COILED ENCOUNTERS: Pushing our limits - VANLIFE UK
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- Join us, Carol & Ken, as we set out on a new adventure in our Consort Nova Motorhome called Snoopy.
In this first video of the series, after an enjoyable meet up with our friends, Stew & Jane aka Getaway Geese, we visit the Roman city of Wroxeter to see the impressive remains of the bathhouse.
The next day, the hunt is on as we meet Tim & Claud aka A Dog A Day, who take us adder spotting.
We pop into Leeds while having some adjustments made to Snoopy at Consort Motorhomes then it’s time to hit the road and head for Scotland.
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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.
Our goal is to provide a relaxing, honest account of van life, with no scripted drama - just the real, day-to-day experiences of our travels. Many of our viewers find our content calming, and we hope you will too.
We're passionate about wild camping and love to share our knowledge and tips, from staying cool in the van to choosing the right toilet. We're always learning and look forward to sharing our campervanning experiences with you.
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.
We like historical sites, country homes, towns, villages, and the occasional city. We aim to share interesting facts and stories about the places we visit.
We post new videos every Friday at 6pm UK time, sometimes more often.
Our channel is perfect for armchair travellers, those considering a caravan or motorhome, or anyone looking to unwind after a stressful day. If this sounds like you, hit that subscribe button and join us on our journey. Your support, whether through watching our videos, subscribing, or contributing to our 'Buy Me a Coffee' fund, helps to keep our adventures going. We appreciate every bit of it. ❤️
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This episode was filmed 12-16th April 2024.
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You 2 are a breath of fresh air to the madness we here in the US are experiencing! Thank you for being here!
Yes it’s interesting times over there for sure. We hope everything stays safe for you all. The world is crazy at the moment.
Thank you for the video. When I was younger, my friends and I went to a Renaissance Fair. They had a snake handler who did a show. So we all sat in a circle around him and he brought a few snakes to show us. Then at the end of the show, he said that the last one he was going to show us was very dangerous and if it gets away from him don't move because it strikes at movement. He pulled out a king cobra and laid it on the grass. Well, he's talking about it and it slowly starts crawling on the grass in my direction. So I just sat still and didn't move. When it's about 3 feet away it raises up and the hood expands. The guy goes "Whoop!" And grabs it up. As he's holding it , he says to me, "I'm impressed." Then puts it back in the box. Well, I thought that was a funny stunt and I turned to say something to my friends and they had all ran away. I was sitting there by myself. 😮😅
😁👍 You did as you were told😁
another lovely calming vidio to watch of you both love your voices and love to see your dinner's you cook im certainly going to have a go at your mince lamb stew it looked good 😊thank you once again.. keep it up Milly and Al
Hope you enjoy
I enjoy your videos. I'm from Upper East Tennessee, USA. I'm 73 years old retired and I intended to travel but I am raising my youngest grandson, who is 21. He is on the autistim spectrum.. I know we would enjoy the UK, and the rest of Europe with our dogs. I was a police officer in the 80's and 90's and ended as a Court Liaison in social work. I would enjoy the off grid camping. Just wanted to say hello!
Hi there to a fellow police officer. I hope you are enjoying your retirement. I often wonder just how long the UK Government will expect our officers to face deadly threats with just a baton and pepper spray. Morale is rock bottom over here and nobody is joining as a career anymore. 👍
@@LifeistooshortCK
I'm eating a pizza while watching you, because you always make me hungry, when I see your delicious meals 😅. I'm always amazed how construction from past centuries are still here, without all modern technologies, while today many buildings break down after a couple of years. This was a lovely vlog. I'm glad you had a good time with your friends 👍
Enjoy your pizza 👍
OMGOSH IM DOING YHE SAME THING ... Pizza and a LOVEY your of the countryside!!! WELL DONE YOU TWO!!!...I especially love to see you get cozy settled in on a stop, cook a heart-warming meal, watch some tube and enjoy!!!
STEADY ON...PEACE BE WITH YOU on your journeys!!!😊
@@matthewedwards3550 👍
Super video lovely comic asides , I enjoyed the scenery a lot too, thanks both, a lovely way to relax watching a super duo, cheers.
@@Peter-gv2gn glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Another fantastic video i love to watch you both while I'm on dialysis time goes quickly and I can catch up with all you interesting places you both travel. Thanks for doing these videos they keep in entertained and please be safe in all that you both do. 😊
@@georgelippitt7362 thanks for watching. Take care ❤️
I am so happy you are doing Scotland. Verner and I never made it, but I'm on a journey to show him, in spirit. You and Country House Gent, really masses of pearls of wisdom. Yes Ken ,the sun visor is really built for short people! 😅
You could get those chopping boards that fold up at the sides when you've finished chopping. This creates a kind of funnel to tip your veg into the pan without losing any to the hob or floor. All the best to you x
That's a great idea! Thanks ❤️
I always get hungry watching your vids. Lamb stew looks delicious. 😊
Ive started binge watching your vids from the beginning. Thank you for all the info you give on places in our lovely country. Looking back at COVID times seems so strange 🥺
Awesome! Thanks so much for watching ❤️
Great to see you and a good meal as ever ….
What a great day adder hunting with an expert - some great pics - can’t believe how big they are
Thanks for sharing
We always enjoy your company 😁👍
No way on earth you could get me to walk in that field covered in snakes! You were so brave!
Notice my high boots 😁👍
New fear unlocked of letting the dog off the lead with snakes about. Love A Dog a Day though it’s a great channel. They need new vlogs!! ❤
Hi! I am new to your lovely channel. It was suggested a couple of days ago, and it has been a nice and much needed escape from what is the daily stress of life in the USA currently. Thank you!
Welcome! Thanks for watching 🙂
I always imagined Adders to be much smaller but the are quite big. A lovely video as usual. Thanks.
Ditto
Horrible things my first job was for network rail in Dover and the stupid animals would come off the cliffs and lie on the rail lines to sunbath but not be able to sense when a train was coming and get squished on the lines and our job was to scrape them off as they were dangerous to trains
Scotland here 💙 we go, more great content thanks for sharing ken & Carol 😊
@@leenewcome85 thanks for watching 🙂
I think I would want my snake boots if I were walking through that field 😆
I had mine on 😁👍
Ken is food obsessed!! 🎉
Yes. I am hoping to increase to manic later this year 😁👍
I like the longer videos the extra 10 minutes or so makes a difference. When living & working in UK I don’t appreciate what we have in this country.
Good to know 👍
best video you’ve ever made lol. Seriously though you did a perfect job. Was a proper pleasure showing you around. And chatting in the van and over lunch after. Oh…and thank you for not offending the good people of Staffordshire with your oatcakes lol. Take care both x
No oatcake crimes here matey 😁👍
Hi Carol and Ken.Enjoyed this video from Roman buildings to adders and lamb stew.Lots of variety.Thank you for sharing.Safe travels.See you on the next.
Thanks Barbara 👍
On way back from France after 3 weeks, lovely roads, little traffic, no potholes, no stress driving and now the M25 to look forward to, aaaaagh. Lovely video by the way
We know that feeling. 👍
This was fab! A reptile enthusiast myself, found this interesting. It’s lovely seeing adders back in the morning sun to warm up.
We look for them whenever we can now 👍
Happy Anniversary!
Another great video and Thanks for having us along! Thanks for the sample of Carol's 'Buy me a coffee", too.
@@user-il1np6nv6y Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
That new camera gave a great shot of the adder without having to get up close to it 👍
It has a great reach but poor stability and needs bright light. For the price though it will do. I can’t bring myself to pull the trigger on a Sony A7s III and lens.
Those snakes in the bush are hard to see, I’m in Australia and I’m very careful when walking around the bush as im a photographer and love getting off the beaten track..I was wondering if there’s snakes in England, now I know. Great video, cheers Judy
Nowhere near as risky as your snakes 👍
An absolute joy to see those beautiful adders, thank you for such an informative episode.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very fascinating video. Thanks. I grew up by Cannock Chase and we were always warned about the adders, particularly when we went bilberry picking. The Chase, apart from being a royal hunting forest is the site of the iron age fort, Castle Ring.
I don’t often comment but wanted you to say I do enjoy your videos. Hubby and I are between motorhomes. We have been without our wheels for nearly 12 months will still about 6 weeks before we collect our new one. Can’t wait to be living the dream again! Safe travels.
thanks for taking the time to comment. It’s really appreciated and helps the channel. All the best for your new motorhome. No wonder you can’t wait 😁👍.
I really enjoy your videos, thank you. They are always absorbing and relaxing to watch!
Love your videos!! They give me lots of new ideas for places to visit! Thank you. 😊
I've walked Cannock Chase several times and had no idea there were Adders there. Fascinating. Oatcakes best with bacon and cheddar cheese 🙂
@@peca1n will have to try that with the oatcakes, thanks 🙂👍
Great vid. Glad the snakes weren't angered, it looked like they wanted to yawn and stretch out inthe warmth.
No way... I thought it was going to be a case of "oh well, sorry we didn't see any snakes today"....... but they were everywhere! Amazing.
😁👍
During the video you said that one of the reasons you had the inverter fitted was to save gas. I wondered if you have only a small gas cylinder on board?We have found that just using gas for cooking it lasts ages. We don’t heat the water as we always use facility blocks and only use heat on hook up.
Would you say newer vans tend to rely on electricity more as our van has two decent size gas bottles and the fridge,heating, water heating and cooking can all be run on gas ?
Many thanks
Alan.
Was interesting seeing the adders,I’ve only seen two in my life time ..on a common ,in Essex.
Great video, glad you're back in Scotland. We had the same electric kettle until Chris somehow trapped the plug in the bed mechanism!! Completely bent the plug, so in the bin it went. Bought a new electric kettle in Norfolk on the way to Cumbria in May😄🚐. ❤xx
😁👍 Good way to get a new kettle 👍
I was watching your video on where you want to travel, and mentioned some channels you watch may I suggest snow and Curt they travelled all the US and south america but I've been watching them travel in Europe and in particular Slovenia and Bosnia
Thanks for the tip 👍
Not only do I love your adventures, you gave given me new meal ideas. 😊 Thankyou! X
You’re welcome 😊
Jeeze those snakes 🐍 😱 I’d run a mile!! Thanks for chilling me out after a hectic day with another great video
@@Liamf986 hope you were chilled despite the snakes 🐍😂👍
Hi Carol & Ken, Would just like to say thanks for the link to Artlist which i just took advantage of for my own travel channel. I am retired and travelling around in a Nissan NV 200 just like little red but mines grey. I have been doing most of the music myself for my videos but tried your recommendation out for Artlist and signed for a year and used it in my new video and very pleased so thank you and keep them great videos coming.
Thanks for using the link, I got a notification someone had ❤️. Good luck with the channel and enjoy that van 👍
Greetings from Heathrow where we are waiting for our flight home to Aus. We took a short roadtrip in northern Wales during this visit. We’ve never been there before but Wales is definitely on our priority list for when we return next year.
Continued best wishes for more safe and exciting trips for you both.
Hi Helen. Hope you have a smooth flight. That is a very long journey👍
Just recently found your channel. Love it, especially when you are down our way New Forest etc. Lovely seeing places without having to keep eyes on the road as usually driving. Catching up with your other vlogs!
really glad you found us, Valerie. Thanks for watching.❤️
Been in some bad health again unfortunately . Recovering and your mention in the video made me laugh heartily.Thank you so much hope you enjoyed the chocolate. Loving the Snoopy Adventures .
Sorry to hear that Willie. We hope you are on the mend. The chocolate is delicious ❤️👍
Great footage of the snakes. Fantastic.
Loved the video but missed seeing the footage with Jane and Stew, they are other favourites of mine and I loved when you collaborated on videos with them before. Glad you got your inverter sorted. That stew looked delicious, well done. X
We have a meet up where we filmed coming up 👍
@@LifeistooshortCK perfect 😘👍👏
AlwAys an interesting video. I need to google adders now 😁. Thanks for sharing.
If we got you googling we are happy 😁👍
i really enjoy your videos, and i miss little red. you two are so lucky, thanks for sharing and take care
Good stuff👍
Carol's kitchen rocks! Nice Roman site.
Rather you than me walking with all those adders about 😮 Loved the song on the train ❤
I had my big wellies on and everything tucked into my socks. I made sure Carol walked before me 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK 😂😂👏👏
I always worry about people dinging my van, then driving off, whilst parked and the van not attended. To that end, I have been looking for a small power pack that will charge, fed from the cigar lighter and power a dash cam at the same time, most don't. I have been looking a while but I have finally found one. It is a Pifco 4000 mili amp hour small black flat and square power pack, that has two power outlet feeds, bought from home bargains for £6 odd. I can now just turn the ignition off and the dash cam continues to be fed from the power bank automatically, for some considerable time, don't know how long yet ? All without permanently wiring it in and can be moved from vehicle to vehicle. Don't leave it uncovered in the sun though, unless you want an in van barbecue.
Sounds a neat bit of kit 👍
Keep the recipes, coming please I made the smoked mackerel with cream cheese lemon last week and it delish 🤤
Hi Carol and Ken we enjoyed this although Dave saw most of it hidden behind the sofa as he is not a fan of snakes. However we found it fascinating especially how many there were. Hope you are both well and have a great weekend Best wishes Dave and Dawn ❤️
Yes we were surprised by how many we saw 😁👍
Enjoyed you searching for the snakes, very interesting, 1st electric cup of tea 😀.
Good video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you as always, most enjoyable. Love the picture ❤. Love the little red van 😊 but really enjoy watching Snoopy 😊😂. I’m starving now too…😂
Thank you! 😊
Another great video, Your Stew looked yummy, I am loving your channel so much, I look forward to your videos and really enjoy your adventures, Thank you for sharing ❤
@@Craftypumpkin1 thanks for watching. Glad you are enjoying the videos 🙂
What a lovely thing to turn on my television and see a video of yours! Being from the US I am always snake aware, as we have many venomous species. But your adder is so different! I’m not a fan of any of them and I am very impressed at your adventurous spirits! Well done! ❤Nana
Our pleasure!
Great video guys have never seen one in real life lucky you 👍
1:25in gives the illusion its not moving at at over 2000ft per minute huh? I thought St. Patrick kicked the snakes out of Ireland or Scotland, or am I wrong again? Pity he couldn't have been a Aussie 🙄 Nice adda you you added to your memories. The stew looked good, might try it myself sometime. Thanks m8s, doin well, stay vertical Eh!
@@gregbolitho9775 St Patrick did banish the snakes from Ireland. Sadly not from England as well 😂👍
We're so excited that you're finally here. It would be so lovely if we were to bump into you 😉 xx
@@Jaynemee let’s hope so 🤞😊
I work for a local oatcakes shop "Castle oatcakes" I deliver around Newcastle under Lyme. Mostly with a full English and the Eddie Hall special giant oatcake...
Sounds yummy 👍
Great vlog and another good looking one pot dish .. oh and thanks for the idea in the previous vlog with the oil in a drinks bottle, we're on that now, it's a winner 👍
You are welcome👍
As always a great video! Mary
Thank You For That Excellent Video ♥️
You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Wow, what hectic missions you are on. Loved seeing Carol (she who must be obeyed) at the wheel, well done Carol. ❤ Not fond of snakes, after almost stepping on one some time ago, whilst walking barefoot to beach at Sao Pedro De Moel. Interesting meal options, quite mouth watering. Hope the adjustments and additions to Snoopy work and make things easier for you both. Saw in news yesterday here, that you are due for some high temps in coming days/weeks, stay cool. Hope global IT crash has not affected you? I tried uploading a face image yesterday to a BBC site, and it kept changing to a blue rose!! Take care & stay safe. Kia Ora from New Zealand. 💜💜
No ill effects from the Windows nightmare thank goodness 😁👍
Hi carol and ken great video thanks 👍 your stew looks lovely 😊
Thanks so much 🙂
Well, what a lovely long episode, thank you. I have noticed you really love your carrots, don’t you. I can only eat them now and again as they quite literally turn my skin yellow, to the point people think I’m jaundiced! It’s good to know you can take Snoopy back to Consort if he has to have work done; as you will know I have to empty Cheryl every time! 😳
I have heard carrots can have that effect on some people. Yes, Consort have been very good and it’s so handy to stop off on our travels without having to empty the van 🙂
I hope consort is ok after the ongoing riots at the moment
Great video ❤
So do we 👍
Just lovely
Lily O´Brien's chocolates are the best I have ever tried. A chocolate shop here in Lund, Sweden, used to have them, but sadly not anymore. ☹
Inverters. I have a few of them but rarely use them. I am not convinced that a 1000w runing a kettle is a good idea 85amps. But every installation is different. Interested to see how it performs long term . George
Hi I'm interested in this too, why is it possibly not a good idea? Is 85 amps too high, or is it going to run the battery down or what? Obviously Consort knew what they were doing, genuine interest not being an electrician ☝️👍
There is no problem. The battery is designed to deliver far more amps and the inverter is modest by today’s standards. It’s free energy and when that battery is full the solar panels are wasted. 👍
@@jadeybriceIt's better if I do a video on the subject. As it could be several pages of text. George
Hi, lovely vlog. Thank you ❤❤❤
That was a great video Carol an Ken , would you believe I did not know snakes were in England!!
Not a fan of them lol.
Great work on the van. That was Quick to boil the kettle. Hope the weather is better there than here in south east Ireland,it's rotten .
Thank you again,enjoy the rest of weekend.
@@davypeugeot thanks for watching. Yes, we have just one type of poisonous snake here in England. They haven’t been banished like in Ireland 😁
Fantastic my three favourite CZcams channels in one go! But I am a bit bias as an autocamper owner. 😊
@@richardayres2949 we won’t hold it against you 😂👍
Hi Carol and Ken 👋
I'm back, I've spent the last two days playing catch up.
Been on my annual trip to Europe.
Spent two weeks with friends in Poland, then headed for Austria via the Czech Republic. Arriving at a lovely campsite over looking lake Thiersee. This is where it all went horribly wrong. I found myself on the floor of the van. I managed to raise the alarm for help from the family next door. That was the last thing I remember until someone spoke to me in hospital and said I
.had been a sleep for four weeks.
I had a severe lung infection (sepsis) and my kidneys had shut down. I spent a total of eight weeks in the Austrian hospital before being flown back to the UK where I spent five days in Reading hospital before getting home. Very scary when being a solo traveller.
Kermit is being transported back in the next few days.
This really highlights the importance of having medical and vehicle insurance.
I've missed you guys, but I'm upto date now and looking forward to your adventures in Scotland. 👍🐸
Blimey you have been through the mill. Very glad to hear you are on the mend. Couldn’t agree more about having the right level of insurance cover. We wish you a speedy recovery ❤️👍
Oh , always that good music ❤❤❤
That was so interesting. Just trying to work out the sunstrike. It is when we drive South in New Zealand, and when you drive North in Great Britain.
Yes. I had to look up ‘sunstrike’. Amazed that I have not heard that term before especially as I used to deal with road crashes. I always called it glare 🙂👍
@@LifeistooshortCK of course, in the morning, it is when driving East, and I should I said West for the evening. Forget NZ is on an angle!
Another cracking video. We love your new van ❤. Have a great weekend 🤙🏽
Hi there. Thanks. We are so much more comfortable now. Should have started with this size 😁. Hope you are both well 👍
It was all going so well. We were happily watching your video. Blue was snoring away, diazepam kicked in and then...you opened a packet of chocolates!! Honestly, we swear he can hear packets being opened from the garden! No more snoring. He was bolt upright looking around...who's got it 😅😅
we’re going to randomly start shouting chocolate in our videos 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK 😆 it's not chocolates...he thought cheese packet 😆😆🐕
Evening From Midhurst! Much enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.
Another interesting vlog with you two! Looking forward to seeing your Scotland trip - that wasn’t stew that you had, you’re in Scotland now, it’s mince n tatties (even with lamb mince!). Looked grand mmm. x
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Cannock Chase, lovey place x
Great Vid Carol & Ken 😁
@@karenchapman2561 Thanks for watching ❤️
Lovely blog guys. The snakes were really interesting. Nice of them to show you. Would be hard to spot otherwise. Pleased consort sorted you out. We love our inverter so I’m sure you will be pleased with it. Thanks again.
Ps my second attempt at commenting. God knows where the first went. 😂
CZcams at its finest losing comments 😁👍
Great video.
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Lovely video very enjoyable. Xx
Great video. Thanks.
Hi Larry. We hope the battle is going well. 👍
@@LifeistooshortCK so far so good. Thanks so much.
Love it all you are such a joy to watch ❤❤❤❤
thank you very much, Stella ❤️
We're currently on Mull where you have to be careful in longer grass as they have adders too!
Feels odd to see our hot sticky faces in Singapore when we've spent today (mid July) in cagoules! N&Nx
Enjoy Mull 👍
I have the biggest phobia of snakes even when they are in books or on a screen I feel sick and anxious…Cannock Chase looks a beautiful place but it won’t be somewhere I will be visiting soon there were loads of them 😱😱😱
@@sweigh72 you would never know they were there if you weren’t looking for them 😁
Lovely
Coming across them adders I'd of past out , I'm petrified of snakes , love watching your travels though , loved little red but snoopy is my favourite
We prefer snoopy as well. We would have avoided the snakes before but being with Tim and Claude showed us just how docile they are. In long grass though it pays to look carefully.
❤❤❤❤ so much vlogs video good
Cheers ❤️
As always good show .
No, just no! Here in snake country where I live, you wear Snake Boots, or snake chap things. Our Copper Heads are are plentiful, so I never walk in woods or fields. Rattlesnakes are plentiful too!
good vid on travels keep up the vlogs thanks lee
Great 👍
You're lamb stew looked very tasty.😊
You wouldn’t want to be doing this Down Under with our snakes 😂They scare me.🏴🇬🇧🇦🇺Enjoying your travels 🤗
@@leslieelizabeth219 and the spiders 😱