Most border checkpoints don’t let people film they claim it is for security reasons. I had the same issue at San Francisco airport.

Yay! Called it!!!😎😊👍🏼

When I first vaped at thirty six years old, I got the sh&ts.

The guy who didn't want to be filmed... Quite a few Customs officers spend time undercover - they mingle with passengers claiming their baggage, they mix with the crowds waiting to meet people, they watch for people who might be drugs mules, etc. So they don't want their pictures on the internet because then they can't do their jobs. I first learned about this years ago when I went to Hong Kong and Australia. I bought a new camera in HK and loads of other stuff in Oz - I used/wore it all while I was away but even so I had to sneak everything back in to the UK. Imagine my horror therefore when one of the people meeting me at Heathrow shouted "wow, you got your new camera then!" across the arrivals hall - I spent the next few days waiting for someone to arrest me for smuggling! (Oh and in case a customs officer reads this, it was years ago - you missed me!)

I’m just amazed there are any trains running at all. Bloody strikes. The grass is so dry because, contrary to popular belief, it barely rains in the UK anymore. You wanna see our reservoirs.

Also when he said “I wonder why the grass is so dry” In the places I’ve been to in America there were sprinklers keeping grass alive - our summers don’t usually dry out the grass.

thats what i was thinking

I was thinking right at the start when they said 100 was normal. I was just waiting for the comment about AC. Nowadays in London most stuff is air conditioned, but many people don't realise how new a thing that is in many places. They should feel blessed their hostel seems to have had aircon. But it looks like they didn't have any aircon in the Bath hostel!

I preferred going into the office during all this at least they had AC blasting most of the day

nearby supermarkets would have AC but that's about it lol

You mean, "hope you enjoyed the trip" this was filmed 10 days back. He is back home now.

Also true for US customs

Yes! Do not film or take pictures in those areas. Also, do not take pictures in front of or near embassies! I had my phone taken from me, and only returned after the police deleted my pictures. They take it VERY seriously. I didn’t know, but I do now.

US is much worse and don’t even let you use a phone

@@harborgirl8877 actually the police do not have authority do that they need a court order just to look in your phone and a separate court order to delete anything. Can photograph or film anything you can see with your eyes from a public place there are NO exceptions at all.

There's nothing sweet about this young ignoramus

Lol, that reminds me of a conversation I had with someone who told me they *love* this heat. I remarked that I tend to stay out of the sun because I had skin cancer and she said, without realising the irony "Oh I don't stay out in it. Luckily I have air con in my home. I wouldn't cope otherwise" I supposed it's easy to love the heat from inside an air conditioned room lolol.

Here in Australia a lot of people with top loading washing machines divert the rinse cycle water (not the soapy washing cycle water) from our washing machines to our lawns during droughts. During a bad drought, if I am running water from my hot water tap or shower I save the cold water that comes out first for my pot plants. Also cold water from rinsing lettuce, vegetables etc for the pot plants. My daughter in law’s mother even uses her bath water for her garden. It becomes a way of life in Summer. Oh, and when we have low water storage in our dams, washing cars is banned, depending on the number of your house “odd or even number” you can water your garden between certain early morning or late evening hours every second day. When the dams get low we jump in the shower and get wet, turn the water off and soap up, then turn the water back on and rinse off because we have a recommended number of litres for daily use per person when we are getting to a dangerously low level. We have never exceeded our recommended daily allowance. Oh, forgot we also have rain water tanks attached to our houses for flushing toilets and to save water from the mains for drinking etc. at our last house we had around 12,000 litres of water collected from our roof system saved to water tanks for watering our gardens, washing cars and topping up our spa pool. Our new smaller home has only one slim line water tank (4,000 litres) used for flushing toilets.

True, my backdoor lock expands in the heat which makes it super hard to lock

I do feel bad with that but why can you install an AC unit is what confuses me are they just not common?

@@ConchRepublic2047 They're not common because for most of the year, they're not needed. Average London summer high temperature (outside of heatwaves) is about 24°C

The problem London and many of our cities face Charlie, is the erosion and re writing of their history by persons who detest us and our past.

I think you have to consider the size of the country or in our case an island that is about 750 miles from lands end to The tip of Scotland , with a pretty big population for its size but absolutely rich with history it’s quite incredible!

You also don’t know it’s real name. Unless you were sitting on top of the BELL, which is the thing called Big Ben, then you were sitting by Elizabeth Tower. Just a heads up.

@@1978rharris Good to know - I actually wasn't aware of that, I've done some research and you're right - but I think we can use its old terminology and everyone knows what I'm talking about.

Smaller and underwhelming?! What?

Not a good idea to swim in the tidal Thames (below Teddington): (a) Weil's disease from rats, (b) the current is very strong.

It's so clean whales, dolphins and seals all swim up it to have a look at the Houses of Parliament!

Not in the world, but going through a city. You need to remember the amount of rotten food in it, dead things and feces

First time I saw the Thames I freaked out at how dirty I thought it was. I didnt know it was clay. Still about dubious?

Not recomended its tidal you will probably end up in france

It was a weekday though so most will have been at work - or at the beach or parks

@@helenagreenwood2305 central London's always busy even during the week especially during the summer months like July it was definitely a lot less busy than usual last week during the heat wave I've seen a few other videos from central London and it looked a lot less busy due to the extreme heat even the scammers were nowhere to be seen on those two days.

I live close to Victoria and believe me I’ve never seen it so quiet due to the heat the parks were deserted less traffic it was simply to hot for most people to be out many people also took the day off work aswell

@@charliezz6746 pansy southerners listening to the warning despite the fact other countries regularly exceed 35 degrees and a lot of those country are visited by brits

@@samuelpinder1215 Well the country is not built for 39 to 40 degrees C no air con or proper infostrucher in place compared to countries who are use to that sort of heat for 3 to 4 months of the summer continuously.

Enjoy, and thats for sure!

The grass is dry because of the lack of rain. No watering systems in place in the uk. The building attached to Big Ben is the houses of Parliament which consists of the house of commons and the house of Lords.

@@amandalewis1003 Actually that's the Elizabeth Tower ...big Ben is the bell inside

@@tyrone.2634 they legalised them across the UK about a month ago, everyones flying around on them now...

@@dreddykrugernew Northern Ireland is part of the UK...

10:28 😅

Just like how shocked I was when I was in the USA and seeing people carrying guns around. I find a lot of people smoking outside the train stations in London as they’ve just been on a long journey most likely

@@Angel-kf4sg Yeah, it's normality in the US for people to carry guns around, my uncle lives there and he pulled out a gun one day while we were stopped in a parking lot for lunch and told he kept it handy for when he visited south central LA incase he got car jacked or something! Regards London theres always people smoking outside the train stations, airports, bus stations etc..... they need that fix after a long journey!!

It’s a humid heat here in Southern England. It feels much hotter than what it says.

He's actually walking around n it, so yeah he's probably more useto it. Mostly u can't even walk in this heat

It’s pretty normal to get hot in London in summer though 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@Angel-kf4sg Exactly Angel. It catches so out so many people from America and other similar countries who believe the myth of all of England being cold and wet all year round. Southern and London Summers are humid and very warm very often. The stupid websites in America recommend you bring scales and jackets in July! You will roast, it’s hot enough in tee-shirt and shorts! 🔥🔥

@@samuelbarrett9403 so true, might be true for Scotland but not most of inner southern England especially southeast England

If you had done that in many European countries - especially Greece- you would be spending a long time in a cell whilst the investigate you..

@@richardwest6358 mostly happens when civil and military share airfields

The same can be said for many Chinese tourists (middle-aged and older ones, at least). My family went on a bus tour of eastern Canada with my aunt’s family-us from the U.S., them from China-and neither my parents nor my aunt ended up tasting poutine even once, having picked a tour package that stopped at Chinese restaurants for almost every meal break. Note that neither of our families was limited by financials-let’s just put it like that. And I suspect that’s the same for your typical American family who can afford a trip to Japan. Insularity is a very, but not uniquely, American trait.

Isn't it weird when you go on VACATION to another country and you want to learn about there history .But you don't want to learn your own countries history??? 🤔

Coffee can be a bit hit and miss in Japan, Starbucks is okay

yep haha

@@ItsJps perfect weather for a nice pint. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos. Ps I live literally half hour from London and never seen Big Ben etc 😂. Like you though I prefer the countryside and not big cities.

@sokin jon What about it?

Thanks for telling who it was driving into B.P.

And he also said Edinburgh correctly. Well done Joel 😎

i prefer edinburgh to the highlands.

And Wales bypassed altogether

@Laurie Agreed. Gwynedd, Ceredigion, Powys and Pembrokeshire especially.

SO very true. Wester Ross and the Mountains if big cities stress you out.

@@arthurterrington8477 beautiful Wales!

Me too😆

The Flag was up .... I believe the Queen is in Residence!

@@jamesalexander5623 It was the Union Jack flag which was flying above the palace in the video. If the Queen is in residence, it’s the Royal Standard flag which flies. I think the Queen spends most of her time at Windsor Castle these days. However, it did look like Prince Charles in the car window and so could well have been him and Camilla.

@@Neil_TheShiningMile I just checked when I was over there only the Royal Standard was flown from the Palace . 1997 was when they began to fly the Union Flag!

Yep, published stats say that only about 13% of UK adults smoke cigarettes now.

LETS GOOOOO

That looked like Prince Charles (The next King) in the Rolls Royce along with his wife.

@@B.C36 yes i thought it looked like Camilla

@@B.C36 Possibly, hard to say though

Thanks!!

He is quite right. We don't have health class in the UK. I wish we did lol. Underage smoking is a common problem. Kids love to do what they should not, kick against authority etc. but it is improving. Glad you're enjoying yourself.

As a Brit who now lives in Canada - when I’m back in London I’m also am shocked at how many people still smoke .. he’s not wrong on that point !

@@doommonger7784 Statistically the US has a higher smoking rate than the UK, and higher even than China and Italy. So yes London might be a special case, it's probably all the French there, they smoke like chimneys. Either that, or Joel lives a very sheltered life back home!!

@@citizenpb B, a sheltered life.

I don't know, it's illegal to smoke in US buildings too but you just don't see people smoking, almost ever. Even in pretty big cities.

only an hour and 15 train tho!

Did you see him? (Lake district person)

I think it was the Duke & Dutchess of Cornwall. (aka Prince Charles) who thought the Mid West Americans were in the crowd.

I’m a rail engineer in London and although heat expands the rail there was no reason for them to cancel so many trains, slower speed limits and people like me checking the rails is all that was needed!

40+

Why are you sorry 70million people got through it fine

@@jude11117 I don’t understand your point? They were delayed and I’m sorry they were delayed.

That’s strange as London and the southeast are regularly around 30c in summer?

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@@stevenalderley9036 Thanks for putting me right. I'm that stupid I thought that the vlog was almost live but I now believe it to have been recorded days ago. See what happens when you get old !

😂❤

Doubled with the greedy cunts wanting extra money despite earning 47,300 a year after 4 years training

Not to mention that NONE of our public transports have air conditioning, even though prices are ridiculously overpriced.

@@kmdreacts some do in London (District line, Elizabeth line, the Overground and the trams). Some of the really new buses also have air conditioning. Granted, it's not even a lot of London let alone the rest of the UK - but it's not none. The new Piccadilly and Bakerloo trains when they get replaced will also have air conditioning.

@@kmdreacts A bunch of train lines now have AC (Thameslink, for example), and all the tube lines that can fit it have it now I believe (it's only the super old lines that don't have it because they're too small). Not representative of all lines, but yeah, it does exist.

In Britain we are all told about the consequences of smoking, the legal age for buying cigarettes or vape is 18, but like all countries, you will have some teenagers who are rebellious and go against authority and they think smoking or vaping makes them look cool and grown up. It is also illegal to smoke or vape inside a building,or on local transport, and if you are driving your own car, any passengers have to be 18 or over and be ok with you smoking, hence you will see alot vaping and smoking outside, or in outdoor designated smoking areas. Plus also, eastern European countries and even middle eastern countries smoke and vape a lot more! And maybe the people Joel saw in London were actually foreign tourists and not British! Especially as London has millions of foreign tourists going through. A handful of smokers does not mean the whole country is at it. Funny enough USA has a very high rate of smokers. Sorry Joel but that's a fact!

@@seeyouanon2931 I never said just Europeans and not all teens smoke/vape to look cool💀 u do know there’s thing called mental health and negative ways of coping plus it’s addictive

If you had noticed, I said " some" and yes I do know that "some " may turn to things that are bad for them as a coping mechanism because of mental health issues etc. But that still doesn't take away from what I have said previous. And just so you know, I was agreeing with you on what you had to say, but also adding to it with my thoughts on the subject.

I found Bath intensely boring unless you were prepared to lay a decent chunk of money for the baths or other things. We won’t go again.

Joel ckose the hottest days ever recorded in The UK, since records began in 1880..

@@Isleofskye Living in Florida, I know hot. The only saving grace is having air conditioning, it would be unbearable without it ! ✌

@@jamesl6639 What's Air Conditioning? LOL

@@IsleofskyeMaybe you call it air con. It cools your house.

@@jamesl6639 99% of houses don't have AC in the UK, so that's an issue for us when it gets to 85F, never mind 105F. 😜

thanks!!

JPS is in England, UK is for people who don't know which country they're in

@@ItsJps Would be nice to hear what Will thought of the trip.

@@ItsJps You missed half of the London experience though. Miserable weather ;) Eh... Still time for in Scotland i guess :D

@@triffic5588 Most Americans call the entire UK England

@@1justme Or people living here but not born in England. I am a 68 year old Londoner and hardly had any friends who have smoked...

If you go to France nearly everyone smokes , it’s gross 🤮

When choice becomes a problem....

Pretty sure London transport is actually one of the least subsidised out of the major cities in the world. Tfl get most of their income from fares

London's public transport is one of the most expensive in the world. It's always in the top 3. Auckland and Dublin are the other 2 cities that extremely expensive too. Where did you get the idea that public transport in London is cheap?

@@technov1deo it’s cheap compared to the rest of the country.

@@katashworth41 Where else in the UK has an underground system? How can you compare? Also I was making a comparison to other countries not domestically

@@technov1deo Newcastle and Glasgow.

oh fair

It's also illegal to come across from France in a dinghy, but who cares.

@@ItsJps And they have the right to refuse you entry into the country for filming there, hold you in an airport cell & then deport you on the next flight.