To anyone outside the area, we refer to the area as Malvern Hills generally because you can see the hills from many miles away on clear days. For example I live 50 miles away and having lived around high rise buildings here, you would often be up in them and see the malvern hills. Very history rich places. Ludlow Castle is a typical jaunt for us when were school kids, the school would take us on a day trip. You should look for a game centred on Wolverhampton. The first traffic lights, the slaughter place for some of Guy Fawkes men and so much more.
Seeing these small towns makes you realise how nice the country is, once you get out of the depressing big cities. Ludlow is now on my list of places to visit too.
As you say the big Cambridge v Oxford sport is the university boat race. It's televised live on our national broadcaster and is ran on the Thames. Have been there a few times. They tend to play each other at most sports. I have attended a varsity rugby match at Twickenham stadium Oxford v Cambridge
Café Nero is a chain and it is definitely a good one when you're walking around York in about 5° and raining and desperate for the toilet. The most welcome sight ever.
I'm from England. There are dozens of beautiful towns like Ludlow in the UK, But... I've just put it on my list of places I've not been but want to visit because just panning around - it is truly a gem.
The view from the Weatherspoons garden in Malvern is fantastic! I also visited Ludlow on the same trip. I live near Cambridge so I recognised that. I have of course been to Blackpool which is famous for "The Blackpool Illuminations" in September.
Round 1: The Butter Cross sounds familiar - I feel like I should recognise this but I don't. A couple of steps and I see we're in Ludlow - that explains it, I visited here about 10 years ago. Took a minute to remember where in Shropshire it is, and then where in Ludlow we were but then clicked 2 yards away. Round 2: The phone codes don't particularly help - 0151 is Liverpool, 020 is London. Moving down the street the bus to Fleetwood via Poulton almost certainly puts us somewhere near Blackpool. Moving further down a shop name suggests we're in Kirkham, and I know there is a station called Kirkham and Wesham near Blackpool so I zoom in there and things match up. 4 yards. Round 3: Does Malvern mean Great Malvern? The sign to Ledbury and Worcester suggests it is, so I zoom in and sure enough it is. 1 yard. Round 4: King's College means this is Cambridge. That was easy. Finding where in Cambridge King's College is was not, about 5 minutes searching and then 8 yards away. Round 5: The Grundy Art Gallery doesn't tell me where we are, but the Blackpool Catholic Club does. Fortunately the art gallery is easy to find when zooming in. 6 yards. Overall: 20 yards in 17 minutes for 25,000 points is not bad going.
The "interesting things" on the walls of the building are tie rods. The tie rods are long metal rods with a plate on the end that extend through the building and essentially hold the building together (the other end will will be threaded so the plates can be drawn together using large nuts). You tend to see tie rods on older buildings that may have had some structural problems with the brickwork bulging outwards.
Tie rods are heated before the nuts are screwed down, so that the metal contraction when they cool tightens them. This applies far more force than could be exerted by the screw thread alone.
I’m from Blackpool and have followed the club for 50 years, many as a season ticket holder. We do indeed play in tangerine shirts. Kirkham is just down the road, but more of a Preston supporting area
re: 17:47 - Oxford and Cambridge will play each other at all the sports that universities play each other at, but it's really only the Boat Race that has any notable cultural impact for people outside of those uni sports societies. Debates - each has their own well known debating society, but as far as I know it's not a regular or major thing for them to debate each other. The Oxbridge rivalry is often more about outdoing in parallel than directly head to head if that makes any sense. Eton is a school (as in, under 18s) so not in the same conversation
White Christmas? Very rare here in (currently) windy Lancashire. We had some very early snow two or three weeks ago, but generally our winters are relatively mild on account of the proximity of the sea.
Leominster pronounced Lemster.malvern pronounced molvern. Enjoyed this one. You zeroed I. Pretty quickly. Love your attempts at the place names. We Brits only know because we know. It's cause of all the invasions throughout the ages. Romans, normans, Saxons, vikings, etc.
Only white Christmas I remember was 1980 when I was 8. Usually in my part of England the weather is around 10c (50f) around Christmas time, last weekend it reached 18c (64f), today was 50f. Wendy’s I think are pretty good, we have one where I live and I like the bacon cheeseburger, fries and drink for £4, and yes we have the buttons on the fountain, I have a Coke with lime in it.
Annoying random fact, 'Ye' was never pronounced "yee", the 'Y' is a simplified form of an old, now disused english letter that did the 'th' sound all by itself. People started using Y instead when it fell out of usage, because it looked similar.
I'm in Worcester (Wuster) and Malvern is often pronunced the way you did by American, Imagine it has a double L as in your shopping centres... Mall-vern I think probably 10pm would be too late for most people, I'm a night owl so matters not to me.
I wasn't in the worst region for the storm, Wind gusts got to around 60-70mph where I live, no serious effects but definitely noticeable. I cancelled a plan to go out for a walk, and our bins had flown down the street a bit. Unfortunately at least 2 people did die from fallen trees, rest in peace to them.
Had to miss my mum’s birthday meal because of Storm Darragh ☹️ She wasn’t in a badly affected area, but it was still a road journey I didn’t want to risk. I have friends in Liverpool who said it was incredibly bad weather
Wendys just opened near me on the A1, fries were great, nuggets felt like good quality chicken but flavour was lacking along with the breading. Pretty weak Fanta too
Ditto. 46 and never known a white Christmas. You get them up in the Highlands. Storm Darragh has been pretty bad here in the Midlands though my train line was still running although it was flooded and shut for three days after Storm Bert. Water on top of saturated land already is not what was needed. I feel sorry for those that have flooded twice within three or so weeks. Storms are becoming more frequent I'd say, or maybe just seem that way as we now name them.
You still need further education in the pronunciation of English place names. Add Malvern to the list... not Mal - vern but Mawl - vern. I'd suggest Mall - vern but I believe (at least some) Americans don't distinguish between mal and mall. Whatever, Good vid. Keep trying.
Knowing that the telephone number begins with 015 is not enough to tell you where it is as there are many different dialling codes that begin with that from all over the UK (other than Northern Ireland where all the numbers begin 028). Having looked up 01531 at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dialling_codes_in_the_United_Kingdom, I can tell you that the number was for Ledbury, the town you saw the sign for in the third round which is only 25 miles away from Ludlow. Also, you missed Hornyold Road in the top left corner of the map at 13:51.
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To anyone outside the area, we refer to the area as Malvern Hills generally because you can see the hills from many miles away on clear days. For example I live 50 miles away and having lived around high rise buildings here, you would often be up in them and see the malvern hills. Very history rich places. Ludlow Castle is a typical jaunt for us when were school kids, the school would take us on a day trip. You should look for a game centred on Wolverhampton. The first traffic lights, the slaughter place for some of Guy Fawkes men and so much more.
I recognised every one of those instantly except for Blackpool. Simply because I've been to each one of them (except for Blackpool).
Seeing these small towns makes you realise how nice the country is, once you get out of the depressing big cities. Ludlow is now on my list of places to visit too.
"The middle part of England" is commonly called The Midlands.
As you say the big Cambridge v Oxford sport is the university boat race. It's televised live on our national broadcaster and is ran on the Thames. Have been there a few times. They tend to play each other at most sports. I have attended a varsity rugby match at Twickenham stadium Oxford v Cambridge
Caffe Nero is indeed a chain and by all accounts a pretty decent one. Not as common as Costa or Starbucks but not difficult to find either.
I love cafe Nero lol
Has good cakes.
Café Nero is a chain and it is definitely a good one when you're walking around York in about 5° and raining and desperate for the toilet. The most welcome sight ever.
Wow Ludlow is a gem
I'm from England. There are dozens of beautiful towns like Ludlow in the UK,
But... I've just put it on my list of places I've not been but want to visit because just panning around - it is truly a gem.
I live near Ludlow. About 20 minutes away. We go Christmas shopping there every year and do regular day trips there.
As a general rule, anywhere in the UK with a castle is pretty.
The view from the Weatherspoons garden in Malvern is fantastic! I also visited Ludlow on the same trip.
I live near Cambridge so I recognised that.
I have of course been to Blackpool which is famous for "The Blackpool Illuminations" in September.
Round 1: The Butter Cross sounds familiar - I feel like I should recognise this but I don't. A couple of steps and I see we're in Ludlow - that explains it, I visited here about 10 years ago. Took a minute to remember where in Shropshire it is, and then where in Ludlow we were but then clicked 2 yards away.
Round 2: The phone codes don't particularly help - 0151 is Liverpool, 020 is London. Moving down the street the bus to Fleetwood via Poulton almost certainly puts us somewhere near Blackpool. Moving further down a shop name suggests we're in Kirkham, and I know there is a station called Kirkham and Wesham near Blackpool so I zoom in there and things match up. 4 yards.
Round 3: Does Malvern mean Great Malvern? The sign to Ledbury and Worcester suggests it is, so I zoom in and sure enough it is. 1 yard.
Round 4: King's College means this is Cambridge. That was easy. Finding where in Cambridge King's College is was not, about 5 minutes searching and then 8 yards away.
Round 5: The Grundy Art Gallery doesn't tell me where we are, but the Blackpool Catholic Club does. Fortunately the art gallery is easy to find when zooming in. 6 yards.
Overall: 20 yards in 17 minutes for 25,000 points is not bad going.
The "interesting things" on the walls of the building are tie rods. The tie rods are long metal rods with a plate on the end that extend through the building and essentially hold the building together (the other end will will be threaded so the plates can be drawn together using large nuts). You tend to see tie rods on older buildings that may have had some structural problems with the brickwork bulging outwards.
Tie rods are heated before the nuts are screwed down, so that the metal contraction when they cool tightens them. This applies far more force than could be exerted by the screw thread alone.
Leominster is pronounced "Lemster".
Welcome to England, baby! 😎
I’m from Blackpool and have followed the club for 50 years, many as a season ticket holder. We do indeed play in tangerine shirts. Kirkham is just down the road, but more of a Preston supporting area
isnt there where AFC Fylde are based?
@ yes, they are close to Kirkham
I'm in Kidderminster, you are correct it is the harriers.
Also, Blackpool is one of the most deprived parts of the UK unfortunately
BBC reported that a male born in Blackpool today has the lowest life expectancy in the UK, 73.1 years.
And also one of the most fun!
re: 17:47 - Oxford and Cambridge will play each other at all the sports that universities play each other at, but it's really only the Boat Race that has any notable cultural impact for people outside of those uni sports societies. Debates - each has their own well known debating society, but as far as I know it's not a regular or major thing for them to debate each other. The Oxbridge rivalry is often more about outdoing in parallel than directly head to head if that makes any sense. Eton is a school (as in, under 18s) so not in the same conversation
White Christmas? Very rare here in (currently) windy Lancashire. We had some very early snow two or three weeks ago, but generally our winters are relatively mild on account of the proximity of the sea.
Leominster pronounced Lemster.malvern pronounced molvern. Enjoyed this one. You zeroed I. Pretty quickly. Love your attempts at the place names. We Brits only know because we know. It's cause of all the invasions throughout the ages. Romans, normans, Saxons, vikings, etc.
Only white Christmas I remember was 1980 when I was 8.
Usually in my part of England the weather is around 10c (50f) around Christmas time, last weekend it reached 18c (64f), today was 50f.
Wendy’s I think are pretty good, we have one where I live and I like the bacon cheeseburger, fries and drink for £4, and yes we have the buttons on the fountain, I have a Coke with lime in it.
I'm 41 and have never seen a white Christmas 😭
Annoying random fact, 'Ye' was never pronounced "yee", the 'Y' is a simplified form of an old, now disused english letter that did the 'th' sound all by itself. People started using Y instead when it fell out of usage, because it looked similar.
@@wobaguk still used in the Icelandic language, I believe
The old character was the Thorn or þorn (Þ, þ)
Cambridge is where the first set of football rules were invented
1:03 Jimmy Saville!
Try rhubarb - stewed with sugar to make jam (jelly to you). One of my favourites for breakfast. Or in a crumble with custard.
Blackpool. The police station/government building used to be the Job Centre. Where you go to sign on for benefits/employment age social security.
Good god I just saw the thumbnail and recognised Ludlow straight away. 9 miles from me. haha.
Live stream sounds great
I'm in Worcester (Wuster) and Malvern is often pronunced the way you did by American, Imagine it has a double L as in your shopping centres... Mall-vern
I think probably 10pm would be too late for most people, I'm a night owl so matters not to me.
Was literally working in ludlow today sat on that bench at the start having me lunch, hows this popped up on my recommend 😂
I wasn't in the worst region for the storm, Wind gusts got to around 60-70mph where I live, no serious effects but definitely noticeable. I cancelled a plan to go out for a walk, and our bins had flown down the street a bit. Unfortunately at least 2 people did die from fallen trees, rest in peace to them.
Had to miss my mum’s birthday meal because of Storm Darragh ☹️
She wasn’t in a badly affected area, but it was still a road journey I didn’t want to risk.
I have friends in Liverpool who said it was incredibly bad weather
Wendys just opened near me on the A1, fries were great, nuggets felt like good quality chicken but flavour was lacking along with the breading. Pretty weak Fanta too
first American i've heard almost pronounce Worcester correctly!
Map sponsored by Caffè Nero ;-)
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Should approach them about doing a sponsored map.
Nothing to lose really.
Disgracefully slow on R5 despite recognising the town instantly. Still, perfect score sub 12 minutes
I'm 39, I can't remember having a white Christmas where I've lived. Also I'd be up for live stream play along 9pmish on a Sunday
Ditto. 46 and never known a white Christmas. You get them up in the Highlands.
Storm Darragh has been pretty bad here in the Midlands though my train line was still running although it was flooded and shut for three days after Storm Bert. Water on top of saturated land already is not what was needed. I feel sorry for those that have flooded twice within three or so weeks. Storms are becoming more frequent I'd say, or maybe just seem that way as we now name them.
lol no way i live in Malvern. btw its pronounced Mol-vern
You still need further education in the pronunciation of English place names. Add Malvern to the list... not Mal - vern but Mawl - vern. I'd suggest Mall - vern but I believe (at least some) Americans don't distinguish between mal and mall. Whatever, Good vid. Keep trying.
Knowing that the telephone number begins with 015 is not enough to tell you where it is as there are many different dialling codes that begin with that from all over the UK (other than Northern Ireland where all the numbers begin 028). Having looked up 01531 at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dialling_codes_in_the_United_Kingdom, I can tell you that the number was for Ledbury, the town you saw the sign for in the third round which is only 25 miles away from Ludlow.
Also, you missed Hornyold Road in the top left corner of the map at 13:51.