You know, those rocks were so much better and more exciting than we perhaps made them sound. So unusual, especially for this part of the country and lots of fun to explore
These videos still get better each time. Be nice to see some more night time life in the van and surrounding like is it scary etc see how cosy it is too. You guys are the best. Really cute couple. Love the silver fox look too
Thank you that's really nice of you to say 😊 Not sure I've been called a silver fox before, but I shall take it and run with it 🤣❤️ That's an interesting point, perhaps next time we stay somewhere particularly creepy or "dodgy" we'll incorporate it into the video 👍
I'm with Stephanie on Scotney Castle & the rest of the place, it felt homely to me too. I love your videos, due to hubby's health problems we rarely get out to visit anywhere like we used to & you take me with you wherever you go. Glad you have work in August, money in the coffers for next winter. You could get some material to reline the curtains, hope you sorted the lighting you mentioned a while ago was much in need of upgrading, some simple home comforts make all the difference. ❤🏴❤
It was wonderful at Scotney and for Stephen to rave about it says it all really! I'm sorry you can't get out so much anymore...but if we can show you some different places that's something, and we're happy to oblige and have you with us 🥰 if you've got any requests for UK places you'd like us to visit we might be able to go there in future videos ❤️ Yes we could fix or replace the curtains, trouble is we are terrible procrastinators! The lights luckily were fixed but yes they are quite out of date even now. Thank you for watching as always 🙏❤️
Hey there! 👋 Just finished watching your latest adventure and I'm so glad I did! 😆 Royal Tunbridge Wells definitely surprised me - that town has some hidden gems! 💎 I loved exploring those rock formations with you guys, and it was so interesting how you explained they were made! 🤯
Hello, thank you for watching! ❤️ Glad you enjoyed the video, we didn't expect that from Tunbridge Wells or Kent at all, so it's very much worth a visit for a mixed bag of a day out 😁
Scotney castle looks lovely, Alison said she would happily live in the ruins... Or the boat house. But she would want the wallpaper from the main house. £4.50 for water that like you rightly say come free out of the ground seems completely alien to us, but if it cures moist brain then we'll have 2, we think we may have come down with an acute case of that, or at least that may explain a few things. Lastly when Steve with a ph said, like, subscribe and all that SH...... enanigans... We did wonder how that sentence was going to end 😂. As always much love Darren & Alison 🤟💚
Thanks guys, Scotney was exceptional- so much to see. Unfortunately we couldn't go in the old castle but you can on other days. You both would have loved it. I wondered if Spain had a National Trust equivalent, but then remembered attractions like that are so much cheaper there it wouldn't even be necessary for a membership really! The water just cracked us up for being SO expensive, whilst the actual stuff was coming out of the ground right next to it 🤣 Fascinated to know if people actually buy it... Much love both of you and belated Happy Anniversary 🥰
How splendid, you can now get inside the house at Scotney Castle. When we were last there (about 30 years ago!) the house was closed to the public. Beautiful gardens though, rhododendrons and azaleas still in bloom in June. We have made plans to visit again this summer, so a welcome piece of information. I don't think we'll attempt visiting 4 NT properties in one day as we did last time ( Scotney Castle, Batemans, Sissinghurst and Bodiam Castle). We had more energy then but less time 😂.
I think they opened the house relatively recently, 2007 I think - when Christopher, the last Hussey family member, died, his widow Betty lived there until her death and the house opened after that. They didn't have children, which is another reason the National Trust has access, I think. It is absolutely well worth returning - and sometimes you can go inside the old Scotney Castle too. And in the house, as we said, you get a real feel for the family as many of the rooms are styled up to the 1950s/60s when Christopher and Betty lived together there. We found that just as interesting as some of the much older looking rooms and items. The 4 you listed were the 4 we were weighing up as to where to go! They are so close together and all sound like they're worth it. However, we won't be attempting 2 in a day, nevermind 4 🤣 Thank you for watching ❤️
I'll give you the value part, I think our experiences of the breakfasts have been quite different though 😂 Nearly always cold. But Wetherspoons does a job in a bind when you need a quick, cheap lunch however with a cheap drink 🍺
Thank you lads. Its unfortunate that you have to return to the real world every now and then for a bit of hard graft, however you can't live a fairytale life all the time. Well done!
I have to say we really do love watching you too. It’s like looking in the mirror at myself and my partner although you can get Stephen to walk more than I can get my Kevin, anyway keep up the good work. Lovers always PJ❤️❤️
Aww we found that really quite touching 🥰 And also reassuring to know others are like us in a way 😆 Stephen often doesn't fancy going walking and I'll go on my own, which is OK and we're both comfortable with that. But he's definitely more into it since being in the van - previously he didn't walk anywhere at all really! Thanks Paul ❤
Exactly, so much to see in UK and far less likely to get shot at, bitten or stung by dodgy creatures, some being highly dangerous. Having said that, we'd love to visit Furtwangen in Black Forest and also Paris
We are hoping to visit the Black forest in June with any luck! The UK gets a lot of stick, and the weather isn't always fun, but yes there is much to see and so much beauty! I am always eternally grateful for the (relative) lack of creature-related nasties too 😆
Yes I often walk alone although we do have a dog I’m surprised you don’t have a little dog as they are brilliant company especially in the partner wants to stay in the van and watch TV and what’s worse daytime TV we look forward to sometime catching up with you at Arondale as that is our favourite spot. Also the summer will be a long hot delicious experience this year. We hope thanks for your reply. It sounds a bit daft but it means a lot when people we enjoy watching reply to your silly messages not all of them do most just ignore what you said. So thanks again. Keep up the good work carry on van life
Thanks Paul, you're very welcome, we always try to respond if we can, if we don't it's only due to forgetfulness. When are you next at Arundel? I think a dog, especially with our jobs, might be tricky in our smaller van, but I know people manage it! Very much looking forward to summer too, sadly we are working all of August, but hey ho - gotta earn the cash! Hopefully July and September are just as good 🤞
Hi I'm quite new to your channel ☺️ I'm really enjoying it just wondering on your travels have you ever visited the North or south of Ireland Grace from Belfast
Hi Grace, thanks for watching and good to have you along 😁 No we have never been to Ireland but it's 100% on the list in the not too distant future hopefully! Any suggestions for places to see? We love little towns but also country or seaside walks ❤
0:40 What _really_ got me clutching my pearls is that I thought you said "back to teabagging"! 😲😂 Also, one wonders if it wasn't Queen Henrietta that had the problem. Maybe King Charles was firing blanks and the queen just found a special friend at Tunbridge Wells? Our whole royal bloodline is descended from a quicky in a Kent hostelry! Just sayin'. 🤷♂️🙃 Oh, and 'The National Trust Front' sounds like a bunch of lairy, tweedie, middle-aged women shouting "England for the English!". 😂
Spoiler alert, teabagging is for next week 🤣🤪 I suspect similar of Queen Henrietta, perhaps magical water was code for magical, err...ingredients required for a baby, and Henrietta was having a laugh. And maybe that's why it's called ROYAL Tunbridge Wells and most of them knew about it 😲 Oh god, the National Trust Front sounds all too real 🤣 I'm scared to google it because it probably exists. Incidentally, a walk around a National Trust property will often result in passing groups of said tweedie, lairy individuals who look ready to plot various evils that benefit the wealthy, so it's surely true. Oh god hang on, what are we supporting 😲 Perhaps we should bin off our membership (but let us see all the pretty houses first 😉)
I wasn't familiar with the town you mentioned but having googled it, yes, cuckoo clocks may be on the agenda 😆 We will try to visit there if we can, let us know if there's anything specific there you'd like us to film. We can't promise but I've made a note to try to go there at least 😊
Oh, an acre is very small, isn’t it? Thank the lord I’ve thousands of them. 10 out of 10? Stephen clearly has temperature. Phone a doctor immediately. 😉👍❤️
I had to throw him in the castle moat because the positivity was making me feel ill all of a sudden. I hope you've stuck plenty of air bnbs on those acres and left them empty all year, it wouldn't be right otherwise! 😆
🤣 For your second home woes, I...condole you 😉 The only way to avoid being near a Wetherspoons is to ensure you buy the best building in town before they do, so just go buy an opera house. Then put it on air Bnb. We did a video on that once. I can't remember what we said about it though 😜
Steve became quite effusive in his description of that old pile of bricks. One for my 🪣 list then. 🥳. You have made up for lost time with this episode, informative and entertaining as well (per usual) Now I have to rewind it to find that friendly couple you mentioned. The camera you are using is fine but if you do want to upgrade I reckon the DJI pocket 3 is perfect. Gopros are wide angle and there are no straight lines. They are action cameras and we really dont see that much action from you two. 🫣 👍
Thank you as always ❤️ We tried to cover a few different things in this, and there was me thinking it wouldn’t be long enough 🤦♂️ Yes, if Stephen even twitches a corner of his mouth in half attempted enthusiasm for a second, it means you must go there 😆 It was beautiful, and our videos didn't do it justice - we even missed out the wider parkland as it started hammering it down once I got back from the garden bit. Ooh thanks for the tip! I did think that about GoPros - they seem to always have a fish bowl lense type of look which I'm not sure you can alter? 🤷♂️ And of course you're right, you're not likely to see a "coming up" with us skiing down a near vertical mountainside any time soon 🤪 I will check out the one you suggested, appreciate it 👍
Just like to say ,we absolutely love watching you two.
Ahh thank you, we're pleased you enjoy the videos ❤️
Cracking up at 28:00 and the vintage curtains. LOLOLOLOL
I think it’s amazing being stood near the rocks
You know, those rocks were so much better and more exciting than we perhaps made them sound. So unusual, especially for this part of the country and lots of fun to explore
You are the only people I think I could make a nice cup of tea for. 😂. Perfect 👌
🤣 Thanks ladies, we're very glad to have fellow weak tea drinkers among us, we are a rare breed! 😆
This video is really lovely guys thanks for sharing
Thank you, you're very welcome, glad you enjoyed it 😊
These videos still get better each time. Be nice to see some more night time life in the van and surrounding like is it scary etc see how cosy it is too. You guys are the best. Really cute couple. Love the silver fox look too
Thank you that's really nice of you to say 😊 Not sure I've been called a silver fox before, but I shall take it and run with it 🤣❤️ That's an interesting point, perhaps next time we stay somewhere particularly creepy or "dodgy" we'll incorporate it into the video 👍
Omg that tea 😂😱
We should trademark it 😂
You 2 are funny ....good content ❤
Thank you very much Karyn, glad you enjoyed it 😊 ❤️
Great vlog guys 👋👋🚍😘
Thanks guys hope you're having fun 😊 ❤️
I'm with Stephanie on Scotney Castle & the rest of the place, it felt homely to me too.
I love your videos, due to hubby's health problems we rarely get out to visit anywhere like we used to & you take me with you wherever you go.
Glad you have work in August, money in the coffers for next winter. You could get some material to reline the curtains, hope you sorted the lighting you mentioned a while ago was much in need of upgrading, some simple home comforts make all the difference.
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It was wonderful at Scotney and for Stephen to rave about it says it all really! I'm sorry you can't get out so much anymore...but if we can show you some different places that's something, and we're happy to oblige and have you with us 🥰 if you've got any requests for UK places you'd like us to visit we might be able to go there in future videos ❤️
Yes we could fix or replace the curtains, trouble is we are terrible procrastinators! The lights luckily were fixed but yes they are quite out of date even now. Thank you for watching as always 🙏❤️
That place gave us frankie howards house in nighmare park vibes. 😁 Great video, and all the best lads.
Cheers Gareth, not familiar with that one, but I've googled it and now want to watch it immediately 😆
@@comealongdear Mate it's hilarious. 😁
Hey there! 👋 Just finished watching your latest adventure and I'm so glad I did! 😆 Royal Tunbridge Wells definitely surprised me - that town has some hidden gems! 💎 I loved exploring those rock formations with you guys, and it was so interesting how you explained they were made! 🤯
Hello, thank you for watching! ❤️ Glad you enjoyed the video, we didn't expect that from Tunbridge Wells or Kent at all, so it's very much worth a visit for a mixed bag of a day out 😁
Scotney castle looks lovely, Alison said she would happily live in the ruins... Or the boat house. But she would want the wallpaper from the main house.
£4.50 for water that like you rightly say come free out of the ground seems completely alien to us, but if it cures moist brain then we'll have 2, we think we may have come down with an acute case of that, or at least that may explain a few things.
Lastly when Steve with a ph said, like, subscribe and all that SH...... enanigans... We did wonder how that sentence was going to end 😂.
As always much love Darren & Alison 🤟💚
Thanks guys, Scotney was exceptional- so much to see. Unfortunately we couldn't go in the old castle but you can on other days. You both would have loved it. I wondered if Spain had a National Trust equivalent, but then remembered attractions like that are so much cheaper there it wouldn't even be necessary for a membership really!
The water just cracked us up for being SO expensive, whilst the actual stuff was coming out of the ground right next to it 🤣 Fascinated to know if people actually buy it...
Much love both of you and belated Happy Anniversary 🥰
Loved the stop moaning it's my job at the start.
Definitely Stephen's job and not mine, he can keep it though, too much hard work 😂 (although if I'm moaning it must be really bad/stupid/ridiculous)
How splendid, you can now get inside the house at Scotney Castle. When we were last there (about 30 years ago!) the house was closed to the public. Beautiful gardens though, rhododendrons and azaleas still in bloom in June. We have made plans to visit again this summer, so a welcome piece of information. I don't think we'll attempt visiting 4 NT properties in one day as we did last time ( Scotney Castle, Batemans, Sissinghurst and Bodiam Castle). We had more energy then but less time 😂.
I think they opened the house relatively recently, 2007 I think - when Christopher, the last Hussey family member, died, his widow Betty lived there until her death and the house opened after that. They didn't have children, which is another reason the National Trust has access, I think.
It is absolutely well worth returning - and sometimes you can go inside the old Scotney Castle too. And in the house, as we said, you get a real feel for the family as many of the rooms are styled up to the 1950s/60s when Christopher and Betty lived together there. We found that just as interesting as some of the much older looking rooms and items.
The 4 you listed were the 4 we were weighing up as to where to go! They are so close together and all sound like they're worth it. However, we won't be attempting 2 in a day, nevermind 4 🤣 Thank you for watching ❤️
Wetherspoons are great for breakfasts of good quality and great value, plus booze of course
I'll give you the value part, I think our experiences of the breakfasts have been quite different though 😂 Nearly always cold. But Wetherspoons does a job in a bind when you need a quick, cheap lunch however with a cheap drink 🍺
Thank you lads. Its unfortunate that you have to return to the real world every now and then for a bit of hard graft, however you can't live a fairytale life all the time. Well done!
Haha such is the reality! Gotta pay the bills somehow. But it makes us appreciate travelling about more. Cheers 😍👍
I have to say we really do love watching you too. It’s like looking in the mirror at myself and my partner although you can get Stephen to walk more than I can get my Kevin, anyway keep up the good work. Lovers always PJ❤️❤️
Aww we found that really quite touching 🥰 And also reassuring to know others are like us in a way 😆 Stephen often doesn't fancy going walking and I'll go on my own, which is OK and we're both comfortable with that. But he's definitely more into it since being in the van - previously he didn't walk anywhere at all really! Thanks Paul ❤
Exactly, so much to see in UK and far less likely to get shot at, bitten or stung by dodgy creatures, some being highly dangerous.
Having said that, we'd love to visit Furtwangen in Black Forest and also Paris
We are hoping to visit the Black forest in June with any luck! The UK gets a lot of stick, and the weather isn't always fun, but yes there is much to see and so much beauty! I am always eternally grateful for the (relative) lack of creature-related nasties too 😆
Yes I often walk alone although we do have a dog I’m surprised you don’t have a little dog as they are brilliant company especially in the partner wants to stay in the van and watch TV and what’s worse daytime TV we look forward to sometime catching up with you at Arondale as that is our favourite spot. Also the summer will be a long hot delicious experience this year. We hope thanks for your reply. It sounds a bit daft but it means a lot when people we enjoy watching reply to your silly messages not all of them do most just ignore what you said. So thanks again. Keep up the good work carry on van life
Thanks Paul, you're very welcome, we always try to respond if we can, if we don't it's only due to forgetfulness. When are you next at Arundel? I think a dog, especially with our jobs, might be tricky in our smaller van, but I know people manage it! Very much looking forward to summer too, sadly we are working all of August, but hey ho - gotta earn the cash! Hopefully July and September are just as good 🤞
yeah Dan and Stevie I get it let's carry on dear 🤪😜
I need to stop the repeated ramblings 😂🙈
know I think it's hilarious
Royal Tunbridge Wells is not a place to visit and see.....
It is a place to visit and be seen.😉
Damn, I knew we should have donned some cheap sunglasses and planted ourselves outside a swanky bar to get the full experience 🤦♂️🥂
Hi I'm quite new to your channel ☺️ I'm really enjoying it just wondering on your travels have you ever visited the North or south of Ireland Grace from Belfast
Hi Grace, thanks for watching and good to have you along 😁 No we have never been to Ireland but it's 100% on the list in the not too distant future hopefully! Any suggestions for places to see? We love little towns but also country or seaside walks ❤
0:40 What _really_ got me clutching my pearls is that I thought you said "back to teabagging"! 😲😂
Also, one wonders if it wasn't Queen Henrietta that had the problem. Maybe King Charles was firing blanks and the queen just found a special friend at Tunbridge Wells? Our whole royal bloodline is descended from a quicky in a Kent hostelry! Just sayin'. 🤷♂️🙃
Oh, and 'The National Trust Front' sounds like a bunch of lairy, tweedie, middle-aged women shouting "England for the English!". 😂
Spoiler alert, teabagging is for next week 🤣🤪
I suspect similar of Queen Henrietta, perhaps magical water was code for magical, err...ingredients required for a baby, and Henrietta was having a laugh. And maybe that's why it's called ROYAL Tunbridge Wells and most of them knew about it 😲
Oh god, the National Trust Front sounds all too real 🤣 I'm scared to google it because it probably exists. Incidentally, a walk around a National Trust property will often result in passing groups of said tweedie, lairy individuals who look ready to plot various evils that benefit the wealthy, so it's surely true.
Oh god hang on, what are we supporting 😲 Perhaps we should bin off our membership (but let us see all the pretty houses first 😉)
@@comealongdear 🤣🤣🤣
So when are you going to come visit Chesterfield, Derbyshire.. 😎
U got chatsworth house , chesterfield spire, ashover village and the rock .. some lovely park ups ..
Would love to explore more there, we might have a chance over summer at some point if we're lucky!
Hi guys, what's that channel for Chris and Dion
Sorry, I meant to put it in the description! It's @vanandrewschrisanddione
Wow are you now! Hope it works out. You can take vids of tourist shops and cuckoo clocks - and prices for all of us
I wasn't familiar with the town you mentioned but having googled it, yes, cuckoo clocks may be on the agenda 😆 We will try to visit there if we can, let us know if there's anything specific there you'd like us to film. We can't promise but I've made a note to try to go there at least 😊
There's a museum there with loads of BF clocks I'm sure, so vids of that, but also the fab scenery
29:17 I can only ever visualise 6" (average), 9" (Large) and 12" (MAHOOOOOOOSIVE). No clue about an acre.
Just get a power bank I think it’s best it just being natural
I think we do have one somewhere, but as with anything in the van, god knows where 🤔🤣
Stephen could give Craig Revel Horwood a run for his money. 😂😂❤️
As far as the Craig Revel Horwoods of the world go, Stephen very much says, "hold my beer"...🙃
Oh, an acre is very small, isn’t it? Thank the lord I’ve thousands of them.
10 out of 10? Stephen clearly has temperature. Phone a doctor immediately. 😉👍❤️
I had to throw him in the castle moat because the positivity was making me feel ill all of a sudden.
I hope you've stuck plenty of air bnbs on those acres and left them empty all year, it wouldn't be right otherwise! 😆
Happy belated birthday Dan! ❤️🥂xx
Thank you! 🥰🥂
I refuse to buy a 2nd home anywhere near to a Wetherspoons. Too bloody common. The bloody Brexit Pub chain…😉❤️😂
🤣 For your second home woes, I...condole you 😉 The only way to avoid being near a Wetherspoons is to ensure you buy the best building in town before they do, so just go buy an opera house. Then put it on air Bnb. We did a video on that once. I can't remember what we said about it though 😜
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Steve became quite effusive in his description of that old pile of bricks. One for my 🪣 list then. 🥳. You have made up for lost time with this episode, informative and entertaining as well (per usual) Now I have to rewind it to find that friendly couple you mentioned. The camera you are using is fine but if you do want to upgrade I reckon the DJI pocket 3 is perfect. Gopros are wide angle and there are no straight lines. They are action cameras and we really dont see that much action from you two. 🫣 👍
Thank you as always ❤️ We tried to cover a few different things in this, and there was me thinking it wouldn’t be long enough 🤦♂️ Yes, if Stephen even twitches a corner of his mouth in half attempted enthusiasm for a second, it means you must go there 😆 It was beautiful, and our videos didn't do it justice - we even missed out the wider parkland as it started hammering it down once I got back from the garden bit.
Ooh thanks for the tip! I did think that about GoPros - they seem to always have a fish bowl lense type of look which I'm not sure you can alter? 🤷♂️ And of course you're right, you're not likely to see a "coming up" with us skiing down a near vertical mountainside any time soon 🤪 I will check out the one you suggested, appreciate it 👍