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- Cornwall does need tourists to come and visit but bloody hell they can be annoying sometimes 😤
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As a tourist I hate locals complaining about tourists
When in Rome.....🤷♂️🤦♂️
they are not tourists. this is the uk. they live here.
I worked in Cornwall for around 2 yrs tourism brings in the money, I find cornish people don't accept outsiders my experience made me go back to London
My main hate is the litter that they leave on the beaches.
We really appreciate our little time we get to have in Cornwall each year and we treat Cornwall as if I we lived there full time and even pick up rubbish from others. Take only photos and leave only foot prints.
My slightly second pet hate is when TH-camrs start throwing up when on a fishing trip 😂😂
Love ya Oli
Visit a beach in Kent or Sussex and you'll see visiting Londoners bury dirty nappies in the sand. Dirty b***"""s.
Sorry, I am a teacher in germany. Not only tourist leave their rubbish. In our school the pupils eat something and throw their rubbish on the ground. A meter away is a litter box. I think some people aren't educated enough by their parents. In my opinion rhere are too many people who have children without any experience or the will to pay the price for beeing parents.
Hi, we were on holiday in Cornwall for the 27th time this year, normally May and September, and look for the quiet places when walking. We are also interested in Cornish history, not just where to get the best pasty, reading books, watching Sarah and Andrew's interesting posts. This year we were in Porthleven in February. But it was still well attended everywhere. But I would avoid the high season. Since 2006, tourism in St. Ives has increased alarmingly. I can understand people being upset about parking and people being unfriendly. Our experience has been that people have always been very friendly to us and we are always happy to come back:)). It is not as quiet as it used to be, but we walk and explore the area where there are no crowds. I think many tourists don't wan't that. I also think it's terrible that Cornish people can't find affordable houses, because of second homes, and the poverty in the towns. But that also exists here in Germany and will certainly increase in the future. Unfortunately, my commentary was longer. Sorry. Thank you very much for your work and the videos. Cheers,Gabi:)
People cannot find affordable housing anywhere........
I'm sure you were a tourist once Wendall. Perhaps you could do a survey of 6 things tourists dislike about the Cornish. I personally love the Cornish, the culture, scenery, people etc, just sorry we annoy them so much 🤣
@@philipbennett2183 He is preaching all the right things though.
@@philipbennett2183 You don't have to be a local to understand the issues of an area.
@@philipbennett2183 Fair point. But all the things he brought is the exact same complaints me and many other locals have for emmets. That sounds like to me he has fully grasped that one particular issue. Your bringing up a point that he hasn't fully grasped all the issues in the area which he hasn't, nor did I mention him fully grasping every issue in the area. Just trying to state a point that he fully understands the issue locals have with Emmets.
We are a pretty friendly bunch, to be fair. One major thing that grinds my gears is that we are 'dependant on tourism'; as if there's nothing else. Therefore, we must bow and scrape, and be grateful for every penny earned. Whilst I agree that tourism plays a big part, there are the rest of us in ordinary, everyday jobs, that keep the county running, day in and day out.
I hate the Cornish small, small-minded and miserable.
I'm now more than ever inspired to visit Cornwall because of this slam dunk promotional video. As accommodating as I am, I shall arrive in the winter in order to not annoy any Cornwallians in the summer months. I am utterly convinced that I shall prove myself to be anything but loathsome due in part to the fact that I will dump my children in an orphanage before I head out. I will expect no WiFi since the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce shall guide me to all that is interesting. I will also visit that chippy that you promoted in one of your Cornwall "hidden gems"-promoting videos since you've obviously gone the extra kilometer to put the best face on your welcoming and historically-significant region.
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Alot of the problems you mentioned can apply to most tourists anywhere 😉
Probably
Don't encourage them to explore the 'hidden gems', us locals need something for our own.
There's nowhere secret anymore.
I’m a tourist who doesn’t complain, explores the hidden gems, and am planning on going back in winter. Super proud lol.
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As a visitor the Cornwall on many occasions over the years, I do take most of your points on board. However it is very difficult for those of us with children to take holidays with our children during term time and we would be heavily penalised for doing so. If my wife and I were child free, we would obviously visit at other less busy times, however clearly this is the fault of the powers that be and not individual families, so maybe it should be the 5 things you hate about tourists instead of 6. By the way my favorite beach in Cornwall is Sandymouth with that fantastic walk along to Bude.
Blame Michael Gove. Until a few years ago, you could take the kids out of school for up to 10 days, at the head-teacher's discretion. Not any more, thanks to Michael Gove's stint as Education Secretary. Gove introduced new laws that mean no parent can take their child out of school except in "exceptional circumstances" - or risk prosecution, or even a custodial sentence. This prices a lot of people out of going on holiday at all, as prices are vastly inflated during the school holidays. It also means that, if they want a holiday with their kids, parents who work in hospitality in touristy places are forced to ask for time off work during their workplace's busiest time of year.
Oh dear, you choose to have kids then moan about the cost of taking them away during school holidays ? Wow, typical response these days. Entitled is the word.
I have been coming to Cornwall for over 50 years, as a child, then with my own children, and now as semi retirees we visit every year, sometimes twice, we avoid the school holidays, and have noticed even in late June its a lot busier than it used to be, early May, mid/late September are our usual times and we have walked most of the coast path, we did stay just outside St Ives over New Year a few years back for the first time & it was so busy, I dont 'do' crowds so we rarely go to the hotspots, we just walk everywhere, and talk to people, we try & use local cafes where possible, we have been lucky & never come across any bad feeling as visitors. Im from Wales & I know Pembrokeshire has similar issues but not to the extent that Cornwall has. Even after all this time we find lovely out of the way places, and hidden coves that are only accessible by walking, not a carpark in site, We were swimming on Marazion beach just 6 weeks ago, lovely walk over to Penzance from there - only found your channel a few days ago so Im getting my Kernow fix :-) - I think its a victim of the Poldark/Doc Marten effect too, I bet the Cornish Tourist Board were rubbing their hands at the free advertising ;-)
It's true that it gets uncomfortable for us locals in the summer and our infrastructure is stretched beyond its limits but then you could say that about society in general. I have just circumnavigated Birmingham an experience that leaves me shell shocked and happy that I can wander out the back of my village onto the moors of West Cornwall and scream! 😉
Hope you went and bought some halal steak from the bullring market Sir Sid!
@@WendallExplores Mate I couldn't wait to be clear of the place. Its like driving on a dodge-um track! Never seen so much driving law violations in my life before. It feels like law & order is breaking down! 😒
@@Sidchasingclassiccars we never had much law and order in that part of the world
@@Sidchasingclassiccars As a born and bread Brummie i concur with your sentiments SID. But you have to ask yourself why? Birmingham is like this, is diversity working, do you think. I go to the Cornish seaside and don't want to return to Birmingham, and this is a Brummie of 66 years of age I've seen the decline of our once great city the depravation, people frightened to go out it's a crying shame the Government has allowed this depravation adding to it on a daily basis with more and more margents that don't contribute a penny to the economy only take from it. But they are housed and feed given money, but congregate in the city and outskirts in gangs and intimidate the locals. You are lucky for now, but it will happen, see how you feel then I bet it won't be the same. The invasion of our country is evident, and yet we all carry on as if nothing is happening. Myself included, we are a laughingstock of the whole of Europe dump them in the English Channel IT DISGUSTS ME .
You missed the biggest point here. Tourists absolutely cannot reverse for shit down the narrow lanes and drive really slow down them as well
@@darkraiTKK influx of big electric land rovers atm from the city wankers
I live in Stourport on Severn in Worcestershire while it’s not Cornwall and we have soo much tourism during the warmer months i embrace it all I am glad for the tourists pounds it adds our infrastructure and economy aswell as embracing different demographics
Loved this video 👍 I am one of the hated tourists, coming again (6th time) in September. I love to go to the smaller places and just wander around and will do the same this time. Lucky to have relatives in the UK who know the area well. Will definitely keep your list in mind and try to avoid acting like a tourist 😉
Learn about the industrial history and definitely Cornish folklore exploring all the site after all these years I'm still not bored with it.
Kathy your always welcome here, I'm not cornish and live here and not come across rude locals about tourists, I also work in tourism.
Is Wendall trying to get on the right side of the Cornish now that he has moved here.
I'm from Solihull. I moved to Cornwall when I was 9. When I was 19 I moved to London. After 15 years I met what is now my wife. She is from Birmingham so after our first son was born we moved back to Brum! My Dad lives in Porthleven. Its not a Paradise. Its always rainy and really miserable AND foggy. When I go and visit I get really quite depressed!
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Love ya but I’m
A brummie, we come for the beaches and clear waters. Couldn’t give a monkies about the local culture and because the Cornish make it quite clear we’re not really welcome I refuse to shop local. Tesco all they way. Cornish want our money but not us. So I don’t give it . Sorry
😂 love it
Surprised you don't just stop off at end of M5 in South Devon tbh. You're more welcome and beaches just as good
From an American perspective, English service is never snappy. Cornwall, London, or elsewhere 😬
Very true
It is cool enough in July to wear what looks like a Winter jacket?
I live in st, Ives and sick of all the dog crap in the street and on the beach. And they try to cover it with sand. You feel like rubbing their faces in it.
On all the campsites the dog owners always manage to leave a dog dump in the grass, or leave a baggy on the fence..do they really want Dog Bans?
@@griswald7156 now it is hi season there are enforcement officers handing out fines in st Ives. But yes it is absolutely disgusting hopefully they won't be able to afford to ever move down into Cornwall
I think the fact your a pub GM/lease holder made you quite well equipped to understand the locals and tourist. I was born in Truro and grew up in Hayle and your correct about some locals rating if you on how long you've been in the area for. But this is not just Cornwall this can happen in lots of desirable places to live. The locals have been treated badly for hundrerds/thousands of years this is worth tourist and non locals knowing too)
I remember when Porthleven was a hidden gem,before somebody decided it was a "foodie" place and Trevor Osbourne arrived.
Re point 2, if tourists descend on the hidden gems, they cease to be hidden gems, leave something for those of us who live in what have been taken over by tourists.
I know exactly what you mean. I live in one of the most visited cities in Denmark and it's the same here. All the rich and famous, or many of them, has a second home here. They don't really care about the local life but just want to show of their fancy expensive cars and sit on a harbour restaurant enjoying champagne/rosé and wants to be seen and heard. And many will hardly look at you, if you say hi 😒. Mostly I stay away from the city center and the harbour and only go there if I really need to. Thanks for sharing Wendall. Oh, and I'm off to Cornwall on Friday, but I'll try to behave and try to blend in 😂.
Living in Somerset I dread silly season..... the poorly driven vehicles, the wobbly caravans, the rise of the camper van, the inability for some to use a single lane track...... then the Motorway.... the wobbly caravan that was loaded badly with the driver who did not get the thing serviced that does not know how to use the mirrors (but then when he sticks in lane 2 for 100 miles of the M5 so why should they I guess) ...... ohhh then they flip it over and we all suffer even more!!!
Im also one of those tourists and am due to visit St Ives for 7 days in 2 weeks time. Me and my girlfriend love the beautiful scenery and we understand your furstrations with some tourists. Im fascinated by your mining history and intend on taking the open top bus to visit some of the old mines around Cornwall. Unfortunately (or fortunately as it's so busy) we dont own a car so arent able to fully explore the smaller places. Just the places with public transport. A great video and very good points. We'll try to avoid acting in the ways you listed in your video.😊
You need to be thankful tourism has kept abundance there.
5 million people every year? That's too many for a rural place to handle. And all that revenue most of it is sent back up country for the wealthy business owners. Very few locals actually own tourist hotspots.
@@balls9420Up the country??? Back to London you mean?
@@terrortower666 Yeah.
@@balls9420 It will always be well upkept then. Perhaps locals brain power is limited
@@carrietaylor6658 Nah its cause Londoners are exploiting Cornwall with far more money than anyone here has.
We used to spend a week in Cornwall in the 80's in December, nice time to avoid the crowds and you could get a parking spot in Looe. Still plenty to see and do with Christmas approaching shops wise. Have also visited in August, different planet. I can understand the resentment of the invasion, but it's a necessary evil to survive financially for some.
I hope your annoyances are not representative of most of the locals! I'm sure you'd be equally annoyed if there were no tourists at all in Cornwall, I'm sure they bring much welcomed income to the local economy.
You stated yourself that Cornwall in winter is wet, cold & stormy. So no surprise people stay away in winter. Having said that, you mentioned that it was the end of July at the time of filming this and yet people are wrapped up sitting on what I assume is a beach? Looks somewhat like a flooded quarry to me, is this typical summer weather?
Personally, I don't think it's unreasonable for tourists anywhere to expect a certain level of service when visiting holiday destinations and local restaurants etc. A lot of tourism is usually return visitors, so if they continue to experience poor or at best lack lustre service, they will stop coming.
But thank you for sharing your views, I'll be sure to make a wide detour around Cornwall when next on my travels.
Love to hear 6 things visitors hate about Cornwall if there's anyone out there.
You should poll the Cornish as to which foreign tourists they find most obnoxious.
As a tourist I thought this was going to be really annoying, but it was spot on, and reasonable. Appreciate the places you go to, acknowledge and be curious about, the culture of places. Be respectful of the land and of the people that live there.
I think that the only locals that are pleased to see tourists are those that make an income from them in some way 🤷♂️
1. They’re tourists.
2. They’re in Cornwall.
I live in Northumberland it's a beautiful county we have some of the best awarded beaches in England without the mass tourism and cars that you experience. Allso houses prices are reasonable here but we are starting to get recognized and people are buying second homes up here it would be a shame if it was like Cornwall ❤️
Having lived and worked in Exeter ,Devon and Cornwall share the same problems in many ways, the worst one I think are the second home owners who only come down for two or three weeks in a year, mostly from London, which prevents locals from getting on the housing ladder.
I had my first holiday at the time of this video, in some years after a long period of mental health issues. We chose Portreath.
Quiet, idyllic, wonderful locals and one of the most beautiful sunsets I've seen in my life (over Gull rock) it's a place I could spend any weather in. St Ives, we spent maybe an hour, before I felt just nauseating anxiety at the rude tourists, almost a sinister smothering feeling. Portreath for us, was just perfect.
I remember watching a video a few months ago saying that you were leaving Cornwall? Did you change your plans?
I live In the lizard and i’ve had tourists telling me and my mates were not allowed to park in a car park because it’s meant for tourists
Great video! We visited a mine last year and was really good to talk to a chap who actually worked at the mine which was really interesting. Wish we could go outside school holiday time but we can’t at the moment but once retired would definitely go at different times of year. I think I’d definitely also get annoyed with the points you’ve raised if I lived there all the time. It’s a difficult one because Cornwall also depends on tourism these days but I do think the locals should be able to stay and afford a home there rather than loads of holiday let’s, not sure how that would be possible without a change in top level policy. Take it easy wendall and all the best. Great to see you doing some more videos. They are always interesting and uplifting even when having a good old winge 😂 which we all need every now and then!
Hi old wendall, it's so good to hear from you once more so I'm pleased your escape was unsuccessful. I did a five year stint in Camborne and I'm thinking of visiting old kernow at some point this year after all the emmitts have gone. Thanks.
Always wait til the emmets have passed
You may be right but without tourists Cornwall would have even more social issues as tourism is its only income.
Deff with you on all counts my luvvly 😊been coming here for 40 yes living here for a year love it with eyes wide open followed you well before we moved so glad you both stayed with the dogs deff joy bringers and show us the good the bad and the ugly keeping it real thank you❤😊
Great video Oli, Think you were wise to give St Ives a miss. ‘tis hellish here dreckly.
The thing I hate about tourists in Cornwall is the amount of dog mess & discarded poo bags around the town of late on paths & the beaches.
No bloody excuse for it, I’m a dog owner & clean up so kindly do the same.
I bet you tidy up after Peggy & Spud👍.
Rant over.
Spud was a Bassist in Status Quo…and Peggy was Buddy Holly’s bird.
Trust me, as a Mancunian, Cornwall is still 10x better in the cold horrible weather than it is up here 😂
The Lizard is now a hell hole in the tourist season, because of over-tourism, second homes, AirBnB leaving nowhere for the staff hospitality and tourist business needs. The Lizard is rammed with tourists, far more than be handled. Add the terrible local drivers to the terrible tourist drivers, both of who seem to need a guide dog and it is very dangerous on the roads. (Especially with the well over the speed limit driving and outright dangerous driving.) I could go on with a long list, I just wish the tourists would go somewhere else.
Gracias Wendall. Very lnteresting topic. Great video,
I am happy that I get to see all the hidden gems while I am walking the whole coastal path ❤ And I have bought and read books about Cornwall, recommend by you and others. It is really interesting to know more about the areas I am visting and walking. And the food and accommodations are really great. But I see that what you are telling can be really frustrating. 😊
Don't fall off of the coastal path as tourists manage to do on a regular basis.
@@darkraiTKK you don't keep up with local news then, it happens at least once a week. Just Google :- Cornwall cliff rescue incidents 2023
@@TheBuckspygmy I travel from Norway and I am used to walking on rugged paths 😊 But I am of course careful and cautious regarding where I set my feet. I am aware that everyone has to be careful no matter how experienced we believe we are 😊👍 And I am also very aware of the tides and have the Tide app as well as the OS map and other maps 👍😊
@@darkraiTKK It is more often than not tourists.
This is like watching the brother of Karl Pilkington
Been going to Cornwall several times a year since I was born 30 years ago, love the hidden gems.
Hope it never gets too commercialised
We love to visit Cornwall. We come to visit different times of the year and enjoy different seasons. We have enjoyed visiting for a Twixmas ie a cheap few nights in a Travelodge or Premier Inn and have enjoyed the festive decorations/harbour lights/churches and snow on the sand! We have stood on Fistral beach and watched the sun set on New Years Eve etc. Try and avoid the main 6 weeks now as no kiddies to think of now. We do like St Ives and St Michaels Mount and Porthcurno etc but we also enjoy exploring places like the tin mines (yeah I do have a video of this on yt) and walking around say Zennor head and finding old stones ie men an tol and exploring places like Chysester Old Village. We once went to see the Merry Maiden Stones on an afternoon of Halloween and there were people coming towards the stones looking like druids. They took their shoes off and hugged the stones etc and we were like right off we go .................... we had touched the stones ourselves though to feel any vibes. This is true! A few weeks back on a very sunny day we swam in the water there by the Mount and it was gorgeous! I do like a Rattler. Dont eat fudge or ice cream now due to being predabetic and manage a pasty but they alwasy give us the gip! We like a Spoons for cheapness - but did indulgein a huge lovely salad in a Marazion Cafe which was lush. I think its difficult as from the Midlands to say shop in a Cornish supermarket and we are in speed mode and the till person is taking their time .... which is normal really just not what we are used to. Sorry for rambling - your video inspired me to ramble!
@Wendall, you say "be free", but then you're dictating what visitors to Cornwall SHOULD do? So we can "be free"... on your terms alone? That doesn't sound very free to me.
Good video, good subject. I could go on for hours about these points. As a Rame peninsula East Cornishman I could also go on about how many of my fellow Cornish don't even view me as Cornish, or the place I was born and raised in as Cornwall. We Cornish can be very dismissive and biased of our own folk in this little land too, irrespective of the tourists, very much having a geographical viewpoint in respect of who's Cornish ! I've always maintained, in the heads of many here, Cornwall starts from the River Fowey, some would suggest much further west... Just thought I'd give another view of someone who was born here and has a very long ancestry in this beautiful place, bit of a tangent I know.
Totally agree mate. 👌
Living close to the border are you jam or cream first?
As a frequent visitor “and respecter” of Cornwall, one thing that would help both emmets and Cornish would be better and wider roads, yes there are works going on the A30, but I’m talking about the tiny narrow b roads that aren’t anywhere near wide enough and are not suitable for tourism, nor (maybe even more importantly) are the roads conducive with the Cornish drawing in business to create jobs 😮!. This of course will be met with conflicting views from the locals but it’s 2023 and with the world moving forward there also has to be some forward thinking from the locals too, and a little bit of acceptance on their part as in another decade it might be “nothing but” a tourist trap unless money 💰 s bought in to the area from means outside of tourism, doesn’t necessarily mean tearing down paradise to put up a parking lot, just better infrastructure.
I would love to Cycle in Cornwall but many of the small roads are a Death trap with their high hedges and no where to go. With speeding cars belting around corners you are taking one heck of a risk. Would love to see more cycle lanes between towns and villages so people can leave their cars at home.
As a tourist of many decades (I first played Donkey Kong outside the cafe on Lusty Glaze Beach), I would say that my main frustrations with other tourists are: 1) Not everyone loves dogs, let alone yours, as much as you do. I'll send my kid to pee on your windbreak if your dog does it to mine again. 2) Improper disposal of litter and bbqs on beaches. Explains why big cities are litter-strewn sheetholes these days. 3) No understanding of the word dreckly. If you've not come down here for a different pace of life, bugger off up country to Bournemouth. 4) Lack of respect for locals, in all its forms, including those mentioned above. 5) same as your first one. 6) Moaning about the weather - you're still in Britain, so leave Kernow to those of us that love it and sod off back abroad now that the pandemic's over please.
I personally never viewed Cornwall as a utopia, it has it's down side like any other destination. How wonderful that people, families, want to holiday in their own country.
Spread the visits out over the year instead of all at once? Interesting and that would spread the tourist spend too. Someone perhaps could encourage a campaign for just that..
I bet you like the prosperity and employment they bring. Without tourists money a lot of businesses in Cornwall would go bust. Or do you think they could reopen the mines perhaps?
to be honest when we were recently in Mevagissey and we saw a lovely cafe for sale with a two bed flat above and we were ready to sell up and go for it and then......we thought about if its so ideal here why are they selling such an appealing business? there was also a small chip shop that was for sale and if you can't sell chips at the seaside whats wrong? having spoke to them they were nearing retirement and moving back to Scotland nearer family and they only open the business for six months a year, midday until 8pm, thats it. But thats seven days a week so the nice weather when you want to go out and explore you would have to work constantly
My friend has a lovely house in Millendreath and I've often travelled there from close to London. Looe is very close so have spent many days and nights there over the years, I feel the locals are unfriendly and dismissive of "tourists". although the town itself is nice the people seem to share a narrow-mindedness and ignorant view of anyone not from there. I actually get it, I can see the why they don't respect "outsiders" but I think the place would go down the pan in a big way without tourism.The average age it seems is around 60 and all the young people seem to move on at the earliest chance. I actually live in the capital of Vietnam and interact with tourists everyday as I own a bar and i get the usual questions which becomes annoying. Obviously I'm not a local here but have lived here for 9 years so I have to remind myself that visitors don't see things through experienced eyes.
Its sad when its a rainy day, and tourists don't go to the beach, and instead come into Truro and just aimlessly mill around.
@@darkraiTKK what I mean is its sad if its clear they're not really enjoying themselves, and they've got children in tow screaming at them because they've come on holiday and all they're doing is being dragged around shops. It was busier in town today than any time I've seen it since the start of the Plague Years.
Man moves to Cornwall and gets pissed off with tourists. Couldn't make that one up 🤣 Where do you holiday?
I love your style. Mildly sarcastic! LOL
Late July & walkin around with a coat on....standard 😆
Zennor is a nice little gem love the Tinnier,s Arms and the church and in and in a lot of pubs restaurants you see a lot talking to each messageger that is one of my pet hates
Tinners is a great pub in off-season, and St Senara's church in Zennor is such a beautiful place, full of history and peace.
When are you going to the chippy in Hayle man?
Can’t afford it.. spent £300 on a hotel video last time out
Tourists only used to come down at Easter and during the summer. Now, they are here all year round. It's difficult getting about now. The roads are just chocka. I stay in now.
Given Cornwall became popular as a tourist destination in Victoria times, they’ve been going there longer than any living ‘local’. You don’t move next door to an airport and then complain about plane noise. Get over it or leave.
I bet this guy wakes his wife to tel her hes going to sleep
My least favourite thing about the tourist season is driving to work, because the tourists just potter about at 20 mph. I get it, you want to take in the beautiful scenery, its your holiday after all. But for us its just another day at work, we have places to be!
Wendal Cornwall needs the cash injection during the summer to survive , tourist are people with money to spend .
I have lost and had to change my plans due to having no money etc , DONT KNOCK CUSTOMERS
What irks me is tourists who cannot drive a car on their own side of the road, who then proceed to park in the handsomely-paid-for-by-locals reserved parking spaces, or straight up blocking, or even parking ON private houses' driveways. Do you not understand what a dropped kerb means, folks? Should you really be on the road if you don't?! Some of them will dump their vehicles anywhere they like, without a single thought for the local bloke who has paid for that space (which is clearly marked as private/reserved), who has had to drive to, say a dental appointment, or some other local appointment, during his lunch hour. He then returns to find some tourist who presumably is completely devoid of reading and observational skills, parked in his private space, and obviously cannot find anywhere else to park due to the town being rammed to the rafters with tourists. Now THAT irks me. Selfish and thoughtless tourists who leave their brain at home (if indeed, they ever HAD a brain, some of them!) - those are the ones who we'd prefer not to see again. Sadly, from what I am hearing from people within the hospitality trade, they are a growing, rather than a dying, breed. If that is the future of tourism, Heaven help us. It was bad enough in the 70s, and I've watched the level of consideration from tourists steadily decline since then. I am wondering if it is simply a spoilt and impolite brat parenting issue. Because I know I went to school (in Cornwall) with a few of those types. I can see the same kind of traits in the entitled types of tourists who turn up and use their vehicles to block everyone who is trying to live and work here. I wonder how they would like it if I turned up in, say, Manchester, Rochdale, Birmingham, whatever, and just dumped my car on their private driveway or in their private garage for a week - just abandoned the vehicle and vanished without a trace for a solid week. Do people normally do that all the time up there, or do tourists reserve that behaviour solely for seaside/holiday destinations? I wouldn't be shocked if some places like London have some commuter type parking in their streets - although I think the public transport is better up there. Down here, some people would never get anywhere if they didn't have a car. Bit different like. If you come down, don't steal other people's spaces, park on private land, block private driveways, and don't forget your manners - I have no problem with you visiting if you are a decent human being with a bit of consideration, and have struck up some friendships with tourists. But blimey, do bring your manners and your brain with you please.
Hate the 4x4 drivers that have no idea where the near side of their vehicle is, a road that gets a bus & a lorry through it all winter becomes impassable with a Range Rover Evoque & a push bike, Hate that apparently when you are a tourist you can walk in the middle of the road & scowl at local road users for daring to drive on a road, Hate the litter & lack of respect for the beauty of the environment, Hate being asked to do a deal all the time, it’s not a Marrakesh market it’s cost of living crisis Britain do you try to barter in your local Marks & Sparks? Hate how much property is being given over to the holiday let sector & how many people it’s displaced, Hate how modern parents have zero control of their kids & or an understanding of how their kids should be behaving in certain situations…… I could go on & on Wendall, you’ve probably guessed I work in a tourism based business by the sea 😂 I’m new to your channel & I’m really enjoying it mate 👍🏻
Your 6 points could easily apply to anywhere in the world that has tourists visit. We live in a rural area in Victoria Australia, & we avoid the touristy towns in weekends, public holiday times, & school holidays whatever season they’re in. We’re close to ski fields so Winter is super busy in towns at the base of the ski mountains. We have rivers & lakes for water activities .. fishing, kayaking, water skiing, swimming, camping, cycling, walking (the list goes on); we have neighbouring towns popular for their wines, or local gold rush history; we have a folk festival, Celtic festivals, wine & food festivals. We just stay out of towns when they have a festival on & let the tourist take over & do their thing .. that’s the time the local businesses can earn money to survive the rest if the year
We’re from Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia .. I was born there, & lived the first 67yrs of my life there, my husband came out here from London, with his family, when he was 5 & taught that the UK was home. OK we’re not locals, & will never be seen as that even when we die here .. that seems to be typical of these communities wherever. My husband for the first time is almost calling Australia home, & never wants to leave this place .. nor do I, even though we’re ‘not local’
My parents retired to a popular seaside area here in Victoria, they used to bunker down at home in the school holidays periods .. now I can empathise👍😉😂😂
… oh, & we used to get frustrated as city folk when we took a couple of days away at the wrong time of the week, to a regional area wineries, food venues, & galleries etc were having their 3 or 4 day break when most if the tourists weren’t around. We ourselves worked weekends so midweek was our time to get away. When we moved 5 yrs ago it was a big learning curve to know when you can do things, & I do try to educate visitors if they want to come up & do things early weekdays. And same here as far as lack if hospitality staff, & it became a huge issue during Covid when many rental accommodations were taken up by people escaping city lockdowns. Also locals who relied in rental properties to be available were suffering. Many issues are/& were global
I come from a place called St Albans - an historical cathedral city - Hertfordshire. I can''t afford to live there as people working in London commute in from there pushing up house prices to insanely unaffordable levels. That's life I suppose. At least Cornwall has an industry for most of the year, and the tourists go home. Always seems like an idyll whenever I go.
Some of those made me giggle. I've being visiting Cornwall almost every year since I was a nipper and I'm now 54, but I'm sometimes surprised by the lack of Cornish sounding locals, with family history dating back that wouldn't sound out of place in Surrey. Randall, do you have a video with your top list of Cornish hidden gems?
Most of the locals aren't Cornish about maybe 13% of people living in Cornwall are actually Cornish so don't expect to hear the accent much. And even the Cornish you hear, the accent has sort of been dulled and there are very few who have a proper Cornish accent, mainly those above 50.
The thing I hate about tourists in Cornwall is people that move down to these places and call themselves locals within 6-12 months lol 😂😂😂,only joking m8 love your vids keep up the good work.
Nice one Wendall, couldn't agree with you more. Just one more thing on my list would be, tourists, or anyone for that matter, who seem to wish to hide away from those they are addressing, by wearing sunglasses, especially if there doesn't appear to be any need... lol . Please don't take offence bro, couldn't resist it. Much love...keep em comin'. : )
Oli thanks to you brother & watching your Cornwall vids:- I had an amazing 10 days recently based in Newquay. I hiked 50 miles! Visited most of the attractions & areas, but like yourself, St.Ives was a nightmare & I describe it as an ants nest! I couldn't park anywhere, saw Carbis Bay drove right through the town in my Jeep. What an experience😂ended up giving up & driving through to Lands End. Love Newquay, had a great time. Waverunner AWESOME. LOST BREWER best burgers. SHOALS amazing muscles. HARBOUR FISH & GRILL fine dining, great head chef. TINTAGEL & ROCKY VALLEY. GOLITHA FALLS. Most of my exploring jaunts were through your advice Oli so thanks. Be safe, be happy. Daz-man👋🙏
Glad we got to chat Darren and sorry I couldn’t meet you in person 🙏
@WendallExplores Never mind bro, apart from meeting up I achieved what I set out to do. Hope your dog is better & look forward to your future vids. Peace brother🙏Daz-man👋
🇬🇧Laid Back ? Drive through the lanes leisurely at about 5pm…in Cornwall,with a builders lorry on your tail trying to get back to the depot..
The phone thing actually causes a deeper issue. We depend on phones for card payments when trading away. And during the summer the extra load on the networks make this very difficult, then people get angry because we can't take the payment....
Take cash, simple
Interesting POV. I had the opposite doctrine growing up - don't tell them anything otherwise more will show up. However the satnav really put an end to that. Anyway you missed out the most annoying thing about emmets - camper vans.
I love a good whinge. In the tales of King Arthur, Camelot and The Round Table, I believe one of the knights came from Avalon. Though the internet says it was the location of the Lady Of the Lake. Avalon was said to be a land beyond the tip of Cornwall that became engulfed by a flood. The name was given to the now hidden tectonic geological plate of Avalonia that the UK now lies upon.
Well said wendall ...I agree with them all
As someone living in a little Cotswolds village, I understand what you’re saying but then I guess you know what you’re letting yourself in for when you move to a place.
We've been visiting Cornwall for many years and the locals are generally really patient and friendly. Your comments are quite harsh as the majority of tourists have to visit in the school holidays; our youngest will be 18 next year so at last we will be able to visit early once exam season is over, can't wait. When we only stay for a week, we leave our roof box at home and it is noticeable how much better we are treated on the roads! We visit a lot of Cornish gardens, walk the SW coast path, visit old mine buildings and also get to popular places really early, it's the only way to cope with the crowds. We would never go to St Ives or Newquay in August, it's way too busy. You will probably be regarded as an emmet for a good 20 years yet! Loving the videos and good to see you back in beautiful Cornwall.
Tourists or just folk tramping Our Country, so what as long as they respect Mother Earth Our Goddess 😂❤
We do visit other places when we are on holiday Cornwall as we love the place
i hate uncontrolled aggressive dogs on the beaches, which is illegal in summer btw.
I think uncontrolled aggressive dogs is illegal anywhere anytime of year. Controlled unaggressive dogs is still fine in summer on certain designated beaches. There is not a blanket ban of dogs on beaches in summer county wide.
Thank god tourists dont visit hidden gems leaving spots for locals to go
Regarding 'Point number 2'
We don't want the flippin Emmits visiting the lesser known places. You really are an Emmit
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!
Wendall can't get away with claiming outsider status much longer, he's one of us now, he just won't give in to it 🤣
'It must be like being on holiday all the year round!' It would be, if I didn't have to work.
Tourists cause carnage here in Bournemouth and wider Dorset. Parking, rubbish on beaches and so on. On another note have you thought about making a video in Saltash? I hear it’s “one of” the most polluted areas in the uk. I’m guessing because of the bridge and all the car fumes. I’ve been to Saltash and have to say it’s not exactly the most welcoming place in Cornwall that’s for sure. Anyway, take care and look forward to the next video.
CORNWALL AND DEVON ARE TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRYS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT...😊
I hate the way we keep the county running financially
You really don't 🤭
I ❤ Marazion & a Nice walk out to the Mount - I’ve lived in Villages not 5 miles away from the Town centre here in Worcester and Still been “the Outsider” even after 10 years - (idea)💡 The Emmet Families should be able to hire a Local Guide/“Sherpa” assigned to them, to discover Cultural Secrets, like the Car Boot at Rosudgeon, or Smokey Joes (Redruth) for Sunday Lunch 😆 ☮️ &💛✨
My cornish secret was the Friday night karaoke in Bude..
But if we don't ask for the wifi code how are we supposed to watch @WendallExplores explain about the undiscovered gems that aren't the same places everyone else goes? ;)
Dang. I live in Indiana and I like to go up to Michigan.....mainly for Lake Michigan and its beaches....but I also go for the dispensaries and zoos and other things. I would imagine that "tourists in Cornwall" would be at the same scale. I get it. "Ooooh....cornwall. So many things to see!" Right?
Or not. Cornwall has very little to offer in terms of what the rest of Europe does. Why be so snooty?
In my area of Indiana we get tourists who come to see the Amish people. Big freaking whoop. They ride stinky horses, they smell like a farm and they live like it was 200 years ago. People always want to see abnormal or unusual things. Its not a reason to hate anything. Be grateful that it takes so little to get tourists there.
Silver Beach is my beach around here that I go to. In St. Joe, Michigan. Current water temp is a chilly 72 degrees. Yes. Fahrenheit. Today Pendower beach was at 62 degrees. Again, Fahrenheit. Take your ice water and shove it, and complain about the tourists some more.
The litter on the beaches! It’s just inexcusable if you ask me. My kids go to a school very close to St Michaels mount, and the amount of exposure they have at a young age as to the damage that tourists cause to our beaches is very justified. Even if a bin is full, they throw it on the floor next to it!!! They can’t understand that it’s littering!! Take it home!!! (Rant over) 😂