Weekend Watching - Some of My Current Favourite YouTube Channels
It's the time of year to cosy on up in the house with books, hot drinks and good things to watch on the television. But at the moment I am finding less and less to watch on 'normal tv', and so I find myself instead sinking into some of my favourite YouTube channels, in a bid to wind down during these darker evenings.
So just as I used to on my old blog 'A Smaller and Simpler Life', I thought I would share some of my current favourite channels. I used to do a sporadic series called Weekend Watching which I thought I could incorporate here instead. After checking out the channels that I used to share it's quite funny to see that I have recently gone back to a few of them more recently after quite a break.
She seems to have had another baby since I used to watch, and now lives in their beautiful 'new, old farmhouse'. I do love watching people effortlessly cook large quantities of food for a big family, but it also makes me glad that I'm usually just cooking for one or two. 😄
Like so many other people, over 250,000 now in fact, I watch Rewilding Jude every week.
He's still doing amazingly well, and has come on in leaps and bounds with his building and cooking skills. I'm glad he's phased back on his cottage redevelopment plans, the cost he was quoted for the work was exorbitant. He has an army of fans and 'grannies' cheering him on from the side-lines every week.
One of my real favourites at the moment is Kezia over at The Whole Home, it's just very simple family meals on a tight budget but done in a carefully considered and more environmentally friendly way. She has some good morals with food, life and all, as do her family. It's her monthly budget videos that I like the best, so I am sharing the first week of one of them here.
A channel that I only discovered very recently and really binged watched, Bob Dickinson. He reminds me, both in looks and cooking skills, of a young, first starting out Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, indeed I have seen them both together online a couple of events, so they do know each other.
Sit back and watch some lovely autumnal breakfast cooking and then carry on to some of his other videos.
One weird thing that I am finding when I spend any time watching YouTube these days is that at the end of a video when YouTube is suggesting what I may want to watch next, my own videos are in the little box in the corner.
No thank you, I filmed them, but thanks anyway. 😃
I hope that you liked at least a couple of these suggestions for viewing, a lot of you most likely watch these anyway. If there's any channel that I haven't mentioned here that you think I might like please suggest it in the comments.
My Youtube choice yesterday was Tales ftom the Green Valley, oh how I wish I could have been one of their number. Whenever I visit Tretower Court and the Re-Enactors are there, I feel I could just move right in (though modern medicines would sadly still be necessary for my asthma). So, I watched 6 programmes, the first half of their year there, sewing my embroidered cushion and listening to the wind and rain outside. Bliss.
I have been thinking of poor Jude and his new workshop with this awful weather which will be hitting Aberdeenshire big style. I am just praying his new workshop isn't flattened by the gales - he was doing so well with it, and his strength and skills have surprised him I think.
It's definitely the weather for binge watching things isn't it.
I had forgotten that poor Jude basically had his workshop 'walls' just about balanced. 🫤 Fingers crossed that they are still standing, or at the very least, not damaged. 🤞 I hope he isn't upset this week about some of his really early pre-transition videos being shared. But his subscribers are coming out in force supporting him. ❤️
Hi Sue, what an interesting idea to share your favorite YouTube channels, I love it! I have many that I enjoy too. I am especially drawn to the ones where people live in unusual places. My favorite right now is about a woman who lives on Svalbard Island. What an amazing place and the northern lights beautiful beyond words. I live in a rural area of South Georgia. Although originally I am from California. I just restarted my blog after some time away and I am enjoying it very much. As well as meeting so many nice people. I hope that you have a lovely Sunday! :)
I like a few of the Tiny Home style channels as well, some of those are in interesting places too. It could be something to do with the fact that I currently live in a very small home. :-)
Jane here. For some reason the comments wants me to be annoymous. I'll take a look at the rewilding channel, that looks reall interesting. Also a recommendation from me. Tortelliono. He makes lovely simple recipes and is so relaxing to listen to. https://youtu.be/rSt4EjbJ3gE?is=HAjY_6ddzbbvuuu0
I'll check that one out, thanks. Jude's channel is really good, it's a nice way to finish the weekend off every Sunday evening when he posts each new video.
I can highly recommend Wearywolf Adventures, he does a lot of food challenges and budget cooking on his channel and he is incredibly interesting. He also has an allotment channel - Wearywolf Allotment. If you like channels about tiny houses (my aim is to have a tiny house myself some day) then I would recommend Living Big in a Tiny House. A lot of the content is from Australia and New Zealand but he has shown British tiny houses and at the moment has a series about tiny houses in Europe. Again, very interesting and inspirational.
Yes, I have watched virtually all of Karl's videos since he first started, but thanks for the recommendations, hopefully a few more people will see them on here. He has a huge following now doesn't he, on both of his channels. Living Big is a channel I used to watch regularly but not so much these days, I don't know why. At the moment I seem to be enjoying watching people cooking, but I do go through phases. With me living in a very small space myself, it was always good to try and pick up a few tips. :-)
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More than know each other, BD works for HFW. Think he's been a member of his team for a few years now.
ReplyDeleteThat's good to know. 🙂 They don't seem to live near each other, thats why I was confused. Hugh lives in Devon and Bob in Yorkshire.
DeleteMy Youtube choice yesterday was Tales ftom the Green Valley, oh how I wish I could have been one of their number. Whenever I visit Tretower Court and the Re-Enactors are there, I feel I could just move right in (though modern medicines would sadly still be necessary for my asthma). So, I watched 6 programmes, the first half of their year there, sewing my embroidered cushion and listening to the wind and rain outside. Bliss.
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking of poor Jude and his new workshop with this awful weather which will be hitting Aberdeenshire big style. I am just praying his new workshop isn't flattened by the gales - he was doing so well with it, and his strength and skills have surprised him I think.
It's definitely the weather for binge watching things isn't it.
DeleteI had forgotten that poor Jude basically had his workshop 'walls' just about balanced. 🫤 Fingers crossed that they are still standing, or at the very least, not damaged. 🤞 I hope he isn't upset this week about some of his really early pre-transition videos being shared. But his subscribers are coming out in force supporting him. ❤️
Hi Sue, what an interesting idea to share your favorite YouTube channels, I love it! I have many that I enjoy too. I am especially drawn to the ones where people live in unusual places. My favorite right now is about a woman who lives on Svalbard Island. What an amazing place and the northern lights beautiful beyond words. I live in a rural area of South Georgia. Although originally I am from California. I just restarted my blog after some time away and I am enjoying it very much. As well as meeting so many nice people. I hope that you have a lovely Sunday! :)
ReplyDeleteI like a few of the Tiny Home style channels as well, some of those are in interesting places too. It could be something to do with the fact that I currently live in a very small home. :-)
DeleteThank you for sharing your favorite channels. I'll be watching them over the week. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to find something different to watch isn't it.
DeleteJane here. For some reason the comments wants me to be annoymous. I'll take a look at the rewilding channel, that looks reall interesting.
ReplyDeleteAlso a recommendation from me. Tortelliono. He makes lovely simple recipes and is so relaxing to listen to.
https://youtu.be/rSt4EjbJ3gE?is=HAjY_6ddzbbvuuu0
I'll check that one out, thanks. Jude's channel is really good, it's a nice way to finish the weekend off every Sunday evening when he posts each new video.
DeleteThat's Tortellino - don't know where the other 'o' crept into my typing this morning 😳
DeleteI found him with the link. 😀
DeleteAn interesting Australian on YouTube is urban Queensland homestead.
ReplyDeleteI'll have a look, thanks. I don't think I have ever watched an Australian channel. 🙂
DeleteI can highly recommend Wearywolf Adventures, he does a lot of food challenges and budget cooking on his channel and he is incredibly interesting. He also has an allotment channel - Wearywolf Allotment. If you like channels about tiny houses (my aim is to have a tiny house myself some day) then I would recommend Living Big in a Tiny House. A lot of the content is from Australia and New Zealand but he has shown British tiny houses and at the moment has a series about tiny houses in Europe. Again, very interesting and inspirational.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have watched virtually all of Karl's videos since he first started, but thanks for the recommendations, hopefully a few more people will see them on here. He has a huge following now doesn't he, on both of his channels. Living Big is a channel I used to watch regularly but not so much these days, I don't know why. At the moment I seem to be enjoying watching people cooking, but I do go through phases. With me living in a very small space myself, it was always good to try and pick up a few tips. :-)
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