Rural England

[hkhooey]

Nice video, it's nice to know England still has some beauty!

[fannybaba]

The rural young people of this country have no prospects and nowhere to live. So many of the planning applications I have seen have been objected to by CPRE NIMBYS, meanwhile rural Britain stagnates and the countryside becomes a playground for the privileged.

CPRE your country DOESN'T need you!

[lildollface1984]

Ah, the English countryside. I intend to retire there someday. It's absolutely gorgeous, and i love this song, or rendition of it. Well done to the creator :)

[gamblemadman]

Green and pleasant.

I really gotta get out of the city more often.

[Rover33100]

Hey mackerel. With your attitude any place would be a shithole. Why don't you visit New Jersey for a week, then tell us how ordinary England is. The weather is fine. It is you who are depressing...

[ButterflyofOceans]

Engalnd is so beautiful! This song is so beautiful when a child is singing. Great vid!

[LeonieLuvsMichaelJac]

I've Heard This Song.. Millions & I Love It Simpley.. But I Really Want 2 Know

What It's Called.. Please Tell Me?? (:

[mackerel47]

mrtamberineman you are so mistaken. England is beautiful!

[mrtamberineman123]

@mackerel47  How am I mistaken may I ask???

[mackerel47]

@mrtamberineman123 We all have our own opinions about things.Whilst I respect your point of view I just find this a pleasant country, visually speaking. You're right about the weather though.

[mackerel47]

@mrtamberineman123 Just read the other comments. How many of them are negative? They are virtually all in praise of this lovely country.

[mrtamberineman123]

@mackerel47 I see but what is it about this country that people find beautiful??? I just dont get it??? it is the ugliest most depressing shithole in the world. I have lived here my whole life and I hate hate hate it, people say I am lucky and I tell them to shove it.

Could you please tell me what is it about this country you like so much. PS The country side is not beatiful.

[mackerel47]

@mrtamberineman123 I'm sorry you feel so down about this country. Maybe you live in a city.I prefer the country,always have done.On a nice day the Lake district is really lovely. Maybe if you saw it for yourself you could grow to like it. Please don't get too downhearted. I wish you well.

[mrtamberineman123]

@mackerel47 Its not that I feel down about the uk I just know its an ugly shithole compared to all the other amazing places I have been to. I find it sad how all you people impressed by a shitty boring cold countryside which is just the same as the ones anywhere else.

I find it hard to believe Americans especialy Californians actualy like the look of this horrid shithole of a country, they dont know how lucky they are. btw I am from Falmouth Cornwal not very nice.

[mackerel47]

@mrtamberineman123 I've been to other countries too but none of them have that magical quality to them that the English landscape so embodies. The landscape is quite the opposite of boring or cold, it is truly wonderful.

I'm not surprised that Americans love it as it is unique in its splendour. How can you possibly not like Cornwall? It is magnificent.

[mrtamberineman123]

@mackerel47 I understand what you are saying, but from the way I see it is that, why should I be content in living in a country when I I know there are much much more better and beautiful places in this world??? it makes me unlucky, I mean when I came back from my holiday to Southern California (for 3 weeks) I felt like I was going decending from heaven to hell.

British landscapes are not just plain landscapes not beautiful nor dreadfull. I mean I live in Conwall I see coastlines ....

[mrtamberineman123]

@mackerel47 and seascapes everyday and I am nor impressed one but, if I lived under a rock all my life and was mentaly retarded Cornwall and its coastlines and seascapes would impress me but I am not (thankfully) so they dont impress me.

Its far from "magnificent"

[mrtamberineman123]

Shithole =( I mean who in the right mind would think this is beautiful??? I just dont see how it is beautiful, to me its just a boring dull shithole with horrible weather.

To anyone who is lucky enough to not live in Shitland consider yourself VERY lucky and please dont waste your money, because you will only be disapointed.

[windstorm1000]

This is the wonderful country that birthed the wonderful English language--the greatest, most sophisticated, most beauitful language in the world. All hail to the Mother country!!

[dougtay65]

The Lord is my shepard, may he lead the world to a level of understanding and tolerance of all that is good

[gamblemadman]

Beautiful singing... makes you well up.

[zanyzoo6767]

England is radio four, cup ot tea, a naughty joke. A romantic counrtyside. The thwack of a cricket ball.It is a village green and a local pub. It is a cold winter, a warm spring, a summer of sun , yes we do have it, and an autumn of colour. This is my England, and I love it.

[moeran1944]

@zanyzoo6767 totally totally agree! That's the England I know and love too.

[Reachwun]

@zanyzoo6767 You just described everything I love about England. Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Fabrineah]

Marvelous!

[paroutdiok]

I would love to go to England again. It was so beautiful

[kleigh4556]

I literally have tears running down my face. This is beautiful. I've been dreaming of going to England since I was a little girl, and I still haven't been able to make it yet, but I WILL. I don't just dream of London and seeing the famous things, but seeing the truly miraculous things... like the countryside. Thank you for this video. I cried like a baby.

[zanyzoo6767]

@kleigh4556 well when you make here, you will be very welcome.

[Retro90Flashback]

@kleigh4556 lol, there are alot more beutiful places than England. The italian countryside in Tuscany is absolutley astounding, equaled by the beaches and bluffs in Greece. But you dont even have to travel that far to see such sights; if you live in the United states there are many amzing places, especially in the south-western desert and Mexico. Thats if you like nature, but if you love ancient cities there are also far more attractive cities than London in Europe, Asia and the Americas :)

[KLtrvlr937]

@Retro90Flashback I know, there are so many places I'd love to go, but for some reason England has always called to me. It's as if a part of me lived there before I really knew it. Cheesy to the max, I know. But every time I watch this, I ruin my makeup. I've just watched it again and now I look like KISS band member.

[KLtrvlr937]

@Retro90Flashback sorry, kleigh4556 is my other account. No wonder I didn't see the comments.

[claptonbrucebaker]

@KLtrvlr937 That guy is right most of the countries of Europe are beautiful, but England, in fact all of the UK has a hauntingly magical beauty about it, from the incredible landscapes in Scotland and the North of England down to the South with its beautiful lush green countryside, pretty thatched roof cottages and villages that are awash in greenery and colourful flowers. Throw in all the castles and ancient buildings and you have fairytale beauty. Checkout my channel videos. "Cotswolds".

[KLtrvlr937]

@claptonbrucebaker AMEN! :) Will do

[claptonbrucebaker]

@KLtrvlr937 Also the Lake District video.

[claptonbrucebaker]

@Retro90Flashback I've seen them all, and Britain is the most beautiful country in the world. Stately homes, castles, beautiful villages in the Cotswolds, the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales. and no where is greener, and is bleesed with better gardens and beautiful flowers.

[Retro90Flashback]

@claptonbrucebaker think what you want, but tuscany has alot more castles than england, and by far more impressive. England may be greener, but after a while that gets tiresome; nothing compares to the dirt paths lined with spruce trees and golden wheat across the hilly terrain. You can find places like this all across the medditerenian and middle east, and they are so much more attractive than plain old england :)

[claptonbrucebaker]

@Retro90Flashback There's nothing in baked dry Tuscany that compares with Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, Hampton Court Palace, Blenheim Palace, or many of the stately homes we have, the architectural work, and the interiors of them places is incredible. Many parts of Tuscany are still like 3rd world countries

[shareen83]

whenever i hear that song all i can think of is the vicar of dibley show lol

[maskman177]

im so proud to be British. Many people moan about how run down and how rubbish this country is. Yes there are parts of the country that resemble a shanty town and in all fairness the government pretty much sucks. But what people forget is the history of this great country, they forget places like in this video. They forget how beautiful this country is. Thank you for the upload. :)

[swabianknot]

Just beautiful. Sure would ,like to see it first hand some day. :)

[timothyguntrip]

Many thanks to all who have left such lovely comments on this video.

I do wish, however, that certain posters would not resort to petty bickering with each other.

In the meantime, my warmest regards to you all (from my current home in Malta!).

[alanheath]

@timothyguntrip I dont know what one can do about the petty bickering!!

[matrags]

The only land I will ever call home.

[freeheart03]

These pictures really are beautiful. I've always wanted to visit England, especially the countryside. Beautiful.

[Beatofraledonne]

Well done Tim!

[sykescottages]

Nice images :)

[TheMG63]

So the Jocks see a few pictures of England on a slide show and think that's all we have? If you don't like England or the English then why are you watching it? Well that's an easy one to answer. It's so you can massage your frail little pride by insulting others and something they might have pride in. Did the person intend the pictures to be a slight to Scotland or the Scottish people?? No, but it didn't stop small-minded Jocks from partaking in their usual small-mindedness. Boring twats.

[fuglyno1]

A lot of the world is oustandingly beautiful, friends, as beautiful and indeed more beautiful than anywhere in Britain. There is nothing stopping people going to the highlands or the fucking alps; nobody truly owns these places.

[hoopybhoy74]

you must respect the natives though,

or do you not do respect?

[hoopybhoy74]

disgusting people, nice place!!

[tom1984uk]

Oh do shut up, pleb.

[hoopybhoy74]

what is a pleb?

strange word.

[Indeed999]

Thank you for insulting me without even knowing me :) You're ignorance is outstanding.

[hoopybhoy74]

ok heinz , or should that be kuntz?

[Indeed999]

Lol.... Your wit is amazing... My sides are really hurting... You should go on stage.

[hoopybhoy74]

an englishman laugh?

[Indeed999]

English-woman actually.

[hoopybhoy74]

prove it!!

[Indeed999]

O_o

[Cawwa13]

where was the 2nd and 3rd picture taken from?

[hoopybhoy74]

disgusting place and the weather is crap!!

[DurhamRebel]

i wish my ancesters didnt leave england.

[Beelzebird]

I am from California. I longed to see England and finally took the opportunity at age 30. I never felt so "at home" as I did there. The streets seemed familiar and many old buildings, especially one pub and a particular old flat, seemed very much like I'd been there before. When I left I felt homesick until I visited again. That was 20 yrs. ago and my experience was the same on 3 more visits. The people are grand and the sights are unequalled. Could be that my ancestral genes want to go home.

[fuzzy5987]

Oh England, how i love thee!!!

[HailZeon57]

I am both English and German and would love to visit both countries someday. Very beautiful

[frescoo]

though i do not have a faith, the universal language of music is understood no matter what you believe

[carolynan]

Beautiful England!! I just cross the road and im in the countryside,picking the wild fruits of Autumn the Cobnuts the wild Blackberries ,and of course the orchard ahh lovely

[Monarchist1952]

Beautiful! Both, the music and the English landscapes

[AddictoEnvy]

Mexicans have more of a right to be in the Americas than thieving Europeans.

[tom1984uk]

Since you're ancestors were probably europeans thats a bit hypocritical

[AddictoEnvy]

Thats true, I would rather have been born in europe because of it. Take some guilt off my back ;)

[AddictoEnvy]

I wonder how the Native Americans felt.

[AddictoEnvy]

America as a continent was populated by a people that were in fact not europeans, therefore America was not founded by europeans, the USA was. America existed before we got there.

[marxthesmurf]

cept all those Native Americans running around the place...

[yusha33]

God made races, not hatred. God actually made symphony of colours with white, black, brown, yellow etc. Imagine of a masterpiece of a great painter. maintain it people, god gonna love you.

[soroptimist71]

That is a really racist thing to say! You should be ashamed of yourself.

[dervogenos]

White people have a right to exist, too, without being colonized out of existence. I hear Arabs and others complain about having been colonized and how they are "paying back" Europe but that is a farce, whens the last time you saw any Europeans but tourists in most of the countries where people are saying these things? They still have their countries and they want ours, too.

[kermitMCFC]

choke

[ECUJNB]

Ah, so nice. Hope to visit someday.

[footballforever20]

no bears out to get ya here :D

[justsport]

GOD BLESS  THE ANGEL ~~

[chuckmonkey7337]

i love the country side this is a very good set of pics

[Gymnast393]

0:53 does not look like England! It looks like Canada or somewhere. Soo beautiful though!

[tomjune1983]

Have you ever seen the lake district? it looks lots like that

[Gymnast393]

hmm, i have not seen the lake district.. it just reminded me of Canada..

[tomjune1983]

i hope americans watch this video before insulting us!

[WolfsRainToboe]

My American city-born friends wonder why I miss my old home in rural England so much.

I suppose next time they ask I should just show them this video. ^^;

[ektatherm]

Ah ! The Shire!

[dougtay65]

Probably the place in Australia most similar to that scenery would be in Tasmania. Unfortunatly, it was one of the first penal colonies set up. A long way fom home!

[robharp1]

Wow!!! That was beautiful!!

[dougtay65]

The voices of of angels

[Britainrulesthewaves]

if the good lord made us in his image then the kids singing must have been given his voice!

[xian19sarah]

This hymn really chokes me up as I love sitting in the little English churches and the music is heavenly.

It reminds me of my mother and my son's grandfather as they loved the churches in England and the choirs.

This music comforts me when I am alone. The words make me realise our Lord my God is my saviour and he will be my strength.

I put my trust in my God and feel spiritually he is the one I serve now in all ways.

God will never forsake one - man may- but the Lord NEVER.

[countrysidelover]

England! i just have to visit this beautiful country one more time before i die.

[xian19sarah]

Oh me too- I am having a little prayer vigil this morning for England and my heart is filled with love for this heavenly place on earth,My son's granpa died four years ago and my beloved mother last year and it feels like it was just a few days ago I would sit with them both drinking tea and listening to their stories of their times in England. He loved his country till the day he died and now he is resting in peace here in a sleepy little churchyard in his beloved England.

[monkee2605]

Thank you. I can't put in to words what this means to me. I shared with everyone. My grandmother is dying right now and this gives me peace. I just returned from the UK and it truly is a wonderful place. Thank you again and God Bless.

[slavConstantinople]

God Bless the Queen, God Bless the Righteous, God Bless England.

[ktgall1986]

People ask me why im so proud to be British, well if they just watched this then they would find out. My country is beautiful thank you for posting

[SpaceAce92]

It doesn't get more beautiful than this.

[dougtay65]

I'm not a church goer but wow! Music like that sounds like it's straight from heaven

[josephdrew87]

Yes, it was written by the BBC's Howard Goodall for the Vicar of Dibley of all things. And this song is all the more beatiful for being a human creation. No God, supernaturalism or heavenly North Korea necessary to make this beautiful thank you very much.

[korkirikid]

this song is the most beutiful song ive ever heard!

[Cyldan]

I'd like this song at my funeral. :)

[sexyseanyboy]

They played it at my Grandmothers funeral yesterday as we walked in... Really emotional...

[scilines]

Me too! Makes you want to go off with the angels.

[Jasenspeed401]

Thank you.

[e5acf4]

finding this video was a pleasant surprise - it's so wonderful

[rockon1cat]

Beautiful!

Lovely sounds, lovely scenes

[Isleofskye]

Beautiful Song and English scenes!

I'm 53.We may have been absolutely swamped in England with immigrants but how can you not stay in love with Gods own Country?

I will die a proud Englishman one day.

[coldofwinter]

immigrants !?

Get over it!

[mmartini50]

Me too.

[josephdrew87]

Yes, damn them all those Celts, Romans Vikings, Saxons, Huguenots and persecuted Jews! Romans go home!

[Isleofskye]

With the exception of the persecuted Jews,I think you will find that the other Groups have been in Britain for 1,000 years or more!..Quite sufficient I would say :)

Now in many parts of London you do not hear ANY English spoken at all and only 21% of the 7 MILLION Londoners' schoolchildren are indigenous White(from 99.9% in 1963)..THATS what I call "swamped"...

[josephdrew87]

Yes I feel swamped by all that foreign language too: all that weird Saxon and Latin and Nordic. We should stick to using Celtic words. My point is immigration has always been happening, there's nothing wrong with it, and it's not going threaten your imagined idyllical "white" Britain. Yes, immigrants make take up some jobs, but all that proves is that they're rather good at what they do, good for the economy and hey, other British people can just as well be taking your job too.

[Isleofskye]

Joseph,when I saw your reply my first thought was that YOU could not possibly be disadvantaged by what IS happening.Then I saw "Netherlands"..LOL.Are you from Holland originally and would YOU feel if there were LITERALLY no Dutch people left in many pars of Holland INCLUDING where youwere Born and grew up?..Rather different,I heavily suspect!

It is NOT just"jobs" their "culture" takes over whole areas.Try visiting Leicester or Bradford,U.K...You would NEVER believe you were in ENGLAND!!

[Isleofskye]

Joseph,when I saw your reply my first thought was that YOU could not possibly be disadvantaged by what IS happening.Then I saw "Netherlands"..LOL.Are you from Holland originally and would YOU feel if there were LITERALLY no Dutch people left in many pars of Holland INCLUDING where youwere Born and grew up?..Rather different,I heavily suspect!

It is NOT just"jobs" their "culture" takes over whole areas.Try visiting Leicester or Bradford,U.K...You would NEVER believe you were in ENGLAND!!

[hoopybhoy74]

gods own country is scotland you fool!! lol.

[hoopybhoy74]

and your username is the isleof skye?

[Isleofskye]

Beautiful as Bonnie Scotland is, there's just so much more in England: Peak and Lake Districts Yorkshire Moors and Dales Fens Malverns Cotswolds Kent:Garden of England and super Surrey. Mendips Devon/Cornwall North and South Downs, Sussex and the whole of "Middle England" etc:)

[adventussaxonum]

Isleofskye- what about Hampshire(including New Forest) ?

[Isleofskye]

You are right.

Beautiful region!:)

[tom1984uk]

You've bever seen the malverns, peak district, yorkshire dales and moors, lake district, cotswolds, cornwall, devon and dorset, so keep your ignorant mouth closed, your the minority of ignorant scots.

PS : I go to the highlands every year and it always rains.

[hoopybhoy74]

depends when you go to the highlands?

during april and may it quite regurarly gets the highest temperatures in the british isles,

or do dou watch the biased broadcasting channel weather? commonly known as the (bbc),

maybe just give a wee couple of seconds of inverness or the moray firth as the warmest place on the day!!

usually if southeast england is the warmest place it takes up the majority of the weather (typical)

look-we just dont get on in this country so time for a change, INDEPENDENCE!

[hoopybhoy74]

and anyways does it not rain in england?

and also used to live in dorset, very nice place-but you can forget almost the rest of england, maybe the cotswalds as exception as that is also nice,

so i think maybe you and many many english need to be educated-scotland`s west coast grows some of the most spectacular exotic plants due to the strong benefit of the gulfstream!!

or did you not know that?

google "logan botanic gardens" and you will see.

[dodge96neon]

surely the singer of this song has a family that really loves him

[evidux]

Could you please tell me what recording this is and where I could get it? It is very beautiful, even more beautiful than the original Vic of Dib theme (they are not the same, they have different solists).

[fangtuni]

I think this is the "Choirboys" version of the song...

hope im right! lol

*_^LEI-onsay

[xximbyxx]

This is the choirboys version!

[katy12345rose]

I'm in a choir and were singing this for a concert

This is

[Fletch8600]

Lovely song, it's very soothing! Nice video!

[Tigs2]

I find this a real 'pick me up' when I am feeling down. It is one of the most beautiful arrangements of a hymn I have ever heard. Thanks to Howard Goodall and thanks Timothy for posting.

[Dalek44]

I love the theme from Vicar of Dibley 10/10.

WELL DONE!

[hurlwind]

O that man could create such a beautiful thing!

[wbafcben]

Beautiful song, beautiful scenery :).

[jdtunez]

Absolutely beautiful!