Writer and comedic actor. Love talking about technology, travel, politics and current affairs. Host of The Comedy Cannon podcast and some radio shows. Based in England but often found in some far flung corner of the planet.
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... where's national express?
On the cutting room floor (metaphorically). The camera I used to film my NX trip disappeared from my desk and I have never found it since. So NX only gets mentioned in the video as part of the comparison section rather than the journey itself.
I have this exact journey near the end of the month, but am toying with mega as that is £16 there and back for me and my partner but national express is £33 so a big difference!
Megabus is no frills but I was quite comfortable all the way. I'd definitely use them again. Hope your trip is fun. 🙂
Beautiful accent, informative video and a pleasure to watch. Love from Imran in Manchester !
Thanks Imran. Appreciate the kind words. 🙂
Hello sir I like your video :) I plan to go there on my holiday and stay at this hotel. What places which are near do you recommend?? Thank you very much indeed
Glad you liked the video. Hackney area doesn't have a lot to do - I think there's a museum and an independent cinema. You might want to check out St. Augustine's Tower if you like history, but I think it's only open once a month. There are lots of food places though, catering for every kind of cuisine you might want. Best thing about staying in Hackney Downs is that it's easy to get to Liverpool Street station and then get on the tube to visit anywhere in central London, where you can see all the main attractions - Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament, London Eye, Hyde Park and Edgware Road etc. You can also take a train from Liverpool Street station to Southend or Manningtree if you want to visit the beach for a day trip. Let me know how it goes.
Thank you so much for some pieces of information 🙏
Good video.what was the tune that was playing at the start.
Glad you liked it. The music is called "At the game" and it's by Max McFerren. You can find it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aGmfl6mxnKXgd6Q.html
Cheers jay
1:46 sometimes tolerance is better then support
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What have I clicked on. This channel is epic 👍 I've stayed in that hotel it was bizarre and at my age 50 not the best idea but with ear plugs in I slept pretty well it was so warm 🥵 in the pod but was winter so that was ok.
Thanks Tommy. It's the strangest hotel I've ever stayed in. I imagine for some people it's just right for their circumstances. I won't be heading back there again, anytime soon though. 🙂
That is fucking horrendous!! What the hell has happened to London?! I wouldn't let an animal sleep in there.
Get these migrants coming over from France in them but put 2 or 3 of them in the same one theyl sharp think forget this
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Don't go to any of these "attractions" . London has so much more to offer.
Which ones do you think I should visit next?
What camera did you film this with Jay
I've started using a new camera recently. Bought a DJI Pocket 3 and added a K&F Black Mist 1/4 filter. I chose the K&F version because it's very slim, so you never have to take it off the camera.
@@JayShareefI did notice a difference tbh, didn’t think it was the x3000. My fav place is Chessington btw
@@Delicious_and_Delirious I've still got my X3000 as a backup. I'm constantly amazed how good the video still looks after all these years. When your main camera runs out of juice, that old Sony is still a competent backup option. I've never been to Chessington, but it's definitely on my list for 2024! Thanks for the tip. 🙂
@@JayShareef Oh I promise you will love Chessington beat theme park iv been to. Just make sure you go early when doors are open
@@Delicious_and_Delirious thanks for the advice. I've got some time off work in August and will add Chessington to my schedule. 🙂
No one cares about the lgbtabcdef.... The LP needs to get TF out of identity politics.
Bit rude saying "poor peoples accommodation" I've stayed in all of the accommodation there and I've been comfortable and had fun in every one of them...
There's a concept called "tongue in cheek". Not everyone will be on board with that style of presentation. The playful, tongue in cheek way of presenting things is how I choose to do it. Everyone has different tastes. I might not be to yours.
God forbid there's ever a fire in that place... You are asleep in a wooden box!
A good thing I never thought of that before I made the video, or I'd NEVER have stayed their overnight!! 🔥🔥🔥 And, now, I never will again!
You can get a room in an airbnb for £30
Best I could find on ABnB for that date, within Zone 2, was £56. It did look very nice though. Luxurious in comparison to the coffin!! 🤣
Staying in Hackney Downs is a bad idea to being with, it’s too far from anything of interest and the trains that run there are lousy. The area itself is horrible. To stay there in a makeshift coffin just makes it all the more miserable. God help anyone coming to London that tries that lot out. The ‘pod’ looks like an infection incubator and far too small and nasty looking. What a dump, why did they even bother? £37 sounds cheap but Christ you’d be better off spending another £30 and staying in an actual cheap hotel that isn’t in the middle of a crappy part of London. Utterly awful.
I wonder why I have never stayed there.
your a sad twa.. when your homeless you have no Capsule, what ever size u live in. Just appreciate cheap or expensive capsule. hahaaha
They could have painted or covered the plywood ffs.
for 1200 you can go abroad to a beautiful sunny all inclusive holiday lol
Apparently you get a discount if you book for two people. Only 50 quid but the other person has to sleep on top of your body. 🤭
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I thought you were kidding. But I just checked and it's true!! Imagine two people trying to sleep comfortably in that single-person coffin! 😂
Im planning on going there on my vacation this year and stay at this hotel for a week, exploring the Hacksey Down area. What should I not miss checking out? Could you please recommend some restaurants in Hacksey Down? Guess there arent any beach or swimming opportunitues? Do u think a week will be enough? Thanks
A week is a long time to stay in a pod hotel. But if you're using it as a base for visiting London, then it might be fine. And very cheap! Hackney doesn't have a lot to do - I think there's a museum and an independent cinema. You might want to check out St. Augustine's Tower if you like history, but I think it's only open once a month. There are lots of food places though, catering for every kind of cuisine you might want. Best thing about staying in Hackney Downs is that it's easy to get to Liverpool Street station and then get on the tube to visit anywhere in central London. You can also take a train from Liverpool Street station to Southend or Manningtree if you want to visit the beach for a day trip. Let me know how it goes. 🙂
Im from Australia This looks like the making of a horror movie,your walking down a creepy alley to door you than go inside see your in a morgue. 😂😂😂 Hell no .i thought it would be fun not bloody likely now. Is this Chinese owned or what lol 😂
everything looks so gross over there lol
These videos work better when you don't add the ongoing live commentary, the Japanese have this down 100%, it's all subtitles. That means, firstly you are not annoying the other people in the pods, also you don't ramble as you create a script. 'Noise complaints', yeh this is this guy in the pod next to me talking I'm trying to sleep before catching my flight....
It comes down to a matter of taste. Some people prefer the live commentary. Others prefer the voiceover. My own preference when watching KZread are the videos with the live commentary. Which is why I chose to do it that way myself. And no-one was being annoyed. There were hardly any people staying there and I only ever spoke in the pod room in a low voice - and only during daylight hours. I always try and be considerate when filming videos.
You kept using the word coffin.... Ventilation or more accurately a supply of Oxygen seems the main flaw. Pods in other countries are much better including an air supply, sound proofing and overall quality.
“Poor people accommodation” you’re on the same resort regardless 😂😂 too snobby for butlins you
I agree. I am far too snobby for Butlins! But the kids love it there, so for the next couple of years I've no choice but to tag along. 🙂
The Nelson state room in the Shoreline Hotel is more expensive you should stay there see if you like it glad you had a lovely time at Butlins.
Thanks for the suggestion Summer. I might be going back to Bognor next year and will keep that option in mind. 🙂
23:14 that is a beautiful close-up of Joao, the male tiger. Also, Daseep (the female) was pacing back and forth in front of that door because that is where they do meet and greets, and people get to feed her and Joao. I had the pleasure of meeting Daseep last year, she is just the best.
Thanks Sarah. Really good to get some interesting background on what's happening there. They are my favourite animal and I hope to see more in future videos. 🙂
@@JayShareef no problem, Daseep and Joao are my favourites as well. Daseep is so friendly as she was hand reared and happily came over to us, but Joao isn't as friendly and kept his distance.
Is the silver room, the new style silver apartments??
I don't think so. Silver rooms are supposed to be a slight upgrade on Standard rooms. Silver Apartments will have more amenities, like a separate lounge and kitchen. Usually it's an open plan lounge-kitchen area. Those will be much nicer than a Silver roon.
@@JayShareef thank you so much for replying! Feel a bit better about our stay next week now 🤣
@@KaterinaCooksGlad I could help. Have fun. 🙂
Love a bit of Butlins! ❤
What's The Best Memory Card For Your Camera? V30 vs V90? UHS-I vs UHS-II? A1 vs A2? Hi Jay...Just wanted to let you know that i had to refer to the above content for a "refresher" and i really appreciate you keeping up on the channel. Wow! That was 2 years ago. I'm out and about using my Canon T-3i and Go Pro 11. Godspeed to you and the Family from U.S. Northern California.
Hey PW. Hope you're doing well. That's great to hear from you. I'm glad my old videos are still proving useful. And happy to hear you're still using the Rebel camera! That's quite a workhorse. Planning to do a lot more travel videos from now on. The tech stuff was fun and I might still do those kinds of vids, but they'll be on a separate KZread channel. 🙂
Ksi and Logan Paul as ruined boxing
Spot on.. as a libertarian I don’t consider myself an ally or an enemy. Both sides have authoritarian tendencies. I simply don’t care what people do with their lives as long as they are not hurting anyone it’s not my business.
Hi Jay, I'll be going there in August, and worried about lack of vegan or Halal food options, can you advise me on this please, great vlog!!
Halal options are non-existent now. They used to serve Halal chicken a few years back, but the staff told me that's no longer the case in any of their restaurants. However, every restaurant will have vegan options (except maybe the Steakhouse / Firehouse) so you will always have something to enjoy. Alternatively, if you've got an apartment with a kitchen then you can make your own food. Be sure to take your own baking trays and some foil though. I made a full video about food options: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gIFpj7SgqMuehJc.html
Thanks for feedback, hv a blessed Ramadan
@@JayShareef we've booked the yatch club n Deck, they do have vegan options
@@ashames9317 yes, we tried yacht and deck too when visiting Skegness. They always had a few vegan options every day - often different on a day-by-day basis. I think you'll like the variety.
Best explanation I've ever seen on Libertarians' view of LGBTQ! It's basic human decency to respect other people's pronouns, but it should never be mandated by law! When the government is given the power to regulate private speech other than threat of violence, it will inevitably be used against personal liberty and drag us to a totalitarian society!
Spoilt by adverts
Thanks for the feedback. I left the adverts on "auto" so Google chooses when, where and how many. How many adverts were there for you? And were you given the option to skip them?
I only got to where you were exploring the resort. I think you were at the beechcomber but there had already been 3 lots of adverts. I know the skegness resort very well and just wondered if any changes had been made.
@@haveaniceday5653 Thanks for letting me know. I assumed "auto ads" would be the best option, but looks like I need to switch to manual adverts and limit them to one or two ad-breaks per video. I'll try and work out how to do that and adjust these videos accordingly. Really appreciate you letting me know.
@@haveaniceday5653 I really appreciate your help with this. I've gone through the system and set every video over the last year to have 2-3 adverts maximum. I'm horrified to discover that "auto ads" put up to nine ad breaks in a 32 minute video. Sometimes only 3 mins between ad breaks. And often they'd put ads in the middle of a sentence. Totally ruining the viewers' experience. It's outrageous, and I won't be using auto ads again.
Silver rooms are near the fairground my sister booked one last time we came ,and we booked a silver apartment which was 10 minutes and at the other side of the pavilion.
Yes, you're correct. I put the correction in the video description when I uploaded it. But most people don't read the description. I'll have to make an update video when I go later this year.
I'll be going in May. Hopefully the swimming pool won't be that bad. lol
I think you'll really enjoy it. The best times to go swimming seem to be after 3pm because all those people who queued up between 10am to 2pm are done with swimming and off for a late lunch.
@@JayShareef thanks for the heads up. Also as a fellow teetotaler I really appreciate this guide since it has a lot of information and isn't just focused on what bars there or the night life. :)
Respectfully, I disagree. Violence and coercion of the state are often against some minority group or groups that others have prejudice and bigotry towards. If we take nazi Germany, then it’s quite clear that bigotry and prejudice of Jewish people, gay and trans people, and black people made it possibly for that kind of government to be elected. The ideas, practices, or projects of anti-sexism, anti-antisemitism, and anti racism would be logically compatible with libertarianism, their success might be important or even necessary for libertarianism to get much purchase in an existing statist society, or for a future free society to emerge from statism without widespread poverty or social conflict, or for a future free society to sustain itself against aggressive statist neighbors, the threat of civil war, or an internal collapse back into statism. It seems that a tolerant, anti-prejudice, reasoning culture is a very strong causal precondition to establish classical liberalism or libertarianism in politics. (Edit): If we oppose traditional sexism, cissexism, heterosexism, oppositional sexism, etc. (opposing them through reasonable boycotts, complaints, protests, conversations, debates, or discussions, not coercively) then a society would not influence or cause political that violates the rights of woman, homosexual people, or transsexual and transgender people. If we oppose classism, whether it is directed at the lower, middle, or upper classes, then the culture won’t endorse the political schemes wherein we try to, violently and coercively, give a lot of money from the rich to the poor, or give a lot of money from the poor and middle class and give it to the rich, in the form of corporate welfare. If we oppose racism and antisemitism, the society would not tolerate, permit, or engage political interests that engage in violence against any person or color or white person on the basis of their race. I think actively protesting and opposing (non-violently and non-coercively) sexism, racism, classism, or any other hatred, bigotry, or prejudice is a very helpful for society to put forward and accept laws and policies that are nonviolent.
Is there wifi in the accoms
Yes, they have free wi-fi but it's not very good. You can upgrade to better, paid wi-fi and that works well.
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Been going to skegness with my daughter and her young son ever since he was a baby ,he's 12 now,great memories one of his favourite things to do is the leap of faith and the high climbing ropes ,I go for a rest as a grandad but he makes sure I get involved I love him ti bits we have recently used the caravan side,but I like the silver accommodation better glad you enjoyed it I also like fantasy Island just up the road cheers.
Thanks David. Your experience of Butlins far exceeds my own. I think leap of faith and high ropes definitely look like they're worth doing, and next time I'm there I'll be sure to try them out. I've not tried the caravan side yet, as I'm happy with the quality and price of the silver rooms. And yes it's great to have Fantasy Island so close. And we easily drove to pleasure beach in less than 15 mins. Really looking forward to going again.
Went there for a weekend break some years ago. The chalet was none too clean and the bed was lumpy. Waiting to check in there were people who had prams loaded up with booze. We didn't have a good feeling about it from the get go - then having to share a table in the dining room with a group of 6 schoolteachers we had never met before finished it off. Haven't been back.
Sorry to hear you had such a poor experience. Ours was completely different. Most of our fellow visitors were really nice, considerate people. OK, a few were a little rough around the edges, but nice people still. We never had to share our dining space with others at any point. Seems like there was always plenty of seating and we managed to find a table for ourselves, even during the busiest times. I've heard that the last few months of 2022 haven't been as nice for visitors because of staff shortages. Hopefully, that will be sorted for 2023 when we plan to go back and visit again. 🙂
Great GREAT video my friend, i cant believe how well explained it is. Thank you so much
Butlins was absolutly great for us having a young child with food alergies of dairy, and soy. They made him his own meal on a daily basis and even vegan pancakes for breakfast. They also went and purchased oat milk just for him 😍
I'm really happy they went the extra mile for you. The staff really are very well trained and quite considerate at Butlins Skegness. I'm off to Minehead and Bognor next year. Hopefully, they'll be just as good there. 🙂
Very informative, and was great to see the layout compared to Minehead
Very disappointing on our visit this year 2022
Why disappointed, Linda? And in which month did you visit?
@@JayShareef 5 POUND FOR HOOK A DUCK, 7 POUND A A RIDE ON CARS, FOOD TERRIBL SAME SJOW ALL WEEK AND KNLY ONE HOUR LONG, POOL CLOSED AMD MORE
@@lindaglassford8593 Wow! Sounds like you had a really bad experience. I'm booked to go back again in Spring 2023. I hope they've sorted all that out by then!