I'm right behind this. To much of our historical village's and coastal town's are getting bought up, and the locals are having lesser and lesser say in local affairs in their own communities. Great vid, and keep up the good work lads.
Cheers Gareth 👍 It's been interesting seeing people's different views on this. But yeah it does seem to us that all it leads to is less homes for people = increased prices across the board
Thanks lads. It was the scenery that brought composer Sir Benjamin Britten (and his boyfriend/partner Sir Peter Peers) to live in Aldeburgh (the 'Red House' now open to the public) until he died in 1976. Much of his music reflects the seascapes (e.g. in Peter Grimes) and landscapes of the area.
Ahhh yes we forgot to mention this!! Reason being is I looked it up and sadly the Red House was closed at that time of year so we skipped it. But we should've mentioned it at least so thank you for bringing it to our attention again 😊 I confess we're not particularly knowledgeable on composers and classical music, which we ought to rectify!
well said Dan&Stevie your only saying what other ppl are thinking the government need to sort things out as in n.h.s trains police ect sort out are country first
It does seem towns and communities are more aware of it now so there may be some crackdown in time but we won't hold our breath. We just find it hard to believe that the sheer number of holiday homes/air bnbs can be having anything other than a negative effect now.
Damn AirBnb! I hear of people who have over 20 properties and managers running them all for ABnB here in Australia, they are a pox on society. We have recently changed from a right wing to a Labour govt and most of us are hoping they have the guts to do what needs to be done about housing. Rents for every home have doubled Australia wide over the past 5 years. Same the world over I think! Housing should not be for investment only, stop competing to buy houses that people need as a home, piss off and invest in something that benefits society. And I do like your choice of soundtrack music. Thank you for another interesting episode from an interesting couple (married) which I hadnt realised. The world is a better place with diversity. 🤝
First of all, thank you for the kind comment at the end, that's lovely to know and glad you find us interesting to watch (and enjoy the music 😍). Hopefully people got past the initial parts and saw that we delved into a few other subjects on this video as well 😂 We're in full agreement with you on the rest of course. Truly shocking when one person has that amount of properties to themselves that aren't even for people to live in. It absolutely needs to stop and it's undoubtedly contributing towards these insanely high rents, plus house prices if you're in a position to buy. If/when we come off the road again it's going to be a lot different to when we left. Don't get us wrong, we will manage, and it helps that there's two of us, we know it's a lot worse for so many people, especially on their own where it seems like house sharing is often the only option, even with a reasonably paid job! As you say, if you want to invest, do it in something else. Buy a bloody boat ffs and rent that out or something if you must 😂 Or at least use the property you do have for people to live in as tenants Thank you again ❤
Pronounce 'all-d-bruh' - like Edinburgh only prefaced by all-d. Agree 100% re Airbnb, we live in a close of 18 small 2 bed terraced houses of which at least 3 are Airbnb currently. These are the type of homes first time buyers purchase but because of the Airbnb (which cause great problems to neighbours partly due to the shortness of the time rented), one was used briefly as a knocking shop, one was rented as a party house during covid & afterwards too at least 3 aren't available on the market. I detest buy to let as well, several of the other houses here belong to these people, if they were all bought by reasonable people who rented them at a fair rent & kept them in good condition it might be a tad more acceptable but that's rarely the case. Less than half in the close are lived in by the owners. 😢 Enjoyed the video by the way! ❤
Thanks so much! ❤ The situation in your street sounds very typical of many, as you say even many buy to let landlords don't look after them properly whilst charging obscene rent. That's a whole other discussion of course! But yes it's less properties available for new buyers too, all of it just pushes up prices. Glad you enjoyed the video 🥰
@anniemac3075 also thank you for the correct pronunciation! That makes so much sense now, we should've known to compare it to other "burgh" places, feel so stupid now 🙈
@@comealongdear Haha, bless you, you can never tell though as there are some unlikely pronunciations of many UK places. Mowzull for Mousehole for example. The Internet usually helps with pronouncing names, I use it a lot after watching TH-cam!!
Your tea making gets me every time. I have to use a teapot. I love the metal gate latch that pulls over the top. Yeah, I agree on the housing. If you're not going to live in it yourself, at least rent it out to long-term tenants. Jon in rural BC, Canada
I like this place yes you’re quite right about holiday homes. They are so annoying. They’ve been popping up all over the place since the 80s in quite some time. I often wonder how the villages make money like the little shops and stuff because surely they don’t get very many visitors until summer if that makes sense. Take care great video😊
Yes this is the thing, they often stay empty for months of the year. I wonder then if any uplift in summer (which is likely caused by outside visitors more than those in holiday homes I'd wager) is countered by months of no one living in those buildings for the rest of the year. We appreciate some towns benefit from them more than others, but others, like where we're from in Thanet, it is seen as problematic when there's a housing shortage there. It's a complex subject but it does feel like there are too many now, or too many that are empty for too long.
Come along to Southwold just down the road. Same thing there. The budget tomorrow might well stop a lot of that or at least make those renting them out sell up. I very much doubt it though.
Ah we must go back and see Southwold, although yes I can well imagine it's the same sort of thing going on. I'm not sure anything much will be done as a result of the budget, however you never know!
Not too surprised re holiday homes bit. There was a programme about this very subject a few months ago on TV and how the locals were getting priced out of the place. It pushes up prices for those trying to find a 'forever' place to live. So yeah, I tend to agree with yooz.
Yeah, in Edinburgh, there are many AirBnBs off the Royal Mile. The clue is all the key safes affixed to the walls by the front door. The locals are pissed off with it all
I understand the issue of Airbnb and holiday homes, it's definitely a problem in our area too. I think there could be a balance struck - perhaps limit the number of holiday homes per area? 🤔 Thanks for the thought-provoking video!
Thank you and glad you liked the video. This is our thought, too - limiting numbers per area and town. Some places seem like they're nothing but holiday homes, yet so many seem empty 😕
I don't know whether this has occurred to you or not, but these coastal towns that have a large amount of holiday homes.... If people were to permanently live there, what full time jobs are available to them? We actually own a second home in Whitby, I know, strike me down, but..... In Whitby, 90% of the full time jobs available are driven by the tourist industry, which needs the tourists to keep coming for these jobs to remain, also there is literally no other jobs available so if people lived in all of these houses permanently, what jobs would they do? Just something to think about from a different perspective. Great videos guys, enjoy watching them.
Thank you for your point of view, as we said we're always happy to open the debate and hear different opinions. Nothing is ever straightforward or black and white after all. I think our point was that it feels like it's gone too far down that route, there appear to be so many, and so many that are empty which is even worse. Not much tourism happening if people aren't in them so much. We visited Whitby in November and it was absolutely heaving - car parks full, coaches etc. It seems unlikely to me that Whitby would suffer with a reduction in holiday homes as I doubt many of those made up the crowds we saw. It's an incredibly popular place that I suspect would remain so even if its holiday homes halved in number. For the smaller villages, it could be argued they need it more perhaps. About what work people would do if they lived there - well aside from the many businesses in Whitby, in our experience, many people don't actually work in the same place they live anyway? We've always commuted in our lives and I think a huge % of people do. I imagine in Whitby many commute to say, Middlesbrough or York or wherever. I imagine that's fairly common as in most towns. It seems to me that working in the town you live is quite a lucky thing if you've got it! I do appreciate your point of view though and enjoy hearing the arguments in favour for balance, as we're far from experts (which is fairly obvious 😂) Glad you're enjoying the vids, next week we put our soapbox away...I think 🤔 😜
An observation l have made where l live ( Swanage), is the type of businesses we now have over the past 40 years. I believe we have in the order of 70 places where a person can eat, often with a drink. These independent businesses do not last as long as the original shop space they now occupy. People who live here would possible have a meal out a couple of times a year, or possibly less, for a celebration perhaps, which was why we had a few. However the Banks, clothes shop, cycle shop, bakery, music store, sweetshop, butchers, greengrocer, shoe shop, toy shop, painting and decorating shop, jewellery shop, hairdressers, job centre, radio/ TV shop, joke shop, ( all independents), and some others if l were to walk around the town centre in a complete circle from when l was a child until today, has given nothing to the community. If you do not live in a place, l promise you, you do not bring anything to a place, rather you take from it, including yourselves after your visit. I believe l live in one of the most difficult places in the UK to obtain a mortgage, last time l looked it was running at 14x the average earnings. An Islamic mortgage may be the last opportunity for a person today, to own a home.
Everywhere we go, or have lived, food businesses seem to drop like flies all the time. It is simply too expensive for most people to do regularly. We try every so often when we're out and about, you will have seen us have fish and chips for example in some videos or have a pint in the pub (which itself is the price of a meal for 2 drinks), but most of the time we have to bring our lunch and cook in the van. Which is fine of course, it's never been realistic for most people to eat out as a common occurance anyway, even years ago. I'm not sure Air BnB etc does that much for these businesses overall. Of course, the irony is, if you rent a holiday home, you'll likely have a kitchen, which many will use instead of going out anyway. I used to work in Canterbury and we visit regularly still - for what is a huge tourist and student town, eateries constantly close down. And that's a thriving place. I must admit I'd never heard of an Islamic mortgage. We are trying to save a bit as we go, and if and when we do come off the road, it would be nice to look into trying to get a mortgage to buy a place to settle, but I fear the south is way out of our range...
Lovely vlog guys and beautiful scenery. We have 6 Martello towers near where we live on the south coast and 4 are currently lived in and one for sale and the other 1 left empty. Thankyou for the history information on them. I also agree with you both about all empty properties. Something should be done about it… Safe travels to your next destination 👋👋😘ps luv it when you both rant, everyone is allowed their opinion xx 👍
Cheers guys! ❤ Oh that sounds similar to Dymchurch with its towers then, yeah I must admit we never knew much about them until we looked it up for this video! And yeah we do like a bit of a rant sometimes, I think we calm down on it the next video for a bit of balance thankfully 😂 Bet you're both excited for France! 🇫🇷
A rant and good debate is healthy for the soul! Probably. That or it gives you a headache 😂 Aldeburgh is very pretty and the shell sculpture is very impressive. Not always a fan of metallic artwork like that but this one really works
Speaking of most northerly towers- there’s a Martello tower in Edinburgh. It’s on land owned by Forth Ports Authority in Leith docks and not accessible by the public.
Thanks for that info. I had no idea there were any that far up! I'm astonished there are as many as there are, but I suspect you can pass a lot of them by without seeing them
Indeed, although you look at their (relatively) small size and wonder how they'd hold up under an actual attack! Although some were later used in WW2. And thank you 😊
Haha each to their own! Got to ask, where in the south would you advise two young guys to go visit? My van has its bed and seating now, with a heater. Thinking where to visit! Considering stonehenge@@comealongdear
That really depends what you're looking for I think. Scenery, walks, countryside or coastal, or more town/city related stuff? It also depends if you want isolated spots or are happy to be parked around others, and also whether you want free places or plan on campsites etc. We try to do a bit of everything - sometimes it's amazing, sometimes less so 😂 The best advice we could give is go out exploring, pick an area that takes your fancy and go from there. It's not easy to do "vanlife" in England, but it is managable. There is so much to see, it's just a question of working out logistics for parking in most places, some are easier than others. The Isle of Portland in Dorset is an unusual and scenic place to explore that had a few parking options (and one time we stayed on a basic but very cheap campsite in the summer there too). We really loved Exmoor in Devon, we've just been to the Cotswolds and thoroughly enjoyed that too, the South Downs has some incredible spots with a few park up gems, and we really love Wiltshire too. Stonehenge, bizarrely, is something we've not done yet! We have been before we had a van though. But I believe you can park near there no problem. For towns/cities; Bath, Winchester and Canterbury are great for allowed stays in their park and rides for a small fee. It's always nice to explore a bigger place but also feel comfortable knowing you're allowed to sleep there. The New Forest is a must too! Bit trickier for parking but we managed. If we really want to go somewhere but can't stay, we usually settle for parking for the day, and then sleeping somewhere nearby the night after/before. It's all trial and error. The odd campsite stay is really beneficial in some areas too if parking is tricky, but means you can get in your showers, emptying waste, etc. And if you can ever head up to Scotland, that's your best bet for an easier ride vanlife wise, with the benefit of it being absolutely mind blowing 😁 Have fun and good luck with the van! ❤
Amazing reply thank you! Might try that carpark in winchester you went to. It's only 30 minutes from us. Isle of portland sounds amazing too! Thanks for the reply. @@comealongdear
@@Samjackson-w3l the Winchester car park doesn't look like you can stay there, but you definitely can. It feels a bit exposed but it's 2 minutes from the city centre, so very much worth it! Just not a scenic park up, more a practical one (with toilets next door too)
There are three Martello towers in Scotland, one of them here at the entrance to Leith harbour built in 1809 probably by Irish navvies as there are a lot of Irish symbols engraved on the stones, it's known locally as the tally toor (tower) the other two towers are in Orkney.
Ah thank you for that, I thought they were just a South East thing! Maybe that's where the majority are, but a few sprung up elsewhere for alternative reasons?
Hi guys, I just like to put my pennies worth in, Airbnbs are not all bad if a group of you want to go away somewhere it’s cheaper for you all to rent a Airbnb then it is to go into hotels. Also if you turned over all the Airbnb to social housing these nice little villages and seaside towns will not be nice for very long unless there’s work to support all these families that come into these seasonal spots it just doesn’t work. You cannot have people living on Social Security and not being able to work. I totally agree there’s a huge need for social Housing but it has to be in the right places. Where there is Work available and resources available for our young tweens, cute villages and seaside towns don’t have the resources available, a lot of these village and seaside properties are turned into Airbnb because they are unable to let them all year round, Love you guys keep up the good work. I’ve been following you since the beginning or close to the beginning.Xx
Hi Linda, thank you for the response and good to hear from you. You make some very interesting points, and we certainly don't claim to be experts on this, there's definitely so many sides to it. Regarding social housing, we didn't actually think of that specifically, more just homes available for people to rent full stop. Or even buy, as homes. It doesn't sit right with us that there seem to be so many holiday homes, sat empty for much of the time, when there is this bottle-neck rush to find places to live. It's hard to believe that such things don't drive prices up which is the other problem: it's increasingly less affordable (again, we appreciate there are many other strands that contribute towards this of course). I would also argue it's more important that people have homes than a place being nice, but I agree with you that, depending on the person or family, it needs to be in the right area and yes larger towns are often more suitable for work and amenities etc. However, plenty of these larger towns where people want to live, also have tons of holiday homes, so it's not just the out the way resort type places like Aldeburgh. Where we are from, in Margate/Ramsgate, there are lots of people needing homes, whether they work or not, and there's just less options now. Second homes aren't necessarily the root cause, but I can't imagine they help. But it's interesting what you say about struggling to let places in coastal resorts, hence the landlords turning them into holiday lets. We had considered this point, especially with Cornish villages etc. If that's the case, perhaps selling it so it's at least an option for people rather than another building removed as a potential home altogether, would be better - especially if the holiday let is empty for weeks at a time. That said, of course we understand some places need tourism above all else. Hell, we've used an air bnb ourselves in the past once! I think our point is that maybe there are just too many now rather than stopping it altogether, and seeing it in Aldeburgh made us talk about a wider issue rather than specific places. Eeeek sorry that was a bit of a long reply! There's potentially a lot to discuss on this front but it's always good to have a debate I think 😁 Thanks again Linda ❤
There are to many holiday home for sure, there’s also a huge lack of affordable housing in this country plus being able afford to run the houses we do have at this moment in time, It’s such a big rabbit hole to go down , if you ask people who live in the cities it’s because of migrants and that’s another rabbit hole. unfortunately there’s no one simple answer it’s all very complicated, we are all being fucked over by our government and people in power, your videos help to show what a beautiful country we do live in and it’s not all bad, every day more truths are coming to the surface, So Hopefully one day we will have the right people in government making the right decisions for us all, and we can live in a fair and free country one that we can be proud of until then keep the videos coming. I love watching you guys xx
Thank you Linda, agree that regardless of this video, there's many issues people have to face with housing and prices and everything costing the earth. We are very grateful for our lot, we're lucky to travel in a van and see the beautiful side of the UK - and that was another reason to do it, some escapism. We work to fund it and it won't last forever, but we appreciate so much that we've been able to escape some of the chaos...for now anyway 😂
Well we could go down a whole rabbit hole of things here couldn't we 😜 Haven't thought too much about having just cash, but I know a lot of people are very much for it. It sounds better for businesses from what I understand?
Ah thank you Chris and Dione, appreciate that. Hope you're well on your site and coping with the cold weather ok. We've just about had enough of it now 😂
Flat is our friend, we love a good hike up a mountain right up until we start climbing up the mountain, at which point we would love to be somewhere flat. As for the holiday homes, we've experienced that a lot all over France where we currently are. We have been shocked how many châteaux are no longer available for visits because they are now in private hands and being used as holiday homes etc. We had no idea the issues being courses back in the UK by Air BnB. Thanks again for sharing your journey and OMG... You're married!!! 😂🤟♥️😘, Much Love Darren & Alison
Hi guys, haha yes I love a mountain but equally you feel its effects right from the first incline. We've been enjoying savouring this more gentle terrain, and Stephen certainly has, and it means I don't hear him complaining as much 😉 Although, it also means he's got more energy to complain about something else instead 😂 Yes I can imagine France is similar, like with everything (prices etc) I doubt it's a UK specific problem. It just seems a case of something that's gone too far perhaps with more of these holiday homes than is surely necessary. And I know, married! Truly shocking! So much so that we have to look at each and remind ourselves it actually happened from time to time 😂 Safe travels both of you 🤟❤
I couldn’t agree more with you Steve the only problem is we live in a society where I’m alright Jack rules, never mind service personnel, the families living in doorways no food for them or their children and the government committed to giving every penny away to different countries supporting wars and trying to stop a war bad bad bad on a lighter note, we really enjoy watching your videos and your adventures so keep it up and we’re going to nickname Steve Mr Happy because he makes us laugh. Love us always PJ ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Cheers Paul, Mr Happy is about right for Steve 😂 Though we're both as bad as each sometimes. Thanks for watching and glad you're still enjoying the videos 👍
😂 Unfortunately in the van we're all about quick and easy these days, so it all just gets thrown in together. My tea tastes fine though...honest 😜 (But I actually do agree with you it tastes better added afterwards). Hey, at least we're not putting salt in it 😉
Hi guys, thank you for your reply. The word Happy is a term of love we think Steve is brilliant. We need to see more of him moaning and complaining just like the rest of us. Do keep it Kevin,. We look forward to watching every time just to see what Steve has to moan about we love you both PJ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thanks Paul, Steve will be pleased to know his moaning has fans 😂 While I think next week is light on that front, you can be sure it'll pop up again very soon 😉
Thanks ladies, well you've gotta have a rant sometimes, it's good for the soul 😂 All that aside, Suffolk is just so picturesque and tranquil, we love it there ❤
A chateau you say? Okay maybe we need to rethink our views. Hey, we're gay, we're allowed to be fickle and change our minds at the flick of a feather, it's in our dna 😂 Chateaus get free passes 😜
I can safely say we're sick of the cold and wet now, this one has seemed particularly long for some reason! 😂 Mind you, the Netherlands is hardly Barbados is it?! Though undoubtedly warmer than here at times!
Nederlands....yeah why would you think I am sitting on my couch in a cozy room loking at you two noobs it is not for fun but just geting out of cold...lol@@comealongdear
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It's okay to have a rant now and again boys, and you have a good point to make.
Take care and 'Come along dear!'❤😂🎉
Thanks Mark, and you know us, we like a moan 🤪
I'm right behind this. To much of our historical village's and coastal town's are getting bought up, and the locals are having lesser and lesser say in local affairs in their own communities. Great vid, and keep up the good work lads.
Cheers Gareth 👍 It's been interesting seeing people's different views on this. But yeah it does seem to us that all it leads to is less homes for people = increased prices across the board
Thanks lads. It was the scenery that brought composer Sir Benjamin Britten (and his boyfriend/partner Sir Peter Peers) to live in Aldeburgh (the 'Red House' now open to the public) until he died in 1976. Much of his music reflects the seascapes (e.g. in Peter Grimes) and landscapes of the area.
Ahhh yes we forgot to mention this!! Reason being is I looked it up and sadly the Red House was closed at that time of year so we skipped it. But we should've mentioned it at least so thank you for bringing it to our attention again 😊 I confess we're not particularly knowledgeable on composers and classical music, which we ought to rectify!
well said Dan&Stevie your only saying what other ppl are thinking the government need to sort things out as in n.h.s trains police ect sort out are country first
It does seem towns and communities are more aware of it now so there may be some crackdown in time but we won't hold our breath. We just find it hard to believe that the sheer number of holiday homes/air bnbs can be having anything other than a negative effect now.
Damn AirBnb! I hear of people who have over 20 properties and managers running them all for ABnB here in Australia, they are a pox on society. We have recently changed from a right wing to a Labour govt and most of us are hoping they have the guts to do what needs to be done about housing. Rents for every home have doubled Australia wide over the past 5 years. Same the world over I think! Housing should not be for investment only, stop competing to buy houses that people need as a home, piss off and invest in something that benefits society. And I do like your choice of soundtrack music. Thank you for another interesting episode from an interesting couple (married) which I hadnt realised. The world is a better place with diversity. 🤝
First of all, thank you for the kind comment at the end, that's lovely to know and glad you find us interesting to watch (and enjoy the music 😍). Hopefully people got past the initial parts and saw that we delved into a few other subjects on this video as well 😂
We're in full agreement with you on the rest of course. Truly shocking when one person has that amount of properties to themselves that aren't even for people to live in. It absolutely needs to stop and it's undoubtedly contributing towards these insanely high rents, plus house prices if you're in a position to buy. If/when we come off the road again it's going to be a lot different to when we left. Don't get us wrong, we will manage, and it helps that there's two of us, we know it's a lot worse for so many people, especially on their own where it seems like house sharing is often the only option, even with a reasonably paid job!
As you say, if you want to invest, do it in something else. Buy a bloody boat ffs and rent that out or something if you must 😂 Or at least use the property you do have for people to live in as tenants
Thank you again ❤
Pronounce 'all-d-bruh' - like Edinburgh only prefaced by all-d.
Agree 100% re Airbnb, we live in a close of 18 small 2 bed terraced houses of which at least 3 are Airbnb currently. These are the type of homes first time buyers purchase but because of the Airbnb (which cause great problems to neighbours partly due to the shortness of the time rented), one was used briefly as a knocking shop, one was rented as a party house during covid & afterwards too at least 3 aren't available on the market.
I detest buy to let as well, several of the other houses here belong to these people, if they were all bought by reasonable people who rented them at a fair rent & kept them in good condition it might be a tad more acceptable but that's rarely the case. Less than half in the close are lived in by the owners. 😢
Enjoyed the video by the way! ❤
Thanks so much! ❤ The situation in your street sounds very typical of many, as you say even many buy to let landlords don't look after them properly whilst charging obscene rent. That's a whole other discussion of course!
But yes it's less properties available for new buyers too, all of it just pushes up prices. Glad you enjoyed the video 🥰
@anniemac3075 also thank you for the correct pronunciation! That makes so much sense now, we should've known to compare it to other "burgh" places, feel so stupid now 🙈
@@comealongdear Haha, bless you, you can never tell though as there are some unlikely pronunciations of many UK places. Mowzull for Mousehole for example.
The Internet usually helps with pronouncing names, I use it a lot after watching TH-cam!!
Your tea making gets me every time. I have to use a teapot.
I love the metal gate latch that pulls over the top.
Yeah, I agree on the housing. If you're not going to live in it yourself, at least rent it out to long-term tenants.
Jon in rural BC, Canada
I like this place yes you’re quite right about holiday homes. They are so annoying. They’ve been popping up all over the place since the 80s in quite some time. I often wonder how the villages make money like the little shops and stuff because surely they don’t get very many visitors until summer if that makes sense. Take care great video😊
Yes this is the thing, they often stay empty for months of the year. I wonder then if any uplift in summer (which is likely caused by outside visitors more than those in holiday homes I'd wager) is countered by months of no one living in those buildings for the rest of the year. We appreciate some towns benefit from them more than others, but others, like where we're from in Thanet, it is seen as problematic when there's a housing shortage there. It's a complex subject but it does feel like there are too many now, or too many that are empty for too long.
Come along to Southwold just down the road. Same thing there. The budget tomorrow might well stop a lot of that or at least make those renting them out sell up. I very much doubt it though.
Ah we must go back and see Southwold, although yes I can well imagine it's the same sort of thing going on. I'm not sure anything much will be done as a result of the budget, however you never know!
Not too surprised re holiday homes bit. There was a programme about this very subject a few months ago on TV and how the locals were getting priced out of the place. It pushes up prices for those trying to find a 'forever' place to live. So yeah, I tend to agree with yooz.
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Hey, just realised! We've been there too! The big shell on the beach sparked a memory.
It's very striking so if anything will make you think of Aldeburgh, it's that!
Yeah, in Edinburgh, there are many AirBnBs off the Royal Mile. The clue is all the key safes affixed to the walls by the front door. The locals are pissed off with it all
Yes the key safes were the biggest giveaway - entire rows of homes had them!
I understand the issue of Airbnb and holiday homes, it's definitely a problem in our area too. I think there could be a balance struck - perhaps limit the number of holiday homes per area? 🤔 Thanks for the thought-provoking video!
Thank you and glad you liked the video. This is our thought, too - limiting numbers per area and town. Some places seem like they're nothing but holiday homes, yet so many seem empty 😕
I don't know whether this has occurred to you or not, but these coastal towns that have a large amount of holiday homes.... If people were to permanently live there, what full time jobs are available to them? We actually own a second home in Whitby, I know, strike me down, but..... In Whitby, 90% of the full time jobs available are driven by the tourist industry, which needs the tourists to keep coming for these jobs to remain, also there is literally no other jobs available so if people lived in all of these houses permanently, what jobs would they do? Just something to think about from a different perspective. Great videos guys, enjoy watching them.
Thank you for your point of view, as we said we're always happy to open the debate and hear different opinions. Nothing is ever straightforward or black and white after all.
I think our point was that it feels like it's gone too far down that route, there appear to be so many, and so many that are empty which is even worse. Not much tourism happening if people aren't in them so much. We visited Whitby in November and it was absolutely heaving - car parks full, coaches etc. It seems unlikely to me that Whitby would suffer with a reduction in holiday homes as I doubt many of those made up the crowds we saw. It's an incredibly popular place that I suspect would remain so even if its holiday homes halved in number. For the smaller villages, it could be argued they need it more perhaps.
About what work people would do if they lived there - well aside from the many businesses in Whitby, in our experience, many people don't actually work in the same place they live anyway? We've always commuted in our lives and I think a huge % of people do. I imagine in Whitby many commute to say, Middlesbrough or York or wherever. I imagine that's fairly common as in most towns. It seems to me that working in the town you live is quite a lucky thing if you've got it!
I do appreciate your point of view though and enjoy hearing the arguments in favour for balance, as we're far from experts (which is fairly obvious 😂)
Glad you're enjoying the vids, next week we put our soapbox away...I think 🤔 😜
An observation l have made where l live ( Swanage), is the type of businesses we now have over the past 40 years.
I believe we have in the order of 70 places where a person can eat, often with a drink. These independent businesses do not last as long as the original shop space they now occupy.
People who live here would possible have a meal out a couple of times a year, or possibly less, for a celebration perhaps, which was why we had a few.
However the Banks, clothes shop, cycle shop, bakery, music store, sweetshop, butchers, greengrocer, shoe shop, toy shop, painting and decorating shop, jewellery shop, hairdressers, job centre, radio/ TV shop, joke shop, ( all independents), and some others if l were to walk around the town centre in a complete circle from when l was a child until today, has given nothing to the community.
If you do not live in a place, l promise you, you do not bring anything to a place, rather you take from it, including yourselves after your visit.
I believe l live in one of the most difficult places in the UK to obtain a mortgage, last time l looked it was running at 14x the average earnings.
An Islamic mortgage may be the last opportunity for a person today, to own a home.
Everywhere we go, or have lived, food businesses seem to drop like flies all the time. It is simply too expensive for most people to do regularly. We try every so often when we're out and about, you will have seen us have fish and chips for example in some videos or have a pint in the pub (which itself is the price of a meal for 2 drinks), but most of the time we have to bring our lunch and cook in the van. Which is fine of course, it's never been realistic for most people to eat out as a common occurance anyway, even years ago. I'm not sure Air BnB etc does that much for these businesses overall. Of course, the irony is, if you rent a holiday home, you'll likely have a kitchen, which many will use instead of going out anyway.
I used to work in Canterbury and we visit regularly still - for what is a huge tourist and student town, eateries constantly close down. And that's a thriving place.
I must admit I'd never heard of an Islamic mortgage. We are trying to save a bit as we go, and if and when we do come off the road, it would be nice to look into trying to get a mortgage to buy a place to settle, but I fear the south is way out of our range...
Lovely vlog guys and beautiful scenery. We have 6 Martello towers near where we live on the south coast and 4 are currently lived in and one for sale and the other 1 left empty. Thankyou for the history information on them. I also agree with you both about all empty properties. Something should be done about it…
Safe travels to your next destination 👋👋😘ps luv it when you both rant, everyone is allowed their opinion xx 👍
Cheers guys! ❤ Oh that sounds similar to Dymchurch with its towers then, yeah I must admit we never knew much about them until we looked it up for this video! And yeah we do like a bit of a rant sometimes, I think we calm down on it the next video for a bit of balance thankfully 😂 Bet you're both excited for France! 🇫🇷
Somtimes its good to have a rant and some fair points there,beautiful place loved the shell sculpture 😊
A rant and good debate is healthy for the soul! Probably. That or it gives you a headache 😂 Aldeburgh is very pretty and the shell sculpture is very impressive. Not always a fan of metallic artwork like that but this one really works
Speaking of most northerly towers- there’s a Martello tower in Edinburgh. It’s on land owned by Forth Ports Authority in Leith docks and not accessible by the public.
Thanks for that info. I had no idea there were any that far up! I'm astonished there are as many as there are, but I suspect you can pass a lot of them by without seeing them
@@comealongdearI guess that was a response to Napoleon’s ambition! Anyway, best wishes to you both and keep on doing what you are doing x.
Indeed, although you look at their (relatively) small size and wonder how they'd hold up under an actual attack! Although some were later used in WW2. And thank you 😊
We need to talk about your tea making.. Thats soooo milky!
Ah the tea debate's back 😂 We're undoubtedly terrible people but that's how we like it I'm afraid 😄
Haha each to their own! Got to ask, where in the south would you advise two young guys to go visit? My van has its bed and seating now, with a heater. Thinking where to visit! Considering stonehenge@@comealongdear
That really depends what you're looking for I think. Scenery, walks, countryside or coastal, or more town/city related stuff? It also depends if you want isolated spots or are happy to be parked around others, and also whether you want free places or plan on campsites etc. We try to do a bit of everything - sometimes it's amazing, sometimes less so 😂 The best advice we could give is go out exploring, pick an area that takes your fancy and go from there.
It's not easy to do "vanlife" in England, but it is managable. There is so much to see, it's just a question of working out logistics for parking in most places, some are easier than others.
The Isle of Portland in Dorset is an unusual and scenic place to explore that had a few parking options (and one time we stayed on a basic but very cheap campsite in the summer there too).
We really loved Exmoor in Devon, we've just been to the Cotswolds and thoroughly enjoyed that too, the South Downs has some incredible spots with a few park up gems, and we really love Wiltshire too. Stonehenge, bizarrely, is something we've not done yet! We have been before we had a van though. But I believe you can park near there no problem. For towns/cities; Bath, Winchester and Canterbury are great for allowed stays in their park and rides for a small fee. It's always nice to explore a bigger place but also feel comfortable knowing you're allowed to sleep there. The New Forest is a must too! Bit trickier for parking but we managed. If we really want to go somewhere but can't stay, we usually settle for parking for the day, and then sleeping somewhere nearby the night after/before. It's all trial and error. The odd campsite stay is really beneficial in some areas too if parking is tricky, but means you can get in your showers, emptying waste, etc.
And if you can ever head up to Scotland, that's your best bet for an easier ride vanlife wise, with the benefit of it being absolutely mind blowing 😁
Have fun and good luck with the van! ❤
Amazing reply thank you! Might try that carpark in winchester you went to. It's only 30 minutes from us. Isle of portland sounds amazing too! Thanks for the reply. @@comealongdear
@@Samjackson-w3l the Winchester car park doesn't look like you can stay there, but you definitely can. It feels a bit exposed but it's 2 minutes from the city centre, so very much worth it! Just not a scenic park up, more a practical one (with toilets next door too)
I completely agree with you!
There are three Martello towers in Scotland, one of them here at the entrance to Leith harbour built in 1809 probably by Irish navvies as there are a lot of Irish symbols engraved on the stones, it's known locally as the tally toor (tower) the other two towers are in Orkney.
Ah thank you for that, I thought they were just a South East thing! Maybe that's where the majority are, but a few sprung up elsewhere for alternative reasons?
Hi guys, I just like to put my pennies worth in,
Airbnbs are not all bad if a group of you want to go away somewhere it’s cheaper for you all to rent a Airbnb then it is to go into hotels. Also if you turned over all the Airbnb to social housing these nice little villages and seaside towns will not be nice for very long unless there’s work to support all these families that come into these seasonal spots it just doesn’t work. You cannot have people living on Social Security and not being able to work. I totally agree there’s a huge need for social Housing but it has to be in the right places. Where there is Work available and resources available for our young tweens, cute villages and seaside towns don’t have the resources available, a lot of these village and seaside properties are turned into Airbnb because they are unable to let them all year round,
Love you guys keep up the good work. I’ve been following you since the beginning or close to the beginning.Xx
Hi Linda, thank you for the response and good to hear from you. You make some very interesting points, and we certainly don't claim to be experts on this, there's definitely so many sides to it.
Regarding social housing, we didn't actually think of that specifically, more just homes available for people to rent full stop. Or even buy, as homes. It doesn't sit right with us that there seem to be so many holiday homes, sat empty for much of the time, when there is this bottle-neck rush to find places to live. It's hard to believe that such things don't drive prices up which is the other problem: it's increasingly less affordable (again, we appreciate there are many other strands that contribute towards this of course). I would also argue it's more important that people have homes than a place being nice, but I agree with you that, depending on the person or family, it needs to be in the right area and yes larger towns are often more suitable for work and amenities etc.
However, plenty of these larger towns where people want to live, also have tons of holiday homes, so it's not just the out the way resort type places like Aldeburgh. Where we are from, in Margate/Ramsgate, there are lots of people needing homes, whether they work or not, and there's just less options now. Second homes aren't necessarily the root cause, but I can't imagine they help.
But it's interesting what you say about struggling to let places in coastal resorts, hence the landlords turning them into holiday lets. We had considered this point, especially with Cornish villages etc. If that's the case, perhaps selling it so it's at least an option for people rather than another building removed as a potential home altogether, would be better - especially if the holiday let is empty for weeks at a time.
That said, of course we understand some places need tourism above all else. Hell, we've used an air bnb ourselves in the past once! I think our point is that maybe there are just too many now rather than stopping it altogether, and seeing it in Aldeburgh made us talk about a wider issue rather than specific places.
Eeeek sorry that was a bit of a long reply! There's potentially a lot to discuss on this front but it's always good to have a debate I think 😁 Thanks again Linda ❤
There are to many holiday home for sure, there’s also a huge lack of affordable housing in this country plus being able afford to run the houses we do have at this moment in time, It’s such a big rabbit hole to go down , if you ask people who live in the cities it’s because of migrants and that’s another rabbit hole. unfortunately there’s no one simple answer it’s all very complicated, we are all being fucked over by our government and people in power, your videos help to show what a beautiful country we do live in and it’s not all bad,
every day more truths are coming to the surface,
So Hopefully one day we will have the right people in government making the right decisions for us all, and we can live in a fair and free country one that we can be proud of until then keep the videos coming. I love watching you guys xx
Thank you Linda, agree that regardless of this video, there's many issues people have to face with housing and prices and everything costing the earth. We are very grateful for our lot, we're lucky to travel in a van and see the beautiful side of the UK - and that was another reason to do it, some escapism. We work to fund it and it won't last forever, but we appreciate so much that we've been able to escape some of the chaos...for now anyway 😂
And make sure we keep our society cash
Well we could go down a whole rabbit hole of things here couldn't we 😜 Haven't thought too much about having just cash, but I know a lot of people are very much for it. It sounds better for businesses from what I understand?
Spot on once again, we totally agree with you guys 👍✌️
Ah thank you Chris and Dione, appreciate that. Hope you're well on your site and coping with the cold weather ok. We've just about had enough of it now 😂
as in Edinburgh - Edinburra.
Flat is our friend, we love a good hike up a mountain right up until we start climbing up the mountain, at which point we would love to be somewhere flat.
As for the holiday homes, we've experienced that a lot all over France where we currently are. We have been shocked how many châteaux are no longer available for visits because they are now in private hands and being used as holiday homes etc. We had no idea the issues being courses back in the UK by Air BnB.
Thanks again for sharing your journey and OMG... You're married!!! 😂🤟♥️😘, Much Love Darren & Alison
Hi guys, haha yes I love a mountain but equally you feel its effects right from the first incline. We've been enjoying savouring this more gentle terrain, and Stephen certainly has, and it means I don't hear him complaining as much 😉 Although, it also means he's got more energy to complain about something else instead 😂
Yes I can imagine France is similar, like with everything (prices etc) I doubt it's a UK specific problem. It just seems a case of something that's gone too far perhaps with more of these holiday homes than is surely necessary.
And I know, married! Truly shocking! So much so that we have to look at each and remind ourselves it actually happened from time to time 😂
Safe travels both of you 🤟❤
I couldn’t agree more with you Steve the only problem is we live in a society where I’m alright Jack rules, never mind service personnel, the families living in doorways no food for them or their children and the government committed to giving every penny away to different countries supporting wars and trying to stop a war bad bad bad on a lighter note, we really enjoy watching your videos and your adventures so keep it up and we’re going to nickname Steve Mr Happy because he makes us laugh. Love us always PJ ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Cheers Paul, Mr Happy is about right for Steve 😂 Though we're both as bad as each sometimes. Thanks for watching and glad you're still enjoying the videos 👍
Could u please do one thing !! 😮 do not put milk in the mug , with the milk before hot water 🫣😂❤
Sorry tea bag 😂
😂 Unfortunately in the van we're all about quick and easy these days, so it all just gets thrown in together. My tea tastes fine though...honest 😜
(But I actually do agree with you it tastes better added afterwards).
Hey, at least we're not putting salt in it 😉
Hi guys, thank you for your reply. The word Happy is a term of love we think Steve is brilliant. We need to see more of him moaning and complaining just like the rest of us. Do keep it Kevin,. We look forward to watching every time just to see what Steve has to moan about we love you both PJ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thanks Paul, Steve will be pleased to know his moaning has fans 😂 While I think next week is light on that front, you can be sure it'll pop up again very soon 😉
Lovely part of the country. Love your rants. 😂
Thanks ladies, well you've gotta have a rant sometimes, it's good for the soul 😂 All that aside, Suffolk is just so picturesque and tranquil, we love it there ❤
Also kills communities
I think that can definitely be a long-term impact, yes. Thanks for watching!
Well, I agree with you both. I just need to sell my apartment in gay Paris and my chateau in the south. 👍
Shit, I’m having 2nd thoughts…😂❤️xx
A chateau you say? Okay maybe we need to rethink our views. Hey, we're gay, we're allowed to be fickle and change our minds at the flick of a feather, it's in our dna 😂 Chateaus get free passes 😜
Oh. I thought you two were just roommates 😱
That's one word for it 😂
Just not right,so unfair to families wanting a home . So Sad
aaaa guys you look cold....but you are English so I guess it is normal....to be frozen stiff alll thou sometimes it accualy works for a chamge....
I can safely say we're sick of the cold and wet now, this one has seemed particularly long for some reason! 😂 Mind you, the Netherlands is hardly Barbados is it?! Though undoubtedly warmer than here at times!
Nederlands....yeah why would you think I am sitting on my couch in a cozy room loking at you two noobs it is not for fun but just geting out of cold...lol@@comealongdear
I think you've got the right idea Robert, and what we wouldn't do to have a couch to lounge on in the warm these days 😂
Its pronounced Ald bra, short a not bra as in brassiere, so Aldbra
Thank you 😁
Hang on a second?? You’re gay!?
Christ, anyone can have a TH-cam channel these days.😉❤️🥂xx
It's shocking isn't it?! Not sure how youtube let us in to be honest 🤷♂️ I wouldn't have let us. I definitely wouldn't have let Steve
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Sounds like it should be pronounced: Auldburra
I think you're right and another person commented with the same. Never mind, I only mispronounced it about 30 times in the video 🙈