TINTAGEL CASTLE | ENGLISH HERITAGE | LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR

Our song will never fade away We'll always be fighters I'll hold your hand till judgment day We'll stand in the light as The ones who never ever quit Who risked every part of it We'll live forever, you and me Believe, believe And the National Trust We've always wanted to be members of these two things Whoops, there goes my sunglasses But yeah, we thought this is the time to do it So today's excursion, today's place of interest Is Tintagel Castle How exciting So just getting out of the car already You've got these amazing views So nice Becky's already been enticed in by the rock gin Looks really nice Look at the blue one What flavour's that? I don't know It's just pink gin Nice We were wanting to pay But the pay and display machine is on the floor And the new one's not in service So just a bit of info There's no car park here So you have to use the pay and display But there are apparently loads of them Loads up in the village Which we're just walking up to now So it is quite a long walk To get up to the castle, isn't it? It is, and down a very steep path And I was just saying to Lloyd I'll walk back up there later Fantastic But you can also pay £1.50 To get a jeep To take you straight up to the castle Did you see that at the top? It's all at the top, yeah We chose to walk Of course, we're walking I think all the way down there This is a nice walk Really cool It is a bit blowy today though Let's be careful We don't want to get blown off the course No They look like they were little houses Back in the day There's the castle from The Witches Is it a castle or just a hotel? Not a castle, a hotel A castle on the brain If you've watched the original Witches film That is the hotel from it I think we say this every time we're down here We say this It's such a good film though It is a classic film Going back up You can pay £1.50 I think it's £1.50 each way It's not bad, is it really? Save your legs Or if you're not able That's true So we're all checked in Or whatever you call it Nice and easy So you're greeted with the little booth And then you just come straight in Really lovely in there Tell us all about the different things To make sure we see First of all The courtyards Which we're in right now The gatehouse courtyard Another courtyard up these steps So there is quite a lot of walking I'm just going to Strap my bag over me Alright there Lloyd Just strapping my bag Over me because As you can hear I'm a bit out of breath Coming up the steps We did go swimming this morning So we're a little bit tired We are on holiday by the way We don't live round here Just in case you're new There's the upper courtyard Still a pan But you get amazing views It's amazing We've got the bridge down there I've been wanting to go across this bridge For ages It's a bit grassy Strange Oh no this would have been inside a castle With the walls around here And the magic grass carpets What? There's a cool little lookout Wow Look at that That is amazing Yeah The bridge wasn't always here But there used to be Obviously it's like It's a modern bridge you've never seen Well yeah but I mean There used to be land Until it eroded Well this feels really weird It feels bouncy It's probably like suspension It's probably very much needed Probably Slate slatted together You've got the little bay down there We are very high It feels Look at that Can you feel it move when the wind blows? Yeah it does move Oh man Woo That's really cool Beautiful day Right let's carry on On the slate bridge Yes we do need a picture Becky no climbing on the walls As if I don't want to climb You wouldn't want to climb over here I don't think Woo hoo Look how cool it is So And look at the water Waterfall Oh it's so pretty It's a castle Not castle, hotel On top of the hill There's a little exhibition centre down here That's what they said There's like a little cafe as well We should totally stay in that hotel Like once Maybe The witches might be there It's not the convention Might be Some more grass carpet there For Becky So rude It's amazing It's amazing it would have been a room Yeah it is very strange that this whole place Would have been a castle There's really cool bits up here Like just rooms Someone's left their push chair In one of the rooms That's where they put the push chairs Or strollers Up more steps This is definitely a very good workout for us It is I'm enjoying it If you're feeling brave as well You can also go down on these paths But we're not that brave Coastal path No this is just literally A makeshift path To other areas of the castle But I think you can walk on them But it looks pretty like Slippy there I wouldn't go on that But you can You can slide into the sea Up more steps We're nearly at the top Becky's posting it up Ready for our photoshoot It is so cool though It's amazing I don't know if the camera's picking it up But right over there is GCHQ I'll try and zoom in The listening station Oh yeah you can Those little twinkly lights That's GCHQ I love this sign Obviously It's stating the obvious That there is a sheer drop over there It's hilarious The sign It needs to be there Just in case you do get some Donuts The little man makes me laugh That's what will happen If you go over the edge I don't want to fall off there Wow And we're still going round This is far bigger than I thought it would be Lots of walking involved Which is good So these are the northern ruins The lady told us to go and see Did she? I think so, she said there's a statue That looked really nice Oh yeah she did didn't she The sun The non-existent sun She said it's a lovely day with the blue sea and blue sky To be fair the sea is very blue But the sky is not so At the moment it's just grey It's not supposed to rain But I'm not really dressed for the rain You're not enjoying this wind are you? No because my hair is going to be like knotty mess After this But oh well, never mind The pictures, it's not good for pictures More sheer drops up here Lovely So we're just popping in To the cave of wonders I'm a bit scared Oh it's wet So fuzzy Don't get in there I'm not No no So here's the statue Is it King Arthur? Is that who he's meant to be? He pulled the sword The sword I think that's who he's supposed to be Yeah I don't understand why his body is missing Maybe I'm missing the point of it I think it's just arty Artistic Artiste Just come across a well Apparently it's 5.5 metres deep Built at the same time as the castle And it's fed from natural springs Which emerge across the island Look at that You wouldn't want to drink out of it right now But that's amazing Not really Doesn't look so natural springs at the moment Mmm natural We're now at the chapel This is I think it's just here The chapel You can see that would have been the entrance bit And then this is the main chapel As is in that picture I really like how they've done these pictures actually I was just about to say that You intro'd me well there Lloyd I was just about to say It's so great how they show how it would have looked Or how they think it would have looked That's true Based on the shape The archaeology Yeah I like the little ornaments they put on there as well Right I think the next bit is down To the exhibition and beach So I literally think this is right at the top I think it's as high as you can go So that's the bridge down there that we crossed earlier It seems so far away It's like a whole trek we've done today Are you ok? Ok Steep steps Oh it says It's a bit of a backlog Oh ok Alright It's cool These are pretty Steep steps More treacherous now you're filming me Going down them Nearly there Yay You go down the steep steps And you fall down on the non-steep steps There's a little kiosk down here Looks like they're selling ice creams And things I don't know whether I fancy an ice cream It's pretty chilly and brisk They do coffees and things though Then we might wait until after And go and have a beer or something Yeah So this kiosk is actually The end point of Of the castle But there's the exhibition isn't there The exhibition centre is down there And then there's the beach That we're going down to now I think in non-covid times You could have come up this way And gone to that kiosk To buy a beer And gone to that kiosk To purchase tickets And then it was like a Yeah then it was like a two way thing But not at the moment There's kids in the sea That is mad Oh gosh I think they're pretty warm Becky's going to cross over Where the waterfall is I just did it in one swift motion Where are you going? Is it? Oh Yes Done it So nice down here isn't it So nice We did contemplate not coming down on the rocks We'll show you in a bit As you get up the stairs But it's well worth it It did look a bit scary It took me about 5 minutes to get across the rock We've just come into a cave This is truly The cave of wonders This is more the cave of wonders Although it's not quite a cave Because it does come out the other side So That is Yeah It's right through the cliff It's incredible I don't want to venture any further though I'm not being adventurous today I've done enough adventure on the cliff It's true Cliffs Right, out we go So this is what Becky was talking about These are the rocks To get back to the stairs So You can go first if you want But it's mad Wobbly stones You have to check them first Check if they're wobbly I had to cut stones by Becky Check they're not wobbly And then go Completed it That wasn't like A true representation of the way down No But yeah, I'm relieved One last view Of the beach Let's go So this is the beach kiosk And the beach cafe But both are closed Which is gutting It's quarter to five Everything does close up at five But it looks like the shop and exhibition Is open Let's see if it is There we go, it's open Let's go have a look So the exhibition centre And shop were closed They closed at half past four And it's now quarter to five So And also the toilets are closed So just so you know If that's something you'd like to do And you like shops You like the gift shop at the end We love a shop Come a bit earlier Don't be like us Although we have spent quite a few hours here Which I wasn't expecting to do at all We've spent like two Two hours It's pretty good going Like I said earlier We're going to go back up to the village It's a hill It's a very big hill To go and find somewhere To maybe have a drink Maybe warm up a little bit It has got a little bit chilly And a toilet because they were closed Because I need a wee This is not giving it a right perspective On camera But this is steep man Coming back up to the village Becky's little legs So Lloyd would you like to share Your experience of Tintagel Tintagel Castle It's been amazing actually I've had a really nice afternoon Didn't think it would take two hours But I would give it three I would give it three Or do the gift shop and exhibition first And that's what we were saying Although that is the wrong way round isn't it Walking up the steepest of steep hills That's what we were saying If you arrive later It's probably best that you do that If you want to go into the shop If you want to go through If you arrive kind of like two Three o'clock And then get onto the bridge Because the bridge closes at five We've been sat out here We've seen the staff walking past But yeah It was so cool What was your favourite bit Favourite bit That's a good question I think I enjoyed the bridge I think that is the main attraction I guess to this We've seen the ruins of the old castle Really nice And being on top of the cliffs Was also amazingly cool We've had a really good time And it's just nice to finish it off With a pint A local beer This is a Tintagel beer Really nice beer Highly recommend How's your gin My gin is really nice It's also local gin Spring that round Because it says spring I don't know Spin that round And it's supporting lifeboats So I'm feeling pretty good about that You've got to support the lifeboats They save lives We've had a lovely afternoon Have you had a good time too Amazing time So I thought I'd end the vlog here So thank you so much for watching Thank you from Lloyd as well I'm like crawling across the table All for the vlog Everything's for the vlog So if you've enjoyed this Please subscribe to our channel For more very exciting excursions Hopefully As exciting as this one And give it a thumbs up And we'll see you on the next one Bye