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@helenhallwood3580

Ай бұрын

Thor is the hammer god in Viking mythology. Also good to pronounce if you have a lisp

@bettyalexkollias8058

Ай бұрын

Morning John. FYI first horse of the day on the left is QUARTERBACK. 😁 No Ormonde in either group.

@jade7249

Ай бұрын

John I'm wondering which of the Guards you prefer over the others for some strange reason I prefer the Blues and Royals I have no clue why lol

@jade7249

Ай бұрын

There you go John the horses name is Quarterback so I thinking this beautiful animal plays football. Now all we need to figure out what type of football he or she plays lo,

@jade7249

Ай бұрын

John that was a weird feeling when you said they were good looking and from Russia because when I first came on to your channel there was a female beside one of the horses and I was betting to myself that she was a Russian.I kind of know if they are from Europe compared to USA or even Australia they have a certain type of look about them which I can't describe. My Father was Hungarian and you could tell he and his friends who came out with him were European

"What are they taking pictures of?" in the first minute......those of us in North America absolutely adore the style and look of those types of shopfronts you have in England (and parts of Europe). The architecture alone is well worth the pictures. You're so lucky to have streets and Burroughs that are so pleasing to the eye. :)

What the hell is wrong with some people parents have their child/childen out with them keep an eye on them. You g children will rn around they want to explore the horse guaed NO play ground. Depending on the childs age some should know better too. The guards are NOT baby siters they are on duty doing their job certainly don't want to witness idiotic behaviour.

@dancingcloudlew4311

Ай бұрын

There's too much entitlement going on everywhere. A wave back is a universal sign.

@alexandra2jerry

25 күн бұрын

@@dancingcloudlew4311just saying Hi. It’s rather nice.

No matter what language, when the police wave people back and people are moving away, it's the sign to follow police orders

@annbeirne9583

Ай бұрын

Agree it isn't rocket science, a pushing away action must be universal💖

Watching today + everyday. I'm addicted to ppl/horsey watching.❤

@coolmum47

Ай бұрын

Me too, it's so bloomin' addictive !!! ( didn't really want to say 'bloomin' there :/ )

Nice to see the female officer back. She is great.

@paulinemegson8519

Ай бұрын

Isn’t she? She’s one of my favourite MoD officers….no nonsense but very pleasant and always has a pat for the horses😀

John threat level is at 3 which means a definite threat that’s why a high police presence

@LondonCityWalks

Ай бұрын

That certainly makes a lot of sense, particularly after the ISIS attack in Moscow. Thank you!

@kimsanders9388

Ай бұрын

Thank you for letting me know. I was wondering why so tense. Besides the horses don't need so many people around them.

@sierra_duval

Ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining

I do wish tourists would give the new horses and guards at least a few minutes to settle in before charging up for a photograph.

Morning….Thor is magnificent!!Love the Blues & Royals!!😎🌻

The helicopters you saw this morning was a nationwide farewell flight to commemorate the phase out of the Apache AH1

@LondonCityWalks

Ай бұрын

Amazing! Thank you Sally.

@awmperry

Ай бұрын

They’ve served well - you had me worried for a moment, but at least they’re being replaced with upgraded Apaches instead of being retired altogether.

It is Russian, John. My father speaks Russian. He was taught by the military. When he left the military, he was classified as a tri-linguist. English, French, and Russian. He then went to work as a civil servant for National Rescourses Cananda. He can still speak Rusdian today, and he learned it back in 1972. Your friend, the Retired Paramedic and Horse Trainer in Ontario, Canada, Jenn 💖 🇨🇦

@kathellison8084

Ай бұрын

My daughter speaks Russian , she learnt when she joined Cirque De Soleil in Montreal in 1997 , there were many Russians on the squad she helped them with their English in return they taught her Russian . She was a gymnast and competed in Minsk Belorussia in 1994 , she said the people were lovely but poor , the girls on the British team left them all their toiletries and make up as they couldn't get any . They also gave away many of their leotards . She went to Ukraine twice as well , fell in a snowdrift in Kiev 😀. She still has her Great Britain tracksuits packed safely away .

@jenniferlehman326

Ай бұрын

@@kathellison8084 My father's teacher was from Kyev. Best Regards, Jenn 💖

@paulinemegson8519

Ай бұрын

⁠@@kathellison8084oh wow, how very cool. You must be incredibly proud of her. There’s another job that “looks easy” from the outside, but as the saying goes, that elegant swan gliding over the lake, hides legs going like the clappers below the surface 😂. So much hard work goes into performances like the Cirque. And doesn’t John speak Russian? I’m sure he’s said he does.

@kathellison8084

Ай бұрын

@@paulinemegson8519 She started age 2 and retired at 19 after snapping a tendon in her wrist , the two pins are still there , she says as long as they didn't stop her going through security at an airport they could stay in ! I decided I couldn't sit on the sidelines and watch so I became a coach and judge , not as stressful 😐. She was the British teams youngest aged 13 ( and smallest ) in her first International so was chosen to carry the flag for the team . She'd moved from Artistic Gymnastics ( vault , bars , beam , floor ) to Acrobatic Gymnastics so she was the little one on top being thrown around ! I think she can still do the splits 20 years later 😋. Paddling hard to make it look elegant and graceful 😀 .

@paulinemegson8519

Ай бұрын

⁠@@kathellison8084Oh that’s so cool.….the litmus test is to make something borderline impossible, look easy and beautiful, which is no small talent.

Really, sometimes the people are like a pack of lions getting ready to attack. The changing over is a fairly easy process. When the new horse comes in, the guard doesn't even have a moment to settle himself or the horse before the packs attack. Give them a break people, better yet......just stay back!!

At least the new sign makes it clear that these are real soldiers

@sierra_duval

Ай бұрын

Thank God I see disrespectful comments saying they are for show and they are trained military

@user-bu9ju5ic9h

Ай бұрын

Well, we do live in a tik tok/theme park world.

There was a big gap in my visits to London. The first thing I noticed was the addition of the bollards protecting pedestrians from errant vehicles. I’ve been married long enough to say when I took my bride to the UK for the first time, we could get a picture from inside Downing Street. On the same trip, we got stopped by an old dear who started the conversation with “London didn’t used to be like this” and she proceeded to tell us about some of the interesting bits just close by. As a Canadian, my wife just assumed that practices in the UK would be very similar to home, after all, her grandmother always said the family was “British to the core”. I spent many years in the UK so my style of dress blended in, but clearly, that old dear spotted the wife as a visitor, probably took her for an American. She did experience a bit of culture shock so I took her to the Maple Leaf for drink. Hockey was on the TV. Funny how odd tidbits from the past stick with you.

I don’t understand why people feel they can touch the horses!

@remoraexocet

17 күн бұрын

Maybe because these guards are just a tourist attraction.

I'm wondering if the coverage in the Daily mail the other week has increased visitors , some will probably have had no idea Horse Guards exists and there are really horses and Troopers to see ? I do enjoy " people watching " some of the clothes , facial expressions , posing and gestures are hilarious , sometimes unintentionally at other times well you have to wonder 😂. If only all Tour Guides were as good as the man emphasising that the Troopers are trained soldiers and how to behave towards them ! Hope you enjoyed your snooker yesterday John 😀. Thanks and as always looking forward to part 2 xxx

Hi John, security has been tightened up all over the country, especially in London due to the Moscow attack. Regards Barry.

@lindamorris8706

Ай бұрын

Really !!. Yes, I suppose that makes sense x

@lesleyhughes3174

Ай бұрын

I don't know that anybody would know that, unless you were part of that planning. Assumptions?

@paulinemegson8519

Ай бұрын

@@lesleyhughes3174well, no……but it’s a fair assumption under the circumstances, surely?

The LG horse with the unusual face markings you previously identified as Quarterback, thanks for the video.

@Roox8115

Ай бұрын

Thank you, i was wondering about him, too. I knew it couldn't be Trojan because Trojan has one white droplet on his nose, and that's it, it's a very specific marking. And he's very restless, usually. But I knew i had seen this horse before, because of the marking on the face.

These Cavalry Blacks are fine horses! Very handsome and nicely behaved, most of the time. Now we have Tipper on the left and on the right, we have Passiondale. See next Part two.

Thor and viper are gorgeous horses.❤❤❤❤

They're taking pictures of the shops, John. We don't have shops like that. We took pictures of everything we saw that we have never see here in CA

A lot of parents have no business having children.

@christophermichaelclarence6003

Ай бұрын

You mean a lot parents don’t deserve be parents. Bloody true. In my case, Never get along with my father

@ellenwheat3608

Ай бұрын

Anthropologist Margaret Mead agreed with you, johnfrey

@leeannebishop51

Ай бұрын

Oh that’s right take out on their kids Really? your that cold hearted I hope you don’t have children

@maybarnard1088

Ай бұрын

​@@christophermichaelclarence6003never got along with either of my parents. Sent off to boarding school at 10.

@christophermichaelclarence6003

Ай бұрын

@@maybarnard1088 Oh dear.

The horse you’re standing in front of right there Thro he look like the regal of a carriage horse. You can see he’s got a lot of muscles rippling in his quarters. If you watch him standing there, you could see the muscle moves in his legs very impressive looking animal.❤❤❤

Good morning John have a blessed day.

Hello from Michigan USA ❤

Hi John from Canada, might see you in April ❤

Interesting morning today - something of a mystery as to why there's so many police. Both Viper and Thor are very curious horses. Viper is a real Cav Black - can't see any white on him at all. Thor has very unusual nose/mouth markings. They're lovely horses. 🥰

The Trooper on Thor isn't giving him his head like they normally do. He's keeping a tight rein and control of him. Not like the Trooper on Viper. Viper has full use of of it's head and neck, but not with Thor. He must be new to the box or something. Just an observation. Your friend, the Retired Paramedic and Horse Trainer in Ontario, Canada, Jenn 💖 🇨🇦

WOW! 160 years that is what I wanted to know.

The cop on the spectacular gray also has a spectacular leg! Position, that is. Like all sports and really, most endeavors, the best results in riding horseback are obtained by following a set of rules which helps get us out of our own way and succeed at the given task. It also helps us get out of the horse's way. "Equitation" is knowledge accrued since the first horse was ridden, and has developed into the proper positioning of the body to create the most effective rider possible, plus applying voice, weight, hands, and legs to ask the horse to do things. Requests like circle, stop, begin to canter (slow gallop), etc. It involves performing specific movements: changing the leading leg in canter when changing direction, lateral movements (great for avoiding other riders who suddenly get in the way), keeping the fore- or hindlegs almost still while describing a circle like a compass with the opposite pair of legs (s'how gates are opened), etc etc. Each type of riding has its own rules, its own most desirable 'seat,' (the overall position) as well as its own equipment. While generally conservative, things do evolve and/or change over time in the horsey world; e.g., since the late 80s, increasing numbers of US western riders (a la les cowboys) have been using both hands on the reins, far milder bits and spurs, and saddles weighing less than 40 pounds (18+ kilos in new money).

@paulinemegson8519

Ай бұрын

Nice reply BUT I have to take exception with one thing. A canter is not a “slow gallop”, a canter is three beat, gallop is 4. Totally different gait. Otherwise, lots of good info 😀and yes that leg position was great….lots of flexion in the ankle and knee joints tho some might say her stirrups were a tad short??

@MerelyGifted

Ай бұрын

@@paulinemegson8519 Sorry. Just trying to simplify it for non-riders.

The thumbs and index finger sign is a heart .

I love the way the Trooper looked back at the Chinese lady just sfter Harry Potter!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

She was waiting for the horse to turn its head towards her so the picture could be taken, John.

@sylviekins

Ай бұрын

Of course! I don’t know why they don’t just used stuffed horses so they can stay still and be in the right position for photos at all times🙄

I have read the Daily Mail about the naughty tourist's who mentioned you it was quite a big article with picture's well done

Would love to know what the guards think when they are sitting there . lol

It,s not the guards job to tell your kids to move but good on him,good video john.glad there where more officers

😊the female is thumb forefinger to form a I Heart You. They do that in Korea. ❤

I’ve seen many of your videos several times and just now realized in this video, the horse that is paired here with the Caucasian Trooper (time marker 18:58) on the first Blues & Royals shift distinctly has a dark heart on his nose (or three large dark spots when his head is raised). Love your channel ❤️ From Washington state ❤️ Thank you to the Troopers for their service (especially Ormonde 😊)

Afternoon John great video

Good afternoon John, I thought the first unknown beauty was Quarterback, I may be wrong

The first gaurd is my favourite he's always on form stands no nonsense and keeps eye on his horse ❤️🇬🇧👍

Good morning, John. 😊

1:00:20 I've never seen the police like they are now. Weapon held downwards but ready watching the crowd. Your right John there is more alert police in the yard. Its a sad world that we can't have a 🌍 world 🌎 where such alertness is needed.

@garfield2439

23 күн бұрын

I noticed they always seem to have their hands on their weapons

I have to say Passchendaele is one handsome horse. Sad not to see Ormonde this time. He is one cheeky character 😂.

@user-bu9ju5ic9h

Ай бұрын

Good name for horse, bad experience for family. My grandfathers brother (a great uncle) was killed there, fighting with the South Staffords . My wife’s grandfather was maimed a couple days later in that same patch of mud, 31 Bn Alberta. Two men from our future family that grew up thousands of miles apart.

@tina4niko

Ай бұрын

@@user-bu9ju5ic9h So very sad to hear this. Our men and women were wonderful to risking their lives in that awful war.

Love you, John, you're great.I love your commentary all the joking.Your sense of humor you're fantastic. If you go to Pari, hope you have a great time and get to do what you want to do.Good luck❤❤❤❤❤

@dianapittman2767

Ай бұрын

Just out of curiosity, how often is the box cleaned? And who has the honor of cleaning!

If I would not see this I would never know that there was a list of horses with numbers!, and aficionados that know their names!!! Impressive!!

Good Morning, John. Little late this morning. We just had another 7 inches of snow on top of the 40 inches we already had. I'd say, Spring in Colorado has sprung a snowy leak. Have a Great Day!❤😊

12:21 Those are finger hearts dear John!

NICE SIGN! Every little bit helps!!

@kathleenquinn8538

23 күн бұрын

Great sign John. Too bad about the typo.

Perhapes they think you're of Royalty and come out of the palace for a break 😂lol Thank you for the video ❤️🇬🇧👍

Wonder if the sign adjuster will show up today...

The lady doing the hand sign with both hands it means a heart, love sign. Thanks for the great videos

Absolutely addicted to your channel! You actually inspired me to plan another trip to London some day soon! I also love all those horses, sure it is not a petting zoo, but I am certain I could not hold back lol.

look at the footage at 11 with those boys the guard looks cheesed off bless him A J

Helicopters are Apache Gunships [ Army] based in Suffolk or Hampshire

Hello. Mr.John..have a wonderul..day..Do take care..

A video of al those horses in Paris would be wonderful I bet those rooms will be stupidly expensive

Morning John...see way to many students...don't they stay in school anymore..lol...have a great day..little windy....have a great day.

@christophermichaelclarence6003

Ай бұрын

And it’s getting cold again now. Last week, it was surprisingly warm

@nadiaeddyditboudreau3283

Ай бұрын

It's Easter break right now for students

What’s with all the foolish hand gestures?

I do like the Blues and Royals Guards and horses, majestic. Really enjoyable hour John. Thank you: Kiwi

Heart sign (with the finger and thumb) (K pop)

Good job as usual God bless

Loving these vids as I have been missing London...thank you so much! cheers!

Good afternoon lovely John how is one today xxxxx

Morning John. Looks like another busy day in the yard…😂 your befuddlement with the picture taking tourists reminds me of the time I took a friend from Germany to see “Hobbiton”(yes it’s touristy….it’s also very cool) We were sat in the cafe, watching a group of Japanese tourists, getting very excited and eagerly taking photos…..but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out WHAT they were taking photos OF……turns out there were a couple of sheep in a small yard, and they were what they were getting all excited about….. Sheep………to say I was confused would have been something of an understatement😳🤯🤣Sheep are……ubiquitous I guess is the word😂here. It was hard for me to imagine WHY anyone would be excited about a picture of a sheep, but they surely were🤷🤣 The horse with the unusual markings is Quarterback I believe….very handsome lad. And please, again, I BEG of you John🙏, pretty PRETTY please, when you’re trying to identify a horse, PLEASE try to get a picture that INCLUDES the front hooves and shows both rear legs, because sometimes the distinguishing mark is as tiny as a forefoot coronet marking. Yes, I have been known to yell at my iPad……”down a bit……just go down another cm or so……arrrrgggghhhhh!!!!” 🤣😳🤣 I THOUGHT I heard a lovely lilting Irish accent there…..love the Irish accent….falls soft and sweet on the ears like a soft rain on the hills of county Mayo(or something like that 😉😂)

I think its quarterback.❤

I am so happy KZread put our page back to original page the way it was before hated the new one Thank you

I'm still laughing at the dark glasses and orange trousers posing. My hairy aunt!!!

Thor is having a stamp protest! Viper seems to be getting anxious too. John you are to modest I think the Russian group were delighted that you could speak some of their language. Viper is getting a bit more miffed now.

John i would love you to film the parade in paris and show it on the channel.

"The other Thor" 😂😂😂

Brilliant commentary, I love guessing what nationality the tourists are…..😊😊😊😊

Loving hearing the names of the horses ❤

I’m sure some of these idiotic and so called parents, think the guards are there to babysit and protect their kids ? Duh, NO, your kid, your responsibilty, your job to make sure your child is safe, If u don’t , and something happens, god forbid, you, cos no one else will

Hello John!!what a mysterious video that was lots of things going on 🤔 stupid morons being screamed at police but we had the Magnificent Guards and their horse's they were beautiful. Excellent about the sign at the Arches 👌 looking forward to part 2 Thank you John stay safe ❤❤🇬🇧🇬🇧

John, John, John. Tsk tsk. Quarterback wants to know how unusual his markings have to be for you to remember his name 😂

Hi John from Philadelphia!

Morning from sunny Tucson

Do you really have to disrespect the building too? No respect for the Guard and horse and now a 600 plus year old building is being disrespected!

The police Grey was lovely but that Bay was absolutely stunning!!

Is that a spelling mistake on the sign, The Household Cavalry Museum ENTANCE?

@Barry_P

Ай бұрын

WELL SPOTTED. When I drew John's attention to the new sign, I never saw that.

If you look like Pitt or Clooney I want to see it please. I enjoy your videos.

@lesleyhughes3174

Ай бұрын

😂😅

@garfield2439

23 күн бұрын

I'd love to have a face to go with his voice

Maybe because of Russia. Higher alert.

Maybe there are more police because the tourists are less respectful.

No King Ormonde😭😭😭😭. Thor is beautiful. Yes Indigo beautiful. John is the camera man Sean (?) there everyday? Does he have a website to look up? He seems very nice. It boggles the mind that someone would follow the guard into the arches to get a pictures. The heightened security may be because of the ISIS attack in Moscow.

Enjoy watching your videos and the commentary you give as well. Watching from Australia

Just popping in, love your videos. Those kids at the beginning taking photos of the shops. Really pretty shop fronts, I'd photograph them, too.

Brad Pitt is in Pub accross the road

Well they put the new sign up but has anyone spotted the blatant spelling mistake....

@LondonCityWalks

Ай бұрын

'ENTANCE' 😂 Already spotted and reported. 🙏🏻

Heightened securiry because of what happened in Moscow this weekend.

Hi John 🙌

Hi John. The first horse of the lifeguards I don’t know his name. I have a photo but still no name. Second one is Quarterback. 😊😊

@geliconner9669

Ай бұрын

The LG horse on the right was Spitfire 😊

@LynnL3588

Ай бұрын

@@geliconner9669 oh wow. Thank you. I must have just forgot to write his name down 😀

Taki g pics of beautiful store front. Perhaps where they are from they don't have colorful store fronts?

15:34 Viper a snake. But did look and found That the Royal Navy deploy on their ships. an air-defence system call Sea Viper. 33:39 orange 🍊 pants for the lady😮. Each to their own. 48:29 see the old soldier by the Guard kiosk chatting to the tourists. The stories he could tell.

John, I am curious now, with them having changed the sign to read The King's Life Guard, if the Trumpeters now have a new standard on their trumpets as well. Because on the last long guard, they still had the late Queen Elizabeth II's standard on their trumpets. Your friend, the Retired Paramedic and Horse Trainer in Ontario, Canada, Jenn 💖 🇨🇦

@LondonCityWalks

Ай бұрын

The honest answer to that question is I'm unsure Jenn. Let's hope someone knows the definitive answer!

@Barry_P

Ай бұрын

Although the King presented a new Royal Standard just last year; in John's recent 'Haunted Box' video, as the New Guard's Colours are being carried into stables, there is a good view that they are still using the E II R Regimental Standard presented by the late Queen in 2014. There was a great Standards Parade that day, with the whole regiment, armoured vehicles et al, trooping down the Mall. Look for it on KZread.

@jenniferlehman326

Ай бұрын

@Barry_P I know, that's why I'm curious to know if the Trumpeters Standard is still that of ER or if that has been changed as well. That was my curiosity. Best Regards, Jenn 💖

@paulinemegson8519

Ай бұрын

They take a while to get changed over. Those standards are still embroidered(by hand I think) and take a long time to make. Given that the uniforms of several ceremonial units also needed wholesale replacements done….yeah, it’s a process.

@jenniferlehman326

Ай бұрын

​@@paulinemegson8519 I should have remembered that they were hand-made!! Can I just say I had a long day with a couple of fractious foals today, and had a DUH! moment?? LOL 🤣 Best Regards from a Retired Paramedic and Horse Trainer in Ontario, Canada, Jenn 💖 🇨🇦

Maybe orienting new police to the site, or gearing up for Easter holiday crowds

Maybe somebody was stark naked in the window???!!!!😂

Strange how things change over the years, people used to keep left when walking on the foot path, now they seem to always keep to the right.

With Russian intelligence accusing UK 🇬🇧 and USA 🇺🇸 of being involved in the Is attack in Moscow and that attack itself, we can expect heightened security for a while now around every military and government building.

@garfield2439

23 күн бұрын

True

Didn't see Ormonde. I think they're saving Ormonde for hot weather. Hahaha! Short temper and the heat makes it worse. The guards will like it cause they're hot and frustrated. Just my opinion.