9 Things I Would Change about the USA after Living in the UK for 10 Years
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@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Okay this one is slightly unfiltered. 😂😂What are the weird things you've noticed about the USA?
@jamesbeeching6138 2 місяці тому
Taking your credit card away to processs payment?? WTF??😮😮😮😮
@charlesunderwood6334 2 місяці тому
people constantly complaining about the price of gas, but insisting that they need a 2 tonne car with the aerodynamics of a brick.
@ShaneH42 2 місяці тому
There are so many 😂 but on the subject of Thanksgiving: sweet potato and marshmallow pie
@joejohnson8762 2 місяці тому
@@jamesbeeching6138pppppp
@maximushaughton2404 2 місяці тому
You talked about the difference between McDonalds, and how it made you feel. You may find this interesting, "Why McDonald's is green in Europe (but still red in the US)" ukposts.info/have/v-deo/bKR3nX9tlp18xp8.html
@TukikoTroy 2 місяці тому
The insane deference given to the armed forces. I'm a navy vet in the UK but I would think it highly odd if anyone ever came up to me and fawned over me with the 'thank you for your service' nonsense. It's a job. It's not even the riskiest job. Why are you thanking me? Go thank someone who deserves it, like nurses or carers.
@bobbyboko6317 2 місяці тому
Thank you for your service 😉
@BigKelvPark 2 місяці тому
To be fair, when I served and was in the US on several occasions my MoD ID opened up doors. Around 15 years ago I was collecting for a military charity in uniform in my home town in the UK and was spat at and received verbal abuse etc. I think you're average squaddie in the UK wouldn't be sensible to walk around in public in uniform (that's if local orders don't already forbid it like in the early 90's). I left in 2015. I don't want any thanks, after the first 10 years, I was only in it for the pension.
@sgtmajor5700 2 місяці тому
I'd rather thank a military person than the person who sticks needles in me.
@cookielady7662 2 місяці тому
Because in the US we respect our military. They're doing a job most of us will not or cannot do. We believe they deserve our thanks. If you don't want it, that's up to you.
@djs98blue 2 місяці тому
@@cookielady7662 I think various factors explain this difference in sentiment and it's not that we generally don't respect those in service (see e.g Memorial Sunday). 1. British people tend to be less prone to complement strangers in any sense (there is probably a bit of a tall poppy thing that happens over here and we are generally less openly optimistic and more cynical/self-deprecating); 2. It's also more socially acceptable in the UK to be anti-military. I am not saying everyone thinks like this, it's probably a minority, but if you said something like 'I don't like the military - we should just fund the NHS instead' or 'I don't like militarism' people would be less likely to challenge you in the UK than in the US. 3. It's also true that people don't usually wear their uniform in public unless it's a formal occasion - probably for reasons 1 and 2 (and re terrorism) - so they are less likely to be identified.
@dufflepod 2 місяці тому
That was an absolutely first class textbook gold standard moan. You're definitely 'one of us' now. Bravo!
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
I'm scared to release the UK version of a similar topic...😂
@johnbath616 2 місяці тому
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial go for it
@timelord5920 2 місяці тому
@@GirlGoneLondonofficialdon’t think anyone minds if you do it with a smile and a touch of humour! You’ll be hard pressed to whinge more than us Brits. 😂
@riculfriculfson7243 2 місяці тому
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial You're one of us now, therefore play it for laughs and it'll be fine 😁
@ruk2023-- 2 місяці тому
Hell no. Let it rip!@@GirlGoneLondonofficial
@kirkschwarz Місяць тому
Dear Americans, NO RESPECTING BRITISH PERSON PUTS FRENCH FRIES IN A SANDWICH! We put chips in a sandwich. The difference is massive and important.
@LoremIpsum1970 13 днів тому
Chips? Fish fingers for the win!
@jonnyspeed8974 8 днів тому
I look forward to making one of those Chip Buddy. It sounds amazing.
@noyota 6 днів тому
In South Africa 🇿🇦, it is called chips as well.
@hughtube5154 5 днів тому
@noyota it's not just the name that's different. Fries are long, thin, and crispy. British chips are short, thick, and soft; much more filling.
@sslaytor 3 дні тому
Chip butty is an article in the Wikipedia!
@davidhudson5418 2 місяці тому
When a British person refers to "fries" they mean French fries the thin potato type. Everything else are "chips" ranging from standard to chunky
@MeFreeBee 2 місяці тому
This is McDonalds fault. Before McD's there were only chips. Fat or thin they were all chips. The Big Yellow M however retained French Fries on their menu, and this caused some confusion as they slowly spread out from London. Eventually we assimilated the term, but only for the skinny ones.
@WideCuriosity 2 місяці тому
@@MeFreeBeeWas just about to comment much the same. Except I see fries as referencing chips by an organisation determined to use US culture in place of UK culture; and I tolerate it as much as possible, but with a sad heart. But everyone knows that regardless of thickness, they're all chips really.
@MeFreeBee 2 місяці тому
@@WideCuriosity When McDonalds opened their first UK store they literally shipped over everything. It was an exact replica of a US store. The only thing that was different was that you couldn't ask for extra ketchup! We queried this with the manager and he told us the little sachets of McDonalds Fancy Ketchup had got squished in transit. I honestly doubt it would have even occurred to them to translate the menu.
@Barfield-cg7iq 2 місяці тому
It's funny how that happens. I mean we'll take an American word but use it for something specific so we end up with both words. For example, cookie. We use the word 'cookie' too but it's for a specific kind of biscuit.
@MeFreeBee 2 місяці тому
@@CraigT9864 Quite possibly. Back in the 70s "French Fried Potatoes" was a somewhat pretentious term for chips in low-end restaurants such as Bernie Inn. I still maintain it was McDonalds that made "fries" an everyday term, however. In early 80s when they were still mostly confined to the London area, I witnessed a heated exchange between an out-of-towner, confused because the chips she could see in the pictures weren't on the menu, and a server with English as a second language, who probably only knew their name through her job. I gallantly intervened, mainly because I wanted my quarter pounder with cheese.
@camera2painting 2 місяці тому
This lady is the ideal cheap date. Bread sticks, bread rolls, mash potato. With a trip to a service station as a treat.
@robocop3961 2 місяці тому
Hey now services stations are a rip off!! 😮😂😂😂
@camera2painting 2 місяці тому
@robocop3961 The treat is the trip to the service station. The breadsticks, breadrolls, and mash potato are taken as a picnic. No need for unnecessary expense.
@bbdj2779 Місяць тому
And McDonalds is posh!
@221b-Maker-Street Місяць тому
@@camera2painting You smoothie! I love it when you talk carbs to me... 🫨
@TerryD15 27 днів тому
You obviously haven't been to Tebay, the one she quotes. You also haven't been to Allendale on the M84 north of Gretna. Never mind, you may have missed out, but they haven't missed you.
@alanmon2690 2 місяці тому
In England, food places are inspected by the local council and given a rating. The council has the authority to close a place if it is unhygenic.
@kevintipcorn6787 2 місяці тому
They do that in America too, it varies by State. California give a grade letter you can see from the outside, usually in the window or glass door.
@anthonynewey3821 2 місяці тому
UK service stations being complimented . Who would have thought ?
@nonamerooster5413 2 місяці тому
I’m pretty sure it’s the same here in Australia
@BOBBOBBOBBOBBOBBOB69 Місяць тому
Yea I am genuinely scared about how bad the American ones are.@@anthonynewey3821
@JohnnyZenith Місяць тому
UK. It's the UK!
@Pippins666 2 місяці тому
A 45 minute meal in an Italian restaurant in Italy is called "Fast Food"
@paulwallace4332 Місяць тому
When I go to an Italian restaurant (in Italy) it's great knowing that I can have an entire evening, at one table, with friends for a memorable occasion. I absolutely hate it if I were to be told to 'scoff up' as the table is booked by someone else in half an hour! That sounds like the proprietor is running his place as a conveyor-belt business. Things like that will drive the customers away. Ciao!
@jonnyspeed8974 8 днів тому
Italy has fast food.
@what_im_eatin_uk Місяць тому
Tipping for everyone and everything in the US annoys me. Employers should pay for their staff not the customer
@bsmith3506 2 місяці тому
Girl if you're a fan of Motorway Service Stations, I HAVE to reccommend the M5 Southbound Gloucester services. Like Tebay, it has ducks and a farm shop. (A quick google tells me they are run by the same company) The interior is all made of wood and it's beautiful. I went before Christmas once, and they legit had a full brass band playing in there!
@williamevans9426 2 місяці тому
Well, that's Christmas '24 sorted!
@heraklesnothercules. 2 місяці тому
Channel 4 has done a series on both Tebay services and the one on the M5. And yes, you're right, they are both owned and run by the same people. In fact, the purchasing manager and the head butcher from Tebay both travel down regularly to the M5 service station to check that they are maintaining the Tebay standard.
@Lily_The_Pink972 2 місяці тому
Cairn Lodge on the M74 in Scotland is the same company. The services on the M6 toll always amuse me. There always seems to be more cars there than you see on the actual road!
@MrDanielvass 2 місяці тому
I can concur, it’s top tier.
@brianwilson49 Місяць тому
It’s the Cotswolds - they don’t do welcome break 😅
@iaincs 2 місяці тому
Rest stops, "where dreams go to die & maybe you"😂😂. Brilliant 👍👍👍👍
@j.robertson9025 2 місяці тому
It’s true. My former boss literally bumped into the DC sniper at a rest stop and didn’t find out it was him until he was arrested a few months later.
@kennethrigg202 2 місяці тому
@@j.robertson9025Well that's grim😮
@StephenButlerOne 15 днів тому
@@j.robertson9025he didn't sell him the rifle did he?
@carltaylor6452 2 місяці тому
Chip butties - you need unsweetened, proper bread and that bread needs to be buttered (hence the name). From what I'm learning, thanks to social media, these two things are not common in the US. 🙁
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Makes sense!
@charliehallam 2 місяці тому
You need proper chunky chip shop chips, not fries, as well.
@andybrown4284 2 місяці тому
Definitely not the strands of rubber that pass for french fries in the US
@HedgeWitch-st3yy Місяць тому
The chip and cheese butty is the way to go for me and the chips need vinegar or ketchup. Now I'm hungry.
@ballyhigh11 Місяць тому
Nah, you don't what 'proper' bread, you want Sunblest sliced pan that's whiter than a Scot in January. None of this pommes frites in a brioche bun nonsense!
@mancyank564 2 місяці тому
Just stumbled across your channel. Dad was in USAF stationed near Manchester where he met and married mum. Grew up mainly in the US but lived in UK when he was sent to places we couldn't go with. Many more differences between the countries in the 60s. Always missed sweet shops, newsagents and Doctor Who when we left UK. Love your channel.
@diamondbill9805 Місяць тому
Would be Jean and Nora , her surname Cuthbert. You never know.
@WallieTheRed 10 днів тому
Fellow Manc here 👍
@mancyank564 10 днів тому
Thanks Wallie
@t.a.k.palfrey3882 2 місяці тому
One reason chip butties or bacon butties aren't popular in the US is that Americans slather mayo on every slice of bread they see. Butter is infinitely more common on British sandwiches and is a more satisfying complement to bacon, chips, ( or crisp, or sugar sannies for kids).
@mancyank564 2 місяці тому
Very true!
@user-pb2vo4pt3t 2 місяці тому
Not all of us like mayo! I hate it.
@ljisbister3211 2 місяці тому
Also, the bread in the USA is incredibly sweet
@philipashley9723 2 місяці тому
Also, most Americans don't butter their bread, when making a sandwich, (peanut butter & jelly)? Perhaps because they can't spread American butter, it's always brick hard.
@user-pb2vo4pt3t 2 місяці тому
@@philipashley9723 Put it in the microwave for 12 seconds. It's soft, and easy to spread! I'm an American, and I've done this since the 80s. Happy to share!
@charlesunderwood6334 2 місяці тому
Until I went the the US, I thought Olive Garden was made up in The Simpsons. In California we had several people rave about an Italian restaurant that was so amazing and the owners were "Real Italians". It was certainly pretty good, but I then realised that I have 3 Italian restaurants within a 10 minute walk of where I live in London that are as good or better (and much cheaper).
@garryferrington811 2 місяці тому
Nothing at Olive Garden tastes like anything.
@jenniedarling3710 2 місяці тому
I thought "cheesecake factory" was made up for "the big bang theory"
@chipsthedog1 2 місяці тому
I have an uncontroversial opinion it's that I am so happy Girl gone London is uploading again with so many creators in this space it's actually really impressive how different & interesting her videos are. If you read this Thank you from Kent.
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Thank you for the kind words!
@davidmartin8211 2 місяці тому
From visiting England in the '80s and '90s, these are things that I miss. Challenging accents , pubs that serve real beer and real food, BBC radio, beautiful English countryside, Stone circles and barrows, Christmas in London, purchasing chestnuts roasted over open coals, high tea, London theater, the tower, BM, and even the January sale at a well-known London department store (where personal space was non existent). I do regret not being able to secure a ticket for a panto. I also wish I was old enough to have visited during pre-decimalization, that will be three and six please!
@pennylando3145 2 місяці тому
Loved your 'that will be three and six please!".😄 But imagine being a child in a maths class in pre-decimal UK 🙃 We had pounds, shillings (20 to a pound) pence (12 to a shilling, 240 to a pound) half-pennies (self-explanatory), farthings (four to a penny) and half-crowns (two shillings and sixpence). Our coins included a sixpence and 'thre'-penny bit' (3 pennies) and the aforementioned half-crown, plus the ha'pennies and farthings. There were also 'crowns' (five shillings) and florins (two shillings), but that was before my time. Oh, and for some bizarre reason we also had 'guineas', one being worth 1 pound, 1 shilling (21 shillings). The coins went out of circulation around 1813, but we kept the principle - heaven knows why. Suffice to say that prior to decimalisation, every time you went into a shop you got a mental arithmetic workout! 😄
@shaunfarrell3834 2 місяці тому
@@pennylando3145 I was and it wasn’t difficult. Taught you to use different bases in mathematics. By the time you were 3 or 4 it was automatic.
@anneroy4560 2 місяці тому
money with names from our history ... so silly to have changed / dumbed down ...@@pennylando3145
@flyingfox7854 2 місяці тому
I was lucky enough to be born in the 1950’s and grew up with Pounds Shillings and Sense …. Your three a six please to me would have been three and a tanner please … shillings were Bobs and sixpence’s were Tanners ….. our money had a character all of its own … now it’s soulless.
@simonwallis1787 2 місяці тому
@@pennylando3145that's a tanner love.
@carolineskipper6976 2 місяці тому
Travelling by train last weekend (in England) I was totally wound up by a young woman facetiming on speaker, loudly, right by me. I'm not sure why it was more annoying than if she had been chatting to a real live person next to her, but it REALLY was! Other people were chatting amongst themselves and I was barely aware of them- but her call drove me NUTS!
@baronmeduse 2 місяці тому
Did you say owt?
@baronmeduse 2 місяці тому
Did you say owt?
@carolineskipper6976 2 місяці тому
@@baronmeduse No. I was too British! Haha. But also I couldn't work out why a phone call was more annoying than an in person conversation- so wondered if I was just being Mrs Annoyed of Tunbridge Wells!
@nonamerooster5413 2 місяці тому
Same in Australia
@kennethrigg202 2 місяці тому
'Mrs Annoyed of Tumbridge Wells' 😂 Now there is a phrase non won't UK will get.
@billyhills9933 2 місяці тому
In Wales you'll get 'Chicken curry, half and half.' This is a chicken curry with half a portion of rice and half a portion of chips. We also have lasagne and chips, possibly just to annoy Italy. This is considered typical pub grub.
@roderickjoyce6716 2 місяці тому
My Italian wife is quite fond of lasagne and chips, but she has lived in England for forty years :)
@lynnejamieson2063 2 місяці тому
You get half and half in Scottish Chinese takeaways…and some in the North East of England too.
@austinbeardshaw9344 2 місяці тому
you can't beat lasagne, chips & peas
@Barfield-cg7iq 2 місяці тому
We get half and half in Indians and Chinese too here in England. Or is it a northern thing?
@gregorybiestek3431 2 місяці тому
@@lynnejamieson2063 You have to remember that in the USA there is a constant medical campaign AGAINST fried foods like your chips. Something like what you are suggesting would be attacked in the media as a restaurant serving unhealthy "grease bomb" foods and the medical profession in the area would be issuing warnings to their patients.
@trampertravels 2 місяці тому
I have lived in America and Canada, all-be-it as part of my job, so I have a small understanding of the USA. Nowadays I spend my time doing history. So my thoughts where the USA is concerned is that despite technological advances, population increase, a lot of migration, your education systems are backwards looking, in terms of societal thinking and working practises you are still in the 18th century but with over-tones of Medieval Europe - the Robber Barons at the top and the serfs at the bottom and everyone else somewhere in the middle. There is an obsession with rules, rights and safety in the US culture and the American Constitution gives rights and Controls to the People, whereas the British Constitution controls what those in power can or cannot do. Then there is the dollar, it is prominent in US culture and in practically every activity and it is one of the first things that an American will mention, here in the UK it is bad manners to mention money. There is a more fundamental difference as well, in societies whose culture and people are money orientated there appears to be less care towards people but in societies that place people first then the levels of care for each other are much higher.
@Bertie22222 2 місяці тому
It seems so much time and effort is spent on talking about transgender issues and race that divide America but nobody seems to talk about low pay, zero benefits, sick pay and holidays. Employers seem untouchable.
@shaunfarrell3834 2 місяці тому
Hear, hear!
@captaingaz66 21 день тому
Well said the US is a beautiful place except for the Americans.
@davewalker6760 2 місяці тому
45 minutes for a restaurant meal? There's another UK Vs USA difference. I'd always assume I'd be at a restaurant for an hour and a half bare minimum... Sometimes 2 and a half!
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Absolutely! I said 45 minutes specifically to point out that difference...should do a whole video on that! Thanks for watching!
@carolineskipper6976 2 місяці тому
I spotted that too! I'm not paying out all that dosh to be scooted out after 45 minutes😂
@CherylVogler 2 місяці тому
Really? Whenever we go out (U.S), either just my spouse and myself, or with friends, we spend at least an hour and a half to 2 hours, sometimes more. I can't imagine ordering, then waiting for the food, and then eating it all in just 45 minutes. That can't be right. I can see that happening more at lunch than dinner, where people might have an hour for lunch and are more pressed for time.
@RosLanta 2 місяці тому
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial yes please do cover that in a video because that also took me by surprise. I always plan for at least 2 hours eating out with a friend, sometimes more
@gregorybiestek3431 2 місяці тому
@@CherylVogler Actually it is quite common for dinners that are NOT at fancy high-priced restaurants. Most people only get 30 minutes for lunch unless they are very well placed executives or have VERY understanding supervisors. Everything in the USA is to move people along to get turn-over. if a establishment is letting someone linger, they are most likely losing money, which is why restaurants that allow people to stay & not buy more stuff regularly go out of business.
@kevinwatson5451 2 місяці тому
Caitlyn are you sure your not British. Your sarcasm is brilliant I love watching your vids you bring a smile to my face every time I watch you ..I also watch Amanda rae and Alanna love your accent and please don't stop what you are doing. God bless and I wish you well x
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Thank you so much for watching! Hope you have a great day!
@kevinwatson5451 2 місяці тому
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial thankyou for what you do dear lady hope you're day is well for you thankyou and God bless x
@peterfhere9461 Місяць тому
Someone else who admires Caitlyn, Amanda and Allana for their often thought provoking subjects matter.....
@chrissouthgate4554 2 місяці тому
Nice call out for Tebay. I used to travel to & from Scotland to visit my parents & made a point of stopping at Tebay. The food was OK and the scenery was good. But always pick a seat where I could watch the Ducks while eating, so relaxing during a long drive.
@timcowell2626 2 місяці тому
Been there, done that 😊
@jamesbeeching6138 2 місяці тому
Good video GGL!! 😂😂😂 The "rest stops" vs "Service stations " is interesting...There are some very sad Service stations whose architecture is like something from behind the Iron Curtain !! ( Think Bulgaria circa 1972!!)....Also they are notoriously expensive!! BUT GGL if you like a British Service Station you must love British Garden Centres!!???
@martinowton7210 2 місяці тому
Presume you (GGL) have not been to Knutsford Services on the M6
@danowen79 2 місяці тому
The banking differences is what gets me. As America is such a capitalist society and obsessed with consumerism, why don’t they make transactions super easy? It’s bizarre to me.
@shaunfarrell3834 2 місяці тому
Because then they couldn’t charge you the extra fee. US society is structured on a pay to play basis.
@gregorybiestek3431 2 місяці тому
Any financial institution making transactions easy is missing out on numerous profit opportunities to over charge their customers for every tiny thing they can. There are fees and charges for everything and when they are not doing it to their customers they are doing it to the businesses. One reason tap & pay was slow to catch on in the USA is that every bank charged the business TWICE the normal rate if they switched from the old method.
@Dave_Sisson 2 місяці тому
For the past six years, I have paid for everything by waving my phone at a box on a counter except for a few things costing thousands where I transfer the money through a bank app on my phone. I have had no reason to use cash for many years. Okay, I'm middle aged and live in Melbourne, but my experience sounds much closer to the UK than the US.
@VoidDragon82 2 місяці тому
Mate, you answered your own question haha. It’s because they’re a capitalist society obsessed with consumerism.
@Mulberry2000 2 місяці тому
because they want to make money out of everything including charging for having a bank account.
@martynadams2011 2 місяці тому
Glad you raised Banks ! When I moved to US (2001) I fought a huge battle to open a bank account. Once done I received a shoe box sized parcel in the mail which contained, cheque books, paying in books, statement folders etc. I wrote my first check (sic) for rent and was horrified a few days later to receive it back in the post! I thought it had been rejected, but no - they sent it back to prove it had been cashed. To be fair a few months later this stopped - but only to be replaced by photos of the cancelled check on the back of a statement. 3years later I moved to Amsterdam - popped into the local branch of a bank where they immediately opened me an account and issued me with a Chip & Pin card which is all I ever used.
@bobtheskutterbot 2 місяці тому
Which reminds me... they really do still use "checks". Only a few months ago, someone asked me to pay for something with a "check". I was pretty horrified.
@gregorybiestek3431 2 місяці тому
Any financial institution making transactions easy is missing out on numerous profit opportunities to over charge their customers for every tiny thing they can. There are fees and charges for everything and when they are not doing it to their customers they are doing it to the businesses. One reason tap & pay was slow to catch on in the USA is that every bank charged the business TWICE the normal rate if they switched from the old method.
@gregorybiestek3431 2 місяці тому
@@bobtheskutterbot Part of the reason for the continued use of checks is that without a physical or photocopy of a canceled check, a person in the USA has no legal proof that a payment has been made. Thus a rental agent can evict a person for no-payment even if they have been paying electronically because financial institutions are under no legal obligation to produce and general refuse to provide ANY electronic payment records. So many businesses continue to use checks as legal proof of payment for many activities.
@Mulberry2000 2 місяці тому
Banks used to do that in the UK but the public got so mad they stopped. Now and then banks try to impose charges on bank accounts and cash machines, but found quickly the public were not amused. One such tactic was if you had a standing order and a basic account, that account would not allow you go over into debt if you had no money but the damn banks did not do that for standing orders and direct debits, so if you went over by £1 they would charge you £30 for it (a sneaky tactic and that is why they did the banks did it). I had that happen to me for £5 and the bank try to charge me £150 i went nuts. That has stopped now thank god, some literately had their bank accounts emptied by the bank because of that tactic, esp. old people.
@cjuk81 2 місяці тому
jeez, cant rememeber the last time i wrote a check out here in the UK, must be nearly 10 years ago i reckon! Old tech indeed
@magentaottertravels8997 2 місяці тому
Gloucester Services is my favourite British motorway "rest stop".
@brianoshea2583 2 місяці тому
Owned & operated by the same company that owns Tebay services.
@Lily_The_Pink972 2 місяці тому
Don't ever go to Bridgewater services further down the M5. They must be the worst ones!
@richard8016 2 місяці тому
The Pits!@@Lily_The_Pink972
@jt5765 Місяць тому
I concur. Always stop there traveling north from Somerset.
@sharonboot478 Місяць тому
I feel that in the USA we were rushed out of restuarants where here in the UK you can sit for however long you like and enjoy a relaxing meal
@charlestaylor9424 2 місяці тому
To make Olive Garden really like Italy you should have a weeping Italian at a corner table.
@jonathanfinan722 2 місяці тому
Tebay is in such a lovely spot too, overlooking the water. I believe they've won many awards for the food in the café and the local goods in the shop.
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Now I want to do a video where I just go to Tebay services to spend the night. :D
@jonathanfinan722 2 місяці тому
People actually go there for a day out@@GirlGoneLondonofficial
@denniswilliams160 2 місяці тому
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Tebay Services are part of a very small family owned group. Opened 1972 it was the UK’s first family-run motorway service area.
@valeriedavidson2785 2 місяці тому
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial There is now another Tebay services on the M5 in the west country. Gloucester Services. It is fantastic. Exactly the same as the other Tebay up north. Same owners. Chip butties are from the North of England. I am in the south and have never seen a chip butty.
@susansmiles2242 2 місяці тому
There has been a tv series on either Channel 4 or 5 about the Tebay service that is worth taking a look at
@keithwindow4435 2 місяці тому
When I had school dinners (70s) they were quite happy to give you a cheese salad with chips, if we didn’t like what was on the menu 2 of us would go to the local bakery buy a fresh loaf cut it in half, scoop out and eat the middle then walk into the chippy next door and fill it with chips.
@Richard-io9xe Місяць тому
I used to trade my free school meal tokens and use the money at the chip shop. Happy days :)
@andyf4292 2 місяці тому
that olive garden, sounds like the food in a wetherspoons... boil in a bag, microwaved or fried..
@wessexdruid7598 2 місяці тому
Or defrosted in the dishwasher - with cleaning chemicals...
@marydavis5234 2 місяці тому
Olive Garden is an authentic Italian restaurant, do you really think any Italian with microwave food or by frozen food.
@mrbeanmrbean9047 2 місяці тому
Not 1 dish in Olive Garden is authentic Italian😂😂😂
@lesleydickson7746 2 місяці тому
Weatherspoons is gourmet eating compared to Olive Garden. 😊
@danielthompson5251 2 місяці тому
Lol. I'm in a rural area. My neighbor sits and talks on her phone on her front porch. I can hear both sides of the conversation while on my own front porch. She's 1/4 mile up the road.
@clivewilliams3661 2 місяці тому
Whilst there are some notable motorway services locations the majority are only just adequate. However, if you want to experience the very best Motorway/Autoroute/Autobahn service stops then visit Switzerland, they are stunning and squeaky clean. UK mains water is more pure and contains less contaminants than bottled spring water and is therefore utterly safe to drink. In German MacD's you can even order a beer - now that is civilised! I think it is fair to say that the UK palette has improved in leaps and bounds over the last few decades mostly as a result of being such a diverse country where each ethnic group (including the British) has to prove that it can provide the best culinary experience. Even traditional foods in UK have leap in quality, our local chippy produces the very best fish and chips for example.
@MartinParnham 2 місяці тому
It seems to be common in Euro McD's to be able to order beer. I know from experience that Kronenburg is often on the menu in French McDonalds as well, so it's not just unique to Germany.
@c.l.8967 2 місяці тому
If you are truly a fan of service stations/rest-stops.....I can tell you (having lived all over the world), south Korea has some of the absolute best. The first one I ever went to there, I walked in to the ladies and thought I had taken the wrong door! It was full of palm trees, flowers, beautiful displays, the toilets had fabulous bidets (you could even select music! ) soitlessly clean, mini bathrooms for the kids too. Huge selection of food ranging from healthy full meals to fast food. There was even a seating area surrounded by grapevines done artistically (and you're allowed to puck the grapes). So fabulous!
@jillybrooke29 2 місяці тому
We were travelling through Switzerland and stopped at a beautiful Services in or near Basle, it was late at night but we got food straight away
@stevieinselby 2 місяці тому
Another reason for video-calling someone is if one party is hard of hearing. My dad much prefers video calls to phone calls because being able to lip-read helps him to follow. But no way would I be having that kind of conversation while walking through an airport!
@jillgood601 Місяць тому
I’m in the States looking forward to an extended stay in Scotland this summer and fall. Everything you said has resonated with me. I’m very much looking forward to not being in America for a few months. Any American who takes issue with you is living with their head in the sand. Bravo, indeed!
@Jimbo_LB Місяць тому
Hope you have a great trip. Scotland is fantastic.
@jillgood601 Місяць тому
@@Jimbo_LB thank you! I’ve never heard the word “magical” used so many times to describe a country. I’m so looking forward to this trip!
@Jimbo_LB Місяць тому
@@jillgood601 please make use of your time and explore every corner. It is great and I’m a proud Englishman.
@221b-Maker-Street Місяць тому
Scotland is absolutely beautiful, I hope you have a lovely time! Beware though, if you're going in 'midge season', then you absolutely will need a bottle of *_Avon Skin So Soft Dry Oil Spray._* I'm deadly serious - it's the only thing that seems to repel them, due to the limonene, afaik. So much so, that lots of the little shops even sell it. 🦟
@jillgood601 Місяць тому
@@221b-Maker-Street thank you, I have been warned!
@sie4431 2 місяці тому
When motorways first opened people did go for a drive/service station tour.
@nikimolnar99 2 місяці тому
Brit here. I loved Tampa International Airport when we had a house in Florida. It had its own smell (nice smell - probably the aircon) and the nasally announcer "Will Mr Smith please pick up the nearest page telef-own". Both used to make me smile when I landed. Our tap water tasted good but we were near Crystal Springs and they literally used to bottle the local water! The No. 1 thing the US still needs is proper garden centres though.
@TIDYJOKER 2 місяці тому
This has been the most original view of differences, and i feel like ive learnt stuff. Thank you
@jerplusjeff 2 місяці тому
Tebay Services is absolutely lovely, so glad you brought it up.
@vickypedias Місяць тому
American from FL living in the UK for 7+ years, completely agree with literally every single opinion here :)
@geoffclarke8934 2 місяці тому
Great video Kayln. So happy your making videos again.
@susanmullen5105 2 місяці тому
Tebay services are amazing! The farm shop & restaurant is fantastic! And you're right, I'd absolutely just drive there for a visit! 😍
@steveeccles1341 2 місяці тому
Great reaction, thanks 😊 I remember quite a few years ago while I was in the US I went to a Denny’s for dinner (because I’m classy 😂) I ordered a steak and they asked what I wanted with it and suggested mash potatoes or baked potato. I did know not to say chips because that’s a different thing in the States, so I asked for fries. By the look on the guys face you would have thought I said “cigarette butts please”. He said “fries, with steak?” as if it was the strangest think he’d ever heard. They don’t know what they’re missing. See you next time 😊
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Haha!! That's weird - I don't eat a ton of meat so wasn't really aware of steak and fries or not, but steak and mashed potato is definitely more common. See, Americans need more opportunities for chips/fries!
@gar6446 2 місяці тому
My Dad bless him used to order double egg and chips regardless of what type of restaurant we were in.
@jillosler9353 2 місяці тому
@@gar6446😂 My favourite lunch in a cafe - with bread and butter too of course so I can dunk the egg and also make a chip butty! 😋
@AnneDowson-vp8lg 2 місяці тому
Obviously they've not heard of steak and chips!
@CherylVogler 2 місяці тому
Sorry, but we have! Most restaurants that have steak on the menu will have a variety of potatoes side-dishes. You usually choose what you want.@@AnneDowson-vp8lg
@jasonwoods4811 2 місяці тому
Please keep it real and honest as your always done, that's why I keep coming back :D
@foster1972af 2 місяці тому
Absolutely Brilliant. Thank you.
@kaml1369 Місяць тому
I just love your channel; I’ve been watching your clips since you started. Keep those vids coming 😀😀😀
@GirlGoneLondonofficial Місяць тому
Thanks so much for watching!
@douglasprewer7913 Місяць тому
Love the honesty, one thing that bugged me about American restaurants I found initially realise was "family Restaurants". My wife and I walked in sat down and ordered when the waitress said " you do realise this is a family Restaurants? " We thought we had to leave as it was just the two of us.......but no it meant each individual dish is served with enough food for four (4) yes 4 people. !!!!!!! So we ended up with one started and one main meal, luckily we could both agree on dishes! The rest we asked the waitress if she would like a doggy bag?????
@warrenfontana1325 Місяць тому
@GirlGoneLondonofficial I totally agree regarding rest stops (US) Service stations (UK), I've stopped at a few in the US and they're dire, yet the one you mentioned Tebay M6 northbound is lovely. My favourite and I go a regular basis is Killington Lake Services (close by to Tebay) M6 southbound, the best for their views. 🙂
@alanclague2333 2 місяці тому
UK few bank accounts have a monthly fee. They may have overdraft fees, foreign currency fees etc. The bank account that do have a monthly fee are usually premium accounts that have extra services included, such as travell insurance, and or very preferencial interest rates.
@rebekah3339 2 місяці тому
My local McDonald's is lovely (London, UK). They play classical music and bring your order to your table for you.
@andreathompson7896 2 місяці тому
Regarding motorway services, the village where I live is next to a motorway and has a service station, but one that is off motorway and accessible without needing to be on the motorway. It has a mini launderette which does a 45 minute wash for a large load. I take my towels there! (My home washing machine sounds like it's drilling through the floor if I try and wash towels) There is a cafe, a mcDonalds, a big branch of WHSmith with lots of magazines that aren't that easy to find elsewhere. It also has a marks and Spencer simply food where I can take items I want to return if I ordered online. I use it as a mini shopping centre!
@botticellirejectbotticelli2668 Місяць тому
You need to use a spirit level on your washing machine, Andrea. They really only do that if the machine isn’t level, or you overfill it.
@lemdixon01 2 місяці тому
Drive Thru MacDonalds are a more recent thing in the UK as they only used to be in town centres, so they're gonna be more modern and newer. I was in Hackensack NJ and saw a Macdonalds in the town but directly opposite there was an independant burger joint so I went there instead and was glad I did. You could see them making the cheese burgers from fresh there and then.
@seanmc1351 2 місяці тому
great thing about the motorway services, is the one that has greggs, because the prices are the same as the highstreet, the prices are not inflated, , i spent 7 years at services, travel lodges, sleeping places, i always checked my route where there was greggs
@davidwright8432 Місяць тому
This is an amazing Scottish morsel that left me (as a Californian!) stunned. Deep fried Mars bars. Honest. You get them at fish and chip shops. Recipe: Take yer actual mars bar. Freeze profoundly. Retrieve and dip in same type of batter fish is dipped in. Drop n boiling oil for about five minutes. Retrieve. Wrap (it's VERY hot!) Go out into biting wind; driving rain optional. This - sanck? - will keep you warm even in a blizzard. I speak from experience. Bite thru crispy batter, into a hot, quasi-liquid mars bar. You won't be surprised that Scotland has the worst cardiac health, obesity, etc., in Europe. But a deep fried Mars Bar? To die for. And you will.
@jrd33 Місяць тому
Nigella Lawson, celebrity cook etc, has praised deep fried Bounty bars as as a guilty pleasure in the past. Much lighter than a Mars bar.
@HerbertTowers Місяць тому
The fried Mars Bar thing was originally created as self-deprecating joke. A style of joke that the average American would simply not understand.
@lottie2525 2 місяці тому
That you still have to pay taxes to America when you haven't lived there for years! So unfair.
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Yes, always tied to the US financially whether I want to be or not!
@deankeith830 2 місяці тому
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial I have a question on that subject that I've always meant to ask ; If you have to pay taxes to the US on what you earn in the UK then surely you are paying 2 lots of Tax and How much do you pay to US ..
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
So you only have to pay in the US if you make over 100,000 USD equivalent in the UK ( so I don't). Beneath that, there is a double taxation treaty between the 2 countries. But I still have to "file"/report my income to the US every year no matter if I'm not a resident.
@SpiritmanProductions 2 місяці тому
But isn't that the exact same thing that the US left the British Empire for? Not to be taxed remotely? 🤔
@paulgee1355 2 місяці тому
@GirlGoneLondonofficial I've heard this a few times now that expats of the US still need to file and pay US taxes and I've been wondering, what can they do to penalise you if you just stop paying, especially if you never intend to live in the US again? Can they stop you returning to visit family etc or can they, somehow, penalise the family you still have in America? I just don't get how they can keep you tied that way if you're living, permanently, in a different country. I don't know, maybe the UK does the same to expats abroad but I've never heard anyone say that was the case. Seems really unfair to me.
@shirleyk7647 2 місяці тому
🇨🇦 I live near the border with Washington state and have friends just across the border in the USA. We get together in both Canada and the U.S. Last time my American friend came north and we went out for lunch here in Canada. We went to pay and my friend went to put in her PIN number from her card to pay. I pointed out that she had the little tap contactless square on the card, and all she needed to do was just tap the card to pay. So she hesitantly did it. We’ve also had tap cards for several years in Canada, while they are just beginning to catch on now the States. We have Olive Garden in this part of Canada.
@RollerbazAndCoasterDad 2 місяці тому
The company behind tebay have several amazing places for a stop as well as Tebay. Gloucester services on the M5 and Cairn Lodge on the M74 but also the Rhegd centre just off the M6 in the lake district is like if Tebay did a shopping mall. The most amazing one as a concept is just near tebay. It's the Tebay truck stop! A Tebay quality place just for Lorry Drivers
@martinhughes2549 2 місяці тому
They're also building one in Bowdon on the M56.
@mickstaplehurst8471 2 місяці тому
re; Olive Garden. 'Pretend you're in Italy for like 45 minutes' In the UK (and probably most of Europe) tou would be able to relax and enjoy the experience for at least a couple of hours; nobody is trying to get you out in order to get the next punter in!
@Hjd10 2 місяці тому
I remember 10 years ago, we rented a property in Las Vegas. We couldn't pay the rent online and had to take a cheque or pay cash each month. They said we can't set up a direct debit or standing orders to do an electronic transfer in America. Surely that must have changed now?
@GussyMate 2 місяці тому
Although UK rest stops are definitely better than in thr US, you should see the French ones! I stopped at one (Station-service Avia Aire Jardin des Causses du Lot) a couple years ago and it was STUNNING
@dprid 2 місяці тому
My mother-in-law in California liked Olive Garden, so she wanted me to experience it when I first started going over there. It was OK, but very much cooking by numbers. We found a small non-chain Italian less than 2 miles away and the food was so much better - more imagination & cooked fresh. But we never really persuaded her - she kept going back.
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Old habits and tastes die hard, I guess!
@archereegmb8032 2 місяці тому
Great video. You were right on point, and not overly harsh.
@watchmakersp9935 2 місяці тому
Great video. Am really surprised about the point s you raised about the American banks. Also u had me cracking up with; American thanksgiving food looks like it has already been eaten !
@multicolouredhuman Місяць тому
We also sometimes put crisps/chips on or in our sandwiches 🥪 🥪
@stevenclarke5606 Місяць тому
Yes ! Especially cheese and onion
@garystroud6153 2 місяці тому
I always get checked in security but then I do have a metal trplacement knee joint that sets off the alarm. I expect it and it takes moments!
@scottphillipson5315 2 місяці тому
Tebay farm stop is same as Gloucester services on M5 … both farm shop based approaches
@altosanon 2 місяці тому
I would say in the last couple of years a lot more people do talk on speaker phone on the trains in the UK too. I thought it was just me getting old and it was all the younger people!
@geoffbeattie3160 2 місяці тому
I stop at tebay sometimes on my way home to buy essentials for brekky in the early hours 2-5 am! Eggs bacon sausages milk etc.
@crossleydd42 Місяць тому
Tebay Services also have another one now, on the M5, just South of Gloucester.
@paulhill1665 2 місяці тому
To transfer money by BACS, we now need the account name, it just an extra security check
@malcolmmaclean9380 2 місяці тому
I worked on the original faster payments system for Barclays and it's still faster payments not bacs. Bacs is for bulk transfers e.g. direct debit processing for millions of transactions.
@dprid 2 місяці тому
British banks have been working together since the late fifties to make joined up electronic banking. American banks were always too competitive to work together, plus there are literally thousands more banks, many of which are quite local. My wife lived in California for example, and banked with one of the bigger banks in the state, but they had barely any branches outside the west coast.
@brendanpells912 Місяць тому
The last time I set up a new payee, it was to pay into an account I had set up in my own name with another bank. They wouldn't let me do it, I had to phone up the bank and explain that yes, I did know who I was sending money to (me) and no, I wasn't being coerced or bullied into sending it. Finally, they let me set up the transfer after I agreed to all the disclaimers and acknowledged all their warnings and confirmed I wanted to do it anyway.
@stuartcarden1371 2 місяці тому
Hahaha Florida tap water is something else! As a naive Brit, travelling to the US for the first time when I was a kid, I thought "I need some water, I'll just go to the tap" - THAT WAS A MISTAKE!!! I was genuinely worried that I might have poisoned myself because it tasted so bad 🤣
@carlcassidy185 Місяць тому
Tebay is a good services. If you come up to Manchester, Knutsford Service is good. And further north, Lancaster has the iconic air control style tower
@Stephen-Fox 2 місяці тому
Something I've heard there isn't really an equivalent to in the US is the humble garden centre (although my datapoint is an American reaction to an unusually large garden center, but the way they talked it wasn't just the scale of the thing that was surprising to them) Might be worth you doing a deep dive on those at some point.
@jenniferloyd-pain4429 Місяць тому
As a fellow US-UK citizen who lives on the UK side of the pond I found myself nodding at everything you said. Great video. I do miss proper Mexican food though!
@24magiccarrot Місяць тому
It probably makes sense that Italian food in the UK is better than in the US. In the UK there is a much bigger chance that people have actually been to Italy, and the people in the UK that claim to be Italian are likely at least second-generation Italian, not like the Italian Americans whom nobody in their family has even held a passport in 100 yearsl
@MrDanielvass 2 місяці тому
Elite breakfasts at Tebay farm shop services. I used to be a regular when I used to drive up to Scotland for work.
@yodaami 2 місяці тому
OMG if you like our service stations( rest stops) then you will absolutely adore the ones in Switzerland! I was there last year and I’d have a wedding reception dinner in some of them!! And the toilets!! Wow. Chip and pin entry to toilets for the equivalent of a pound, so I guess they should be good 😊 The best one for me in the UK is Westmoreland on the M6 on the way to Scotland.
@artyonehundred 2 місяці тому
Thanks for making me laugh. Enjoyed the 'slightly unhinged' thing - a very British way of describing yourself, if I may say so! At one point I did think you could try doing this kind of thing as a rap, perhaps next time? Looking forward to your next endeavour, thanks again.
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Haha, I'm glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching! Definitely keep an eye out for my rapping career. ;)
@1965GJS13 2 місяці тому
I lived in the U.S. for 5 years, and it was what prompted me to buy a "brita"-style water filter jug for the first time ever. The water out of the taps (faucets) in my apartment was brown......!
@ExternalInputs Місяць тому
My high school chemistry taught me that water was an odourless, colourless, tasteless liquid, and what was coming out of my tap didn't conform to any of those descriptions.
@mericet39 28 днів тому
Your first point about baking - so true! It's like a pay for stuff & think "Awww this reminds me of my youth! How quaint!"
@thomasrae9730 20 днів тому
Have you been to Scotland and tried morning rolls. It's a lumps of dough baked like bread. Great fresh with butter or margarine. You can buy a roll on chips (Back to front) chips on a roll. The extra advantage you can get a lot more chips on a roll than a piece on chips (Piece some Scots word for buttie/sandwich)
@lemdixon01 2 місяці тому
'The City of London' the 1 square mile financial area is the financial capital of the world. It might be convinient to use electeonic money but if they get rid of physical money then I think thats bad in a different way. For one thing the state knows exactly what youre spending money one when its electronic so if things are rationed in the future they could stop your transactions.
@davidjenkins1003 2 місяці тому
A really good, entertaining video. Top notch. Thanks.😆
@GirlGoneLondonofficial 2 місяці тому
Thanks for watching!
@chrisbodum3621 2 місяці тому
Neat ! Undoubtedly your finest upload to date.
@michaeltb1358 2 місяці тому
I am in UK, but I travelled many times from Tulsa airport. it was recommended to allow 45 minutes minimum to go through security, so you chose well. Many people in UK do use their speaker phones. As you say, really annoying, especially on public transport. Regarding cards. When I first went to USA people asked for ID before accepting a card.
@roderickjoyce6716 2 місяці тому
If you think UK rest stops are wonderful, try France or Italy. Tebay is far and away the best because it's run by a local independent company.
@ethelmini 2 місяці тому
Ours have to provide free toilets & refreshments by law. The Fre
@mkrmkr3805 2 місяці тому
I've been to multiple States in the US and have had a very good experience every time. It was the people there, so friendly, generous and polite. However, from my experience, Americans have forgotten how to walk any distance farther than house to driveway or the car park too McDonalds. So sorry they've forgotten the basics. Thank you for the video too. 🌻
@garryferrington811 2 місяці тому
Walk to where? Everything is driving distance. We have obey Big Oil.
@mkrmkr3805 2 місяці тому
@@garryferrington811 My mistake Garry. Seems evolution only allowed the development of human legs to operate car pedals. 😀
@lanialost1320 Місяць тому
you're lucky with the "friendly, generous and polite" experience with Americans. I find them racist, loud and crude. So much swearing in public even with kids as young as 3.
@pinknylon1121 Місяць тому
No one swears more than the British (except possibly the Australians)
@bugaboo-bricks Місяць тому
I remember taking a work trip to Tampa in 2019. The look I got from the waitress when I tapped my phone on the card reader and got the confirmation beep. I swear she thought I was Mr Robot or something.
@vinniechudam1835 Місяць тому
Brace yourself this summer as Heathrow unveils brand new X ray scanners. Your laptop wont need to be taken out and liquids can stay inside your bags with a new limit of 2 litres in size. City Airport (LCY) has completed the roll out of the new X ray scanners and Gatwick is due later this year.
@jca111 2 місяці тому
My question to you... Why don't Americans use butter on sandwiches? It's essential, particularly on chip or bacon butties.
@gregorybiestek3431 2 місяці тому
The main reason why butter on sandwiches is not used in the USA is that nutritionists & doctors in the late 1980s began telling everybody that ALL butter was BAD for a person's health! They bombarded the public with ads, info campaigns and medical advice at EVERY doctor's visit to eliminate ALL use of butter. They stated that all butter is full of saturated fats and cholesterol, so any use of butter in any food was a recipe to killing yourself. This lasted for nearly 25 years until about 2010 when they changed to talking about "bad" cholesterol and "good" cholesterol.
@andrewvalentine6977 Місяць тому
May be wrong but I don't think they have soft spread (olive etc), only butter, which is hard.
@gregorybiestek3431 Місяць тому
@@andrewvalentine6977 The main reason why butter on sandwiches is not used in the USA is that nutritionists & doctors in the late 1980s began telling everybody that ALL butter was BAD for a person's health! They bombarded the public with ads, info campaigns and medical advice at EVERY doctor's visit to eliminate ALL use of butter. They stated that all butter is full of saturated fats and cholesterol, so any use of butter in any food was a recipe to killing yourself. This lasted for nearly 25 years until about 2010 when they changed to talking about "bad" cholesterol and "good" cholesterol.
@jca111 Місяць тому
@@andrewvalentine6977 most people use butter in the UK tho. You just leave it out.
@Fii38 28 днів тому
yes, the butter has to be melting from the hot chips. Its a must.
@Immhotep 2 місяці тому
Please do unfiltered more, this is the honest take, looking back across the pond and going WTF. You are a brit now cos that's the way we think and it's lovely to see an ex American provide the detail.
@grahammoore24 Місяць тому
Olive garden....2012 when I first went to America to meet my (soon to be) second wife, we went to the local olive garden as guest's of her father. It was pleasant enough, me being an Englishman not very well travelled. I was thankful it all worked out fine. We married. Now divorced a few years ago I travelled to Italy 🇮🇹 and experienced real Italian food..my god! what are they serving at the olive garden??!
@retroclickmedia4422 Місяць тому
Love the Alice book, my best mate lives next door to her home in Oxford
@davidcook7887 2 місяці тому
As a Brit who spent 14 years working for US companies, I agree with everything you said except “ I like ( look in the air) whatever” what a mind blank that is. Lets face it, if a Brit offers you a cup of coffee they mean instant coffee granule coffee 👎 If anAmerican offers you a cup of tea they mean a teabag in lukewarm water with a string with a label on the end 👎
@captaingaz66 21 день тому
The coffee in the US is disgusting, that's why star bucks never made it here in Aus we have taste unlike the Americans.
@accomuk Місяць тому
Just imagine if that tea wasnt thrown into Boston Harbour, you would have had all these things in America today :)
@simonbrown140 Місяць тому
As a Brit, I really enjoyed watching this and having visited America a few times I can definitely agree with you. You're so witty 👌😄👌
@stewedfishproductions9554 19 днів тому
I have been past Tebay Services several times (heading to Scotland) and NEVER stopped! So I had to look it up and was blown away... I'm now looking forward to my next trip 'Up North' just to visit the loo and try the food. 😂😂😂 😛😛😛 Yum! Yum!
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