London before the crowds, with JackSucksAtLife and a runaway microphone
His solo landmark walk covers Westminster, Covent Garden and the City before finishing at the Tower of London.
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Solo Exploring London, England at 5am
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- 0:20Jack reaches Big Ben and Parliament Square before the usual tourist crowds.
- 3:43Trafalgar Square brings a tiny former police post and a look at the lion statues.
- 6:21Sunrise finds Jack at Buckingham Palace, where he points out scaffolding and discusses the guards' hats.
- 7:33Covent Garden prompts a childhood family-meal memory and an explanation of the market's name.
- 9:16After St Paul's, Jack drops his microphone beneath a parked van and crawls under to retrieve it.
- 12:34The walk finishes at the Tower of London after more than fifteen kilometres.
Westminster Bridge is unusually empty, the London Dungeon is closed but playing theatrical music, and Jack has the tourist sights largely to himself. Then his microphone drops under a parked van. Even an early-morning capital tour needs a little crawling around.
"Solo Exploring London, England at 5am" was JackSucksAtLife's only upload this week, drawing roughly 36,000 views in its first twelve hours. It extends his solo city walks after Warsaw and Berlin, swapping unfamiliar streets for landmarks that come with childhood memories: in Covent Garden, he recalls a family meal as well as explaining the market's name.
The route mixes sightseeing with small diversions. Jack films wildlife in St James's Park, reaches Buckingham Palace at sunrise and retrieves that microphone after visiting St Paul's. By the Tower of London, he has walked more than fifteen kilometres. Viewers are picking out the emptiness of Westminster Bridge and suggesting future dawn outings in Adelaide, Buenos Aires and elsewhere in Australia and New Zealand. One also makes a precise distinction between the Westminster chimes and Big Ben's hour strike.
London is comfortably the most active upload right now, while the Warsaw and Berlin walks continue adding views. Across the channel, though, daily viewing is below its usual level, and the subscriber total slipped over the week. Among nearby vlog channels, Haley Pham is enjoying a sharp upswing in daily views, while vlogbrothers is close to its usual rhythm.
For a channel whose most watched regular upload asks how many letters fit on a YouTube Play Button, the London outing offers a very different collecting project: landmarks on foot, with the occasional piece of recording equipment to recover.
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Seeing Westminster Bridge so empty is crazy
@OfficialSkullyGamingSee it on YouTubeRecorded in 5AM
Posted in 5PM@TonoMinecraftSee it on YouTubeLoving the pacing of this one! Nice to listen to a bit of a chill ramble.
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Australia/NZ 5am videos would be brilliant
@michaelalan4See it on YouTube13:23 Buenos Aires would be an amazing one
@Krist1annSee it on YouTube1:20 talks about the crack in big Ben and the iconic chime note, but then proceeds to include the opening Westminster chimes, when you wanted the hour chime to highlight Big Ben.
@LiqdPTSee it on YouTubeThese vlogs just keep getting better and better as Jack figures out this new style more
@anson2457See it on YouTubeReally love the facts that you throw in 🙂
@NSLOTH_77See it on YouTubehaven't caught an upload in years. glad to see you enjoying life
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Which London park does Jack walk through on his way to Buckingham Palace?
Jack films wildlife in St James's Park before reaching Buckingham Palace at sunrise.


