SUGGESTION. There's a UK video called 'Coast to Coast - 182 miles across the English Countryside'. As the title says, it's the about the experiences of a young man attempting to walk the 182 miles, alone, between the West and East coasts of England. I think you'll enjoy this video. Love from the UK
I understand completely what you were saying about the silence. I live in rural Scotland, just 16 miles from the coast. Whenever I am feeling too down to even cry I go to the woods or the beach and just sit. Matching my breathing to the waves or the breeze in the trees, listening to the birds and just easing myself into a relaxed state does wonders for my mental health. I have seen so many different wild creatures here, early one morning while walking my dog (now sadly dead) I saw a pine marten. These are rare and elusive animals so I stood as still as possible to make sure I got as much out of the encounter as I could. xxx
They have Mountain rescue teams and there is also the air ambulance if you needed air lifting out of a situation, most hikers are prepared for these rugged hikes. Bonus is, no nasty beasties
I spent a few days hiking around there when I was 20 and loved it, stayed at Ilam YH and definitely a busy area being just a short drive from some heavily populated areas
The uk has lots of brilliant volunteers mountain rescue teams, rescue helicopters, and helicopter Ed teams in the world. There's a challenge called the three peaks, you have to climb the three tallest peaks in 24 hours. I did it in my early 20s, I wouldn't attempt it now,inmy 50s.
I like you spirit, NAIA - we're on the same page regarding the natural world, and how important it is for our mental wellbeing. Covering the more dangerous hiking areas, we have very experienced volunteer Mountain Rescue teams, and if necessary (free) Heli-Med 'copters. So providing you have a charged phone with you, you're very unlikely to ever find yourself in a life-threatening situation. (Though they don't appreciate having to rescue completely unprepared fools!) . The hikes he recommended are mostly pretty challenging, but there are plenty more that are a bit less strenuous, yet still show off stunningly beautiful views. One of my favourites is the South-West Coastal path - 630 miles in total, but any section of it will offer fabulous coastal vistas, punctuated with hidden white-sand bays, tiny fishing villages and welcoming pubs (where you can sometimes lay your head for the night). It's my "go-to" place when I get too stressed with London life, and I'm sure you'd love it.
The rocky routes where you have to use your hands we call scramble routes and ironically the easiest scramble routes rated grade 1 are the most dangerous as a lot of novices use them with zero scrambling experience and don't hire a guide, in Snowdonia where I live there are two famous grade 1 scramble routes which account for the vast majority of mountain rescues in the park, so much so both scrambles have mountain rescue headquarters stationed at the foot of them, as you mentioned ambulances I should add in the UK all our mountains are covered by a free mountain rescue service run by volunteers, and they also have access to the coast guard mountain rescue helicopters which is also a free service, so that's one nice thing about hiking in the mountains of the UK, if you have an accident rescue is usually very fast and completely free.
The best advice for British mountains is to dress correctly. The usual advice is to layer. A base layer plus a fleece plus an outer waterproof shell for your upper body; a base layer plus good trousers plus waterproof trousers for your lower body; and good quality boots over two pairs of socks on your feet. Obviously you don't wear all of this on you the whole time; but the great thing is, that, if severe weather conditions close in - which can happen on high British mountains all year round - you're prepared. Also, importantly, if you do have an accident, you can be comfortable while waiting for help to arrive.. Our Mountain Rescue services, who are volunteers, do a very good job, but they do get exasperated with ill-prepared tourists. Particularly the more north you go, there seem to be many tough and fit people! There is reference to 'scrambling'. Grade I Scrambles are pretty taxing, but Grade III Scrambles ate best suited to mountain goats...
British mountain rescue services are excellent. They train constantly and have rescued people from some awful situations. It's best to stay safe, but if something does go wrong, the chances of a successful search and rescue are high.
Most of the mountain rescue people, if not all of them, are volunteers who give their own time and take risks to save people's lives. The air ambulances get to places that normal ambulances cannot reach.
@@weejackrussell I can only speak for Snowdonia where I live but our mountain rescue helicopters are run by the Coast Guard with RAF back-up if needed, the RAF actually used to do all the mountain rescues here but stepped back and were replaced by the Coast Guard several years back now, I know Prince William spent a little time piloting the mountain rescue helicopters when he was based at RAF Valley, I'm a local fell runner and wild camper so always found the thought of being recued by a Prince quite amusing! 🤣
You could spend several lifetimes walking in Britain. There's a little bit of everything. You should look at some of the longer walks, like the West Highland Way (I've done about a third of it over the years and I'd love to do the full thing in the one go). A Really good short walk is Conic Hill at Loch Lomond which takes a couple of hours. My most recent walk was Ben Lomond, also at Loch Lomond. I did it on my own (not a great idea), and bashed up my toes pretty bad during the descent! I'll be walking local to myself this weekend round a place called Boturich (amazing views, and it has a stunning wedding venue so all the videos of it are of weddings!) It's also on Loch Lomond...we are truly spoiled for walks here!
This might not be of interest to you, but some of the best footage of the UK mountains can often be found in sporting videos, one I'd highly recommend which was shot by a professional film crew and won several awards is on YT and called 'Dragon's Back Race 2012' and it follows the competitors in a race from North to South Wales over the top of the mountains, even if running doesn't interest you the actual cinematography of the mountains in the video is incredible and as a Welsh mountain runner myself one of the best videos I've ever seen which shows the true beauty of the Welsh mountains, especially Snowdonia, the footage they shot literally gives me goosebumps it's so good! The race also starts inside Conwy Castle which is so cool! (and also where I leave.... not in the castle, just near Conwy! 🤣)
PS. In the UK we actually refer to mountain running as Fell Running from the old Norse word for mountains 'fjall' which is still commonly used in parts of the UK, especially in the Lake District where all the mountains are referred to as 'Fells'.
The mountains of the Lake District filled the happiest years of my childhood and the memory of them inspires me still. I felt as if I met God on the mountains. This is a poem that was inspired by them. The Gifts I Didn't Want. God gave me the gifts I didn't want. I longed for beauty and He gave me tenacity. I wanted ease and He gave me a hard road to tread. I wanted love and He made me love truth too much. I said to Him, "Make life painless or my heart unbreakable." He shook His head and smiled and said, "What if I make it beautiful?" "Make me strong." I said and again He laughed. "What if I make you stubborn beyond all strength?" Then He lifted me upon a mountain And showed me all the kingdoms of the Earth And said, "None of this is yours, But only the love of it and the grief of it And the hope and the fear of it, But none of it is yours. For power and wealth are not real And strength is naught but refusal to die And beauty is becoming what you are And all that exists and is true in this world or any Is the love that makes you reckless and tactless and fierce And the things you will do for that love. God and I walked down the mountain together, side by side. "I'm not who you think I am." I said. He took my hand and said, "So says each acorn when I call him Oak." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I do also, along with the great suggestions that have been made, is the american couple that did the costswold way off day adventures is there channel, they did it over 9 days, you see the views, the hardship, the country pubs, one brough her to tears, how friendly the local pub was, off day adventures it is a 9 or 10 episodes, one of the best, along with liam on the coats to coast
Love the silence in nature, just absorbing everything. In terms of folk having accidents…..air ambulance plus volunteer rescue groups mean it’s safer than you’d think.
I have heard of 'Ithaca', because its where the late, great, still sadly missed astrophysicist Carl Sagan had a house with his wife, science writer Anne Druyan and their family.
It is, however, very crowded at weekends and public holidays. You are best exploring it on week days. Very well known in the UK but, perhaps not so well known in other countries. Though, having said that, people visit stately homes such as Chatsworth but perhaps don't realise it's in the Peak District.
There is a great video of one man walking across northern England from coast to coast, camping out over a couple of nights too; that I think you would enjoy. Or check out a video about outdoor adventure places in the wild. From Yorkshire.
People alone camp out. Not sure if they suppoaed to, But there is youtubers filming there stays throughout vthe year. Sometimes snowing, Blizzard conditions. They crazy. I like a warm bed.
For your benefit all these trail, mountains and hill are covered by the Mountain Rescue Teams and also the RAF rescue helicopters, so a good phone or a sat phone is a must going anywhere but you are backed up!! Cheers Aah Kid
Cows are considered the most dangerous with an average of 5 deaths a year, only 1 of those deaths is members of the public though, the rest being agricultural workers, but there are also lots of non-fatal attacks, especially in calving season, I've been attacked twice by cows when out trail running but was lucky enough to be near easy escape routes.
SUGGESTION. There's a UK video called 'Coast to Coast - 182 miles across the English Countryside'. As the title says, it's the about the experiences of a young man attempting to walk the 182 miles, alone, between the West and East coasts of England. I think you'll enjoy this video. Love from the UK
Great suggestion, it's great.
Liam?
Scree walking and boot polishing.
Im a drop that next week. Thank you 🤜🤛
liam is a legand, great video, great edit, desrve his likes followers,
I understand completely what you were saying about the silence. I live in rural Scotland, just 16 miles from the coast. Whenever I am feeling too down to even cry I go to the woods or the beach and just sit. Matching my breathing to the waves or the breeze in the trees, listening to the birds and just easing myself into a relaxed state does wonders for my mental health. I have seen so many different wild creatures here, early one morning while walking my dog (now sadly dead) I saw a pine marten. These are rare and elusive animals so I stood as still as possible to make sure I got as much out of the encounter as I could. xxx
I love it!
Mountaineering, potholing, caving and rock climbing are very popular in the UK as well as hiking.
They have Mountain rescue teams and there is also the air ambulance if you needed air lifting out of a situation, most hikers are prepared for these rugged hikes. Bonus is, no nasty beasties
I can tell you that Dovedale is very well known indeed and attracts many thousands of visitors. It is a beautiful place.
I spent a few days hiking around there when I was 20 and loved it, stayed at Ilam YH and definitely a busy area being just a short drive from some heavily populated areas
The uk has lots of brilliant volunteers mountain rescue teams, rescue helicopters, and helicopter Ed teams in the world. There's a challenge called the three peaks, you have to climb the three tallest peaks in 24 hours. I did it in my early 20s, I wouldn't attempt it now,inmy 50s.
I like you spirit, NAIA - we're on the same page regarding the natural world, and how important it is for our mental wellbeing.
Covering the more dangerous hiking areas, we have very experienced volunteer Mountain Rescue teams, and if necessary (free) Heli-Med 'copters. So providing you have a charged phone with you, you're very unlikely to ever find yourself in a life-threatening situation. (Though they don't appreciate having to rescue completely unprepared fools!) .
The hikes he recommended are mostly pretty challenging, but there are plenty more that are a bit less strenuous, yet still show off stunningly beautiful views. One of my favourites is the South-West Coastal path - 630 miles in total, but any section of it will offer fabulous coastal vistas, punctuated with hidden white-sand bays, tiny fishing villages and welcoming pubs (where you can sometimes lay your head for the night). It's my "go-to" place when I get too stressed with London life, and I'm sure you'd love it.
That's incredible. Definetlely a MUST to have in this world.
The rocky routes where you have to use your hands we call scramble routes and ironically the easiest scramble routes rated grade 1 are the most dangerous as a lot of novices use them with zero scrambling experience and don't hire a guide, in Snowdonia where I live there are two famous grade 1 scramble routes which account for the vast majority of mountain rescues in the park, so much so both scrambles have mountain rescue headquarters stationed at the foot of them, as you mentioned ambulances I should add in the UK all our mountains are covered by a free mountain rescue service run by volunteers, and they also have access to the coast guard mountain rescue helicopters which is also a free service, so that's one nice thing about hiking in the mountains of the UK, if you have an accident rescue is usually very fast and completely free.
The best advice for British mountains is to dress correctly. The usual advice is to layer. A base layer plus a fleece plus an outer waterproof shell for your upper body; a base layer plus good trousers plus waterproof trousers for your lower body; and good quality boots over two pairs of socks on your feet. Obviously you don't wear all of this on you the whole time; but the great thing is, that, if severe weather conditions close in - which can happen on high British mountains all year round - you're prepared. Also, importantly, if you do have an accident, you can be comfortable while waiting for help to arrive.. Our Mountain Rescue services, who are volunteers, do a very good job, but they do get exasperated with ill-prepared tourists.
Particularly the more north you go, there seem to be many tough and fit people! There is reference to 'scrambling'. Grade I Scrambles are pretty taxing, but Grade III Scrambles ate best suited to mountain goats...
British mountain rescue services are excellent. They train constantly and have rescued people from some awful situations. It's best to stay safe, but if something does go wrong, the chances of a successful search and rescue are high.
Most of the mountain rescue people, if not all of them, are volunteers who give their own time and take risks to save people's lives. The air ambulances get to places that normal ambulances cannot reach.
@@weejackrussell I can only speak for Snowdonia where I live but our mountain rescue helicopters are run by the Coast Guard with RAF back-up if needed, the RAF actually used to do all the mountain rescues here but stepped back and were replaced by the Coast Guard several years back now, I know Prince William spent a little time piloting the mountain rescue helicopters when he was based at RAF Valley, I'm a local fell runner and wild camper so always found the thought of being recued by a Prince quite amusing! 🤣
You could spend several lifetimes walking in Britain. There's a little bit of everything. You should look at some of the longer walks, like the West Highland Way (I've done about a third of it over the years and I'd love to do the full thing in the one go). A Really good short walk is Conic Hill at Loch Lomond which takes a couple of hours. My most recent walk was Ben Lomond, also at Loch Lomond. I did it on my own (not a great idea), and bashed up my toes pretty bad during the descent! I'll be walking local to myself this weekend round a place called Boturich (amazing views, and it has a stunning wedding venue so all the videos of it are of weddings!) It's also on Loch Lomond...we are truly spoiled for walks here!
The scenery is like a movie!
This might not be of interest to you, but some of the best footage of the UK mountains can often be found in sporting videos, one I'd highly recommend which was shot by a professional film crew and won several awards is on YT and called 'Dragon's Back Race 2012' and it follows the competitors in a race from North to South Wales over the top of the mountains, even if running doesn't interest you the actual cinematography of the mountains in the video is incredible and as a Welsh mountain runner myself one of the best videos I've ever seen which shows the true beauty of the Welsh mountains, especially Snowdonia, the footage they shot literally gives me goosebumps it's so good! The race also starts inside Conwy Castle which is so cool! (and also where I leave.... not in the castle, just near Conwy! 🤣)
PS. In the UK we actually refer to mountain running as Fell Running from the old Norse word for mountains 'fjall' which is still commonly used in parts of the UK, especially in the Lake District where all the mountains are referred to as 'Fells'.
The mountains of the Lake District filled the happiest years of my childhood and the memory of them inspires me still. I felt as if I met God on the mountains. This is a poem that was inspired by them.
The Gifts I Didn't Want.
God gave me the gifts I didn't want.
I longed for beauty and He gave me tenacity.
I wanted ease and He gave me a hard road to tread.
I wanted love and He made me love truth too much.
I said to Him, "Make life painless or my heart unbreakable."
He shook His head and smiled and said,
"What if I make it beautiful?"
"Make me strong." I said and again He laughed.
"What if I make you stubborn beyond all strength?"
Then He lifted me upon a mountain
And showed me all the kingdoms of the Earth
And said, "None of this is yours,
But only the love of it and the grief of it
And the hope and the fear of it,
But none of it is yours.
For power and wealth are not real
And strength is naught but refusal to die
And beauty is becoming what you are
And all that exists and is true in this world or any
Is the love that makes you reckless and tactless and fierce
And the things you will do for that love.
God and I walked down the mountain together, side by side.
"I'm not who you think I am." I said.
He took my hand and said,
"So says each acorn when I call him Oak."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This dude is giving away all our secrets 😂 everybody's going to want to come ✌❤🐦.
I do also, along with the great suggestions that have been made,
is the american couple that did the costswold way
off day adventures is there channel, they did it over 9 days, you see the views, the hardship, the country pubs,
one brough her to tears, how friendly the local pub was,
off day adventures
it is a 9 or 10 episodes, one of the best, along with liam on the coats to coast
Love the silence in nature, just absorbing everything. In terms of folk having accidents…..air ambulance plus volunteer rescue groups mean it’s safer than you’d think.
I have heard of 'Ithaca', because its where the late, great, still sadly missed astrophysicist Carl Sagan had a house with his wife, science writer Anne Druyan and their family.
Of course some people do these scenic routes slightly more quickly than others see: Northern Fell Running on TH-cam.
PEAK DISTRICT national park would be a great place for you to start...
It is, however, very crowded at weekends and public holidays. You are best exploring it on week days. Very well known in the UK but, perhaps not so well known in other countries. Though, having said that, people visit stately homes such as Chatsworth but perhaps don't realise it's in the Peak District.
There is a great video of one man walking across northern England from coast to coast, camping out over a couple of nights too; that I think you would enjoy. Or check out a video about outdoor adventure places in the wild. From Yorkshire.
Coming soon 🤜🤛
People alone camp out. Not sure if they suppoaed to, But there is youtubers filming there stays throughout vthe year. Sometimes snowing, Blizzard conditions. They crazy. I like a warm bed.
For your benefit all these trail, mountains and hill are covered by the Mountain Rescue Teams and also the RAF rescue helicopters, so a good phone or a sat phone is a must going anywhere but you are backed up!!
Cheers Aah Kid
Another way Brits explore the islands is by boat. Sailing along the coast in a yacht gives a different perspective to the landscape.
Never went near Ben Nevis highest mountain in all of uk
That’s in Scotland 🏴 Here’s a list of the top 20 highest mountains in the UK. Spoiler alert - they’re all in Scotland!
Ben Nevis - 1,345 meters - Scotland
Ben Macdui - 1,309 meters - Scotland
Braeriach - 1,296 meters - Scotland
Cairn Toul - 1,291 meters - Scotland
Sgòr an Lochain Uaine - 1,258 meters - Scotland
Cairn Gorm - 1,245 meters - Scotland
Aonach Beag - 1,234 meters - Scotland
Aonach Mòr - 1,221 meters - Scotland
Càrn Mòr Dearg - 1,220 meters - Scotland
Ben Lawers - 1,214 meters - Scotland
Beinn a'Bhuird - 1,197 meters - Scotland
Beinn Mheadhoin - 1,182 meters - Scotland
Beinn Bhrotain - 1,157 meters - Scotland
Ben More - 1,174 meters - Scotland
Stob Choire Claurigh - 1,177 meters - Scotland
Stob Coire an Laoigh - 1,162 meters - Scotland
Sgurr Choinnich Mor - 1,118 meters - Scotland
Ben Alder - 1,148 meters - Scotland
Beinn Eibhinn - 1,110 meters - Scotland
Binnein Mor - 1,130 meters - Scotland
As others have said, watch Liam's Coast to Coast walk.
Always let people know wher your going and when you're due back, then if anything goes wrong people know your missing.
The buety about the uk is there aren't any dangerous animals or insects that can kill you or give you a nasty bite.
Yeah but we do have some squirrels with very bad attitudes 🐿🗡😂.
I love it!
Cows are considered the most dangerous with an average of 5 deaths a year, only 1 of those deaths is members of the public though, the rest being agricultural workers, but there are also lots of non-fatal attacks, especially in calving season, I've been attacked twice by cows when out trail running but was lucky enough to be near easy escape routes.
@@markjones127 cows don't talk to me about cows, absolutely insane bloody things their only redeeming asset is milk and beef are tasty 😋🐄😂.
There are no mountains in England.
Yes there are, a mountain is considered anything over 2000 feet in the UK so there are actually approx. 200 mountains in England.