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This beach looks nice enough but further down in Devon and Cornwall there are some truly stunning beaches, some of them could be mistaken for a Greek island with their turquoise clear waters ☺️
In the UK, we'd use the word "sea" to describe the view around our coast, because of the Irish Sea, the North Sea and the English Channel. We wouldn't call these waters an "ocean". But you might use the word "ocean" in SW England and the N and W coast of Scotland when looking out towards the Atlantic. But we'd also use the word "sea" here as well. You'd defo use the word "ocean" on the west coast of Ireland too!
If you don't mind another 30 minutes on your drive, go to Corfe Castle, have a look around the ruined castle and learn a bit of it's history. There is a model village in Corfe if that might interest you. Then you can take the steam train to Swanage, arriving just as a Victorian would have. A short walk through the small town takes you to the beach. It's a lot smaller than Bournemouth, but has a lot of traditional things there. You could lunch on the beach with fish and chips again, then return by steam train to Corfe Castle for dinner in one of the excellent pubs there. It's a great day out!
p.s. - about seas and Oceans.... If you are in Cornwall and south Wales you will be facing the Atlantic *Ocean*. Further up the west coast will be the Irish *Sea* and back up to North Atlantic Ocean in Scotland. At the very north of Scotland you will be facing the Norwegian Sea - and along the east coast (including London) it would be the North *Sea* you would be looking out over. Fun fact for you - the UK has almost 8,000miles of coastline - about six times larger than Florida. The beaches cover rocky, pebbly, sandy, shingle, dunescape - all types. Some look out over mountain ranges, sometimes estuaries and wide bays, some enclosed by rivers, streams , cliffs, rock pillar and cave formations and forests..etc. Castles, lighthouses, bridges, coastal railways and other manmade structures and harbour towns and fishing villages sometimes make for interesting and varied views along the way as well.
Looks very beautiful. You should venture up North to Northumberland. Miles of beaches interspersed with castles on the coast. And always so quiet - the lakes are beautiful but never sure why they are more popular than Northumberland.
Dorset has some wonderful coastal areas, you can go fossil hunting in parts which is great fun! Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove are definitely worth a visit! Hampshire has some great beaches too, Lepe beach is great and is historical as well as it was used in WWII and there are still some war ruins remaining which is super interesting (if you're interested in that kind of thing).
In Britain the water around the coastline is always generically "the sea" even though it might in places be the Atlantic Ocean. Hence coastal resorts are generically known as "the seaside".
Bournemouth is fronted by a body of water that for some is referred to as "The English Channel" (French: la Manche, "The Sleeve"; German: Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Breton: Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Cornish: Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"), also called simply the Channel, and is a narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean separating the southern coast of England from the northern coast of France. So, to the Cornish it is a sea, to almost everyone else it is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
@@RiverMersey It is not the ocean in the way the ocean behaves though much the sam as you could argue the west indies are completely surrounded by the atlantic ocean. What is important is highlighting lee side and wind side. We are a naval nation and know the channnel is not an ocean and does not behave like one.
Nice to see some footage of Bournemouth as brings back happy memories of a long weekend spent down there in the early 2000's. As per a previous post, nearby Poole and Sandbanks are worth a visit and the New Forest which is quite close to Bournemouth is beautiful.
One of my favourite beaches. I lived about 15 miles from Bournemouth when I was a teen. I loved the 'chines' - narrow steep-sided winding gullies full of pine trees that wind inland for hundreds of yards gradually climbing up to the plateau that most of Bournemouth is built on. And the Gardens with the stream - one big improvement since my day is the road overpass by the pier so you can walk under it from the beach to the gardens without crossing the road.
You know people living in the UK are very fortunate. No matter where you are in the UK. You're never going to be further than 70 miles at the absolute maximum. From a variety of different beaches and the sea.
I haven't been to Bournemouth for a few years and it was interesting to see how it has changed. The beach is wonderful but it never used to have all those sideshows and activities. I spotted the Isle of Wight to the east in at least one of your shots, also good views across to Studland, which is a National Trust beach.
@@allenwilliams1306 "public nudity is not against the law" Not as such, but there are plenty of offences which you could be charged with if you try going naked in public such as "causing a breach of the peace and "offending against public decency".
@@davidfaraday7963 Offending against public decency concerns displays which are lewd, obscene or disgusting, and public nudity is,objectively and legally, none of these. Causing a breach of the peace is also not relevant, since any breach of the peace would not be caused by a person simply going about their business naked, but by a person over-reacting to this.
Probably the "sandiest" beach in England is Camber Sands, Kent, lots of sand-dunes to sunbath on, it is used as a location for the comedy film Carry on Follow that Camel, because the producers did not have the budget to film in The Sahara Desert.
I’m fortunate enough to live in Bournemouth. 7 miles of Sandy beach. Good seafood, not just fish and Chips. Great entertainment at the BIC and other venues. Parking can be expensive!
Yes James! The beach at Mablethorpe is huge and the tide doesnt just go out - it buggers off . Love Maybo Skeg and Cleethorpes Not far from us in Nottingham..
@@royhardy407 I worked at the children's holiday home in Mablethorpe, in the summers of 81 & 82, so I had plenty of time to get to know that brilliant beach, especially the north end where the beach widens, & stretches out forever when the tide goes out!! 😲
@@jamespasifull3424 My sister in law used to live on Victoria Road and the house backed onto the boating lake and such a short stroll to the beach.Had some good nights in The Louth and The Eagle pubs.
Brings back memories of day trips to Bournemouth in the early 70s. Knickerbocker Glories in Fortes restaurant (decorated as if it were under the sea). Sand on the lip of the coke bottle. Go a bit further along the coast and you`ll hit Weymouth, which is very nice with its regency sea front. Used to be more genteel than Bournemouth.
I once had a holiday job at Fortes! I eventually walked out mid-shift and spent the rest of the day walking to Hengistbury Head and back to kill the time before I could go home!
@@johnwelford1580 My folk were creatures of habit. Bournemouth meant refreshments at Forte. Weymouth = Dorothys restaurant on the seafront. I understand Dorothy is still there.
Your question about saying the sea instead of the ocean is very interesting. We are surrounded by seas..the North Sea, the Irish Sea etc. But also the Atlantic Ocean, which we just call the Atlantic and I don’t know anybody who calls the sea the ocean.
I suppose if you're in Florida it's obvious that the Atlantic Ocean is a huge neighbour, but you're also not so far away from the Caribbean Sea. Here in the UK we are surrounded by smaller bodies of water that have specific names: The Irish Sea, The English Channel and the North Sea* *On old maps The North Sea was often called The German Ocean. I imagine that had dropped out of use by 1939 - The Germans know the North Sea as the "Nord See"
Britain is a big island with a huge amount of beaches. It is mainly surrounded by sea, (North Sea, Irish Sea, The Channel) rather than Ocean. Now it is warm to hot for the next few weeks so there is no need to have a couple of hours beach experience. You can go coastal and holiday.
live in Bournemouth, just got back from a similar walk but going east from the pier to where we live at Southbourne rather than west, a bit colder and wetter today.
It was good to see you were well wrapped up for the occasion - it was hardly Baywatch, was it? However, had the weather been noticeably warmer, you may well have struggled to get on the beach because it would have been absolutely rammed. And the English Channel, the North Sea and the Irish Sea are technically all part of the Atlantic Ocean.
You walked a long way, starting off by Bournemouth Pier, going to sandbanks (the sandiest beach) with very expensive houses (each in the millions) and back. The UK has A LOT of great beaches, devon and cornwall, hampshire, kent, wales, scotland etc.
I'll give you a tip, next time you go to the beach, go to mudeford quay, 5 miles from Bournemouth, get the ferry across to the spit of land, on the island (spit), you will find restaurants (bistro), showers, beach huts costing 100s of thousands of pounds, you walk through the beach huts to the other side of the spot, you will find a stunning mainly empty beach, white sand clear water, you will love it, when you get the ferry back to the quay, there is a nic pub waiting for you, and a fish 'n' chip restaurant
Looks nice, live near the sea in Norfolk, a good few holiday makers about. We have seas round Britain, North Sea, Irish Sea and the English Channel. The Atlantic is the other side of Ireland.
The Atlantic also surrounds the very North-West and North of Scotland. We also have the Celtic Sea, just before the mouth of the English Channel, between the South of Ireland, the very South-West of both Wales and England, and the very North-West of France.
It's simple most of the USA is surrounded by the ocean. Most of the UK is surrounded by sea. You have to go past Ireland for the Atlantic officially (mostly, as sone bits do hit the UK, but mostly it the sea)
Lived in Bournemouth for decades and it is a great place...not quite as good as it used to be, but the beach and sea front are still fantastic. Bournemouth is a great base to stay and explore Dorset and the New Forest.....you should plan a week or two there and as well as seeing a bit more around Bournemouth, take in the Isle of Wight, look around beautiful Dorset and the lovely New Forest.
I lived and worked in central Bournemouth forty years ago, and it was getting a bit run down then. There have been a lot of changes, but the Undercliff Drive is a lot more commercialised and I'm not sure that counts as an improvement.
Nice to see someone enjoying my old home town and the lovely beach. I’ll echo what has been said elsewhere about exploring Dorset. There are some real treasures in that county
I'm sure you've been to Brighton but if your viewers and subscribers haven't yet, that would definitely be a fun trip. I only found your channel yesterday, so I don't know if you've already been.
All my childhood holidays were in Bournemouth (until my dad died). Lots of fond memories of the town and surrounding places of interest. It was always hot and sunny back then, of course.
Remember going to Bournemouth in 1978 as a 11 year old kid.long way down from chesterfield.loved it then changed a lot.it’s Peebles beaches not rock beaches.yes it is called the sea.North Sea, Irish Sea & English Chanel.i do love you shows good to learn the differences between counties also north v south here aswell
Loved this. Having not been to Bournemouth beach before was great to see it through the epic GGL lens! As a native to the SW I’m biased of course but there are some beautiful spots on the peninsular as well. Hard to pick but 2 of my faves would be Brixham in South Devon and Tintagel on the North Cornwall coast. 🏝☀️🏖🐚
Great videos. I'm smiling, as you got your fish and chips from a van, but then ate them outside Harry Ramsden's, arguably the best fish n chip shop chain in the UK..... I hope they were good.
Undoubtedly there will be a lot of different views as to the “best” beach to visit, there are of course many stunning beaches in the U.K. and a lot comes down to how accessible they are for an individual. One beach I would recommend for miles of golden sand and slightly off the beaten track is Holkham in Norfolk.
The sea is by the seaside, except in the few spots around the British Isles where it's the Atlantic Ocean 😉 although some Brits would unknowingly still refer to it as the sea, through habit. If the weather is good in the UK you can have a great holiday that easily matches or exceeds your expectations. Between the end of May and end of July is probably the best time to visit but you can fall lucky in August and September.
I have an alternative to sea and ocean. I'm from Poole just next to Bournemouth. When he was a wee boy my cousin and his family came here on holiday. He's from Wigan. Never seen the sea before. He called it the big puddle. So do we all now! X
I've been to Bournemouth beach on a hot sunny day and just had the space of a postage stamp, as it was jammed packed. The sun comes out and us Brits head for Bournemouth, Brighton or any sea-side resort.
Bournemouth is one of the busiest UK seaside resorts along with Brighton, Blackpool and some others. You should really go to some other the more isolated beaches like ones in Cornwall, West Wales or East Anglia. The reason I suggest that is because they are just open, empty stretches of sand with no resort type buildings buit nearby. They are worth checking out for their sheer beauty, even in winter they are spectacular, though wrap up warm.
Bournemouth is fronted by a body of water that for some is referred to as "The English Channel" (French: la Manche, "The Sleeve"; German: Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Breton: Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Cornish: Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"), also called simply the Channel, and is a narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean separating the southern coast of England from the northern coast of France. So, to the Cornish it is a sea, to almost everyone else it is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
We love Bournemouth, it’s a lovely seaside town. Come over to wales for when more stunning beaches!! Fish n chips on the beach! Can’t beat it. Cheers 🍻
It's lovely but it's not anywhere near as pretty as the sandy beaches of Cornwall and North Devon, where the sea is incredibly blue. Google Watermouth Cove, Woolacombe Bay, Newquay, Croyde Bay, Putsborough, Saunton Sands, Mortehoe etc. These are extremely popular surfing beaches with huge stretches of sand, and they're much more rural, in beautiful lush green countryside and rolling hills (not dissimilar to northern Spain), so you haven't got a huge town/city scape as a backdrop. They attract a completely different kind of demographic and you usually see rows upon rows of brightly painted camper vans parked along the winding lanes by the seafront.
When I was a child we used to go to Saunton sands (grew up in a farming area 10 miles from Okehampton). We would get changed at the Braunton Burrows sand dunes and then walk back to Saunton Sands. Had a great time there.
the whole of the east coast of England and Scotland is bordered by the North sea, the south of England by the Channel, The north coasts of Devon and Cornwall and south Wales face the Celtic sea, North Wales, western England, southwest Scotland and Northern Ireland border the Irish Sea. Only the Western Isles and the far north of Scotland are actually washed by the Atlantic Ocean. So The Sea would be the correct description. Of course, by common usage everybody says they are going to the seaside.
@@AMayT1992 ynslas is beach dune spacial heaven....i agree..marram grass and chips.. And I saw my best sunset ever in borth during a past early July...
Golden sand is nice and beautiful but on a windy day like that. I will stick to our pebbles thanks. With the added bonus of watching tourists trying to walk bare foot on them(trick is to walk normally and not flinch as it exposes the less bony part of the foot and it will then hurt).
I prefer a pebble beach, I don't like the sand sticking to me. Ideal is pebbles on the beach, but sand once I am in the sea, as it more stable to stand on.
The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers over 70 percent of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, as well as certain large, entirely landlocked, saltwater lakes, such as the Caspian Sea. As specified by Wikipedia. Also sea level is said to denote water level in general.
Try the Lincolnshire coast next... Skegness, or further north to Filey, Bridlington... Did you walk along the prom? Because the seafront is the prom in the UK. A sea is smaller than an ocean, to the south by the English Channel, which separates it from continental Europe. to the east by the North Sea. to the west by the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
@@Gill3D I'm a Yorkshire man and I've enjoyed Skegness as a child, Ingoldmills and Chapel St. Leonards as the traffic got too much... It's a beautiful place to visit... But a secret?
An Ocean is a large body of open water. A sea is a small body of open water where an ocean and land meet. In this case, the Atlantic Ocean meeting the lands of the UK, Ireland and North-West Europe. Consequently, most seas are found between and partially enclosed by land. The UK has 4 seas. The Irish Sea is between the UK and Ireland. The North Sea is between the UK and the North West of continental Europe. The English Channel is between the UK and France. And the Celtic Sea is between the UK, Ireland and France.
The north sea has only been called that since WWI before that it was the German ocean, and before that, the Northern Ocean. the English channel used to be called the south sea, and the Cornish call it Mor Bretannek which translates as British sea
If you went about 20 miles south then headed West south West you would end up in Florida after a couple of miles. I was surprised that the seagulls were not after your chips, they are a pain at times.
I had never been to Bournemouth but we went two weeks ago. Unfortunately it was very windy and then the rain came. Lots of things were closed too. So I can’t really say that I have experienced Bournemouth and not likely to for some time as it is 6 hours away. Weymouth just along the coast was nice though and was dry that day and Swanage.
Great video. As to calling it ‘an ocean’ or ‘the sea’. It’s interchangeable if that body of water is actually part of an ocean. Such as Atlantic or Pacific Oceans for example. Where you were looking out to - is part of ‘The English Channel’. So you’d call that the sea. Same with North Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea etc.
I watched your trip to Bournemouth today, sorry I am a little behind hand! The sight of water and sand seemed to encourage you to recapture your youth. It is over 25 years since I was last there and much seems to have changed. It was a favourite day trip when I lived in London.
Bournemouth is lovely but the best beaches in the UK have to be Devon and Cornwall. My top two would be Bigbury on Sea (South Devon) and Woolacombe (North Devon). Bit far for a day out from the southeast but well worth a week away, or even a long weekend, if you get the chance. You will have a fit at the narrow lanes though, they make the regular country roads in the rest of the UK look like A roads!
At Bournemouth it will be the Atlantic Ocean or the English Channel. We have the Irish Sea between the west coast and Eire and the North Sea on the east coast.
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This beach looks nice enough but further down in Devon and Cornwall there are some truly stunning beaches, some of them could be mistaken for a Greek island with their turquoise clear waters ☺️
In the UK, we'd use the word "sea" to describe the view around our coast, because of the Irish Sea, the North Sea and the English Channel. We wouldn't call these waters an "ocean".
But you might use the word "ocean" in SW England and the N and W coast of Scotland when looking out towards the Atlantic. But we'd also use the word "sea" here as well. You'd defo use the word "ocean" on the west coast of Ireland too!
If you don't mind another 30 minutes on your drive, go to Corfe Castle, have a look around the ruined castle and learn a bit of it's history. There is a model village in Corfe if that might interest you.
Then you can take the steam train to Swanage, arriving just as a Victorian would have. A short walk through the small town takes you to the beach. It's a lot smaller than Bournemouth, but has a lot of traditional things there. You could lunch on the beach with fish and chips again, then return by steam train to Corfe Castle for dinner in one of the excellent pubs there. It's a great day out!
p.s. - about seas and Oceans.... If you are in Cornwall and south Wales you will be facing the Atlantic *Ocean*. Further up the west coast will be the Irish *Sea* and back up to North Atlantic Ocean in Scotland. At the very north of Scotland you will be facing the Norwegian Sea - and along the east coast (including London) it would be the North *Sea* you would be looking out over.
Fun fact for you - the UK has almost 8,000miles of coastline - about six times larger than Florida. The beaches cover rocky, pebbly, sandy, shingle, dunescape - all types. Some look out over mountain ranges, sometimes estuaries and wide bays, some enclosed by rivers, streams , cliffs, rock pillar and cave formations and forests..etc. Castles, lighthouses, bridges, coastal railways and other manmade structures and harbour towns and fishing villages sometimes make for interesting and varied views along the way as well.
Looks very beautiful. You should venture up North to Northumberland. Miles of beaches interspersed with castles on the coast. And always so quiet - the lakes are beautiful but never sure why they are more popular than Northumberland.
Bit of a trek from London, though.
@@adventussaxonum448 for a day trip yes I would agree. For a long weekend not though.
Beadnell and Bamburgh beach are my favs
You really need to go to Bamburgh if you want to experience along sandy beach with hardly anyone else there and with the back drop of Bamburgh Castle.
Dorset has some wonderful coastal areas, you can go fossil hunting in parts which is great fun! Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove are definitely worth a visit! Hampshire has some great beaches too, Lepe beach is great and is historical as well as it was used in WWII and there are still some war ruins remaining which is super interesting (if you're interested in that kind of thing).
In Britain the water around the coastline is always generically "the sea" even though it might in places be the Atlantic Ocean. Hence coastal resorts are generically known as "the seaside".
Bournemouth is fronted by a body of water that for some is referred to as "The English Channel" (French: la Manche, "The Sleeve"; German: Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Breton: Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Cornish: Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"), also called simply the Channel, and is a narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean separating the southern coast of England from the northern coast of France.
So, to the Cornish it is a sea, to almost everyone else it is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Same with Cleethorpes which is technically on the Humber Estuary.
@@RiverMersey It is not the ocean in the way the ocean behaves though much the sam as you could argue the west indies are completely surrounded by the atlantic ocean. What is important is highlighting lee side and wind side. We are a naval nation and know the channnel is not an ocean and does not behave like one.
@@RiverMersey Technicalities be damned, to most Brits, the water surrounding this scepter'd isle is "the sea"
Nice to see some footage of Bournemouth as brings back happy memories of a long weekend spent down there in the early 2000's. As per a previous post, nearby Poole and Sandbanks are worth a visit and the New Forest which is quite close to Bournemouth is beautiful.
One of my favourite beaches. I lived about 15 miles from Bournemouth when I was a teen. I loved the 'chines' - narrow steep-sided winding gullies full of pine trees that wind inland for hundreds of yards gradually climbing up to the plateau that most of Bournemouth is built on. And the Gardens with the stream - one big improvement since my day is the road overpass by the pier so you can walk under it from the beach to the gardens without crossing the road.
You know people living in the UK are very fortunate. No matter where you are in the UK. You're never going to be further than 70 miles at the absolute maximum. From a variety of different beaches and the sea.
Yeah, we love to complain and moan about the weather but some countries don't even have beaches, we're luckier than we think.
Yet some kids dont get to see it. Every year London taxi drivers take deprived London kids to the seaside in Brighton.
Just over 100 miles actually..
I haven't been to Bournemouth for a few years and it was interesting to see how it has changed. The beach is wonderful but it never used to have all those sideshows and activities. I spotted the Isle of Wight to the east in at least one of your shots, also good views across to Studland, which is a National Trust beach.
There is a well-used nudist beach at Studland. Mind you, legally, all beaches are “nude” beaches, since public nudity is not against the law.
@@allenwilliams1306 "public nudity is not against the law" Not as such, but there are plenty of offences which you could be charged with if you try going naked in public such as "causing a breach of the peace and "offending against public decency".
@@davidfaraday7963 Offending against public decency concerns displays which are lewd, obscene or disgusting, and public nudity is,objectively and legally, none of these. Causing a breach of the peace is also not relevant, since any breach of the peace would not be caused by a person simply going about their business naked, but by a person over-reacting to this.
@@allenwilliams1306 OK, just try it on a popular beach with other people around. See how long you last before you get arrested.
@@davidfaraday7963 You wouldn't be arrested since public nudity is not illegal. You might be advised to cover up though.
Probably the "sandiest" beach in England is Camber Sands, Kent, lots of sand-dunes to sunbath on, it is used as a location for the comedy film Carry on Follow that Camel, because the producers did not have the budget to film in The Sahara Desert.
My hometown
There are palm trees in Devon and Cornwall!
St. Ives is a good seaside town too.
South Devon is stunning as well !! Check out salcombe and hope cove
Loved the Harry Ramsden's in the background to your beach fish & chips!!
If it is anything like the Brighton Harry Ramsdens then I would go with the beach one too.
@@captvimes - me too!! That's why is was funny!!
They have a free airshow at Bournemouth..not sure it will happen this year...but it is usually an annual thing....Same for Eastbourne.
Bournemouth Beach has been my favourite beach ever since my mum and dad took me there as a kid. It always has a special place in my heart.
I’m fortunate enough to live in Bournemouth. 7 miles of Sandy beach. Good seafood, not just fish and Chips. Great entertainment at the BIC and other venues. Parking can be expensive!
We have mostly 'sea' Irish and North with the North Atlantic being the only 'Ocean' close to us
I live near Bournemouth, it's always nice going down on a sunny day to enjoy the beach and the gardens ^^
You should see the beaches at Mablethorpe, in Lincolnshire, & Holkham, in Norfolk!
Two of the most glorious beaches ANYWHERE!!
Yes James! The beach at Mablethorpe is huge and the tide doesnt just go out - it buggers off . Love Maybo Skeg and Cleethorpes Not far from us in Nottingham..
Shhhhh..... the Lincolnshire coast is probably England's best kept secret. Let's keep it that way!
@@royhardy407
I worked at the children's holiday home in Mablethorpe, in the summers of 81 & 82, so I had plenty of time to get to know that brilliant beach, especially the north end where the beach widens, & stretches out forever when the tide goes out!! 😲
@@jamespasifull3424 My sister in law used to live on Victoria Road and the house backed onto the boating lake and such a short stroll to the beach.Had some good nights in The Louth and The Eagle pubs.
@@royhardy407
As I was only 19 in '81, I spent most evenings in The Black Cat nightclub/disco!! 🕺
For great beaches try Newquay, Cornwall and surrounding area
Brings back memories of day trips to Bournemouth in the early 70s. Knickerbocker Glories in Fortes restaurant (decorated as if it were under the sea). Sand on the lip of the coke bottle. Go a bit further along the coast and you`ll hit Weymouth, which is very nice with its regency sea front. Used to be more genteel than Bournemouth.
I once had a holiday job at Fortes! I eventually walked out mid-shift and spent the rest of the day walking to Hengistbury Head and back to kill the time before I could go home!
@@johnwelford1580 My folk were creatures of habit. Bournemouth meant refreshments at Forte. Weymouth = Dorothys restaurant on the seafront. I understand Dorothy is still there.
Your question about saying the sea instead of the ocean is very interesting. We are surrounded by seas..the North Sea, the Irish Sea etc. But also the Atlantic Ocean, which we just call the Atlantic and I don’t know anybody who calls the sea the ocean.
I suppose if you're in Florida it's obvious that the Atlantic Ocean is a huge neighbour, but you're also not so far away from the Caribbean Sea. Here in the UK we are surrounded by smaller bodies of water that have specific names: The Irish Sea, The English Channel and the North Sea*
*On old maps The North Sea was often called The German Ocean. I imagine that had dropped out of use by 1939 - The Germans know the North Sea as the "Nord See"
Britain is a big island with a huge amount of beaches. It is mainly surrounded by sea, (North Sea, Irish Sea, The Channel) rather than Ocean. Now it is warm to hot for the next few weeks so there is no need to have a couple of hours beach experience. You can go coastal and holiday.
It has the second longest coastline in Europe after Norway
live in Bournemouth, just got back from a similar walk but going east from the pier to where we live at Southbourne rather than west, a bit colder and wetter today.
Glad you enjoyed it! This was where I grew up - but it was nothing like as commercial then (60 years ago!)
I live in Bournemouth! The only thing bad about it is the amount of tourists it now attracts.
beaches of Kernow are legendary... especially the obscure ones...thank goodness for the long distance to and from London...
Ocean and Sea are formal distinctions, informally people will just say sea when at a beach, even an Atlantic beach.
It's seawater in both the ocean and sea and that's what you see from the beach ;o)
not being prepared and coming back with sunburn... 110% british
It was good to see you were well wrapped up for the occasion - it was hardly Baywatch, was it? However, had the weather been noticeably warmer, you may well have struggled to get on the beach because it would have been absolutely rammed. And the English Channel, the North Sea and the Irish Sea are technically all part of the Atlantic Ocean.
And cold until late summer!
@@jonathanwetherell3609 you should have been in Blackpool on Sunday! It was stinking hot!🌞
Thought Bournemouth was God's Waiting Room ,Expected more Mobility Scooters with lots of mirrors and Mobility Mods .strutting their stuff .
@@maxmoore9955 That's Eastbourne.
You need to check a ten day forecast during the warmer months. IF there is a mini heatwave forecast head for Devon & Cornwall beaches
You walked a long way, starting off by Bournemouth Pier, going to sandbanks (the sandiest beach) with very expensive houses (each in the millions) and back. The UK has A LOT of great beaches, devon and cornwall, hampshire, kent, wales, scotland etc.
I'll give you a tip, next time you go to the beach, go to mudeford quay, 5 miles from Bournemouth, get the ferry across to the spit of land, on the island (spit), you will find restaurants (bistro), showers, beach huts costing 100s of thousands of pounds, you walk through the beach huts to the other side of the spot, you will find a stunning mainly empty beach, white sand clear water, you will love it, when you get the ferry back to the quay, there is a nic pub waiting for you, and a fish 'n' chip restaurant
Looks nice, live near the sea in Norfolk, a good few holiday makers about. We have seas round Britain, North Sea, Irish Sea and the English Channel. The Atlantic is the other side of Ireland.
The Atlantic also surrounds the very North-West and North of Scotland. We also have the Celtic Sea, just before the mouth of the English Channel, between the South of Ireland, the very South-West of both Wales and England, and the very North-West of France.
Youve got some cracking beaches in North Norfolk, I’m thinking somewhere like Wells Next To The Sea for example. Gorgeous
It's simple most of the USA is surrounded by the ocean. Most of the UK is surrounded by sea. You have to go past Ireland for the Atlantic officially (mostly, as sone bits do hit the UK, but mostly it the sea)
Lived in Bournemouth for decades and it is a great place...not quite as good as it used to be, but the beach and sea front are still fantastic. Bournemouth is a great base to stay and explore Dorset and the New Forest.....you should plan a week or two there and as well as seeing a bit more around Bournemouth, take in the Isle of Wight, look around beautiful Dorset and the lovely New Forest.
Glad you had a good day in Bournemouth hope you took some photos
What day did you go? I imagine it was rammed this weekend as it was sunny *and* warm
Love the calipso music, it makes even Bournemouth seem exotic.
Totally Tropical
I lived and worked in central Bournemouth forty years ago, and it was getting a bit run down then. There have been a lot of changes, but the Undercliff Drive is a lot more commercialised and I'm not sure that counts as an improvement.
Nice to see someone enjoying my old home town and the lovely beach. I’ll echo what has been said elsewhere about exploring Dorset. There are some real treasures in that county
You should try Cleethorpes beach, it's about 1/2 hour from me here in Scunthorpe and that gets packed when it's warm weather
I'm sure you've been to Brighton but if your viewers and subscribers haven't yet, that would definitely be a fun trip. I only found your channel yesterday, so I don't know if you've already been.
I last went to Bournemouth as a kid in 80s,but the roads going in actually brought back memories lol
All my childhood holidays were in Bournemouth (until my dad died). Lots of fond memories of the town and surrounding places of interest. It was always hot and sunny back then, of course.
Come to Woolacombe in north Devon! Always in Englands top 5 beaches!
Remember going to Bournemouth in 1978 as a 11 year old kid.long way down from chesterfield.loved it then changed a lot.it’s Peebles beaches not rock beaches.yes it is called the sea.North Sea, Irish Sea & English Chanel.i do love you shows good to learn the differences between counties also north v south here aswell
I went there last month. It took me about an hour and a half to make it from Reading to Bournemouth.
Check a map, very few places are on-the-ocean. East FLA & Portugal maybe with some islands. The rest are on some shelf of calmer water 'a sea'.
If you look further south to New Zealand you'll see land surrounded by oceans such as the Pacific.
I live close to Bournemouth and sandbanks soo lucky to live near a beach but this is just the top of the iceberg the purbeck coast line is spectacular
You really should also go to Sandbanks near Poole, it's so gorgeous.
And need to be a multi millionaire to buy an house there.
With a walk down Millionaires Row at the same time to see the incredible houses.
Near Poole ? It's in Poole
@@winstonchurchill5731 Soz:) From Slough, sooooo.
Fish and chips in a Town or City Is good, fish and chips by the seaside is another level, near perfection.
Even if we have to deal with the klepto gulls.
The one thing missing is ocean breakers (big waves) crashing to body surf on.
Loved this. Having not been to Bournemouth beach before was great to see it through the epic GGL lens! As a native to the SW I’m biased of course but there are some beautiful spots on the peninsular as well. Hard to pick but 2 of my faves would be Brixham in South Devon and Tintagel on the North Cornwall coast. 🏝☀️🏖🐚
When I was a kid we used to go to Bournemouth & they had lovely Chocolate & Mustard Coloured Trollybuses
Great videos. I'm smiling, as you got your fish and chips from a van, but then ate them outside Harry Ramsden's, arguably the best fish n chip shop chain in the UK..... I hope they were good.
I'm from Portsmouth and Bournemouth is easily my favourite nearby city to go to just for some time away. It's great.
Bournemouth is not a city...
I have travelled and Yes Bournemouth beach is one of the best beaches in UK with Poole, New Forest, Purbecks and Dorset surrounding.
Oh Bournemouth is great , used to travel down there from London once a month for the Beach and night life 👍
Undoubtedly there will be a lot of different views as to the “best” beach to visit, there are of course many stunning beaches in the U.K. and a lot comes down to how accessible they are for an individual. One beach I would recommend for miles of golden sand and slightly off the beaten track is Holkham in Norfolk.
The sea is by the seaside, except in the few spots around the British Isles where it's the Atlantic Ocean 😉 although some Brits would unknowingly still refer to it as the sea, through habit. If the weather is good in the UK you can have a great holiday that easily matches or exceeds your expectations. Between the end of May and end of July is probably the best time to visit but you can fall lucky in August and September.
I have an alternative to sea and ocean. I'm from Poole just next to Bournemouth. When he was a wee boy my cousin and his family came here on holiday. He's from Wigan. Never seen the sea before. He called it the big puddle. So do we all now! X
Nice to see you out and about! Looking forward to more day trip vlogs😊. Hoping to be able (allowed) to travel to England next spring!
How's the frostbite treatment progressing?
My fave place in the uk. Almost moved there 8 years ago. Did you feed the squirrels in the park? They are very friendly
Now have a look at Porthcurno 😁
My favourite beach
If only you'd waited one more day, the temperature in Bournemouth over the last couple of days has been 75F - perfect
I've been to Bournemouth beach on a hot sunny day and just had the space of a postage stamp, as it was jammed packed. The sun comes out and us Brits head for Bournemouth, Brighton or any sea-side resort.
Lol you're like a big kid at the seaside!! Poor hubby! 😆
Btw beach + fish and chips = sandy food! 😮
I live here, have a drink at the Oceanarium cafe and watch the world go by, nothing better on a sunny day
Bournemouth is one of the busiest UK seaside resorts along with Brighton, Blackpool and some others. You should really go to some other the more isolated beaches like ones in Cornwall, West Wales or East Anglia. The reason I suggest that is because they are just open, empty stretches of sand with no resort type buildings buit nearby. They are worth checking out for their sheer beauty, even in winter they are spectacular, though wrap up warm.
Pembrokeshire has some stunning beaches, less people than Cornwall, but definetly as good as .
Bournemouth is fronted by a body of water that for some is referred to as "The English Channel" (French: la Manche, "The Sleeve"; German: Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Breton: Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Cornish: Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"), also called simply the Channel, and is a narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean separating the southern coast of England from the northern coast of France.
So, to the Cornish it is a sea, to almost everyone else it is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
We love Bournemouth, it’s a lovely seaside town. Come over to wales for when more stunning beaches!! Fish n chips on the beach! Can’t beat it. Cheers 🍻
It's lovely but it's not anywhere near as pretty as the sandy beaches of Cornwall and North Devon, where the sea is incredibly blue. Google Watermouth Cove, Woolacombe Bay, Newquay, Croyde Bay, Putsborough, Saunton Sands, Mortehoe etc. These are extremely popular surfing beaches with huge stretches of sand, and they're much more rural, in beautiful lush green countryside and rolling hills (not dissimilar to northern Spain), so you haven't got a huge town/city scape as a backdrop. They attract a completely different kind of demographic and you usually see rows upon rows of brightly painted camper vans parked along the winding lanes by the seafront.
When I was a child we used to go to Saunton sands (grew up in a farming area 10 miles from Okehampton). We would get changed at the Braunton Burrows sand dunes and then walk back to Saunton Sands.
Had a great time there.
the whole of the east coast of England and Scotland is bordered by the North sea, the south of England by the Channel, The north coasts of Devon and Cornwall and south Wales face the Celtic sea, North Wales, western England, southwest Scotland and Northern Ireland border the Irish Sea. Only the Western Isles and the far north of Scotland are actually washed by the Atlantic Ocean. So The Sea would be the correct description. Of course, by common usage everybody says they are going to the seaside.
Go to Seaton or Aberystwyth if you like boulders....or shingle street in Suffolk....thats a pretty cobbled shore...
If anywhere near Aberystwyth head to Borth and Ynyslas, Ynyslas is my absolute favourite beach!
@@AMayT1992 ynslas is beach dune spacial heaven....i agree..marram grass and chips..
And I saw my best sunset ever in borth during a past early July...
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Try Devon and Cornwall beaches, they are beautiful. I live in Plymouth so get to visit them regularly. Lucky us.☀️☀️☀️
Golden sand is nice and beautiful but on a windy day like that. I will stick to our pebbles thanks. With the added bonus of watching tourists trying to walk bare foot on them(trick is to walk normally and not flinch as it exposes the less bony part of the foot and it will then hurt).
Very nicely done, i loved this one.
I prefer a pebble beach, I don't like the sand sticking to me. Ideal is pebbles on the beach, but sand once I am in the sea, as it more stable to stand on.
The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers over 70 percent of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, as well as certain large, entirely landlocked, saltwater lakes, such as the Caspian Sea. As specified by Wikipedia. Also sea level is said to denote water level in general.
Try the Lincolnshire coast next... Skegness, or further north to Filey, Bridlington...
Did you walk along the prom? Because the seafront is the prom in the UK.
A sea is smaller than an ocean, to the south by the English Channel, which separates it from continental Europe. to the east by the North Sea. to the west by the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
Although technically Filey and Brid are in Yorkshire. And they're very protective of their county. Just sayin'.
Surprised Dave didn't mention it 😂
For goodness sake, keep quiet about the Lincolnshire beaches. They're just for locals and East Midlanders.
@@Gill3D I'm a Yorkshire man and I've enjoyed Skegness as a child, Ingoldmills and Chapel St. Leonards as the traffic got too much... It's a beautiful place to visit... But a secret?
@@daveofyorkshire301 It was ... don't gob off about it!
@@Gill3D What's your problem, I'm sure those with a business there want visitors...
I live just 15 mins away. The beach is always nice. When it's hot there isn't a free spot.
An Ocean is a large body of open water. A sea is a small body of open water where an ocean and land meet. In this case, the Atlantic Ocean meeting the lands of the UK, Ireland and North-West Europe. Consequently, most seas are found between and partially enclosed by land. The UK has 4 seas. The Irish Sea is between the UK and Ireland. The North Sea is between the UK and the North West of continental Europe. The English Channel is between the UK and France. And the Celtic Sea is between the UK, Ireland and France.
The north sea has only been called that since WWI before that it was the German ocean, and before that, the Northern Ocean. the English channel used to be called the south sea, and the Cornish call it Mor Bretannek which translates as British sea
If you went about 20 miles south then headed West south West you would end up in Florida after a couple of miles.
I was surprised that the seagulls were not after your chips, they are a pain at times.
I live in Bournemouth! It is pretty nice but was nicer, the council has let the town centre down!
Try SANDBANKS, just further down from Bournemouth. Its a bit like the Florida Keys! Also try Botany Bay and Camber Sands in Kent next time.
I had never been to Bournemouth but we went two weeks ago.
Unfortunately it was very windy and then the rain came. Lots of things were closed too.
So I can’t really say that I have experienced Bournemouth and not likely to for some time as it is 6 hours away.
Weymouth just along the coast was nice though and was dry that day and Swanage.
Only sandy beaches up here in Yorkshire :)
Wot no wind farms?
Hopefully my husband and I will be there next summer. We're thinking of relocating from the U.S
Great video. As to calling it ‘an ocean’ or ‘the sea’. It’s interchangeable if that body of water is actually part of an ocean. Such as Atlantic or Pacific Oceans for example. Where you were looking out to - is part of ‘The English Channel’. So you’d call that the sea. Same with North Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea etc.
Great to see GGL on the road. Would love to see more like this.
I watched your trip to Bournemouth today, sorry I am a little behind hand! The sight of water and sand seemed to encourage you to recapture your youth. It is over 25 years since I was last there and much seems to have changed. It was a favourite day trip when I lived in London.
Bournemouth is lovely but the best beaches in the UK have to be Devon and Cornwall. My top two would be Bigbury on Sea (South Devon) and Woolacombe (North Devon). Bit far for a day out from the southeast but well worth a week away, or even a long weekend, if you get the chance. You will have a fit at the narrow lanes though, they make the regular country roads in the rest of the UK look like A roads!
At Bournemouth it will be the Atlantic Ocean or the English Channel. We have the Irish Sea between the west coast and Eire and the North Sea on the east coast.
@John its the English Channel
@@Danno1983 It is also an arm of the Atlantic Ocean but we would most often call it the English Channel.
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