Perhaps International. Much love & deep appreciations to Neil & Paul, his recorder, videographer etc! Always so good feeling, great knowledge & sights to be awed by! Cheers lads. from BC, Canada..
The bravery of people who choose to go into a bad storm at sea in a small boat to try to rescue people in peril is beyond words. Those who then lose their own lives the nation owes them the very very utmost respect and honour .Those who do so and come home safe we also should honour to the utmost and be so grateful they came home again as heroes
If you haven’t already, go and get yourself immersed in his “Love letters to the British Isles” podcast. You won’t be disappointed. th-cam.com/video/GK413mVWYDk/w-d-xo.html
I used to live just up the road from Penlee Lifeboat Station, in MOUSEHOLE, and west from station NEWLYN and PENZANCE! both treasures of Britain. Always very sad to think so many died! God save their souls! xxx
He is without doubt someone of great erudition yet who is immediately understandable and has knowledge to impart in a style that is warm and accessible. A Scots treasure and at the same time a treasure for Britain. His gentle approach is in sharp contrast to more strident voices, yet carries more weight without laboured effort.
Good to hear Neil Oliver as a Historian, traveller and presenter before he went over to GB news. I really need to check out more of his books and telly series.
The Ness of Brodgar is stunning, inspirational and given its setting in the serenely beautiful mainland of Orkney, it should be a bucket list destination for everyone. As you will guess, I have been there and I loved it, the atmosphere, the friendly natives, the history spanning the Neolithic through the Vikings and encompassing the World Wars, there is so much to see. The Iron Age is well represented too with Brochs to visit. I will return at some point as it recharged my cultural batteries too, gorgeous place.
I have always appreciated Mr Oliver with his TV programmes, like Coast. However he has risen in my expectations, by including Greenwich (#3) as a top place to visit, I am from there, and the park and museum are brilliant - there is a lot of other things to see and do in Greenwich also.
Admittedly I have only lived 5 miles from Greenwich for just the 37 years :) but I must live my Welling abode and take in that view. Which is the nearest tube, please? THe Cutty Sark and is it free for O.A.P.'s ?
If only.... at least i get to see them with you. Thanks for giving us the history and showing us things that otherwise some of us might never see or even know exist!
I would say Neil is not only a great teacher but he is your practical investigator on the ground finding the empirical evidence of what is written in the history books.
He’s not wrong in his choices but I would have had to added 1 more that must be experienced and that is Glencoe in Scotland the whole area is absolutely Magical and for me is the best place to go Camping be it at a proper campsite or respectful wild camping
Been to Stirling castle and Lyons glen. Who else noticed the little stone bridge on the other side of the stream about halfway through Lyons glen? I would add the black houses on the isle of Lewis and the old roman fort near the Scottish border as well.
Ness of Brodgar now on my bucket list. I have been to Stirling castle many times and one time you were giving an enthusiastic talk on the castle including handing out a double edged sword for people to feel the weight of. I had a frozen shoulder at the time but still had a feel of the sword which was amazingly heavy.
@@yvonne3903 you could be lucky it's possible! I live on the mainland but accept Alzheimer's care shifts all over Scotland just to travel and live away whilst working, Orkney is pretty windswept and desolate but it can be magical too. My last trip to Shetland was a 10hr overnight ferry and I seriously thought I would die at sea 🤢
@@pj1909 that'll be interesting because I don't normally get sea sick, I get landsick, ok on boats, but the minute I step on dry land I'm all over the place. Great idea working all over the UK seeing different areas and being paid. Wish I had thought of that when I was younger. I better take a change of outerwear just in case I throw up. Thanks for the warning, anything else, Sunday non-opening is a bummer.
Excellent & original choices, but I'm sad he didn't include ANYTHING from Wales. The size of Wales belies the wealth of history & its' wild, natural beauty.
he could only pick five, he could probably have listed ten times that and i'm sure wales would have featured, i'm sure no slur was intended, he's not like that.
To get a real sense of what England, Scotland and Wales have to offer (Ireland too in a wider context) you'd need a top 100 list, and even then so many amazing places would miss out.
Oliver was a scientist who became a TV man. David Attenbrough was only a TV man. Attenbrough has lost it and lives in a fantasist world of the establishment. You are all scum and need to be told what to think. He knows best. Oliver has not succumbed to this attitude
What an icon this man Neil Oliver is. Everything he talks, I just feel compelled to listen. I place that great man in the same league as one of the greatest of British alongside Sir David Attenborough
Love watching and listening to Neil.With his long hair I can imagine him racing into battle with his sword and shield, kilt flying screaming Scotland Forever.
@john jack He doesn't support Scottish separatism, that's all. The comment you replied so is rather silly, but you would seem to approve if only Mr Oliver were a separatist.
@john jack Don't play that that kind of ignorance, you know what I mean by Scottish separatism. Scotland is not "under English rule", Scotland is not a colonial country, to claim that it is is an insult to those who suffered the depredations of the *British* Empire. Scotland was a coloniser, a part of the "British" in the phrase British Empire.
@john jack Jeez, Scots Nats are such a load of historical revisionists, Scottish exceptionalist revisionists. Scotland went through the industrial revolution just like the rest of Britain and had *precisely* the same relationship with Empire as the rest of Britain. "Britain" is a geographical term at heart. It wasn't invented by "the English." What a stupid thing to say. Of course not all Scots do agree with you, so your claim for what "the Scots" think is a disingenuous and a nationalist lie. Remember 2014? Of course you do. Scotland was not colonised, it was a coloniser. That is a bare fact. Scotland is not under colonialist rule, as I said, that is a bloody insult to those that were subject to Scottish colonialism as a constituent part of British colonialism. There is no such singular thing as "the English" or "the Scottish", that's just a nationalist nonsense. We have a class divided society, and it's got bugger-all to do with whether you're Scottish, English or Welsh.
@john jack And there you still are, raging on about "the English", "the Scots" and even "Scots natives" who you magically divine voted Yes. Just a little screwed up ball of grudge and malice raging against "the English." And how little you are. There is no Scottish commonality, just as there is no English or Welsh commonality. There's not oppression just because people are English, Scottish or Welsh. It's in your silly bigoted nationalist imagination. We live in a class based society, and the greatest bond that I wish to foster is that of solidarity between all the working class people of this island, against the *real* oppressors. Not some reactionary nationalist garbage that distracts from that reality.
But the best of it all....John Jack is English!!!! Not a drop of Scottish blood in his body. A Banana Boat buddy. But then, aren't converts always the worst?
There was a hurricane force gale. The helicopter couldn't get close enough to help. They did try. It was a sad, harrowing, and terribly tragic night for all concerned, made especially poignant as it was within a week of Christmas Day.
There is something profound about the RNLI but their current role of assisting illegal migration into Britain, using money donated by ordinary people intended for actually saving lives at sea, is a disgrace …
ikt.s not Neils fault, should have given him Ten choices at least, I would have included the Lake District, the Peak Distict som parts of Cornwall and Wales
Aye Mr Oliver , go and visit Greenwich and the Gen Wolfe statue, the General Wolfe who praised the fighting skills of the Highlanders under his command and went on to state that "it is of no great mischief if they fall" Hardly surprising as he previously took part in the slaughter at Culloden and the genocidal aftermath. You no doubt know this as you are a (unionist) historian ?
Chris Daniels Afraid not, some Campbell’s and others maybe but the majority had little choice as their normal way of life did not exist any more. If they were willing participants then surely Wolfe’s quote is even more disgusting. Thankfully he got his just desserts.
Oh, I had no idea. Thank you Patrick for pointing out the most important thing about him, which I would have completely missed. I therefore did not appreciate this video at all--and to think I almost liked it.
You're fast becoming a national treasure Mr Oliver.
paul hanson hes speaking for many of us isn’t he , definitely a national treasure .
He believes in liberty, so will fall out of favour on the MSM.
absolutly loved this, Neil you are a great man
Perhaps International. Much love & deep appreciations to Neil & Paul, his recorder, videographer etc! Always so good feeling, great knowledge & sights to be awed by! Cheers lads. from BC, Canada..
100% agree
I love Neil Oliver. He’s a wonderful cultural British treasure.
Neil Oliver's a profound and poetic thinker; if he says these places are worth seeing, they will be.
Glen Lyon, & Stirling Castle I live next to. The rest..meh 😆
The bravery of people who choose to go into a bad storm at sea in a small boat to try to rescue people in peril is beyond words.
Those who then lose their own lives the nation owes them the very very utmost respect and honour .Those who do so and come home safe we also should honour to the utmost and be so grateful they came home again as heroes
And now the RNLI is cowed and forced to act as a taxi service for illegal migrants … 😡
We saw Neil Oliver last year on tour and when he spoke it was mesmerising the guy cannot help but inspire you
You have such a way of telling a story, Neil. I love your videos!
Neil is my favourite historian, thanks for this
You sir - are a hero - honest intelligent- courageous
I could listen to Neil speak about places of historic importance and interest all day long. Thankyou x
If you haven’t already, go and get yourself immersed in his “Love letters to the British Isles” podcast. You won’t be disappointed. th-cam.com/video/GK413mVWYDk/w-d-xo.html
Neil Oliver - enthusiastic about Britain. So refreshing. Thanks Neil
He is the Story Teller this man.
Excellent Neil - We need to see more of you.
I used to live just up the road from Penlee Lifeboat Station, in MOUSEHOLE, and west from station NEWLYN and PENZANCE! both treasures of Britain. Always very sad to think so many died! God save their souls! xxx
He is without doubt someone of great erudition yet who is immediately understandable and has knowledge to impart in a style that is warm and accessible. A Scots treasure and at the same time a treasure for Britain. His gentle approach is in sharp contrast to more strident voices, yet carries more weight without laboured effort.
Good to hear Neil Oliver as a Historian, traveller and presenter before he went over to GB news. I really need to check out more of his books and telly series.
He’s got his own TH-cam channel
N.O. deeply STILL very appreciated and GBNews for letting him speak for US
The Ness of Brodgar is stunning, inspirational and given its setting in the serenely beautiful mainland of Orkney, it should be a bucket list destination for everyone. As you will guess, I have been there and I loved it, the atmosphere, the friendly natives, the history spanning the Neolithic through the Vikings and encompassing the World Wars, there is so much to see. The Iron Age is well represented too with Brochs to visit. I will return at some point as it recharged my cultural batteries too, gorgeous place.
Neil is on mike grahams show every wednesday on talk radio! .. could listen to him hours👍
Totally agree with you ☺️
He also has a Patreon platform which is cool too
Have loved his enthusiasm for history since Two Men In A Trench, Stirling Castle & Mousehole for me
I have always appreciated Mr Oliver with his TV programmes, like Coast. However he has risen in my expectations, by including Greenwich (#3) as a top place to visit, I am from there, and the park and museum are brilliant - there is a lot of other things to see and do in Greenwich also.
Admittedly I have only lived 5 miles from Greenwich for just the 37 years :) but I must live my Welling abode and take in that view.
Which is the nearest tube, please? THe Cutty Sark and is it free for O.A.P.'s ?
The Coast is a fabulous program and well presented by Neil Oliver.
You are a national treasure and patriot.
If only.... at least i get to see them with you. Thanks for giving us the history and showing us things that otherwise some of us might never see or even know exist!
Agree with the view from Greenwich marvellous.
I would say Neil is not only a great teacher but he is your practical investigator on the ground finding the empirical evidence of what is written in the history books.
He’s not wrong in his choices but I would have had to added 1 more that must be experienced and that is Glencoe in Scotland the whole area is absolutely Magical and for me is the best place to go Camping be it at a proper campsite or respectful wild camping
oh, it is! it is breathtaking.
Agreed, can't wait to go back one day.
Thanks loved that
Didn't ever hear him speak this fast.
He was always so calmed out in BBC COAST.
Such an inspiring man,makes you realise how rich in history we are in this country off ours we are truly lucky to live here.
Great suggestion. Especially Mosel.
Been to Stirling castle and Lyons glen. Who else noticed the little stone bridge on the other side of the stream about halfway through Lyons glen? I would add the black houses on the isle of Lewis and the old roman fort near the Scottish border as well.
How I like this man.
at 0.56, that's the yew tree in Much Marcle, Herefordshire!
Ness of Brodgar now on my bucket list.
I have been to Stirling castle many times and one time you were giving an enthusiastic talk on the castle including handing out a double edged sword for people to feel the weight of. I had a frozen shoulder at the time but still had a feel of the sword which was amazingly heavy.
Hahaha wrap up my friend and leave your brollyand kite at home
@@pj1909 I can imagine, but you have a point, it's once in a lifetime so I'll just have to suffer.
@@yvonne3903 you could be lucky it's possible! I live on the mainland but accept Alzheimer's care shifts all over Scotland just to travel and live away whilst working, Orkney is pretty windswept and desolate but it can be magical too. My last trip to Shetland was a 10hr overnight ferry and I seriously thought I would die at sea 🤢
@@pj1909 that'll be interesting because I don't normally get sea sick, I get landsick, ok on boats, but the minute I step on dry land I'm all over the place.
Great idea working all over the UK seeing different areas and being paid. Wish I had thought of that when I was younger.
I better take a change of outerwear just in case I throw up.
Thanks for the warning, anything else, Sunday non-opening is a bummer.
Great places and so beautiful. Thank You
I heard that interview with the American pilot very moving still echoes in my mind
In between these places, if your visiting England or want to go, the lake district has some really good places aswell👍
Excellent & original choices, but I'm sad he didn't include ANYTHING from Wales. The size of Wales belies the wealth of history & its' wild, natural beauty.
How true. Wales is very special.
he could only pick five, he could probably have listed ten times that and i'm sure wales would have featured, i'm sure no slur was intended, he's not like that.
To get a real sense of what England, Scotland and Wales have to offer (Ireland too in a wider context) you'd need a top 100 list, and even then so many amazing places would miss out.
Yes I'm a big fan of Wales. View over Cardigan Bay from Harlech Castle!
Yes Harlech Castle maybe!
I have been to Stirling Castle. I recommend it. Then go to see Wallace Tower, which you can see poking up from the tops of the trees.
In Scotland Glencoe. Applecross Pass, Plockton Village, Loch Lomond, Clyde Estuary. In England Lake District has many!
Thanks for addy these.
Brilliant. Thanks Neil.
Glen Lyon for me.. Cheers Neil.
Brilliant
love his spirit, new ATTENBORUG
Oliver was a scientist who became a TV man. David Attenbrough was only a TV man.
Attenbrough has lost it and lives in a fantasist world of the establishment. You are all scum and need to be told what to think. He knows best. Oliver has not succumbed to this attitude
@@gordonbrownpm3853 I se MR PM.
I would like to visit Neil Oliver. What a fascinating man
❤️ Thank you.
What an icon this man Neil Oliver is. Everything he talks, I just feel compelled to listen. I place that great man in the same league as one of the greatest of British alongside Sir David Attenborough
Top fella
He said on a TH-cam video he naturally opposes nationalism but one word was missing. British.
I’ll go along with his choice 👍 enlightenment is taken for granted.
Fabulous 💖
Nice lad is Neil 👍🇬🇧
Greatest living scotsman
Greenwich is wonderful if for nothing else then for John Harrison..........,( however the rest is great too).
Glen Lyon yes yes
Hadrian’s Wall!
He is a very good man
Did they find the tyres when they excavated?
Yes
Love watching and listening to Neil.With his long hair I can imagine him racing into battle with his sword and shield, kilt flying screaming Scotland Forever.
@john jack He doesn't support Scottish separatism, that's all.
The comment you replied so is rather silly, but you would seem to approve if only Mr Oliver were a separatist.
@john jack Don't play that that kind of ignorance, you know what I mean by Scottish separatism.
Scotland is not "under English rule", Scotland is not a colonial country, to claim that it is is an insult to those who suffered the depredations of the *British* Empire.
Scotland was a coloniser, a part of the "British" in the phrase British Empire.
@john jack Jeez, Scots Nats are such a load of historical revisionists, Scottish exceptionalist revisionists.
Scotland went through the industrial revolution just like the rest of Britain and had *precisely* the same relationship with Empire as the rest of Britain.
"Britain" is a geographical term at heart. It wasn't invented by "the English." What a stupid thing to say.
Of course not all Scots do agree with you, so your claim for what "the Scots" think is a disingenuous and a nationalist lie. Remember 2014? Of course you do.
Scotland was not colonised, it was a coloniser. That is a bare fact. Scotland is not under colonialist rule, as I said, that is a bloody insult to those that were subject to Scottish colonialism as a constituent part of British colonialism.
There is no such singular thing as "the English" or "the Scottish", that's just a nationalist nonsense. We have a class divided society, and it's got bugger-all to do with whether you're Scottish, English or Welsh.
@john jack And there you still are, raging on about "the English", "the Scots" and even "Scots natives" who you magically divine voted Yes.
Just a little screwed up ball of grudge and malice raging against "the English."
And how little you are.
There is no Scottish commonality, just as there is no English or Welsh commonality. There's not oppression just because people are English, Scottish or Welsh. It's in your silly bigoted nationalist imagination.
We live in a class based society, and the greatest bond that I wish to foster is that of solidarity between all the working class people of this island, against the *real* oppressors. Not some reactionary nationalist garbage that distracts from that reality.
But the best of it all....John Jack is English!!!! Not a drop of Scottish blood in his body. A Banana Boat buddy.
But then, aren't converts always the worst?
He missed out the bus station in Leek, Staffordshire.
Excellent. I would recommend this to anyone, but tourism ruins everything! haha
Kingdom of Northumbria
And currently he is still wise
I’m just wondering, why couldn’t the helicopter help somehow?
There was a hurricane force gale. The helicopter couldn't get close enough to help. They did try. It was a sad, harrowing, and terribly tragic night for all concerned, made especially poignant as it was within a week of Christmas Day.
Number 3 is.....
Should be sir oliver
There is something profound about the RNLI but their current role of assisting illegal migration into Britain, using money donated by ordinary people intended for actually saving lives at sea, is a disgrace …
To be fair they should of asked him this from every corner 😉
Neil Oliver - making history sexy again.
ikt.s not Neils fault, should have given him Ten choices at least, I would have included the Lake District, the Peak Distict som parts of Cornwall and Wales
Mousehole is in Cormwall
Penlee was a tragedy
Aye Mr Oliver , go and visit Greenwich and the Gen Wolfe statue, the General Wolfe who praised the fighting skills of the Highlanders under his command and went on to state that "it is of no great mischief if they fall" Hardly surprising as he previously took part in the slaughter at Culloden and the genocidal aftermath. You no doubt know this as you are a (unionist) historian ?
Why would those Highlanders be serving in the British army? Because they were patriotic British citizens, perhaps?
Chris Daniels Afraid not, some Campbell’s and others maybe but the majority had little choice as their normal way of life did not exist any more.
If they were willing participants then surely Wolfe’s quote is even more disgusting. Thankfully he got his just desserts.
If i could have anyone’s voice, it would be Neil Oliver’s, or Billy Connolly’s
someone once said if one is a commener and a royalist then one must also be a sycophant
Can you elaborate on that?
Kinda meaningless
Was it you
Thank God someone is wise enough to give us these infallible rules. Otherwise life is too confusing.
Perhaps it was one of those Puritans, who thought maypoles were evil?
I'm sorry, but none of these places are Welsh...
Anywhere but Scotland
Robert Milliken ????
I’m glad I don’t have to listen to some annoying winey American accent for the rest of my life
Looking at the cover and content of Mr Oliver's books he seems to be very poor at geography.
With his hair and his hair, Fascism never looked so hairy
Another one who is completly removing the chance for people to explore and discover for themselves. I wish you would stop it.
So you would find that tree if no one told you it existed
He is not an archaeologist nor a historian, he is just a journo and tv presenter. He has no academic credentials
Actually he has a MA hons from Glasgow university
You are talking bollocks man. Just stick to your own language. Oh, I see that you are.
Oh, I had no idea. Thank you Patrick for pointing out the most important thing about him, which I would have completely missed. I therefore did not appreciate this video at all--and to think I almost liked it.
Prick
He is however a forelock tugging, cap doffing, arse licking unionist twat
Not a historian!
Plz take the rnli off illegal migrant duties.....it's bringing the service down