Favourite newly discovered Youtube channels

[Mark Grant]

I recently subscribed to this guy, very good.
Probably a bit Londoncentric for many of you.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk1qvhkPMbF703QHR8qj8og

I've just found comedian Ed Byrne has started a channel, sort of hiking with celebs. I'll give that a watch.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Holly the cafe boat.
A lovely young couple living on a narrow boat have converted another one into a floating cafe

https://youtube.com/c/HollyTheCafeBoat

Michael Waller
Michael builds and refurbishes motorbikes. Mainly British bikes of the 60s. Lots of fabricating/adapting one off parts.

https://youtube.com/user/BritanniaMotorcycles

 

[slowmotion]

Don't think so. Who he?

A manic engineer. He's utterly exhausting to watch but extremely talented.

 

[sheddy]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZFDNR9V5Nc

 

[Nigeyy]

Not really new, but I really enjoy Itchy Boots (she's an adventure motorcyclist currently in South Africa) and Steve Wallis (stealth camper!). I'm in awe of Itchy (aka Noraly) and there's something I just find quite likeable about Steve, the Bob Ross of Canada. Both well worth a watch.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIs9nkveW9WmYtsOcJBwTg
https://www.youtube.com/user/thestevewallis

My wife recently is enjoying the Travel Beans (a pair of professional tourists), but to be honest I could take them or leave them and I find they wear out their welcome after a time.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Rx9HRmDoc5YmtcPOopmrA

 

[Bazzer]

Not really new, but I really enjoy Itchy Boots (she's an adventure motorcyclist currently in South Africa) and Steve Wallis (stealth camper!). I'm in awe of Itchy (aka Noraly) and there's something I just find quite likeable about Steve, the Bob Ross of Canada. Both well worth a watch.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIs9nkveW9WmYtsOcJBwTg
https://www.youtube.com/user/thestevewallis.

My wife recently is enjoying the Travel Beans (a pair of professional tourists), but to be honest I could take them or leave them and I find they wear out their welcome after a time.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Rx9HRmDoc5YmtcPOopmrA

Yes, some Steve Wallis videos dropped into my feed a while back and he seems a conundrum. On one hand enjoying the solitude of camping, but also getting a buzz out of deliberately camping where he could be caught.

As a Manc, I like to watch videos from Martin Zero https://www.youtube.com/c/MartinZero/videos They are mainly concerned with structures, some still standing, others in ruin, or otherwise forgotten, from Manchester's industrial past, but he also has videos about other relics in the North West such as the Williamson tunnels in Liverpool.

Edit: For those who enjoy clever engineering often combined with a social conscience, there is Mark Roper. My youngest daughter brought him to my attention.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4T_LlK1VE4

 

[PapaZita]

Post 10 explores the north eastern US. Nature, abandoned buildings, etc., but mostly dams, drains, and culverts, and how to unblock them with only a rake:


View: https://youtu.be/-arWHGNg9U0

 

[TheDoctor]

Tim Traveller. Quirky travel videos, and his Mediocre Mountain Challenge video has a (very short) appearance of me in it. I want to ride the Vennbahn
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEM_cp6hVeM


YouTube recently recommended a financial advice video to me. Recorded in summer 2020, it was recommending people buy a little-known share called Gamestop. I don't even want to think about it.

 

[slowmotion]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZFDNR9V5Nc

I loved the jig for hole sawing tube ends.

 

[Kempstonian]

A manic engineer. He's utterly exhausting to watch but extremely talented.

Ah! I know the guy you mean. I've seen a few of his videos! Here's one for those who don't know him:



EDIT: I see @sheddy already posted one... hahaha

 

[Profpointy]

Couple of my favourite channels I subscribe to

"I am puma". A Russian couple have a channel dedicated to their pet puma Messi. Apparently he was from a defunct zoo, and was undersized with various health issues. It's clearly a very happy beast in their care and dotes on them. Classics include it being taken to a dog obedience class. This one is him chillin' at home.


View: https://youtu.be/wqQvwtzi8N8


The Tank Museum's series of "tank chats", especially those done by national treasure David Fletcher, also a terrific author of tank-related books. The other presenters are good too but here's one of Fletcher's. The tank museum is a terrific day out too, particularly on the days their running some of the tanks. You'll need all day too


View: https://youtu.be/BUk8AUJZGkA


And also on tanks "the chieftan", aka Nicholas Moran. A military historian and former tank commander. Very very knowledgable and his dry and witty Irish delivery makes his talks entertaining as well as informative


View: https://youtu.be/0TDLqSiu9AE


And moving on to chemistry, there's this crazy Australian chemist's channel "explosions and fire"


View: https://youtu.be/mV_daaldE_I


And also chemistry, Prof Poliakoff's slightly more serious channel. As an aside he's Stephen P the playwright's brother.


View: https://youtu.be/6NNt0Pup6jU


Woodworker Paul Sellers. Makes it look so easy as he effortlessly planes a rough piece of wood flat and square. I guess if I practised for 60 years I might be getting somewhere close

https://youtu.be/Cl5Srx-Ru_U

Two step violin. two classical violinists talk about music. They are serious musicians but their videos are so much fun. This example shows how much John Williams knocked off for the Star Wars score

https://youtu.be/DN3vl-JnUF8

Quite a few science channels

Dr Beccy

https://youtu.be/mvmwqx5vjps

A cardiologist Medlifecrisi. He's numerate as well as a medical expert so he is good at rubbishing misleading numbers. Here's one on cancer rates

https://youtu.be/yNzQ_sLGIuA

Anyhow, thet'll do for now.

I echo others' suggestions of Colin Furze and Bigclive

 

[Cathryn]

"I am puma". A Russian couple have a channel dedicated to their pet puma Messi. Apparently he was from a defunct zoo, and was undersized with various health issues. It's clearly a very happy beast in their care and dotes on them. Classics include it being taken to a dog obedience class. This one is him chillin' at home.


View: https://youtu.be/wqQvwtzi8N8

Oh.My.Giddy.Aunt.

That will not end well.

 

[Cathryn]

Oh.My.Giddy.Aunt.

That will not end well.

But also...I want one!!

 

[Profpointy]

Oh.My.Giddy.Aunt.

That will not end well.

It clearly dotes on them, and isn't
much bigger than a labrador or whatever, so I don't think it's quite as risky as people befriending bears or supposedly "tame" tigers and the like. These tend not to work out

 

[Cathryn]

It clearly dotes on them, and isn't
much bigger than a labrador or whatever, so I don't think it's quite as risky as people befriending bears or supposedly "tame" tigers and the like. These tend not to work out

Mountain lions are pretty enormous...trust me. Every now and again my beloved ginger gets a look in his eye that makes me step away...I can't even imagine it with a cat so big. But yes, the video is incredible and the cat clearly loves them.