Tyler, just to update you. Amongst your vlogs on the House of Commons you showed some older ones with Betty Boothroyd as Speaker. She was a remarkable Speaker who was ferocious in keeping standards. Unfortunately, two days ago she passed away at the grand age of 93. Much loved and respected.
I dont think any American has really got to grips with how fries are still fries here eg, at Mcdonalds, but that traditional style fried chipped potatoes are called 'chips', and salt and vinegar is the default condiment for them. Its where the idea for salt and vinegar as a flavour of crisps(american potato chips) comes from.
I’ve tried to point that out many times. When an American mentions fries, and says something like “but you call them chip”. I’m like no we have fries as well but we also have chips. Fries are thin and chips are thicker. A lot of restaurants here have options for chips or fries. Same with thinking we call cookies biscuits. When we have both biscuits and cookies. Biscuits means twice baked so they’re harder and crunchy, while cookies are soft and doughy.
@CadwaladrTheFirst they do have them but they’re not as popular as over here. There most common flavours aside from salted are BBQ and sour cream with onion. They also have things like ranch dressing, cheese, lime.
American court has public that shoot family dogs and skimming them mistaking German shepherds for coyotes ,still allow a fool a weapon and watch for the trouble sadly it seems they have millions of them
The first time I saw a fox, it was sitting on a bench in Croydon, eating fish and chips wrapped in paper. It looked to all intents and purposes like it had gone in there and bought them. The fox even gave me a typical London ‘you wot mate?’ look
We used to live in Lewisham, my sons mates mother used to leave a big tray of sandwiches out for the foxes every night, an elderly neighbours dog used t share his breakfast with a big old fox every morning lol, it used to infuriate my Jack Russell.
Every year have a family of foxes living under the shed at the bottom of the garden, it is fun watch the kits grow and play in the garden throughout the summer. Always give them space as their presence keeps down the vermin and they drive off the pigeons that strip the leaves of the garden plants. Only yesterday saw the vixen in the garden, so it looks like there will a new family this year.
Edinburgh is on the East coast of Great Britain, and Bristol on the West coast, so it initially seems illogical that Edinburgh is in fact west of Bristol. The truth is that GB is not oriented with its south coast horizontal, as it appears on many maps, but rotated with the western side lower than the eastern. Therefore, the Northeastern coast is in fact further west than the Southwestern (well, at least where Bristol is).
The westernmost railway station in the UK is not Penzance, as many people assume. It is in fact Arisaig on the Scottish railway line from Glasgow to Mallaig.
It blew my mind when I found out that Ardnamurchan Lighthouse in Scotland was further west than Lands End in Cornwall. This being the furthest westerly point on mainland Britain.
@@ianpodmore9666 Yes you do: Cornwall! I’ve just tried it on my mapping app, and after going over the sea close to Lands End you go back over Cornwall near Cape Cornwall. And you also go over Pembrokeshire, the “Little England Beyond Wales” ;-)
Here's an interesting fact from my home county of Lincolnshire - After the Lincoln Cathedral had its spire added in 1311, it became the tallest building in the world, overtaking the Great Pyramid of Giza. It held this title until 1549 when the spire collapsed in a strong storm.
That's really interesting. Aussie here. What an absolutely gorgeous place - Lincoln itself and the Cathedral. I was thrilled to visit about 6 years and got to see the Doomsday Book as well. The history is just astounding to me. I've traced my Lincolnshire agricultural labourers back to 1635 in West Ashby and just love the beautiful countryside. I envy Brits who have such easy access to so many historical places. Planning my next trip now.
@@carokat1111 If you're around Lincoln again on your next trip, be sure to check out the Castle there. Also fairly near by is the Kinema in the Woods. And old film camera museum / traditional cinema. If you're lucky during the intermission during the film, the floor will open up, and a man playing an old organ comes up to keep people entertained! 😍
Just down the road in Boston - apparently, the Boston Stump was going to have a spire added, but they never got round to building one, which is why it's called the Stump!
There are at least a couple of colonies of foxes in Folkestone. They have been seen frolicking on a beach at The Warren, on The Leas, in Radnor Park and raiding bins in residential roads. The herring gulls give them stiff competition for the bins.
My last flat was over 500 years old. It was a converted stable which housed both horses and some servants who worked in the castle across the road. The castle over the years housed both Oliver Cromwell and Mary Queen of Scots. Its now been converted into an architects business. I really loved my quirky little flat. Also foxes are found in both urban and rural areas all over the UK.
used to live in a 500 year old converted parlour shed on the side of a mountainside farmhouse in Wales. i just felt so cozy when the Atlantic gales came roaring in.
@@raverdeath100 I know exactly what you mean. The castle and stables is at the top of a hill on the coast. The walls were at least a couple of feet deep.
There are suburban foxes in virtually every town & city in the UK. Their natural habitat has been stripped away, replaced by farmland & forests removed. Also hunting has had a negative effect on fox numbers in the wild. So they have moved into our cities. I often see foxes in the street night times in my city. They're not a problem, although they can upturn an outside rubbish (garbage) bin. Also a big fox can attack & eat cats. They're a beautiful animal & always great to see. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
The tax we paid in the UK in 2015 wasn't to end the slave *trade* : that had already happened in 1807 and required no compensation. From that date, no one was allowed to buy and sell slaves in the British Empire but, if you already had them, you were allowed to go on keeping them. The tax were were paying until 2015 was repayment of a government loan used to end *slavery* altogether in the British Empire and was used, in part, to compensate owners of existing slaves for the loss incurred in freeing all slaves in 1833.
Chip shop = Fish & Chip Shop. Having salt and vinegar on your chip is extremely common in the UK. The poster was stating that what we think is vinegar is actually vinegar.
A Chippy/Chip Shop = Fish and Chip Shop (takeaway). It’s common to have salt and (malt) vinegar on your chips, but the vinegar you get on your chips in the chippy is normally non brewed condiment which looks identical to malt vinegar, but it actually has a slightly different taste. It puzzled me for years that if you put malt vinegar on your chips at home it seemed not to taste quite ‘right’. For years I didn’t know why. I prefer non brewed condiment on my chips and these days I make sure I have a bottle at home too!
My favourite local chippy will actually top up a bottle of non brewed condiment for me for free as I like to keep the fish and chips etc crispy as possible til I get home! 😋
Guernsey (along with Jersey and the Isle of Man) are self-governing possessions of the British Crown, that the UK Government provides defence and foreign relations for. They are also part of the UK telecommunication services, and they use the same currency.
I work at Jersey airport and recall distinctly an event that I probably can't go into too much detail about, in which a guy from England and his wife tried to force their way onto a plane after being denied boarding because they had lost their passports and had no forms of identification on them. In the end they had to be escorted of the premises by police and were ranting and raving about how ridiculous it was as "we" were part of Britain and they shouldn't have to provide ID. After a while we just get tired of correcting people.
@@GiveMeBackMyUsernameTH-cam Did Jim Bergerac arrest them personally? That would be fun to watch, especially if they were the type who wear lots of sovereign rings and talk like Danny Dyer. Sorry Tyler, this stuff will mean nothing to you -- it's from TV shows. It amuses me that such tiny places as Guernsey and Jersey each have their own dependent islands nearby, and even their own languages (versions of French).
Jersey Telecom made sure they were compatible and interconnected with the UK mainland ... as did Guernsey Telecom who has Blue Phone Boxes ... The Jersey pound is in a currency Union with the UK Pound ... as is the Guernsey pound
Guernsey and Jersey in the Channel Islands, along with The Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, are 'Crown Dependencies' of the UK, which means that they are self-governing, but rely on the United Kingdom for defence.
I am one of the very few people in the UK who actually have an ID. It was issued to me when I was born in 1947 just after the close of WWII when wartime regulations were still in force. To go with it I also have my ration card entitling me to a certain allowance of milk, sugar. eggs and meat.
But today, a national UK ID card is frowned upon, despite everyone having an NHS card/number and a National Insurance card/number. These could be combined into one national ID card.
@@Thurgosh_OG Why on earth would we want to carry an ID card around? I regard the right to wander unencumbered by petty officialdom like that to be one of the greatest freedoms we enjoy in the UK. An ID card would be the first step onto a very slippery slope.
@@qwadratix See Tony Blair and William Hague, weirdly teaming up to push for the digital ID. It will come unless we wilfully stop it, they will use immigration as the trojan horse.
Apparently, UK police are "Crown servants locally appointed" and are not classed as employees and therefore exempted from generic employment legislation. Crown servants serve "at the pleasure of the Crown", and do not therefore benefit from the protections normally available to employees by law. However, the majority of these protections are applied to them by the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. Other "Crown Servants" include judicial officials and members of the Armed Forces.
The Police are "Crown Servants, locally appointed" not employees. They have many of the protections of UK labour laws but there are exceptions and so they are specifically excluded from those laws for that reason, for example they can't join a union and they can't go on strike. Their employment is defined by the Police Act.
The UK has a maritime climate so it is mild with no extremes in either direction. Typically damp and mild. Which is why when the temperature suddenly rises out of the mild norms it can be hard to handle, especially since houses are made to keep heat in and rarely have air-conditioning. This is also why we get made fun of when we panic at small amounts of snow. It's uncommon and out of the norm, plus since we are surrounded by oceans, snow doesn't tent to stick because of the damp atmosphere so we are caught off-guard when it does.
We eat chips with salt and vinegar, it's almost a legal requirement! Vinegar is an alcoholic brew fermented from malt, in which the alcohol has been oxidised to acetic acid. In a bid to reduce both the cost and strength of taste of vinegar, a synthetic substitute is used - a dilute solution of acetic acid in water. To comply with the trade description laws this cannot be called vinegar, hence "non brewed condiment"
The chip shop one explained; Most people in the UK think that when you go to the chip shop [a place that usually sells battered sausages, battered fish and steak fries] that they will use salt and vinegar. because typically whenever a brit seasons their steak fries at home [chips] they'll use salt and vinegar. In reality they're not using vinegar, but non-brewed condiment which has a similar flavor profile to vinegar but is completely different. Google on what a non-brewed condiment is: "Non-brewed condiment is a malt vinegar substitute created with water, acetic acid, flavorings and often caramel color".
Hundreds of viewers screaming at the screen: "It's pronounced EDIN-BRUH!!" You really haven't learned that by now, after all the UK reactions you've done? Really?
We have Urban foxes all over the country i see them all the time in the town where i live. and Non-brewed condiment is a malt vinegar substitute created with water, acetic acid, flavourings and often caramel colour. ( Chippie is a Fish and Chip Shop ).
They know almost immediately if you have a driving licence, it's called a computer. It's your identity you have to prove. If there is any doubt over your identity, your arrested.
Can't imagine being hundreds of miles from the sea , it's noticeable when travelling inland , fresh water lakes just arent the same . When travelling home you can feel it as it's usually a degree warmer . Lots of urban foxes in our cities , they have capitalised on food left overs to supplement their normal diet and there are plenty of warm isolated spaces . You generally don't see them during the day but definitely hear them at night .
You don't see them during the day? They are getting very daring here in London. I see them day and night. I was once at a school function in the evening and as I walked up a corridor I was passed by a fox calmly walking down it going the other way! Maybe he was just handing in his homework.....
There are a lot of foxes around the country, but there are so many in London, that at night you cannot escape the sound of foxes mating at some times of the year. Rarely heard this when I lived in the country.
"When travelling home you can feel it as it's usually a degree warmer" Where I live its more than just 1c from the coast to the suburbs. In the Summer it can be 2/3c warmer inland just travelling the 3 miles and thus much warmer than I am right on the coast. In fact, the opposite is true in Winter (Due to the warming sea air effect) and where I live it rains all the time even when snow is forecast, but travel to the suburbs of this town 3 miles away??? Its snowing, and pitching on the ground cos its like 2/3c colder in just the space of 3 miles. And no, there are no hills, I remember one time it started snowing on a Friday evening at my school (this was back in 2003 or 2004ish) in the towns suburb, it started snowing, it was pitching, by the end of the school day it was 3" deep, I was getting very very excited (Cos I love snow). On the journey home my excitement waned, the snow disappeared and turned to rain. No snow at home for me, I returned to school Monday morning to find snowmen everywhere and I had zilch at home... 3 miles away. Bloody sea air!
I'll attempt to describe Argos. First - they have a free phone book size catalogue which is changed every 3 or 6 months. Second - each item has a number/code. Which while in-store you could type into a number pad to determine if it was in stock and how many were available. Third - you would write the code on a slip with prepared spaces for the code and the quantity required, then go and pay for the items Forth - they send the request through the back which is in fact a HUGE warehouse, where it is tagged with your order number and placed on a conveyer belt and/or an elevator which brings it to the collection counter. Fifth - once your order is ready it's ready to be collected, you show your order slip/receipt and receive your items in return. Nowadays you can view their catalogue online, as well as all the other steps. They even offer delivery (for a cost) or depending on the item, pickup at a local corner store.
We have small flocks of parakeet's up here in Manchester that have settled in the Didsbury/Chorlton area. What type? dunno they are just green in colour but very, very noisy once flocked together. Nice to look at but not if they are in your garden and strip the fruiting buds off the trees etc 😎 Cheers
Thanks, then the Mancs flocks are Ring Necks. Whether it's urban legend they were captive parakeet's that were released into the wild, same as the London flocks started by Jimi Hendrix releasing some after a show. Cheers
I’ve never lived more than 5 miles from the sea here in North East England. The National Health Service is no joke, walk in, get treated, walk out. No bill.
@Jenscee The government DO bill you, step by step by taking money to fund the NHS from your taxes and national insurance contributions. So, if you work, you've been paying for the NHS your whole life by having your money taken from your pay before it gets to you. The NHS is only truly free if you don't work.
It's true that in the UK you ARE NOT REQUIRED to carry identification. BUT you will receive a presentation of documents mandate to present at a police station within a number of days if stopped whilst driving. I'm not sure of the validity of this these days, it may have been superceded with a requirement to carry identification and insurance WHEN driving. If your not driving you definitely do NOT require any ID and you don't need to identify yourself unless you are actually arrested, and that is actually the point where you are charged, cautioned and detained. Detention is not adequate to demand identification.
One of the things that make me smile is that Scotland is roughly the same latitude as the (South of) Alaska And London (and most of the UK) is North of the entire of mainland USA Almost every town has a Chip Shop in which you can buy Fish and Chips or a wide range of " " and Chips and Deep Fried Foods with which most people have "Vinegar"
15:50 we used to have a store like this in Canada called Cunsumet Distributing. All the stock was in the warehouse out back. The retail space was just desks with catalogs and order forms. You find what you want in the catalog, fill in the form, take it up to the counter and pay, someone brings your stuff from the warehouse to the counter up front.
Chip are traditionally served with salt and malt vinegar. Most vinegar used in chip shops now use ‘non brewed condiment’ which is cheaper. Still like vinegar though.
"Priorititsing London"......people have trouble getting their heads around the powerhouse Capital which is more than twice the size of New York and has more infrastructure than many countries, for example over six hundred railway stations.
Hello Tyler. A few other facts you might like to know - 1. A building which is 150 years old is considered new in many parts of the UK. In my own town the properties range in ages from late Norman to present day. The town itself has Viking origins and the original streets are laid out on a medieval market town plan. 2. Almost all towns and cities have populations of wild foxes living in them. 3. Yes, we do want vinegar on our chips. Not on our fries however as they are not chips! Real vinegar is a brewed liquid similar to wine. Non brewed condiment is simply coloured water with a flavour of something in it.
Tyler have you ever been to the U.K. ? I know you’ve done a video on Cardiff (I live here). Be nice to see you here experiencing British culture. I’d be happy to show you around 😊
That was fun. If you are in Indiana, Tyler, you are at least near our inland seas, called Great Lakes. I grew up only four miles from Lake Michigan, in Illinois. It is really not very different, except that it is fresh water. As an adult I lived even closer. Everyday I would drive by the Port of Waukegan, and see the ships in dock, and the lake. It was quite beautiful and comforting. Moving onto birds. Hearing the comments about birds in the UK reminded me of the wild Peacock's gathered in groups, or more appropriately ostentation's at various places around where I lived. We felt so blessed. Such beautiful creatures. And of course, there were and are so many local animals. We have quite a few foxes too, and some wolves, even an occasional mountain lion. And oh, the wild turkeys. Can you tell, I love wildlife, almost as much as I love people. Hope you have a great day! Peace
Not only does London have foxes, we have a few black foxes (melanistic) which are relatively rare but their numbers are rising. I've seen one walking along the road near my house and initially I thought it was a dog until I heard it bark that very eerie foxy bark and saw the white tip on its tail.
During the lockdown in the early days when there was very little of the normal road traffic, there was a lot of footage online of all kinds of animals wandering around the streets, it was fascinating to see them.
When I lived in outer London (Pinner) I saw occasional foxes in our garden, even saw one running down the main road in front of a bus! Since moving to the country 20 years ago -- haven't seen one!
@@carlgrove8793 I live in fairly rural Wales, and have only once seen a fox in this area, bizarrely on the trading estate where I currently work - not a sign of a fox since then (about 8 years ago I guess).
Look up the documentary The urban fox, filmed in Bristol in the 1970's I think. Working night for many years I often saw foxes + badgers out + about. We used to bring peanut butter sandwiches to feed the badgers with.
A few clarifications/explanations: 1) it's traditional to put vinegar on chips, but some chipshops use "non-brewed condiment" as a cheap substitute. 2) Bristol is on the west coast and Edinburgh is on the east coast, so it's easy to assume that Bristol is west of Edinburgh. But because GB slants NW, Bristol is actually east of Edinburgh. 3) the UK climate is very humid, which makes 25C + feel a lot hotter (and often unpleasantly hotter) than you might expect. Also, almost no-one has air conditioning because it's probably only about two weeks (spread over the whole summer) that it would be used. Likewise, much of England gets little or no snow every year, so no one is prepared for when it does snow.
I'll add a bit more to (3) . All of our houses are insulated and designed to keep heat in. From the walls to the roof to the doors and windows. And we have radiators in every room instead of Aircon. Our houses are literally designed to trap as much heat as possible inside.
The chip shop or "chippy" is the fish & chip shop. Where you would go buy fish & chips. Salt & vinegar is usually on the counter for the customer to add to their fish & chips if desired. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Edinburgh is pronounced Edinburra I used to live in East London and would bump into our local fox whilst out walking the dog. I now live back in Scotland and have wild Grouse and Deer in the field at the back of my garden.
This is coming from a Canadian Locksmith that's registered as a fire inspector. Although Canada has fire safety rules and guidelings that "must be followed", builders, architects and building owners just willingly disregard them because it saves them money to not have fire rated hardware, frames, doors, walls, and sometimes saves them space in a building since they can just build willy nilly and avoid putting in another stairwell, or whatever, all because the people who actually enforce fire code, the fire marshals, pretty much never do anything, and when they do they very very rarely force the owners to make significant changes. Inspectors can complain to them all day that a building is a very serious risk of trapping each and every single person in a burning building, and nothing happens. I know one building in Ottawa that gets tens of thousands of people in it every single day, that has been purposely disregarding fire safety for 3 decades, and should a fire break out there will easily be many casualities. Ontop of that the majority of appartment buildings do try to keep some level of fire safety, but are often so slow on fixing issues that many are immensely unsafe. It's all about making it so everyone gets out, that fire and smoke spread slowly to minimize damage, and gives more time to fire fighters to save people. Maybe it's just Onatrio or maybe the whole world has this issue behind the scenes, but it honestly feels like the government isn't going to do anything about it, unless some horrific incident happens, which is what should be prevented
Coton In The Elms, Derbyshire, is the most landlocked place in the UK. The nearest coastline to the north-west, south-west or to the east is 70 miles away. A chip shop is a takeaway (take out) where you get various hot meals served with chips (as in 'thick fries'). Chip shops are nicknamed "chippies" A heatwave in UK is " when a location records a period of at least three consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures meeting or exceeding the heatwave temperature threshold. The threshold varies by UK county" (Met Office). Some places it's 25C, some 26C or 27C. There is one nation on the UK, where police are routinely armed-- Northern Ireland. It's not the "Queen of England"-- because England is not a sovereign state (and thus doesn't have a head of state)-- the UK is. It would be a bit like calling POTUS "The President of California"
The Normans from Normandy were descendants of Vikings who settled in Northern France. Normans coming from the words North men. It's true that trying to travel from eastern to western England is hard work.
@@paulmidsussex3409 I haven't heard about that. Hope its more straightforward than Crossrail. The roads need updating too, though. Either the A3 or M3 from the M25 should be extended to Lands End. That would help. I'm in Essex and my sister is in Devon, our last journey was shocking. Just attempting to pass the M25 can a nighmare as you probably know. We usually leave in the middle of the night to reach the other side of the M25 before it gets too busy. Our very enjoyable last holiday in Sussex a few years ago was great,, as it was so nearby, but the return journey was not quite so good. We had to go the long way round clockwise as the bridge and tunnels were closed due to mishaps. We waited till late and made the journey surprisingly fast. We usually go north for holidays as there are so many options for a speedy journey. Northumberland being our favourite location, closely followed by The Lakes.
They have pumped storage power stations to provide quick power for spikes in demand. At a World Cup semi final, the UK's power stations started winding up ready for the extra demand when the match ended and the kettles would go on. The match went into extra time, then into penalties and the control room went "oh sh*t" as the frequency started to rise. So they started pumping water up the mountain at Dinorwig to stop everything tripping.
I live in France. The police are armed but they have to be under extreme pressure to draw their weapon as the result is about three days paperwork. Not like your bunch of poorly trained cowboys.
I live in the second City Birmingham . I've had six fox cubs on my lawn early morning waiting for their mother to return and feed them, always had foxes in my neighbourhood.
the only scary thing about foxes is the noises they make while mating... they screech and scream, some people have mistaken them for the sounds of a woman being assaulted but foxes themselves are basically harmless, they fight with cats and dogs but mostly it's just establishing territory, not fights to the death. The issue foxes bring is that they love to hunt chickens and will kill all chickens if they break into anywhere with them. Yes, you want "vinegar" or condiment on chips, common to have them with chips. Chips and french fries might appear similar but taste different and yes, British people do distinguish between them.
I live in a very green part of London. There's a wood at the back of my flat. It's not strange to see foxes at all. They seem quite used to living in the city. Added bonus they keep rat and mouse population down.
Not just London that has foxes, I live in Bournemouth and if I go out at night its more likely that I'll see foxes than not see them, see deer wandering around as well.
We have a fox nest in a patch of waste ground beside our garden. We are in what you call 'Inner London, probably similar distance to the Bronx. I've seen foxes in main street sitting on top of the street side trash bins. Some hang around McDonalds.
The kettle thing goes back to the 70's and 80's when the Grid would be under immense strain every evening in the ad break before Coronation Street or Eastenders, and on Sunday afternoon during the football or whatever sporting event was in season.
Kinda related to the kettles going on in adverts fact, there's an entire film based around the premise of everyone in England using the toilet at half time in the world cup final. It's called Flushed Away
Guernsey and Jersey were the only part of the British Isles to have been invaded and occupied by the Nazis during world war II. The 2 islands are not part of the United Kingdom, but they are part of the British Isles and Jersey and Guernsey people are British.
I’m currently living in the most modern house I have ever lived in. It’s 80 years old, and was finished just after WWII. After being put on hold during the war. My last house was built in 1865, my parents house was built in 1890, and my best friends house was built in the late 1500’s (it’s awesome). We used to get a fox in our back garden all the time. In the winter in would sit in the compost bin. But they built some new houses behind us and cut down part of the woodland area for a row of houses. They’re not scary at all. I’m not in London though.
The Edinburgh (pronounced "EDD-in-burra") one is because people tend to think of Scotland as due north of England, and the coasts matching up - but the island is at an angle, so most of Scotland is west of England. It's a bit like people not believing that if you drive south from Detroit you end up in Canada (also true!) Fish and chips with vinegar are great - try it! The British coat of arms is sometimes knows and "The Lion and Unicorn" - they are the creatures which hold the shield.
I would have said the bulldog is the national animal symbol of England. The lion is the animal identifying the British monarchy although it used to be the leopard originally. The white stag also used to represent the monacrhy.
Later replaced by the Scottish King of the United Kingdom (Act of the Union 1707, where Wales was part of England, as a Principality), King James the 6th (1st of England).
Guernsey is a British Crown Protectorate. But not part of the UK, because the treaties under which it became part of Britain pre-date the UK. Our house is quite new - it's only about 120. I have friends who live in houses that pre-date American colonisation, let alone independence...
11:34 that apples one is a partial truth... while the apples we have today weren't native to the UK, Crab apples were, which is what we did use in the original apple pies.
@@toddlerj102 yeah more than likely, a lot of our nature is covered in many things we used to use, like the red berries from a hawthorn tree was used for jams and ketchups
@@Paul_W.E_Ingham it can get quite spotty, I do know that the apples we know today arrived in Britain from the Romans, which also brought things like pears
Here's another interesting fact. London is full of trees. In fact, while it might not always seem like it, London is so packed with foliage that it’s technically a forest. That’s according to a United Nations definition that states that a forest is anywhere that’s at least 20 percent trees. London’s a respectable 21 percent. There are a massive 8.4 million trees across the capital, nearly one for each of the 8.6million Londoners.
Since moving to the country I see fewer foxes than I do in London where there at least two in the garden of the building I work in. One sat and watched a wedding through the garden door the other week. How about the urban dear though. Muntjac are quite common in suburban North london. But not as common as they are on my allotment garden here in Essex.
“… do you want vinegar??” “The national animal of Scotland is a unicorn… huh? Let me google this. That is unbelievable OH MY GOD IT’S TRUE!” These reactions, for whatever reason, I found very entertaining 😂
Yes a favorite seas side of us in the Midlands is Barmouth Wales.. 2hr drive through stunning countryside and mountains.. We also have foxes and badger's.. I live near a wildlife woodland reserve
The Vinegar story may have been written by a Southern as we do have Vinegar in our chip shops, "Chippy" up North, we also have gravy. Just the South missing out. Let's not forget where the Industrial Revolution started.
There’s definitely more than 10,000 foxes in the capital. I live just within the m25 south London and we have multiple families of foxes living in the neighbourhood. They’re quite harmless to humans
Yup, we do have foxes in London. There's one that spends a lot of time in our neighbourhood. There are a ton of parks all around London, so they sleep there during the day and then come into our neighbourhoods during the evenings. They are a pain as they like to dig up gardens. One fun thing is that our local fox does is pick up dog toys (or kids' toys) from other back gardens and they sometimes end up in our back garden.
The police are employed, but under regulations specific to them, they are Crown Servants. It doesn't mean they don't have employment rights, they are just a bit different.
9:50 sure does! Early evening and night time is the best time to see them, you'll often see them walking the streets. Easily mistaken for a cat at first. Do not try to pet them. Or feed them.
The power grid and the kettles made me LOL.😂 When I lived in PA, I got stopped without my driver’s license (a few times☺️). At least at that time, they gave you 24 hours to show up at the station with it with no penalty. I was more nervous about getting carded without it than getting stopped by the cops. The U.S. has no official language (something I, embarrassing, didn‘t know until I moved to Europe).
Up until a few years ago one had a week to produce one's Licence and insurance certificate at a nominated police station (given a 'producer'). Now its all on a national database and can be checked by an officer at the roadside or even before being stopped. Yes the National Grid keep an eye on TV schedules so are prepared for millions of kettles being turned on at once at half or full time for a televised match or the end of a very popular programme.
The National Grid planning for Kettles used to be a much bigger thing, when most of the population watch regular TV broadcasts. These days advert breaks, don't make such a big demand but some sports events still do.
Chippies are take away shops selling mainly fish and chips. They used to be open late at night and were often eaten on the way home from the ‘pub’. You are usually asked if you want salt and vinegar on them. Apparently, it’s not real vinegar they use. As an 80 year old brit, I wasn’t even aware of this.
Tyler, just to update you. Amongst your vlogs on the House of Commons you showed some older ones with Betty Boothroyd as Speaker. She was a remarkable Speaker who was ferocious in keeping standards. Unfortunately, two days ago she passed away at the grand age of 93. Much loved and respected.
I understand, she started off as a "Tiller Girl"! Who would have thunk it?
A grand lady, sadly missed.
Thick as !
I dont think any American has really got to grips with how fries are still fries here eg, at Mcdonalds, but that traditional style fried chipped potatoes are called 'chips', and salt and vinegar is the default condiment for them. Its where the idea for salt and vinegar as a flavour of crisps(american potato chips) comes from.
I’ve tried to point that out many times. When an American mentions fries, and says something like “but you call them chip”.
I’m like no we have fries as well but we also have chips. Fries are thin and chips are thicker. A lot of restaurants here have options for chips or fries.
Same with thinking we call cookies biscuits. When we have both biscuits and cookies. Biscuits means twice baked so they’re harder and crunchy, while cookies are soft and doughy.
@CadwaladrTheFirst they do have them but they’re not as popular as over here.
There most common flavours aside from salted are BBQ and sour cream with onion.
They also have things like ranch dressing, cheese, lime.
The fact that he doesn’t know what a chip shop is, is blowing my mind
American court has public that shoot family dogs and skimming them mistaking German shepherds for coyotes ,still allow a fool a weapon and watch for the trouble sadly it seems they have millions of them
@@ShrubScotland he’s younger than he looks. He hadn’t heard of Margaret Thatcher.
The first time I saw a fox, it was sitting on a bench in Croydon, eating fish and chips wrapped in paper. It looked to all intents and purposes like it had gone in there and bought them. The fox even gave me a typical London ‘you wot mate?’ look
Yeah foxes don't care they'll nick your scran and be like "yeah and what mate? you aren't gonna do anything about it"
Did it have vinegar on them? 🤣
We used to live in Lewisham, my sons mates mother used to leave a big tray of sandwiches out for the foxes every night, an elderly neighbours dog used t share his breakfast with a big old fox every morning lol, it used to infuriate my Jack Russell.
On line shopping originated in Wales.
We used to have Identity cards during the war, I can still still remember my Number.
Every year have a family of foxes living under the shed at the bottom of the garden, it is fun watch the kits grow and play in the garden throughout the summer. Always give them space as their presence keeps down the vermin and they drive off the pigeons that strip the leaves of the garden plants. Only yesterday saw the vixen in the garden, so it looks like there will a new family this year.
Here’s me laughing at the jokes that went over Tyler’s head.
“Dogs can’t look up” - Shaun of the dead.
“Cracking owl sanctuaries” - Alan Partridge.
How's that for a piece of fried gold?
but he was right about what “Cracking" meant wonder if he has watched any Wallace and Gromit
Bricks and Welsh slate for the roofs, make our housing last a long time. None of this wooden house rubbish. We took the Three Little Pigs to heart :)
Edinburgh is on the East coast of Great Britain, and Bristol on the West coast, so it initially seems illogical that Edinburgh is in fact west of Bristol. The truth is that GB is not oriented with its south coast horizontal, as it appears on many maps, but rotated with the western side lower than the eastern. Therefore, the Northeastern coast is in fact further west than the Southwestern (well, at least where Bristol is).
The westernmost railway station in the UK is not Penzance, as many people assume. It is in fact Arisaig on the Scottish railway line from Glasgow to Mallaig.
It blew my mind when I found out that Ardnamurchan Lighthouse in Scotland was further west than Lands End in Cornwall. This being the furthest westerly point on mainland Britain.
If you fly from John o Groats to Lands End in a straight line, you don't pass over a single English County.
@@ianpodmore9666 Yes you do: Cornwall! I’ve just tried it on my mapping app, and after going over the sea close to Lands End you go back over Cornwall near Cape Cornwall.
And you also go over Pembrokeshire, the “Little England Beyond Wales” ;-)
@@jerry2357 Your correct, but if your claiming Pembrokeshire as Little England, I'm claiming Cornwall as not English. So it's a draw.
London has so many trees it’s officially classified as a forest.
Don't believe everything you see! The same criteria would make Berlin a forest too.
'Dogs can't look up ' is a quote from the movie Sean of the Dead staring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
Here's an interesting fact from my home county of Lincolnshire - After the Lincoln Cathedral had its spire added in 1311, it became the tallest building in the world, overtaking the Great Pyramid of Giza. It held this title until 1549 when the spire collapsed in a strong storm.
That's really interesting. Aussie here. What an absolutely gorgeous place - Lincoln itself and the Cathedral. I was thrilled to visit about 6 years and got to see the Doomsday Book as well. The history is just astounding to me. I've traced my Lincolnshire agricultural labourers back to 1635 in West Ashby and just love the beautiful countryside. I envy Brits who have such easy access to so many historical places. Planning my next trip now.
@@carokat1111 If you're around Lincoln again on your next trip, be sure to check out the Castle there. Also fairly near by is the Kinema in the Woods. And old film camera museum / traditional cinema. If you're lucky during the intermission during the film, the floor will open up, and a man playing an old organ comes up to keep people entertained! 😍
Just down the road in Boston - apparently, the Boston Stump was going to have a spire added, but they never got round to building one, which is why it's called the Stump!
@@katherinebirkett4706 ha! That's brilliant!
@@JamWard "If you liked it, then you should have put a spire on it..." 😉
There are at least a couple of colonies of foxes in Folkestone. They have been seen frolicking on a beach at The Warren, on The Leas, in Radnor Park and raiding bins in residential roads. The herring gulls give them stiff competition for the bins.
My last flat was over 500 years old. It was a converted stable which housed both horses and some servants who worked in the castle across the road. The castle over the years housed both Oliver Cromwell and Mary Queen of Scots. Its now been converted into an architects business. I really loved my quirky little flat.
Also foxes are found in both urban and rural areas all over the UK.
used to live in a 500 year old converted parlour shed on the side of a mountainside farmhouse in Wales. i just felt so cozy when the Atlantic gales came roaring in.
@@raverdeath100 I know exactly what you mean. The castle and stables is at the top of a hill on the coast. The walls were at least a couple of feet deep.
There are suburban foxes in virtually every town & city in the UK. Their natural habitat has been stripped away, replaced by farmland & forests removed. Also hunting has had a negative effect on fox numbers in the wild. So they have moved into our cities. I often see foxes in the street night times in my city. They're not a problem, although they can upturn an outside rubbish (garbage) bin. Also a big fox can attack & eat cats. They're a beautiful animal & always great to see. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
How's the view up there on your soapbox?
@@wallythewondercorncake8657 How's the view from right down there.. 'Wally'?
@Nicky L Vermin? That's your opinion. Fox hunting hasn't been killing them for years? What? Farmers do kill foxes yes true.
@@wallythewondercorncake8657 Muppet
@@FallenAngel9979 My Kermit impression is pretty stellar
The tax we paid in the UK in 2015 wasn't to end the slave *trade* : that had already happened in 1807 and required no compensation. From that date, no one was allowed to buy and sell slaves in the British Empire but, if you already had them, you were allowed to go on keeping them.
The tax were were paying until 2015 was repayment of a government loan used to end *slavery* altogether in the British Empire and was used, in part, to compensate owners of existing slaves for the loss incurred in freeing all slaves in 1833.
It isn't about celebrating the 'torturing' of Guy Fawkes, it's about celebrating saving Parliament and everyone in it.
Unfortunately, true.
And let's face it, without parliament, we would never have got Liz Truss.
That chip shop bit made me laugh out loud. "Do you WANT vinegar on your chips?!?" 🤣🤣
The driving licence one: im sure you have like 7 days to produce it at a police station if required. I got pulled years ago and didn’t have it on me
From my front door in London it takes me 2 hours 40 minutes to be in the centre of Paris - without flying - just walking and taking trains.
We have foxes in our garden. They had some pups recently and seem to love playing in the snow. Cute.
Chip shop = Fish & Chip Shop. Having salt and vinegar on your chip is extremely common in the UK. The poster was stating that what we think is vinegar is actually vinegar.
A Chippy/Chip Shop = Fish and Chip Shop (takeaway). It’s common to have salt and (malt) vinegar on your chips, but the vinegar you get on your chips in the chippy is normally non brewed condiment which looks identical to malt vinegar, but it actually has a slightly different taste. It puzzled me for years that if you put malt vinegar on your chips at home it seemed not to taste quite ‘right’. For years I didn’t know why. I prefer non brewed condiment on my chips and these days I make sure I have a bottle at home too!
I learned something there too lol 😝
Well! Today I learned ....
I'm 59.
My favourite local chippy will actually top up a bottle of non brewed condiment for me for free as I like to keep the fish and chips etc crispy as possible til I get home! 😋
@@scouseofhorror104 It's such a comfy feeling when your chippy knows, and allows for, your little foibles.
And be careful if you are in Canada.... you will get strong, white vinegar as your condiment. 😖 (but it tastes soooo good)😁
Guernsey (along with Jersey and the Isle of Man) are self-governing possessions of the British Crown, that the UK Government provides defence and foreign relations for. They are also part of the UK telecommunication services, and they use the same currency.
I work at Jersey airport and recall distinctly an event that I probably can't go into too much detail about, in which a guy from England and his wife tried to force their way onto a plane after being denied boarding because they had lost their passports and had no forms of identification on them. In the end they had to be escorted of the premises by police and were ranting and raving about how ridiculous it was as "we" were part of Britain and they shouldn't have to provide ID.
After a while we just get tired of correcting people.
@@GiveMeBackMyUsernameTH-cam Did Jim Bergerac arrest them personally? That would be fun to watch, especially if they were the type who wear lots of sovereign rings and talk like Danny Dyer. Sorry Tyler, this stuff will mean nothing to you -- it's from TV shows.
It amuses me that such tiny places as Guernsey and Jersey each have their own dependent islands nearby, and even their own languages (versions of French).
Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey are all something called Crown Dependencies.
@@GiveMeBackMyUsernameTH-cam Do you not need ID or a passport to get inro Jersey?
Jersey Telecom made sure they were compatible and interconnected with the UK mainland ... as did Guernsey Telecom who has Blue Phone Boxes ...
The Jersey pound is in a currency Union with the UK Pound ... as is the Guernsey pound
Guernsey and Jersey in the Channel Islands, along with The Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, are 'Crown Dependencies' of the UK, which means that they are self-governing, but rely on the United Kingdom for defence.
I am one of the very few people in the UK who actually have an ID. It was issued to me when I was born in 1947 just after the close of WWII when wartime regulations were still in force. To go with it I also have my ration card entitling me to a certain allowance of milk, sugar. eggs and meat.
Born in 1945 still have my ID card , I can remember taking my ration card to the sweet shop. I think rationing ended about 1954.
@@lesjames5191 I have my Mum's ID card issued in 1940 when she was a tiny baby. Apparently you needed the ID card to get the ration book.
But today, a national UK ID card is frowned upon, despite everyone having an NHS card/number and a National Insurance card/number. These could be combined into one national ID card.
@@Thurgosh_OG Why on earth would we want to carry an ID card around?
I regard the right to wander unencumbered by petty officialdom like that to be one of the greatest freedoms we enjoy in the UK.
An ID card would be the first step onto a very slippery slope.
@@qwadratix See Tony Blair and William Hague, weirdly teaming up to push for the digital ID. It will come unless we wilfully stop it, they will use immigration as the trojan horse.
Apparently, UK police are "Crown servants locally appointed" and are not classed as employees and therefore exempted from generic employment legislation.
Crown servants serve "at the pleasure of the Crown", and do not therefore benefit from the protections normally available to employees by law. However, the majority of these protections are applied to them by the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Other "Crown Servants" include judicial officials and members of the Armed Forces.
The Police are "Crown Servants, locally appointed" not employees.
They have many of the protections of UK labour laws but there are exceptions and so they are specifically excluded from those laws for that reason, for example they can't join a union and they can't go on strike. Their employment is defined by the Police Act.
The UK has a maritime climate so it is mild with no extremes in either direction. Typically damp and mild. Which is why when the temperature suddenly rises out of the mild norms it can be hard to handle, especially since houses are made to keep heat in and rarely have air-conditioning. This is also why we get made fun of when we panic at small amounts of snow. It's uncommon and out of the norm, plus since we are surrounded by oceans, snow doesn't tent to stick because of the damp atmosphere so we are caught off-guard when it does.
We eat chips with salt and vinegar, it's almost a legal requirement!
Vinegar is an alcoholic brew fermented from malt, in which the alcohol has been oxidised to acetic acid.
In a bid to reduce both the cost and strength of taste of vinegar, a synthetic substitute is used - a dilute solution of acetic acid in water.
To comply with the trade description laws this cannot be called vinegar, hence "non brewed condiment"
The chip shop one explained;
Most people in the UK think that when you go to the chip shop [a place that usually sells battered sausages, battered fish and steak fries] that they will use salt and vinegar.
because typically whenever a brit seasons their steak fries at home [chips] they'll use salt and vinegar.
In reality they're not using vinegar, but non-brewed condiment which has a similar flavor profile to vinegar but is completely different.
Google on what a non-brewed condiment is: "Non-brewed condiment is a malt vinegar substitute created with water, acetic acid, flavorings and often caramel color".
What a cheek! If it's not vinegar they shouldn't be allowed to call it vinegar!
Chippy is a Fish and Chip Shop. Non Brewed Condiment is a cheap knock off of vinegar commonly found in Fish and Chip shops.
Hundreds of viewers screaming at the screen: "It's pronounced EDIN-BRUH!!" You really haven't learned that by now, after all the UK reactions you've done? Really?
What you think Americans are taught how to pronounce it? Plenty of US states are pronounced wrongly by us Brits!
EDIN-BURRUH isn't quite right, it's more EDIN-BRUH
In one ear and out the other
@@FallenAngel9979 Or pronounced wrongly by Americans like New Orleans.
@@DomingoDeSantaClara I've edited my comment.
We have Urban foxes all over the country i see them all the time in the town where i live. and Non-brewed condiment is a malt vinegar substitute created with water, acetic acid, flavourings and often caramel colour. ( Chippie is a Fish and Chip Shop ).
If you are asked to provide your driving licence, you normally have seven days to take it to a police station. If you can find one open.
They know almost immediately if you have a driving licence, it's called a computer. It's your identity you have to prove. If there is any doubt over your identity, your arrested.
Can't imagine being hundreds of miles from the sea , it's noticeable when travelling inland , fresh water lakes just arent the same . When travelling home you can feel it as it's usually a degree warmer . Lots of urban foxes in our cities , they have capitalised on food left overs to supplement their normal diet and there are plenty of warm isolated spaces . You generally don't see them during the day but definitely hear them at night .
You don't see them during the day? They are getting very daring here in London. I see them day and night. I was once at a school function in the evening and as I walked up a corridor I was passed by a fox calmly walking down it going the other way! Maybe he was just handing in his homework.....
There are a lot of foxes around the country, but there are so many in London, that at night you cannot escape the sound of foxes mating at some times of the year. Rarely heard this when I lived in the country.
"When travelling home you can feel it as it's usually a degree warmer" Where I live its more than just 1c from the coast to the suburbs. In the Summer it can be 2/3c warmer inland just travelling the 3 miles and thus much warmer than I am right on the coast. In fact, the opposite is true in Winter (Due to the warming sea air effect) and where I live it rains all the time even when snow is forecast, but travel to the suburbs of this town 3 miles away??? Its snowing, and pitching on the ground cos its like 2/3c colder in just the space of 3 miles. And no, there are no hills, I remember one time it started snowing on a Friday evening at my school (this was back in 2003 or 2004ish) in the towns suburb, it started snowing, it was pitching, by the end of the school day it was 3" deep, I was getting very very excited (Cos I love snow). On the journey home my excitement waned, the snow disappeared and turned to rain. No snow at home for me, I returned to school Monday morning to find snowmen everywhere and I had zilch at home... 3 miles away. Bloody sea air!
I worked in central Manchester and would often see fox’s in and around the city centre when I drove in early in the morning
In chip shops in uk most chip shops will ask you if you want vinegar on your fish and chips you can say yes or no and chips . I am from uk.
I'll attempt to describe Argos.
First - they have a free phone book size catalogue which is changed every 3 or 6 months.
Second - each item has a number/code. Which while in-store you could type into a number pad to determine if it was in stock and how many were available.
Third - you would write the code on a slip with prepared spaces for the code and the quantity required, then go and pay for the items
Forth - they send the request through the back which is in fact a HUGE warehouse, where it is tagged with your order number and placed on a conveyer belt and/or an elevator which brings it to the collection counter.
Fifth - once your order is ready it's ready to be collected, you show your order slip/receipt and receive your items in return.
Nowadays you can view their catalogue online, as well as all the other steps. They even offer delivery (for a cost) or depending on the item, pickup at a local corner store.
London also has two species of wild Parrots - The Ring Neck Parakeet and The Monk Parakeet.
The ring neck parakeet is indigenous to the Indian mainland but has spread all over the world
If you don't know about them, then there is nothing weirder than standing underneath them when they all return home to roost at EXACTLY the same time.
We have small flocks of parakeet's up here in Manchester that have settled in the Didsbury/Chorlton area. What type? dunno they are just green in colour but very, very noisy once flocked together. Nice to look at but not if they are in your garden and strip the fruiting buds off the trees etc 😎 Cheers
Ring Necks are Green.... Monks are White Breasted.
Thanks, then the Mancs flocks are Ring Necks. Whether it's urban legend they were captive parakeet's that were released into the wild, same as the London flocks started by Jimi Hendrix releasing some after a show. Cheers
I’ve never lived more than 5 miles from the sea here in North East England. The National Health Service is no joke, walk in, get treated, walk out. No bill.
Not always walk out but you can definitely leave with no bill ☺️
@Jenscee The government DO bill you, step by step by taking money to fund the NHS from your taxes and national insurance contributions. So, if you work, you've been paying for the NHS your whole life by having your money taken from your pay before it gets to you. The NHS is only truly free if you don't work.
It's true that in the UK you ARE NOT REQUIRED to carry identification. BUT you will receive a presentation of documents mandate to present at a police station within a number of days if stopped whilst driving.
I'm not sure of the validity of this these days, it may have been superceded with a requirement to carry identification and insurance WHEN driving.
If your not driving you definitely do NOT require any ID and you don't need to identify yourself unless you are actually arrested, and that is actually the point where you are charged, cautioned and detained. Detention is not adequate to demand identification.
We have wallabies in Nottinghamshire. They are great escape artists. They can survive in the British countryside
One of the things that make me smile is that Scotland is roughly the same latitude as the (South of) Alaska
And London (and most of the UK) is North of the entire of mainland USA
Almost every town has a Chip Shop in which you can buy Fish and Chips or a wide range of " " and Chips and Deep Fried Foods with which most people have "Vinegar"
There's a fox that walks on top of my garden fence all the time. It's a small garden so we can see it when we're watching TV in the evening
The 'cracking owl sanctuary' is a quote from 'I'm Alan Partridge'. Played by Steve Coogan, he's one of the best British comedy characters. 👌🏼
15:50 we used to have a store like this in Canada called Cunsumet Distributing. All the stock was in the warehouse out back. The retail space was just desks with catalogs and order forms. You find what you want in the catalog, fill in the form, take it up to the counter and pay, someone brings your stuff from the warehouse to the counter up front.
I have a local fox that comes into my garden every night, wanting to play with my dogs 😂
My house was built in 1889 and not falling down. It is the houses and tower blocks built in the 60s and 70s that had to be demolished.
Chip are traditionally served with salt and malt vinegar. Most vinegar used in chip shops now use ‘non brewed condiment’ which is cheaper. Still like vinegar though.
"Priorititsing London"......people have trouble getting their heads around the powerhouse Capital which is more than twice the size of New York and has more infrastructure than many countries, for example over six hundred railway stations.
Hello Tyler. A few other facts you might like to know - 1. A building which is 150 years old is considered new in many parts of the UK. In my own town the properties range in ages from late Norman to present day. The town itself has Viking origins and the original streets are laid out on a medieval market town plan. 2. Almost all towns and cities have populations of wild foxes living in them. 3. Yes, we do want vinegar on our chips. Not on our fries however as they are not chips! Real vinegar is a brewed liquid similar to wine. Non brewed condiment is simply coloured water with a flavour of something in it.
If you want to go from Oxford to Cambridge (97 miles) it takes 5 hours on the train and you have to go into London, across the Tube, and out again.
Tyler have you ever been to the U.K. ? I know you’ve done a video on Cardiff (I live here). Be nice to see you here experiencing British culture. I’d be happy to show you around 😊
"Dogs can't look up" and the Big Al reference are thanks to "Shaun of the Dead" I believe. Nick Frost and Simon Pegg banter!
That was fun. If you are in Indiana, Tyler, you are at least near our inland seas, called Great Lakes. I grew up only four miles from Lake Michigan, in Illinois. It is really not very different, except that it is fresh water. As an adult I lived even closer. Everyday I would drive by the Port of Waukegan, and see the ships in dock, and the lake. It was quite beautiful and comforting. Moving onto birds. Hearing the comments about birds in the UK reminded me of the wild Peacock's gathered in groups, or more appropriately ostentation's at various places around where I lived. We felt so blessed. Such beautiful creatures. And of course, there were and are so many local animals. We have quite a few foxes too, and some wolves, even an occasional mountain lion. And oh, the wild turkeys. Can you tell, I love wildlife, almost as much as I love people. Hope you have a great day! Peace
There's a house at the end of my road that was built in the 1600s. It's not a tourist attraction or anything, just a normal house.
Not only does London have foxes, we have a few black foxes (melanistic) which are relatively rare but their numbers are rising. I've seen one walking along the road near my house and initially I thought it was a dog until I heard it bark that very eerie foxy bark and saw the white tip on its tail.
I have yet to meet one. Must look quite spooky.
loads of foxes here too. if we had black ones, the local idiots would be on the blower to the council dog warden 🤣
During the lockdown in the early days when there was very little of the normal road traffic, there was a lot of footage online of all kinds of animals wandering around the streets, it was fascinating to see them.
Foxes can be found in pretty much every UK city and town. Urban foxes are very much a thing and nowadays are more populous than rural foxes
When I lived in outer London (Pinner) I saw occasional foxes in our garden, even saw one running down the main road in front of a bus! Since moving to the country 20 years ago -- haven't seen one!
@@carlgrove8793 I live in fairly rural Wales, and have only once seen a fox in this area, bizarrely on the trading estate where I currently work - not a sign of a fox since then (about 8 years ago I guess).
I live in Manchester and we have a lot of foxes in our neighbourhood. Mating season is terrifying
Look up the documentary The urban fox, filmed in Bristol in the 1970's I think.
Working night for many years I often saw foxes + badgers out + about. We used to bring peanut butter sandwiches to feed the badgers with.
A few clarifications/explanations:
1) it's traditional to put vinegar on chips, but some chipshops use "non-brewed condiment" as a cheap substitute.
2) Bristol is on the west coast and Edinburgh is on the east coast, so it's easy to assume that Bristol is west of Edinburgh. But because GB slants NW, Bristol is actually east of Edinburgh.
3) the UK climate is very humid, which makes 25C + feel a lot hotter (and often unpleasantly hotter) than you might expect. Also, almost no-one has air conditioning because it's probably only about two weeks (spread over the whole summer) that it would be used. Likewise, much of England gets little or no snow every year, so no one is prepared for when it does snow.
I'll add a bit more to (3) .
All of our houses are insulated and designed to keep heat in.
From the walls to the roof to the doors and windows.
And we have radiators in every room instead of Aircon.
Our houses are literally designed to trap as much heat as possible inside.
Guernsey is 1 of 5 Channel Islands and as such is a crown dependency. All are worth a visit.
The chip shop or "chippy" is the fish & chip shop. Where you would go buy fish & chips. Salt & vinegar is usually on the counter for the customer to add to their fish & chips if desired. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
I live in London and see the local foxes wandering about every day and hear the screaming every night. It's an unmistakable noise.
I'm hoping you mean the foxes are doing the screaming...
@@jasoncallow860 Yes I did mean that but thanks for making me laugh 🤣🤣🤣
Edinburgh is pronounced Edinburra
I used to live in East London and would bump into our local fox whilst out walking the dog. I now live back in Scotland and have wild Grouse and Deer in the field at the back of my garden.
Also east London, lots of foxes, and lots of parakeets.
"Embruh" if you're local 😄
@@lucyj8204Didn't want to confuse him too much 😁
This is coming from a Canadian Locksmith that's registered as a fire inspector. Although Canada has fire safety rules and guidelings that "must be followed", builders, architects and building owners just willingly disregard them because it saves them money to not have fire rated hardware, frames, doors, walls, and sometimes saves them space in a building since they can just build willy nilly and avoid putting in another stairwell, or whatever, all because the people who actually enforce fire code, the fire marshals, pretty much never do anything, and when they do they very very rarely force the owners to make significant changes. Inspectors can complain to them all day that a building is a very serious risk of trapping each and every single person in a burning building, and nothing happens. I know one building in Ottawa that gets tens of thousands of people in it every single day, that has been purposely disregarding fire safety for 3 decades, and should a fire break out there will easily be many casualities. Ontop of that the majority of appartment buildings do try to keep some level of fire safety, but are often so slow on fixing issues that many are immensely unsafe. It's all about making it so everyone gets out, that fire and smoke spread slowly to minimize damage, and gives more time to fire fighters to save people. Maybe it's just Onatrio or maybe the whole world has this issue behind the scenes, but it honestly feels like the government isn't going to do anything about it, unless some horrific incident happens, which is what should be prevented
Coton In The Elms, Derbyshire, is the most landlocked place in the UK. The nearest coastline to the north-west, south-west or to the east is 70 miles away.
A chip shop is a takeaway (take out) where you get various hot meals served with chips (as in 'thick fries'). Chip shops are nicknamed "chippies"
A heatwave in UK is " when a location records a period of at least three consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures meeting or exceeding the heatwave temperature threshold. The threshold varies by UK county" (Met Office). Some places it's 25C, some 26C or 27C.
There is one nation on the UK, where police are routinely armed-- Northern Ireland.
It's not the "Queen of England"-- because England is not a sovereign state (and thus doesn't have a head of state)-- the UK is. It would be a bit like calling POTUS "The President of California"
thanks for the clarification
The Normans from Normandy were descendants of Vikings who settled in Northern France. Normans coming from the words North men.
It's true that trying to travel from eastern to western England is hard work.
It wont be once we have built Britrail 2100 in 2450.
@@paulmidsussex3409 I haven't heard about that. Hope its more straightforward than Crossrail. The roads need updating too, though. Either the A3 or M3 from the M25 should be extended to Lands End. That would help. I'm in Essex and my sister is in Devon, our last journey was shocking. Just attempting to pass the M25 can a nighmare as you probably know. We usually leave in the middle of the night to reach the other side of the M25 before it gets too busy. Our very enjoyable last holiday in Sussex a few years ago was great,, as it was so nearby, but the return journey was not quite so good. We had to go the long way round clockwise as the bridge and tunnels were closed due to mishaps. We waited till late and made the journey surprisingly fast. We usually go north for holidays as there are so many options for a speedy journey. Northumberland being our favourite location, closely followed by The Lakes.
They have pumped storage power stations to provide quick power for spikes in demand.
At a World Cup semi final, the UK's power stations started winding up ready for the extra demand when the match ended and the kettles would go on. The match went into extra time, then into penalties and the control room went "oh sh*t" as the frequency started to rise. So they started pumping water up the mountain at Dinorwig to stop everything tripping.
Dinorwig being in Wales, where they weren't watching the match, just tending their sheep.
A British politician was once described as being tired and emotional in the House of Commons. He was so drunk he couldn't speak properly.
I live in France. The police are armed but they have to be under extreme pressure to draw their weapon as the result is about three days paperwork.
Not like your bunch of poorly trained cowboys.
Aww Tyler, I love theses videos, especially your reactions, you make my day. Thank you. xxx
Tyler, coast in UK doesn’t necessarily mean beach, since not all coastline has an accessible continental shelf.
I live in the second City Birmingham . I've had six fox cubs on my lawn early morning waiting for their mother to return and feed them, always had foxes in my neighbourhood.
the only scary thing about foxes is the noises they make while mating... they screech and scream, some people have mistaken them for the sounds of a woman being assaulted but foxes themselves are basically harmless, they fight with cats and dogs but mostly it's just establishing territory, not fights to the death. The issue foxes bring is that they love to hunt chickens and will kill all chickens if they break into anywhere with them.
Yes, you want "vinegar" or condiment on chips, common to have them with chips. Chips and french fries might appear similar but taste different and yes, British people do distinguish between them.
I live in a very green part of London. There's a wood at the back of my flat.
It's not strange to see foxes at all. They seem quite used to living in the city. Added bonus they keep rat and mouse population down.
Same here, South Woodford (North East London), borders on Epping Forest. I've seen foxes wandering up and down the streets late at night
But they do seem happier finishing the leftovers from Chicken Shops and Pizza joints.
Foxes often follow railway lines or river banks to get into urban spaces. Some then settle in green spaces like parks, woodland or gold courses.
Not just London that has foxes, I live in Bournemouth and if I go out at night its more likely that I'll see foxes than not see them, see deer wandering around as well.
A "chippy" is a Fish and Chip shop. And "vinegar" is the go to condiment to have with the dish, although much of it isn't technically vinegar.
We have a fox nest in a patch of waste ground beside our garden.
We are in what you call 'Inner London, probably similar distance to the Bronx.
I've seen foxes in main street sitting on top of the street side trash bins.
Some hang around McDonalds.
The kettle thing goes back to the 70's and 80's when the Grid would be under immense strain every evening in the ad break before Coronation Street or Eastenders, and on Sunday afternoon during the football or whatever sporting event was in season.
Kinda related to the kettles going on in adverts fact, there's an entire film based around the premise of everyone in England using the toilet at half time in the world cup final. It's called Flushed Away
Guernsey and Jersey were the only part of the British Isles to have been invaded and occupied by the Nazis during world war II. The 2 islands are not part of the United Kingdom, but they are part of the British Isles and Jersey and Guernsey people are British.
I’m currently living in the most modern house I have ever lived in. It’s 80 years old, and was finished just after WWII. After being put on hold during the war.
My last house was built in 1865, my parents house was built in 1890, and my best friends house was built in the late 1500’s (it’s awesome).
We used to get a fox in our back garden all the time. In the winter in would sit in the compost bin. But they built some new houses behind us and cut down part of the woodland area for a row of houses. They’re not scary at all. I’m not in London though.
Currently in a modernised blackhouse in Scotland, but previous to that only lived in houses mentioned in the doomsday book.
The Edinburgh (pronounced "EDD-in-burra") one is because people tend to think of Scotland as due north of England, and the coasts matching up - but the island is at an angle, so most of Scotland is west of England. It's a bit like people not believing that if you drive south from Detroit you end up in Canada (also true!) Fish and chips with vinegar are great - try it! The British coat of arms is sometimes knows and "The Lion and Unicorn" - they are the creatures which hold the shield.
I would have said the bulldog is the national animal symbol of England. The lion is the animal identifying the British monarchy although it used to be the leopard originally. The white stag also used to represent the monacrhy.
The last English King died in Battle of Bosworth in 1485, Richard III. Henry Tudor was Welsh, who took the Crown.
Later replaced by the Scottish King of the United Kingdom (Act of the Union 1707, where Wales was part of England, as a Principality), King James the 6th (1st of England).
Nope, the last English king died in 1066 at the battle of Hastings, the rest were norman French until Henry Tudor.
Guernsey is a British Crown Protectorate. But not part of the UK, because the treaties under which it became part of Britain pre-date the UK.
Our house is quite new - it's only about 120. I have friends who live in houses that pre-date American colonisation, let alone independence...
11:34 that apples one is a partial truth... while the apples we have today weren't native to the UK, Crab apples were, which is what we did use in the original apple pies.
I think we used them for some brew type grog aswell 🤔
@@toddlerj102 yeah more than likely, a lot of our nature is covered in many things we used to use, like the red berries from a hawthorn tree was used for jams and ketchups
I'm pretty much certain the Apple was sacred to the Ancient Celts, so at least native since 500 BC.
@@Paul_W.E_Ingham it can get quite spotty, I do know that the apples we know today arrived in Britain from the Romans, which also brought things like pears
I sent a photo of a pheasant that was in my garden, to my cousin in Florida. He showed it to some friends who thought it was a parrot 🤣🤣
aren't they funny 😂😂
Here's another interesting fact. London is full of trees. In fact, while it might not always seem like it, London is so packed with foliage that it’s technically a forest. That’s according to a United Nations definition that states that a forest is anywhere that’s at least 20 percent trees. London’s a respectable 21 percent. There are a massive 8.4 million trees across the capital, nearly one for each of the 8.6million Londoners.
LDN is the greenest (flora) megacity on the planet.
Since moving to the country I see fewer foxes than I do in London where there at least two in the garden of the building I work in. One sat and watched a wedding through the garden door the other week. How about the urban dear though. Muntjac are quite common in suburban North london. But not as common as they are on my allotment garden here in Essex.
“… do you want vinegar??”
“The national animal of Scotland is a unicorn… huh? Let me google this. That is unbelievable OH MY GOD IT’S TRUE!”
These reactions, for whatever reason, I found very entertaining 😂
Yes a favorite seas side of us in the Midlands is Barmouth Wales.. 2hr drive through stunning countryside and mountains.. We also have foxes and badger's.. I live near a wildlife woodland reserve
The Vinegar story may have been written by a Southern as we do have Vinegar in our chip shops, "Chippy" up North, we also have gravy. Just the South missing out. Let's not forget where the Industrial Revolution started.
Don't forget the mushy peas.
There’s definitely more than 10,000 foxes in the capital. I live just within the m25 south London and we have multiple families of foxes living in the neighbourhood. They’re quite harmless to humans
Wild unicorns were considered dangerous, hence why the unicorn on the Royal Emblem is chained whereas the Lion is not.
Yup, we do have foxes in London. There's one that spends a lot of time in our neighbourhood. There are a ton of parks all around London, so they sleep there during the day and then come into our neighbourhoods during the evenings. They are a pain as they like to dig up gardens. One fun thing is that our local fox does is pick up dog toys (or kids' toys) from other back gardens and they sometimes end up in our back garden.
My home was built in 1798, as were many of my neighbours places. Maybe 25% of properties in the same road are are over 130 years old.
The police are employed, but under regulations specific to them, they are Crown Servants. It doesn't mean they don't have employment rights, they are just a bit different.
9:50 sure does! Early evening and night time is the best time to see them, you'll often see them walking the streets. Easily mistaken for a cat at first. Do not try to pet them. Or feed them.
The power grid and the kettles made me LOL.😂
When I lived in PA, I got stopped without my driver’s license (a few times☺️). At least at that time, they gave you 24 hours to show up at the station with it with no penalty. I was more nervous about getting carded without it than getting stopped by the cops.
The U.S. has no official language (something I, embarrassing, didn‘t know until I moved to Europe).
Up until a few years ago one had a week to produce one's Licence and insurance certificate at a nominated police station (given a 'producer'). Now its all on a national database and can be checked by an officer at the roadside or even before being stopped.
Yes the National Grid keep an eye on TV schedules so are prepared for millions of kettles being turned on at once at half or full time for a televised match or the end of a very popular programme.
The National Grid planning for Kettles used to be a much bigger thing, when most of the population watch regular TV broadcasts. These days advert breaks, don't make such a big demand but some sports events still do.
Chippies are take away shops selling mainly fish and chips. They used to be open late at night and were often eaten on the way home from the ‘pub’. You are usually asked if you want salt and vinegar on them. Apparently, it’s not real vinegar they use. As an 80 year old brit, I wasn’t even aware of this.
We don't have police officers in the UK. We have police constables.