The New Forest turns NASTY - VANLIFE UK
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- Join us, Carol & Ken, as we take a trip to the New Forest in our Consort Nova Motorhome called Snoopy.
In this video, with a storm closing in we have to leave our park up to get out of the winds. The forest is so wet and, with roads partially flooded, we head to an open area we know to park safely. A blown fuse changes our plans and we have to move on again.
Back at the coast, a walk nearly ends in disaster as Ken takes a tumble. A comforting meal is called for to end the day!
The next day is Good Friday so traffic causes mayhem at our park up. We take a walk along the shingle spit to explore Hurst Castle and finish the day with one of Ken’s favourite meals.
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Welcome to our channel! We're Carol and Ken, retired professionals turned van life enthusiasts. We share our adventures across the UK and Europe in our camper van, which we have just upgraded to a slightly larger model.
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While we love the freedom of wild camping, we also enjoy supporting local businesses by indulging in delicious local food. Expect to see plenty of one-pan meals and restaurant visits in our videos.
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This episode was filmed 28th-29th March 2024.
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Ken’s very lucky to have an excellent cook
As long as the van is not leaking, it is part of the fun😅
Agreed 👍
So bizarre to watch this whilst we are all sweltering, strangely comforting 🤷♀️Great video as always
Enjoyed the video. Your van looks so cozy when you are all inside and the rain is pouring outside and wind is blowing . Take care .
Thanks 👍
I roared with laughter at the 2 of you when the wind blew Carol’s hat off…….a moment of comedy gold. Glad you stayed safe😀👍
Glad you enjoyed it
I love how y'all take turns cooking 👍👍
I enjoyed the cooking segments. That weather was horrible, but you were cozy on the inside!
As always you deliver fun, good food, and excitement (carols hat blowing away!). Good video. Mary
Cheers 👍
I’m so pleased you decided to get yourself a bigger camper. I was getting quite worried for your health ❤
We are quite pleased as well 😁👍
Snoopy = a safe, cozy haven in a storm ❤
Great vid Carol & Ken 😁
Thanks again for having us along on your journey!
Thanks for watching 🙂
Love the way you are both so creative with your meals. The van is really cosy with that storm howling outside.
This could be the second comment you get from us today ( phone issues)
You were certainly blown about in this one! Wise to move away from the coast. Enjoyed all the cooking in this episode. Sometimes the oddest mixtures taste the best don’t they? Loved the look of that toasty too. Pleased Carol got her hat back. It’s a very nice hat! Some beautiful views once the rain cleared up. Thanks for sharing. ❤😊👍
@@Wizardinthewild thanks for watching and taking the time to comment with phone issues 😊👍
Shared to my Facebook page. Thank you for the video. Have a good day. 😀
Thanks for that Steven ❤️👍
I love your van! It always looks so cozy in bad weather. And the food you make looks so good! Hope you get a break from the rain and wind. Send some rain this way to Colorado where it is so very dry. My mother used to make the peas and onions in a white sauce all the time. . Thank you for the idea!
It would be nice if we could share the rain 👍
Love watching you both… Ken, you have such a lovely soft, beautifully toned voice… have you considered narration for audiobooks etc? Carol, you seem to smile no end no matter the weather you seem to wake up full of joy with an anticipation for the adventures that await you both with another new day! Absolutely love these longer episodes, when we knocking it up to an hour lol?! My wife also (we’re a gay couple), has started asking me if there’s anymore ‘Carol & Ken’ videos on… we didn’t used to tune in to emmerdale as much as you guys!! Keep ‘em coming guys, thick and fast…. Much love ❤❤
I have often been asked if I do narration for books. I have not but maybe I should try. I am not much of a reader sad to say and struggle to find books that can keep me hooked. Carol loves to read. The longer episodes seem to be working well so they are here to stay. Thanks for your support ❤️👍
Sooo relaxing, especially because it's in bad weather!
So much pleasure watching these videos !
Despite the weather conditions your both making it a fun trip & you drove past my Road ( Boscombe) 😊 great video thanks for sharing 😊
I could list to you both all day !!! I love the fact you have a van with more room - you both deserve it ❤
Thank you 🙏
Have you thought of cookbook for vanlife? You're good at being inventive. ❤
Maybe one day ☺️
On NO ! No power is something we dread ( my husband and I) when we free camp here in Australia and like you two we also know who it is that leaves thing running to drain the power it is usually my husband and never ever never me😂. I was really impressed with that hat retrieval young Ken….your right in saying live and learn , we just spent 3 months touring Tasmania here in Australia in our caravan and even after 20years of travelling we still learn a thing or two each time we go away.
Nothing quite as cozy as riding out a storm in the van! Nice save on the hat! Really enjoyed the video as always - my Friday treat! Take care❤
Cheers 👍
Looks and sounds nice and cosy in the van the rain the wind blowing and cooking a meal..my fav channel..thanks Carol n Ken.
Thanks so much ❤️
You could of just bought a soup maker, they are fab , just throw everything in it and it does all the work. Happy travels.
Excellent video as always, hope all is well, take care
All good thanks Peter 🙂
Grrrreat! I love it, cooking et al! 😊 feels like I’m with you. Those sausage tasted lovely! ☺️ 😋
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
Well done Officer Ken for chasing down that fleeing cap, you’ve still got those cop instincts.
😂
@@LifeistooshortCK At least it didn't fight back when you caught it! :)
Jon in rural BC, Canada
OMYGAWD THE HAT IN THE WIND!!! PERFECTION!!!
Steady on you two!!!
BE PEACE!!!
Certainty making good use of the new van xx
Great video as always. It so lovely to see what you can cook up in the van Carol. ❤
Thanks Jeanette 🙂
master cook😀
What great fun for you both, wind, rain and more wind, rain...!! Loved your stick blender idea, I have an older Moulinex one (even came with bracket to hang vertically - must find where it is) I got in Shropshire a few years ago. Can be used for so many, many things and firing moisture all around the place & over yourselves too!! Can also wizz up raw eggs for omelettes/tortillas, whip cream. etc.etc. Just remember to keep the angle & position correct!, not sure Carol would like an egg shampoo. Weather here too has been cool, overcast and damp around 7C daily, no gardening or lawns. The weather and situations you are now experiencing, must find you so chuffed with the Nova, go anywhere in any weather. Take care & stay safe. Kia Ora from New Zealand. 💜💜
You only make a mistake with a blender once 😁👍
So cozy hearing the wind blowing outside while you cooked. Nice meals are part of the small joys of life. Have a great summer ☀️🌸
So true. Thanks, you too ❤️
Well-done guy's another fabulous video, make me laugh when carol's hat was blown away. Love from Caroline Butler ❤
Thanks Caroline 😁👍
Great video. I’ve forgotten all about the 5 months of rain we had now the sun’s shining. I always enjoy seeing what you cook in the van. Delia does a lovely white onion sauce for smoked cod/haddock. You use the poaching milk and add chopped hard boiled egg, delicious. Mind the peas would be nice added too. We sometimes have the Lidl Frikadellen in their panini rolls with cheese and tomato sauce and we call them the Carol and Ken’s 😁. Thanks as always for sharing another entertaining video.
Glad you enjoyed it❤️
great video we too have a routine i do indoors husband does outdoor .
Great hat save Ken. Fast on your feet, committed to the task. You could teach the England team a thing or t two there. Entertaining as always. thanks :)
I thought that wind would tug it away from me so I gave it the full body slam 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK 👏😆🫣
I’ve just found a few frittata recipes to use because the one y’all made looks so good!
Lovely video again guys , awful weather. ....a bit like today's weather here today ,just a bit less windy.
Hope it brightens up for you. Enjoy the rest of your weekend 🙂
Love the cooking segments you guys do. One of my favourite things to do in our van is cook. We’ve also become quite creative to minimise the washing up!!! The packet rices are great. Have started baking in ours with our Omnia oven. My favourite is Eve’s pudding!!! You could bake for sure as you’ve a proper oven in yours! Do you follow vanlife eats. Worth a follow
No we don’t but we will look them up now thanks for the tip 👍
Good job in running for her hat well done 👍👍👍
Take care X X X ❤
Well done ken for the hat save 🙂 I love seeing the rain no matter what time of the year 😊
We never worried about the wind when parked up, and we had a coachbuilt on a few stormy days. Weather forecasts usually exaggerate wind speed, it's always 'up to x miles' which could mean anything 😂. I've never seen a panel van blown over whilst parked up 😂.
I have not seen a van either but I vividly remember my dads caravan and awning being written off down in Cornwall when we went out for the day.
That’s fair old storm … the infamous ‘Ken Tumble’- the old frittata looking good
Hello Ken corol u 2 deserve an Oscar for these vid bloody fantastic take care ❤
Glad you enjoyed it 😁👍
I made a pork roast a few years ago. I didn’t have any apples to make applesauce, so I made a pea sauce. I think it goes so very testily with the pork.
Yummy👍
I’m sure while Carol was talking to Ken about the weather, he had his beady eye on her Toasted sandwich 😂❤
What me ? never 😁👍. I ate her Gregs pie the other day when she took too long in a shop 👍
@@LifeistooshortCK 😂 😂 And from that day on, Carol learnt how to be the quickest shopper in Town 😜❤️
Looking at glass top that we all use as worktop space, I went on the internet and searched for “gaming mouse matts” they come in all sorts of sizes, I found one to cover my combined hob/sink for piece of mind. They roll up tightly when using the hob etc.. 😊
Thanks for the tip 🙂👍
I really enjoy your company. I disabled so it’s lovely seeing you both on your adventures. You’re both so nice. Thankyou x
Glad to have you watching our travels ❤️
Essentials Waitrose celery? That would be Christmas dinner where we are from!
😁👍
Thanks for the enjoyable video, great to see how you face storms with high winds, doing all the cooking at the same time....
Chasing down the escaping hat whilst navigating filming and a storm is exceptional sportsmanship! Onion sauce is my favourite too and it looked delicious with peas, will definitely give that a go in the cooler weather. Thanks for another great video, safe travels both.
Enjoy that sauce 😁👍
A great video Carole and Ken pleased to see you avoided the worst of the storm as I can vouch on the coast was pretty bad as the waves were coming over the harbour wall in Bridlington East Yorkshire.
We wouldn’t have wanted it to be any worse 😅
Hello you two, had to do some catching up😁nice you are all warm and dry. I did a tour de France all the way to Andorra, and up to Sweden now. Hope you are in better weather and enjoy the van with AC. See you and as always, thanks.
All good here. That is a big trip. Enjoy 👍
Toasties a firm favourite in the van. Your fuse issue made us think, must get some spares 👍
They have been added to our emergency kit along with the cable ties and gaffer tape 😄👍
Another nice video Ken and Carol many greetings from Stockholm Sweden
Glad you enjoyed it. Greetings to Stockholm ❤️
Hi guys. Don’t want to sound paranoid but are you somehow listening in to our conversations? We were watching you cook and Claud said, “hmm…Asian rice with a white sauce sounds a bit weird”, and within seconds Carol turns to the camera and says, “I know some of you will be thinking Asian rice and white sauce is a strange combination…” lol. It’s great though seeing all the fancy cooking you’re now doing. Getting very sophisticated! Another very enjoyable watch. Take care x
Yes I placed a listening device in that whopping big camera lens you were rocking when we met 😁👍
Enough on a quiet Sunday morning with a cuppa 🍵 and dunking biscuits 😊🎉
Another great vlog guys and that storm was a strong'n, we were at Setthorns. Your like me with sausages and those are very good 😋
@@stevecarter8846 glad you survived the storm 🙂👍
@@LifeistooshortCK it blow through the coast worse than it did in land, defiantly rough but not as bad as where you were 🌬🌬
I love watching you both, I'm trying to convince my husband to get a campervan now.
Thank you for being so friendly, interesting and true to life. X
We enjoy it a lot. Give it a try 😁👍
I love following your travels, and just your everyday life in the van and on walks etc. You certainly pack a lot in your videos!
Glad you like them!
Folks, have you considered applying RainX or equivalent to the outside of your windows to repel the rain, it might help videoing out the side windows. Enjoying the vids. Bill
I have. Need to get the one that is kind to the windows. It used to work great on my motorcycle visor back in the day.
Enjoyed all the do'ins of you both! Glad the hat was rescued and I think peas can go in just about any lovely sauce! Great job. Those hand held blender are a big time saver for sure.
Thanks so much ❤️
I just love this channel 😍❤
Thank you 🙏
Me too!
When you said Carol was in the loo, with that storm raging, I assumed she was using the one in the van. But no. She's made of sterner stuff than me. :)
I have a hand blender like that, but mine is mostly metal and heavy as all heck for my old arthritic hands. I may trade my son for his cheap plastic one.
I'm surprised you didn't plug the Jackery or the phone into the 12 V socket whilst driving. If you needed navigation plugged in, there's adapters to make one into two or three. I have the three hole one with switches to turn off ones you don't need. It even has a 2 A USB on the plug that goes into the cigarette lighter 12 V socket, and I have a couple of other 12 V to USB plugs I can use.
I have a Bluetti EB70S power box to run my 12 V fridge/freezer (one at a time) and other things for minivan camping. :)
Will your new inverter be big enough to run an Instant Pot? I just made stew in mine and it was so delicious. In my house, not the van. My Bluetti is only 800 W.
Cheers.
Jon in rural BC, Canada
Our inverter will be 1000w. We will be experimenting with a different form of cooking in the future.
Very enjoyable.
Glad you enjoyed it
We had a derecho come through Oklahoma 2 days ago and cause a lot of damage. Storms are getting bad. I don’t remember any storms as a child in England but one time our ferry to France was cancelled due to Gail force winds. Your blender stick would be perfect for blending eggs. To make a soup come together you need a binding agent. 1 teaspoon of corn flour/starch mixed in 3T water, or 1T wheat flour mixed in 3T water but you have to temper it with a cup of soup in a separate bowl so it will not get lumpy, or 1/4 dried potato flakes straight in. I always put a small pinch of cayenne in my soups and it really does not bring heat but it does add something. However, I put garlic and onion in everything so people probably cannot taste any cayenne because of that, lol.
Thanks for the tips 👍
It's a joy to watch you both .you're a lovely couple 🎉 you really enjoy the adventure you are on ❤take care ,stay safe ❤
Thanks so much! 😊
Love watching your video
Thanks Eamonn.
Nice Hat save! Also some good van dinner ideas! Nice one...
The van seems to handle inclement weather quite nicely. That looked delicious. Very nice video.
Hi Larry. The van is doing great 👍
Love your videos❤ thanks for sharing
Good to see you both again, hope that you both are having a great day. Your celery soup looked delicious. What you had ,before looked so yummy.
Thank you! You too!
Great 👍
We were in the Forrest at the same time at Fordingbridge celebrating our Anniversary yes we were out daily walking our collie in amongst the lakes 😂😂😂
I guess you have to walk a dog whatever the weather. Hope you enjoyed your Anniversary in spite of the rain ❤️
Both the meals looked delishious 😋😋😋😋😋
I really enjoy watching this channel and am full of admiration for what you do and the quality of the videos. We are retired and enjoy traveling but we don't have a motorhome. I don't suppose we ever will. Nevertheless I am fascinated by it and have concluded that it is really about food. Discussing where to stop to eat, finding somewhere to eat, rating the food at the cafes/restaurants, shopping for food, buying implements to cook with and cooking in the van. Perhaps travel is really about food rather than the scenery
For Carol it’s all about visiting new places. For me it’s all about the food. I enjoy the locations and telling the story but food is key to me. You have summed up what van life is all about without ever having one. I would be lost without my hobby but Carol would be fine just travelling about 😁👍
That was a very wet and windy trip. Glad you got your hat back OK good job 👏 have a great weekend 😀
Thanks, you too!
Yummy once again!😊x
Just in case you're interested... 😁 The rough white water was probably just wind against tide (outgoing tide in a channel, pushing against the water the wind is blowing the other way) which can be REALLY SCARY when you're in a boat amongst it! And the mast thingys... well, they're called mast stays or shrouds and it's the wire of those shrouds that you hear screaming. That's also REALLY scary when you're on a boat in amongst it! 😂😂 We're definitely going to try out Onion and Pea Sauce. Cheers and thanks again. always enjoy your videos.
Blimey I didn’t know that about the waves. The wind was certainly strong enough. 😁👍
Loved the video.. Many reasons to laugh. I know that area well as use to live there. Stormy seas always dramatic! Have you ever been to Brittany? It appears its very camper friendly and loads of interestingplacesto visit.
Brittany is top of the list at the moment for later this year 👍
Lovely jubbly ❤
Thank You For That Super Video ❤️
You are welcome. 👍
Near to Sammy Miller motorcyclemuseum New Milton !
Never been, must rectify that 👍
Forgot it was Friday, looking forward to watching your adventures this week
Hope you enjoy the video 🙂
Really enjoy your vlogs
Your dinner looks delicious. Have a wonderful evening.
Thank you! You too!
Hi Carol and Ken.Your new hand blender reminded me of my early soup making.Silly me forgot to turn the blender down and I ended up "wearing" the soup (tasted good though).Thank goodness you have quick reactions Ken.Nothing worse than losing a favourite hat and boy was it windy.Safe travels.See you on the next.
You only do that once with a blender 😁👍
Another great video as always that weather looked bad.
It's easy wattage of your appliance (w) W ÷ 12Vdc equals Amps. 😂 etc etc George
Except the maths are difficult to calculate when the blender in question is in the kitchen drawer at home 😂
@@LifeistooshortCK It doesn't change the maths when distance is applied. That's another formula used in the time and space continuum. George 🤣
We love watching you guys you are a pleasure to watch,,
❤Phil/Tina x
Cheers Phil & Tina thanks for watching ❤️
Next time you are back down our way, try Pattersons butchers in Ringwood High Street. Best butcher made sausages and their pubs are delish too. In fact all their meats are scrummy and they even have a fishmongers next door.
Thanks for the tip 🙂👍
Very entertaining 👏 you two are lovely 😍 👌 xx
Thank you both really enjoyed. Iv just done my camper van from scratch by my self learning so much from watching you as to what I really need . Think if I had my time over again I would run every thing off a 2.5 kw power bank with good solar , think it will save gas and you can get an air fryer well done good luck both 👍👍👍🏴🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦🦢
A lot of people are building around a good power bank these days. Simplifies everything. 👍
🥰 the cooking, Carol what do you use in the pan to grill your pieces? They looked 🤩😋 also, love that you have a walk out, great habit to have 💯🤩
Mainly olive oil. Sometimes lard if we remember to take it ☺️
@@LifeistooshortCK thanks 🙏🤩 will give it a try 💯😋
Funny watching this after our mini heatwave! Lovely meals and thanks for the driving tips: rain after a dry spell makes it slippery. Must get a small squeezy bottle for the oil, beats spray fry light! X
Definitely 🙂👍
We continue to enjoy watching you both. Congratulations on getting the new camper sorted. What brand pans do you have, with the removable handle? Thanks
They are Tower Freedom pans. There is a link to them in our Amazon storefront in the video description.
I so enjoyed this. The fuse box in your van is so much easier to get at than mine!! This is one road I will not be visiting. I just simply won’t fit. Now you have given me the idea of the soup. Haven’t made in years . Thank goodness you caught your hat! I’d have to bring you another one!😉
Thanks for watching. The hat is safe and sound 😄❤️