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If you like tended grass,like me,try walking in it barefoot.You'll love it. Thank you for great postings Also old stone pavings in summer which absorb suns heat but do not get too hot. they then radiate this warmth to your feet after the sun has set. NOT modern concrete paving though because this gets much too 9painfully) hot to stand or walk on. On hot summer days you can fry an egg on concrete.Make sure it's clean and oiled first,like a griddle..
And it works the other way. As a Brit I've loved seeing some of the birds of the USA, the Robin, Cardinal. the Hummingbirds..... and so many more. Good to hear you're learning about and enjoying our bird life. Just now we've got the summer migrants arriving from Africa. Just great. Love your videos. Great to hear your take on life here. Keep them coming.
Even although you have been with us for over ten years, you have not lost your enthusiasm for the wonders that we often take for granted. I relish seeing this country through your eyes.
Countryside: one thing I noticed about North America is that there aren't many footpaths/bridleways across farmland, woods etc. Go anywhere in the UK with an Ordinance Survey map and you see a web of pathways so you can go from village to village (pub to pub) across fields etc. I get the feeling that if you tried this in the States you would find yourself on the wrong end of a gun!
Farm land is private property in the UK too, but the footpaths going through it is a public right of way, so you can go walking in the countryside. This was fought for by the Ramblers Society and many working class people in the early 20th century, so that they could breathe in the fresh air and enjoy the greenery after working all week in sooty, polluted factories. The biggest demonstration was the Mass Trepass of 1932 on Kinder Scout mountain, in the Derbyshire Peak District. Eventually a law was passed that everyone has a right to walk in the countryside, as long as they are peaceful and don't leave litter, always close gates and don't disturb the animals. Keep your own dog on the lead at all times. It's called the Countryside Code and most people obey it. Those who don't end up in court with a hefty fine.
Gloucestershire has lots of wild daffodils, some fields are completely covered and owners are not allowed to have animals there at set times of year so they don't disturb them
nomad. Growing up in Gloucestershire in the 1950's the wild daffodils were a sight to be seen. Around the Dymock and Newent areas. It was before legislation and they used to have coaches taking people to the daffodil fields and they used to pick them. You used to see lots of people on bikes with huge bunches of daffodils tied to the handlebars. I think it was in the 1960's when the authorities stopped people picking them.
HASHBROWNS NOT ENGLISH BREAKFAST Obviously you are allowed to like Hash Browns 😊 And fine if they are an extra to English Breakfast, in which case I may or may not eat them. But usually they replace Black Pudding in which case it is an American (variant) Breakfast. Next thing you'll have toast as part of an English All-Day Fried Breakfast (should be Fried Bread). You need to find somewhere that serves a proper fried breakfast, sadly getting to be a rare thing. Proper fried breakfast has only three things that are not fried A) baked beans B) side dish of bread and butter C) mug of tes. And as a minimum should have (fried) egg; bacon; sausages: mushrooms; tomato; black pudding & fried bread. In different regions the black pudding might be replaced with fried Lava Bread (seaweed) or fried Haggis etc.
I grew up in the UK but lived in Arizona for 3 years. I totally missed the greenery, as you describe, and also the countryside. Even though Arizona is breathtakingly beautiful, and has everything from desert to high mountains with pine forest, there's something magical about rolling green hills and a little ancient country pub or church. :)
Hash browns aren't a traditional English thing. I can't remember ever seeing them before McDonalds had them in their breakfasts. The British hash brown is what British people think is an American thing. I know so many people that were confused when they went to the states, because American hash browns don't look like the ones we get
Traditionally Fried Bread was part of an English Breakfast not Hash Browns! HBs were an import from America, probably because the bread is fried in the remaining fat and juıces left in the pan afetr cooking the EB. Obviously not too healthy. Nice to see a different American import enjoying the UK.
It’s only over the last twenty years or so that Hash Browns have become part of a usual U.K. breakfast and therefore shouldn’t be included in a “traditional” advertised U.K. breakfast. They are one of the US staples that have been taken up since the late 1990’s in the U.K. but it’s taken a long time to emerge.
But what a superb addition to the Great British Breakfast...cooking my own I always add a couple...To be fair as a multiple Cardiac Event survivor and now going all out to beat the big C, I'm well past caring about the heart attacks anyhow! (sadly I don't do the Fry Up every day any more, though i did for over 30 years...cause and effect obviously!)
Exactly! Grinds my gears when anyone says a traditional breakfast has to include Hash Browns. When I was a kid they would include fried bread and occasionally Bubble and Squeak, assuming there was any leftover mash and veg to make it! Not sure whether those items were officially "traditional", but my family always added them.
So wait she's saying the best part of an English breakfast is the American part ? .... Everyone in the the u.k. I'm sorry...this is just as bad as when Joe Biden went to Ireland and said he was glad his ancestry left... Builders tea is amazing ....also short bread ( biscuits ) ... If you kick her out we kind of understand .
I didn't realise that our hash browns are different from American ones. As an old chap I still regard them as an American import. Traditionally a full English breakfast would include sliced fried potatoes (usually boiled potatoes left over from yesterday's roast dinner) and a slice of fried bread. I remember being outraged when I was first presented with one of those strange little brown triangles. I've grown accustomed to them now and I suppose they are easier to produce in a commercial kitchen that slicing up yesterdays spuds. With regard to your hat - very American. I hate it. But I am a grumpy old git!
Yeah, the irony with the whole hashbrowns malarkey that's kicked off recently is that American hashbrowns are so much closer the traditional English breakfast potatoes as compared to the triangular things that suddenly appeared about 30 years ago. I'd only ever had hashbrowns when I'd visited America up to that point, so when I ordered hashbrowns and got one of those... things... I was very confused! I love 'em these days, though.
I 100% agreed with the countryside and “rolling hills” in England. I have been all over the US. There are some extraordinary countrysides here too, but all in all UK has us beat! 60 days until I leave for England!!!!!!
Walking the wonderful footpaths of the South of England has been one of the greatest pleasures of my life. Rolling hills, little woods, hedgerows, livestock pasture and waving fields of wheat and barley - then a country pub with a crackling fire and a refreshing pint - paradise!
It's heartwarming to hear how much you love it here. I lived in AZ for 3 years and it's stunning there, with the desert and mountains, grand canyon etc. I think what the UK lacks in wilderness, we make up for in countryside.
Seems bizarre to hear this from a UK perspective, because it's almost all farmland, while the US has vast wildernesses, forests, mountains, etc, with all the wildlife that we long since eradicated in Britain.
You are correct about the green. After spending a spring week in a very brown Canada, my heart soared on the drive home from the airport through lush green fields. Suddenly, I REALLY appreciated it.
Hash Browns are frozen, tastless plate fillers for cheap, badly run cafes. They should never be part of a full English. If you want Hash Browns for breakfast, go to McDonald's.
I remember in the long hot summer of 1976 the grass turned more than brown, and actually looked like it was dead. If you looked over fields under the moonlight it was like they were covered in snow. Once it rained again, the grass was back to lush green in a couple of weeks.
I was living and working in London then, it was the only time I've seen the Royal Parks and the squares brown. The Ice Cream sellers made a fortune, yes you've guessed, they went up in price as the heatwave went on. Inflation was already into double figures before the heatwave, it just got worse almost daily as crops failed and livestock died from the heat countrywide. I think that was the only time a nationwide hosepipe ban and water restriction has been in place.
@@wessexdruid7598 We have not had such a prolonged heat wave since, there are about 10 years in every century that break heat, cold and rainfall records. The Thames has not frozen over in London since pre Victorian times, for the ice to be thick enough to hold fairs on it, it has frozen since but not to that thickness as faster flowing since the embankments have narrowed it. UV levels have already broken records this year (for the time of year) due to Ozone depletion, that is due to Global Warming. I don't have to show my age, it does that for itself without any help.
Kaylin if you like daffodils you have to go to the UK's ancient woodland between now and May when the bluebells start to bloom. You can walk into one of these woodlands and see a massive carpet of blue stretching out between the trees across the floor of the woods The entire west coast of Great Britain is beautiful the UK countryside is supposedly the best countryside in the world according to a lot of naturalists such as Sir David Attenborough
@@davidcopplestone6266 I think its only illegal to dig them up, but it is just not acceptable to pick them of course, you have to leave them for other people to enjoy.
As I sat happily in a North American Diner for the 1st time in my life while on holiday and ordered a " Mega Breakfast " I was somewhat shocked to see " Hash Browns " were tiny individual chopped up fried potatoes 🥴and not the stodgy shaped ones we get here in Britain. I think the price Americans/Canadian's pay for fresh food is " outrageous " & just encourages eating fast food.
@@kernow62 I did think they were not hasbrowns, but I was served the same type as hashbrowns when we went over the boarder into Canada & then again on Vancouver Island, so I automatically took it as though you guys served them different to us in Britain.
Yes, I remember the first time I ordered hash browns in a diner in North Carolina and received what seemed to be a pile of fried, grated potatoes and onions. Much nicer than the strange little things that have become so popular in the UK in recent years.
@@andybaker2456 Ohhh " That's exactly what I had " 👍 They were so tasty & so much better than the standard greasy/stodgy hashbrwns I had been use to in the UK.
It is wonderful to see the UK through your eyes and experience's, no matter how trivial you feel it is, it reminds me how lucky we are really. Thank You xx
A place worth visiting in Wales is the village of Portmeirion. It is where the series The Prisoner was filmed. If you have never heard of The Prisoner it is worth visiting as it is gorgeous. It is based on Italian buildings and is mostly painted in pastel colours.
I remember going there a few times when my children (now in their 30s) were children, and it was just somewhere to go. Now I'm older and old enough to have watched the Prisoner as a series when I was a child I love having the memories of going there. That's the thing as a British person, it's just a normal day out and you don't appreciate having access to all that we have. It takes somebody else to point out the greenery, castles and access to free information and museums. Hash brown I love, as a child I remember 'Grater cakes' which were fried shredded potatoes and onion. Maybe they were a rip-off from hash browns, but I also loved them.
Thanks for giving a thumbs-up to Aberystwyth. As a place to spend three years as a student it's in a class of its own. Sadly, this morning's bird watching experience was not so good -a passing kestrel decided to demolish one of my resident blackbirds in the middle of my patio.
Hash browns - British? I thought they were American or Swedish. I am always disappointed to go into a café and see hash brown, its usually because they cannot be bothered to make real bubble and squeak, with mash potatoes mixed with other veg (I use chopped up spinach or watercress or cooked sprouts with fresh chilies, garlic etc.). Served with baked beans.
Watching US TV shows where there's a pretense of it being set in the UK but was filmed in California is always jarring. My four year old would look at me and say "the green is wrong".
Hi Kaylin hope I've spelt your name correctly, apologies if not. So pleased you like living here it's always nice when someone says positive things about our country. In Britain so many of our own people slag off this country, so when someone says positive things about it it makes me appreciate it all the more. I've always wanted to see real America as there is some breathtaking scenery; no interest in going to L.A.! If you enjoy hiking I recommend the South West Coast path. The section from Fort Henry which is a WW2 gun emplacement built by the Canadians to Lulworth Cove is fantastic on a nice day but be sure to take plenty of water as it's a 19 mile hike. You'll love it, it's also very challenging. Take care, best regards, Martin.
Saw a slow worm in my garden today, 12ins long, it's a legless lizard. I think it was in your wildlife video. Adult slow worms can grow to be about 50 cm (20") long.
English breakfast the best in the world. Sunday dinner is the food of champions :) The weather we talk about a lot :) Is what makes a country side so green and wonderful.
Museums did try charging an entry but people went crazy, so they gave up. I had a holiday in Florida and was surprised by how different the grass was, it made me realise how nice our grass is in the UK.
The first area of ‘Outstanding Natural Beauty’ to be so designated in the UK was the Gower Peninsular in west Wales.Check out for example Rhossili Bay to give a flavour if the area.Great US post.
Like that you love how green the UK is. 🌳 Did you know that, with over 8 million trees, or roughly one tree per person living in London, that London is technically a forest? 🌳🌳🌳 Around 21% of London is covered with trees and it only needed 20% to be classed as a forest.
The British countryside you describe reminds me of a verse I read at school (sixty years ago) that describes this land as the “green and sceptre’d isle”. Aren’t we lucky.
In the uk when I was a lad the Monday hash browns were actually Sunday dinner roast potatoes chopped up and fried in beef dripping. I don’t think many people nowadays this wonderful meal addition is had anymore because of the bland and not really appetising American fast food import. When you do a Sunday dinner make sure you do more potatoes that are required and roast them as normal but make sure you have leftovers and fry them up next day for breakfast, this is an unsung tradition. Yumm!
You obviously haven't visited any of the New England states for how green, lush and "seasony" America can be. I mean, one of those states even has "green" in it's name!
Totally understand the love of seeing Daffodils. I grew up with seasons, spent a year in Southern California and returned north in the spring to seeing Daffodils everywhere. It was like seeing them for the first time, and I could appreciate how beautiful they are!
Hash browns aren't English, it's not part of an English fry up. You can choose to have them if you like. But I prefer a traditional English breakfast. It's like having an Indian with chips lol
Love how your starting to say we 😊😉take for granted our green countryside.when I go to different parts of the U.K. I miss dry stonewalls to break up the fields.that’s the northener in me 😍good show again 👍
Stone walls are not only in the North. Here in the Cotswolds there are hundreds of miles of Cotswold dry stone walls and it is the biggest area of outstanding natural beauty in the country.
@@michaelslater2211 I am pleased you appreciate the Cotswolds. I live right on the edge of them. There are no other villages quite like them. The yellow, golden stone!!
If you like the coast, come up to Northumberland. There’s heritage route with plenty of castles, fishing villages and plenty of long beaches. Just below South Shields there’s a pub built into a cliff and if the tide is out, you can walk under the arches of the sea stack in front of it.
That seems so different to what’s drummed in to us here, Everything is supposed to be cheaper in the USA is what I was always told. I feel so lucky all of a sudden 😆 I’m glad I stopped by!
I have family in the USA, my son married an American girl. A few weeks back he told me that his family has lost 30% of their purchasing power in the last twelve months due to inflation. He specifically mentioned food, cars and housing.
After spending this past week here . . . Gregg's. We love Gregg's. We will desperately miss Gregg's!! Three drinks and a four pack of sausage rolls for £7? Yes, please!! It was the perfect breakfast on the go!
If you like the Welsh coast, why not try Northumberland, Berwick and East Lothian? They have a lot of the same attractions - castles, sandy beaches and country walks - but fewer crowds and less rainfall. It's a bit colder, but from what you have said I think you would like it. Holy Island (Lindisfarne) is particularly memorable.
There is quiet parts of Eryri( Snowdonia), places of great beauty with few people,South Eryri near Bala. Areas such as the Berwyn mountains, or Bryniau Clwyd or the Mynydd Hiraethog ( Denbigh moors). Great walks, plenty of lesser visited castles and hillfort. Most tourists go to the same places, Yr Wyddfa( Snowdon); Llandudno, Pembrokeshire, coastal Ynys Mon( Anglesey) and North Gwynedd.
8:51 America does have a very varied landscape - but the scale is such that it is difficult to see a large number of different landscapes in a convenient space of time.
I know what you mean about the grass - I used to see it in holiday resorts in Spain, for example, in fact if I went back to Majorca I'd see it again, in all its scratchy loveliness :)
Omg i've never heard of those watermelon things. They are going on my next Sainsbury's list lol. Rowntrees used to be a chocolate company when i was a little kid, mainly doing stuff like Aero, Kit Kat etc, but the chocolate was bought out by Nestle in about 1990. Btw for beautiful coastline if you ever get the chance, check out Bridlington on the East coast, especially in the summer. As well as a beautuful coastline you can walk on, thet even do boat trips admiring it. Oh and there is coincidentally a place there that does some amazing ice cream flavours, including watermelon.
Nice to see a shout out to aber from you. You should also check out the Pembrokeshire coast to the south. There’s loads of great stretches of coast walk; moylegrove, abereiddy, barafundle, manorbier to name a few good waypoints
If you love daffodils as a sign of spring you need to get out somewhere a bit more rural (esp woodland) to appreciate SNOWDROPS. (Wont explain. You'll get it when you see them - plus they're about the FIRST spring bulbs, often whilst there is still snow on the ground !)
At least you aren't wearing it back to front, or sideways, to look like a dumb rapper/whatever.....😄 Mind you I own one, but that was from some years ago when it was a gift with a Graphics card or something from Xa;man, and a T Shirt from BFG graphics card....
You'll have to Look up RIGHT TO ROAM ,in Britain access to the countryside, Footpaths, Bridle ways ,and Moor land ,was fought for in 30s ,in Britain. Even Madonna lost in court ,trying to shut a Footpath crossing her Estate. Money doesn't always win in British High courts.
A lot of this seems to come down to her comparing very specifically Florida to the UK. Much of what she’s describing about things like the grass and the countryside is true of Florida, but not of most of the US. Bermuda grass, which is what she’s describing is in Florida because Florida is essentially a sandbar and that’s all that can grow there. Grass and much of the northern central parts of the US is the same kind of grass that you’re likely to find in the UK. And as far as types of countryside there’s as many types of countryside in the US as there are the UK plus many many more.
The beer in England is on another level. Maybe some pets of mainland Europe top it. Belgium is very good particularly the city of Bruges. you can get the EuroStar train to Belgium from London St. Pancras.
You said "all the UK countries", perhaps you should say all the British Isles, that would include Ireland, probably the greenest of all though the coast of Wales (as you know) runs Ireland a close second for super green. If you love hats, you must try to see our Easter Bonnet competitions, mostly for young school kids but google Easter Bonnets, do you do this in the US?
The Daffodils you see in the shops are cultivated types, produced by gardeners. Here in Yorkshire there are valleys which are full of native daffodils, which are not quite as big as the shop bought ones, but are altogether more wonderful. Farndale is one such place. I'm sure similar can be found in other areas as well, presumable in Wales for example, where it is the national flower. In the UK you only have to start paying back Education loans when & if you earn a certain, quite high, wage. Even then the rate of payback is much better than in the US, & if you don't ever earn enough you never get to have to pay it back at all.
Very impressed with your pronunciation of Aberystwyth, did you get chance to ride the Vale Of Rheidol, the little steam train that goes to Devils Bridge? Very scenic journey, lived 24 years in Aber from Penparcau to Comins Coch
Hash browns are not a part of a proper English Breakfast! Heresy! Sausage, bacon, black pudding, *fried* *white* bread, fried eggs, baked beans, maybe fried potatoes. Hash browns are a US imposition! I think we had to accept them as part of Lend Lease during the war.
Different trees different shades of green from bright acid green to the darker greens of beech trees, then add a foreground of yellow daffs and a sunny day and it's not bad 😁 PS. Dirt us called soil here 😛
Hash browns? they're American, not British. The English breakfast society (Yes, it's a thing) say, and I quote "Hash browns however are a controversial ingredient that many believe do not belong in a traditional English breakfast. We here at the Society believe that hash browns and french fries are used as a cheap breakfast plate filler in badly run cafes, by people who have no respect for our traditions". Hash browns belong where they came from, buried at the bottom of the freezer along with the loose peas and old bread crusts. I don't dislike them, but they have absolutely no place on an English breakfast (nor an Irish or Scottish breakfast either).
I'm a Brit whos lived in Canada for the last 12 years, I'm heading home next year and feel lucky I can do that when so many are kinda trapped here in Canada.
I love the watermellon lollys to. I liver in Hong Kong for 2 years the grass was horrible. I got back to the UK for xmas terrible snow. My brother cleared some snow so i went out and wiggled my toes in the freezing grass, loved it. A Scottish bfast has a tattie scon (potato scone) no hash brown but very tasty.
Hi just heard you like visiting the coast of wales, got a suggestion for you, Nugale Beach! Now this is a beach which is nondescript really the only building there is a pub and nothing else just a beach but. This is on the South West coast between Haverfordwest and St. Davids. This is the smallest city in the UK, or was! It may have been stripped of its city status. Never the less it still has a cathedral further to the North is Fishguard, this is a ferry port to Island if your interested. Rugged coast everywhere but Newgale beach is lovely. Oh and there is an British forces base less than a mile away, I know this because I was there in 1977. Look up St. Davids
Hiya. In my back GARDEN, although they're always passing through, like many other birds, I have for the first time Blackbirds actually nesting in one of my conifers. Of course, I can't make a nuisance of myself in that area now, until the end of summer, else the nest could be abandoned, but that's a small price to pay for being able to observe even more of "the life outside my window", as I care to call it. Stay safe. All the best to you.
You seem to have a similar relationship with hash browns to my relationship with black pudding. I recognize that black pudding isn't for everyone, but if you're going to say 'Full English on a menu, there should be black pudding as an option. Otherwise, it isn't _full_.
So iam.confused as it's the second time I've heard you say it's cheaper for food in the UK .. when you take it on to a count the the pound is worth more then the doller I don't think it is .. plus's when I was in Chicago back in 94 I couldn't believe the amount of food you get for your doller ... For instance we went to KFC for one night and got a family meal in Britain you paid £14 and got enough for five people a d a small tub of beans and a small tub of gravy and a pie about the size of a dessert plate .. but for $14 in the USA wich was about £11 at the time . You got enough for eight and a large tub of beans and a large gravey and a pie about two thirds bigger then the UK one .. so you actually got almost half the food again on top of what you got in the UK and for 80% the cost of the UK also petrol had always been so much more cheaper then the UK ... So yeah iam confused
In the US higher education is deliberately more expensive and therefore accessible only to the rich because the corporations who own the USA do not want an educated workforce. An articulate educated population who will then question all that is wrong with the off the scale capitalism is definitely not something they want!!
here is a couple of small tips to any US citizen that wants to travel internationally. 1. leave your attitude along with your guns at the departure lounge. 2. don't panic! it will be there waiting for you when you get back, nobody wants it. 3. you cannot buy, nor carry a gun over here, the rest of the world is not the wild west as it is in the USA. 4. enjoy the sites the food and the different cultures. 5. the rest of the world has a culture, they have, song, dance and food and they are proud of it. 6. The USA has Levi jeans, McDonalds, guns, and bombs. 7. Don't be too hard on your own ignorance, after all it's what makes America great! 8. take lots of photos, buy the occasional souvenir. 9. when you get back to the US "the home of the brave and the free," pick up your gun and your attitude, you will notice it is still there intact as you left it. Show your friends the photos and tell them you had a nice time. Oh, and don't forget to tell your friends you experienced real freedom for the first time in your life not having to carry a gun!
OK, Seasons - yes, some advantages of having distinct seasons, are as you've noticed, flowers at absolute specific months, even weeks of the year. I myself am visiting a horticultural farm later in the year, and I was told only to arrive round about an exact date, in order to view the plant that interests me. Birds. - I suspect that the distinct seasons have a major role in migration, and another factor is the geographical situation of Britain, and that we are an island. There's not too many island nations. In Europe I can only think of Iceland which is too far north, and some Mediterranean islands which are far too small to be of any major significance. Your hat. - I think it looks real cool on you, and you have nice white teeth. Wales - South Wales has some of the finest sand beaches in Britain, and they're sheltered south facing. . Rain and grass - in the tropics, there are two important factors at play - the grass has to be really tough to support the soaring midday sun, and often with longer intervals between rain. When it DOES rain, it's in the form of torential thunderstorms. This is no good for "golf-course" Britain where the rain has to be both fairly regular, AND more in the form of a gentle mist spray. Ancient castles and manor houses - You can buy an annual season ticket that will give you free access to most of the nation's ancient structures, and it's not too expensive (i think less than £50 for the year). So like museums, it's also quite a snip!!! There are hundreds of castles, nearly all dating from well before North America was even discovered. Have fun.
The thing is with higher education and why we seem to have a problem with the cost getting too high is simply on the basis that the majority of us demand that our kids get an equal run regardless of where they are from and social level... And obviously if prices go up and up out of reach for some, well, for one, it will turn into an "elitist" setup, which is purely wrong for education, and two, there is a wealth of talent and really clever kids just need a break socially, and it would be a crime for the UK to dismiss that over "the bottom line". A country always, always must start with it's kids as the foundation of the future, because they are our future and all of them must be given the chance to shine.
Whats your favorite accent in the UK or the funniest,Im from Newcastle upon Tyne and have a broad geordie accent and have you seen any comedy on tv especially older comedy lime blackadder or only fools and horses or Benny Hill
You need to visit peaky blinders territory or even better the Black Country north west of Birmingham, it’s called black for a reason, not so green and lush there but plenty of quarries and canals.
Have you been down to the white cliffs at Dover, you have the castle, the channel an d the port, watching the ferries going to France, and the French coast. Lots of history.
The best thing about the UK that you've not mentioned? The commitment towards making culture accessible. There are many places around the UK, but particularly in London where they invite the public in to hear about topics, learn things. It sort of dovetails with what you said about the museums where you talk about how accessible they are. For example, the Royal Institution has science talks throughout the year for the public to attend, some aimed at younger audiences and every Christmas has a set of three lectures about a topic. You can see a number of previous lectures on line I particularly enjoyed one from a few years ago, The Language Of Life, presented by Sophie Scott. Places like the Wellcome Trust offers events like that too, I just found one called "Sounds Like London" which relates to a project connecting Opera and homelessness! You also have The Proms, a series of classical music performances at the Royal Albert Hall (mostly) which have cheap standing tickets to anyone who wants to explore classical music can do so. The most famous part is the Last Night, but that is almost the least of it. It's an event that covers a number of particular standards and has a party atmosphere but the Proms go well beyond that. You get a mixture of performances of things intended for a beginner/family audience (this year there is a CBeebies Prom, and one about music from computer games), those covering some of the more famous composers, and also those that dig in to more obscure people like Prom 8 this year which features Russian and Icelandic composers. Every Prom can be heard on the BBC website and a few are being filmed and broadcast for people who can't attend. In recent years too, there have been efforts to have Proms performances at different parts around the country to increase the accessibility. I think you can also see some highlights of previous proms on youtube, like one they did about club music in an 'Ibiza Prom', and I'm sure there was a hip hop prom too. I apologise in advance if this is a rabbit hole you get a bit lost chasing things down in!
Love your commentries on UK life. You mentioned Conwy and a love of history, look out for Salvage Hunters on freeview TV. A Chap called Drew Prichard is a well known antiques expert, and has a shop in Conwy, and does a really addictive TV series where he explores the UK and visits many places we the public cannot go, and teaches about antiques and what makes an antique. You get to see some amazing places, and learn what makes and does not make it into his shop, and what is something special. It's addictive TV ....
Museums - British museums are public collections so it would be unfair for them to charge for something that technically belongs to us. Even most of the private collections are housed in either public buildings or are still available free for public viewing because the owners see them the same way
Pembrokeshire coast is very beautiful and occasionally you see wildlife out to sea, for me not so much with hash browns, English breakfast needs fried bread, but each to his own
