It's on its way later. I'm a little disappointed in it actually; my device ran out of battery so I switched to an old iphone, but the audio didn't work out, and so on, but I did get to enjoy pancakes!
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Oh I'm sorry to hear that re battery running out. Do you carry a portable battery charger and cable on your walks at all? Of course I realise this all adds to the weight of items you have to carry around.
Hello Angela Yes we did stay at the art'otel which is beside the station. It was awesome. I will send you a couple of pics. It sure would be nice to able to walk along the river. Do you get to use your Russian much and did Mi6 try to recruit you? Did you do a video of the front of Battersea by the river? Thanks for the great walk. Take care Chris and Sandra of Canada.
Thanks for the pictures, I'll reply to your email too, it looks amazing. My Russian is now rather replaced by Greek, although to a very low standard. No, even though I graduated in old-fashioned Russian and Soviet Studies in the 1980s, no one seemed to want to recruit me! I was lucky, most of my classmates were near Chernobyl when the reactor exploded, but I had already been in St Petersburg for 3 months so didn't go on that trip. I did the Battersea Park video last year and am just about to upload the Battersea Christmas lights video. All the best, Angela
Hello Angela and Luke Such an interesting lovely walk. Few people people and plenty to s3e and hear about.My eyesight and age will mean that I would not be able to see it for myself but l do see everything through your eyes and l am glad that you do such interesting walks.All the best and thank you both from Val😊
Ahhh, that's a lovely comment Val, I'm so glad we can bring you a slice of London life and I totally share your frustration with the challenges you face, we'll keep it in mind when we're creating walks. There are a few more videos on their way before Christmas, and, if I can master the technology, a London lights livestream. All the best, Angela
Re Luke. You've reminded me. I have a former Vancouver coworker by the name of Luke. He's very much into photography and has named his website with the rather catchy title of Luke Me Up.
Just realized I've made around 20 comments for this video, including this one. This must be a personal record. Unintentional though, it just worked out that way.
Hello there Angela. Pleasant surprise to see a new video from you. I'm still playing catch up on YT including from WW. Will watch this soon. Mum is a little under the weather and for that reason, we held off on attending the Hampton Court Festive Fayre this year. Today was the last day. In any case, the weather wasn't the greatest either. Anyhow, hope all is well with you and family and we look forward to watching this. I'm especially interested in seeing the Canadian...er I mean US embassy which I know was relocated to it's current location a few years ago. Also very interested in Battersea Power station which is on our To Do list. Maybe we'll make it there this Christmas. I heard it had around 100 Christmas trees? Is that even possible or did I misread that somewhere? Ibrahim in Canterbury
@@FalcomScott How's it going there Falcom and how are you enjoying London at Christmas? Are you aiming to cover as many of the key Christmas areas as possible this season? There just seems so much to see!
You are right about the amount of Christmas trees, they are spread out quite widely. Sorry to hear your mother is poorly - one of the many viruses perhaps? I know I've had to miss out on filming time due to colds popping up all the time. I hope she is better now. All the best, Angela
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Thank You Angela. Actually, shortly after writing that, I also got ill! We are both on the mend now and are enjoying some time at home sorting out the many things we've put on hold due to all the outings we do year round. The new year is going to be another busy one and our trip back to Vancouver is just four weeks away now.
Every time I heard you refer to Nine Elms I would immediately think of "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin". Reason being, one of his (many) excuses to his secretary for being late was "Morning Joan. 11 minutes late. Leafs on the line at Nine Elms". As the series progressed, Reggie's "late" excuses got progressively more bizzare. For example, there was also " Morning Joan. 11 minutes late. Escaped Puma. Chessington North". Towards the end, he was 17 minutes late, followed by 21 minutes late. I think I'm showing my age here and I hope you didn't mind the diversion from Nine Elms.
They draw on the area so much in those references - New Malden being another one. Funnily enough, I've lived in New Malden and Norbiton (the station he is seen to enter); I suppose the puma reference is based on Chessington Zoo as it was back then. It's a very good representation of classic British Rail excuses that seem to continue today, forget the 1970s!
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Interesting to hear the background with you on this. I did like the series a lot. But there again, "I didn't get where I am today by reminiscing back to old British comedies". Great! Super!
Taking the Thames Uber boat is very much on our own To Do list as well. I actually want to research more about it and learn more about the routes. Of course there are other Thames riverboat companies too.
The diversion you had to take along the river to get to Battersea Power Station. I'm hoping that's just temporary due to construction and that the path will all be direct once finished.
I wonder how security around the US embassy would react to seeing me taking photos wearing all my Canadian flags. Or indeed wearing my Canadian Mountie fancy dress costume! 🇨🇦🇺🇲
Regarding armed personnel around the US embassy. Back in Canada, I've crossed the border into the US maybe 400 times. Very used to being questioned by armed US border guards that I've become totally immune to them carrying guns. Of course in true Canadian fashion, our Canadian border guards aren't armed. Crossing the land border back into Canada from the USA is a much more low key experience.
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela That's reassuring to hear. There's actually a TV series that's shown here in the UK called Border Security Canada. They often show the very same border crossings I've used as well.aa Vancouver International Airport. I actually recognise some of the Canadian officers as I've encountered them myself during my own routine crossings. There is a corresponding series Border Security America and they've shown the same border crossings but at the US checkpoint. It's quite surreal seeing all this whilst in the UK and yet it's very familiar from my travels in the Pacific Northwest.
We've visited Canada House twice (the museum part) and it's nice being more accessible than defensive with a moat 😅 We were there last at the King's Coronation for a special tour of the exhibit of his life long connection with Canada. It had photos and history and one from our city even 😱 Did you know that Dundurn Castle, in Hamilton Ontario, was home to Sir Allan Napier MacNab, Canada’s pre-Confederation prime minister from 1854 to 1856 and Queen Camilla's great-great-great grandfather? They visited soon after marrying. We stood a bit straighter that day 😊 -Sandra and Chris from Canada 🌲
nice. enjoyed that walk. will try it myself one day!
It's a lovely area to explore, thank you:) Angela
Mum and I are really looking forward to your full Battersea Power Station Christmas video.
It's on its way later. I'm a little disappointed in it actually; my device ran out of battery so I switched to an old iphone, but the audio didn't work out, and so on, but I did get to enjoy pancakes!
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Oh I'm sorry to hear that re battery running out. Do you carry a portable battery charger and cable on your walks at all? Of course I realise this all adds to the weight of items you have to carry around.
Hello Angela
Yes we did stay at the art'otel which is beside the station. It was awesome. I will send you a couple of pics. It sure would be nice to able to walk along the river. Do you get to use your Russian much and did Mi6 try to recruit you? Did you do a video of the front of Battersea by the river? Thanks for the great walk. Take care Chris and Sandra of Canada.
Thanks for the pictures, I'll reply to your email too, it looks amazing. My Russian is now rather replaced by Greek, although to a very low standard. No, even though I graduated in old-fashioned Russian and Soviet Studies in the 1980s, no one seemed to want to recruit me! I was lucky, most of my classmates were near Chernobyl when the reactor exploded, but I had already been in St Petersburg for 3 months so didn't go on that trip. I did the Battersea Park video last year and am just about to upload the Battersea Christmas lights video. All the best, Angela
Hello Angela and Luke Such an interesting lovely walk. Few people people and plenty to s3e and hear about.My eyesight and age will mean that I would not be able to see it for myself but l do see everything through your eyes and l am glad that you do such interesting walks.All the best and thank you both from Val😊
Ahhh, that's a lovely comment Val, I'm so glad we can bring you a slice of London life and I totally share your frustration with the challenges you face, we'll keep it in mind when we're creating walks. There are a few more videos on their way before Christmas, and, if I can master the technology, a London lights livestream. All the best, Angela
Re Luke. You've reminded me. I have a former Vancouver coworker by the name of Luke. He's very much into photography and has named his website with the rather catchy title of Luke Me Up.
Just realized I've made around 20 comments for this video, including this one. This must be a personal record. Unintentional though, it just worked out that way.
Hello there Angela. Pleasant surprise to see a new video from you. I'm still playing catch up on YT including from WW. Will watch this soon. Mum is a little under the weather and for that reason, we held off on attending the Hampton Court Festive Fayre this year. Today was the last day. In any case, the weather wasn't the greatest either.
Anyhow, hope all is well with you and family and we look forward to watching this. I'm especially interested in seeing the Canadian...er I mean US embassy which I know was relocated to it's current location a few years ago. Also very interested in Battersea Power station which is on our To Do list. Maybe we'll make it there this Christmas. I heard it had around 100 Christmas trees? Is that even possible or did I misread that somewhere?
Ibrahim in Canterbury
@@FalcomScott How's it going there Falcom and how are you enjoying London at Christmas? Are you aiming to cover as many of the key Christmas areas as possible this season? There just seems so much to see!
You are right about the amount of Christmas trees, they are spread out quite widely. Sorry to hear your mother is poorly - one of the many viruses perhaps? I know I've had to miss out on filming time due to colds popping up all the time. I hope she is better now. All the best, Angela
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Thank You Angela. Actually, shortly after writing that, I also got ill! We are both on the mend now and are enjoying some time at home sorting out the many things we've put on hold due to all the outings we do year round. The new year is going to be another busy one and our trip back to Vancouver is just four weeks away now.
Every time I heard you refer to Nine Elms I would immediately think of "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin". Reason being, one of his (many) excuses to his secretary for being late was "Morning Joan. 11 minutes late. Leafs on the line at Nine Elms". As the series progressed, Reggie's "late" excuses got progressively more bizzare. For example, there was also " Morning Joan. 11 minutes late. Escaped Puma. Chessington North". Towards the end, he was 17 minutes late, followed by 21 minutes late. I think I'm showing my age here and I hope you didn't mind the diversion from Nine Elms.
They draw on the area so much in those references - New Malden being another one. Funnily enough, I've lived in New Malden and Norbiton (the station he is seen to enter); I suppose the puma reference is based on Chessington Zoo as it was back then. It's a very good representation of classic British Rail excuses that seem to continue today, forget the 1970s!
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Interesting to hear the background with you on this. I did like the series a lot. But there again, "I didn't get where I am today by reminiscing back to old British comedies". Great! Super!
Taking the Thames Uber boat is very much on our own To Do list as well. I actually want to research more about it and learn more about the routes. Of course there are other Thames riverboat companies too.
Indeed, perhaps I'll put that on my new year task list - research Thames uber boats!
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Perhaps an idea for one of your videos? Maybe even live?
The diversion you had to take along the river to get to Battersea Power Station. I'm hoping that's just temporary due to construction and that the path will all be direct once finished.
Agreed!
I wonder how security around the US embassy would react to seeing me taking photos wearing all my Canadian flags. Or indeed wearing my Canadian Mountie fancy dress costume! 🇨🇦🇺🇲
What a great idea, go on, so it! But safely....
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Hopefully I wouldn't end up on the news. I can just imagine you going "Hey, that's Ibrahim!" 🇨🇦
I was hoping you'd go in to film inside the MI6 building! Was there any particular reason you didn't? Kidding of course. 😃
Shall I send a polite email, enquiring?!
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela Well, you've braved the Bentall Centre in Kingston. MI6 should be a piece of cake.
Regarding armed personnel around the US embassy. Back in Canada, I've crossed the border into the US maybe 400 times. Very used to being questioned by armed US border guards that I've become totally immune to them carrying guns. Of course in true Canadian fashion, our Canadian border guards aren't armed. Crossing the land border back into Canada from the USA is a much more low key experience.
I remember crossing over at Niagara and the Canadian crew seemed very relaxed!
@@ChattyWalkswithAngela That's reassuring to hear. There's actually a TV series that's shown here in the UK called Border Security Canada. They often show the very same border crossings I've used as well.aa Vancouver International Airport. I actually recognise some of the Canadian officers as I've encountered them myself during my own routine crossings. There is a corresponding series Border Security America and they've shown the same border crossings but at the US checkpoint. It's quite surreal seeing all this whilst in the UK and yet it's very familiar from my travels in the Pacific Northwest.
Have to say, this latest US embassy puts the Canadian High Commission to shame!
We've visited Canada House twice (the museum part) and it's nice being more accessible than defensive with a moat 😅 We were there last at the King's Coronation for a special tour of the exhibit of his life long connection with Canada. It had photos and history and one from our city even 😱 Did you know that Dundurn Castle, in Hamilton Ontario, was home to Sir Allan Napier MacNab, Canada’s pre-Confederation prime minister from 1854 to 1856 and Queen Camilla's great-great-great grandfather? They visited soon after marrying. We stood a bit straighter that day 😊 -Sandra and Chris from Canada 🌲