

[@Northernlad_uk]

worrked im the shell building 2000 for 4 years 1:13.....good times. Beautiful building.

[@raythomas4812]

My favourite is Southwark Bridge - I used to walk over it twice a day , to and from Work - When I lived at Elephant and Castle

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

Tower bridge heads the list

[@cooperriley5143]

Hammersmith bridge has got to be my personal favourite probably because it’s the closest one to me

[@mstheid3674]

Pity it's been closed to traffic for years! They can find squillions for trains and tunnels, apparently, but not enough funds to repair one of the best bridges, which is the main artery between south and north. Grrrrrr ....

[@cegb551]

Waterloo bridge at sunset..

[@chrissaltmarsh6777]

Being a Londoner, I wouldn't go on a tourist boat. Until my old Mum came to visit, and us kids took her down the river. Grand it was. Even a glass of wine if you wanted. (Putney Bridge)

[@mariahoulihan9483]

Yes it is wonderful. The trick used to be to get some nice Marks and Spencer sandwiches and buy a drink on board.. tea coffee soft drinks or alcohol. Very enjoyable trips. my old Mum loved it when visiting London. Once, I nearly lost her.. lol.. We were at Greenwich quay, I had bought the two tickets, sandwiches in the bag and went in front of Mum.. my mistake. She managed to turn right instead of left and joined a French school trip.. and got on the wrong boat.. lol. A french school mistress called me, Madame. Madame. Your mother has got tangled up with my class here. lol lol lol lol.lol. Two French school boys had helped her aboard. lol. she was all a flutter listening to the French accents. I retrieved her. lol. She was a devil for not following instructions and following the person in front and the school children had got between us. lol. She did it to me at Paddington Stn. twice and had to be retrieved from the Red Cross First aid post.. in there reading glossy magazines and drinking tea and nice biscuits. Meanwhile, I was frantic, calling my brother down the line to make sure he had put her on the train in the first place.. MUM IS MISSING.. the station staff were putting callings Newbury, Reading and Didcot stations increase she got off there and was with them. lol.. turns out instead of turning left.. she had a blind spot obviously, lol.. she had turned right following the man in front when they got off the train because, and I quote 'he seemed to know where he was going'. I pointed out he did know where HE was going just not where SHE was going and at no time did I say cross the footbridge to platform 1. she was found looking concerned by BTP. lol. I miss the little liability so much. lol.. After that, I had to drive to Gloucestershire and back with her for her stays with me. Trains were deemed out according to her. lol.

[@mr.d.8121]

You, sir, are a gentlemen.

[@annother3350]

Way too short! Lolli looks fun

[@bobbugwithoneeyeskingiskin8974]

Nose ring is an indicator of trouble ahead!

[@weejackrussell]

Glad you are calling it the River Thames and not the Thames River!

[@abnormallyfunny]

I like Albert Bridge (especially at night)

[@Loki1815]

Waterloo! 1815...

[@paulkenneally789]

Mate, you certainly have done your research on the facts about London tourist sites and sights.

[@virtualobject]

Fav is the original London Bridge, now London Bridge Arizona: Unbelievably crazy project.

[@shaunfarrell3834]

Personally I prefer the original non Roman London Bridge with all the houses and a chapel on it! Wow if only that was still in existence.

[@petyrbaelish1718]

I remember seeing a video of two mid-west Americans visiting London a few years back. Just before Covid hit. The first thing they did was refer to the London Eye as being the 'biggest Ferris wheel" they had ever seen. Then they went into an M&M's chocolate store for ages. After they got lunch in McDonalds and did a massive segment of their video about the self-order machines in McDonalds. They also went into a Taco Bell restaurant as well. Pretty sure they complained about the Thames being the "dirtiest, smelliest river" they had ever seen and then when they went to Nelson's column they said "the Washington monument" is bigger and better. To top it off they were goofing around trying to speak to people in terrible British accents. The whole thing was very embarrassing. Well this video was the absolute opposite of that. Respectful and cultured, which shows the element of self awareness to how one is perceived.

[@MaxwellMoore-d1u]

Can't see Tower Bridge front the sea .Thames River .

[@ib9rt]

Back at you. River Thames, not Thames River.

[@shaunfarrell3834]

@@ib9rt Oh goody, pedantry upon pedantry!

[@grahamsmith9541]

You can see Tower bridge from the coast though. River Thames is tidal through London. So the edges of it are coast.

[@MaxwellMoore-d1u]

@grahamsmith9541 The Thames Esutury but , he was on the River not the Sea.

[@grahamsmith9541]

@@MaxwellMoore-d1u the banks of the Thames are coast. Untill it stops being tidal at Teddington.

[@stevo728822]

London has some nice bridges. But I think there are more impressive bridges elsewhere in the UK, such as the bridges in Newcastle over the Tyne and the bridge over the Menai Strait.

[@phillipwatson9906]

Thank you for calling it Elizabeth tower instead of big Ben 👍🇬🇧

[@billynuts1184]

its big ben no matter what

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

You are a complete contradiction in terms with your name, your look your knowledge, your beautiful companion I love all that?🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇸👏

[@milkysue5496]

I really want to see a TV series where country folk from Alabama, Arkansas etc, get shown round big European cities.

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍Lot of facts figures and redneck drawl charm in a short video 😊 Chelsea bridge lived just of it Fulham palace road side😊

[@billyhills9933]

The Albert Bridge is a film favourite, especially for night shots. My personal favourite is Vauxhall Bridge, but that's not going to be a popular opinion. Hate Blackfriars and Blackfriars Railway Bridge.

[@ib9rt]

In addition to the note earlier about HMS Belfast, we also don't say "the" when naming most bridges in London, so it's just "Waterloo Bridge", "Blackfriars Bridge", "Westminster Bridge", etc. (except for the Albert Bridge and the Millennium Bridge--there are always exceptions to confuse people). Just mentioning since you have been doing pretty well on place names so far (except for Southwark, but that's tricky if you don't know it).

[@mariahoulihan9483]

not in front of Buckingham Palace and other landmarks.

[@andyjhawk007]

Albert bridge, by far the prettiest, I'll fight anyone who disagrees!

[@papercup2517]

"... but, little did I know, Peril was about to strike..." And now you leave us in suspense? What Peril? Was it like the the Bridge of Eternal Peril in Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Or perhaps the wickedly irresistible, seductive Perils faced by Sir Galahad the Chaste at Castle Anthrax? Please leave a sign or shoot an arrow with a message attached to let us know where we can find the next video, where presumably All is Revealed...!!

[@kadourimdou43]

Peril was to strike? Hope it wasn’t our food

[@acptelford1307]

Sunscreen?

[@sacred1827]

Bit of local info: Southwark is pronounced Suth (rhymes with the Moth on Mother) and uck like the end of took. Suth-uck. Damn that was hard to explain.

[@weedle30]

So…..Cody….. where are youuuuuuuuu??? I’m on pins here!! What peril were you under??? *is very worried that something horrible has happened to a visitor to our Green and pleasant land….*

[@shaunfarrell3834]

Ah the suspense.

[@suerogerts4330]

you sound like a tour guide in America its hilarious after leaving th Dock and passing Elizabeth Tower 😂😂😂😂😂so funny but you don't have to do that I'm sure no one expects you to do that on here it's like it's badly scripted but tour 😂😂😂😂

[@markwhalebone751]

It has to be Tower Bridge for me, I lived the first half of my 63 years within walking distance of it and the Southbank. I remember seeing my first American tourist on it back in the late 60s. I had never seen anyone so overweight or wear such garish clobber, a bit like myself these days lol.

[@johnnorman7044]

i know you like your history this is a bit of modern social history approx 2002,now see that london bridge just a few hundred yards from there we went to ilegal rave there over 5000 people were in there and 2to3000 trying to get in according to the police when they turnd up they just let it go no, i mean just 30 or 40 old bill and what 7000 ravers right party on, it was under london bridge station off stainer street in the arches one main sound rig of 30-35k out put and 4 smaller ones yep just off of that bridge oh and the numbers came from some that i know who was on the crew at the gig. you have a cool time enjoy

[@Saladontherocks]

Jump across the water to Amsterdam and you'll see much nicer bridges than those british one.😂 I'll give you a tour.

[@CodyLaveau]

I have so many Amsterdam episodes in the future

[@jamesxlennon]

My favourite bridge is Camden Lock Bridge, because I am greebo scum.

[@andypandy9013]

Cody! A quick pronunciation tip from a lifelong Pedant: British warships have the prefix of "His (or Her) Majesty's Ship" which abbreviates to HMS. If you say, for example, "The HMS Belfast" that expands out as "The His Majesty's Ship Belfast". Which is plainly wrong ("The" AND "His"). Yes, it works for American warships as in "The United States Ship Nimitz" but it doesn't for British ones. Or Canadian ones (HMCS). Or Australian Ones (HMAS). Or New Zealand ones (HMNZS) ............. 😉

[@shaunfarrell3834]

I do appreciate some polite pedantry!

[@douglasb5046]

“Southwark” is pronounced “Suthurk”

[@colindebourg9012]

Southwark pronounced Suthark.

[@C.Hughes-Lloyd]

Suth-ark, the W is not pronounced.

[@markwhalebone751]

Suv-erk. (ex native 😁)

[@C.Hughes-Lloyd]

@markwhalebone751 Err, no.

[@markwhalebone751]

@C.Hughes-Lloyd Being born in Bermondsey 63 years ago and having lived there for my first thirty two years it is how I and most people said it as natives so not really up for debate but how anyone else from anywhere else pronounces it is up to them. I also realise that the area itself and dialect might have changed a bit but not with my family who still live there.😁

[@C.Hughes-Lloyd]

@markwhalebone751 Try to grasp that not everyone is working class. Not everyone who lives in Southwark and who is a 'native' is working class. My pronunciation is the correct one as used by the Bishop of Southwark and the BBC's Pronunciation Unit.

[@markwhalebone751]

@C.Hughes-Lloyd Perhaps you did not read my previous reply where I stated that it was how I pronounced it and not everyone. I can easily grasp how far you are up you own backside though.

[@alexf7377]

If you really believe Waterloo Bridge was designed and built by women and came in under budget.... well, as the saying goes, I've got a bridge to sell you. But the last line of your report has left me wondering what happened. Nothing too terrible I trust.

[@dirkdiggler0372]

Nice story about Waterloo bridge. But definitely not true. It was designed by a man, and men helped build it although quite a few women were employed to build it due to fact that the majority of men were sent to die in another war. But why let the truth get in the way of a good story?

[@Dangermoose-rv6bb]

This man has zero foresight, literally none. Everything starts 'I didnt know it at the time'....