We have looked at a few places in Wales and every single time we do, we fall in love! That certainly is no different in this video! So much to offer in Wales! Beautiful beaches, rivers, villages, shops, restaurants, Castles and insane views! This seriously may be the most perfect Vacation/Holiday for everyone! Join us on this beautiful & at time quite amusing episode and let's make our list of places to visit in Wales! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
Debbie you think those beaches are wide? Please do a reaction to the North Norfolk coast!! Not only at low tide are they about 2miles wide, but you can walk out into the sea so far and only just be up to your knees....
As someone below mentioned Oggy is also a chant at sporting events such as football and rugby. But the funniest was when Catherine Zeta Jones got up to accept her Oscar for Chicargo. Wales had won in the rugby the day before.So the first thing she did on getting up to the poduim was to shout 'Oggy Oggy Oggy' and the reply 'Oi Oi Oi' came back from one person, Sir Antony Hopkins a fellow Welshman. It was a proud weekend for Wales.
Interesting just looks up, cornish miners pasty, and yes the wives shouted oggy oggy to the men, so looks like it's more a cornish word or a bit if both, but ref weka use of word modern not old, max boyce started using it
So oggy is a large cornish pasty, it's origin is Cornwall though it's usually lamb from Wales used, and max boyce started saying it, and Welsh the started saying it more but not Welsh apparently
I'm North Walian, born and bred. We didn't have a lot of money growing up so never ventured out of North Wales for holidays and trips. Turns out I was the richest person in the world. I've lived in England for the last 15 years and was so overwhelmed by "heraith" (translates as homesickness for the Welsh homeland, not specifically your actual home) during this video I burst into tears.
Marie I feel your 'Hiraeth' I was also born, brought up and still live in Wales (Anglesey now) and we had little money but like you say So Rich in other ways. All the places in the Video I have obviously been to and enjoyed. I still do boat trips on the Menai Strait. Plus teach people on motor boat stuff. My 4 older brothers and Sisters emigrated to the USA and Canada but I stayed 'behind' in North Wales. They are now Jealous!!!! Im 78 this year and still working. It must be the clean North Wales air!🤭🤪✌😁😁
Hi ladies, i am Welsh and love all the love you both you bring in every video, you should now take a look at south and south west Wales, especially the Gower peninsula.the Gower was the first place in the UK to be given the status of the national heritage site of natural beauty, but be warned you Will start packing and move. Keep bringing the love
@11:23 I can't think of the Great Orme without thinking of the wild Kashmir goats that roam around on it, and especially the funny scenes of them taking over Llandudno when the people had to stay indoors during the Covid-19 lockdown.
They still walk down to the town to graze early in the morning. I stay there regularly and they are everywhere when I take my dog for her early morning walk 😅
The best thing about the Great Orme in my opinion is the Bronze Age Copper mines. They should be much better known - for the website search 'Great Orme Mines'. You can explore the mines and see where people mined copper 4,000 years ago! That pre-dates the Iron Age. There are archaeologists waiting to answer any questions when you emerge from the mines. Incredible. It's a lovely walk from Llandudno's West Shore to Conwy and back btw. I've done it many times.
Well it was, before It became so anti-English and racist. My husband and I lived in North Wales for 20 years ( well, that's how long I lived there) He is Welsh and fluent in the language, as are our sons. His parents still live there, though we emigrated. I visit Europe but will NEVER return to North Wales, after reading the VILE comments, directed at the English Tourists ,in Welsh and National Newspapers (when Tourism is one of your ONLY Sources of income!! )😡😡🤡 A shame , as I had really loved Wales, when we lived there.I still miss Betwys y Coed,(our much loved 'date place', Conwy, Beddgelert and the beautiful Marble Church, where we married and christened our sons
As a proud Welsh man, that video certainly did show off some of the beauty of my country. However they only touched the surface as there is so much more to see and do. Like trying the Worlds fastest zip line, or the trampoline cave wales, plus the endless beautiful beaches, also you have South Wales too, with plenty more castles and to the West we have the Mumbles and the Gower Peninsula. We really do have some of the most beautiful views on the planet. Love the channel and much respect.
I love Wales! And it’s my favourite British accent. 🏴 🇬🇧 🏴 💚🏴 (and childhood memories of Ivor the Engine 🚂 🐉 ☺️🥰🏴 …. and the magical, brilliance of Oliver Postgate)
I live in North Wales and have walked the mountains, visited all those beaches and castles. No where is more than an hour from where I live. I’m very blessed ❤❤
North Wales is my shizz! I have lived in the UK (Salford, Greater Manchester) for nearly 20 years but have long viewed North Wales as an easily accessable wonderland on my doorstep. I used to work in Chester, (on the river Dee literally on the border with Wales, full of architecture and relics from all periods of it's history.) Starting as a Roman garrison called Deva, for centuries the home base of the XXth Legion. There are still Roman ruins (including a cirrcus where gladiators fought to the death.) The very first castle I ever visited was Conwy, just around the coast from Llandudno, at the base of the Great Orme peninsula (which has Bronze Age mines in it!) You get the feeling that Wales wears the 21st Century very lightly, and that the history has weight.
i used to visit North Wales regularly and loved it. i remember the goosebumps while listening to a male voice choir sing Men of Harlech in Harlech castle. The whole area is absolutely stunning. the only issue is since the Welsh government introduced 20 mph speed limits in large areas it takes much longer to get anywhere. i would definately consider becoming a member of CADW (welsh heritage) for cheaper access to all those castles etc.
It doesn’t take longer to get places at all! Im Welsh and live here. Its only 20mph in built up areas. Other roads are their normal speed limit. I wish people would stop spouting bull! 😂
As a child I was lucky to have English Grandparents who lived in a lovely cottage in the Snowdonia National Park, so I have fond memories of every place mentioned in this video. My Grandad took part in the Normandy beach landings during WW2, which affected him greatly. The beauty of North Wales and Snowdonia was the peaceful location he needed to see out the remainder of his life, as therapy from his experiences of the war.
I absolutely love the image of being on the beach exploring the caves, turning a corner into a particularly dark bit of cave, and there's Debbie with an ice cream cart. 🤣
I am a Jamaican living in the UK, visit north and south Wales for the first time last year and was blown away by how gorgeous it was there. We even had Welsh Faggot for the first time and it was beautiful.
Thank you for not forgetting about us, everyone seems to focus on south wales and forget there’s an entire northern (and of course, mid) part of our country. Really nice touch with hen wlad fy nhadau at the end, goosebumps every time! Bit gutted they showed nothing from Wrexham county, however, you know about us already! I grew up 10 mins from Moel Famau, we used to go there to collect frogspawn every spring!
I used to live by Llangollen and the mountains around there was my playground. I now live in Llandudno and love it just as much. Amazingly beautiful part of the world
I moved from England to Wales for the lower house prices. I sold my 1 bedroom apartment in Bristol and bought a 3 bedroom 200 year old cottage on the Brecon Beacons for the same price! Everything is much more expensive in England! Great video ❤
Hello Ladies. Great Wales video. I used to visit the north a few times a year. My brother & his wife moved to Bala 40 years ago. The bottled water comes from a company called Ty-Nant from Bethania. Ty is Welsh for a house and nant is Welsh for a stream, pronounced Ty is like tea and nant is pronounced in Welsh the same as in English. I live in the South of Wales and I think we have the best tap water from Dwr Cymru, dwr is Welsh for water, Cymru is what we call Wales. Our tap water is fed from reservoirs in the Brecon Beacons national park. It’s a very soft water, no furring of pipes and kettles and comes out of the tap very cold. Barmouth Bridge carries the railway from Machynlleth to Pwllheli. The bridge has just been vastly upgraded and has a public footpath along it, great views of the Mawddach estuary. Throughout North Wales there are very many heritage railways. The one in Llangollen is a standard gauge line, but most of the lines are narrow gauge from the old slate industry. One line from Caernarfon to Porthmadog around the base of Snowden. Another line from Porthmadog goes to Blaenau Ffestiniog up from the port to the slate mines.
North wales 🏴 is so very beautiful ,to see all that stunning scenery in one episode reminds me that really you just have to walk out your door to have your breath taken . Life in North wales is at a much slower pace you have time to take in your surroundings and the clean air .thanks to postcard and a pint and Natasha and Debbie for your appreciative reaction and love for our beautiful wales 🏴
Most of the buildings along the front in Llandudno are either hotels or B&B's, you could stay there if you come to visit and use it as a base. My husbands employer owns the pier and it takes a lot of money to maintain. There is also a gentleman you may see in Llandudno, affectionately known as the 'monkey man'. He dresses up in different costumes with a toy monkey and a boom box playing music. He promised his late wife that he would go out of his way to make people smile. And he really does. He's now joined sometimes with his new wife and she dresses up with him too. The pair of them never cease to make me smile when I see them 😁
Wales is the most wonderful wee country, which when I lived in Bristol, made being so far away from Scotland, more bearable! For it's not just the physical environment of mountains, hills and moors that are similar - it's the people and their wonderfully expressive accents and language, that is so distinctly different from English, through all that former mining communities are, with their attendant recovery strategies - some of are working well and others less so; and their liking for a kind of politics that again, is not typically English! Yet it so accessible - from Bristol, Oxford, the Cotswolds, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Hereford, Worcester, Birmingham, the Black Country, Shrewsbury, Chester, Liverpool and more! Wales has castles like nowhere else - and yes, there are great castles all over the UK, but somehow the best are in Wales, with their towns and villages built around them - or not, such is the splendid isolation of places like Carreg Cennen, high up on the Black Mountain near the town of Llandeilo, or Harlech - for it's sheer size and dominance over the adjacent land. Wales has a decent rail network too - not what it once was perhaps, but extensive all the same, with many spectaular routes, such as along the North-West coasts, including the recently-restored Barmouth Bridge - whose girder section is an opening facility to allow the passage of fixed-masted boats, incidentally. There is also the branch from Llandudno Junction down the narrow Valley to the former slate-mining community of Blaenau Ffestiniog, whose immediate landscape is like something out another universe! And I'm glad they showed the narrow-guage Bala Lake Railway, which is one of perhaps ten or twelve such lines, with the Welsh Highland and Ffestiniog in particular, facilitating around 60 miles travel around the spectacular Yr Wffda National Park, A rare, rack-and-pinion-type railway even carries passengers to within fifty feet of the country's highest mountain, for those unable or unwilling, to walk!
Edward I know as longshanks may have been a complete Bxxxxxx , but the many magnificent castles he built to keep the Welsh subdued have been a gift to the Welsh tourist industry.
Yes strictly speaking all those magnificent Welsh castles are really English. They weren't built to protect the people of Wales at all but were constructed for precisly the opposite reason. They survive as some of the greatest examples of Medievel castle building in the UK because during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms better know as the English Civil Wars of 1639 to 1653 Wales was largely untouched. Consequently the Welsh castles were not demolished by the warring factions who wanted to deny their use to their enemies. It was standard practice for the armies of that time to demolish any castle that they passed by regardless of whether it had offered any resistance or had presented any threat to them. Many English castles were wrecked in this way and retatively few were actually destroyed during a seige or as a consequence of being involved in the actual fighting. Their distruction was simply a precautionary measure A few castles in England like Dover did survive intact but we English mainly specialise in picturesque ruins or those like Arundle Castle that were re-built as stately homes after the war(s). At the end of the day the people of Wales got the best deal because now they can charge the English to visit their own castles when they really ought to be paying them rent. 😉
I can't speak for North Wales but I'm in the Gower in the South and it's indeed stunningly beautiful - IF you can ever see it through the endless rain. I saw a blue sky once too!
Sorry for the late reply I was unwell for a few days, I been to some of the places I saw in your video and brought back many memories of childhood and I remember the Great Orme. Merci- Jean-Marc
I live in North Wales and, trust me ladies, as good as the video is - it misses out lots of attractions here. There are the narrow guage steam trains of Snowdonia, there's Llanberis and the Slate Mining Museum and much much more too. The "houses" you referred to at Llandudno are hotels. You should save up your bucks and come see it all for yourselves.
This brought back happy memories of childhood holidays staying in caravans in Prestatyn, Rhyl and Anglesey. Lovely beaches and we visited castles and went inland to the Swallow Falls.
Love love love this video! Being Welsh I am slightly biased though. Ladies the genuine enthusiasm you both show when view places is the UK is truly heartwarming, which is why I keep watching. There are so man TH-camrs from America doing reactions to British things but none of them seem as genuine as you both and it's nice to chat when you do your lives. I really hope you make it over to the UK soon and make it over to the green green grass of Wales. Keep up the fantastic work both! X
Llangollen my home town, my mum still lives in Llangollen and i did all my school life and younger years there and sure visit as often as i can, from that bride view 4:08 you might be able to see top my childhood home as only short walk from the river. such a pretty place, two family members in this part wales and love going back, tend to spend a month away every visit in north wales it sure gets rid any stress
Criccieth been there lots times, even took part in medieval shows at the castle many times my family did the birds prey and helped make the armor and clothing and weapons and took part in the battles we traveled all over wales. but this place a few people who did th shows lived here and one thing i remember as very young wow some side streets are very steep, castle in middle of two beaches one pebble beach the right side and bit sand left side but a stunning part of wales 12:59
15:46 funny thing was my mum when we moved to wales it was Llangollen or Barmouth to move too she chosen Llangollen because good schools and its still very pretty but ive had countless days out even as school years summer holidays me mates jump on a 3 hour bus ride and not much over hour drive these days, every visit home we always have a day out in Barmouth what ever season. Barmouth is my fav seaside town and beach is great too and big and younger years we took the dogs walk up the cliff paths up to tops some great walks around Barmouth
I'm English, but my grandad was from Wales, some of my favourite memories were visiting as a kid, then when I was a teen I spent a lot of time in Llanberis in Snowdonia for rock climbing, abseiling etc.
I was born and raised in Llandudno and still live up the road from it. It's a great place to visit. The "houses" on the promenade you mentioned are actually all hotels and B&Bs. We love visiting Conwy as often as we can. It's a great place to be a tourist, even if you're a local!
I was thrilled to see that you reacted to a video of my friends Rachel and Wills! Their Vlogs are always super entertaining and I just love them both! We met up with them in Liverpool and it was super fun! And yes, I fell in love with Wales in 1985 (the year before your jumper!) when I visited the castles there for the first time! ❤🏴🏰
Omg! We ADORE Postcard and a Pint! Rach and Will are fab people and very generous TH-camrs. If you fancy checking out an overly bouncy English travel couple, give us a holler! N&Nx
I went to North Wales for a holiday once as a teenager in the 1970's it rained for two weeks solid all day apart from one afternoon. Fortunately we had lots of coach trips booked and were able to stay in the dry.
I live on the English side of the Welsh border, and we get Welsh water out of the tap ( Fawcett) it is good quality water. I've spent a few holidays in Wales, and visited most of the places they mentioned. They are all gorgeous as stated. Though there are as many not mentioned. Snowdon, Llanberis, Caernarfon . There are half a dozen more narrow gauge steam railways which were skipped, mors castles obviously. Mountains too. Oggie is the Cornish word for a pasty. They've stolen the recipe, and the name! ( I am Cornish ). Yep, it's all lovely.
The Oggy is a pastie with a thick crust on one side. Was made that way for miners who on their lunch break, would use the thick crust as a kind of handle to hold with their dirty hands then discard .....unless you're me...who even eats the dirty bit.
I'm from Scotland, so naturally I'm biased, but I do love North Wales, I've been there lots. In fact, I'm booked up for a week in Anglesey this summer. And the video missed out several must-see places that I was sure she would include, such as Carnarvon, Actual Snowdonia(as in the mountains) and the Pontcysllyte aqueduct(near Llangollen, known as the "Stream in the Sky"). And while the Swallow Falls are OK, the Aber falls(near Conwy) are surely better? And what happened to the "Chapel in the Sea" at Aberffraw in Anglesey? So much to see. And more castles than you can shake a stick at! An oggie is pretty much a Welsh Cornish pasty, But she forgot to mention Welsh Cakes - they are truly unique to the area.
The Ladies of Llangollen were a famous couple - who ran away from Ireland to avoid being married and became local celebrities. They were obviously devoted to each other.
Llandudno is my hometown 😊 . Most of the buildings on the promenade are hotels, the great orme summit is easy to get to and is fantastic for watching sunsets
My family are from Llangollen. They were bakers on Church St.My greatgreat grandma used to take a Donkey laden with lemonade up Dinas Bran to sell in summer .My grandmas ashes are there.
Ok. Aber is the Welsh name for the mouth of the river. Hence Abersoch. Mouth of the river Soch . But Debbie, Beaumaris on Anglesea has a GREAT Spooky jail just for you. It gave me the blinking chills. OMG. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Good morning from north Wales….! Thoroughly enjoyable reaction from you both, it’s amazing to see what people think of where we live, as we take it simply as ‘home’…. An oggie is similar to a cornish pastie if this helps. Take care.
Great video, thanks for featuring it. We are in the UK and we have a holiday caravan in North Wales 3 hours drive from our home. We spend as much time there as we can. Never get tired of it.
I’m lucky enough to live in north wales and work for a company that take tourists out to visit these places, these days out are stunning, from places like Llyn Brenig, and pen y pass in Snowdonia, to the medieval burial grounds and Roman ruins on angelsey, I love it all
I'm in north Wales...... We have so many amazing beaches, mountain's, walks, castle's etc, Llandudno is also amazing, we are so lucky living here. Thank you for showing this ladies 👏🌹🇬🇧👍
Been up the Great Orme many times. There is a railway that takes you half way up and then you change to another train that can cope with the steeper gradient. The train is open to the elements which means that in a hot summer it is good to have a breeze blowing. There is a restaurant at the top as well as crazy golf and the most beautiful views.
I'm lucky as North Wales is only 4 hours drive from my home. Its my favourite place to holiday in Britain. My boys ( my dogs) loved it. Its very dog friendly which ensured I had wonderful times with them. They both loved riding on the steam train. Thanks for the video. We visited most the places in it and it brought back wonderful memories of happy times with them. You are both great btw
The bridge at 16:00 that you asked about is for the Ffestiniog narrow gauge steam railway. Worth a ride if you are ever in the area. Wales has many preserved narrow gauge railways all of which are worth a visit.
Hi Natasha & Debbie Welsh lady here I was born in Conwy! I live near Betws-y-Coed now but my Mum still lives in Conwy… you should visit Wales you’ll get a warm welcome 👍🏻🏴
Champion here every time I watch one of your shows I end with a tear in my eye ,because you two ladies still see the beauty in our small little Island, which so many brits take for granted and no longer seem to care about.🇬🇧😔
Hello ladies, North Wales has been my home for 37yrs, and i have been to most of the places in the video, the ice cream shop is a must, and there are more places to visit, all depends on how long you whish to visit for.
@@TheNatashaDebbieShowthe Cambrian way railway crosses Barmouth bridge which is beautiful to journey over. You previously watched a video on the Mac loop with low flying RAF planes. If you time it right you can be on the bridge when the planes fly low over the bridge ready to fly into the Mac loop
One of the things that makes North Wales such a ideal holiday destination is the volume of memorable places to visit in such a small area, Castles, coastal and mountain sceenery, industrial and culturalheratage sites, pretty towns and villages in abundance and much more. Im not from the local Tourist Board, just an occasional visitor from Scotland.
Oggies are Pasties, I think it's a Cornish term based on the Celtic name for them. Many of those ruins you see basically became stone mines for local builders when the buildings became disused and derelict, they became a useful source of easily available building stone. Criccieth is a lovely town, my step grandmother was from there, and it's one of my favourite places in Wales, after Llanbedrog which has a sheltered subtropical garden. Barmouth bridge is a railway bridge with a pedestrian way as well, no cars.
We have looked at a few places in Wales and every single time we do, we fall in love! That certainly is no different in this video! So much to offer in Wales! Beautiful beaches, rivers, villages, shops, restaurants, Castles and insane views! This seriously may be the most perfect Vacation/Holiday for everyone! Join us on this beautiful & at time quite amusing episode and let's make our list of places to visit in Wales! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
Debbie you think those beaches are wide? Please do a reaction to the North Norfolk coast!! Not only at low tide are they about 2miles wide, but you can walk out into the sea so far and only just be up to your knees....
Not to say North Wales isn't wonderful.... It is and me and the wife will be going back next year to climb Snowdonia
England is definitely the dearest place to live and to buy homes.
It’s fantastic to hear people pronounce things correctly 😂😂😂😂
I’m sat having a coffee in Llangollen as I type
Thank you so much for reacting to our video. We enjoyed seeing your views and we'll book Debbie and icecream cave for your visit! Cheers 🍻
Great video guys well done xx
Great video - must have been hard to narrow it down to just these. I could think of many more places and attractions.
@@sarahealey1780 thank you so much. We're honoured that Natasha and Debbie chose it!
I’ve just subscribed 😊 I am incredibly lucky to live very near Moel Fammau and go to a lot of theses places regularly ❤🏴🏴🏴
@@sarahealey1780 thank you so much 🍻
I’m English and I think Wales is amazing. Anglesey and snowdonia are out of this world stunning.
We don’t have a Snowdonia. We have an Eryri.
I'm Welsh and the UK is amazing to visit ... Scotland Ireland and Wales are amazing. England too we love our bully lol
@ we don’t. Never love the coloniser.
As someone below mentioned Oggy is also a chant at sporting events such as football and rugby. But the funniest was when Catherine Zeta Jones got up to accept her Oscar for Chicargo. Wales had won in the rugby the day before.So the first thing she did on getting up to the poduim was to shout 'Oggy Oggy Oggy' and the reply 'Oi Oi Oi' came back from one person, Sir Antony Hopkins a fellow Welshman. It was a proud weekend for Wales.
It's also food, in navy speak.
We have a very similar chant in Australia, it's Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi,oi.
It's a Welsh pasty as well, like a cornish pasty
Interesting just looks up, cornish miners pasty, and yes the wives shouted oggy oggy to the men, so looks like it's more a cornish word or a bit if both, but ref weka use of word modern not old, max boyce started using it
So oggy is a large cornish pasty, it's origin is Cornwall though it's usually lamb from Wales used, and max boyce started saying it, and Welsh the started saying it more but not Welsh apparently
I'm North Walian, born and bred. We didn't have a lot of money growing up so never ventured out of North Wales for holidays and trips. Turns out I was the richest person in the world. I've lived in England for the last 15 years and was so overwhelmed by "heraith" (translates as homesickness for the Welsh homeland, not specifically your actual home) during this video I burst into tears.
Marie I feel your 'Hiraeth' I was also born, brought up and still live in Wales (Anglesey now) and we had little money but like you say So Rich in other ways. All the places in the Video I have obviously been to and enjoyed. I still do boat trips on the Menai Strait. Plus teach people on motor boat stuff. My 4 older brothers and Sisters emigrated to the USA and Canada but I stayed 'behind' in North Wales. They are now Jealous!!!! Im 78 this year and still working. It must be the clean North Wales air!🤭🤪✌😁😁
Hi ladies, i am Welsh and love all the love you both you bring in every video, you should now take a look at south and south west Wales, especially the Gower peninsula.the Gower was the first place in the UK to be given the status of the national heritage site of natural beauty, but be warned you Will start packing and move. Keep bringing the love
Agreed❤
@11:23 I can't think of the Great Orme without thinking of the wild Kashmir goats that roam around on it, and especially the funny scenes of them taking over Llandudno when the people had to stay indoors during the Covid-19 lockdown.
They still walk down to the town to graze early in the morning. I stay there regularly and they are everywhere when I take my dog for her early morning walk 😅
th-cam.com/video/xcDvM3PdVsc/w-d-xo.html
The best thing about the Great Orme in my opinion is the Bronze Age Copper mines. They should be much better known - for the website search 'Great Orme Mines'. You can explore the mines and see where people mined copper 4,000 years ago! That pre-dates the Iron Age. There are archaeologists waiting to answer any questions when you emerge from the mines. Incredible. It's a lovely walk from Llandudno's West Shore to Conwy and back btw. I've done it many times.
There are no words to describe how much i love being Welsh how wonderful it is here
Well it was, before It became so anti-English and racist. My husband and I lived in North Wales for 20 years ( well, that's how long I lived there) He is Welsh and fluent in the language, as are our sons. His parents still live there, though we emigrated. I visit Europe but will NEVER return to North Wales, after reading the VILE comments, directed at the English Tourists ,in Welsh and National Newspapers (when Tourism is one of your ONLY Sources of income!! )😡😡🤡 A shame , as I had really loved Wales, when we lived there.I still miss Betwys y Coed,(our much loved 'date place', Conwy, Beddgelert and the beautiful Marble Church, where we married and christened our sons
@@jacqueline8559 So a few negative comments turned you against a nation of people ? Do the English / Scottish / Irish ever run tourists down
@@jacqueline8559It’s not racist. Tourists aren’t the problem. Disrespectful tourists are. Settlers can also be a problem.
As a proud Welsh man, that video certainly did show off some of the beauty of my country. However they only touched the surface as there is so much more to see and do. Like trying the Worlds fastest zip line, or the trampoline cave wales, plus the endless beautiful beaches, also you have South Wales too, with plenty more castles and to the West we have the Mumbles and the Gower Peninsula. We really do have some of the most beautiful views on the planet. Love the channel and much respect.
I love Wales! And it’s my favourite British accent. 🏴 🇬🇧 🏴 💚🏴
(and childhood memories of Ivor the Engine 🚂 🐉 ☺️🥰🏴 …. and the magical, brilliance of Oliver Postgate)
\You really must look up the story of 'The Ladies of Llangollen'.
Wales is the UKs best kept secret 🤣. I couldn't think of a better place to live. Coast, mountains, castles lots of open space ❤❤
Wales has some of the best beaches in the UK and indeed the world
I live in North Wales and have walked the mountains, visited all those beaches and castles. No where is more than an hour from where I live. I’m very blessed ❤❤
After watching videos like this it's astounding to me that almost 40% of American tourists only visit London whilst on vacation in Britain.
I lived in Wales for 12 years and it totally stole a giant piece of my heart.
North Wales is my shizz! I have lived in the UK (Salford, Greater Manchester) for nearly 20 years but have long viewed North Wales as an easily accessable wonderland on my doorstep. I used to work in Chester, (on the river Dee literally on the border with Wales, full of architecture and relics from all periods of it's history.) Starting as a Roman garrison called Deva, for centuries the home base of the XXth Legion. There are still Roman ruins (including a cirrcus where gladiators fought to the death.) The very first castle I ever visited was Conwy, just around the coast from Llandudno, at the base of the Great Orme peninsula (which has Bronze Age mines in it!) You get the feeling that Wales wears the 21st Century very lightly, and that the history has weight.
i used to visit North Wales regularly and loved it. i remember the goosebumps while listening to a male voice choir sing Men of Harlech in Harlech castle. The whole area is absolutely stunning. the only issue is since the Welsh government introduced 20 mph speed limits in large areas it takes much longer to get anywhere. i would definately consider becoming a member of CADW (welsh heritage) for cheaper access to all those castles etc.
And cheaper as potholes do far less damage at 20 than 30, fewer wrecked tyres and wheels.
It doesn’t take longer to get places at all! Im Welsh and live here. Its only 20mph in built up areas. Other roads are their normal speed limit. I wish people would stop spouting bull! 😂
As a child I was lucky to have English Grandparents who lived in a lovely cottage in the Snowdonia National Park, so I have fond memories of every place mentioned in this video. My Grandad took part in the Normandy beach landings during WW2, which affected him greatly. The beauty of North Wales and Snowdonia was the peaceful location he needed to see out the remainder of his life, as therapy from his experiences of the war.
Eryri.
The railway bridge at Barmouth is iconic. It has a footpath along one side of it so you can walk over to the other side of the estuary.
I've cycled across it too, a lovely way to arrive in Barmouth.
Glorious holiday in Tenby last June.
Love Tenby it’s my favourite and Saundersfoot 👍🏴
I absolutely love the image of being on the beach exploring the caves, turning a corner into a particularly dark bit of cave, and there's Debbie with an ice cream cart. 🤣
😂😂
I am a Jamaican living in the UK, visit north and south Wales for the first time last year and was blown away by how gorgeous it was there. We even had Welsh Faggot for the first time and it was beautiful.
Thank you for not forgetting about us, everyone seems to focus on south wales and forget there’s an entire northern (and of course, mid) part of our country. Really nice touch with hen wlad fy nhadau at the end, goosebumps every time! Bit gutted they showed nothing from Wrexham county, however, you know about us already! I grew up 10 mins from Moel Famau, we used to go there to collect frogspawn every spring!
I used to live by Llangollen and the mountains around there was my playground. I now live in Llandudno and love it just as much. Amazingly beautiful part of the world
I moved from England to Wales for the lower house prices. I sold my 1 bedroom apartment in Bristol and bought a 3 bedroom 200 year old cottage on the Brecon Beacons for the same price! Everything is much more expensive in England! Great video ❤
You're part of the problem in Wales, just saying 😢
Hello Ladies. Great Wales video. I used to visit the north a few times a year. My brother & his wife moved to Bala 40 years ago. The bottled water comes from a company called Ty-Nant from Bethania. Ty is Welsh for a house and nant is Welsh for a stream, pronounced Ty is like tea and nant is pronounced in Welsh the same as in English. I live in the South of Wales and I think we have the best tap water from Dwr Cymru, dwr is Welsh for water, Cymru is what we call Wales. Our tap water is fed from reservoirs in the Brecon Beacons national park. It’s a very soft water, no furring of pipes and kettles and comes out of the tap very cold.
Barmouth Bridge carries the railway from Machynlleth to Pwllheli. The bridge has just been vastly upgraded and has a public footpath along it, great views of the Mawddach estuary.
Throughout North Wales there are very many heritage railways. The one in Llangollen is a standard gauge line, but most of the lines are narrow gauge from the old slate industry. One line from Caernarfon to Porthmadog around the base of Snowden. Another line from Porthmadog goes to Blaenau Ffestiniog up from the port to the slate mines.
North wales 🏴 is so very beautiful ,to see all that stunning scenery in one episode reminds me that really you just have to walk out your door to have your breath taken . Life in North wales is at a much slower pace you have time to take in your surroundings and the clean air .thanks to postcard and a pint and Natasha and Debbie for your appreciative reaction and love for our beautiful wales 🏴
I proposed to my late wife on the Great Orme so it is a special place for me now that she is no longer here.
Most of the buildings along the front in Llandudno are either hotels or B&B's, you could stay there if you come to visit and use it as a base.
My husbands employer owns the pier and it takes a lot of money to maintain.
There is also a gentleman you may see in Llandudno, affectionately known as the 'monkey man'. He dresses up in different costumes with a toy monkey and a boom box playing music. He promised his late wife that he would go out of his way to make people smile. And he really does. He's now joined sometimes with his new wife and she dresses up with him too.
The pair of them never cease to make me smile when I see them 😁
Wales is the most wonderful wee country, which when I lived in Bristol, made being so far away from Scotland, more bearable! For it's not just the physical environment of mountains, hills and moors that are similar - it's the people and their wonderfully expressive accents and language, that is so distinctly different from English, through all that former mining communities are, with their attendant recovery strategies - some of are working well and others less so; and their liking for a kind of politics that again, is not typically English! Yet it so accessible - from Bristol, Oxford, the Cotswolds, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Hereford, Worcester, Birmingham, the Black Country, Shrewsbury, Chester, Liverpool and more! Wales has castles like nowhere else - and yes, there are great castles all over the UK, but somehow the best are in Wales, with their towns and villages built around them - or not, such is the splendid isolation of places like Carreg Cennen, high up on the Black Mountain near the town of Llandeilo, or Harlech - for it's sheer size and dominance over the adjacent land. Wales has a decent rail network too - not what it once was perhaps, but extensive all the same, with many spectaular routes, such as along the North-West coasts, including the recently-restored Barmouth Bridge - whose girder section is an opening facility to allow the passage of fixed-masted boats, incidentally. There is also the branch from Llandudno Junction down the narrow Valley to the former slate-mining community of Blaenau Ffestiniog, whose immediate landscape is like something out another universe! And I'm glad they showed the narrow-guage Bala Lake Railway, which is one of perhaps ten or twelve such lines, with the Welsh Highland and Ffestiniog in particular, facilitating around 60 miles travel around the spectacular Yr Wffda National Park, A rare, rack-and-pinion-type railway even carries passengers to within fifty feet of the country's highest mountain, for those unable or unwilling, to walk!
I am half Welsh. I LOVE WALES! It is SO BEAUTIFUL.
So in love with Wales! I wanna go there now! Loved this video!!
You should ,I moved here 28yrs ago and haven't regretted a day. Beautiful place. 👍
Used to go to north wales twice a year when our children where small, beautiful !!!
I love Wales, people are so friendly.
We agree!!
Edward I know as longshanks may have been a complete Bxxxxxx , but the many magnificent castles he built to keep the Welsh subdued have been a gift to the Welsh tourist industry.
Yes strictly speaking all those magnificent Welsh castles are really English. They weren't built to protect the people of Wales at all but were constructed for precisly the opposite reason. They survive as some of the greatest examples of Medievel castle building in the UK because during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms better know as the English Civil Wars of 1639 to 1653 Wales was largely untouched. Consequently the Welsh castles were not demolished by the warring factions who wanted to deny their use to their enemies.
It was standard practice for the armies of that time to demolish any castle that they passed by regardless of whether it had offered any resistance or had presented any threat to them. Many English castles were wrecked in this way and retatively few were actually destroyed during a seige or as a consequence of being involved in the actual fighting. Their distruction was simply a precautionary measure
A few castles in England like Dover did survive intact but we English mainly specialise in picturesque ruins or those like Arundle Castle that were re-built as stately homes after the war(s). At the end of the day the people of Wales got the best deal because now they can charge the English to visit their own castles when they really ought to be paying them rent. 😉
I can't speak for North Wales but I'm in the Gower in the South and it's indeed stunningly beautiful - IF you can ever see it through the endless rain. I saw a blue sky once too!
Mountain walking is quite addictive and Cymru (Wales) is truly blessed with mountains.
Sorry for the late reply I was unwell for a few days, I been to some of the places I saw in your video and brought back many memories of childhood and I remember the Great Orme. Merci- Jean-Marc
North wales is stunning
Anglesey is my home
I live in North Wales and, trust me ladies, as good as the video is - it misses out lots of attractions here. There are the narrow guage steam trains of Snowdonia, there's Llanberis and the Slate Mining Museum and much much more too. The "houses" you referred to at Llandudno are hotels. You should save up your bucks and come see it all for yourselves.
You two are of my highlights. You have me laughing my arse off.
Grass. 😂😂😂
I love how you appreciate my country…the beautiful Wales. ❤
This brought back happy memories of childhood holidays staying in caravans in Prestatyn, Rhyl and Anglesey. Lovely beaches and we visited castles and went inland to the Swallow Falls.
I went to Wales last summer. I spent a week motorcycle touring and hiking, it was beautiful...
I have visited North Wales,and it is worth a visit beautiful place to see❤.
I am very lucky to live in Llandudno , North Wales. Everyday is a dream and I never take it for granted.
Love your reaction to Wales. it's an amazing country to visit.
Love love love this video! Being Welsh I am slightly biased though. Ladies the genuine enthusiasm you both show when view places is the UK is truly heartwarming, which is why I keep watching.
There are so man TH-camrs from America doing reactions to British things but none of them seem as genuine as you both and it's nice to chat when you do your lives.
I really hope you make it over to the UK soon and make it over to the green green grass of Wales.
Keep up the fantastic work both! X
Thanks so much! 😊
Llangollen my home town, my mum still lives in Llangollen and i did all my school life and younger years there and sure visit as often as i can, from that bride view 4:08 you might be able to see top my childhood home as only short walk from the river. such a pretty place, two family members in this part wales and love going back, tend to spend a month away every visit in north wales it sure gets rid any stress
4:30 i know people who make the food from that place, stuff you see is made over night so the next day and food great
Criccieth been there lots times, even took part in medieval shows at the castle many times my family did the birds prey and helped make the armor and clothing and weapons and took part in the battles we traveled all over wales. but this place a few people who did th shows lived here and one thing i remember as very young wow some side streets are very steep, castle in middle of two beaches one pebble beach the right side and bit sand left side but a stunning part of wales 12:59
15:46 funny thing was my mum when we moved to wales it was Llangollen or Barmouth to move too she chosen Llangollen because good schools and its still very pretty but ive had countless days out even as school years summer holidays me mates jump on a 3 hour bus ride and not much over hour drive these days, every visit home we always have a day out in Barmouth what ever season. Barmouth is my fav seaside town and beach is great too and big and younger years we took the dogs walk up the cliff paths up to tops some great walks around Barmouth
Bala, had some school trips to the lake even did swimming and sailing and a stop over on way to Barmouth
I'm English, but my grandad was from Wales, some of my favourite memories were visiting as a kid, then when I was a teen I spent a lot of time in Llanberis in Snowdonia for rock climbing, abseiling etc.
I was born and raised in Llandudno and still live up the road from it. It's a great place to visit. The "houses" on the promenade you mentioned are actually all hotels and B&Bs. We love visiting Conwy as often as we can. It's a great place to be a tourist, even if you're a local!
I was thrilled to see that you reacted to a video of my friends Rachel and Wills! Their Vlogs are always super entertaining and I just love them both! We met up with them in Liverpool and it was super fun! And yes, I fell in love with Wales in 1985 (the year before your jumper!) when I visited the castles there for the first time! ❤🏴🏰
All the castles ❤
I lived in Tal-y-Bont, just north of Barmouth (Abermaw), for 5 years. It's an incredible place.
Omg! We ADORE Postcard and a Pint! Rach and Will are fab people and very generous TH-camrs.
If you fancy checking out an overly bouncy English travel couple, give us a holler! N&Nx
I went to North Wales for a holiday once as a teenager in the 1970's it rained for two weeks solid all day apart from one afternoon. Fortunately we had lots of coach trips booked and were able to stay in the dry.
They are hotels in Llandudno on the prom ( promanade ).
I live on the English side of the Welsh border, and we get Welsh water out of the tap ( Fawcett) it is good quality water. I've spent a few holidays in Wales, and visited most of the places they mentioned. They are all gorgeous as stated. Though there are as many not mentioned. Snowdon, Llanberis, Caernarfon
. There are half a dozen more narrow gauge steam railways which were skipped, mors castles obviously. Mountains too.
Oggie is the Cornish word for a pasty. They've stolen the recipe, and the name! ( I am Cornish ).
Yep, it's all lovely.
I was lucky enough to grow up in North Wales and to visit all these places on a regular basis.
Hope you and you animals are all safe and we love u all and hope this weather calms soon X
The Oggy is a pastie with a thick crust on one side. Was made that way for miners who on their lunch break, would use the thick crust as a kind of handle to hold with their dirty hands then discard .....unless you're me...who even eats the dirty bit.
Loved hearing the Welsh National song music at the end.
I live 20 minutes drive from North Wales and it's gorgeous and I was in Llangollen a few months back
Wales is beautiful. I am biased because I'm Welsh 😊 🏴
I'm from Scotland, so naturally I'm biased, but I do love North Wales, I've been there lots. In fact, I'm booked up for a week in Anglesey this summer. And the video missed out several must-see places that I was sure she would include, such as Carnarvon, Actual Snowdonia(as in the mountains) and the Pontcysllyte aqueduct(near Llangollen, known as the "Stream in the Sky"). And while the Swallow Falls are OK, the Aber falls(near Conwy) are surely better? And what happened to the "Chapel in the Sea" at Aberffraw in Anglesey? So much to see. And more castles than you can shake a stick at!
An oggie is pretty much a Welsh Cornish pasty, But she forgot to mention Welsh Cakes - they are truly unique to the area.
The Black mountains and Newquay in Wales are beautiful.
The Ladies of Llangollen were a famous couple - who ran away from Ireland to avoid being married and became local celebrities. They were obviously devoted to each other.
Llandudno is my hometown 😊 . Most of the buildings on the promenade are hotels, the great orme summit is easy to get to and is fantastic for watching sunsets
Love Wales - but be prepared for rain, no matter what time of year you go, it’s beautiful whatever the weather , but be prepared 😀😀😀😀
My family are from Llangollen. They were bakers on Church St.My greatgreat grandma used to take a Donkey laden with lemonade up Dinas Bran to sell in summer .My grandmas ashes are there.
Ok. Aber is the Welsh name for the mouth of the river. Hence Abersoch. Mouth of the river Soch . But Debbie, Beaumaris on Anglesea has a GREAT Spooky jail just for you. It gave me the blinking chills. OMG. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I will always support your channel
My wife and i are going there again next month for the first time in five years. It is a beautiful place.
Good morning from north Wales….!
Thoroughly enjoyable reaction from you both, it’s amazing to see what people think of where we live, as we take it simply as ‘home’….
An oggie is similar to a cornish pastie if this helps.
Take care.
Great video, thanks for featuring it. We are in the UK and we have a holiday caravan in North Wales 3 hours drive from our home. We spend as much time there as we can. Never get tired of it.
I’m lucky enough to live in north wales and work for a company that take tourists out to visit these places, these days out are stunning, from places like Llyn Brenig, and pen y pass in Snowdonia, to the medieval burial grounds and Roman ruins on angelsey, I love it all
I'm in north Wales...... We have so many amazing beaches, mountain's, walks, castle's etc, Llandudno is also amazing, we are so lucky living here. Thank you for showing this ladies 👏🌹🇬🇧👍
We send our love its 11:40pm on Thursday nit, husband Robbie and i Doreen enjoy your positive Chanel much LUV FROM TUCSON ARIZONA
Hey there!! 👋🏻
Great video, so proud of all our castles but this really is special ❤
Been up the Great Orme many times. There is a railway that takes you half way up and then you change to another train that can cope with the steeper gradient. The train is open to the elements which means that in a hot summer it is good to have a breeze blowing. There is a restaurant at the top as well as crazy golf and the most beautiful views.
So beautiful enjoyed want to vist Wales
An Oggy is a Cornish pasty.
Also a football chant... oggy oggy oggy (shouts 1 side)
Oi! Oi! Oi! Shout the other 😊
My mum used to call them Tiddy Oggys. I think that's the old traditional term for Cornish pasty.
@@juliaroberts4962
Oh, that's it... I'm going to ask for Tiddy Oggy's and I don't care if I get laughed at
Which the Aussies ‘stole” 🤣🤣🤣
@@Duchess_of_Cadishead
Australians... you'd have thought they'd have learned their lesson when we sent them there in the 1st place
@@juliaroberts4962
I've started asking for Tiddy oggys when I'm getting a Cornish pasty.
It's odd, but all the shops seem to remember me now 😊
Wales is wonderful, been there many times. Oh my little sailing boat capsized in Bala glug glug
Oh no!!
I'm lucky as North Wales is only 4 hours drive from my home. Its my favourite place to holiday in Britain. My boys ( my dogs) loved it. Its very dog friendly which ensured I had wonderful times with them. They both loved riding on the steam train. Thanks for the video. We visited most the places in it and it brought back wonderful memories of happy times with them. You are both great btw
The bridge at 16:00 that you asked about is for the Ffestiniog narrow gauge steam railway. Worth a ride if you are ever in the area. Wales has many preserved narrow gauge railways all of which are worth a visit.
Hi Natasha & Debbie Welsh lady here I was born in Conwy! I live near Betws-y-Coed now but my Mum still lives in Conwy… you should visit Wales you’ll get a warm welcome 👍🏻🏴
We had school trips every year to Moel Famau I think for Geography so I remember it raining a lot. It is beautiful though.
Champion here every time I watch one of your shows I end with a tear in my eye ,because you two ladies still see the beauty in our small little Island, which so many brits take for granted and no longer seem to care about.🇬🇧😔
Wales is stunning. As a English man I go there often, it is just breathtaking. If you can watch a video about the Cambrian line.
Hello ladies, North Wales has been my home for 37yrs, and i have been to most of the places in the video, the ice cream shop is a must, and there are more places to visit, all depends on how long you whish to visit for.
Wales is beautiful place , North Wales is stunning ❤ love it
Don't forget on the Great Orme there is a bronze age copper mine that can be explored
Yes I mentioned that but my comment seems to have been deleted. I don't think it's publicised enough.
My late father in law lived in Pensarn for his last ten years, he loved it and the people.
Love Wales so I was so pleased to see you react to this. Thanks. All the best to you.
I’ve been to several of those places during childhood holidays. I am feeling really nostalgic now.
I’ve just found your channel and you’re such a joy to watch.
Great video and reaction, certainly is a beautiful country 👍
Barmouth, Harlech, Betws-y-Coed, Abersoch, Criccieth, so lucky to have all this on my doorstep
Yes you are!!
@@TheNatashaDebbieShowthe Cambrian way railway crosses Barmouth bridge which is beautiful to journey over. You previously watched a video on the Mac loop with low flying RAF planes. If you time it right you can be on the bridge when the planes fly low over the bridge ready to fly into the Mac loop
One of the things that makes North Wales such a ideal holiday destination is the volume of memorable places to visit in such a small area, Castles, coastal and mountain sceenery, industrial and culturalheratage sites, pretty towns and villages in abundance and much more. Im not from the local Tourist Board, just an occasional visitor from Scotland.
Oggies are Pasties, I think it's a Cornish term based on the Celtic name for them. Many of those ruins you see basically became stone mines for local builders when the buildings became disused and derelict, they became a useful source of easily available building stone. Criccieth is a lovely town, my step grandmother was from there, and it's one of my favourite places in Wales, after Llanbedrog which has a sheltered subtropical garden. Barmouth bridge is a railway bridge with a pedestrian way as well, no cars.