I used to sit up those cliffs all the time, just looking out over the channel. Also used to ride my bike across them to past the lighthouse for work almost every day.
Honestly… well done for diving in at the deep end. Other side of the road, manual when you’re not used to it, and in central London to boot. Truth is it ain’t that difficult but it puts a lot of people off so kudos to you for going for it! Says a lot for your spirit of adventure!
Dover, my home town. Hope you enjoyed the visit. On a really clear day, France appears to be almost within touching distance. With a good pair of binoculars it's possible to read the time on the town square clock.
Thank you so much for watching!! Dover was amazing! I wish we had arrived earlier in the day! Got lost a few times leaving London. We didn’t get a chance to explore more of the WW II history of the White Cliffs.
Man not only are you driving on the wrong side of the car, and the road and it's a manual you're not used to. You're driving in London as well! I am from London and even for us London driving is seen as a nightmare and a lot of people from outside the city won't drive in the city will only use trains etc, so well done!!
As someone who grew up in Dover i am always drawn to these videos. When I was young, and lived not far below the Castle it was free to go into the grounds and the Keep was 1 shilling and sixpence to go in, easily paid for with pocket money. The WW2 stuff wasn't developed for tourists then, and adventurous school children would sneak in to explore unofficially. There are new roads to the docks which cut through areas of the cliffs, which were free to go on and explore. I used to go down that zigzag path you can see on the cliff. You had to climb a rope down the last 10 feet or so, but the bay had a wreck and was great for rockpooling. I found a canon ball in one rock pool once. There were still bits of live ordnance lying about in those days. Most people just whizzed through the place to go on the ferries, so it is lovely its history is being feted a bit more. Even as a child I loved the history of the place.
Oh My Gosh!!! What cool stories!! Thank you for sharing!! I didn’t about the Zig Zag paths until after watching my drone video. We wish we would have known cuz it would have been cool to walk down. Once again…..Thank You for the comments. Stay tuned for more London videos.
You sound to be of a similar era to myself. I too remember being able to visit the castle ground for free, and exploring all the old WWII tunnels that are in abundance around the Dover area. My favourite was the old Napolean fort up by the borstal.
@@delboy1727 I was geared up to be in a group which were going to clear the grounds of the Napoleonic Fort, but it was called off at the last minute because an unexploded bomb was found there. I actually never went to that fort in all the time I lived there.
Yes!!!! We always want to make sure we honor the local customs and pronounce words as the locals do. Thank you so much for the commenta and watching! We’re headed back to the UK in 4 weeks. This time going to Scotland. So excited!!
@@anitaandaladventures5161Scone is pronounced "Skon" and not "Skone". It is an ancient cake and there is no way RP English was enacted when King Alfred burned his cakes.
Well done for being brave and driving the manual car, on the wrong side of the road for you, in London. Brave fella! I would love to have been a fly on the wall when your rang the rental firm and asked about engaging reverse. Their faces!!! Great video. I'm now subscribed. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Thank you so much for subscribing!!! Here’s what we did not capture on video (unfortunately): 1. The 6-8 times we missed our turnoffs from the many roundabouts. 2. The stress it caused us trying to get back on track after missing turnoffs from roundabouts. We would do it all over again! We thoroughly enjoyed our first trip to the UK!!!!
I’m from Kent. Lived and worked for many years in Dover. Walked those cliffs many times and still find them beautiful. I live in Hampshire now so it’s nice to see these types of video :)
Thank you so much for sharing your comments. My wife and I love WW2 history. Her mom and dad were stationed in England from 1952 - 1955. The Cliffs are absolutely stunning!!!!!!
Hi guys, thank you for putting so much time into making these videos, I am really enjoying watching them and have subscribed. As a London native I am always fascinated to see what people make of the city. Well done driving in manual and on the right side of the road Al, I was nervous for you there for a moment!
Your comments just motivated us more to produce even better videos. My wife and I are newbies but we push for excellence. Thank you, thank you, thank you from across the pond!!!!!
@@anitaandaladventures5161 You are braver than me as I will never drive on the Right Hand Side . :) I have Subscribed and enjoyed that but as a South East Londoner, who for the last 40 years as lived right on the Border of S E London and Kent, where,of course, Dover is,, I have NO IDEA of your route in my 68 years experience. lol Through THe Blackwall Tunnel and straight down The A2 which passes my house and after 30 minutes becomes The M( Motorway 2) so the Blackwall Tunnel from North or East London to , immediately, joins A2/M2 straight to Dover and misses most of London's traffic.
Thank you!!! Not too bad for a novice drone pilot fighting English Channel winds and sporatic loss of GPS connectivity. We thoroughly enjoyed filming the beauty of the Cliffs and the history behibd them for the UK!
It was in NY 20+ years ago I first came across an electric parking brake. Driving there was easier than London though. I have driven in Europe as well, it’s great driving most countries over there.
Thank you, Helen! We appreciate the view and comment! It was so much fun and a challenge driving London that we’re heading back! Going to Scotland on Thursday and we’ll be in London a week or so later!!
Dan Holland WOW! That’s awesome! We were so glad we stopped there. What a cool town!! Thanks for the correct spelling of the supermarket. I enjoyed seeing all the chimneys on the houses (so British).
I've been to America some years ago and rented out an American car where the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car and so was all the gears of the gear stick. Driving on the wrong side of the road was absolutely strange plus your motorway service stations are tiny, which I couldn't believe it as they say that everything is big in America, our service stations are massive in the UK compared to America and we have a hell of a lot less motorists here in the UK compared to the United States. I loved some of the places that I visited especially one which was on my bucket list and that was Cape Canaveral. Since I was a small boy watching the moon landing in 1969 I was absolutely hooked on NASA and Space. I got to live out my boyhood dream in 2000 when I visited Cape Canaveral and went on all there tours also seeing the space station being built in there giant work shop was like being a child in a sweet shop, but the thing that blew me away was the Gemini Rocket, it is massive and absolutely beautiful and I did shed a tear as I was that 5 year old boy back in 1969. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing! And also thankful for understanding when driving mechanics are reversed. We thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and would do it all over again! Loved the UK!!!!
Usually the car handbook is in the glove compartment of teh car, so you can look there for how to work things. Also dont get caught talking into phone or camera even if your passenger is holding it, brings a £3,000 fine wih it. Motorway driving, dont stay in middle lane unless roadsigns say. Left lane is driving lane, middle and outside are overtaking only. Again you can be stopped for this. Great videos.
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches Congratulations, you said nothing helpful. Rare as it is, you can be pulled over for not keeping left on a motorway, particularly if you are going noticeably more slowly than other traffic, so the advice above stands. Also, as you admitted, you can be done for 'due care and attention' if a police officer decides you were focused on a camera not the road, so again, the advice stands. What's the point of being pedantic when Achievable Bodies is offering helpful advice on how to drive within the UK traffic rules?
You're not only on the curb, you were also in the bus lane - not allowed. Oops! Mind you the first time I had a hire car in the U.S. I spent an hour working out how an automatic gear shift worked, round a fairly empty mall parking lot. And I still couldn't grasp the 'turn to the right at will' rule. So you're not alone!
Lesley….thank you for your understanding!! Thank you also for watching the video. We had so much fun driving in London with a manual. We will be posting more of our London videos. We appreciate you!!
Not only that , in the tunnel you were driving in the right lane and had the trucks faster than you. You should always prefer the left lane. Not just a preferance it is actually a rule! Police can sometimes stop people for this
that narrow traffic lane looked like a cycle-only lane in towns and cities the rental co will pass on any fines for violations. in the UK you have to specify an automatic car
You went to Dover, did you visit the castle? Dover castle is one of the most impressive castles in England and even has a Roman tower. Dover castle has been a military installation for almost 1800 years from the Romans and up to the cold war. The roman light house was built in the 2nd century AD.
You are braver than me as I will never drive on the Right Hand Side . :) I have Subscribed and enjoyed that but as a South East Londoner, who for the last 40 years as lived right on the Border of S E London and Kent, where,of course, Dover is,, I have NO IDEA of your route in my 68 years experience. lol Through THe Blackwall Tunnel and straight down The A2 which passes my house and after 30 minutes becomes The M( Motorway 2) so the Blackwall Tunnel from North or East London to , immediately, joins A2/M2 straight to Dover and misses most of London's traffic.
Your post made my wife and I laugh out load!!! Thank you so much for subscribing to our channel!!! Us silly Americans were just following GPS. Would have loved missing London traffic and all the “Lovely” roundabouts!!! We got lost on several roundabouts. Hence, arriving at the Cliffs and hour or two before sunset.
@@anitaandaladventures5161 Thanks,My Friends. I got confused by our friend saying you stopped at Sainsbury's Supermarket Car Park, Eltham , which is only 2 miles from me, but that seems crazy as it is a straight road from THe Tunnel onto The A2 which becomes the M2 around 20 minutes outside London and I would have thought, given the London traffic that you would want to quickly go onto Dover. lol Good Luck and Jappy Motoring 😀
Twp useful stops on the way to (or from Dover), Rochester, where I was born and raised which has a Norman Castle, a medieval cathedral next to it and is a shrine to Charles Dickens as he based so many of his novels there. The other stop off is Canterbury with its unparalleled Cathedral. Maybe, next time.
YES! We wanted to stop in Canterbury! However, since we got lost so many times from missing turnoffs from roundabouts in London we took longer getting to Dover. Wished we would have captured that on video!
Btw how did you find roundabouts, especially the big multi-lane ones. THOSE are sometimes hard for UK drivers as well. The US has like…what..7 roundabouts in total?😂
How did we find roundabouts??? They were absolutely confusing especially the much larger roundabouts that had many entry and exits? They definitely made driving in the UK challenging! Om several roundabouts we missed our exits and wound up circling around a time or two. We enjoyed the challenge!!! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!! We appreciate you!!
AM. Thank you for watching our video!! We appreciate it so much! Lots of time goes in to editing our videos. Yes, it does seem we Uber’d quite a bit. Wanted to ride the Underground much more (since I’m from NYC). Unfortunately, with reservations/tickets at different London attractions and running late, Uber was a quick way to get somewhere without getting lost. The Tube was a lot of fun to ride (watch in later videoes).
True! I guess having driven in the U.S. we’re used to having proper clearance. We just didn’t want to have an accident or hurt anyone. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Loved the UK!!!
Thank you so much!!!! We were in England for just 5 days. Silly me didn’t get any drone footage while in London. We’re from the U.S. and had to get a license to fly the drone. We appreciate your comments!!!
@@anitaandaladventures5161 aha ok. Theres lots of other popular places to visit round the UK. Its just having time. Any city/town you can easy spend 3 or 4 days in if touring the country. Other popular places in England are Liverpool, Manchester, Cornwall, Whitby, Bath, The Cotswold, York and The Peak District to name a few. They all have their own identity and local landmarks. Even London itself has so much to see. Not far from London, is the incredible Kew Gardens, which you can legit spend all day walking round its so big and varied. Aswell as local exhibits such as the London Dungeons, where you learn about Jack the Ripper and stuff like that Hope you get to come back and see more 😊
@@anitaandaladventures5161 Be careful using your drone here in the UK. We have certain rules and regulations relating to safety and privacy that you must adhere to. BTW, here a "Stick shift" is called a "Gear lever". Had it been me, I would have taken a train on the High Speed Line (HS1) from London St Pancras to Dover Priory. About the same price as car rental, fuel and parking (if not less) but a whole lot less hassle and far more comortable. Plus .... you get a much better view of the lovely countryside out of the window. 😃
@@anitaandaladventures5161 If you had the sub 250 gm mini drone you can fly them practically anywhere apart from airports and prisons. A civil aviation app shows you any excluded areas. There are no height restrictions and the only advice is that you need to be mindful of people. They are so light that I doubt that you would even notice getting hit by one. However, the quality of the images is amazing.
@@andypandy9013 The sub 250 gm drone is classed as a toy and has very few restrictions and can be flown almost anywhere apart from prisons and airports, subject to checking the CAA app in the case for instance there is a known helicopter landing in the area.
As someone has already mentioned dont stay in the centre lane on Motorways, other than that hope you have enjoyed your trip,also on Dual Carriageways stay left un less overtaking.
@@anitaandaladventures5161 I presume you got authority from the port authority to fly the drone there? I've requested to fly there but been refused and didn't fancy going to jail. ☹️
Ha! That’s funny! We live in Fort Lauderdale Florida and there are people here that don’t go to the beach. Thank you for watching and commenting! You have a beautiful country!!
@@anitaandaladventures5161 I live about an hour to the west in Hastings. Look up the history, I think you would find it interesting. Just type in the Battle of Hastings 1066.
Us Brits are used to driving 'on the wrong side of the road' as we drive so easily all over Europe and elsewhere. It is called 'The River Thames' and not 'The Thames River' ... It's 'SAINSBURY' not 'SANSBURY' ...
@@anitaandaladventures5161 Thanks! Everywhere in Dover is cool apart from the town. I've taken my car by ferry over to France and Belgium many times for what we call 'The Booze Cruise' £20 per car return including occupants. ... Wine and beer was so much cheaper in Calais as their taxes were low. A litre bottle of sparkling wine was £1 and a tray of half litre 24 cans of beer was £6. I used to bring back 500 cans of beer and 200 bottles of various wines every few months. It's not worth it now though as they raised their prices too much. Dover Castle is fabulous inside. It's interiors have been restored with the King's bedchamber, and other rooms, plus the vast tunnels below the castle.
@@anitaandaladventures5161 Four on the floor - and one more! Driving in London is a nightmare at the best of times, but taking on a manual gear change AND the whole wrong side of the road / car thing - that's HUGE! Brave move. good on ya!
Now why would you be terrified of driving on the left when the steering wheel is on the right and all the other traffic is driving on the left (well, mostly it does)? If all the traffic was driving on the left and you decided to drive on the right... that WOULD be terrifying.
Thanks for the comments! We appreciate it. We just wanted to make sure we didn’t get into an accident or hurt someone. Loved the UK! As the Brits say, “Brilliant!”
@DaChaGee thank you soo much for watching!! Driving in the UK was so much fun!! So much fun that we’re going back in 5 weeks. This time we’re renting a car from Edinburgh to drive through the Highlands!
The fact you had to phone the rental company to ask how you find reverse gear tells me you should not even be attempting to drive in the UK. The fact you kept kerbing it is also a concern.
Hi moleyfish54! Thx for the comments! We appreciate you! Once we figured out reverse and only curbed once or twice we were fine and safe. Driving through London to Dover was so much fun!!
There are people that will give driving a rental car in the wrong side of the road and people that won't try. Good on them for trying. When I go to the US I'm always scraping the tyres on the curb at some point within the first mild or so - it's easy to forget there's do.much csr on the other side. As for checking out the functions of the rental car before you set off - yeah, everybody SHOULD do that but almost nobody does.
5:33.... KEEP LEFT! Otherwise you're lane hogging. It's no different to the appalling lane discipline in the USA. Most drivers can't stand lane hoggers and people who don't stay in the correct lane!
Thank for the view. We appreciate it. We were trying to be respectful of all the local traffic laws. England was so wonderful to visit that we’re going back this May. Can’t wait!
On a dual carriageway, or motorway, you KEEP LEFT unless there's lane filtering (i.e signs above the lanes specifying which lanes you should be in for which destination or road). Otherwise it's "lane hogging" and is hated by almost all drivers in the UK. @@anitaandaladventures5161
Alright calm down Captain Language. Words are different sometimes. Guess what they call a bonnet. A hood. What? My coat has a hood. Go after those people that say literally too much. "I literally flew around the moon last night". No you didn't. You just had some mushrooms that's all. Lol.
Precisely how many UK drivers when in the USA or on European roads make such an almighty fuss about having to be on the other side of the road? My estimate is ZERO.
They'll be be blue birds over the white cliffs of Dover. Which is strange because we don't have Blue birds none the less Vera was the forces sweetheart forever RIP Dame Vera Bless you sweetheart
It would have been fascinating to video some blue birds. I believe we spotted frigate birds??? Our hearts are wormwd that you watched and commented! “Brilliant!!”
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I used to sit up those cliffs all the time, just looking out over the channel. Also used to ride my bike across them to past the lighthouse for work almost every day.
Honestly… well done for diving in at the deep end. Other side of the road, manual when you’re not used to it, and in central London to boot.
Truth is it ain’t that difficult but it puts a lot of people off so kudos to you for going for it! Says a lot for your spirit of adventure!
Ed…thank you so much for watching our video and commenting!! We appreciate you very much!
Dover, my home town. Hope you enjoyed the visit. On a really clear day, France appears to be almost within touching distance. With a good pair of binoculars it's possible to read the time on the town square clock.
Thank you so much for watching!! Dover was amazing! I wish we had arrived earlier in the day! Got lost a few times leaving London. We didn’t get a chance to explore more of the WW II history of the White Cliffs.
Good on you driving in central London, not always easy, even for a local 👍🇬🇧
As you Brits say, “Brilliant!” Love that word. Thank you so much for the heartfelt comments!!!!!!!
Man not only are you driving on the wrong side of the car, and the road and it's a manual you're not used to. You're driving in London as well! I am from London and even for us London driving is seen as a nightmare and a lot of people from outside the city won't drive in the city will only use trains etc, so well done!!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting!! We appreciate you!
@@anitaandaladventures5161 Thank you! Keep the videos coming & happy holidays! :)
Will do! Working on more videos! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your family!!
@XclusiveAaron the only thing that stops me from diving in London is not fear of the driving, its the fear of ulez and congestion charges
London driving is not seen as a nightmare for us Londoners. And he's not driving on the wrong side.
As someone who grew up in Dover i am always drawn to these videos. When I was young, and lived not far below the Castle it was free to go into the grounds and the Keep was 1 shilling and sixpence to go in, easily paid for with pocket money. The WW2 stuff wasn't developed for tourists then, and adventurous school children would sneak in to explore unofficially. There are new roads to the docks which cut through areas of the cliffs, which were free to go on and explore. I used to go down that zigzag path you can see on the cliff. You had to climb a rope down the last 10 feet or so, but the bay had a wreck and was great for rockpooling. I found a canon ball in one rock pool once. There were still bits of live ordnance lying about in those days. Most people just whizzed through the place to go on the ferries, so it is lovely its history is being feted a bit more. Even as a child I loved the history of the place.
Oh My Gosh!!! What cool stories!! Thank you for sharing!! I didn’t about the Zig Zag paths until after watching my drone video. We wish we would have known cuz it would have been cool to walk down. Once again…..Thank You for the comments. Stay tuned for more London videos.
You sound to be of a similar era to myself. I too remember being able to visit the castle ground for free, and exploring all the old WWII tunnels that are in abundance around the Dover area. My favourite was the old Napolean fort up by the borstal.
@@delboy1727 I was geared up to be in a group which were going to clear the grounds of the Napoleonic Fort, but it was called off at the last minute because an unexploded bomb was found there. I actually never went to that fort in all the time I lived there.
Good fun. Thank You. And you said Scone correctly 🙂
Yes!!!! We always want to make sure we honor the local customs and pronounce words as the locals do. Thank you so much for the commenta and watching! We’re headed back to the UK in 4 weeks. This time going to Scotland. So excited!!
@@anitaandaladventures5161Scone is pronounced "Skon" and not "Skone". It is an ancient cake and there is no way RP English was enacted when King Alfred burned his cakes.
Well done for being brave and driving the manual car, on the wrong side of the road for you, in London. Brave fella! I would love to have been a fly on the wall when your rang the rental firm and asked about engaging reverse. Their faces!!! Great video. I'm now subscribed. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Thank you so much for subscribing!!! Here’s what we did not capture on video (unfortunately):
1. The 6-8 times we missed our turnoffs from the many roundabouts.
2. The stress it caused us trying to get back on track after missing turnoffs from roundabouts.
We would do it all over again! We thoroughly enjoyed our first trip to the UK!!!!
Driving in London! Love it! Thanks for your adventures! Keep them coming!
I’m from Kent. Lived and worked for many years in Dover. Walked those cliffs many times and still find them beautiful. I live in Hampshire now so it’s nice to see these types of video :)
Thank you so much for sharing your comments. My wife and I love WW2 history. Her mom and dad were stationed in England from 1952 - 1955. The Cliffs are absolutely stunning!!!!!!
Hi guys, thank you for putting so much time into making these videos, I am really enjoying watching them and have subscribed. As a London native I am always fascinated to see what people make of the city. Well done driving in manual and on the right side of the road Al, I was nervous for you there for a moment!
Your comments just motivated us more to produce even better videos. My wife and I are newbies but we push for excellence. Thank you, thank you, thank you from across the pond!!!!!
@@anitaandaladventures5161 You are braver than me as I will never drive on the Right Hand Side . :) I have Subscribed and enjoyed that but as a South East Londoner, who for the last 40 years as lived right on the Border of S E London and Kent, where,of course, Dover is,, I have NO IDEA of your route in my 68 years experience. lol
Through THe Blackwall Tunnel and straight down The A2 which passes my house and after 30 minutes becomes The M( Motorway 2) so the Blackwall Tunnel from North or East London to , immediately, joins A2/M2 straight to Dover and misses most of London's traffic.
Sweet drone shots!
Thank you!!! Not too bad for a novice drone pilot fighting English Channel winds and sporatic loss of GPS connectivity. We thoroughly enjoyed filming the beauty of the Cliffs and the history behibd them for the UK!
It was in NY 20+ years ago I first came across an electric parking brake. Driving there was easier than London though. I have driven in Europe as well, it’s great driving most countries over there.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting!!!! We appreciate you! Stay tuned for more London videos in the next week.
I wouldn't drive in Central London and I'm a Brit 😂 Well done!
Thank you, Helen! We appreciate the view and comment! It was so much fun and a challenge driving London that we’re heading back! Going to Scotland on Thursday and we’ll be in London a week or so later!!
LOL that was the Sainsburys in Eltham where I grew up
Dan Holland WOW! That’s awesome! We were so glad we stopped there. What a cool town!! Thanks for the correct spelling of the supermarket. I enjoyed seeing all the chimneys on the houses (so British).
Where do you live now Dan?
I never reallised that was Eltham and I have lived next to it for 39 years..lol
I've been to America some years ago and rented out an American car where the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car and so was all the gears of the gear stick. Driving on the wrong side of the road was absolutely strange plus your motorway service stations are tiny, which I couldn't believe it as they say that everything is big in America, our service stations are massive in the UK compared to America and we have a hell of a lot less motorists here in the UK compared to the United States. I loved some of the places that I visited especially one which was on my bucket list and that was Cape Canaveral. Since I was a small boy watching the moon landing in 1969 I was absolutely hooked on NASA and Space. I got to live out my boyhood dream in 2000 when I visited Cape Canaveral and went on all there tours also seeing the space station being built in there giant work shop was like being a child in a sweet shop, but the thing that blew me away was the Gemini Rocket, it is massive and absolutely beautiful and I did shed a tear as I was that 5 year old boy back in 1969. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing! And also thankful for understanding when driving mechanics are reversed. We thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and would do it all over again! Loved the UK!!!!
We usually put river before the actual name ie: River Thames or suppose the definite article is ok too.
Ha! 😂 Thank you for the correction. You’re
Absolutely correct…River Thames. Loved London!!! Must go back. Working on another London video. Stay tuned.
Usually the car handbook is in the glove compartment of teh car, so you can look there for how to work things. Also dont get caught talking into phone or camera even if your passenger is holding it, brings a £3,000 fine wih it. Motorway driving, dont stay in middle lane unless roadsigns say. Left lane is driving lane, middle and outside are overtaking only. Again you can be stopped for this. Great videos.
Great tips! Thank you for the compliment on the video. We are working on two more London videos. We appreciate watching!!
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches Congratulations, you said nothing helpful. Rare as it is, you can be pulled over for not keeping left on a motorway, particularly if you are going noticeably more slowly than other traffic, so the advice above stands. Also, as you admitted, you can be done for 'due care and attention' if a police officer decides you were focused on a camera not the road, so again, the advice stands. What's the point of being pedantic when Achievable Bodies is offering helpful advice on how to drive within the UK traffic rules?
You're not only on the curb, you were also in the bus lane - not allowed. Oops! Mind you the first time I had a hire car in the U.S. I spent an hour working out how an automatic gear shift worked, round a fairly empty mall parking lot. And I still couldn't grasp the 'turn to the right at will' rule. So you're not alone!
Lesley….thank you for your understanding!! Thank you also for watching the video. We had so much fun driving in London with a manual. We will be posting more of our London videos. We appreciate you!!
Not only that , in the tunnel you were driving in the right lane and had the trucks faster than you. You should always prefer the left lane. Not just a preferance it is actually a rule! Police can sometimes stop people for this
that narrow traffic lane looked like a cycle-only lane in towns and cities the rental co will pass on any fines for violations. in the UK you have to specify an automatic car
Thank Ian! We appreciate the comments. So far no fines mailed to us. Phew! Appreciate you watching!!
Well driven but remember stay in the left lane unless overtaking or preparing to turn right. 👌
Thanks for watching and the comments!
You went to Dover, did you visit the castle? Dover castle is one of the most impressive castles in England and even has a Roman tower. Dover castle has been a military installation for almost 1800 years from the Romans and up to the cold war. The roman light house was built in the 2nd century AD.
No way! Awesome! We just simply ran out of time. Would have been super cool to visit! Thank you so much for watching!
You are braver than me as I will never drive on the Right Hand Side . :) I have Subscribed and enjoyed that but as a South East Londoner, who for the last 40 years as lived right on the Border of S E London and Kent, where,of course, Dover is,, I have NO IDEA of your route in my 68 years experience. lol
Through THe Blackwall Tunnel and straight down The A2 which passes my house and after 30 minutes becomes The M( Motorway 2) so the Blackwall Tunnel from North or East London to , immediately, joins A2/M2 straight to Dover and misses most of London's traffic.
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Your post made my wife and I laugh out load!!! Thank you so much for subscribing to our channel!!!
Us silly Americans were just following GPS. Would have loved missing London traffic and all the “Lovely” roundabouts!!! We got lost on several roundabouts. Hence, arriving at the Cliffs and hour or two before sunset.
@@anitaandaladventures5161 Thanks,My Friends.
I got confused by our friend saying you stopped at Sainsbury's Supermarket Car Park, Eltham , which is only 2 miles from me, but that seems crazy as it is a straight road from THe Tunnel onto The A2 which becomes the M2 around 20 minutes outside London and I would have thought, given the London traffic that you would want to quickly go onto Dover. lol Good Luck and Jappy Motoring 😀
On a clear night sitting on those cliffs you can see the headlights from the French cars across the Channel .
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Charge to go onto the clifftop? Not in my day, there wasn't! 😁
Still getting the hang of this being old lark but it weren't like that back in my day!
Hi Ian! Thank you for watching! Appreciate you. I think the charge was to park the car.
Twp useful stops on the way to (or from Dover), Rochester, where I was born and raised which has a Norman Castle, a medieval cathedral next to it and is a shrine to Charles Dickens as he based so many of his novels there. The other stop off is Canterbury with its unparalleled Cathedral. Maybe, next time.
YES! We wanted to stop in Canterbury! However, since we got lost so many times from missing turnoffs from roundabouts in London we took longer getting to Dover.
Wished we would have captured that on video!
As I said, maybe next time.
Claro primo.. diferente al conducir...
Un saludo Anita y Alfonso
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Btw how did you find roundabouts, especially the big multi-lane ones. THOSE are sometimes hard for UK drivers as well. The US has like…what..7 roundabouts in total?😂
How did we find roundabouts??? They were absolutely confusing especially the much larger roundabouts that had many entry and exits? They definitely made driving in the UK challenging! Om several roundabouts we missed our exits and wound up circling around a time or two. We enjoyed the challenge!!!
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Why did you uber everywhere? Must of been expensive! I saw you were staying right by Queens Park station?
AM. Thank you for watching our video!! We appreciate it so much! Lots of time goes in to editing our videos. Yes, it does seem we Uber’d quite a bit. Wanted to ride the Underground much more (since I’m from NYC). Unfortunately, with reservations/tickets at different London attractions and running late, Uber was a quick way to get somewhere without getting lost. The Tube was a lot of fun to ride (watch in later videoes).
What do you do in the US if driving without a passenger? Who checks for clearance on the right hand side?
True! I guess having driven in the U.S. we’re used to having proper clearance. We just
didn’t want to have an accident or hurt anyone. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Loved the UK!!!
Nice vid 👍
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The correct side of the road in a Manuel gearbox car
Awesome!! Thank for you for sharing your experiences on the White Cliiffs!!! Wished we could have spent more time there than a few hours. Lovely!!
Really nice aerial views in Dover👌 was you visiting anywhere else in the UK?
Thank you so much!!!! We were in England for just 5 days. Silly me didn’t get any drone footage while in London. We’re from the U.S. and had to get a license to fly the drone.
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@@anitaandaladventures5161 aha ok. Theres lots of other popular places to visit round the UK. Its just having time. Any city/town you can easy spend 3 or 4 days in if touring the country. Other popular places in England are Liverpool, Manchester, Cornwall, Whitby, Bath, The Cotswold, York and The Peak District to name a few. They all have their own identity and local landmarks.
Even London itself has so much to see. Not far from London, is the incredible Kew Gardens, which you can legit spend all day walking round its so big and varied. Aswell as local exhibits such as the London Dungeons, where you learn about Jack the Ripper and stuff like that
Hope you get to come back and see more 😊
@@anitaandaladventures5161 Be careful using your drone here in the UK. We have certain rules and regulations relating to safety and privacy that you must adhere to.
BTW, here a "Stick shift" is called a "Gear lever".
Had it been me, I would have taken a train on the High Speed Line (HS1) from London St Pancras to Dover Priory. About the same price as car rental, fuel and parking (if not less) but a whole lot less hassle and far more comortable. Plus .... you get a much better view of the lovely countryside out of the window. 😃
@@anitaandaladventures5161 If you had the sub 250 gm mini drone you can fly them practically anywhere apart from airports and prisons. A civil aviation app shows you any excluded areas. There are no height restrictions and the only advice is that you need to be mindful of people. They are so light that I doubt that you would even notice getting hit by one. However, the quality of the images is amazing.
@@andypandy9013 The sub 250 gm drone is classed as a toy and has very few restrictions and can be flown almost anywhere apart from prisons and airports, subject to checking the CAA app in the case for instance there is a known helicopter landing in the area.
As someone has already mentioned dont stay in the centre lane on Motorways, other than that hope you have enjoyed your trip,also on Dual Carriageways stay left un less overtaking.
We had such a wonderful time in the UK! Driving was certainly a challenge!!! Thank you so much for your comments!
Have to listen to the old war song White Cliffs of Dover.
Will DO!! Thank you!
Are you familiar with UK drone laws? For example, do you have a drone pilot's license?
Yes, I did have a UK drone license. Wanted to abide by local law. Glad I got fly over Cliffs, although I was intermitently losing GPS connectivity.
Well done sir.
@@anitaandaladventures5161 I presume you got authority from the port authority to fly the drone there? I've requested to fly there but been refused and didn't fancy going to jail. ☹️
"Sainz breeze".
Aha! Thanks for the phonetic pronunciation! Awesome!!! Thanks for watching!!!
No body in Britain, goes to Dover. Its a 1st for me .and I'm British.
Ha! That’s funny! We live in Fort Lauderdale Florida and there are people here that don’t go to the beach. Thank you for watching and commenting! You have a beautiful country!!
@@anitaandaladventures5161 I'm so glad you had a Full , exposure to a Full picture of Britain 🇬🇧.
Boston has junctions within its tunnels
I did not know. So cool what engineering can do!!!!
Yeah, and that was scary even in a taxi!
Welcome to the south coast. 👍
Thank you!!! Had a great time seeing Britain’s famed Cliffs!!
@@anitaandaladventures5161 I live about an hour to the west in Hastings. Look up the history, I think you would find it interesting. Just type in the Battle of Hastings 1066.
Us Brits are used to driving 'on the wrong side of the road' as we drive so easily all over Europe and elsewhere. It is called 'The River Thames' and not 'The Thames River' ... It's 'SAINSBURY' not 'SANSBURY' ...
Thanks so much for watching!!! We appreciate you! Dover was so cool!
@@anitaandaladventures5161 Thanks! Everywhere in Dover is cool apart from the town. I've taken my car by ferry over to France and Belgium many times for what we call 'The Booze Cruise' £20 per car return including occupants. ... Wine and beer was so much cheaper in Calais as their taxes were low. A litre bottle of sparkling wine was £1 and a tray of half litre 24 cans of beer was £6. I used to bring back 500 cans of beer and 200 bottles of various wines every few months. It's not worth it now though as they raised their prices too much. Dover Castle is fabulous inside. It's interiors have been restored with the King's bedchamber, and other rooms, plus the vast tunnels below the castle.
I wish we could have spent more time at the Cliffs! Would have been awesome to take the ferry to Calais France!!
22 miles across the chanel
Thank you so much for watching! We had such a great time in England that we’re going back in May. So much history! Loved it.
"The stick-shift the stick-shift" - It's a GEAR LEVER!
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@@anitaandaladventures5161 Four on the floor - and one more! Driving in London is a nightmare at the best of times, but taking on a manual gear change AND the whole wrong side of the road / car thing - that's HUGE! Brave move. good on ya!
Thanks Dan! Love your comment…..”Good on ya mate!”
Lever: pronounced Lee-ver in the UK!
Now why would you be terrified of driving on the left when the steering wheel is on the right and all the other traffic is driving on the left (well, mostly it does)? If all the traffic was driving on the left and you decided to drive on the right... that WOULD be terrifying.
Thanks for the comments! We appreciate it. We just wanted to make sure we didn’t get into an accident or hurt someone. Loved the UK! As the Brits say, “Brilliant!”
Driving in a bus lane, I bet that wasn't cheap. lol
@DaChaGee thank you soo much for watching!! Driving in the UK was so much fun!! So much fun that we’re going back in 5 weeks. This time we’re renting a car from Edinburgh to drive through the Highlands!
@@anitaandaladventures5161 That's a nice trip. Enjoy.
You mean greater london london is only the city of london
Thank you so much for the comments. We love to learn the proper terms. Heading back end of May for 2 days. Any suggestions on what else to do?
The fact you had to phone the rental company to ask how you find reverse gear tells me you should not even be attempting to drive in the UK. The fact you kept kerbing it is also a concern.
Hi moleyfish54! Thx for the comments! We appreciate you! Once we figured out reverse and only curbed once or twice we were fine and safe. Driving through London to Dover was so much fun!!
There are people that will give driving a rental car in the wrong side of the road and people that won't try. Good on them for trying.
When I go to the US I'm always scraping the tyres on the curb at some point within the first mild or so - it's easy to forget there's do.much csr on the other side.
As for checking out the functions of the rental car before you set off - yeah, everybody SHOULD do that but almost nobody does.
5:33.... KEEP LEFT!
Otherwise you're lane hogging. It's no different to the appalling lane discipline in the USA. Most drivers can't stand lane hoggers and people who don't stay in the correct lane!
Thank for the view. We appreciate it. We were trying to be respectful of all the local traffic laws. England was so wonderful to visit that we’re going back this May. Can’t wait!
On a dual carriageway, or motorway, you KEEP LEFT unless there's lane filtering (i.e signs above the lanes specifying which lanes you should be in for which destination or road). Otherwise it's "lane hogging" and is hated by almost all drivers in the UK. @@anitaandaladventures5161
There is NO SUCH THING AS A STICK SHIFT. It is a MANUAL SHIFT. Could have got something better than a Vauxhall.
Alright calm down Captain Language. Words are different sometimes. Guess what they call a bonnet. A hood. What? My coat has a hood.
Go after those people that say literally too much. "I literally flew around the moon last night".
No you didn't. You just had some mushrooms that's all. Lol.
Vauxhall was OK untill Pergeot bought it.
Precisely how many UK drivers when in the USA or on European roads make such an almighty fuss about having to be on the other side of the road? My estimate is ZERO.
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What is this fascination the Americans have with manual transmission? Weird?
Haha! I have no idea! It was a chalenge! Thank you for watching and commenting!!
They'll be be blue birds over the white cliffs of Dover. Which is strange because we don't have Blue birds none the less Vera was the forces sweetheart forever RIP Dame Vera
Bless you sweetheart
It would have been fascinating to video some blue birds. I believe we spotted frigate birds??? Our hearts are wormwd that you watched and commented! “Brilliant!!”
Sainsburys is the best lunch…..coffee from Aldi…
St Margaret’s bay next door is lovely..
@@anitaandaladventures5161 i think you mean common sea gulls they’re everywhere even down at the chip shop…
There'll be... not They'll 🙄😖
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