Festival of Slowth - 2024 - Wales

[@patrickbodine1300]

Absolutely no plastic in sight. No electronics needed/wanted. BRILLIANT!!!

[@Kordziel]

The whole world needs a festival of slowth

[@Biokemist-o3k]

I absolutely agree. I am going to try and arrange an event like this in the Northeast...I know it would probably do better in Florida but I am not moving back any time soon...

[@NarrowPathFarm707]

I must be an "old soul", I love this stuff!

[@bobmcl2406]

What a delightful collection of what must rightly be called "contraptions". Thank you for posting this. Cheers from Canada.

[@johnbastille5483]

Their owners/operators are a delightful collection of "slightly bent" eccentrics...wonderful!

[@TheGrimStoic]

its never been more critically important to be silly, to be non-conforming - i salute all pursuers of silliness as defenders of our defiance and all such pursuits as humanity's last huzzahs

[@brutusriverchip]

let me know when you learn to wipe your ass

[@derMenix]

Phantastisch 🤩 So viel Freude und Spaß 👍👍👍

[@RuthGerber-rw5rz]

Thank you soo much for giving us the chance to watch after an accident I'm in a wheelchair watching from Switzerland remembering students time in Wales

[@knifeswitch5973]

I really had an off day. Came home to this on my feed and it put me right with the world. Thankyou

[@portnuefflyer]

Best with the volume cranked up, wonderful! The lawn mower race, with the winner crouching down for less aero drag (at 4 mph) was great.

[@nigelcarren]

This is ridiculous, I love it! 🏆 Best wishes from a now homesick Englishman making armour in a French forest. ⚒️🇬🇧⚒️

[@mrcomenttoe2009]

I hope these vehicles run forever Thank you folks for taking care of these wonderful machines 👍 greetings all the way from California

[@KlaasKamminga]

Lovely! i wish I was there... Thanks for sharing!

[@oldwobble916]

This is a lot better than the Festival of Speed at Goodwood. No shouting commentators, suppressing the sound of the engines. It's amazing, how many of these contraptions still exists. The lawn mower race was hilarious.

[@Alex462047]

You know, I reckon each has it's good points. Going fast can be just as enjoyable as going slow, as long as you know how to do both without excess. Schumacher had it right - fast on the track, drove like a Grandad on public roads. It's a pity he had that accident, but no life well lived is without it's risks, and I think he got the best out of everything.

[@lanmastersassistant659]

thankyou so much for the footage once again nick, I love seeing this event every year

[@philthycat1408]

How things could be, “sigh”.

[@Karebear9001]

Absolutely adorable! Cheers to all participants and observers! Keep the fun in life. ❤

[@austinswallow]

That looked like a LOT of FUN, some lovely machines there, thanks for sharing.

[@jameswhite6589]

Absolutely brilliant lots of fun need more of this all over ..........

[@charlie70605]

This may be the best reason to move to Wales. What an adorable pack of Phools.

[@simonbertioli4696]

Wow, what a fun day... True British traditions... Lovely machines... Lovely people who care... Great video. Thanks to all those smiles.

[@Freight_Train]

The guy on the mower trying to get aerodynamically low. Perfect.

[@cook5381]

Lovely. We live in the same world Nick! Long may it continue.....

[@Biokemist-o3k]

Such an incredible event!!!...Living here in the States I definitely want to organize one of these Festivalss. Thank you for making the video and sharing it with us....I love the engineering of all the prewar cycle cars!!!

[@adienowed6366]

Bet most of them are more fun to drive than todays souless offerings and not a load of electronic tomfoolery in sight.

[@johnneedy3164]

Yall have a neat car club 😊

[@nirgunapa56]

Just love this...

[@jimwhittemore1610]

Fantastic, thanks so much!

[@colvinator1611]

Fantastic ! It's very encouraging to see so many younger people there. Thanks a lot. I'm off to figure out ways to slow my Morris minor and Austin Cambridge down.

[@woots2621]

Worthy of a parade lap at Goodwood!

[@emmajacobs5575]

That was joyous!

[@nathangoshawk]

Thank you for this wonderful video. So good to see some of these ephemeral vehicles still going strong(ish).

[@steby123]

Looks like great good fun !!!!!!!

[@k8zhd]

Beautiful and wonderful and silly! I would SO like to attend such an event. I don't think there's anything like this in the US, though we do have a few microcar get-togethers. They are fun and silly too, but not at the level of these ancient cyclecars. And power lawnmowers!

[@stephencrowther524]

What’s silly about it ?

[@SPCLPONY]

​@@stephencrowther524 Silly, meaning fun, happy, and carefree. It wasn't meant as derogatory.

[@brutusriverchip]

@@stephencrowther524 i think he meant to say "willy" cuz mine is hard and long!

[@marksommers6764]

@@brutusriverchip👈NOT silly , simply childish

[@topefisher1]

I am pleased to see Mark Walker made it there. I was chatting to him at Mallory Park as he was setting off to drive to the Slowth. He thought it might be a 6 plus hour journey. No trailers or transporters for him 😮😅😂😅😂

[@keithbarker-e4q]

Switched over from Goodwood bike racing, not disappointed. Lovely stuff. Thank you. keith

[@romemancer7905]

Love the old chug chug engines...A window into a much slower and friendlier past !

[@onazram1]

This is just hilarious, I love it!!

[@jesseamaya4413]

This sure looks like an absolute hoot! We need more like this.

[@ianoliver3879]

Lovely stuff. Thank you.

[@okgo8315]

Absolutely brilliant and love it. These machines look early 1900s, when it was revolutionary to move like that. Applause to you all... thanks✌️🇬🇧

[@kaykiekid]

❤️😃💕 Absolutely lovely! I'm from NJ, USA 🇺🇸 and I wish I was there! Thanks for the fun! 🇬🇧

[@russellharding3371]

What a brilliant idea 😂 Well done to all ! Greetings from South Australia 👋 😊

[@roberthirons4873]

Gosh, makes a GN look powerful👍

[@davidwelch6796]

Each year when I see a video of the annual 'Festival of Slowth' it reaffirms my joy of living in this sceptred isle.

[@didcotman]

You speak for us all

[@user-IveVandewalle]

Brilliant footage! Well done Nick! Thx! ;-)

[@Trickynickymarts]

Great fun and what a selection!

[@theclocker7406]

These are my favourite types of cars of all time, just love it. I'd so love to have a go at driving one of these or owning one even, sadly Canada has nothing like this :( The lawnmower racing is so much fun too! Gloriously wonderful in both spirit and endeavour.

[@CORYJOHNM]

I didn't know I had a people. These are definitely my preferred folks.

[@vekvek4319]

Wonderful, beautifully eccentric. We need more please.

[@redsorgum]

Greetings from Southern California. This is so cool. ✌️

[@stephenedwards1751]

Brilliant, looks like great fun, reminds me of my first car, every journey was an adventure, never sure if I would get to my destination.

[@adambeck8180]

Looks really fun!

[@steveclark5357]

I love this😆

[@MarkMcCluney]

That looks like great fun. Thanks for sharing.

[@davidholmgren659]

Wonderful machines and what lovely people! Great video.

[@ianpaterson5000]

A Le Mans start for lawn mowers and a great collection of odd cars. English eccentricity at its best.

[@roymills9695]

No it's in WALES, ENGLISH INDEED. You FOOL.🤬🤬🤬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍💩

[@RobertBohnen]

WOW! Those people really know how to PARTY!! Looks like a whole lot of FUN! And I LOVE the lawnmower race. Very creative! Thank you!

[@stefanhennig]

It even had kind of a photo finish, so close... ❤

[@doubidoubane]

Superbe!!!!

[@blacksquirrel4008]

I believe the tricycle that needed two people to walk alongside it probably won.

[@ericeinar]

Love the antiques!

[@alanhodge984]

another great nick film

[@givemespace2742]

What a collection of ingenious minimalism 😊

[@cook5381]

Marvellous as always!

[@enterBJ40]

Oh man...what a lovely activity! Would love to join them .

[@micbrenoel5459]

So wonderful. Thank you

[@brutusriverchip]

please be patient as i force my member into u

[@andrewcarr3650]

Bloody marvellous!

[@garyroth2764]

And not 1 electric in the bunch. How refreshing! Compared to modern auto combat on the oval or road, this has to be a whole lot more fun and certainly easier on the checkbook as well. The Welsh Festival of Slowth needs to be cloned anywhere there are roads and wheels. That's all we need. Love it!!!

[@adrianlane4256]

You need to be careful how you judge things, electric cars were a front runner in the early days with Royce of Rolls Royce predicting they were the future. So its feasible veteran EV’s would be very much at home here.

[@Gloucesteroldspot]

@@adrianlane4256 Wasn't the first land speed record set with an electric car?

[@davidwilliams1383]

​@@Gloucesteroldspot1903 in a French Jeantaud.

[@weijia8088]

Great stuff, hope you keep showing these old machines.

[@udojahn8538]

Lost technical permission for my 25 year old Rusty and would be glad to have one of these.

[@gafrers]

So cool and interesting

[@jonaldo697]

Esse é o privilégio de quem consegue ter uma velhice digna e tranquila .Aqui no Brasil estão nos tirando tudo de nós e uma velhice com dignidade tá sendo um sonho inalcançável para a grande maioria de nós.

[@marksommers6764]

Sad to hEAR this but make it your own !

[@littlemark01]

Wonderful!!!

[@Jims2517]

This makes me even prouder to be part Welsh!

[@paulaspinall919]

Fabulous. I would rarely travel much distance to see a car show, but this is so much fun. I would love to see these wonderful vehicles and their owners.

[@goldcountryruss7035]

In the late 1950's or so, I used to drive my grandfather's 1908 Maxwell around his neighborhood. Nobody cared that I didn't yet have a driver's license, and the car certainly wasn't insured. Great memories.

[@rkeefer58]

SO COOL! LOVE IT! WANT ONE! 😁🇺🇸

[@ВиталийОрлов-о3м]

Каких то решений инженерной мысли автомобилестроения не увидишь это хорошо показывают миру какие были автомобили прошлого

[@welshpete12]

Big smiles here , thank you for posting !

[@josesosa3960]

K.buenas.makinas

[@porscha901]

Well done to all

[@allanegleston4931]

some of these machines sound like me when i wake up!!!! lovely autos .

[@robinwells8879]

We just don’t see enough pith helmets…or slowth these days. Gawd bless you all. ❤

[@TojuRacing-440]

Love these very cool cars. What a fun event! Race on!

[@Alex462047]

What a marvellous rally! Great stuff! I reckon I might like to have a go at building something like that. 👍

[@JeffW77]

This is LOONY. And WONDERFUL!!!

[@brutusriverchip]

want to see it?

[@misscrabstick]

Utterly brilliant.

[@Tired238]

That looks brilliant fun 👍🏻

[@Ajen1959]

That looks like a Blast!! Cheers!

[@breakawaymotorsports]

Some interesting designs for sure..

[@garthbarrett6067]

Wonderful!

[@Fildefer17]

It must have smelled of castor oil. I also see a lot of ‘white hairs’, just a little less old than these vehicles. The lawnmower race is worth its weight in peanuts! Thank you for these images of a bygone era !!

[@jackpijjin4088]

Oh goodness. I love this so much- it wouldn't be possible, or feasible at least, for me to join, but at the moment I'm rebuilding a 1926 Model T. So excited hear it putter along when I'm done.

[@trixwoodz]

Love this!!!

[@glassfibrespecialists.]

Love it.

[@las10plagas]

funny how old cars are built without even considering the idea one could crash a car. most cars look like you would fall out your seat, if you hit a bump. but I love these cars :)

[@kristianturner-zq2fm]

British eccentricity at it's finest

[@timcolledge6813]

Great stuff !! I particularly liked the lawnmower race, could I bring my Atco Standard mower along next time ?

[@michaelbevan3285]

Of course the marshal has a pith helmet. makes perfect sense.

[@redshorse]

Excellent.

[@Rockethurst]

Blessings from Oz. 👍😎❤️🇦🇺