The most beautiful village in Kent
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- Let's have a peek at English village life! Today we're exploring Aylesford village and the nearby Aylesford Priory. There's so much history, architecture and charm in this part of Kent, and it's only a few miles away from a huge city! I hope you guys fall in love with this English village like I did.
I can't wait to head back to Aylesford and visit some local pubs. Someday soon, I hope! Have you been to Kent's hidden village?
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a twenty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a TH-cam video every Tuesday and an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:30pm GMT on Twitch.
Alanna x
1:31 Geese: "Hey guys look! A fellow Canadian!"
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Damn, I was just about to post the same thing!
@@leematthews6812 I think we all were 😂
1:31 Geese: “Crap. They’re onto us!”
Great video, one of my go to places as a local photographer .. last year there was a resident grey heron around but been twice recently and no sign of it .. if you would like to follow my photography I am on FB, also Instagram @robloveswildlife x
I'm just amazed you found a free car park in the South East of England
There are at least 3 or 4 free car parks in Aylesford. The other free parking I know of is a beauty spot at Bluebell Hill, and remarkably, Bluewater shopping centre.
Actually there are quite a few free carparks in Kent, particularly in the East
Racist
Hundreds of beautiful villages like this all over the UK - feel so blessed. I reckon those geese were making such a noise because they recognised another Canadian! lol 🙃😂🙏
It never ceases to amaze me that foreigners always want to go to London when you have beautiful, quaint little towns and villages less than forty miles from London. Kent is just beautiful. The garden of England. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🖖
It depends what you want out of life!! Not everybody wants quaint wildlife -- some people want a wild life!!!
Oh come on, the first time ever in England of course people will want visit London... "Westminster Abbey, the Tower of Big Ben, the Rosie Red Cheeks of the Little Children"
@@roberttreborable I wasn't dissing London per se, it's one of the greatest metropolises in the world. I'm just saying there's more to this fair isle. And you don't have to travel far. Before the Scots, Welsh and Irish get on their high horse, I mean the whole of the UK. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🖖
Those little villages are all over the UK, especially in the south.
To be fair, they need to go to London first before they can explore the provinces, Heathrow and Gatwick being huge international airpors.
I’m not religious at all really, but in historical religious sites everywhere, you can’t help feeling in awe of something, maybe it’s the footsteps of those gone before, and this may sound odd but I always feel like the load has been lightened, especially when I visit Lincoln Cathedral, that place just is perfect it’s my favourite place in my county, well and Sir. Isaac Newton’s apple tree, being surrounded by history makes me happy.
I know just what you mean. Those old builders really knew what they were doing. They were masterful craftsmen back then.
I'm a devout atheist but I love religious buildings for simply the amount of effort it took. Astounding human achievment. How did they do that without machines?! Amazing.
@@mooghead Definitely, I wholeheartedly agree. Many religious buildings around the world were actually the sites of major technological and architectural innovation. Take for example the Duomo of the Cathedral of Santa Maria in Florence, built in 1436. It was the first ever self supporting dome, that supported itself as it was being built. All of this done, as you say, without machinery (at least the modern electronic machinery we use today) , just ropes, pulleys, stone and manpower. Incredible, really. On top of that, it isn't just an engineering marvel, but also aesthetically gorgeous, to me anyway.
If you haven't seen it in person, it really is spectacular, and it was built over half a millennium ago!
@@BiggyJimbo Durham Cathedral is one of my favourites, it is just so huge.
Sometimes I forget that when we venture out of our cities in the UK we officially live in Hobbit land. Lovely vlog.
Thanks so much for watching!
With that gnarled old tree, it's Minas Tirith, surely? ;-)
Please video from a pub garden next week, now we have been released, almost got to be done, I’ll buy the ciders x
Thank you for sharing this beautiful spring day with us! I think the geese were trying to tell you they were Canadian as well...🇨🇦🇬🇧
Thank you so much!
My wife and I love this part of England. My late dad was born in Kent, so there’s an added family attraction. By the way, I’m Canadian and understood everything that the geese said.
5:07 "The only thing you can hear" is the M20 in the background.
You can see why Kent is nicknamed 'The garden of England!'.
I thought its what the scottish call you lot down souths. Kents
Kent is the garden of England and Medway is the compost heap
I grew up in Aylesford, it was so different 30 years ago, it will always be my home no matter where I live
🇨🇦 The realization that every one of the stones in the Priory was placed by a craftsman, one at a time, by hand is staggering. We marvel at modern architecture but it really doesn’t hold a candle.
Another wonderful video. Stay safe. Keep up the excellent work.💚
Well said!
Same for nearly all our cathedrals. You can still see in most of them where the scaffolding was built. I remember something from a BBC Drama "at one time the sight of a cathedral put the awe and fear of God into people, now we just see them as pictures on place mats"
That castle they are building in France using the techniques of the time showed the placing of every stone was done a few times then was lime mortered into place.
There is a Ragstone quarry still working in Ditton, close to Aylesford, where I grew up back in the 1960s.
The stones from there have built many a great house, church, bridge, priory and prison as far away as Maidstone.
hi, I live 5 minutes away from Aylesford priory. Lovely place to just stroll around on a spring/summer day Which we can now do very shortly without fear of Covid ! . It's only 35 miles from central London as are many beautiful parts of England in all directions, north, south , east or west. 👌
It's a beautiful place!
The geese just wanted to bask in the glory of the best UK based Canadian on TH-cam. These let's take a tour videos are fun.
More to come!
Goose don't stand a chance in Canada!!!
My Grandfather was the gardener there when it was a private house . At least one of my aunts was born there, back in the 1930's. A great place.
One thing to say. More please.
More to come!
Pepsi and bread please!!! 🤣
Yay more to come 😍 love outdoor videos and the Sun and spring weather. Gorgeous Kent countryside
Alanna, giddy as a school girl. Getting out AND it's sunny almost too much for her 😂
Socialise with the geese is more like, " Wow. They're mad I looked and got too close! Run everyone!" I was fully prepared to see you running with geese chasing you as they are mean as anything.
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It saddens me beyond belief that anybody, let alone more than one person, would give a thumbs down to one of your videos! Your joyful and positive attitude to everything is an enormous asset to our entire population!!
Thank you!!
There are sad people who thumb down before they even watch if they do at all !
Not sure people deliberately hit the thumbs down. The act of scrolling the page can give accidental hits. I've done it but noticed I'd done it. Statistically, its going to happen
I've accidentally thumbs down a video when trying to stop my phone launching itself into the sink or other water based receptacle, so you never know a thumbs down may not have been the worst outcome!
A TH-cam vlogger described how it works and according to them neither is relevant but hitting either is. It's also helpful to comment as the algorithm notes them for the vlogger s rating.
It was hailing/snowing what last week and now hot sunny day... Welcome to Britain 😂
Yesterday in Macclesfield and the pennines
Last week? It was snowing this morning and bright and sunny in the afternoon. Well, keeps you on your toes....
That's just typical spring weather throughout most of North Western Europe. No idea why Brits think this is unique to Britain.
The Geese are like....
Goose 1: I don't have the Visa... i thought you had the Visa?
Goose 2: I don't have the Visa... you said you'd arrange the Visa's?
Goose 3: Don't look at me either.
Goose 1: Okay.. who's going to volunteer to fly back and get the Visa?
Goose 1 & 2 stare at Goose 3
Goose 3: (Sighs) Man, who's idea was it to migrate in the first place.
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Very good getting out and about.
If you are visiting by train, when you come out by the Aylesford station building (no longer in use), turn left for Aylesford less than 100 yards, turn right for Ditton (about 200 yards).
I love that you done this x
Loved the tour ❤️❤️❤️💋
You made that beautiful sunny walk so much fun. Sometimes you just smile and let us enjoy what is around you. Thanks for taking us along!
Cracking video. Looking stunning as always
Aww my Mum used to work at the priory gift shop it’s so lovely seeing local areas from the perspective of someone who didn’t grow up around them and enjoying them as much as I used to. ❤️
That's awesome! Canterbury is a beautiful place
being a person of a certain age .... it still shocks me NOT to see a tax disc in the corner of the windscreen! its soooo good to have a little bit of freedom back! enjoy yourself, keep up the great work, and big love to all people :)
Thank you for watching!!
You'd be surprised how many people still have the old discs there!
@@hairyairey What always amazed me was how in the last gasp of the paper tax disc you actually had to print your own.
@@Tom_TH-cam_stole_my_handle government being cheapskates, I think I already had the paper one by then but I didn't even bother putting it on. There was absolutely no point, no-one ever looked at it!
With the scenery and the music you played half way through the video I was expecting to see characters from Camberwick Green and Trumpton
I know what you mean lol
Before Alanna was around the back listening to the birds The snare drum in that piece of music was annoying me as it's timing wandered and it was slightly too soon.
"Here is a box. A musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today?"
@@michaelstamper5875 And a miniature Alanna appears from the box
Trouble is only people of an age would know what the hell you’re on about... and the name of the engine driver was.....
Best vid vid.We use to sit opposite the little Gem and drink when we were young ..Happy days ..
I really love it
Beautiful countryside around where you live, what a quaint village :)
So beautiful
This is why more tourists should visit places outside of the city of London
Kent isn't an area I know well, so I found this really interesting -more please! I'm glad you've maintained standards during lockdown with those smartly-polished boots!
I live just down the road in Ashford ,yet I don’t think I’ve ever been to Aylesford. You picked a perfect spring day for it 👍
I love the music you paired with the attractive landscapes.
Afternoon ❤️❤️
Love those oast houses barely glimpsed as you passed by
Thanks for posting this, 10 years ago I worked in Maidstone for a couple of years and used to chill out at the priory a couple of times a week. That was so nostalgic for me I knew what was lurking around every corner. Ashame you never got to stop in one of the pubs on the high street but the memory of it is flooding back.
Great video, as usual. Making me homesick. Hope you’ve been able to grab a “cheeky” cider or two since the pubs reopened!
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for showing so much of Aylesford Priory. This is one of my favourite places on earth and it feels like Heaven. I just love this trip you gave me around my loved shrine. Praying for you now and thank you for all your lovely videos. You are a delight to listen to and always do a good job and put me into a lifted and happy mood. Keep up the good work. You are super. Thank you again for your review of Aylesford Priory and the village.
Wow! You're so pretty! And the village too❤️
I was born in Wouldham, a village not far from Aylesford and lived in Kent until I migrated to Australia when I was 20. Moving to Australia was the best thing I ever did (over 30 years ago now), but I did enjoy your video and the walk down memory lane. Wow...I forgot just how narrow the roads are in England :)
Very cool!
That was a good one, there are lots of quaint old villages all over England happy hunting.
I grew up a short walk from Aylesford, at Ditton.
My parents ran the fish and chip shop there and the wool shop next door; they are both made into one larger fish and chip shop now.
Hey Alanna, good to see you well and out and about. That's some truly stunning green screen, CGI work you did there, it almost looks real. ;-)
Napping is over, time for some adventures. That long peace garden looked very nice, if I'm ever in that area I'm definitely going to visit that priory. Thanks for highlighting it.
Thanks for the glimpse of Ss Peter & Paul. Working on a family that lived in Aylesford in the 1800's. More villages please.
A very tasteful choice of music, it matches the video's atmosphere perfectly without being distracting.
Wow beautiful place thank you this vedeo ..
There's an Aylesford in Nova Scotia too. Lovely tour.
oh! very beautiful village and sight. I want to go England someday.
Burrrrrrrdz, so cute, what a place that is!!! many castles out of ten score
Having lived in England my whole life I love seeing other nation’s take on it all. You’re lucky to be in a nice part of our island 👍🏻
2 people fully on point wth their hip hop low-fi beats: Alanah and Sharla in Japan. Great stuff
This was great, good to see more history & architecture, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Alana, good to see you getting out and about in Kent, there are so many hidden wonders in this overlooked corner of the UK. I’d like to suggest that you look up the paintings/prints of Samuel Palmer then go and visit Shoreham in Kent where he worked.
A lovely day out, thank you for sharing it with us...😘📸🇬🇧
Glad you enjoyed it
It's so nice to see someone enjoying Kent like this! Your recent videos about places in and around Kent have really refreshed my affection for the area I live in.
Thank you so much!!
Very lovely village, thank you for the tour!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video! Love seeing these villages😊
Thanks so much!
Yay more to come 😍 love outdoor videos and the Sun and spring weather. Gorgeous Kent countryside
Thanks for watching!!
Lovely video Alanna,springtime is the best season and your guided tour of Aylesford was excellent,more videos like this please.👍😀😀😀
Thank you! Will do!
Bless you for this!
Thanks for watching!
Ah thanks for that, it's making me very homesick, more please 🙏
More to come!
Absolutely love these videos and I’m so happy that as things slowly open up you can do more, thanks for the video, what a lovely village I would never have seen otherwise
Glad you like them!
Another beautiful video lass! the place is stunning! and you did say there was more outside coming! a woman of your word lol!
nice one Alanna. Kent is a favourite county of mine and I am fond of the village of Charing near Ashford. I have often been point to point racing there but the village itself is well worth a visit.
Great work keep them coming
Thanks, will do!
Allana is the modern day Anne of Green Gables😆💙✌
Anne’s home in Prince Edward Island is a tourist attraction, also quite pretty.
I could have sworn you had moved back to Canada! Kent is beautiful. Good video
What a really nice video :-). I think its these ikkle English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish villages that blow our tourists away - that plus you can walk the countryside on thousands of footpaths. Good job girl - loved it, shame there was no open pub!
For someone that sits in front of the camera most of the time you did a very good job of editing this video.. Well done 👍
Yet another enjoyable video
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aww, what a soothing and happifying vid !
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I love your videos and it makes me want to travel so bad!! Hopefully, soon!
Thank you so much!
Thank you another amazing video very peaceful 😊
Thanks so much for watching!
that sweater in the thumbnail REALLY flatters you
The road over the bridge goes to Ditton, then carefully cross the A20 and take New Road to the small church, and in there is a family tomb that includes Charles Dickens' parents and other ancestors.
Loved it.
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Thanks Alana. A lovely video. More like this please.
Thank you! Will do!
I just found this video and she's so sweet ❤️👍🏼
What a lovely and peaceful video. So nice to see you looking happy and enjoying the sun shine!
Thank you so much!
the Eden pub beer garden must be open 🍻
Very nice, low-key video. Lovely scenery, thanks as always for posting!
Thank you very much!
There’s Aylesford Pottery at the Priory, well worth a look.
Thank you! That was wonderful!
Glad you enjoyed it!
More like this please - I think it does us good to be reminded what a beautiful county Kent is.
Thanks so much for watching!
Lots of nice river walks in Aylesford and Maidstone surrounding are. I will have to visit again in the next couple of years and visit my favourite Maidstone town centre pub which is called the Thirsty pig 🐖🥃🍻💙✌
What a lovely little place. Very peaceful.
Very!
My mum came from eccles just up the road. I used to go to aylesford all the time. My uncles used to drive lorries for safeways and one of my other uncles worked at the kimbley clark factory
Feeding the ducks is the only thing missing from this quintessential piece of England. Go Alanna!
Oh, and a pint of cider, obvs!
I’m pretty certain there used to be an Italian festival here every year. I used to go with my family during the 80’s. Thousands of people would attend and have picnics, barbecues.
Lovely village, i especially enjoyed the pace of your video, with time to take everything in.
Glad you enjoyed it!
A welcome reminder that there are loads of interesting places to visit in the UK. I don't know Kent very well. My only experience of the county is stopping at Maidstone Services prior to travelling to France via the tunnel, and a school trip when I was ten. In addition to visiting Dover and Canterbury and the usual places our teachers took us to a nightclub to see a drag act!
just found the video - so lovely! It's my home village but I haven't been back in 20 years - I moved to Asia. Made me homesick (in a good way!)
I live just half an hour from Aylesford in Rochester. Aylesford is a very nice little place.
Love it. The old buildings are fantastic.😍
Totally agree!
This is a really lovely video . well done for keeping it so posative.it cheered me up. . more like this please . best wishes
You are so kind!