Clacton: Holidaying In England's Most Deprived Town 🏴
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ธ.ค. 2023
- 🏴 England, one of the world's richest nations. But not everyone gets to enjoy the benefits of being born here. Just 60 miles from the bright lights of London is Jaywick which is statistically the most deprived town in the nation. I visited with my friends @BackpackerBen and @TimmyKarter for a weekend by the beach. Join us!
Thanks to the staff at the Black Rock restaurant in Clacton who looked after us and the great people of Clacton and Jaywick.
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I’m super impressed with how quickly you’ve picked up the language
Speaks it almost like the locals, wouldn’t have believed it myself
fr
Almost as good as Harry Kane
Mad ting oh my days bruv UK BASSLINE MIX
Hahaha
it's as if he's among his own people, quite frightening how quickly this man adapts
bruh
Lol
@@tahmnkenchIs your comment sarcasm?
it's actually scary to say so
@@kire929 I wonder........
It looks rough, the people look rough, the girls look rough, the children look rough. But they all are surprisingly friendly.
It's positively soviet.
Look rough? Come to Cleveland or Detroit.
@Mountainrock70 Britain is a sh*thole but not a warzone
say that when you have to live next to them :)
Winter mood. I am sure on sunny days, things look brighter.
You have the talent to speak to people in a way that makes them feel at ease in an instant.
You paid for my auntie's meal!! I showed my dad the video yesterday and then he showed it to my auntie today and she said you paid for the whole thing! What a small world! Thank you 🥰
@@demoHous which is?
@@demoHous a nice fella?
@@demoHouswolf in sheep’s clothing?
@@demoHous who is he then??
@@siobhantillyer2188 he’s nobody
As an American who has never been to the UK, the random UK videos are just as interesting as all the other videos. Thanks for mixing it up.
In the 90's there was a nightclub on Clacton Pier called 'Oscars'. Once in a while they would open the pier for all night raves. Top House and DNB DJ's, PA's, you name it. The Prodigy played there in 92. Many global DJ's played sets there.
Blur played a gig on the Pier also and it was epic.
The town definitely struggles, but there are some good people there who stick a few of the important things together, so to speak.
This is definitely a proper feel for how the UK actually is than the usually touristy videos you're probably used to seeing. We'd welcome you with open arms brother.
I find them heart breaking to see the level of decay in the former greatest empire in the world.
@DougieL I bet the Prodigy gig was amazing. Was it pre- or post their Experience release?
@@ytsm It was June 92 and The Experience was released September 92. (I can't recall whether they played any tracks off it or not?). There were tracks that featured on The Experience that were already around before, (they got a remix of sorts for The Experience), so I think we possibly heard a few and then also some proper originals like Your Love and original G Force etc... It was an epic night!!
As a kid I used to holiday every year in Jaywick in the 70s-80s, you wouldn’t believe how lovely it was - best beaches in the UK with friendly people
Blimey, you’re an old git now
Me too, we had a caravan in Jaywick and visited several times a year. Sad to see how those places (Clacton and Jaywick) have been treated.
Yeah seems like a typical sea side town. The type that is only good in the Summer many of these types of town in USA. Looks fun!
There used to be a bloke there lived in a giant barrel ! No idea if he is still there .
Your tours of Britain break my heart. All the places you go are where I spent many if my childhood holidays.
Plus you are such a genuine guy, cheers
Clacton is super busy in summer used to go with my rugby team at youth level for the festival and our team is from London 😂 tons of teams come from London, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Essex, Kent come there it’s super busy and packed
As a person from England thanks so much for documenting my country it means so much to see us represented like this. I live in Wetherspoons and love a stick of rock for every third meal .
The people are amazing based on this video. No matter how small the towns might seem, the people are just absolutely lovely. There's something about a small town where everyone is just trying to survive that makes people feel like real neighbors. I was smiling the whole video just watching how the Brits are all so lovely to eachother. I would love to visit. I'm from Washington State USA.. very similar feeling from small town to small town.
This could be the start of an important series. I hope you visit more areas of the UK to show the less often seen side of British life.
The only place left for a holiday if you don't want your fingerprints taken 🇪🇺.
I've been to different places in England and it all roughly has the same look to it imo. Would get boring really quick. Especially because he will go to places that are going to look similar (run down towns).
I would say this is a reality they don’t want you to see this isn’t just jaywick or clacton it’s really sad tbh
@@andrewrobinson2565 Yeah, it would be great if the brits stayed on their island for holidays.
@@miffebarbez (+1) I myself am French 🥖🍟🇨🇵 of course 🤔🤣.
I've been watching your videos for ever now brother. I literally fall asleep to these vids. I see myself wherever you are. It takes me away from my daily problems and worries. Your content helped me through tough times. I hope to travel with you some day bro. Much love from Tucson AZ.
As a trucker who has been so many times in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, these English towns remind me of those places in the United States.
That’ll be because the British built those places and settled there when founding the usa
@@imogensproductions5125hence why it is called New England
Well, america was originally a british colony, makes sense.
Thats why it’s called New England Im from Boston and the bars the cape is all like this
Yeah man, Im from Southie, and I think id fit there seamlessly.
Glad to see Timmy alive and well after being sick
And after his insuerance left him to die
I'm glad to see Ben give him roast lol
anything for views
As a fellow brit it’s actually genuinely refreshing and interesting seeing Bald giving the UK the bald and bankrupt treatment. Love him pointing out the little quirky things that people who have never been there before might not know about.
Couldn’t agree more
True, it is so wondrous how he can adapt their language too
As an American, it’s awesome to see. It makes me want to explore the coastline, and smaller countryside areas
Sadly Britain (much like the rest of Western Europe) is no more.
@@bravefastrabbit770 in what way do you mean?
Since coming across your videos, I can't stop watching. You are a genuine person, respectful, easy to make friends, and a good human being.
you're so kind to the people. love how you talk to everyone!
this could possibly be the most dangerous thing you've done to date, crazy to what lengths you're willing to go to make your videos. respect!
seems like its not as dangerous as its made out to be
spam bot lmao
that youtube money giving people invincibility shields orrrr the camera man never dies!!!
very reckless if you ask me.
Ru serious lol? Come to Manchester. People from Manchester genuinely go on holiday to Clacton lol
“And there’s usually a bunch of crackheads around here but not today” 🤣 that kid is a legend
unfortunately he's absolutely right.
yeh but hes right though 😅
The kid does inhalants 😢
It's really sad
@@olad3693Is that why his little mouth looks like that? I thought it was Cold sores 😔
The same weather and spirit like in Northern Germany or many parts of Eastern Germany. That's what I like about England, it's true to the bone. Really authentic.
Ben helping that senior lady off the train and calling her “Babuska” immediately brought back Ben’s travels throughout soviet Russia….btw, a great series if your new to Ben’s channel….
Please do some more UK videos from different places of the country. I would love to see how regular people live there.
if he does it, he will really go bankrupt xD
This is basically the UK but more alcoholics as in there isn't many in the video
Everywhere looks exactly the same a dystopian cctv ridden hell hole
@@hashfingersYou need to get out more, the UK is still a great place to live (guys in rubber boats are dying to get here). If you hate the place so much then p off somewhere else.
@@bobroberts6155 I have I now live in Spain a much better country haven’t saw a brown person in 3 years
Do more adventures across England, Honestly it would be really cool to see you going around where youre native.
I live a few miles from the town B&B lives, when he's here. I don't honestly think there's much to be gained from him only visiting the worse parts of Britain, as worse is pretty much the same the world over and doesn't tell you much about a country.
As a resident of the UK I find travel videos here compared to almost every other country dull and boring but maybe it’s because I live here
It will cost to much .
@@ItsVisceral I feel the same. Mind you, we are, apart from winos and drunks, a much quieter lot than in many countries, which is not ideal if you're making a travel vid and the locals don't really want to talk to you.
No this is depressing to watch
Made my night. The funniest program I have seen for ages.
I watch Bald and Bankrupt daily. Even videos I've watched already. This Guy has helped me change my view on certain things and opened my eyes to other parts of the world I really want to go and visit. Even helped me realise it's important to be a good person or at least try.
How brilliant is Bald?! He travels all over the world and films humble homes to share with viewers worldwide. Then he goes back to England, films the average town folk and shows the world that people are pretty much all the same. Cheers Ben!
Because he paid for his travel and fixers. He doesn't go anywhere that he can't pay a fixer for. Lad couldn't even cross into America. Took a plane home from Mexico. Not a real traveler, just a paid for traveler.
@@TheOriginalArchiehaters gotta hate
@@TheOriginalArchieAnd? I would love for someone to pay my travels..
Вы совершенно правы.
@@TheOriginalArchie Ohh you're salty lol
Its crazy how people and England are so open for conversations and to keep up with the times compared to all other places you traveled
go to london and see how many people air you
Ah, don't be so gullible! They where are set up in advance, you can just tell how he runs into them and how they respond to " that stranger" lol
I really doubt it, bumping into his friends is obviously a joke (it's set up), but the strangers meetings are genuine @@realemonful
...it's set up...
For a foreigner that lived in the UK, I can say that engels people are one of the most chatty people out there.
In 1996 when I was 16 years old, my grandparents took me from California to their homeland of England (east Anglo). We visited Clackton along with a ton of other random places, including Great Yarmoth, all by car. We also visited Blackpool and other seaside towns as far north as Oban in Scotland. Glad to see the place several decades later from the eyes of one of my favorite guides.
Ben I didn't know that you knew English so well . I am an American and all my ancestors originated from Great Britain so I really enjoy your tours around England . I hope you do more !
He's from Brighton
Congratulations on the success with the video so far ! It was a pleasure welcoming you at the Langtry and spending time talking to you and Timmy and Benjamin - thank you for coming down to our shithole and I look forward to meeting you one day again in Poland hopefully ! From your polish friend Kacper
Legend mate
Hope this generates some business for you. For £31 a night it seemed OK, a bargain even. Good luck !
@@darrena2625 £31 quid a night is fucking crazy for how decent the room/hotel was. I feel like you'd expect it to be 3x out of London and atleast 6x in London for that.
I live in Brighton and can confirm @@euantp
@@theoozmachine 😎😎
It's amazing how after dozens of videos around the world, the UK really is just like any other Russian provincial town, but more expensive.
and the diet and prospects are dire.
You know, as a Belarusian, I have to say that compared to our cities, the cities of Great Britain seem a bit cramped. I don't mean the size of the cities, but rather the space on the streets. It's as if you are somewhat cramped, it's the first time I felt something like that.
@@Lirix_Flamma agreed. I'm in the UK now and I hate walking on the sidewalks with someone else as I feel the car mirrors might hit you or the cars can hit your arms if you swing too much. Also the roads are basically one big lane. London feels like a relieve to me because there is actually space to walk and move about safely.
There are very few little towns in Russia that can be on level with this one, believe me. They were established after 60s for scientists and somewhat conserved a decent culture level of people and architecture. And you are lucky if you live in those. Others are basically chaotic villages with some old houses and decent town hall at the center, with roads and pavements looking like they've been damaged by an earthquake
@@Lirix_Flamma that's how it feels here, we're a heavily populated small island.
I love that you are a social butterfly! I get learn and laugh all at the same time.
Always make us feel like we are part of you journeys and your crazy adventures..
Kudos mate !
Bald's unheralded skill is his ability to say a quick goodbye and sound more sincere than anyone you've ever met.
100% valid.
😂😂❤
Key travel skill lol; you say goodbye all day long
it's called hidden skill dude. the more unheralded he is the less you want to pause this vids
@@vannhantran547 don't be a pedant
Hello Bald I'm a big fan and a local resident of Clacton-on-Sea here, thanks for visiting our town ( even though it didn't have much to offer) moreover you gave quite a nicer image to the town and its people than most other sources even with the language barrier.
This American loves Great Britain, and especially England. We have a butt-load of towns like that in the US!
@@jamesbinns8528 = I even went thru 'a slum area' in Switzerland back in 2001 (Bern) & it shocked me
Great video sir, and respect to you for being so kind to that man who had his caravan vandalised.
I lived in the UK between 1974 and 1978 in Plymouth. Your videos show a very differrent UK from those days. Now run down, gloomy, and depressing, not the UK I remember. Sad really.
The banter on this video is so loose, refreshing and friendly. Just reminds me of how uptight and serious I am myself and that I need to relax more often, but the stress of bills and work drag me down.
yeah you cant help but be affected by bald’s positivity at least a little
Genuine banter like this is fine, it's nothing personal just people having a laugh with one another, problem is so many people are rude and disrespectful and try to disguise it as banter
After watching B&B interacting with non-Anglos all over the world, it comes as a reverse culture shock seeing him joking and laughing with his fellow countrymen and women.
Does it pay the bills faster and make work more fun to be uptight and serious? I don't think so, give yourself space.
Mr. Bald has been a good example for me, he’s a great guy. I’m a tad uptight and on-guard when I’m travelling. It keeps me safe but it’s hard work at times.
Very friendly people - love to chat! 😀 Merry Christmas to you as well!!
Nice to see you in UK, seeing your videos for a long time never thought youd return back to England. Would love to see more of your videos of places in the UK
I’m from Clacton, 25 years i’ve lived here. Clacton is lovely, i cannot believe you came to my hometown and i didn’t see you, i’ve been watching for years!! I’m also a regular postman down Jaywick, the people are lovely, people slate it but i would rather live there than in a high rise council flat in london! Big up bald and thank you for checking out my hometown!!
Thank God for Timmy, the counter-balance to the absolute joy sponge that is Backpacker Ben.
They are very different for sure, implicit language vs explicit language approach.
Why he still makes videos with BB I have no idea.
He's like a traveller that hates to travel..
joy sponge is savage 😂
I like him tho @@flashylite
Oh heck yeah! I could live in that quaint little place! Love it! ❤❤❤
Tragic death in Jaywick with that grandmother being killed by 2 dogs, not far from where you were walking ☹️
Thanks for sharing 🙏
Can you post a link to the article?
Timmy has to be the best addition to the channel, he’s a legend. Been binge watching his videos too, they’re so entertaining!
Indeed
Am glad he is okay
Same bro
Better then moaning old Ben anyway.
I smiled when I saw timmy , dude is a serious vibe
Good luck in England. Probably the most dangerous, primitive, hostile place Bald has been yet. Glad to see him learning the language and dialect so fast!
Many people around the world would rather live in England than there countries
@@MrSD-YO
Well not me in 🇦🇺 not a chance.....you call THAT a beach? 🤣👍
well at least he has his possy
To be fair, we know our back yard better. But who's going to these kinds of seaside towns? Some right shitholes that were once beautiful. As a Scot, I have fond memories of Girvan and Stranraer. But I went down there recently and nothing's changed - they're frozen in time. And for the elderly that's fine but the young folk need change and new stuff to do. It's just too hard to come by in these places isn't it? And so, no one is going to them to visit.
My only hope is that these tough financial times bring back the staycation and maybe we see some life coming back to our grey shores!
Primitive? Too kind!
What i loved about your vlog. If go and talk to strangers randomly on a night out, where i am. friendly is sadly not the word, but it was refreshing to see people friendly and willing to talk.
try it during the day, not at night . and his camera also helps, a guy that starts talking to everybody out of the blue is weird, a guy with a camera talking to everybody out of the blue is clearly making a video.......
It looks worse as it’s winter! Everything looks better when it’s sunny (go back in the summer) 😁
I’m British, working class, northern and even for me the last place, Jaywick, was pretty shocking for me to see; a place so bleak, devoid and derelict within proximity of the capital. London council uprooting, moving and shafting people. Class content as always Bald, shedding light on people who don’t often have a stage or voice.
Jaywick..full of Jeremy Kyle contestants
I've realized the North(&, by that I mean Cumbria, North Yorkshire, Durham & Northumberland are actually very decent places to be), compared to most of the country.
Jaywick seems like paradise compared to Middlesbrough
I don't know how true that is about London councils using it as a dumping ground for undesirables. I wouldn't be surprised if there are people who end up there as nothing is available in London council housing.
Jaywick has an ongoing fight for a massive reinvestment program, but it's got so many issues it's very hard to sort out. I would not be surprised if the next government tightens up controls on the standards of privately owned social housing (which at the moment is a disaster) and a lot of those properties are either modernised or removed.
Maybe it was a nice video for his American viewers but as a Brit, I kind of knew what to expect as everybody heard of Jaywick and know its history and what it’s all about. It’s just sad.
I also don’t believe about dumping people into Jaywick from London.
The way Bald is always able to communicate with the locals is amazing.
Lol almost everyone has that skill.
Wherever you go Ben, it is always a great adventure 😄
Cant get enough of BEARD! keep it up man.. loving the videos!
As someone proud of their English roots, this both warmed my heart and destroyed my soul
I couldn't have put it better. Some of the people in this video are just forgotten about without a voice. Just left to rot.
They voted for Brexit, too....
I am from clacton. Whilst jaywick is deprived I still like the town. Great place to grow up. Nice beaches. A fantastic leisure pier. Was much more fun growing up here than in somewhere like London
@@FourDollaRacing I'm sure there's some relevance there, I'm just struggling to see what it is.
@@bowskiblog Alfred, Athelstan, Æthelflæd, Edward of Woodstock, Bede, Cuthbert, Patrick, Martin, Newton, Shakespeare, Tolkien, Wilbeforce, Pitt the Younger, Gladstone, General Gordon, the RAF, Brunel, Churchill etc etc
Want me to continue?
Bald is such a brilliant person to learn from when it comes to interacting with strangers. 90% of what he does is just ask people questions and act interested in their responses. People love to be listened to.
He's actually interested though, just a curious soul
"act interested" is a horrible take.
Merry Christmas! Looking forward to whatever you bring in the new year ! 🎄
he's great, he even liked my Mr.Bald soviet disco dancing vid!
yesssssssssssss
Nothing like home! Love seeing you cover the UK baldy
The exact street featured is on the national news today. A sad event.
Love the way the guy who is delighted to see Bald greets him by saying "Fuck off" 😂😂
Proper English greeting 😂
The kid running off with your camera and beep beeping the police officer is the most Hot Fuzz moment ever! Plus they even know their names 😂 that’s Patrick! 👮♀️🤣
Great! We are from England. Been living in Western Australia for 20 years now. I know what you mean regarding the English people. Most are down to earth. Very good video, thank you xxxx
I am planning a trip right now and very much looking forward to it! Thanks for the excellent review.
Ben's well jealous of Timmy's friendship with Bald.
In Vietnam he was the same with the Yankee Viet veteran.
I also noticed that 😂
Sadly Ben is one boring lad lol
He was still fuming eating his roast😂
English?
This has some potential. People have been crazy about seeing the real Russia, or conditions in very poor countries, but I haven't seen anyone make content about poor rural places in western countries.
Check out wondering turnip.
If you want to see more of this kind of stuff a guy called @wendall goes and visits other run down UK towns. He interviews people and shows off the problems.
@@Zanacross Thanks! I'm going to check it out right now. I would love to visit just ordinary Britain once.
@@julius43461there’s lots of channel that shows poverty in western countries, Especially in USA
Wandering Turnip for UK or Peter Santenello for US are somewhat similar but without Bald's humour
Honestly... this shows us brits off nicely.
Sure we're awkward, self deprecating and unable to show any emotion, but most of us will do our best to treat anyone with respect and kindness, no matter where we live or who you are. Hopefully one day you'll pay us northerners a proper visit, but it's always lovely to see how kind, accepting and fun our southern counterparts are.
An absolute brilliant episode as per usual! Thanks Bald and Bankrupt 🫶🏾👌🏾
The problem with a lot of sea side towns in the UK is cheap holidays abroad, most were incredibly busy thriving places once. However the dawn of cheap flights abroad that were readily available and affordable to many people meant people moved away from the British seaside. Less money coming in inevitably led to a downturn for many of these places.
Yes that’s the same over here in the Netherlands. Going abroad is cheaper, and usually guaranteed good weather.
Yeh that and the European Unions fishing policies. Destroyed nearly every single fishing fleet all around the country.
In sweden we dont have that problem. Guess it has both to do with the weather in summer being quite nice here. And also a mentality among people saying its nice to be on vacation in your own country.
@@mattmcintosh3939 offcourse its the EU's fault again. So is it significantly better now whitout completely overfishing the seas, or what?
However, I remember in Hastings in the 90ies allready, they had to throw away lots of fishes on the beach, cause they were forbidden to sell or something, or overstocked or something 🤔...
@@grask10 De e fan inte trevligt väder här, va snackar du om?
I married a Greek gal and I'm stunned at how similar her cousin Costas is to Timmy. 95% of his speech and mannerism's, it's like a doppelganger. Costas is my go to travel guide in Greece after my wife of course.
He does speak spanish all time when gets emotional, not greek though in video.
@@kokorospirit5006 His English reminds me of Costas. So very close.
That's hilarious: my go to travel guide is also your wife ;)
@@gio3061mine is your mom ;)
@@gio3061what a stupid ly childish thing to say.
London on sea guy was nice, seemingly never taking a sup of his tyskie can. Good oratative presence. Best of luck to him
for 49 i can use all public transportation in whole germany (with some exceptions like fast trains) for a whole month!
Once again learning the local language to provide us with great content, Bald is 10/10
I think Timmy has to be a staple when ever it can be done. He's great
i think this group is perfect ben ben and timmy.
I ship Timmy and Elena.
i vote for Timmy and Elena. Both up for adventures and love whatever comes their way.
Ben appears to be jealous of timmy.
The club on Clacton Pier was legendary back in the Rave days, had many a mad night dancing over the North Sea !
My sister got her finger sliced so bad they had to remove it back in the day cause some dude was trying to cut her purse strap off there. Good times
Im just catching up with your British ones now and after watching you for so long its so weird watching you doing vids here with your usual style and presentation 😂
Over the years you have inspired me and some of my own trips in Eastern Europe and places ive seen have been a direct result of a few of your vids, ive visited exactly the same places in several cities you chose to film on several occasions.
Im enjoying this series of UK trips so far, bloody grim though but ive been to many grim places here also
Nice one
For that amount of money I was expecting the hotel to be a complete shithole. That room seemed very well looked after and clean.
This video is why I love the English. I laughed all the way through it. Friendly, funny, always taking the piss, self-deprecating. Great country.
It is a nice quality, but my experience is that English people do this as they're uncomfortable with intense emotions. Same with anything earnest.
@@RedArtistxshut up man, you clearly don’t know us very well
Then do you
@@RedArtistx Very wrong
Great people but the country is a sh*thole, I'm glad I left.
@@RedArtistx or you get the other extreme with Mediterranean people who act really open but it's all a facade to see who can be the most enlightened and portray romanticism
Great video. Great find. I'm binge watching bald and bankrupt. That man commands his space like a magician.
1:52 I never really got "Dickensian" celebrations - the books always seemed to me to be about abject misery, cruelty, and extreme self-interest. Seems like an odd thing to celebrate unless you're living a care-free, idle life paid for private taxation of tenants, while people are wasting away in sub-standard homes, barely able to feed themselves, with no prospects of working their way out of it. Looking forward to the rest of the video!
Mate honestly this is peak content. You've gone to some insane places where nobody has ever filmed before but as someone who just loves the British aesthetic and people this is gold. Thanks for doing a little showcase on Clacton! I'd love to see some more British towns in the future.
This was fun!
In your eyes what is the British aesthetic? Similar to this video? Or something else
@@lewisharrison Screaming 14 years old girls i guess.
@@lewisharrison terraced houses made of brick, small shops at street corners and deciduous trees with vines growing along their trunks. I don't live in the UK but to me it feels like home.
Matey in the wheelchair asked for a Peroni by the way haha.
The look of confusion on his face when you passed him a corona was brilliant.
Knowing bald he knows the corona is cheaper 😂
I noticed that... he was 'short changed'... lol
Thanks for pointing out 13:33 🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂this comment laughed til I cried
Peroni my foot. If he's paying for it
You have done more for tourism for clacton than the English tourist board have ever managed!!! I am going to Clacton, Viva Clacton
Great content - Captivating and Engaging. 3 bits of new info: The Torbay area of Devon (Paignton, Torquay and Brixham), which is equally as deprived in parts is I believe, officially known as The English Riviera - which I think is because of the palm-style and Mediterranean trees and rocky crags that line the coast.
Piers were originally built for the paddle-steamers which came down from London, they were a form of landing port or jetty.
Finally, and boringly, if you look out from Clacton, you will see firstly the North Coast of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey eastwards to Margate. Then overseas, possibly a five mile stretch of France, from Dunkirk up to the border of Belgium and then entirety of Belgium. I do think your content has become better in the last three years....excellent
Expat from Denton, Manchester here, currently in living in Canada…you brought a tear to my eye. England will always be my home as my children are the first generation of my family line to make homes in the ‘new’ world. Once you leave, you can never go back, but you never quite fit in where you settle either. Travelling is great and will expand your view of humanity, but a sense of home and of belonging to a place can’t be overstated. Think long and hard before you abandon your home, think about staying and working hard to make it better…cheers and Happy Christmas.
Tameside mad lads!
Lovely words!
Shameside massive!
I left the UK for Australia & your comment struck a chord with me. Wise words mate.
I don't understand your logic that you can never go back once you leave.
I think after the mini-series covering the Venezuela-USA migration trail, it's only the natural progression to do a sequel covering the Albania-UK migration trail. Imagine the banter as you wash up on Brighton Beach in a dinghy with 30 other blokes and bump into people you know having a cone of chips on the pier.
I want to see this ☝️
Jewy
+1
I am in, this had me dying.
Bald, I bet you can get to Albania and back for less than 42 quid if you're resourceful.
Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget;
For we are the people of England, that never have spoken yet.
There is many a fat farmer that drinks less cheerfully,
There is many a free French peasant who is richer and sadder than we.
There are no folk in the whole world so helpless or so wise.
There is hunger in our bellies, there is laughter in our eyes;
You laugh at us and love us, both mugs and eyes are wet:
Only you do not know us. For we have not spoken yet.
I like the brick interior wall in the bungalow in Jaywick, that's nice.
what a madlad to have the balls
to go on a holiday there
this is absolutely crazy
he is truly fearless
Nice poem! 😁
@@arsinclair cheers mate
took me at least 30 seconds
to come up with that while
I was on the bog 💩
On a windy monday night
I read your comment
As if it was a poem
We need more UK videos, especially on areas that we’ve never heard of before.
Been living in Jaywick 21 years and would never go back to London now, have lived in other parts of England but feel at home here and it's nothing like what the media says.
I thought you were up near Blackpool at first. Cool to see what the other side of the Channel from Belgium looks like. I often look out at sea, in this direction, wondering what's there and dreaming of one day journeying to the UK to see for myself. Now I have a pretty nice idea! Lovely chaps. Pretty exotic but also looks just like the French Opal Coast. Weird to think this city is as far removed from me in Ostend as my hometown of Leuven, only on the other side.
This has got to be one of Bald's best videos yet, propelled as it is by his unbelievable charisma - this guy's off the charts lol
Would be really cool to see Timmy take you to small towns in Greece. Would be funny watching Bald call everyone a Spartan
I’d be surprised if Timmy wants to go anywhere with them again after how rude they both were in their videos 😅
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It would be cool if he just stopped "collaborating" with Timmy, aka stop letting him leech of his fame and success. lmao
@@om8245fr, o Ben einai malakas😂
@@HappytreeLuis nah Timmy is a good dude, I'd rather choose Timmy then Ben or Simon 100%.
There's a lot of abandoned cold-war relics in the nordic countries, especially sweden. I think baldie would have a field day there. Would also be cool to see if he can get through to the people there like he does in britain.
That old lady cracked me up fancy finding his mum hahahahahahahaha shes a legend
The England London has forgotten. You're doing the public a favor by filming this. Keep doing what you're doing.
Ben you're child like enthusiasm for the mundane gives me a smile that I can't seem to find these days no matter where I look. I wish I had half of what you have mate. Respect.
It's been a while since I visited B&B's corner of TH-cam, I'd forgotten just how soulful and wholesome his visits and travels are.
This is most definitely in my top five TH-cam channels. I wish there was a heart button as well as the thumb.
How to not love this guy???❤❤❤ I hope to meet him one day😊
Bro, Ben is a nightmare, lol… Timmy is such a chill guy, every time Ben is around, he’s always whiny, complaining, or pissed off… he’s like a chihuahua! 🤣
It’s an act. The three of them are great together
If u watch ben’s videos he makes bald look like that as well lol i think its banter
Body language and face expressions show opposite@@SilverfoxJB
sorry mr detective, they wouldnt invite him if there was a problem
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Great stuff, Bald. You're a natural when it comes to striking up conversations with the average local. Glad to see Timmy is doing better.
One of the best and most natural on TH-cam👍🏼
Always interesting , well done stay safe.
Great content always watch your videos great too see you videoing in Britain 😊
He dislikes coming back to England.
It is nice to see him venture back home
I admire bald's social skills. He can have a fun chat even with a log.