That was funny how you were so alone and then suddenly in the town with all the tourists. That town looked crazy busy. Can't begin to imagine what it's like to live there. Will definitely rewatch all your UK videos when I get back to the UK (and hopefully tour around in a motorhome). So crazy to me that you can walk on paths to so many places.
Thanks Karen for another amusing and enjoyable video. It’s been great to follow your travels. Quite inspiring, not only your van drives but also the way you shoot and edit your videos. Always great quality.
I really enjoy your videos Karen, they are so entertaining and this one is as good as the others. I do admire what you have done while being in the uk, driving a caravan all around England by yourself is quite an achievement, I’m not sure I’d want to do the same thing, it’s bad enough sometimes just driving a car, never mind towing a caravan. I like that when you go for walks your quite adventurous, taking paths that may not be paths but you keep going and you keep smiling and you always seem to enjoy you adventure. I think a lot of people take the history of the uk for granted, we live with it all the time and probably don’t take much notice of it, I think it’s beneficial to have visitors like yourself who point out the history to remind us how interesting our local history is. I can’t believe only one person turned up in London, it would have been terrible if they hadn’t, thankfully it seems you had a good time anyway and good for that Lady to not let you down. Like I said at beginning, a very entertaining video, thanks Karen.
I bet your going to enjoy being home in your own caravan. I truly have enjoyed all your videos and look forward to future videos. I bet your family will be excited you have back in New Zealand. Get some good rest and enjoy being home! See you in your future videos!
Really amazing tackling the London area, I don't even like driving when in Melbourne lots of grumpy and impatient drivers, as always you tours of the places you visit are relaxing and enjoyable. Thanks for the share have a continued safe trip.
Alison Bush It’s good that you turned up for the meet Alison, I’m sure it would have been disappointing to go to all that trouble and for nobody to be there to meet Karen.
My Mum came from Stroud in the Cotswolds it looks such a beautiful area. The gorgeous villages with beautiful old buildings. :) Well your back to our wider roads Karen you'll feel happy about that.
Love CLs :) Well done on those roads and how many broken down cars! Little orange Google man is v useful isn't it. Shame more folks couldn't make the meet up - would have been our closest but we were abroad on summer hols. Thanks for taking us along on your adventures.
Mum On a Mission Google maps ARE the reason I HAD TO GET MY FIRST GPS. yheir printed directions would have you in WRONG TURNS & wrong HIGHWAY EXITS. , now on my 5th generation TOM TOM GPS NEVER EVER LET ME DOWN, traffic cameras, speed alarm 5 mph over the limit, it even shows the speed limit on various roads,, & shoes where it. was 55mph then 65mph, traffic avoidance. Cheers from NJ ,USA
When i visited London on my way to Ireland, i remember driving on the highways there and yes they were a treat... but if you have driven in New York, Chicago, or even the Cayman lsland like i have then that will prepare you quite well. And i know they may have called that a roundabout but that was not a roundabout. That was more like a Traffic Engineers nightmare. And i do love all the stone buildings and wild walking paths. And the country side was just splendid to behold...the squirrels were cool too. We have a few areas around the City here where the squirrels are so use to human interaction they will take peanuts from a out stretched hand...thanks for sharing...Vic
Hi Karen I stumbled across your site and now I'm hooked! Having just bought a small bailey phoenix 420, I'm taking on board a lot of your advice, always look forwards to your videos, superb!!
Hi. I'm a fairly new subscriber. I love your videos and actually find them really relaxing. Hope your enjoying traveling around the UK. Being relatively new to caravaning myself, I find your channel and vlogs really useful. Keep it up and stay in the UK. Kind Stephen
Hi Stephen, really great to hear you’re enjoying the videos and found them helpful. I’ve headed back to NZ but hopefully visit again soon! Plus plenty more UK videos to come 😀
Nice video and helpful too, as currently in the new forest on holiday and was about to research a walking app, when you suggested one, “all trails”. Looks a good one so have downloaded it, hope you enjoy the rest of your stay and thank you 👍
Ah Hampton Court - has a lovely day there. We stayed at the CAMC Crystal Palace site. We had to drive through London - not easy and we did get lost but the sat nav saved the day for us too! X
A bit of background for you, which might explain something about the English. That row of pretty little cottages (2'30") are called Arlington Row and were one of the inspirations of the Arts and Crafts movement, particularly William Morris. Subsequently the forms, proportions and motifs found in that little strip of farmers houses were the basis for many of the council built public housing terraces and semi-detached houses in the Garden City concepts of the 1920's to 1950's. Those same forms were exported around the Anglosphere world, so you've literally hit one of the touchstones for British architecture. So that tiny patch of 14th century wool worker cottages are the basis for millions of houses around the world. When someone asks you why British houses are so tiny and un-modern you can blame Arlington Row, William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement.
As you know , I'm English . I've never heard of Bibury . Congrats on finding it, navigating it , & enjoying it You have Big balls Madame . Used to driving lefties and driving a righty. I once took an ex to K-on -T for an excellent weekend ina hotel room that I recall had a bathroom the biggest I've ever seen . Great episode :)
Englishman inFrance many years ago, on a trip, in SCOTLAND, I saw a really great BMW 6 SERIES RHD, MANUAL TRANNY, I brought it back to USA , had it for. It was stolen wrecked & burned, but insurance would not replace the RHD + it was not a model sold here either. I learned to drive RHD IN A CROWN COLONY , so drove one on vacation, but LHD, in 2 weeks, zCheers from NJ, USA
Enjoying your videos. BTW. In the UK, Restricted Byways are public footpaths with additional access rights for horses, cyclists etc (but not motorised vehicles)
Hi Karen, I’ve just started watching your videos, some of the scenery in your part of the world is beautiful. Anyway take care and enjoy. Thank you for the videos 👍😎🇬🇧.
Such a Kiwi thing to do, go off the beaten track to go 'sploring. Although that first one, I wouldn't have wandered down there. I'm pretty game too, but it has to not be too isolated so go you. I loved travelling around England by car. B roads whenever we could. Love the history and countryside. And castles!
I have driven trucks in London. Hated it but survived. I have driven coaches in London. Hated it but survived. Towing a caravan through London..... on your bike. City dwellers simply don’t understand the concept. I’d just end up collecting heaps of numpty cyclists on the A frame. Hope you enjoyed the Cotswolds. Bourton on th water is my fave Cotswold spot.
Hats off to your chutzpah K; early in your trip you had a baptism of fire in The Lakes that has, sadly but predictably, coloured your driving experience since. I can but admire you taking on our roads with such a bug "rig", something I've never done. BTW: Typical knight of the road at 07:08 (not!).
@@TravellingK I'm going to be honest and answer your question with a "yes". However, you've done admirably well since that Lake District experience and your growing confidence is obvious. I'm in awe of what you took on for your trip here and so have nothing but admiration for the way you stared it down! My concern was that you'd conflate a bad towing experience with a bad visit to our country, but your posts have shown that this isn't the case... by an historic country mile :-).
Great video Karen. It's been a few years but I recognised your bit from the M40 on to the M25 near Heathrow. It's always pot luck if the M25 is going to be moving or standing still when you join it!
another great video K! I've really enjoyed following your UK adventure. we went to look at some caravans this weekend but struggling to narrow it down, front runners are swift sprite or bailey phoenix. its going to be a hard decision.
Thanks for the tip about the Alltrails app. I have downloaded it to my Iphone and I am sure it will prove to be very useful as I like exploring walking trails. I have never been to Bibury but I've heard it is very touristy.
Hi Karen, interesting video. UK country scenery is absolutely awesome. So much greenery there. Did you catch a ride on a double deck bus to London? All the very best. Robert.
Jim Duce mind the gap, here means, watch your step boarding/ exiting certain trains, & NYC subways , you have. No idea how many people get a leg caught, unfortunately, it’s about 100/1 women/men Cheers from NJ USA
Like Bibury, don't like the crowds, so go out of peak season. Check out the village, and the fish farms. Hate to sound pedantic, dispute how it'd spelt, it's "By-bury". Didn't used to mind driving in London, but now it's not just busy, it's actually aggressive. Still, safe travels and I guess you'll be back in my neck of the woods when you return the van; you are going to give it back, aren't you?
Your in Surrey on the edge of outer London, and very close to some amazing countryside :-) scoot around through Esher toward Dorking and Box hill or newlands corner for some amazing views of london etc :-))
If you're in Norfolk you must try The Secret Garden on the outskirts of Wisbech - they have a micro-brewery and home-made sausages and fresh eggs on site - its also a lovely place and the people who run it are great (it's really good value too).
Good content fwiw, imo. As far as I would happily want to go near to London City itself towing a caravan for pleasure. After a while you get used to "commanding" the road with a larger rig but pleasure v work:). The history is nice there with public rights of way sometimes dating back to Saxon times in a soft Constable scenery and Pubs that have seen people falling off barstools since long before Captain Cook:)
Another interesting insight K, thank you! I am another of the ‘hate London with a passion brigade’ I’m afraid and it just seems to get worse, busier, frantic even. So we try to stay well clear of the big stuff and also stick to CL’s or Tranquil sites (adults only mostly). Cheers, Rog... 😉 😎 🐍
Watching that, having driven in Germany ,Spain, Japan , the Middle East and all over the US. I say that the traffic there looks like a lot of traffic in the bigger US cities. We in the US do have the perchance for making ridiculously large highway interchanges. The super highway near me was 4 lanes (2 a side) when I moved in. Its a 1/4 mile from me. Over the years its grown to 6 lanes and the interchange near me is about 12 lanes wide. I can hear it loud and clear now.
Christopher Rasmussen hello, there is a 6 lane INTERSTATE 1/2 MILE AS THE CROW FLIES, BUT OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT OR A POWER FAILURE , YOU CAN HEAR IT, NOW YEARS AGO, I WAS ION MY ROOF PUTTING UP AN ANTENNA ( aerial ) & could not see it, but when you hear tyres , unbalanced @ 65 mph that’s NOISE, Cheers from NJ,,USA
@@flybyairplane3528 NJ, my home state! I know exactly what you talk about. 20 years back it was 4 lanes . We could leave our windows open. Now its loud. Windows shut all the time and we miss the fresh air. Progress I guess.
Hi Karen, great video, honestly you are so inspiring driving around UK with a caravan.....looks like you are really enjoying it though....can I just ask you what you use to record your videos when you are walking about - many thanks and best wishes Catherine :)
It says "restricted byway". That just means that motorised vehicles are no longer allowed. You are fine walking it, or cycling it, or riding a horse down it.
Bibury looked a very quaint little village despite all the visitors. I wouldnt even attempt to drive too close to London never mind trying to tow a caravan lol
Love your travels, just to let you know your driving on the wrong side of the road and the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car! A fan from across the pond
if the Restricted access sign you mentioned was that restricted byway sign it just means you can't drive a vehicle down it but you used to be aloud to (probably in a tractor or proper off-road 4x4). Basically just to warn people with really old maps
I've taken a trailer through Los Angeles twice. Never again. I'd rather take a 100 mile detour. Greater London? Not a chance in... I applaud your nerve, Karen.
Travelling K There are red squirrels on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour in Dorset, on Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, good places to spot them are Ventnor Botanical Gardens and Osbourne House, which was Queen Victoria’s holiday home, the Lake District, Cumbria and Northumberland. The grey squirrels carried a pox which infected the reds, plus they compete for the same food and habitat and the reds being smaller, tend to loose out. The islands of Brownsea, Anglesey and the Isle of Wight are free from greys, so the reds can thrive. I like them both, but having been lucky enough to have red squirrels come and sit beside me on the Isle of Wight, the reds are very special to me! I’m really enjoying your videos, I’m working my way through your NZ ones too!
Don't by-pass the Avebury stones on your tour. That is not far away (36 miles) from where you are now and once you see those stones, it will stay in your mind forever.
Wow! All those little cars whizzing around you. Nobody drives "pick em up" trucks in the UK? That would be another big difference to towing a camper in North America.
@@TravellingK Yes, a UTE is like a small pickup truck. However, a lot of the large campers here are "fifth wheels" and require a larger truck and a massive hitch bolted down to the middle of the truck bed. Those fifth wheel campers are HUGE, and the trucks that you need to haul them are big monsters, compared to a UTE. You really should come see them for yourself.
@d0rraj no just little race track i drive ever road in new zealand over 5 years so i no how the uk is so shit to drive in for you even the river road from Whanganui its easy there two many people in the uk for the space
So stressed and dangerous the aggressive traffic. Horror. And all the mindless egotistic behavior. So off-putting. Such a bad traffic culture. Is it only in the big cities or is it all over the nation ?
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Congratulations that's got to be one of the best descriptions of street view I've ever heard. The little man going down the street.
🤣🤣🤣 Glad you enjoyed my description
That was funny how you were so alone and then suddenly in the town with all the tourists. That town looked crazy busy. Can't begin to imagine what it's like to live there. Will definitely rewatch all your UK videos when I get back to the UK (and hopefully tour around in a motorhome). So crazy to me that you can walk on paths to so many places.
The walking paths are amazing! And it is crazy walking along on my own then suddenly reaching a spot full of people.
Thanks Karen for another amusing and enjoyable video. It’s been great to follow your travels. Quite inspiring, not only your van drives but also the way you shoot and edit your videos. Always great quality.
That you Jenny. So lovely to hear
I really enjoy your videos Karen, they are so entertaining and this one is as good as the others.
I do admire what you have done while being in the uk, driving a caravan all around England by yourself is quite an achievement, I’m not sure I’d want to do the same thing, it’s bad enough sometimes just driving a car, never mind towing a caravan.
I like that when you go for walks your quite adventurous, taking paths that may not be paths but you keep going and you keep smiling and you always seem to enjoy you adventure. I think a lot of people take the history of the uk for granted, we live with it all the time and probably don’t take much notice of it, I think it’s beneficial to have visitors like yourself who point out the history to remind us how interesting our local history is.
I can’t believe only one person turned up in London, it would have been terrible if they hadn’t, thankfully it seems you had a good time anyway and good for that Lady to not let you down.
Like I said at beginning, a very entertaining video, thanks Karen.
I do enjoy wandering and seeing where I turn up 😀 Glad Alison could make it to the meet-up... otherwise I’d get my book out 🤣
i know I'm kinda randomly asking but does anybody know of a good place to stream newly released tv shows online ?
@Kalel Henrik i dunno I would suggest flixportal. Just google for it :P -ezequiel
@Ezequiel Bowie thank you, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D I appreciate it !
@Kalel Henrik Happy to help =)
I bet your going to enjoy being home in your own caravan. I truly have enjoyed all your videos and look forward to future videos. I bet your family will be excited you have back in New Zealand. Get some good rest and enjoy being home! See you in your future videos!
So far it’s been lovely being home 😀 Plenty more UK videos to come 🇬🇧
Bloody brilliant, Karen!
Thank you so much for sharing!👌👍✌😘
Glad you enjoyed Claire!
Just found your channel and I must say, i am loving it. Well done and 😊 thank you
Really amazing tackling the London area, I don't even like driving when in Melbourne lots of grumpy and impatient drivers, as always you tours of the places you visit are relaxing and enjoyable. Thanks for the share have a continued safe trip.
Ah but Melbournes left hook turns are unique!!
Yay for the canal boats! ;-)
Wrong account David!!!
Mmm a vested interest perhaps?
Indeed, and your vlogs :)
Haha I’m still obsessed 😜
Enjoyed meeting you in London Karen - can't believe it was the beginning of August - seems like only last week - safe trip back.
Alison Bush
It’s good that you turned up for the meet Alison, I’m sure it would have been disappointing to go to all that trouble and for nobody to be there to meet Karen.
Met up with one person - I'm wondering if that's a record !
And so glad you could make it Alison. Looking forward to your NZ questions 😜
My Mum came from Stroud in the Cotswolds it looks such a beautiful area. The gorgeous villages with beautiful old buildings. :) Well your back to our wider roads Karen you'll feel happy about that.
The Cotswolds seem such a beautiful area. And yes, enjoying the wider roads again 🤣
Beautiful walk around !! ... Thank You !!
It’s such a beautiful spot 😀
Hi Karen enjoyed your video well done on your travelling you are doing brilliant 👏👏👏👏
Thank you Liz!
Love CLs :) Well done on those roads and how many broken down cars! Little orange Google man is v useful isn't it. Shame more folks couldn't make the meet up - would have been our closest but we were abroad on summer hols. Thanks for taking us along on your adventures.
Mum On a Mission Google maps ARE the reason I HAD TO GET MY FIRST GPS. yheir printed directions would have you in WRONG TURNS & wrong HIGHWAY EXITS. , now on my 5th generation TOM TOM GPS NEVER EVER LET ME DOWN, traffic cameras, speed alarm 5 mph over the limit, it even shows the speed limit on various roads,, & shoes where it. was 55mph then 65mph, traffic avoidance.
Cheers from NJ ,USA
It was a surprise how many cars had broken down! I had thought London would have been easiest for people to make 🤣 Hope you had a lovely holiday 😀
Nice video, fun to see the travling on road, and the nice smal patway you walk.
Glad you liked it Tom😀
Love your UK tour videos
Interesting stuff Excellent veiws
So thank you lovely lady 😀
Glad to hear you’re enjoying them 😀
When i visited London on my way to Ireland, i remember driving on the highways there and yes they were a treat... but if you have driven in New York, Chicago, or even the Cayman lsland like i have then that will prepare you quite well. And i know they may have called that a roundabout but that was not a roundabout. That was more like a Traffic Engineers nightmare. And i do love all the stone buildings and wild walking paths. And the country side was just splendid to behold...the squirrels were cool too. We have a few areas around the City here where the squirrels are so use to human interaction they will take peanuts from a out stretched hand...thanks for sharing...Vic
The motorways and roundabouts are different to in NZ. So America would be an interesting experience!
Enjoy your travels and stay safe Karen. God Bless Brave Lady. :)
Thank you Fiona!
Hi Karen
I stumbled across your site and now I'm hooked! Having just bought a small bailey phoenix 420, I'm taking on board a lot of your advice, always look forwards to your videos, superb!!
Oh welcome! And enjoy your new caravan 😀 Glad the videos are helping.
Those camp grounds looked amazing. I’ve really enjoyed following your adventure. Thanks for sharing.
I think I’ve been lucky with my campground picks 😀
Hi. I'm a fairly new subscriber. I love your videos and actually find them really relaxing. Hope your enjoying traveling around the UK.
Being relatively new to caravaning myself, I find your channel and vlogs really useful. Keep it up and stay in the UK. Kind Stephen
Hi Stephen, really great to hear you’re enjoying the videos and found them helpful. I’ve headed back to NZ but hopefully visit again soon! Plus plenty more UK videos to come 😀
Nice video and helpful too, as currently in the new forest on holiday and was about to research a walking app, when you suggested one, “all trails”. Looks a good one so have downloaded it, hope you enjoy the rest of your stay and thank you 👍
Ah nice! Hope it’s helpful for your trip 😀
Another awesome video
Glad you liked it James 😀
Ah Hampton Court - has a lovely day there. We stayed at the CAMC Crystal Palace site. We had to drive through London - not easy and we did get lost but the sat nav saved the day for us too! X
I was wondering what that drive was like! Glad you enjoyed 😀
I loye your vlogs, you're very adventurous , and brave driving on the M 25 !
Thank you Lynda!
A bit of background for you, which might explain something about the English.
That row of pretty little cottages (2'30") are called Arlington Row and were one of the inspirations of the Arts and Crafts movement, particularly William Morris. Subsequently the forms, proportions and motifs found in that little strip of farmers houses were the basis for many of the council built public housing terraces and semi-detached houses in the Garden City concepts of the 1920's to 1950's. Those same forms were exported around the Anglosphere world, so you've literally hit one of the touchstones for British architecture.
So that tiny patch of 14th century wool worker cottages are the basis for millions of houses around the world. When someone asks you why British houses are so tiny and un-modern you can blame Arlington Row, William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement.
That’s interesting! I was wondering why those houses were being targeted when there were other equally pretty houses around.
Karen, you are looking goooood. Traveling in foreign climes suits you well.
As you know , I'm English . I've never heard of Bibury . Congrats on finding it, navigating it , & enjoying it
You have Big balls Madame . Used to driving lefties and driving a righty. I once took an ex to K-on -T for an excellent weekend ina hotel room that I recall had a bathroom the biggest I've ever seen . Great episode :)
Englishman inFrance many years ago, on a trip, in SCOTLAND, I saw a really great BMW 6 SERIES RHD, MANUAL TRANNY, I brought it back to USA , had it for. It was stolen wrecked & burned, but insurance would not replace the RHD + it was not a model sold here either. I learned to drive RHD IN A CROWN COLONY , so drove one on vacation, but LHD, in 2 weeks, zCheers from NJ, USA
Bibury was so cute!
Sorry Leighton to hear about the car being destroyed.
Enjoying your videos. BTW. In the UK, Restricted Byways are public footpaths with additional access rights for horses, cyclists etc (but not motorised vehicles)
As opposed to BOATs !
Oh good! So it was ok to walk?
@@TravellingK Yep.
@@TravellingK Not sure of the details but likely ok to walk or ride a horse but no vehicles.
@@TravellingK Absolutely fine
Hi Karen, I’ve just started watching your videos, some of the scenery in your part of the world is beautiful. Anyway take care and enjoy. Thank you for the videos 👍😎🇬🇧.
Welcome Wayne! I’ve been enjoying the UK trip so much 😀
Thanks Karen for another great vidéo 😉.
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
We have used each of these CL's and walked the very same paths you did I recognised the multi point footpath sign too !
Hehe really! That’s awesome
Such a Kiwi thing to do, go off the beaten track to go 'sploring. Although that first one, I wouldn't have wandered down there. I'm pretty game too, but it has to not be too isolated so go you. I loved travelling around England by car. B roads whenever we could. Love the history and countryside. And castles!
Ha, glad it’s a kiwi thing. I’ll agree - love the history and countryside!
Enjoyed your video. Thanks.
My excitement at seeing my first UK squirrel = our visitors seeing their first kangaroo from the car!
Haha so true! Although I get excited seeing Kangaroos too
I have driven trucks in London. Hated it but survived. I have driven coaches in London. Hated it but survived. Towing a caravan through London..... on your bike. City dwellers simply don’t understand the concept. I’d just end up collecting heaps of numpty cyclists on the A frame. Hope you enjoyed the Cotswolds. Bourton on th water is my fave Cotswold spot.
Nicely put 🤣 Collecting cyclists. Wish I’d had more time to explore the Cotswolds
It used to be caravans holding up the traffic, now it's numpty cyclists holding up caravans !!. City Dwellers Different world..
Pleased you enjoyed the CL’s. We only use these as we do not like large caravan sites. 😊
I’m a huge fan of them 😀😀
Hats off to your chutzpah K; early in your trip you had a baptism of fire in The Lakes that has, sadly but predictably, coloured your driving experience since. I can but admire you taking on our roads with such a bug "rig", something I've never done. BTW: Typical knight of the road at 07:08 (not!).
Can you tell I got nervous towing for a while after the Lake District?? But I did start to feel more comfortable with time.
@@TravellingK I'm going to be honest and answer your question with a "yes". However, you've done admirably well since that Lake District experience and your growing confidence is obvious. I'm in awe of what you took on for your trip here and so have nothing but admiration for the way you stared it down! My concern was that you'd conflate a bad towing experience with a bad visit to our country, but your posts have shown that this isn't the case... by an historic country mile :-).
Great video Karen. It's been a few years but I recognised your bit from the M40 on to the M25 near Heathrow. It's always pot luck if the M25 is going to be moving or standing still when you join it!
Haha nice! I do get stuck on the M25 in the future video...
another great video K! I've really enjoyed following your UK adventure. we went to look at some caravans this weekend but struggling to narrow it down, front runners are swift sprite or bailey phoenix. its going to be a hard decision.
Oh exciting!! Let me know which one you end up picking 😀
Wish it was that fast on the M25. Hope you are enjoying your continued UK travels.
🤣🤣 The quick way to travel
Thanks for the tip about the Alltrails app. I have downloaded it to my Iphone and I am sure it will prove to be very useful as I like exploring walking trails. I have never been to Bibury but I've heard it is very touristy.
It’s been helpful on this trip 😀 And I see it works in NZ too!
Great video
That was good driving in a congested road👍
Thank you 😀
Hi Karen, interesting video. UK country scenery is absolutely awesome. So much greenery there. Did you catch a ride on a double deck bus to London? All the very best. Robert.
Yes, I did take the double decker bus a few times 😀
i will never complain about NZ roads and tracks ever again !😂👍
🤣🤣me neither!
Really nice vlog safe travels
Another great video vlog Karen...Use to live in Kingston Upon Thames, Good to see it again :-) You should come to Scotland :-)
Kington is a nice area 😀 And I’d love to visit Scotland again!
When I was in London I was reminded many times to 'Mind the Gap.' I wasn't even driving.
Jim Duce mind the gap, here means, watch your step boarding/ exiting certain trains, & NYC subways , you have. No idea how many people get a leg caught, unfortunately, it’s about 100/1 women/men
Cheers from NJ USA
Ahhh ‘mind the gap’ 🇬🇧
Another very interesting video.
Nice video. Well done .
Like Bibury, don't like the crowds, so go out of peak season. Check out the village, and the fish farms. Hate to sound pedantic, dispute how it'd spelt, it's "By-bury". Didn't used to mind driving in London, but now it's not just busy, it's actually aggressive. Still, safe travels and I guess you'll be back in my neck of the woods when you return the van; you are going to give it back, aren't you?
Off peak season sounds the way to go. Oh, good to know how it’s properly pronounced!
We have had a few days out in London but ALWAYS left the car at home & took the train, far easier & less stressful 😂
Once I arrived at the London campground, I only used the car once to get fuel 🤣
Your in Surrey on the edge of outer London, and very close to some amazing countryside :-) scoot around through Esher toward Dorking and Box hill or newlands corner for some amazing views of london etc :-))
Ah ok! Would have been good to see the amazing views.
Zditto to Brian's comment... I'd never drive around London just in a car, never mind with a van ... Hat of to you ...brave xx
I don’t think I’d feel confident towing any closer to Central London!
If you're in Norfolk you must try The Secret Garden on the outskirts of Wisbech - they have a micro-brewery and home-made sausages and fresh eggs on site - its also a lovely place and the people who run it are great (it's really good value too).
Wish I’d had the time to make it there!
You gotta love the path less traveled !!
Always enjoyable exploring them 😀
Good content fwiw, imo. As far as I would happily want to go near to London City itself towing a caravan for pleasure. After a while you get used to "commanding" the road with a larger rig but pleasure v work:). The history is nice there with public rights of way sometimes dating back to Saxon times in a soft Constable scenery and Pubs that have seen people falling off barstools since long before Captain Cook:)
Another interesting insight K, thank you! I am another of the ‘hate London with a passion brigade’ I’m afraid and it just seems to get worse, busier, frantic even. So we try to stay well clear of the big stuff and also stick to CL’s or Tranquil sites (adults only mostly). Cheers, Rog... 😉 😎 🐍
Glad you enjoyed! I think I have fond memories of London from previously living there, but driving - sheesh!
Watching that, having driven in Germany ,Spain, Japan , the Middle East and all over the US. I say that the traffic there looks like a lot of traffic in the bigger US cities. We in the US do have the perchance for making ridiculously large highway interchanges. The super highway near me was 4 lanes (2 a side) when I moved in. Its a 1/4 mile from me. Over the years its grown to 6 lanes and the interchange near me is about 12 lanes wide. I can hear it loud and clear now.
12 lanes?! Geeee that’s hard to imagine!
Christopher Rasmussen hello, there is a 6 lane INTERSTATE 1/2 MILE AS THE CROW FLIES, BUT OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT OR A POWER FAILURE , YOU CAN HEAR IT, NOW YEARS AGO, I WAS ION MY ROOF PUTTING UP AN ANTENNA ( aerial ) & could not see it, but when you hear tyres , unbalanced @ 65 mph that’s NOISE, Cheers from NJ,,USA
@@flybyairplane3528 NJ, my home state! I know exactly what you talk about. 20 years back it was 4 lanes . We could leave our windows open. Now its loud. Windows shut all the time and we miss the fresh air. Progress I guess.
Walking on a restricted byway is absolutely fine! They are just like other byways, but with restrictions i.e. no motor vehicles.
Whew, glad it was ok 😀
Another important thing is to plan your journey so as to be travelling in an anti clockwise direction. E.G. TAKING AS MANY LEFT TURNS AS POSSABLE.
Nice tip!!
I get anxiety just watching you do that drive!
Speeding up the video probably didn’t help 🤣
Another great video Karen, M25? Ive found it hard work in my car, nice one.
I’d been warned about the M25!
Gotta tell ya miss k .. them traffic lights at roundaboots are super special ...😁pip pips and carryon
Just a little different 🤣
You drove about half a mile past my house!!! I live where Dan lives. Btw ive never seen a red squirrel either
Really! Crazy close. A shame the red squirrels are disappearing like that.
Hi Karen, great video, honestly you are so inspiring driving around UK with a caravan.....looks like you are really enjoying it though....can I just ask you what you use to record your videos when you are walking about - many thanks and best wishes Catherine :)
I use a Sony A6000 but find it’s not great with stabilisation for too much walking!
Travelling K thanks 🙏 Karen
I thought you were coming to UK for just 3 months. So are you planning to stay longer?
I’ve just got home 😀 But filmed so much the UK videos will be out for a while!
It says "restricted byway". That just means that motorised vehicles are no longer allowed. You are fine walking it, or cycling it, or riding a horse down it.
Oh, good to know!!
i live in the UK and i would never even dream of towing in central London .
@Brian;K is always damn the torpedoes.
Brian Clarke she went nowhere near central London...
Spencer Wilton an hours walk from Kingston she was close enough
Spencer Wilton
She went to Surrey lol 😂😂😂. Anywhere within the M25 is London to some people 😂😂😂
I wasn’t aware central London was in Surrey ?
Salem je suis un algérien votre camping 🏕️🏕️❤️ très jolie vlog net vous êtes vraiment very Nice bonne chance enchallah
Bibury looked a very quaint little village despite all the visitors. I wouldnt even attempt to drive too close to London never mind trying to tow a caravan lol
Such a cute town - I can see why it’s so popular!
Great video :)
Glad you enjoyed this one!
Love your travels, just to let you know your driving on the wrong side of the road and the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car! A fan from across the pond
🤣 And I experience right hand side driving soon too!
if the Restricted access sign you mentioned was that restricted byway sign it just means you can't drive a vehicle down it but you used to be aloud to (probably in a tractor or proper off-road 4x4). Basically just to warn people with really old maps
Ahh that's good to know!
nice goin m8!
come to the lizard, cornwall
Is the lizard an area?
Walton on Thames is a nice area
A good base 😀
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Just a quick question, how come your navigation software gives distances in imperial units, instead of metric?
Maybe setup for UK driving?
I've taken a trailer through Los Angeles twice. Never again. I'd rather take a 100 mile detour. Greater London? Not a chance in... I applaud your nerve, Karen.
Oh I imagine Los Angeles would be challenging!!
I bet you can't wait to get back to NZ.
Just got back and it’s been nice 😀
Not a lot of red squirels in england if any,lots in Scotland.
James Mackay And they are mostly BLACK in CANADA, , Cheers from NJ USA
Oh, glad they’re still in Scotland!
Travelling K There are red squirrels on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour in Dorset, on Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, good places to spot them are Ventnor Botanical Gardens and Osbourne House, which was Queen Victoria’s holiday home, the Lake District, Cumbria and Northumberland.
The grey squirrels carried a pox which infected the reds, plus they compete for the same food and habitat and the reds being smaller, tend to loose out. The islands of Brownsea, Anglesey and the Isle of Wight are free from greys, so the reds can thrive. I like them both, but having been lucky enough to have red squirrels come and sit beside me on the Isle of Wight, the reds are very special to me! I’m really enjoying your videos, I’m working my way through your NZ ones too!
Get off the beaten track? Come to the Rockies.
In the US?
Don't by-pass the Avebury stones on your tour. That is not far away (36 miles) from where you are now and once you see those stones, it will stay in your mind forever.
Sorry! 36miles south of Bibury.
Ah if I had more time there... sounds epic!
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Wow! All those little cars whizzing around you. Nobody drives "pick em up" trucks in the UK? That would be another big difference to towing a camper in North America.
Is a pick em up truck a Ute? I only noticed a couple at the campgrounds. More common in NZ!
@@TravellingK Yes, a UTE is like a small pickup truck. However, a lot of the large campers here are "fifth wheels" and require a larger truck and a massive hitch bolted down to the middle of the truck bed. Those fifth wheel campers are HUGE, and the trucks that you need to haul them are big monsters, compared to a UTE. You really should come see them for yourself.
10:10 *1460 Way before New Zealand Invented !*
So much history in the UK
Alberta..Jasper, Banff!
A restricted byway is still a right of way, but with restrictions (ie no motor vehicles).
Yeah, walking on them is fine.
Oh good - glad I was allowed to walk there 😀
yep new zealand is better to live in the traffic is tiny do not go m25 in peck hours it like race track
@d0rraj no just little race track i drive ever road in new zealand over 5 years so i no how the uk is so shit to drive in for you even the river road from Whanganui its easy there two many people in the uk for the space
I experienced M25 again and travel was at a crawl the whole time 🤣
What on earth is the deal with that bizarre roundabout?
Haha there were a few strange things about it!!
I saw on another video that you are allowed to walk on private land in the uk as long as you close gates behind you
Oh I’ll have a look!
I’m a lorry driver and I hate London with a passion. People there are so selfish.
Not many vehicles that ive been while in London even cycled across it which wasn't as bad as driving in it even done it on L plates now that was scary
Don’t think I could have handled driving closer...
the UK has an interesting RIGHT TO TRAVEL' ' LAW. LOOK IT UP.....
Ah nice!
be careful karen! wondering the english country side is not a safe as it used to be,.there are alot of dodgy caricatures about these days be safe.
Ah that’s a shame to hear!
It is NOT Bibury ? It is pronounced Bi - bury = I know I was born there. Enjoy
Hehe I’m not surprised I pronounced it wrong 🤣
So stressed and dangerous the aggressive traffic. Horror. And all the mindless egotistic behavior. So off-putting. Such a bad traffic culture. Is it only in the big cities or is it all over the nation ?
Overall I’ve been impressed with how patient people have been when the caravan slowed them down.
you get accustomed to flocks of tourist, like birds , only not as intelligent............., but most dont shit on your roof. .
Great video