This year travel changed for all of us. At first, I really struggled to come to terms with the fact that overseas travel was banned in the UK. It felt like I was trapped in a dystopian novel. But in times of change you have to adapt. So I started to see more of the UK and the first stop was the Welsh island of Anglesey. I hope you enjoy this video about my time there! Next up on my list is Scotland 🏴Don't forget to subscribe if you want to see what I get up to there! 🤗
You are not alone in the discovery that one's own country has a lot to offer. Since Covid-19 in Feb 2020 we haven't crossed any borders and have had a wealth of lovely places to visit right on our doorstep ( so to speak). I have googled a number of places to see how many overseas tourist visit there annually. If they find it important enough, maybe I should look closer. Like you, we keep discovering pearls. I'm glad you think so too. I love Wales. Spent 2 weeks there with my 'bestie' from New Zealand and were planning a return- till...well you know! My second 'adventure series' videos were from Wales. What a precious gift those Puffins were for you. A reward for going anyway when you really didn't feel like it. Lovely share, thank you. 💝🇳🇿🙋♀️🇳🇱
Nice video, nice editing and story telling, it really looks professional. The camping site looks very safe and I love, you captured the sunset on the beach. The hedgehog ritual is interesting, I never see a hedgehog yet. from 5.13 onward the place looks so beautiful, the lighthouse and the sea birds, looks like you had a wonderful adventure.
I'm glad you enjoyed watching! Haha, the hedgehogs were very funny. I was happy to see them as they are so rare these days. Fences and roads have really knocked their numbers down :(
I love your way of presenting this video. Really calm and beautiful, you're gorgeous. You deserve more views and engagements. Those little purple flowers at the campsite are pretty lovely. Love the beach. It's been a long time I haven't visited due to the lockdown.
Thank you for your kind words! 🤗 The flowers were lovely. It's great to get a splash of colour in the hedgerows. Hopefully we will all be able to travel more and covid gets better... (fingers crossed!)
Hi Ella. I am very happy to be able to see a video of yours again here on TH-cam. As always, magnificent. Good video, great visuals, and great storytelling. Hahaha 😂😂😂 inadvertently attended a crazy night of passion, debauchery and lust of the hedgehogs 😍🥰😘. Beautiful place, much more beautiful in summer. Greetings from Tenerife. 😘😘
Hi Ignacio! I always keenly await your wonderful comments 😁 I'm glad you enjoyed watching. Yes, those hedgehogs were hilarious! They were very noisy and causing quite the scene 😂
Really great opener to bring everyone up to speed! We totally feel you about kind of being bitter at times about only being able to travel locally... That beach is so picturesque, especially at sunset! We are both big fans of just about any beach though, lol, especially slow-motion puppies! 🐕 April's daughter loves hedgehogs! Super cute puffins--glad you got to see them!
I'm glad you enjoyed! I'm also pleased I'm not the only one who is keen to explore further afield - I feel guilty for it sometimes! Do you have hedgehogs in the US?
No reason to feel guilt about it! April's grandma used to tell her "we have gypsy blood in us" about how we have the regular urges to travel! 😊 Yes, there are hedgehogs here 😀
I'm also guilty of dismissing the UK as a good travel destination. I've lived abroad for many years, but now when I travel back to the England with my american Fiance, I realise how cool a lot of the places are. I'll have to put Anglesey on my list.
I like the editing and style of video you do. I do feel you about wanting to get away from your area to travel but, what I have learned from Covid is when I've traveled in the areas within my immediate sphere that I always overlooked I found some amazing spots I never thought existed so close to me.
Glad you like my style! It' so true that we overlook lovely places near home so there have been some positive aspects to covid. Haha, the hedgehogs were certainly interesting 🙈 I was startled at the time but looking back on it I'm so glad it happened as now I have a very funny story to tell!
i was going to say the walk to the right of the coast over the top theres shit loads of flies, in the summer, the walk to the left are some fantastic little coves... beaches, going this thursday... cant wait :)
I wish I'd spent more time walking across the top as you are not the first person to mention the beautiful coves you come across. I hope you have an amazing time in Anglesey! The weather is looking to be alright this weekend for you which is great - just missed the chill of last week!
That camping place, is that someone's back garden? Interesting story about the hedgehog sound. You were sooooooo lucky to see three puffins, I am a bit jealous on that one!
Kind of. The houses which you can see are holiday cottages. But the owners of the cottages and campsite do live in a house which is on-site. I was quite lucky to see the puffins. It was only because I got a tip-off from one of the staff members who told me where to look on the cliffs that I spotted them. Even so, the puffins probably aren't there all the time.
I felt the same way about exploring locally here in Canada, but have actually found some great areas. The campsite looked like it was someone's field. Is that a common type of campsite? How lucky were you!!! To see not 1 but 3 puffins. That must have been amazing 🙌
Yes, it is common for campsites in UK to be land owned by the local farmer. It's a nice way for them to make money from land that is just sitting there. I did feel really lucky to see those puffins! They're such adorable birds. I do hope their numbers increase.
Wow! That’s something really inspiring! We haven’t yet started exploring that part of UK, but it should be in the bucket list. I really enjoy how you’re editing! The colours are so soft and pleasant. Slowmo shots of the sea are great! Thanks for sharing this beautiful place. Since we also started local travelling more, this is a good spot to visit)
Nice video Ella, it looks a beautiful area. I've also tended to do most of my travelling abroad, but recently have been thinking of exploring more of the UK. Might just have to add Anglesey onto my list of places to visit after watching this.
Thanks, Mike! I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who tends to look abroad. I would definitely recommend Anglesey if you are planning to see more of the UK. I was worried it would be a bit too commercial as so many people tend to go but it was quiet, with parts definition of a sleepy seaside town. And that's not to say there wasn't much to do! I honestly wished I'd stayed longer as there were lots of beautiful walking trails. Where in the UK have you been thinking about visiting? I need to add more to my list too!
@@EllaMcKendrick Any of the national parks for sure. I live near the New Forest, but would love to work my way around some of the others. Isle of Skye is on the list too. In terms of cities/towns I've been thinking of York and Shrewsbury. Looking forward to seeing where you go next, I'm sure it'll give me more ideas!
@@mikemyore Yes, I've heard great things about the Isle of Skye! The landscape there looks out of this world. I'd love to get down to New Forest too. My next video is set in various parts of Scotland 🏴 I hope you'll enjoy it and feel inspired :)
I’m the same way. I usually prefer to travel to another country to explore instead of my own in the US. But I do know there is plenty to see here that is different. So I’ve been able to adapt by exploring my home city or country. That noise at night would’ve freaked me out lol. And omg you got to see a puffin!!!!!! That is so awesome!!!!
Hey Ella. Do you have a video where you explain what you do for a living and whether your wanderlust / travel is a hobby, or a full time job?? I'm binge watching your videos and they are so wonderful but I'm wondering if it's your job or if it's just travel. I'm asking because lockdown and the pandemic has completely transformed my priorities and perspective on life, and I've stopped caring about my work and career. I just want to travel all day lol but I'm poor and have no money. Thanks a lot and best wishes"!
Hi Monika! Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to watch my videos and leave a comment. I don't have a video on this topic yet. I didn't think anyone would be interested in my content enough to know more about me and my circumstances so I am really pleased you are keen to know. The videos are just from my travels. I don't travel for work, although some trips I have taken have involved collaborations with hotels which took the pressure off funding the trips. I run my own e-commerce business from home alongside my partner. I spend most of my time working on my business but the beauty of having a business is that I can dictate my own hours and take time off when I need it. The other benefit is that most of it is remote working so my location can technically be anywhere in the world (as long as I have wifi!). I earn my money from this business and use it to travel whenever I can. I created my TH-cam channel as a hobby on the side as I love filming my trips! But I am getting to a point where I want to start earning money from it to cover the costs of my travels (allowing me to travel more). I would love to be able to travel more frequently and to get money for it would be the dream. It's great that you perspective has changed. The pandemic has done the same to me. I feel I didn't travel enough before and focussed too much on work. But it's taught me that you never know what's around the corner so you should enjoy the time you have now. What kind of job do you currently have? And what would be the ideal situation for you moving forward?
@@EllaMcKendrick Oh you certainly deserve to earn money from these videos and trips etc. they're beautifully filmed and the stories are beautifully told, they are far more interesting than some of the bigger travel youtubers I've watched! I have to admit sometimes I see these big travels videos and feel a tad jealous because that's literally my dream life; being able to travel and then being paid for it, even if I'm seen as a "marketer" for the place or hotel. The only problem is I am not photogenic haha. I've recently been watching a lot of videos on digital nomadism and again, I might be glamorizing it a bit but from the videos I've watched, it seems like my dream situation. While I don't think I'd ever break the travel-vlogging market, I do think finding a job I can' work at from anywhere and using that to fund travel would be my best situation. Im currently an accountant for a small business in Sri. Lanka haha so it's secure but not very well paid. The variety of work you can do through the internet is becoming huge and I'm very willing to learn and try to freelance. But these are just castles in the air at the moment. For now I just like watching travel videos in my free time and living vicariously through the youtuber, it makes me feel like I'm doing the travel as well =)
That's very kind of you to say! Compliments like that really inspire me to keep going. Growing on TH-cam isn't easy, especially when there are so many huge, established accounts to compete with, which makes me question myself. I'm just really glad you found my channel! I wouldn't worry about being photogenic or not, if being in the front of the camera is what you want to do. Vlogging is about personality. There are tonnes of great TH-camrs who aren't particularly photogenic but yet they have millions of subscribers. I truly believe the key to succeeding on this platform is to have passion and persistence. Of course, creating a TH-cam channel isn't the only way to earn money whilst travelling, if it's not something you are into. As long as whatever line of work you go into allows remote working (like freelancing, as you mentioned), then it is possible to work whilst travelling. I have had to work on the road before and there are some drawbacks to it (although they are likely small compared to the travel opportunities!). Internet access can be sporadic which means it can be a struggle to get work done at times. And when I'm in such a nice place I really hate to work as I feel like I should be exploring instead! The perfect situation for me personally is to have time travelling whilst really throwing myself into the experience and then complete most of my work when I get home. Then I repeat the cycle. But that's just me! There are plenty of people who I'm sure love being on the road constantly and completing work whilst there. I wish you the best of luck with your future. The great thing about freelance work or social media work is that you can set it up on the side whilst still at your usual job, to allow for some security whilst you test out what new area of work will work for you :)
This year travel changed for all of us. At first, I really struggled to come to terms with the fact that overseas travel was banned in the UK. It felt like I was trapped in a dystopian novel. But in times of change you have to adapt. So I started to see more of the UK and the first stop was the Welsh island of Anglesey. I hope you enjoy this video about my time there! Next up on my list is Scotland 🏴Don't forget to subscribe if you want to see what I get up to there! 🤗
Such empty beautiful beaches, enjoyed it very much!
The beaches really were such a pleasant surprise. They were so gorgeous! I'm really happy you enjoyed watching!
You are not alone in the discovery that one's own country has a lot to offer. Since Covid-19 in Feb 2020 we haven't crossed any borders and have had a wealth of lovely places to visit right on our doorstep ( so to speak). I have googled a number of places to see how many overseas tourist visit there annually. If they find it important enough, maybe I should look closer. Like you, we keep discovering pearls. I'm glad you think so too. I love Wales. Spent 2 weeks there with my 'bestie' from New Zealand and were planning a return- till...well you know! My second 'adventure series' videos were from Wales. What a precious gift those Puffins were for you. A reward for going anyway when you really didn't feel like it. Lovely share, thank you. 💝🇳🇿🙋♀️🇳🇱
Yeah, it's crazy how much we overlook where we live! I was anxious abut going about ultimately really loved it. I'm so glad I went 🤗
@@EllaMcKendrick 🙏 💝
Awesome video! Anglesey is a beautiful place I’d happily visit again
I'm glad you enjoyed it 😎
This is a perfect combination of story telling and editing, I just amazed by your continued Nature changing filmed recorded and edited, too good
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Thank you :)
What an excellent intro! Nomads still exist. For some it’s all about recharging using the energy adventuring provides!
Thank you very much! Yes, recharging is definitely necessary
@@EllaMcKendrick Keep up the good work and embracing the lifestyle of ‘thriving in novel environments’.
Nice video, nice editing and story telling, it really looks professional. The camping site looks very safe and I love, you captured the sunset on the beach. The hedgehog ritual is interesting, I never see a hedgehog yet. from 5.13 onward the place looks so beautiful, the lighthouse and the sea birds, looks like you had a wonderful adventure.
I'm glad you enjoyed watching! Haha, the hedgehogs were very funny. I was happy to see them as they are so rare these days. Fences and roads have really knocked their numbers down :(
I love your way of presenting this video. Really calm and beautiful, you're gorgeous. You deserve more views and engagements. Those little purple flowers at the campsite are pretty lovely. Love the beach. It's been a long time I haven't visited due to the lockdown.
Thank you for your kind words! 🤗 The flowers were lovely. It's great to get a splash of colour in the hedgerows. Hopefully we will all be able to travel more and covid gets better... (fingers crossed!)
Hi Ella. I am very happy to be able to see a video of yours again here on TH-cam.
As always, magnificent. Good video, great visuals, and great storytelling.
Hahaha 😂😂😂 inadvertently attended a crazy night of passion, debauchery and lust of the hedgehogs 😍🥰😘.
Beautiful place, much more beautiful in summer.
Greetings from Tenerife. 😘😘
Hi Ignacio! I always keenly await your wonderful comments 😁 I'm glad you enjoyed watching. Yes, those hedgehogs were hilarious! They were very noisy and causing quite the scene 😂
Amazing 👏 nice captured Best photography 👌 love it ❤
Thank you for your very kind words 😁 I am so happy to hear you enjoyed it! All the best to you, Manmeet! 🤗
Really great opener to bring everyone up to speed! We totally feel you about kind of being bitter at times about only being able to travel locally... That beach is so picturesque, especially at sunset! We are both big fans of just about any beach though, lol, especially slow-motion puppies! 🐕 April's daughter loves hedgehogs! Super cute puffins--glad you got to see them!
I'm glad you enjoyed! I'm also pleased I'm not the only one who is keen to explore further afield - I feel guilty for it sometimes! Do you have hedgehogs in the US?
No reason to feel guilt about it! April's grandma used to tell her "we have gypsy blood in us" about how we have the regular urges to travel! 😊 Yes, there are hedgehogs here 😀
I'm also guilty of dismissing the UK as a good travel destination. I've lived abroad for many years, but now when I travel back to the England with my american Fiance, I realise how cool a lot of the places are. I'll have to put Anglesey on my list.
It's true, there are lots of amazing places which we overlooked!
I like the editing and style of video you do. I do feel you about wanting to get away from your area to travel but, what I have learned from Covid is when I've traveled in the areas within my immediate sphere that I always overlooked I found some amazing spots I never thought existed so close to me.
The beach looks amazing by the way. LOL I love you woke up to some hedgehogs getting freaky 🤣🤣. Not a way I'd prefer to wake up to.
Glad you like my style! It' so true that we overlook lovely places near home so there have been some positive aspects to covid. Haha, the hedgehogs were certainly interesting 🙈 I was startled at the time but looking back on it I'm so glad it happened as now I have a very funny story to tell!
It's so perfect this time
Thanks so much, Jaff!! I hope you are doing well 😁
Yay so glad you had a good time in Anglesey! I'm based in South Wales but also happy to see people travelling and exploring Wales
I've heard very good things about South Wales! There's definitely so much to see in Wales and the UK
Wonderful site for camping
It really was! It exceeded my expectations. Location was great and they even had food on site on certain days so we enjoyed some fish and chips 😋
i was going to say the walk to the right of the coast over the top theres shit loads of flies, in the summer, the walk to the left are some fantastic little coves... beaches, going this thursday... cant wait :)
I wish I'd spent more time walking across the top as you are not the first person to mention the beautiful coves you come across. I hope you have an amazing time in Anglesey! The weather is looking to be alright this weekend for you which is great - just missed the chill of last week!
Hi Ella!. Excellent photography👌👍❤
Hello again Senthil! I am so happy to be able to create videos again and I really hope you continue to enjoy them 😁 How have you been?
@@EllaMcKendrick . Never been better!.
@@senthil8372 I'm so happy to hear it! All the best to you 😁
@@EllaMcKendrick Thanks a lot Ella!🙏
That camping place, is that someone's back garden? Interesting story about the hedgehog sound. You were sooooooo lucky to see three puffins, I am a bit jealous on that one!
Kind of. The houses which you can see are holiday cottages. But the owners of the cottages and campsite do live in a house which is on-site. I was quite lucky to see the puffins. It was only because I got a tip-off from one of the staff members who told me where to look on the cliffs that I spotted them. Even so, the puffins probably aren't there all the time.
I felt the same way about exploring locally here in Canada, but have actually found some great areas. The campsite looked like it was someone's field. Is that a common type of campsite? How lucky were you!!! To see not 1 but 3 puffins. That must have been amazing 🙌
Yes, it is common for campsites in UK to be land owned by the local farmer. It's a nice way for them to make money from land that is just sitting there. I did feel really lucky to see those puffins! They're such adorable birds. I do hope their numbers increase.
Wow! That’s something really inspiring! We haven’t yet started exploring that part of UK, but it should be in the bucket list.
I really enjoy how you’re editing! The colours are so soft and pleasant. Slowmo shots of the sea are great! Thanks for sharing this beautiful place. Since we also started local travelling more, this is a good spot to visit)
Yes! I would definitely recommend adding Wales to your list as there are some lovely parts :)
Nice video Ella, it looks a beautiful area. I've also tended to do most of my travelling abroad, but recently have been thinking of exploring more of the UK. Might just have to add Anglesey onto my list of places to visit after watching this.
Thanks, Mike! I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who tends to look abroad. I would definitely recommend Anglesey if you are planning to see more of the UK. I was worried it would be a bit too commercial as so many people tend to go but it was quiet, with parts definition of a sleepy seaside town. And that's not to say there wasn't much to do! I honestly wished I'd stayed longer as there were lots of beautiful walking trails. Where in the UK have you been thinking about visiting? I need to add more to my list too!
@@EllaMcKendrick Any of the national parks for sure. I live near the New Forest, but would love to work my way around some of the others. Isle of Skye is on the list too. In terms of cities/towns I've been thinking of York and Shrewsbury. Looking forward to seeing where you go next, I'm sure it'll give me more ideas!
@@mikemyore Yes, I've heard great things about the Isle of Skye! The landscape there looks out of this world. I'd love to get down to New Forest too. My next video is set in various parts of Scotland 🏴 I hope you'll enjoy it and feel inspired :)
Always have been of your vlogging
Thanks for your continued support! Hope you are doing well 🤗
Ella this is an amazing video, looks like an lovely area to visit. Salstack looked like a great day and wow how sweet were those puffins😁
Thank you! The puffins really did make my day 🤗
Really amazing place to explore
Yes, it was lovely!
I’m the same way. I usually prefer to travel to another country to explore instead of my own in the US. But I do know there is plenty to see here that is different. So I’ve been able to adapt by exploring my home city or country. That noise at night would’ve freaked me out lol. And omg you got to see a puffin!!!!!! That is so awesome!!!!
Yeah, it's so true that there's loads to see in our own countries! It's nice as well to have our perceptions of them changed :)
That hedgehog obviously has a thing for denim shorts, hence the mating ritual. 🦔
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Hey Ella. Do you have a video where you explain what you do for a living and whether your wanderlust / travel is a hobby, or a full time job?? I'm binge watching your videos and they are so wonderful but I'm wondering if it's your job or if it's just travel. I'm asking because lockdown and the pandemic has completely transformed my priorities and perspective on life, and I've stopped caring about my work and career. I just want to travel all day lol but I'm poor and have no money. Thanks a lot and best wishes"!
Hi Monika! Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to watch my videos and leave a comment. I don't have a video on this topic yet. I didn't think anyone would be interested in my content enough to know more about me and my circumstances so I am really pleased you are keen to know.
The videos are just from my travels. I don't travel for work, although some trips I have taken have involved collaborations with hotels which took the pressure off funding the trips.
I run my own e-commerce business from home alongside my partner. I spend most of my time working on my business but the beauty of having a business is that I can dictate my own hours and take time off when I need it. The other benefit is that most of it is remote working so my location can technically be anywhere in the world (as long as I have wifi!). I earn my money from this business and use it to travel whenever I can.
I created my TH-cam channel as a hobby on the side as I love filming my trips! But I am getting to a point where I want to start earning money from it to cover the costs of my travels (allowing me to travel more). I would love to be able to travel more frequently and to get money for it would be the dream.
It's great that you perspective has changed. The pandemic has done the same to me. I feel I didn't travel enough before and focussed too much on work. But it's taught me that you never know what's around the corner so you should enjoy the time you have now.
What kind of job do you currently have? And what would be the ideal situation for you moving forward?
@@EllaMcKendrick Oh you certainly deserve to earn money from these videos and trips etc. they're beautifully filmed and the stories are beautifully told, they are far more interesting than some of the bigger travel youtubers I've watched! I have to admit sometimes I see these big travels videos and feel a tad jealous because that's literally my dream life; being able to travel and then being paid for it, even if I'm seen as a "marketer" for the place or hotel. The only problem is I am not photogenic haha.
I've recently been watching a lot of videos on digital nomadism and again, I might be glamorizing it a bit but from the videos I've watched, it seems like my dream situation. While I don't think I'd ever break the travel-vlogging market, I do think finding a job I can' work at from anywhere and using that to fund travel would be my best situation. Im currently an accountant for a small business in Sri. Lanka haha so it's secure but not very well paid. The variety of work you can do through the internet is becoming huge and I'm very willing to learn and try to freelance. But these are just castles in the air at the moment. For now I just like watching travel videos in my free time and living vicariously through the youtuber, it makes me feel like I'm doing the travel as well =)
That's very kind of you to say! Compliments like that really inspire me to keep going. Growing on TH-cam isn't easy, especially when there are so many huge, established accounts to compete with, which makes me question myself. I'm just really glad you found my channel!
I wouldn't worry about being photogenic or not, if being in the front of the camera is what you want to do. Vlogging is about personality. There are tonnes of great TH-camrs who aren't particularly photogenic but yet they have millions of subscribers. I truly believe the key to succeeding on this platform is to have passion and persistence.
Of course, creating a TH-cam channel isn't the only way to earn money whilst travelling, if it's not something you are into. As long as whatever line of work you go into allows remote working (like freelancing, as you mentioned), then it is possible to work whilst travelling.
I have had to work on the road before and there are some drawbacks to it (although they are likely small compared to the travel opportunities!). Internet access can be sporadic which means it can be a struggle to get work done at times. And when I'm in such a nice place I really hate to work as I feel like I should be exploring instead! The perfect situation for me personally is to have time travelling whilst really throwing myself into the experience and then complete most of my work when I get home. Then I repeat the cycle. But that's just me! There are plenty of people who I'm sure love being on the road constantly and completing work whilst there.
I wish you the best of luck with your future. The great thing about freelance work or social media work is that you can set it up on the side whilst still at your usual job, to allow for some security whilst you test out what new area of work will work for you :)
The puffins looks alittle like penguins 🐧 I’ve never been to Wales. Is what the coastlines look like?
Haha, I guess they are a bit like miniature penguins 😆 The coastline is rocky with lots of secluded beaches. It's lovely!
My dads from wales
That's really cool! Wales is such a pretty place :)
@@EllaMcKendrick it is we go there all the time and when ever we do we always go to Charles’s it’s a country shop and I always get a Schlick horse
@@YourFavEquestrian. That sounds awesome!