The Dark History Of Wales

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:10][music] >> The Welsh hate England.

[00:00:17]But why is that?

[00:00:19]Well, imagine another country invading yours, banning your language, stealing your land, and trying to erase your culture for hundreds of years. Back in the 1200s, England invaded Wales under King Edward I.

[00:00:31]After defeating the last Welsh prince, Llywelyn Griffith, England built castles all across Wales.

[00:00:38]Basically, to control us and remind us who was in charge. But it didn't stop there. In the 1500s, the Laws in Wales Act made the English language the official language of Wales.

[00:00:50]If you wanted power, government jobs, or status, you all had to speak English.

[00:00:56]The Welsh language was treated as peasants. And even in schools, they punished our children for speaking the Welsh language. Some of them even had to wear this Welsh knot.

[00:01:06]Imagine your child getting punished speaking your own language. So, no. Most Welsh people don't genuinely hate England. But a lot of us still remember what was done to Wales and why protecting the culture still matters today.

[00:01:20]Because despite everything, Cymru is still here.

[00:01:32]Okay, that's Welsh history lesson over.

[00:01:35]We haven't come here just for this castle. There is a beach. I don't know if you realize, but there is a beach down there. So, we will be spending the day here. We've got a barbecue. We're going to have a good laugh. Me, Steve, Connor.

[00:01:47]Let's go. Heading down to the beach.

[00:01:49]This is what we got to walk through.

[00:01:52]Look at that.

[00:01:53]Greenery everywhere.

[00:01:55]Looks amazing.

[00:01:57][ __ ] man.

[00:01:58]>> [laughter] >> Look at these sheep.

[00:02:02]Oh, [ __ ] I'm right next to uh I don't know if it's a manor house or if it's just generally somebody's house, but if someone whoever owns that I'm jealous of them cuz look at that.

[00:02:20]Looks like the White House.

[00:02:23]I think it's a manor house. All the land it goes on.

[00:02:27]Unbelievable.

[00:02:28]We're doing West Wales today as well, so we've ventured out to South Wales.

[00:02:48]And we just got down to the beach and look at this.

[00:02:52]It's a bit of like an estuary basically coming in from there out to the sea right there, but still nice anyway. The sun is boiling.

[00:03:00]Not very often we get beautiful weather like this, so going to make the most of it. Definitely will be going in here for a dip soon, but first we're going to set the barbecue up and cook some food cuz I'm starving. Yeah, wait. We just set up a barbecue. Steve's going to be the chef. We probably just got to get the bacon on straight away cuz it cooks quicker and I'm starving. Can't lie. Got the music uh going to blast out some music. Probably do a dip as well. Let's get it started.

[00:03:26]>> [music] >> This guy thinks he's quicker than me.

[00:03:34]>> [laughter] >> So, we're going to get a race going on.

[00:03:36]This ground is quite hard to be fair.

[00:03:38]So, we're going to draw a line and actually have a race. I reckon I got it in the bag. Let me know in the comments who you think's going to win. Naughty Din.

[00:04:06]>> Yeah, definitely. He absolutely blitzed me. What is it? I got a torn hamstring.

[00:04:11]>> [laughter] >> I'll get him next time. Well, as soon as this weight comes off me, he's getting cut.

[00:04:23]I must have got trained up as well.

[00:04:25]>> [laughter] >> Steve thinks that he's got a chance against me. You know, there's no way. I got to got to win at least one race. It's come on, like. [music] Can't lose on back-to-back. Surely not.

[00:04:57]>> [music] >> I've warmed up a bit now, see? Steve's actually faster corner, I reckon.

[00:05:15]Come on.

[00:05:18]Well, I won all over there.

[00:05:20]What's that?

[00:05:23]Tolo.

[00:05:25]>> You're not fast.

[00:05:25]>> You don't want it, smokes.

[00:05:27]>> [laughter] >> Only cuz it was such a such a long distance.

[00:05:30]>> You reckon 50 m is too long, huh?

[00:05:32]>> I'll run 11.

[00:05:34]>> [laughter] >> It's time for some actual food now. I'm starving.

[00:06:09]Haha, the sausages are done.

[00:06:12]I've had a bigger sandwich, but I'm still hungry, I'll be honest. He just dragged me about on the beach, so need a refill.

[00:06:19]>> It's like electric what it says what does it say?

[00:06:22]I I don't know the word for it. Come up.

[00:06:24]You just like pull out the start and then just pull another one out. But keep like flashing it on it.

[00:06:28]>> Oh, yeah, yeah.

[00:06:31]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Can you go out and do it?

[00:07:05]>> [laughter] >> What are you doing?

[00:07:07]>> The sand underneath your feet is like slimy. I don't even know.

[00:07:10]But everyone's on paddle boards. They don't even look like they're actually going in the water.

[00:07:13]>> They're just fishing.

[00:07:15]Fishing on paddle boards, like >> Literally as well.

[00:07:18]>> Oh, it's good then.

[00:07:19]>> How's the moon out, bud?

[00:07:21]>> It's pretty big as well, isn't it?

[00:07:22]>> Yeah.

[00:07:23]All right, do you think we should just get in or Just dive in, like Yeah, we're basically in now. I don't think it's going to get deeper though, is it?

[00:07:30]>> No, I think it's like >> Yeah.

[00:07:31]>> [laughter] >> I think it's all the way across.

[00:07:33]>> It's up to your knees, like try to see if you can walk all the way across here.

[00:07:36]>> It might take a couple of minutes.

[00:07:38]No, I'm not going to >> I'm just going to get in now.

[00:07:40]>> I'm going to jump in.

[00:07:40]>> We're going to film.

[00:07:41]>> I'll just go out there. Are you going to jump in as well?

[00:07:43]>> I know.

[00:07:44]>> I don't know. I'm about to go slimy in there.

[00:07:46]>> [laughter] >> Yeah, it's like some parts of the Oh, what the [ __ ] >> [laughter] >> Oh my god.

[00:07:56]Be honest, sound on that.

[00:07:58]No, no, no, I was here.

[00:08:01]It's like some parts go like tidy sand and the other bits are like Oh, it's like ah, slimy, sinking sand.

[00:08:07]Gosh, get in. Ready?

[00:08:10]3 2 I'm in sand.

[00:08:12]Oh, oh, that's the banging but it's cold like.

[00:08:16]Oh, it's actually so nice.

[00:08:19]>> [laughter] >> Get in.

[00:08:46]Ah, worms.

[00:08:47]>> Worms, yeah. Rag worms.

[00:08:49]>> There's worms underneath my feet now like.

[00:08:51]>> Yeah, rag worms.

[00:08:52]>> Oh, I think rag worms are worms.

[00:08:53]>> No, no, no, like underneath here like.

[00:08:54]>> Underneath here is worms.

[00:08:55]>> That's like a track where he's been.

[00:08:57]Yeah, they're rag worms.

[00:08:58]>> That looks terrible, wouldn't it?

[00:08:59]>> You can jump for fishing, mate.

[00:09:00]>> Yeah, this this water's probably not the cleanest, I'll be honest. Tomorrow though I'm going to a waterfall and you will be coming with me.

[00:09:08]>> I want one of these.

[00:09:10]Like Rag worms, I said, yeah.

[00:09:14]Show enough. Oh, show enough.

[00:09:18]>> They'll bite them.

[00:09:19]>> No, they won't. Rag worms are all they want, though.

[00:09:21]>> But they don't bite. They got little pinchers on them.

[00:09:24]>> Yeah.

[00:09:25]>> For grabbing things.

[00:09:26]>> What is that for fishing and that, is it, but?

[00:09:28]>> Yeah, yeah.

[00:09:31]>> They love them, do they?

[00:09:32]>> Yeah, they actually eat this stuff.

[00:09:35]>> Well, you just go on and whatever lines are basically, isn't it?

[00:09:40]So, they're all like What?

[00:09:42]>> That's That's a cast.

[00:09:45]Right? I want to see this where this is.

[00:09:47]>> Yeah.

[00:09:47]>> Yeah. That's an old So, that's a blow hole. That's a cast. So, it's got to be between there, isn't it?

[00:09:52]>> Ah.

[00:09:53]>> Sometimes you want to be right on top of the hole.

[00:09:56]Sometimes you just want to be in front of it.

[00:09:59]What do you think, then, mate?

[00:10:00]>> This is the front of it, mate.

[00:10:03]That's where you want to see where that sucker is.

[00:10:05]>> Yeah.

[00:10:05]>> Yeah.

[00:10:06]>> I think we've got it.

[00:10:08]>> Right, put it down a lot further.

[00:10:10]>> I don't know if I'll catch one, though.

[00:10:12]>> I want to see.

[00:10:13]You're going straight through there, aren't you? I don't know.

[00:10:14]>> Straight at first time, mate.

[00:10:18]>> Are you fishing down here today, Ian, or >> Tomorrow morning.

[00:10:21]>> Tomorrow morning, get your bait ready like.

[00:10:26]It's awkward to see >> This is awkward looking at that one there.

[00:10:29]>> Yeah.

[00:10:31]So, where's the Where's the other hole like?

[00:10:33]>> That's the thing, where was the other hole far out? Today.

[00:10:35]>> That's the way we're doing it, today.

[00:10:37]>> All right, who was that?

[00:10:39]>> This kid popped like something.

[00:10:42]>> Well, I feel a lot of them, so There he is.

[00:10:47]>> Say something.

[00:10:53]>> [laughter] >> Yeah, it looks like a worm.

[00:11:01]Yeah, yeah, baby.

[00:11:02]>> I wouldn't eat it till you cook it properly.

[00:11:05]Best of luck to you.

[00:11:06]>> Yeah, good luck with your fishing, but hopefully you catch something.

[00:11:09]>> I'll be back tomorrow.

[00:11:11]>> Yeah, but I asked him out and I've seen him win before in my life.

[00:11:13]>> I think all right, well, they're they're uh lugworms.

[00:11:16]>> Lugworms.

[00:11:17]The The other ones you were on about like fighting, right?

[00:11:19]>> Well, they have got these little pincers on them.

[00:11:22]Pincers, do you like?

[00:11:23]>> Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, they're finally the fish love them, so All right, it's about half five now.

[00:11:27]We've just finished on the beach.

[00:11:28]Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed, to be honest, cuz even though it looks unbelievable, the water and the sand dollars is is is disgusting. It looks nice, but it's the sand and water is terrible. So, we're just going to head home now.

[00:11:43]Uh tomorrow I'm meeting up with Shawn, and we're going to be going to a waterfall, which is actually right next to my house, surprisingly. I didn't even know it existed. Shawn told me about it, so I don't know whether this video and that video become one. We'll find out. You will you you will know.

[00:11:57]But, uh yeah. If not, I'll see you in the next one. Have a good day.