Great British Road Journeys - Cambridgeshire - Wisbech to Ely Ep. 8

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Auto Shenanigans

Auto Shenanigans

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@Sarge084
@Sarge084 8 ай бұрын
Sunday isn't Sunday until I've seen Auto Shenanigans.
@MostlyLoveOfMusic
@MostlyLoveOfMusic 8 ай бұрын
Have you had a good week?
@SaeedKhan-c1q
@SaeedKhan-c1q 8 ай бұрын
I have​@@MostlyLoveOfMusic
@Vtarngpb
@Vtarngpb 8 ай бұрын
Sunday Fun Day 😂
@steady_94
@steady_94 8 ай бұрын
My break time ritual. Facebook, Auto Shenanigans 😂
@Raggattoni
@Raggattoni 8 ай бұрын
Eel day shenanigans
@IAMPLEDGE
@IAMPLEDGE 8 ай бұрын
Lovely cameo from Black Bag the faithful border bin liner.
@andymerrett
@andymerrett 8 ай бұрын
This could be a new feature to rival Geoff Marshall's station bin bag blowing in the breeze.
@Dan23_7
@Dan23_7 8 ай бұрын
He was quipping the film Donny Darko
@GeneralThargor
@GeneralThargor 8 ай бұрын
@@Dan23_7 *American Beauty
@Original50
@Original50 8 ай бұрын
Coming to an industrial-estate carpark near you, soon!
@I_Don_t_want_a_handle
@I_Don_t_want_a_handle 8 ай бұрын
@@GeneralThargor Viz did that joke in the 1980s, had a whole comic strip ...
@rileyuktv6426
@rileyuktv6426 8 ай бұрын
“The third disagreement- now upgraded from small to medium” 😂
@NonsensicalSpudz
@NonsensicalSpudz 8 ай бұрын
a bunch of people were not to happy during that period of, plates were in fact thrown
@andya696
@andya696 8 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!
@paulsengupta971
@paulsengupta971 8 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.
@luke1978
@luke1978 8 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.
@cbrue1896
@cbrue1896 8 ай бұрын
It gives the term "mashed potato" a whole new meaning, or does it?
@baronthorsteinn
@baronthorsteinn 8 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!
@90vanman
@90vanman 8 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
@125brat
@125brat 7 ай бұрын
Ah, the land of the extra-wide footwear🤣🤣🤣
@alandavies55
@alandavies55 Ай 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.
@jamesdoe1479
@jamesdoe1479 8 ай бұрын
The Thor Missile launching site. There would have been a button specifically for that.
@NordicAxe
@NordicAxe 8 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@henkmeerdink2088
@henkmeerdink2088 7 ай бұрын
Best comment. We can close the internet now.
@durhsy414
@durhsy414 8 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😅😅
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 8 ай бұрын
Try Paul Whitewick for abandoned railways...
@GreenJimll
@GreenJimll 8 ай бұрын
And half the video would be segments where old roads cross the abandoned rail line.
@dave_h_8742
@dave_h_8742 8 ай бұрын
And canals, Roman roads too ​@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
@ehsnils
@ehsnils 8 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.
@57305northernprincess
@57305northernprincess 8 ай бұрын
@@dave_h_8742for lost canals @lifeat2.3milesanhour57 is ya man
@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian
@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian 8 ай бұрын
Oh my, that level crossing - low bridge combo! 😮
@pgwalling6478
@pgwalling6478 8 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.
@ehsnils
@ehsnils 8 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.
@Briggers0810
@Briggers0810 8 ай бұрын
​@@pgwalling6478when I saw the thumbnail, I thought it would be Ely Bridge.
@paulsengupta971
@paulsengupta971 8 ай бұрын
Too much choice for me.
@medler2110
@medler2110 8 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.
@stephenyates962
@stephenyates962 8 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
@simonturner5450
@simonturner5450 8 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.
@125brat
@125brat 7 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 😁
@eddie5484
@eddie5484 4 ай бұрын
I was wondering if that's where the train robbers were kept.
@roderickmain9697
@roderickmain9697 8 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.
@sIightIybored
@sIightIybored 8 ай бұрын
English Homegrown Disagreement 3 I think? The homegrown disagreements are like Fast and Furious movies, they're not numbered neatly.
@paulsengupta971
@paulsengupta971 8 ай бұрын
@@sIightIybored When is a disagreement not a disagreement though?
@godzillas6301
@godzillas6301 8 ай бұрын
@@sIightIyboredcromwell was number 2 ? ..... watt tyler was in at number 1 but then neither bothered to make airports the lazy twats .
@sIightIybored
@sIightIybored 8 ай бұрын
@@godzillas6301 I was thinking The Anarchy was No1 and The Wars of the Roses was No2. Making The Civil War No3.
@godzillas6301
@godzillas6301 8 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 .
@Izithel
@Izithel 8 ай бұрын
4:30 the Gratuitous rail content what I'm all here for.
@eddie5484
@eddie5484 4 ай бұрын
Managing, with that train, to get in some graffiti - priceless.
@lexloose2112
@lexloose2112 8 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.
@cbrue1896
@cbrue1896 8 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.
@lexloose2112
@lexloose2112 8 ай бұрын
@@cbrue1896 gotta agree, stoopid is as stoopid does, was an Hgv driver for years, seen stoopid so many times it's scary
@redboyjan
@redboyjan 8 ай бұрын
52% voted brexit so additional signs won't work
@KevinKitten
@KevinKitten 8 ай бұрын
All that abandoned infrastructure feels like a metaphor for the state of the country!
@BromideBride
@BromideBride 8 ай бұрын
If it weren't an actual true representation of the state of the country 😢
@hydorah
@hydorah 7 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
@teejayy2130
@teejayy2130 8 ай бұрын
I just love the adventure combined with the sarcasm 😂
@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain
@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain 2 ай бұрын
Ely Cathedral What a beautifal looking building. The English doing English Things comment cracked me up. An excellent video as always Jon.
@foolsgold6970
@foolsgold6970 8 ай бұрын
Ring's End with a straight face. Masterful delivery.
@kevinmothers904
@kevinmothers904 8 ай бұрын
I'm surprised he didn't mention that it's not far from Three Holes!
@alan-sk7ky
@alan-sk7ky 8 ай бұрын
'The Wilbrahams' or, more formerly 'Grunty Fen' I know which I prefer... 😀
@125brat
@125brat 7 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😁
@125brat
@125brat 7 ай бұрын
​@@kevinmothers904​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😁
@stewartoutandabout
@stewartoutandabout 8 ай бұрын
Glad to see the drone is fixed. And the slow metamorphosis into a railway channel. Good job.
@Eric_Hunt194
@Eric_Hunt194 8 ай бұрын
Chatteris is one of many small towns namechecked by the finest band ever to come from Merseyside, Half Man Half Biscuit.
@jonhaslam7590
@jonhaslam7590 8 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.
@Rockhopper1
@Rockhopper1 7 ай бұрын
home to a infamous criminal family
@PAULPICKLES
@PAULPICKLES 8 ай бұрын
The drone is back! Though i did like the run away from camera last week😂
@JohnSmithShields
@JohnSmithShields 8 ай бұрын
The most twatted bridge in the UK, a great honour.
@11thhussars61
@11thhussars61 4 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 !!
@LabTech41
@LabTech41 8 ай бұрын
Wasn't expecting a rendition of "American Beauty", but I gotta respect the hustle. Your mother should be proud.
@parakart
@parakart 8 ай бұрын
Punts, punts everywhere
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 8 ай бұрын
Bunch of punts....
@8bitwiz_
@8bitwiz_ 8 ай бұрын
They should all go back to Spunthorpe!
@Jackster4505
@Jackster4505 8 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.
@petedenton9434
@petedenton9434 8 ай бұрын
Ely cathedral is a beautiful place
@PhilipMurphy8Extra
@PhilipMurphy8Extra 8 ай бұрын
Great British Road Journeys is far more exciting then the FA Cup
@simontay4851
@simontay4851 8 ай бұрын
Anything is more exiting than the FA cup.
@paulsengupta971
@paulsengupta971 8 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.
@redboyjan
@redboyjan 8 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
@ShawnGBR
@ShawnGBR 8 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.
@RAMBLINGSMANJMB
@RAMBLINGSMANJMB 8 ай бұрын
Nice to the see drone is back in working order 👍👍
@pgwalling6478
@pgwalling6478 8 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.
@philiprowney
@philiprowney 6 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 ]
@chrisburn7178
@chrisburn7178 6 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.
@automotivetales
@automotivetales 8 ай бұрын
Your delivery of dead pan comedic quips gets better and better! These are becoming comedy gold! 👏👏👏👏
@MonochromaticLightsource
@MonochromaticLightsource 8 ай бұрын
A whistlestop tour through ancient fenland. I remember sailing at Mepal as a kid in the late 70's
@danem2215
@danem2215 5 ай бұрын
Definitely using these videos as a Frommer's guide to England.
@polbecca
@polbecca 8 ай бұрын
Railway Shenanigans coming on well I see. 🙂👍
@thegoodgamingdragon8523
@thegoodgamingdragon8523 8 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.
@bryemycaz
@bryemycaz 8 ай бұрын
Correct Rev Awdry was vicar at Emneth at the time along the Tramway route.
@theevauwu7853
@theevauwu7853 8 ай бұрын
Wait that wasn't a joke omg
@DeepSpaceNetwork
@DeepSpaceNetwork 8 ай бұрын
Another great episode of Great British Railway Journeys
@tucker9162
@tucker9162 8 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-gi5ul
@Roy-gi5ul 8 ай бұрын
Mother Church and rural landed interests carried a lot of clout back then!
@paulsengupta971
@paulsengupta971 8 ай бұрын
If you think that's the middle of nowhere, try St David's.
@garethaethwy
@garethaethwy 8 ай бұрын
Diversifying from the burgers...
@Graham_Langley
@Graham_Langley 8 ай бұрын
I've always wondered why they built Conwy Castle so close to the railway.
@garethaethwy
@garethaethwy 8 ай бұрын
@@Graham_Langley how else were they to get all the stone on site?
@The_Untitled
@The_Untitled 8 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
@robinwells8879
@robinwells8879 8 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. ❤
@andrewthorne6653
@andrewthorne6653 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for making me smile
@AdrianDowthwaite
@AdrianDowthwaite 8 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.
@mitchyk
@mitchyk 8 ай бұрын
Love this series. Even better than secrets of the motorway. Which was itself great.
@opathe2nd973
@opathe2nd973 8 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.
@inutero75
@inutero75 8 ай бұрын
I love waving at the end of each episode
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 8 ай бұрын
Why do you wave? He can't see you....
@petrolhead28
@petrolhead28 8 ай бұрын
Perfectly demonstrating why we all head to airports for holidays
@alexsingleton2144
@alexsingleton2144 8 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this episode Jon, especially the most twatted bridge!
@kdbsuff9625
@kdbsuff9625 8 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.
@timecircuits88
@timecircuits88 7 ай бұрын
I love your sense of humour, the random interjections are spot on. Always got me laughing, and learning 😂
@MRTransportVideos
@MRTransportVideos 8 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.
@defender1006
@defender1006 8 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.
@andrewdenby8239
@andrewdenby8239 8 ай бұрын
A journey that brings back memories...
@koharumi1
@koharumi1 8 ай бұрын
The bridge Reminds me of the 11 feet 8 bridge
@robertodaggis7244
@robertodaggis7244 8 ай бұрын
@8:08 That's a Short Stirling mate.
@kevelliott
@kevelliott 8 ай бұрын
You beat me to it!
@EmyrDerfel
@EmyrDerfel 8 ай бұрын
Let's check in with our friends at RAF Luton.
@harry130747
@harry130747 8 ай бұрын
, @@EmyrDerfel The Stirling has radial engines, (as in the picture) the Lancaster had V12s.
@Vtarngpb
@Vtarngpb 8 ай бұрын
#pedantarycorner 😂
@paulsengupta971
@paulsengupta971 8 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-hk7gt
@ImranHussain-hk7gt 8 ай бұрын
Best presenter on KZbin by a country mile Keep them coming
@Exparcelman
@Exparcelman 5 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-Sands
@Phil-Sands 8 ай бұрын
Brilliant as usual, the dry humour makes your videos unmissable each week.
@Jonny_The_Organism
@Jonny_The_Organism 8 ай бұрын
Jon talks about this Jon's previous journeys of road works....quite an epitome!
@JohnPaul-ii
@JohnPaul-ii 8 ай бұрын
So many abandoned places, such a waste. Interesting as always Jon. Thanks for sharing again.
@pmacca2967
@pmacca2967 8 ай бұрын
Humour and education in one place, looking forward to the next instalment
@wraithchild666
@wraithchild666 7 ай бұрын
That black bag was magical
@davidrobert2007
@davidrobert2007 8 ай бұрын
Fun fact: the railway line to Wisbech was open for freight up until the late 1990's or early 2000's
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 8 ай бұрын
Do we have to guess which one?
@davidrobert2007
@davidrobert2007 8 ай бұрын
@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOneYes..... yes, you do 😊
@neiloflongbeck5705
@neiloflongbeck5705 8 ай бұрын
The tracks, except for the level crossings, are still in place but very overgrown.
@garethaethwy
@garethaethwy 8 ай бұрын
@@davidrobert2007Price is Right rules?
@hairyairey
@hairyairey 8 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.
@stevengordon3407
@stevengordon3407 7 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 👍
@SpikeMatthews
@SpikeMatthews 8 ай бұрын
John's sense of humour is in full flow today. Great episode.
@adamjolley8552
@adamjolley8552 8 ай бұрын
I like this video so I pressed the button specifically for that👉🏻
@SampleTracks2224
@SampleTracks2224 8 ай бұрын
Totally with you on the "punts" thing.
@connornixon2971
@connornixon2971 8 ай бұрын
Mepal outdoor centre used to be thriving. I always used to go there as a child. Many fond memories in that place!
@SampleTracks2224
@SampleTracks2224 8 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!
@redboyjan
@redboyjan 8 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
@ggmtv1394
@ggmtv1394 8 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Destined to become a classic episode (if it isn't already.) Some great lines.
@joecoleman7028
@joecoleman7028 6 ай бұрын
Idk how I’ve only just found this channel! Binged watched everything over the last couple days good work bah!
@doctordeej
@doctordeej 8 ай бұрын
Just for a moment I thought I was watching “Great British Rail Journeys” there. Not that I’m complaining.
@UtkuBorazan
@UtkuBorazan Ай бұрын
i LOVE when you make family guy references
@DavidShepheard
@DavidShepheard 4 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.
@andykilvington1651
@andykilvington1651 8 ай бұрын
Love Ely - was there on Thursday having travelled on the guided bus from St Ives and Cambridge North
@marjon1703
@marjon1703 8 ай бұрын
I adore your humour (and engaging knowledge)! Stay brilliant!
@johncranwell3783
@johncranwell3783 3 ай бұрын
That was Eeely interesting 😅
@robertyoung9611
@robertyoung9611 8 ай бұрын
Loving these road trips. You seem to be visiting all the places I once lived.
@elv3nm
@elv3nm 5 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
@barrydx
@barrydx 8 ай бұрын
Top notch railway p0rn, thanks John!
@burgersnchips
@burgersnchips 8 ай бұрын
Frickin love your sense of humor
@FinnDeacon
@FinnDeacon 8 ай бұрын
Thanks
@AutoShenanigans
@AutoShenanigans 8 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot mate :)
@alantheskinhead
@alantheskinhead 8 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.
@davidking9707
@davidking9707 8 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.
@showmytime9177
@showmytime9177 7 ай бұрын
"until a d head built a round about" - I am laughing my arse off
@imminicheddars
@imminicheddars 8 ай бұрын
I'll be damned if that bag floating in the wind wasn't a Family Guy reference. Respect.
@garethaethwy
@garethaethwy 8 ай бұрын
I was thinking more League of Gentlemen...
@tobyjackman3212
@tobyjackman3212 8 ай бұрын
Eh?!? American Beauty. Possibly been referenced in FG since 🤷🏿‍♀️
@AutoShenanigans
@AutoShenanigans 8 ай бұрын
It's an American Beauty reference :D FG probably did it too.
@MrGreatplum
@MrGreatplum 8 ай бұрын
Once again, showed me stuff I never knew I needed to know about!
@isladurrant2015
@isladurrant2015 5 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
@davidrobert2007
@davidrobert2007 8 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.
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 8 ай бұрын
Yes, a definite gap in his portfolio....
@EmyrDerfel
@EmyrDerfel 8 ай бұрын
Also, Loughborough and Loughborough Junction.
@ukp42
@ukp42 8 ай бұрын
Sorry that pun deserves a groan!@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
@GrahamMacdonald-w9o
@GrahamMacdonald-w9o 8 ай бұрын
Watford Gap is indeed close to Watford (the village in Northamptonshire, that is).
@glenjones6980
@glenjones6980 8 ай бұрын
And the folk who want to visit Leeds Castle so head north to Yorkshire.
@motorwayman
@motorwayman 8 ай бұрын
For those wondering, Ely is a City; not a town
@darkrai2007
@darkrai2007 4 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.
@iancharlton678
@iancharlton678 8 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……. 🙂🇬🇧
@dw7920
@dw7920 8 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.
@tobyjackman3212
@tobyjackman3212 8 ай бұрын
This is the best video I've ever seen about anything
@ivanoffw
@ivanoffw 8 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.
@juliankent8875
@juliankent8875 8 ай бұрын
Brilliant John 👌
@Nick-ye5kk
@Nick-ye5kk 8 ай бұрын
Surprisingly interesting
@adarbs6384
@adarbs6384 8 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.
@Exparcelman
@Exparcelman 5 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.
@JonBowe
@JonBowe 8 ай бұрын
Great to see the drone functioning properly again. 👍
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