Is This Really LONDON? Watch and See

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  • čas přidán 18. 03. 2024
  • Is this really London? just watch and see. There are parts of London that will amaze you. This is South East London. No Hustle, no bustle, not smelly, not loud and noisy. This is quiet London in Rotherhithe.
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Komentáře • 77

  • @user-tj5xu5vh5b
    @user-tj5xu5vh5b Před 2 měsíci +7

    Thank you that was really pleasant,enjoyed the peace.

  • @ThePensta81
    @ThePensta81 Před 2 měsíci +1

    What a beautiful peaceful spot. Love your walking videos. Takes me back to your original ones. Not too much longer until I can walk around your gorgeous City. ❤

  • @northbankgooner6126
    @northbankgooner6126 Před 2 měsíci +2

    There are loads of open spaces all over London for some peace and tranquility. My locals are Alexandra Park (where they play the darts) And Trent County Park, which is on the outskirts of London. Both places great for chilling even when there are events going on.

  • @nanabear85
    @nanabear85 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Well you can always find peace and tranquility amidst all the hustle and bustle if you take the time to explore, lovely area shame i bet those homes are very expensive. Please show us more of these lovely areas .

  • @donnafisher2727
    @donnafisher2727 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Total beautiful and peaceful and the exception of the Duckies😊

  • @lonegunwomen
    @lonegunwomen Před 2 měsíci +2

    A lovely wander in London Darren, nice to see the coot on the river brought back a lot of memories thank you. Take care.

  • @denniswendy11
    @denniswendy11 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Wow incredible so peaceful.

  • @brewsterkits
    @brewsterkits Před 2 měsíci +2

    London can be mad , but its true there are really nice places to go even if they are surrounded in tall buildings, you live in a great place, i probably walked past when i used to visit London, i do miss it and you help with your trips out, thanks

  • @colindarroch4022
    @colindarroch4022 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Thoroughly enjoyed this vlog very peaceful. Thanks

  • @koont666
    @koont666 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Coots with the white head ,nice one mate , mostly investment flats no community,looks like a Sunday morning in Hammersmith in the 70s shops shut peace and quiet,when it was Christian traditions,Shame really ,oh and we had a sugar refinery at the end of our street on the Thames ❤🇬🇧

  • @davidmalarkey1302
    @davidmalarkey1302 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Peace and quiet good afternoon stroll.

  • @junemccann5981
    @junemccann5981 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I loved every minute of my visit to London and have great memories with my boy! I love all your wee stories Darren. 🥰☀️🥰xxx

    • @DarrenJohn
      @DarrenJohn  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks so much. Which was your favourite part of London?

    • @junemccann5981
      @junemccann5981 Před 2 měsíci

      @@DarrenJohn It has to be Greenwich Darren. Canary Wharf having cocktails in the Alchemist too. Having a vip dining in Fallow was beautiful. I loved everything and I relive it all through your brilliant blogs Darren so thankyou so much for sharing your fab content. 🥰☀️🥰xxx

    • @junemccann5981
      @junemccann5981 Před 2 měsíci

      @@DarrenJohn Battersea power station was something else too! 🥰

  • @LorraineJones-yp2dt
    @LorraineJones-yp2dt Před 2 měsíci +1

    Always amazing to watch but the best was the last 🥰

  • @jasondyer811
    @jasondyer811 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Nice spot Darren .Your broadening all our horizons of London .

  • @linz347
    @linz347 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you so much for showing Rotherhithe. My Mum is from there and we lived there as a family in the mid to late eighties, I went to school there too. It has changed so much but it was lovely to see it again. 😊 Just found out the oil refinery was on Rotherhithe street called Castrols apparently.

  • @wendybrown5935
    @wendybrown5935 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Love walking round london so much, I'm doing a day in Mayfair ia few weeks time, so excited. I won't be buying anything but just love looking in the shop windows. Great vid, I rember Surrey Quay before it was transformed going on my daily coach journey from the city to kent in the early 80's.

  • @EmmaKelly74159
    @EmmaKelly74159 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Wow, thanks Darren for sharing your escape route, so quite and as you say London is not all hustle and bustle, a different side. I enjoyed your stroll. 😘

  • @susannah1184
    @susannah1184 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Great vlog DJ. Enjoy these when you show us around the City xx

  • @davidnm21
    @davidnm21 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Obviously whoever wrote that about London being noisy and bustling doesn’t know it well. When I lived at Lee Green I would regularly take the bus then DLR and alight at Island Gardens for the short walk to the most beautiful peaceful riverside park overlooking Greenwich and The River Thames. It’s so relaxing and there’s even a nearby cafe for a brew or a breakfast if you needed it. Then there was Embankment Gardens another beautiful peaceful area just minutes from Covent Garden. So many perfect and peaceful places to go in our capital.

  • @TKDJK
    @TKDJK Před 2 měsíci +2

    London dropping its old names and adopting "posh" ones like QUAYS. They could have even adopted "KEYS"

  • @stevecohen8206
    @stevecohen8206 Před 2 měsíci +1

    That Fullers Pub designed to look like a capstan😎👌

  • @weaverfamilyadventures
    @weaverfamilyadventures Před 2 měsíci +1

    Fantastic video mate, inspired me to get filming and uploaded again

  • @Jay-Leigh
    @Jay-Leigh Před 2 měsíci +4

    How lovely! Thank you for sharing Darren what a nice place to live as well. It’s a huge place London…so, I guess folks wouldn’t know about these little hidden gems. 😊

    • @mikekaraoke
      @mikekaraoke Před 2 měsíci

      Wouldn't say-Surrey Quays is a hidden gem though lol

  • @darrenwilson8042
    @darrenwilson8042 Před 2 měsíci +2

    such a nice place - try walking by the river here in Middlesbrough. You only go down there to "do business" or get bumped off - sometimes both!!!! The difference is investment I live 7 miles away from 1973 England sadly

  • @acheface
    @acheface Před 2 měsíci +1

    Excellent vid.

  • @natalieclark2052
    @natalieclark2052 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I love everything you do xxx I’m like 30mins outside of London x when the exams are over we’re heading your way x x 🥂

  • @GrantDC
    @GrantDC Před 2 měsíci +4

    Nice video Darren, i live in Richmond and I go through some lovely walks each day.
    London is not all hustle and bustle if you go looking for it.
    OTC

  • @dlb9283
    @dlb9283 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Lovely Darren. I agree with you about St Pauls (My favourite landmark) the other day, it is magical every time I see it I am amazed. Have a ride down to City Airport and do a video down there, it is like here in this vid. Cheers.

  • @alex-E7WHU
    @alex-E7WHU Před 2 měsíci +2

    Check out bow backs. Nice over there.

  • @SuperNapalm666
    @SuperNapalm666 Před 2 měsíci +3

    im in Chiswick. lovely walks here by the river, Kew and Richmond,

  • @dCarey906
    @dCarey906 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Wow so quite I wouldn’t have thought , cool bike and thank you so much for sharing

  • @103valley
    @103valley Před 2 měsíci +2

    I live in Surrey quay you were by house at the start and would have said hello if I knew you were coming haha. If you have more time the walk by the Thames looking at canary wharf and the beach on the other side by the Mayflower pub is worth checking out. But getting busier now with all.the development in Canada water.

  • @kevinhoughton9134
    @kevinhoughton9134 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Peace brother.

  • @Silver_Staramg
    @Silver_Staramg Před 24 dny +1

    I was down in London last week for meetings. Stayed near Regents Park, got taken out for Dinner at Dishoom in Covent Garden, then a few drinks in Maple Leaf. Wondering where to go on Thursday and I was thinking, I bet DJ would know a good place.

    • @DarrenJohn
      @DarrenJohn  Před 23 dny

      Where abouts?

    • @Silver_Staramg
      @Silver_Staramg Před 23 dny

      @@DarrenJohn Hotel was near Regent Park. Found a wee Italian just off Portland Street.

  • @ralphthebulldog5163
    @ralphthebulldog5163 Před 2 měsíci +1

    You should show people St Katherines Dock DJ, i love a summer eveing in the dock.

  • @carmenboddis3927
    @carmenboddis3927 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Hi Darren forget about you know who he doesn't even see his own kids grow up .
    You gave him your hospitality he is a peculiar bloke he falls out with everyone.
    Love your vlogs I also love Rick & Shelley your genuine friends never look back always look forward.
    All the best Darren you're a great generous man with a big ❤️ .
    Cheers Andy from Llandudno North Wales 😃👍

  • @boothylad5151
    @boothylad5151 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Currently working just outside London mate till August, would love you to do a cheap pubs in London vlog ... If such a thing exists 😂

  • @user-mw8rg3um7s
    @user-mw8rg3um7s Před 2 měsíci +1

    Lovely vlog thankyou for sharing, I come Fownhope to London at least 3 times a year from up north . I used to bring coach party's down every December and we always stayed at the tower thistle hotel ( gouman hotel now) we came for 15 years and enjoyed every trip went all over London but at nite time always walked along the South Bank right up to the London Eye. I now come down on my own or sometimes with family and friends and stay st the LSE Bankside in summer time just behind the tate modern it's the home of the University students and its hired out in Sumner yo the public

    • @user-mw8rg3um7s
      @user-mw8rg3um7s Před 2 měsíci

      Sorry for spelling error I meant to put I come from up north

  • @chrism8705
    @chrism8705 Před 2 měsíci +1

    You can always find nature if you walk away from roads

  • @pamelajames7163
    @pamelajames7163 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Looks lovely I could imagine having wine outside that pub in the warmer weather
    Great vlog as usual xx

  • @sarahjarvis6433
    @sarahjarvis6433 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great video…..I can do without the sexy bit! Biker all my life now 78 balance gone awol…..bikes a thing of the past..have to rely on the old xj8, tuned a bit, sports exhaust, permanently in sports mode….smile on my face every day. Oh and I love good food and cooking. Can’t sing though but thats another story. Keep on doing what you are doing.👍

  • @samhenwood5746
    @samhenwood5746 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thanks for the tour DJ 😊👍

  • @gavlosmedia6323
    @gavlosmedia6323 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Miiiiiwaaaalll territory Dazzler

  • @AllanNeaves-qn3zr
    @AllanNeaves-qn3zr Před 2 měsíci +1

    Evening Darren, the only thing that has not really changed is the Thames. However its banks have transformed out of all recognition 😊 When the Daily Telegraph moved into " Docklands " and the whole area was a building site, I was working as a chef ,the staff restaurant was an old Ice- Breaker . I remember when you couldn't give away houses or flats in that neck of the woods. Now, Lottery Winning folk,pop stars, actors ect,ect. But a nice little wander about,time to dream😊Cheers Allan&Family

  • @stephanpalmer7
    @stephanpalmer7 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Nice little stroll mate things change so much. Couple of years ago I went to the Tate Modern, first time back since we gutted the old Bankside power station back in 95 for them to create the Tate. Mind blowing what they’ve done there😳👍🏼👍🏼.

  • @deborahhaigh-roberts4364
    @deborahhaigh-roberts4364 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Looks peaceful ❤

  • @mmcdonagh79
    @mmcdonagh79 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Again you are right on my door step mate! You should have come in for a pint in the Moby dick!. They do lovely food at reasonable prices...
    Greenland Dock wjere you were, if you go there at 7am onwards to 9am is the most tranquil place in se London. Love it. It's a nice walk around it and loads off joggers. There use to be a pub in the dock years ago called the wibbly wobbly. I wish it was still there so u could review it.
    Its quite a working man's area but lovely place and beautiful to look at. The red bridges are an icon. One at Surrey quays and one on the river at Rotherhithe Street.

  • @andywrong3247
    @andywrong3247 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Darren did you ever get too handle the jelly or were you more health&safety. You make it sound so much fun,i remember blowing up some massive tree stumps to make way for our rugby pitches powerful stuff.i did a kevin & stayed till the end.i see your ex mate has been ridiculing his subscriber's in his comments section for his grammar.

  • @nanabear85
    @nanabear85 Před 2 měsíci +2

    10 yrs ago !!!!! Who you kiddin i thought you were mid 20s , nevermind my bad 😂😂😂😂

  • @shanewilliams3453
    @shanewilliams3453 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Hi Darren its like Sydney the city is so noisy then you go down to Sydney harbour its a slower pace Shane in Sydney 🦘🇦🇺

  • @4291James
    @4291James Před 2 měsíci +1

    Do you possibly mean the gas works on rotherhithe street Darren? By the river the old pier is still there. The main bit of rotherhithe is further north than where you were iirc

    • @DarrenJohn
      @DarrenJohn  Před 2 měsíci

      No, I mean the oil refinery we dismantled

    • @4291James
      @4291James Před 2 měsíci

      @@DarrenJohn you sure you mean rotherhithe then? There hasn't been an oil refinary there since union oil closed down and I don't think you're that old 🤣

  • @user-sf2vz8ej7k
    @user-sf2vz8ej7k Před 2 měsíci +1

    If you had walked the other way you would have seen the farm.

  • @jaynehopcraft2890
    @jaynehopcraft2890 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Love your videos .. calm and peaceful !@ and also Daisy who is super sexy 🎉❤

  • @ReeceRealeighton-pc4dq
    @ReeceRealeighton-pc4dq Před 2 měsíci +1

    Hi Darren are you going back to tenerife anytime soon

  • @jglasernyc
    @jglasernyc Před 2 měsíci +1

    Who ever said that about London, shouldn't come to New York City! I don't feel that way about either London or New York!

  • @stevenward6453
    @stevenward6453 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Very nice to see peace and quiet in our capital never been Darren northern boy up here in Cumbria what happened to the Harley 👍👍

  • @joshsoprano4096
    @joshsoprano4096 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Darren you've banned me from your other channel???! None of my comments are posting... gutted!

    • @DarrenJohn
      @DarrenJohn  Před 2 měsíci

      CZcams must be blocking you - if you swear or are nasty, it's blocked?

  • @David.W.Kelsey
    @David.W.Kelsey Před 2 měsíci +7

    London is always a magical place, though sometimes I think the changes aren't always for the better, but thanks for the walk Darren 🤗👍

  • @stevecohen8206
    @stevecohen8206 Před 2 měsíci +1

    That Fullers Pub designed to look like a capstan😎👌