Historic Southampton: A Pre-Cruise Adventure!

Are you boarding a cruise ship from Southampton? Are you in port for the day of a cruise ship in Southampton? Are you just visiting Southampton and want to know some of the best things to do while you're there?
If so, then this is the ultimate Pre Cruise adventure where we discover Historic Southampton and take a look around Southampton's beautiful City Walls.
So you're going on a cruise ship holiday and are boarding the cruise ship in Southampton, but your embarkation is after mid day, what is there to see and do in Southampton in just a few hours before you board your cruise ship?
We went on the P&O Cruises Northern Europe Cruise earlier this year, onboard the stunning P&O Cruises Iona cruise ship and what an incredible time we had, and if you're interested, please check out our P&O Cruises Diary Series of vlogs and our complete, ultimate guide to the P&O Iona cruise ship.
Our embarkation time wasn't until 1pm, and as we were staying in Southampton, we didn't know what we could do to pass the time in the morning.
We discovered that Southampton is a historic walled city, so we decided to go on a pre cruise adventure and explore the walls of Southampton's walled city.
The Southampton City Walls walk didn't take too long. We spent a couple of hours taking in all the sights and sounds of Southampton, getting lovely views of the cruise ships that were at the Southampton Port. Our ship was the P&O Cruises P&O Iona cruise ship, and she looked magnificent, standing proud in the port as we walked this historic city.
If you are thinking about what to do before you board your cruise ship in Southampton, or if you're interested in the history of this walled city, then check out this pre cruise adventure vlog as we take you on a fun journey around the city walls, giving just enough fun nuggets of information hopefully without getting too boring.
If you are interested in cruise ship vlogs, then check out our P&O Iona cruise ship vlogs and our Marella Explorer cruise ship vlogs and port info and maybe consider subscribing to the channel for a lot more travel and cruise ship content.
We hope you enjoy going on our pre cruise adventure from Southampton with us, as always, we sum up the day with a well deserved pint and sum up.
This is the first of our, 'What To Do In Southampton Before My Cruise' vlog, hopefully there will be many more over time.
We mentioned in our sum up at the end about of our our new Patreon members, Scott Diussa, as well as being a musician, he's a rock music photographer. Check out his photography Instragram page - / imagesrock1
Also, if you'd like to become a Patreon, check out the link here - / postcardandapint
Thank you for watching this pre cruise adventure from Southampton and as we always say in Postcard and a Pint - Cheers To The Good Times x
Be sure to hit that notification bell to be notified of future content coming soon! 🔔
⭐ Check Us Out:
▹Facebook: / postcardandapint
▹Instagram: / postcardandapint
▹Website & Blog: www.postcardandapint.co.uk
⭐ EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE WE USE:
Cameras: iPhone 11, iPhone 12 and GoPro 11 Hero
Video Editing Software: Vegas Pro 20
Sound Editing Software: Vegas Pro 20, Sound Forge 15
⭐ SERVICES WE USE:
Music: Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsound.com)
Sound Effects: WW Audio (www.wwaudio.co.uk)
Thumbnails: Canva (www.canva.com)
Logo: Garisztemu at Fiverr (www.fiverr.com)
⭐ About Postcard & A Pint:
Welcome to the official Postcard & A Pint KZread channel.
Postcard & A Pint was thought up by my partner, Rachel & myself, Wills one day while taking our daily 1 hour exercise during the lockdown of 2020. All of a sudden, we were spending more time together, not working 6 or 7 days a week in the arts industry, and binge watching travel programs, and we were actually really enjoying it, and it made us re-evaluate what was important in life for us. Now back to working 6 or 7 days a week again, with very little time off, our happy time is getting out there on our brief times off together and making short travel videos that we are now sharing with you. It's just a bit of fun, and great for our sanity. Your support is hugely appreciated x
⭐ Make sure to Subscribe to our channel for more videos like this one! ⭐

Пікірлер: 91

  • @MagentaOtterTravels
    @MagentaOtterTravelsАй бұрын

    FANTASTIC NARRATION in this video, guys! And superb editing as usual 🏆

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you again!!! 🍻

  • @ninja-japan
    @ninja-japanАй бұрын

    Your videos are always so comfortable and beautiful. Thank you for sharing, my friends!🥷🇯🇵

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching and leaving a lovely comment 🍻

  • @scottdiussa5659
    @scottdiussa5659Ай бұрын

    Thanks for the shout out! And, you got my surname correct on the first try! LOL! Cheers! 🍺🤘👍

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Yay!!! More good luck than education!!! Thanks for watching 🍻

  • @A.L.Gardner
    @A.L.GardnerАй бұрын

    Fascinating tour of Southampton's medieval walls 😊

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching 🍻

  • @MagentaOtterTravels
    @MagentaOtterTravelsАй бұрын

    I was so interested to see this... I have had so many American friends and family going on cruises leaving from Southampton! It's great to see all the sights around town to see what it's like! Very historic 👍 And yes, Ian would very vociferously agree with you about modern architecture, Rachel!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    We were pleasantly surprised as we'd heard a lot of negative reviews of Southampton! Cheers 🍻

  • @JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers
    @JohnandCaraRetiredTravellersАй бұрын

    South Hampton who knew?? What a fabulous historic tour! Great job guys! Wills😂😂😂! ~Cara ❤

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for watching 🍻

  • @elizabethrush2102
    @elizabethrush2102Ай бұрын

    I love watching you go to Wales. Wales, Bristol, and Dartmoor are the places that I want to return to the most, with Wales at the top of the list.

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Ah thank you. We love going out exploring in Wales. We hope you get to visit all of those places on your next trip here. Cheers 🍻

  • @CoffeeWithPips
    @CoffeeWithPipsАй бұрын

    We usually watch you in our movie theatre, be put a night aside to watch our KZread friends but can't comment on from the television. My wife is madly in love with your channel and shared with a lot of her friends. We are planing a trip to Irland, never been there but should be an adventure. Hope all is well!!! Great episode, super awesome!!!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Ah thanks Pips, Oo to have a cinema room! Thats sounds great. Wow, you guys will have the best time visiting Ireland. I haven't been (mad as it's next door!!). We're looking forward to seeing what you get up to. I'm so behind on people channels due to work. In a few weeks things lighten up and we can catch up once again. Cheers 🍻

  • @GENerationXplorers
    @GENerationXplorersАй бұрын

    Hi guys this was yet again fabulous big screen viewing (Monday night instead of Monday morning this time) What a great idea and helpful to all the cruise folk who have time to kill before boarding! Loved the storey about the thieving French and their wine shenanigans! 😮 the comedy king taking a toilet break in the corner 🫣🫢 cracked us up you got lost after spotting Iona! This is gonna be a fun series now you just need more cruises! Good luck with all your hard work and the dance school! Have a great week ahead ❤️

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Ah thanks guys. More cruises is definitely the plan, we do love being at sea. Yep Wills can't help a toilet gag if there's a opportunity. Fingers crossed this series will grown over the years. Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @MagentaOtterTravels
    @MagentaOtterTravelsАй бұрын

    I'm here for all the cheese jokes! Well done! 👍

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Cheese jokes or cheesy jokes, Wills is your man!

  • @EmmaJonYoureWelcome
    @EmmaJonYoureWelcomeАй бұрын

    Southampton has lots of bits to see. I like the little wall faces. It’s cool that there are still sections of the wall. I agree I don’t know why the French would want our wine haha. Xx

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    It really does, we were pleasantly surprised by it as we've seen other people say it's not a nice place. The wall walk is highly recommended. Cheers for watching! 🍻

  • @dimplestraveldiary8954
    @dimplestraveldiary8954Ай бұрын

    I really like this tour of SouthHampton walls. Your channel is the 1st I’ve seen this! Great tour👏🏼 Enjoy watching you two silly kids 😉 Great vlog with a fantastic humor!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Ah thank you. We had no idea Southampton was a walled city and it was a pretty interesting way to spend an hour for sure. We're glad you're enjoying the channel, we just like to have fun. Cheers 🍻

  • @o.bsoutdoors3871
    @o.bsoutdoors3871Ай бұрын

    Great idea for a series guys, and gives you even more excuse to book lots more cruises 🛳😀👍. We didn't know Southampton was a walled city either! Really interesting. Even if you did get distracted by Iona and lose the walls😂🙈. But you found them again, so all good! Who doesn't love a toilet gag, always a winner 🚽😂👌. We are like you guys, always have to be exploring or out and about, even on our holidays! It was fun to see how excited you both were, love that pre holiday feeling 😊🙌. I tell you what, Shell would build those walls with her bare hands too if you stole her wine 🍷😮😂🙈. Great vlog guys, more to come we hope! Cheers Pete and Shell😊👊

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    That's the plan! Plenty more cruises!! We wish! Southampton was a surprise. We've seen a lot of vlogs that say it's grotty and not worth a visit, but we had a lovely morning, getting lost and everything. Yep, we were very excited to board! Why the French would nick our wine is a mystery, but good to hear Shell is just as defensive!!! Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @Kreator3.
    @Kreator3.Ай бұрын

    Amazing. I like it very much !! Have a nice time. Greetings ~ Milan

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much. We're glad you enjoyed it 🍻

  • @openmindedwonderer
    @openmindedwondererАй бұрын

    😂 love it. You make Southampton look interesting. I feel I can say that cos I used to live there for a short while. That Tudor house is amazing inside and is haunted. Great video 👍🏻

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much. We were pleasantly surprised as we'd not heard great things about it! We'd love to get into that Tudor House. We definitely will on another visit for sure. Thanks for watching 🍻

  • @CelineFerocious
    @CelineFerociousАй бұрын

    Love this! You have a talent for seeing and doing the absolute most!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Ah thank you. We have a low boredom threshold so need to keep occupied!! Cheers 🍻

  • @TravelingTramps
    @TravelingTrampsАй бұрын

    What do I do? I sure don't scratch by hair! 🤣🤣But this was so much more fun, Rachel and Wills. Loved seeing all the old buildings and castles. Even a Cuckoo Lane! We'd love to follow the wall. We may not even get lost. 🤔🤔We wouldn't be distracted by the 🍷🍷. Oh wait, the French stole it anyway! Better go check out the 🦇❗

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    I bet you guys wouldn't get lost! We have no idea why the French would want to steal English wine (we probably stole it from them first!!). Cheers for watching, we hope you're all doing well. Cheers 🍻

  • @wendingourway
    @wendingourwayАй бұрын

    My goodness, I'd be exhausted even before the cruise began if I did all that before embarkation! LOL

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    It was a lovely walk, but we were certainly glad to get on board. Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @CooksExplore
    @CooksExploreАй бұрын

    A tour of the city walls - Well you know we love to do that and Southampton’s walls are so overlooked by those who start their holidays there… Sacre Bleu the French stealing fine English wine !!! What have the English ever taken from France ??😂 ..ok jokes aside - a great idea for a video series and look forward to the next cruise announcement.. Cheers 🍻

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Love it!! We had heard really poor things about Southampton, so it was a very pleasant surprise! I think we probably nicked the French wine first to be honest!! Cheers for watching and hopefully we'll build this little series over the years. Cheers 🍻

  • @WanderingwithWatto
    @WanderingwithWattoАй бұрын

    Loved this. Great Wall walk. Who knew it was such an interesting place. Now then French over here Nicki g our wine. Are they mad. Brexit 🤷🏻‍♂️. A very cool tour if the walls very engaging as always. Love you guys. E good and we will catch you again soon. 👍🏻🚶🏻‍♂️🚶‍♀️🍻

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Ah thank you. Hope you're feeling better now! We were pleasantly surprised with Southampton! Quite why the french would nick our wine though! We probably robbed theirs first! Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @WanderingwithWatto

    @WanderingwithWatto

    Ай бұрын

    @@PostcardAndAPint sour grapes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @TheSlawsAdventures
    @TheSlawsAdventuresАй бұрын

    Great tour of the walls! Loads of history. Those pesky French 😂 Yes, really, why would the French steal English wine??? Didn’t know there was a Titanic museum in Southampton! Look forward to that vlog next year maybe?? Cheers to the good times 🍻

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    I have no idea why the French would steal our wine, we probably nicked it off then first. Cheers for watching and here's to part 2 next year!! Cheers 🍻

  • @PinnedonPlaces
    @PinnedonPlacesАй бұрын

    Blimey..Weird to see Southampton on your channel..haha!! I live not far from here in Portsmouth and have spent many a evening and day out in Soton so it was great to recap. They certainly have much more to do there with its various shopping outlets and of course it's old city rather than in Portsmouth, so it's always great to see. They have a fantastic German bar worth visiting btw (for next time or next cruise - head to Steingarten ) Excellent seeing the walls and the arcades, they are quite fascinating. Wow, Iona really looks epic behind you! I think it sounds a great idea about your pre cruise adventures, it will help out a lot of people and it was very interesting to watch! Enjoyed very much! Oh my! A bat! :o that is funny! Thank you Rach & Wills! x

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks guys. That means a lot and we will definitely give that bar a check out next time. We didn't know what to expect from Southampton, but were pleasantly surprised. We believe there's a pretty cool titanic museum (always good before you embark a ship! 🤣). Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @BeerBeforetheBand-lg1ix
    @BeerBeforetheBand-lg1ixАй бұрын

    Love the tour of Southampton, brilliant idea, you sure packed a lot in for an hour 😊

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching. It was a very pleasant way to while away an hour for sure. Cheers 🍻

  • @maidenengland2

    @maidenengland2

    Ай бұрын

    @@PostcardAndAPint certainly was 😊

  • @WoodsideWalker
    @WoodsideWalkerАй бұрын

    Firstly...nice t shirt Wills! Secondly...Southampton must have had bloody good wine 😅

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Haha cheers - I know it seems crazy the French would steal wine - unless we stole it first!!! Cheers 🍻

  • @AliceGoss
    @AliceGossАй бұрын

    I had forgotten Southampton had walls, quite extensive it seems. Perhaps I should visit. I know that there are quite a few gems of architecture, which I've seen driving through, so need to visit I think.

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    We were pleasantly surprised. They're not super grand walls, but there's enough left you give you a real feel. Of old Southampton. Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @kennethfinnegan2978
    @kennethfinnegan2978Ай бұрын

    Hey, I saw my name carved into the Blue Anchor Lane sign. Thanks Rachel 😂🤣

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Hahah we didn't notice that! 🍻

  • @IamaDutch-Kiwi
    @IamaDutch-KiwiАй бұрын

    Awesome things to see and do. I'd possibly want to extend my stay over in Southhampton to do them all. What a fascinating city. My only view of it was from our ship the Flavia in January 1967. We never went ashore. Ah author Jane Austen - fond memories. Gosh you two what a fabulous insight into the what I termed as a 'harbour city'. It's much more than that. Have a great week. 👌🇳🇱🙋‍♀🥝

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you Anita. We were pleasantly surprised as we've heard plenty of negative things about it. We enjoyed our wall walk and want to try the titanic museum on our next visit! Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @KellyandDoug
    @KellyandDougАй бұрын

    Great video guys, We cant wait till this weekend when we will be boarding the Iona from here! Its great to see what there is to do in the town.

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Ok, we're a bit jealous! Have the best time ever. We wish we were going on Iona again. Enjoy Southampton too! Cheers 🍻

  • @grapesodatravels
    @grapesodatravelsАй бұрын

    We didn't know about the city walls either! Did you know that Jona Lewie of 'Stop the Cavalry' fame is from Southampton? Mr GST's fave xmas song!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Oo that's one of Wills fav Christmas songs too! Good to know! Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @ms.kayak7seas
    @ms.kayak7seasАй бұрын

    Hi Rach and Will ahhhh wall, walls and wall...that you said? hahaha Rach speaks quite tempo, so I had to watch it a couple of times about naughty walls. hahah Certainly old stone walls exposed...I do enjoy their history. ah..ha Mayflower that I am familiar with more than naughty walls. This film is very helpful to PPL who plan on cruise ship travel..Now they know how to kill their time till they embark. Your honesty with twist really made me chuckles. hahah I look forward to next episode. bravo!!! Sorry the US had Memorial Day and I was out of town filming. I missed some vids. I also have conflict my comments started disappearing.. I will start make a brief comment.

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching, sorry I'm a bit of a gabbler!!! Southampton was a surprise as we'd heard a fair few negative things about it. We look forward to seeing more when we're next there. Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @OthmarsVlog
    @OthmarsVlogАй бұрын

    awesome upload 👍💪💥

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much. Cheers 🍻

  • @theresabigwideworld2632
    @theresabigwideworld2632Ай бұрын

    Southampton looks quite interesting, no idea it had been a walled city. I was there years ago and we just used it for cheap accomodation as we went off elsewhere (not a cruise) I'm pretty sure we just drove to the accomodation and headed off the next day to explore other areas. It seems Southampton has more to offer!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    We were pleasantly surprised as we'd heard not great things about it. There seems to be a lot of building work and improvements going on too. Were already looking forward to our next visit. Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @johnnymac26
    @johnnymac26Ай бұрын

    Very interesting only walled city i knew about and have visited is berwick upon tweed

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Cheers. I've only been to Berwick once and I do remember it was very pretty! We'll have to visit again. Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @HereToCheers
    @HereToCheersАй бұрын

    Great guide Rach and Wills. Definitely don't want to try to fly in on your debarkation day. Always good to get in a day ahead just in case and you got to do something. Guess it was easier to build the houses into the wall. Why would the french want to steal the english wine... and why would the king do so much to protect it LoL If it was scotch we'd understand LoL. There's a lot to explore here. Great video guys 👍👍

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    We agree! Especially using the U.K. trains these days!!! Yep, no idea why the French wanted the wine - maybe we'd nicked it from them first!! Cheers for watching 🍻

  • @TravellingWithTeens
    @TravellingWithTeensАй бұрын

    Thanks so much for this. We don’t really give Southhampton much of a thought when we’re embarking a cruise. We went to the Titanic museum once (bad idea?) which was ok… just ok. We were in there 15 mins max. We’re embarking in Southhampton in August and we’re wondering what else to do… now we know!

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Ah thanks guys. So many people have to spend an overnight there and then don't get to board their ship until 3 - there has to be something to do! Titanic museum is down for next time!!! Cheers 🍻

  • @SSRT_JubyDuby8742
    @SSRT_JubyDuby8742Ай бұрын

    👏😁 Like deployed 👍

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Cheers 🍻

  • @ALifeintheParks
    @ALifeintheParksАй бұрын

    Great video, I went to University there so it was great to see some familiar sites and lots of things that weren’t there back then. I wonder if the wine in Southampton had been stolen beforehand? Or maybe we had better wine back then?

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Oh wow, so a flash back for you in this one. We enjoyed our morning there! Yep, we must have definitely stolen the wine from the French first!!! Cheers 🍻

  • @paulrichardson2504
    @paulrichardson2504Ай бұрын

    Great vlog but what's up with York best wallded city in the country ❤

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    It's on the list!! We will definitely be visiting - not so much call for boarding cruise ships there though 😘. We actually watched a York vlog last night, it's a gorgeous city! We'll be visiting soon! We hope!

  • @kennethfinnegan2978
    @kennethfinnegan2978Ай бұрын

    When did the TARDIS’ turn red? 😂🤣

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    That's a phone box Ken!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @WITYTRAVELS
    @WITYTRAVELSАй бұрын

    Wills is a happy bunny when he gets to potty in public. Lovely boaty city. 💩💩

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Yep, any excuse for a poo gag!!! It is a very boaty city. We hope you're well xx

  • @kennethfinnegan2978
    @kennethfinnegan2978Ай бұрын

    Those are the same shirts you wore in last weeks recap. What’s going on 😳

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Probably! We don't have many clothes so tend to wear the same ones over (we always wash them in between though!!!) cheers for watching 🍻

  • @kennethfinnegan2978

    @kennethfinnegan2978

    Ай бұрын

    @@PostcardAndAPint I was just teasing. I figured you banged a couple endings out in the same day.

  • @billyb5057
    @billyb5057Ай бұрын

    more to Southampton than just a port then some cool exploring *🥸fully viewed🤖Au🦘☑thumbs up👍👍*

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks you so much. Cheers 🍻

  • @MagentaOtterTravels
    @MagentaOtterTravelsАй бұрын

    FANTASTIC NARRATION in this video, guys! And superb editing as usual 🏆

  • @PostcardAndAPint

    @PostcardAndAPint

    Ай бұрын

    Ah thank you 🙏