IS THE UK THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD | AMANDA RAE 

Been to Scotland, Wales, England, Ireland and Northern Ireland on trips and/or holidays. Safe to say I can appreciate the UK alot. Have to love the history and culture. And yes greatly enjoy the English sense of humour. Greetings from the Netherlands.

And now Amanda lives here it's gone up a notch

We always take for granted the little things in life this Island has to offer. As a Londoner I allowed myself to be consumed with negativity about our city & our Island. Then I banned MSM from my life at all levels and from Soho to Richmond park to the rivers in Norfolk and the Scottish highlands I have started to travel and appreciate what a truly beautiful country/Island we live on. I love the USA/Canada , but the is something about our mystical rain swept country that just makes coming home to a cuppa one of life's greatest pleasures.

Although our country seems to be in a bit of a mess at the moment I'm still proud to be British I think it is one of the best countries in the world our history our culture and heritage make our little island so special.🇬🇧

I like that in so many ways, the UK is so diverse. And thank you Amanda for the amazing videos!🤣🤣

Biggest one missing: humour!! British is absolutely the number one in the world on that. Greetz from Belgium

My father and ancestor were from England as well as Ireland and I have always felt an attachment to the UK even though I was born in Canada.

Another cracking video Amanda, I’ve travelled all over the world, being ex Navy. But I’m so proud to be British, and nothing compares to our history.

Britain punches above its weight .it takes part in nearly all sports. . History ,Discovery's , Inventions, Entertainment, music, Arts , and much more .

There is a lot of wildlife in the UK actually, its just largely hidden and many of the creatures are active at night and small. I have seen Foxes, Badgers and deer just walking the dog in my town as well as Hedgehogs and even small rodents.

I wouldn't make any boast about us being the best as there are many wonderful places on the planet but you'll be hard pushed to find anywhere with so much and in such a small area. I wouldn't live anywhere else, I feel fortunate to call this place home.

I live on the Devon /Cornwall boarder. Come on down, the history, landscape and coastal walks and views are amongst the best, local foods and drinks are a delight

Regarding the wildlife: In the words of Al Murray, "Squirrels are not going to hunt you down in packs" 😂

I've lived in a few other countries and I can definitely say that the UK is one of the best. So, proud Brit here - I'm also a proud Devonian and can not believe you haven't visited Devon or Cornwall! You will love it down here.

Be sure to visit the Cotswolds Amanda 😊

We all have our ups and downs even countries as a whole. We will bounce back. I remember the original winter of discontent in the 70s we got over that we will get over this too. All the best to you Amanda

You need to visit the Forest of Dean. Absolutely stunning.

Amanda, you will love Devon and Cornwall. as they are very much like Jersey, with there palm trees and fantastic beaches. the most dangerous animal in the UK are the Seagulls, when you are walking along the seafront eating your fish and chips.

Just when I despair about the state of the country you remind me why I am proud to be British. So again thank you Amanda! :) as always love your videos I hope you enjoy exploring more of our beautiful island! :)

It's easy to bash the UK as many of of who call these sceptred isles home do. But as someone who has lived in many countries around the world, including a couple so unsafe carrying a gun was commonplace (not the US either), the only country I have found that might come close the being as good all-round is The Netherlands, possibly Denmark too.

I agree with the list but surely British humour (sarcasm mostly) should be one of our greatest achievements albeit if we are taking the piss and you cannot mention British culture without mentioning the Beatles who changed the face of music forever. Another great upload Amanda

Don't feel too bad about not really travelling Amanda, I was born and bred in England(Widnes) and have only mostly seen what is commonly known as the m62 corridor, from the north west to the north east with bits of north wales. I have only traveled to London twice once to goto a comic con and the second time to do the war of the world's experience (awesome by the way). Keep it awesome.

My dad studied at Oxford so we used to go there almost every weekend back in the day. Also, if you're planning on visiting Cornwall, one particular seaside town I would recommend is Port-Isaac, which was the filming location for the tv series 'Doc Martin' (not sure if you've seen that show) we went there just over a year ago and we loved it.🙂

Im a brit and i think it would be very conceited to say its the best country in the world. Don’t get me wrong for me personally i am a huge patriot and so love my country, i have had the luck to have travelled a lot and still Cornwall and Devon are my fav places to be. Btw love your videos 😊 ps i was lucky enough to go to Oxford university and loved it.

I love that we have hedgehogs here in the uk. I feed them and over a, few weeks they seem to tell their friends. You end up with a massive crowd 😂😂😂 It's so magical

Yeah, so I live in a little town in Spain where they're reallty proud of their 12th century Moorish castle, which is really sweet so I don't say anything, but where I was born in England, in Kingston Upon Thames we had the Coronation Stone where anglo saxon kings were crowned since 937 AD. Though rebuilt there has been a church standing on that site all this time. We also have London's longest surviving bridge, the Clattern Bridge. Britain does history pretty well. We live it!

One thing that makes the UK so special, Amanda, are beautiful "imports" that have made the UK their home. 😉❤❤

Great vid as usual Amanda! Would love to see a Vlog of your trips to Devon & Cornwall!

Great reaction Amanda :)

At one time the US might have been able to claim that title but the most recent issues plaguing this country, political, economic, social, medical, scientific, and educational have shoved this once great nation for the top of the list to down the list of Nations. Sad but true. The UK has a much longer historical, archaeological, architectural, economic and political history of significance that definitely puts it towards the top if not at the “tip top”. And lastly of course a National Treasure, Ms Amanda now resides there and that has to count for something Right?? 😉

Interesting video. As someone born in Northern Ireland, I felt the video did not really say much about Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland but was mostly a plug for England. Have lived in England for pretty much all of my adult life and have only seen snippets of the place, so do not be too hard on yourself for not seeing more of the place.

In my long lifetime, I have slowly watched the great get sucked out of “Great Britain”, I have never known this country be so divided and angry, it a crying shame. 😢 Amanda, try Bodium Castle in East Sussex, it’s stunning. ❤️

from england i live in the cotswolds and personally i wouldnt move from how beautiful it is and i like the laws compared to other countries ive visited also im terrified of dangerous animals so im glad i live in a country without them also its nice to go to beaches easy

I was born and live in England, South coast, but I love the Americana cultures and esp music in the US. Funny how we often look for something else. Like, is the grass greener (or is the grass greener other side of the pond). I did a road trip in US, loved it. However good video as always 😉

Our sense of humour (I've noticed that the wonderful Ukrainians have a very similar sense of humour too), sense of fair play and politeness 😊

I've always taken this country for granted. For such a long time I had aspirations to travel abroad and to get out of this damp hell hole. And in 2019, I finally could afford to get my passport renewed and go on holiday to Germany, my first holiday abroad since 2006. I had intended to follow it up with France and Hungary which i had booked and Ireland which I hadn't. But alas, thanks to Covid, all of those plans got put on hold. All holidays were cancelled, and even now, I have am yet to travel outside of the UK (though I have rebooked my France holiday.) But being locked away in lockdowns, I did learn to appreciate travel more. And even though until now, the idea of travelling abroad was scary because of covid, I found myself travelling around the UK a lot. From places i've never been which are right on my doorstep like Leicester to travelling to other countries i've never been, like Edinburgh, Scotland. Whether huge bustling cities like Manchester or Leeds or small towns and villages like Stamford, Colwyn Bay or Knaresborough. Whether visiting modern and evolving cities like London or old historic cities like Chester or York. I've been all over the UK these past 2-3 years, with plenty more destinations planned for this year (Plymouth, St Ives, Durham, Liverpool etc.) I have really grown to love this country because of covid. And incidentally, this travelling has led me to feel more patriotic. I appreciate the food and drink more, especially having tried traditional food in their places of origin, like a traditional Haggis in Scotland, freshly caught Fish and Chips in Whitby, just out of the oven Bakewell Puddings in Bakewell or a good old fashioned Melton Mowbray Pork Pie in, well, Melton Mowbray. Seeing palaces like Holyrood and Buckingham Palace as well as old historic castles which housed old monarchs have helped me realise how much I appreciate the royal family. I never would have thought that I would have taken such an interest in the Queens final days, even watching the funeral in a bar in York whilst I was meant to be on holiday. I've always admired British music and film, and having watched plenty of films during lockdowns and watching plenty of bands after lockdown, I really have more than ever felt a connection to British film and music. And on my travels I have visited many historical buildings which has made me take more of an interest in great British people, like visiting the Birth Places of Shakespeare and Guy Fawkes, the homes of Samuel Johnson, Thomas Cromwell and the Duke of Wellington, the graves of King Richard III and Arthur Tudor as well as places of artistic relevance like the Globe Theatre and a small hut in Rochester which belonged to Charles Dickens. I love this Island. I still want to travel abroad, but I'd also be happy to keep travelling the UK. There are still many places I want to visit be they cities or just small buildings and graves of interest. I want to learn more of our history, watch more of our films and try more of our food. I want to start making more of an effort on our traditions and holidays. Like attending fire work displays on bonfire night, watching the Kings coronation and attending (but not participating) in the annual cheese rolling.

In the country you get bevars badgers fox's deers otters weasels plus more

To put it in understated British terms...."Yeah, it's alright if you like that sort of thing"....🙂

Amanda ! You mentioned you might be heading for Cornwall ! Well...if you do ( and go by road ) take a trip to a little coastal town ( not far from Plymouth ) called Looe....it's only a small place...but you will LOVE it !

My foremost reason for watching your videos is your start-up music... Ni ni ni ni ni ni.... :) I love it ! :)

I have lived in 4 different countries & each country has it's positives & negatives. In my opinion, no one country is perfect, there is no Utopia. I loved London, Athens, Berlin & Israel in equal measure.

Always love your videos

Wales has its own language as well as Ireland 🇮🇪

I have to admit The UK 🇬🇧 looks after the unemployed people which was me but now I’m retired thank goodness after my Parents passed away I never thought 💭 I would be living in a nice apartment without a mortgage so I’m very lucky 🍀 I live in the Uk 🇬🇧 connecting to a Nice lady called Amanda Rae ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘

I have been to South Africa on Holliday and I think it is fantastic country .

Having lived in Sweden and Spain and, also, visited many, many other countries, I can tell you the UK has the best weather. Living in a very hot and a very cold climate can get very tedious after a while. The UK has a nice balance, particularly in the south. It might rain quite a bit in some areas but then that's why the country is so green. Rather that than dry and grey.

Your chuckling makes me chuckle - lovely (luvverly ?) set of videos….. cheers me up no end when I’m having a bad day. You might want to do one on the Black Country (Wolverhampton, Tipton, Walsall…….) but you’d need to do some research - not sure you’ll have time at present what with the Nairn’s ‘an all….. perhaps a project for the future? God bless her, darlin’

Been to lots of countries and I'm grateful to live in the UK and proud to be British. I agree with all the things mentioned in the video and there are many other positives too.

I have lived in the same house since i was born and have only scratched the surface of the UK, thousands of places i have never been to!, we do have one poisonous snake, the Adder, but it's rarely seen, i love being English, it really is a fantastic country but sadly ruined by politicians!

Bradford is often described as Europe's most dangerous city.

I don't know where you live Amanda, get the impression somewhere near London so heading west to Devon and Cornwall is a bit of a trek and requiring a proper break. Don't overlook what is nearer to home when heading west as The New Forest on the Hampshire/Dorset border and then Dorset itself are far too often overlooked. 4.12 on this Video is Old Harry's Rocks near Bournemouth, next to the Rocks is Studland beach which is stunning, 10 minutes in land is Corfe Castle and 20 miles along the coast are Lulworth Cove and the Iconic Durdle Door. All doable on a weekend away or several of them can be done as a day trip.

If you do go to cornwall check out the minack theatre (it's carved into a cliff)

I went to Penzance when I was at school and while down there we visited a place called Mousehole pronounced Mowzell. St.Ives, a stunning beach. Try a bit of Mackerel fishing. Visit St.Michael's Mount when at Penzance. Cornwall is a lovely place to visit and has good weather.

Brighton is lovely and a short ride by train from London. Love the aquarium

You should visit Tintagel in Cornwall, Rochester and Leeds Castle in Kent.

I love the little cut scenes 😂 great stuff as usual 👍

The Immortal Bard (Shakespeare) got it right ; 'This blessed plot, This sceptred isle'. Enough said!!!!

The best thing about the U.K. is that we are constantly evolving as a people. Perfect no but better than a whole lot of other countries and like they said on the idea we are relatively safe and friendly even though we do rib each other a lot about the various sports.

You're quite right, Amanda, about how quick accents and dialects change in the UK. For instance, if you go from Dudley, to the Lye then Birmingham.

Have to agree we are the best ..... .good one amanda ...😘😘

Great video as always a great Scottish saying about the weather is. Today's Rain is tomorrows Whisky 🥃. St Andrews University is one of the oldest universities in the world 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It's my country - we have a lot to be proud of; our cuisine, our music scene, our films, our picturesque scenery, our (surprisingly) linguistic diversity. HOWEVER our politics and history lead a lot to be desired. It's not the glorious picture that it's painted to be for everyone. I'm of Irish ancestry on my Dad's side for starters, and we all know about the complicated relations the two countries have had.

It's great you understand sarcasm and taking the mick. We do it to ourselves as well. Lots of tongue in cheek humour. It's what makes us Brits.

Think Romeo is at Brentford now lol! 😜. There are Badgers which are same colours as a Skunk lol! Also there are foxes and rabbits and hares in the UK Wildlife. 1 place you should visit is The Yorkshire Dales.

I smashed that like button because that's what I'm into.

We do have adders in the UK and don't enter a field with a lone bull. Deep chested big horned bulls with cows are usually safe so long as you don't get between them and a solid surface.

This is brilliant! But never forget our late queen who made Britain great and served for 70 years ❤

Ha! Love your comment about how welcoming we are once you understand sarcasm. This is very true. The problem is, once we sense you're not getting it we love to pile it on even more.

I think that the people in the UK have enormous hearts of gold. If there is a disaster or (as with Ukraine) a war, the Brits immediately step up and donate everything they can in cash and goods. Brits hate to think of people suffering wherever in the world they live. We're a glorious load of softies.

When visiting the country please come to lincoln I promise you will love it. Castle and cathedral are amazing

It depends how you define BEST.

I would never go so far as to say that we are the best collection of countries in the world - I don't think any Brit would either. Am I proud to be British? Absolutely, again, I think we all are, but we don't shout it from the rooftops - its taken as read. Which is the best country in the world - no clue, but I've been to Estonia several times and its one of my favourite places to go. If someone asked me: "Fancy going back to Estonia?" They'd have their answer before their mouth had closed. :-) I'm really happy that you are continuing to enjoy living here Amanda - you are practically an honorary Brit now :-)

A 20 minute journey will take you through 3 accents and 4 words for a bread roll

amanda please how about doing some travel vids from around england

In a word...yes....the NHS saved Mrs C and as children I, that is why we became nurses....peace and love from the wirral peninsula,bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea...geography and rhyme..E..

Well to be honest Amanda I was born here and I still haven't seen Cornwall I'm going there later on this year with my wife and daughter we are going in October because that's when it's cheapest

Where ever ive lived eventually i miss"This throne of kings, this septrered isle" nothing is as good as home

Don't forget to drop by in Bristol on your way to or from Devon & Cornwall!

Hi, if you can get to Liverpool, there will always be a friendly welcome. I live near to the coast, and there are sandy beaches stretching about 20 miles, from Waterloo to Southport. Great for walks, and a few pubs on the way.

At 4.08 is Conwy in North Wales , I grew up there and it is stunning,about 25 mins to the Snowdonia range too ...Oh... and at 8.18 too , lol

1. We don't have wildlife that can kill you. 2. We don't have big natural disasters. 3. You are never more than 70 miles away from the coast. 4. We have proper weather, sometimes 4 seasons in 1 day. 5. Anything can be resolved with a nice cup of tea. 6. We love a good queue. 7. We've invented or discovered tons of very useful stuff. 8. We led the world with the industrial revolution. 9. We invented the internet. 10. We invented most sports and are gracious enough to let lesser nations win.

It's not the British thing to do to say we're the best country in the world, but we are better than some and I'm very proud to be British.

Warwick Castle is right on my doorstep. It's the most interactive castle in the country. You can watch live jousting, visit the dungeons and walk all around the castle with lots of entertainment during the peak season. My children loved it, so I'm sure yours would...

Smushed. What a great word.

We are just too goooooooood

Should look up Craig Campbell live at Edinburgh and Beyond, he's a Canadian comedian living in the UK and points out why he loves the UK.

You are so charismatic, you should pursue a MSM career Amanda

Oh sorry. just to add. so many places to visit, but try Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, and thousands of other places. Wonderful vlog ,thankyou

While on holiday in North Wales my wife and I were talking to our then little girl when an older man asked us what language we were speaking we,re both born and bred in the same small village on the Lancshire/Yorkshire border.

Even the transfer of power from one leader to the next is much swifter in Britain relative to the United States. Greetings from an Englishman in Scotland.

1,. Free health care, 2, no school shootings 3,our armed forces 4, abolishing slavery 5,our sense of humour 6,our Roman roots 7, the industrial revolution, 8, how were so influential (we have gave America both it's flag and national anthem) 8, how we don't have like tornados or earthquakes, or typhoons , 9 ,our country side 10, our empire (yes it did bad stuff which I'm not making excuses for). I'm talking about all the great stuff the empire did,

LOL, isn't it always the same, the place you live is not the place you travel around. BUT, can I suggest that if you are going down to Cornwall (highly recommended) that you go the one step further and go out to the Scilly Isles, not just for a day, but for a week at least so you can try and get to some of the other islands. One of the most beautiful and tranquil places I've ever been.

On my opinion yes we are the best

I get what you're saying about Wildlife being lacking. It's more a case of visible wildlife. Having lived in the US previously for four years. It was interesting to see in Tennessee; Eagles, Vultures, bloody massive wild Turkeys, scary looking nasty spiders and snakes. On one drive down to Florida (about 6-8 hours to Seaside), we had the car windows open and suddenly could smell the most pungent weird smell. I looked at my gf and she simply said 'Skunk'. We were driving at 60MPH on the highway and could smell a Skunk on the side of the road.

Like anywhere there are good and bad things about living in Britain . But whenever I start to think about problems of the moment in perspective it soon becomes apparent how lucky I am . We seem to have the right balance between social responsibility and capitalism , we try to protect our environment and people are free to express their views , the video does reflect so many of the good things about our Country ( s ) that make up the UK. Best in the worlld ? - well it's a big place , but I don't think there is anywhere else I would rather be . I'm glad you like it too Amanda .

Amanda why not do a tour blog, i would really enjoy something like that, you could even have meets with your adoring fans on the way,

Hi Amanda, when you get round to visiting the West Country be sure to record it & let us know what you think.

I always hate the idea of there being “a best country in the world”. I think everyone tends to regard the place where they live or feel most comfortable in, as “the best”.

One of the things not mentioned about Britain is it you can walk on footpaths all over the country, using the ordinance survey maps, and today these are even available on your phone you can’t walk anywhere you like on footpaths in the USA with outstanding. A high chance of being shot only shot at. Mad fact, the start of the first mapping of England started with a large number of soldiers with glass rods going to Heathrow when it was a heath to lay down the first line all the other lines will be measured from the baseline many hills that you climb up, you will find a large, concrete block, caller trig point so my suggestion for one of your next shows is the ordinance survey map. The cherry on the top is that you can get maps drawn up by the survey which show the geology map just for Iron Age just for Roman and so on

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