Sunday isn't Sunday until I've seen Auto Shenanigans.
@MostlyLoveOfMusic8 ай бұрын
Have you had a good week?
@SaeedKhan-c1q8 ай бұрын
I have@@MostlyLoveOfMusic
@Vtarngpb8 ай бұрын
Sunday Fun Day 😂
@steady_948 ай бұрын
My break time ritual. Facebook, Auto Shenanigans 😂
@Raggattoni8 ай бұрын
Eel day shenanigans
@IAMPLEDGE8 ай бұрын
Lovely cameo from Black Bag the faithful border bin liner.
@andymerrett8 ай бұрын
This could be a new feature to rival Geoff Marshall's station bin bag blowing in the breeze.
@Dan23_78 ай бұрын
He was quipping the film Donny Darko
@GeneralThargor8 ай бұрын
@@Dan23_7 *American Beauty
@Original508 ай бұрын
Coming to an industrial-estate carpark near you, soon!
@I_Don_t_want_a_handle8 ай бұрын
@@GeneralThargor Viz did that joke in the 1980s, had a whole comic strip ...
@rileyuktv64268 ай бұрын
“The third disagreement- now upgraded from small to medium” 😂
@NonsensicalSpudz8 ай бұрын
a bunch of people were not to happy during that period of, plates were in fact thrown
@andya6968 ай бұрын
"Best jump in the car then, as no-one wants to get the bus". As a Bus Driver myself, I approve this message!
@paulsengupta9718 ай бұрын
Someone said after a few pints I wouldn't be able to drive my car, so take the bus instead. Turns out I wasn't able to drive that either.
@luke19788 ай бұрын
High-six to all my fenland homies. Fun fact: I once arrived at an accident in the fens where a motorcyclist had ended up in a ditch cos he had hit a potato that had fallen from a farmers trailer. It wrote off his brand new vtr firestorm.
@cbrue18968 ай бұрын
It gives the term "mashed potato" a whole new meaning, or does it?
@baronthorsteinn8 ай бұрын
You'll only get a high-five from me because I wasn't born here. Also, I'll make sure to inform the local bikers about the sugar beet that's been lying on the A1101 roundabout just north of Outwell for the last three weeks. We don't want accidents like that happening again!
@90vanman8 ай бұрын
I live in Essex ex London, I have several friends from Norfolk/Suffolk, and one of my e-signatures is ......on the other hand, five fingers and a thumb, I also enquire how the scars on their necks are after the removal of the second head
@125brat7 ай бұрын
Ah, the land of the extra-wide footwear🤣🤣🤣
@alandavies55Ай бұрын
@@cbrue1896 Being a nature lover, I once pulled up on my bike in heavy try to rescue a hedgehog that was near the central reservation. Turned out to be half a bloody sugar beet.
@jamesdoe14798 ай бұрын
The Thor Missile launching site. There would have been a button specifically for that.
@NordicAxe8 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@henkmeerdink20887 ай бұрын
Best comment. We can close the internet now.
@durhsy4148 ай бұрын
‘Abandoned railways’ could be a series in the future, seeing railways feature more & more. Next week you’ll be presenting from a Peterborough freight train😅😅
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne8 ай бұрын
Try Paul Whitewick for abandoned railways...
@GreenJimll8 ай бұрын
And half the video would be segments where old roads cross the abandoned rail line.
@dave_h_87428 ай бұрын
And canals, Roman roads too @@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
@ehsnils8 ай бұрын
@@dave_h_8742Roman roads would be a story all of their own. I know one passed through Hedge End but I'm not able to find any conclusive evidence.
@57305northernprincess8 ай бұрын
@@dave_h_8742for lost canals @lifeat2.3milesanhour57 is ya man
@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian8 ай бұрын
Oh my, that level crossing - low bridge combo! 😮
@pgwalling64788 ай бұрын
There's a similar one next to Ely Station, though the underpass has more clearance. Since the Ely bypass opened lorries don't need to go anywhere near it.
@ehsnils8 ай бұрын
Makes the 11'8"+8" seem benign. I just wait for the day when someone causes the railroad tracks to get misaligned causing a notable incident.
@Briggers08108 ай бұрын
@@pgwalling6478when I saw the thumbnail, I thought it would be Ely Bridge.
@paulsengupta9718 ай бұрын
Too much choice for me.
@medler21108 ай бұрын
@@pgwalling6478They closed the level crossing at Ely Station, when they opened the bypass, but many of the bridge strikes there were vans, not lorries, although some still managed it, which as you're sitting at about eye level with the top of bridge does beg a few questions as to the level of attention of the truck drivers involved.
@stephenyates9628 ай бұрын
A nice way for him to say hi to his mum; "I'm on the interweb, so you're wondering how I got into your computer". It's things like this that make you fun to watch, Jon
@simonturner54508 ай бұрын
More unsolicited railway trivia: Whitemoor prison is on the site of the former Whitemoor marshalling yard, built in the 1930s, capable of handling 8,000 wagons a day, it was ultramodern technology using a hump that wagons were pushed over then using the speed they picked up they were split into trains to various destinations. The largest of its type in the UK and second largest in Europe it all fell into disuse in the 90s when we stopped manufacturing real things.
@125brat7 ай бұрын
I remember there was one of those shunting humps back in the 60's at Dagenham Dock shunting yard where I spent many happy days exploring and watching the London to Tilbury (iirc) trains 😁
@eddie54844 ай бұрын
I was wondering if that's where the train robbers were kept.
@roderickmain96978 ай бұрын
Oliver Cromwell inherited a property in Ely and its now a museum. He was the leader of one side of our own homegrown disagreement.
@sIightIybored8 ай бұрын
English Homegrown Disagreement 3 I think? The homegrown disagreements are like Fast and Furious movies, they're not numbered neatly.
@paulsengupta9718 ай бұрын
@@sIightIybored When is a disagreement not a disagreement though?
@godzillas63018 ай бұрын
@@sIightIyboredcromwell was number 2 ? ..... watt tyler was in at number 1 but then neither bothered to make airports the lazy twats .
@sIightIybored8 ай бұрын
@@godzillas6301 I was thinking The Anarchy was No1 and The Wars of the Roses was No2. Making The Civil War No3.
@godzillas63018 ай бұрын
@@sIightIyboredAh well the anarchy was a war betwixt the brits and the bloody french . Yeah it was all a mess with kings owning bits of this and that but it wasnt really something that cropped up in every town so i dont really count that as something on the same lines at the war of the roses . Theres no end of a chance someone was born within this time , grew , spat out 8 kids and died at the ripe old age of 30 all within the time of this conflict and without even knowing about the actions elsewhere . Theres was the civil war though where it was 40 years of people grumbling with the locals in charge who would vanish in the night just around the time tithes were to be gathered/stolen from the peasents . It came super dooper close to taking out king john and it created democracy that the entire world followed right up until blair got in ......... War of the roses was a legitimite kick off with house by house being against each other based on to whom you answered to and had to point your bow at . To this day if i hear a yorkshire accent i say my mrs is from manchester and are they from lancaster ?. Its a public service and you get great responses . Cromwells lot doesnt really need saying that is if you dont have a priest hole ....... did the reformation count i wonder ? saying that prick next doors a caff-lick and you are simply fed up with the priests coming and going every sunday night was a sure fire way of gaining new land as a brucie bonus from the local bowel head ...... `enrys in ability to find a productive lady without a face like a bucket of sick is the stuff of legend and when he threw his teddy from the pram over a comly wench it did impact on every house in the land also .... ummmm.... need to think about that one , could it be considered a civil type war ? ... well there was 2 sides killing each other so maybe .
@Izithel8 ай бұрын
4:30 the Gratuitous rail content what I'm all here for.
@eddie54844 ай бұрын
Managing, with that train, to get in some graffiti - priceless.
@lexloose21128 ай бұрын
I live a few miles away from Ely, been here nearly 30yrs now. My 1st job was recovery truck driver, the amount of transit type vans we had to drag out from under the bridge was amazing, let all tyres down and drag out. they've got more warnings now but it still doesn't stop people.
@cbrue18968 ай бұрын
Road signs are most helpful in alerting to the danger of a low clearance. However, if one doesn't bother to pay attention to the signs then stupidity ensues. You just can't fix stupid.
@lexloose21128 ай бұрын
@@cbrue1896 gotta agree, stoopid is as stoopid does, was an Hgv driver for years, seen stoopid so many times it's scary
@redboyjan8 ай бұрын
52% voted brexit so additional signs won't work
@KevinKitten8 ай бұрын
All that abandoned infrastructure feels like a metaphor for the state of the country!
@BromideBride8 ай бұрын
If it weren't an actual true representation of the state of the country 😢
@hydorah7 ай бұрын
If Brexit weren't just a blag by persons who want to pick everyone's pockets and dodge taxes more readily we'd be re-industrialising and having infrastructure renewal aplenty. The hollowed out state of this country is a house of cards that is collapsing but we're all pretending is not too bad, really and should stabilise for no apparent reason
@teejayy21308 ай бұрын
I just love the adventure combined with the sarcasm 😂
@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain2 ай бұрын
Ely Cathedral What a beautifal looking building. The English doing English Things comment cracked me up. An excellent video as always Jon.
@foolsgold69708 ай бұрын
Ring's End with a straight face. Masterful delivery.
@kevinmothers9048 ай бұрын
I'm surprised he didn't mention that it's not far from Three Holes!
@alan-sk7ky8 ай бұрын
'The Wilbrahams' or, more formerly 'Grunty Fen' I know which I prefer... 😀
@125brat7 ай бұрын
My wife and I looked at buying a house there some years ago until she realised where it was and refused to live in a place with such a name🤣 I only discovered a few weeks ago that it got it's name from the junction of 3 rivers😁
@125brat7 ай бұрын
@@kevinmothers904My wife and I looked at buying a house there some years ago until she realised where it was and refused to live in a place with such a name🤣 I only discovered a few weeks ago that it got it's name from the junction of 3 rivers😁
@stewartoutandabout8 ай бұрын
Glad to see the drone is fixed. And the slow metamorphosis into a railway channel. Good job.
@Eric_Hunt1948 ай бұрын
Chatteris is one of many small towns namechecked by the finest band ever to come from Merseyside, Half Man Half Biscuit.
@jonhaslam75908 ай бұрын
Not just name-checked, they have a whole song "For What Is Chatteris?" about it, which could have had some road-related fact-checking in this episode. "One way system, smooth and commendable" (Is there?) "go by bus, they're highly dependable" (seems unlikely based on the rest of the video) "three good butchers, two fine chandlers, an indoor pool, a first class cake shop," (a quick Google tells me the pool is still there, at least) "OFSTED plaudits, envy of the fens, prick barriers at both ends" (I always thought this meant speed bumps, so would be an important feature to note) The song ends with the lament that, now that his love has left him he "May as well live in Ely or St Ives" which suggests that neither Ely or St Ives are as nice. But again, citation needed.
@Rockhopper17 ай бұрын
home to a infamous criminal family
@PAULPICKLES8 ай бұрын
The drone is back! Though i did like the run away from camera last week😂
@JohnSmithShields8 ай бұрын
The most twatted bridge in the UK, a great honour.
@11thhussars614 ай бұрын
You missed a similar bridge/level crossing combo in Ely which was hit once or twice a week, until they took measures and put in a bypass and large (6ft) electronic warning signs. The day it opened a box van got stuck under it bridge again - thats Ely for you !!
@LabTech418 ай бұрын
Wasn't expecting a rendition of "American Beauty", but I gotta respect the hustle. Your mother should be proud.
@parakart8 ай бұрын
Punts, punts everywhere
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne8 ай бұрын
Bunch of punts....
@8bitwiz_8 ай бұрын
They should all go back to Spunthorpe!
@Jackster45058 ай бұрын
Hi Jon. Watched a couple of series now, Motorways, service stations etc. The two constants that run through all of these productions are: 1. Your great sense of humour and word play and 2. Above all, planners in this country just don't have the first clue about anything. In Yes Prime Minister, 3 articles of Government "Its takes longer to do things quickly, It's more expensive to do things cheaply and more democratic not to tell people they are wasting money.
@petedenton94348 ай бұрын
Ely cathedral is a beautiful place
@PhilipMurphy8Extra8 ай бұрын
Great British Road Journeys is far more exciting then the FA Cup
@simontay48518 ай бұрын
Anything is more exiting than the FA cup.
@paulsengupta9718 ай бұрын
@@simontay4851Is that because FA happens? Actually, as someone who doesn't generally like football, the FA cup seems to be a bit more exciting as it sometimes has David vs Goliath type events.
@redboyjan8 ай бұрын
Some people like exciting team sport and programs about roads too. We think those moaning about one or the other are boring cnuts
@ShawnGBR8 ай бұрын
3:10 I worked for the railway (on the footplate of diesel freight trains as a Train Driver's Assistant) from 1986, and back then "Whitemoor Prison" was the largest rail freight yard in Europe. So technically I've been in and out of that prison yard dozens of times.
@RAMBLINGSMANJMB8 ай бұрын
Nice to the see drone is back in working order 👍👍
@pgwalling64788 ай бұрын
Fantastic, with appropriate reverence. Didn't realise Thor missiles were kept at Mepal. As for the River Nene, in Northamptonshire it is 'nen', changing to 'neen' at Islip lock, Thrapston, for the remainder of its meanderings into Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and The Wash. Cheers.
@philiprowney6 ай бұрын
In my town, I knew it would happen sooner or later. That stub of old road at the crossing gives beautiful photo features in the otherwise featureless Fenland in late autumnal sunsets. PS I helped my dad and brother slab the reveals you can see under the bridge in late 70's! [ when the r'bout and fly-over were built ]
@chrisburn71786 ай бұрын
Went to school in Ely and was a chorister in the cathedral. We used to go to Mepal activity centre! Because I knew how to sail I'd end up teaching the tiny kids in some very battered Wayfarers. Good times.
@automotivetales8 ай бұрын
Your delivery of dead pan comedic quips gets better and better! These are becoming comedy gold! 👏👏👏👏
@MonochromaticLightsource8 ай бұрын
A whistlestop tour through ancient fenland. I remember sailing at Mepal as a kid in the late 70's
@danem22155 ай бұрын
Definitely using these videos as a Frommer's guide to England.
@polbecca8 ай бұрын
Railway Shenanigans coming on well I see. 🙂👍
@thegoodgamingdragon85238 ай бұрын
1:38 hope you dont mind if i lore dump here but Toby the tram engine is based on a real tram engine that worked on the Wisbech and Upwell tramway. Specifically a J70 class tram, numbered 68221. The story "Toby and the Stout Gentleman" was based on Rev. Wilbert Awdry (the author of the Railway Series) own experience with 68221.
@bryemycaz8 ай бұрын
Correct Rev Awdry was vicar at Emneth at the time along the Tramway route.
@theevauwu78538 ай бұрын
Wait that wasn't a joke omg
@DeepSpaceNetwork8 ай бұрын
Another great episode of Great British Railway Journeys
@tucker91628 ай бұрын
I still cannot fathom why Taylor Whimpey (🤪) built a mahoosive cathedral in the middle of nowhere. Great video, and series, John. Keep up the good work.
@Roy-gi5ul8 ай бұрын
Mother Church and rural landed interests carried a lot of clout back then!
@paulsengupta9718 ай бұрын
If you think that's the middle of nowhere, try St David's.
@garethaethwy8 ай бұрын
Diversifying from the burgers...
@Graham_Langley8 ай бұрын
I've always wondered why they built Conwy Castle so close to the railway.
@garethaethwy8 ай бұрын
@@Graham_Langley how else were they to get all the stone on site?
@The_Untitled8 ай бұрын
I lived in Ely from when I was born to 2017, then in witchford until 2021. I can confirm vehicles always crashed into the bridge. 5 years ago they closed the level crossing and built a bypass around the Tesco area and over the railway. I have never heard of an Ely eel parade lol
@robinwells88798 ай бұрын
I am a former resident of Mepal (pronounced like people) and I can confirm that nothing has ever happened there other than that I married the current Mrs Wells there! Our MP did used to be Clement Freud though! I later emigrated to Sutton, up t’hill, which thinks very highly of itself and has never quite forgiven the famous airfield for be Mepal Aerodrome and not Surron! I like Ely! It’s a large mock Georgian market town with a big church and that’s good enough for me!😂. The most exciting thing to happen there since the Normans built the cathedral is the southern bypass that now means less vans hit the Ely railway bridge of the same Ely to Peterborough line. Peterborough thinks it’s in Cambridgeshire but it isn’t really! Lovely to see my stomping ground achieve international coverage on your show! PS. Great book about the airfield called Luck and a Lancaster. ❤
@andrewthorne66538 ай бұрын
Thanks for making me smile
@AdrianDowthwaite8 ай бұрын
I get in on a Sunday afternoon to sit down with Jon and his witty banter, I might just learn something too. Good afternoon Jon.
@mitchyk8 ай бұрын
Love this series. Even better than secrets of the motorway. Which was itself great.
@opathe2nd9738 ай бұрын
ELY EEL DAY! I have my ticket from Virginia USA to come to the UK for that! That's over the bar, John.
@inutero758 ай бұрын
I love waving at the end of each episode
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne8 ай бұрын
Why do you wave? He can't see you....
@petrolhead288 ай бұрын
Perfectly demonstrating why we all head to airports for holidays
@alexsingleton21448 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this episode Jon, especially the most twatted bridge!
@kdbsuff96258 ай бұрын
Another great edition. I'm sad to say that you missed the best thing in Mepal today, the Locust Farm, one of the largest in UK.
@timecircuits887 ай бұрын
I love your sense of humour, the random interjections are spot on. Always got me laughing, and learning 😂
@MRTransportVideos8 ай бұрын
I was half expecting the last shot to be a "James Burke" moment, where your last words were followed precisely by a train appearing from behind you... Your abilities to make the mundane interesting are astounding, keep up the good work.
@defender10068 ай бұрын
A '24% lunch failure rate', I wouldn't accept a 24% lunch failure rate! Keep up the great work, loving these Great British Journeys.
@andrewdenby82398 ай бұрын
A journey that brings back memories...
@koharumi18 ай бұрын
The bridge Reminds me of the 11 feet 8 bridge
@robertodaggis72448 ай бұрын
@8:08 That's a Short Stirling mate.
@kevelliott8 ай бұрын
You beat me to it!
@EmyrDerfel8 ай бұрын
Let's check in with our friends at RAF Luton.
@harry1307478 ай бұрын
, @@EmyrDerfel The Stirling has radial engines, (as in the picture) the Lancaster had V12s.
@Vtarngpb8 ай бұрын
#pedantarycorner 😂
@paulsengupta9718 ай бұрын
@@harry130747 The Lancaster was available with both Merlin V12 and radial engines. The B.II had Bristol Hercules engines. About 300 of these were built.
@ImranHussain-hk7gt8 ай бұрын
Best presenter on KZbin by a country mile Keep them coming
@Exparcelman5 ай бұрын
Great paint-balling at Mepal back in the day. My father in law came from Mepal too, I think he was keen to move away.
@Phil-Sands8 ай бұрын
Brilliant as usual, the dry humour makes your videos unmissable each week.
@Jonny_The_Organism8 ай бұрын
Jon talks about this Jon's previous journeys of road works....quite an epitome!
@JohnPaul-ii8 ай бұрын
So many abandoned places, such a waste. Interesting as always Jon. Thanks for sharing again.
@pmacca29678 ай бұрын
Humour and education in one place, looking forward to the next instalment
@wraithchild6667 ай бұрын
That black bag was magical
@davidrobert20078 ай бұрын
Fun fact: the railway line to Wisbech was open for freight up until the late 1990's or early 2000's
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne8 ай бұрын
Do we have to guess which one?
@davidrobert20078 ай бұрын
@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOneYes..... yes, you do 😊
@neiloflongbeck57058 ай бұрын
The tracks, except for the level crossings, are still in place but very overgrown.
@garethaethwy8 ай бұрын
@@davidrobert2007Price is Right rules?
@hairyairey8 ай бұрын
@@neiloflongbeck5705 Indeed, would be relatively easy to re-open the line from March and ironically this would help with capacity at Cambridge. At the moment a number of trains terminate at Ely (rather than wait at Cambridge) because terminating at Cambridge takes away too much capacity. There are plenty of examples of services that terminate beyond their busiest destination for this reason. Or why we have bay platforms like the new one at Stevenage for the Hertford loop.
@stevengordon34077 ай бұрын
This just popped up on recommendation and I've just laughed so much, some wee came out! Just found my new binge watch. Thanks very much 👍
@SpikeMatthews8 ай бұрын
John's sense of humour is in full flow today. Great episode.
@adamjolley85528 ай бұрын
I like this video so I pressed the button specifically for that👉🏻
@SampleTracks22248 ай бұрын
Totally with you on the "punts" thing.
@connornixon29718 ай бұрын
Mepal outdoor centre used to be thriving. I always used to go there as a child. Many fond memories in that place!
@SampleTracks22248 ай бұрын
I love the 50 mph sign going beneath the bridge. 20 mph down three-lane highways in bigger cities, and high enough to get a bit of air in the countryside. No wonder people think towns are shit!
@redboyjan8 ай бұрын
Have a look at data how many people are not getting killed now in 20mph zones, comparitively to before. Those that drive fast still drive fast but at a slower rate of fast and the damage is lower as a result. People moaning about 20mph roads don't live in places with 20mph restrictions quute clearly, as they make it nicer and safer to drive, cycle or walk in those areas. Speeding doesn't get you anywhere in a city but the speeding mongs don't get stuff like that though
@ggmtv13948 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Destined to become a classic episode (if it isn't already.) Some great lines.
@joecoleman70286 ай бұрын
Idk how I’ve only just found this channel! Binged watched everything over the last couple days good work bah!
@doctordeej8 ай бұрын
Just for a moment I thought I was watching “Great British Rail Journeys” there. Not that I’m complaining.
@UtkuBorazanАй бұрын
i LOVE when you make family guy references
@DavidShepheard4 ай бұрын
4:30 I think the way to solve the problem with the underpass is to replace it with a bridge over the railway. Then the level crossing can close too, making the whole thing safer and getting rid of all the accidents.
@andykilvington16518 ай бұрын
Love Ely - was there on Thursday having travelled on the guided bus from St Ives and Cambridge North
@marjon17038 ай бұрын
I adore your humour (and engaging knowledge)! Stay brilliant!
@johncranwell37833 ай бұрын
That was Eeely interesting 😅
@robertyoung96118 ай бұрын
Loving these road trips. You seem to be visiting all the places I once lived.
@elv3nm5 ай бұрын
You should cover the needham market railway bridge next in Suffolk. Constant hits, delays, bridge repairs. The fence next to it gets sailed through every few years too
@barrydx8 ай бұрын
Top notch railway p0rn, thanks John!
@burgersnchips8 ай бұрын
Frickin love your sense of humor
@FinnDeacon8 ай бұрын
Thanks
@AutoShenanigans8 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot mate :)
@alantheskinhead8 ай бұрын
When my parents lived in Norfolk (I lived between London & Leicester at the time) we used to drive up the A47 to get to Norfolk via Wisbech. Sometimes after bad weather the road would flood despite it being slightly raised up around Guyhirn. You had to drive on a road covered by water and follow the white lines which was alarming. I can remember the small railways/trams pottering around Wisbech as a kid and the new A47 bypass went over one. I think I can even recall seeing small locos on it. For those who travel around the area will note the terrifying road to Outwell where you can see said filled in canal and where the road gets perilously close to the existing canal. I have seen a couple of cars and vans take a dunk in the "Well Creek"/canal/Drove. My mother hated it that much she refused to use the road when she came back to Leicester and would use the main A47 instead of the Outwell shortcut. It's an interesting part of the country as the whole area relies on water pumps, gates, locks, sluices and enormous pumping stations. Where you drove you would have seen some old pumping stations with their brick chimneys.
@davidking97078 ай бұрын
I am a bit of a road geek myself and I love collecting old OS maps. Some of my work takes me to that part of the world.
@showmytime91777 ай бұрын
"until a d head built a round about" - I am laughing my arse off
@imminicheddars8 ай бұрын
I'll be damned if that bag floating in the wind wasn't a Family Guy reference. Respect.
@garethaethwy8 ай бұрын
I was thinking more League of Gentlemen...
@tobyjackman32128 ай бұрын
Eh?!? American Beauty. Possibly been referenced in FG since 🤷🏿♀️
@AutoShenanigans8 ай бұрын
It's an American Beauty reference :D FG probably did it too.
@MrGreatplum8 ай бұрын
Once again, showed me stuff I never knew I needed to know about!
@isladurrant20155 ай бұрын
That LOW BRIDGE/Neon chevrons signage had me doubting if I could successfully get under it and I drive a small hatchback! Lol
@davidrobert20078 ай бұрын
Could you do a video on the difference between Watford and Watford Gap? I think it would be interesting as many folks believe they're in the same area.
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne8 ай бұрын
Yes, a definite gap in his portfolio....
@EmyrDerfel8 ай бұрын
Also, Loughborough and Loughborough Junction.
@ukp428 ай бұрын
Sorry that pun deserves a groan!@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
@GrahamMacdonald-w9o8 ай бұрын
Watford Gap is indeed close to Watford (the village in Northamptonshire, that is).
@glenjones69808 ай бұрын
And the folk who want to visit Leeds Castle so head north to Yorkshire.
@motorwayman8 ай бұрын
For those wondering, Ely is a City; not a town
@darkrai20074 ай бұрын
Used to live nearby to the low railway bridge. Had a neighbour move in with their stuff and they basically scalped a moving van of which they then tried to patch it up with tape.
@iancharlton6788 ай бұрын
Jon 🥳 A blissful interlude in my Sunday evening…….. on your footage from the venerable SAAB, do I detect a 1960’s filter 🤔 ? Ely Cathedral is a wondrous arrangement of stone and coloured glass…….. particularly the lantern type of thing stuck on the roof……. 🙂🇬🇧
@dw79208 ай бұрын
Imagine my disappointment when the Portillo-esque back-timed piece to camera involving the arrival of a train at the end didn't materialise. Oh well.. Another excellent piece of work - your Ma will undoubtedly be proud to find you lurking within her computer, and rightly so.
@tobyjackman32128 ай бұрын
This is the best video I've ever seen about anything
@ivanoffw8 ай бұрын
9:10 I had to stop the video, I was laughing too much to listen to the rest. Thank you for the laugh.
@juliankent88758 ай бұрын
Brilliant John 👌
@Nick-ye5kk8 ай бұрын
Surprisingly interesting
@adarbs63848 ай бұрын
Excellent! Im originally from Sutton, as kids we used to play up on the old aerodrome....didnt realise it was a feckin missile site😮 went to school at Witchford.
@Exparcelman5 ай бұрын
I use Stonea crossing on Sixteen Foot Bank all the time. Only last week a van blocked the underpass as the driver didn’t know his vehicle height.
@JonBowe8 ай бұрын
Great to see the drone functioning properly again. 👍