Great British Road Journeys - Devon - Barnstaple to Exmouth Ep. 40

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@JohnSmithShields
@JohnSmithShields Ай бұрын
John's continued search for new dogging locations is going well.
@MartinvonBargen
@MartinvonBargen Ай бұрын
I wonder if he buys a local newspaper from each town he visits and learns the local codes with his headlights?
@Shaman_Ray
@Shaman_Ray Ай бұрын
@@MartinvonBargen That's given me an idea for a new channel. Cheers.
@penfold5095
@penfold5095 Ай бұрын
I didn't know Jon had a dog !
@MartinvonBargen
@MartinvonBargen Ай бұрын
@@Shaman_Ray With a slight 70s sex comedy tinge, that could be a very successful channel!
@MartinvonBargen
@MartinvonBargen Ай бұрын
@@penfold5095Auto Shep-nanigans. I'll get me coat!
@MattBrunton1965
@MattBrunton1965 Ай бұрын
Missed the cathedral. Unlike the Luftwaffe
@mosh.4245
@mosh.4245 Ай бұрын
Local here. The Luftwaffe missed the cathedral too but the fuckers still managed to flatten everything around it.
@Dan23_7
@Dan23_7 Ай бұрын
@@mosh.4245You mean “Fockers” ? 😂😂
@dartmoorkid4797
@dartmoorkid4797 Ай бұрын
At £10 pp to visit the cathedral the best thing to do is to miss it!
@David_Crayford
@David_Crayford Ай бұрын
Boom! Boom!
@danoneill8751
@danoneill8751 Ай бұрын
@@dartmoorkid4797 Erm, when did you last go there, 1980? Its 18.50 + booking fee if you buy online. If you pay in cash and say 'here' but make it sound proper west country as you go in and look about 200 years old (average age of Devon), then you probably get in for free, in fact they probably give you someone elses tax money just to make you feel like those boomer years of free houses and rampant oil usage were all justified.
@jameslapham2384
@jameslapham2384 Ай бұрын
Love how Jon makes his delivery so dry it’s as if he’s been taken hostage by his patrons and is doing this whole channel against his will. Wicked sweet awesome.
@automotivetales
@automotivetales Ай бұрын
He is…. Shhh 🤫
@bakedbean37
@bakedbean37 5 күн бұрын
The exaggerated waving and gritted teeth grin are obviously some kind of semaphore or sign language distress call. I hope someone understands and he gets the help he requires.
@Simplebutsandy
@Simplebutsandy Ай бұрын
"... and then there's Barnstaple" Brilliant transition.
@Mike-tv9rk
@Mike-tv9rk Ай бұрын
Except it was bideford
@DippyDolittle
@DippyDolittle Ай бұрын
Nope, he's standing opposite the later mentioned Queens Ann's walk, looking back at the old bridge, which does look a lot like the old bridge at Bideford.🤓
@wowbaggertheinfinitelyprol6262
@wowbaggertheinfinitelyprol6262 Ай бұрын
@@DippyDolittle Standing on the path of the old railway line to Ilfracombe, in fact.
@frankupton5821
@frankupton5821 Ай бұрын
barnstaple (n), mainstay, cornerstone: "Mrs Morris is the barnstaple of our committee."
@russcattell955i
@russcattell955i Ай бұрын
Old " Barney Rubble " didn't like it when work sent me there with SW Gas and later for SW Water, that was a month of commuting from Plymouth to manage a depot.
@leftpastsaturn67
@leftpastsaturn67 Ай бұрын
I'm doing fine, my week was okay, I did enjoy the video, and I clicked the button provided specifically to express my enjoyment.
@AndrewBell-c2t
@AndrewBell-c2t Ай бұрын
LoL
@kevinjpluck
@kevinjpluck Ай бұрын
You're thwicken-sweet awesome.
@ikarus_incarnate
@ikarus_incarnate Ай бұрын
Hwicked!! Hwell done
@dukeofaaghisle7324
@dukeofaaghisle7324 Ай бұрын
You didn’t mention that the A361 is the longest 3-digit A road at 195 miles long!
@Ben1551
@Ben1551 Ай бұрын
And that its the longest 195 miles you will ever drive
@raychambers3646
@raychambers3646 Ай бұрын
Exeter your standing near massive telephone exchanges.
@ryanclifford7576
@ryanclifford7576 Ай бұрын
I did not know that, I've learned something new along with the brilliant video
@tomaszfan
@tomaszfan Ай бұрын
As a local, I’m not sure this is true? - the A303 is certainly longer and the A361 seems to be only 50 miles from M5 to Ifracombe.
@ryanclifford7576
@ryanclifford7576 Ай бұрын
@tomaszfan the A361 starts at Kilsby, near Rugby, and goes south through the cotswolds, Swindon and onto Somerset before the Devon leg
@mikeywest2007
@mikeywest2007 Ай бұрын
Could've popped on the Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway after the valley of rocks. Water powered opening in 1890 definitely before your guide book was published.
@shaunwest3612
@shaunwest3612 Ай бұрын
It's amazing and beautiful 👍
@IAMPLEDGE
@IAMPLEDGE Ай бұрын
probably wouldn't be open this time of year, but I can attest it is a wondrous thing.
@warehousedepartment9875
@warehousedepartment9875 Ай бұрын
I visited that when I was 13, I'm now 54! Another visit is long overdue.
@opathe2nd973
@opathe2nd973 Ай бұрын
As a Yank, I must say the British sense of humor via John is absolutely a stitch! Another home run, John! Yeah, I'm one of them
@garrymartin6474
@garrymartin6474 Ай бұрын
I think the Valley of the Rocks is home to Britain's most scenic cricket pitch too
@getreal7964
@getreal7964 Ай бұрын
Very few videos these days go from Ambrosia Custard via a layby to the Triassic period in 10 minutes with such cutting humour - and then there's Barnstaple 👍 These are National Treasure Videos Jon so I have pressed the button that is specifically for that which appears to be fwicked sweet awesome 😅
@chriswalford4161
@chriswalford4161 Ай бұрын
Of course, rice came before custard.
@phildaly3561
@phildaly3561 28 күн бұрын
I increasingly view Auto Shenanigans as the Half Man Half Biscuit of motoring content.
@Original50
@Original50 Ай бұрын
Ah, that gentle whisper of non-stop drizzle. I've been out of UK so long, it almost sounds romantic. They don't do 'pishing-down' in Europe the way it's done in the UK. 🌧😎
@Huckleberry.69
@Huckleberry.69 Ай бұрын
Nothing beats the soul sapping rain we get here in the UK.
@zogzoogler
@zogzoogler Ай бұрын
spitting, mizzle, siling, driving, pouring, plothering. In North Yorkshire we embrace the rain in all its forms, its frickin sweet awesome!
@chrisbuxton1958
@chrisbuxton1958 Ай бұрын
I love it😊
@davidioanhedges
@davidioanhedges Ай бұрын
Rain that is hardly worth putting a coat on, but somehow is wetter than the most tropical of downpours ...
@zogzoogler
@zogzoogler Ай бұрын
@@davidioanhedges Pretty sure there is a Fast Show sketch “In’t rain brilliaaant”
@chrisblay
@chrisblay Ай бұрын
I stayed in a caravan in Barnstable once. Which was nice.
@JimBeeJamall
@JimBeeJamall Ай бұрын
Staple of Devon
@Eric_Hunt194
@Eric_Hunt194 Ай бұрын
​@@JimBeeJamall I see what you did there. Have a gold star from the Society of Pedants.
@JimBeeJamall
@JimBeeJamall Ай бұрын
@@Eric_Hunt194 Thank you very much :)
@btuckervideos4705
@btuckervideos4705 Ай бұрын
Finally into Exeter, somewhere I knew fairly well after studying at the University for 3 years. Made a couple of trips down to Exmouth while I was there. Am happy that Jon is getting further into the best part of England, the South West (the dump that is Plymouth excluded)
@Graebob
@Graebob Ай бұрын
Big Jon in my local area. Nice. Exeter has a medieval bridge which is the oldest of its size still remaining and the oldest with a chapel still on it, which is currently surrounded by a roundabout and no longer spans the river. Thought you’d enjoy that fact.
@UnoriginalHandle69
@UnoriginalHandle69 Ай бұрын
St Edmunds is also near the house that moved west street alongside a couple other buildings, god I haven't been there in a while
@yusufturner1971
@yusufturner1971 Ай бұрын
You missed the Barnstaple Pannier Market, great Pasties sold there! I love North Devon, my sister was born in Barnstaple and we lived in Bideford, Abbotsham and Westward Ho! which had beautiful beaches back in the 1960's as did Instow, also Appledore has the best Ice Cream maker!🍦😋 Well worth a holiday as it has so much to do and see! Thanks for your video, Beeching did a lot of damage to North Devon by taking away the railway 🚂 connectivity! 😢😮 😣👍🏽🙏🏼 💪🏼 👏🏼
@byrnemeister2008
@byrnemeister2008 Ай бұрын
Well some. I’m about to commute into London from Umberleigh tomorrow!! So some still exists.
@jennyd255
@jennyd255 Ай бұрын
A lovely tour through some of my favourite bits of Devon (although as someone who spent 20 years living in Cornwall I'm not entirely sure I'm allowed to have favourite bits of Devon). The valley of rocks is just down the road from Lynmouth, where in 1952 a freak storm caused a devastating flash flood. Also on that road is a small religious retreat center called Lee Abbey that I have stayed at several times. Not forgetting Exeter, the home town of one of four British universities at which I have studied. Lovely stuff. Perhaps Dartmoor and/or Exmoor wold be a fitting next trip, also a great excuse to visit a few old quarries or mines, stop for a brew at one of the many interesting old coaching inns, and/or eat numerous delicious cream teas.
@UnoriginalHandle69
@UnoriginalHandle69 Ай бұрын
I'm in Cornwall rn and I sure have favourite bits of Devon partially because i am from there.
@lefthandedspanner
@lefthandedspanner Ай бұрын
another notable feature near Lynton is non-primary part of A39 between Minehead and Barnstaple, which takes in Porlock Hill, an early nemesis of the motor vehicle and probably the steepest section of two-digit A road in the whole country for shits and giggles, drive down it from the top to the bottom; it starts out fairly gentle, but by the end you'll have gone round several hairpin bends (with escape lanes!) and it's a very severe 1 in 4
@andrewhotston983
@andrewhotston983 Ай бұрын
Jon's already done a video on Porlock Hill, I think. He's turning into a regular encyclopedia!
@keithposter5543
@keithposter5543 Ай бұрын
Yep - totally cooked my brakes on that hill back in the day
@UnoriginalHandle69
@UnoriginalHandle69 Ай бұрын
Scariest bit is that you can see Wales in the distance!
@byrnemeister2008
@byrnemeister2008 Ай бұрын
@@UnoriginalHandle69Yeah, on a clear day. But we don’t have many of them!!
@TheAde71
@TheAde71 Ай бұрын
Ironically I tackled it in my Saab 95 2.3 5 up with luggage,it made the turbo whistle a bit 😊
@JP_TaVeryMuch
@JP_TaVeryMuch Ай бұрын
To get the most out of the sea change to the ubiquitous rolling hills that the long journey down to your holiday in North Devon have so far lulled you into, it would've been better to simply show us some good ol' dashcam shots. As you come from the North, round the corner and drop down into it, your senses are all firing because somehow you've been rocketed to the surface of another planet. The crater like bowl, the meteor shower of rocks scattered about, the sudden lack of trees or shrubs and most of all the heavy presence of the air pressing down on you in its eery silence. Brilliant!
@millstonebarn
@millstonebarn Ай бұрын
What a fantastic location for a cricket club! Love it.
@MikeRaphone-j7p
@MikeRaphone-j7p Ай бұрын
You came to my hometown Barnstaple and did your intro right next to the bench that I sit at for my lunch everyday! Would love to have met you that would have been whicked sweet awesome. Much love.
@PrickleHousePets
@PrickleHousePets Ай бұрын
Have you considered doing the old A30 route from Cornwall through to London? Maybe just do the bit to exeter first. It's a really interesting route with a lot of history
@ehsnils
@ehsnils Ай бұрын
Devon gave name to the Devonian period some 419.2 million to 358.9 million years ago. Diving into that period would show you a lot of scary water based animals.
@brucemorris1315
@brucemorris1315 Ай бұрын
We call them fishermen nowadays.
@teejayy2130
@teejayy2130 Ай бұрын
I get the impression Jon liked Devon😊 and not just for the Ambrosia
@pauldupre2269
@pauldupre2269 Ай бұрын
Yay, you've made it. Welcome to Devon John. I've lived here all my life. It's a nice place to be, down on the South Coast ❤ I've been looking forward to this Video 👍 ............................ #classicvehiclesdevon
@EvilGav
@EvilGav Ай бұрын
Given the proliferation of train based shenanigans in these driving videos, you missed a trick that Exeter station marked the one time end of Brunel's broad gauge railway, but also marked the start of the ill-fated Brunel atmospheric railway, that ran down to Teignmouth. The old engine room can, I believe, still be found at one end of the station yard.
@annjacobs7764
@annjacobs7764 Ай бұрын
Can’t believe how cool this turned out!
@transportinterests5371
@transportinterests5371 Ай бұрын
Brilliant! Two points if I may. The ‘Custard’ bit plus ‘being bombed to buggery’, made us both LOL!
@simonevans343
@simonevans343 Ай бұрын
"That there London"🤣🤣🤣
@patrickgregory2826
@patrickgregory2826 Ай бұрын
OH! I missed the cathedral AGAIN.
@TheRealGeewizz
@TheRealGeewizz Ай бұрын
Train sets. 😋
@brianartillery
@brianartillery Ай бұрын
I was at a model railway exhibition once, and someone said the dread phrase "Toy trains" quite loudly. I actually feared for that man's life. 😆😆😆
@catmando7262
@catmando7262 Ай бұрын
Tens of men of a certain age just spat out their tea.
@alecjefferson6993
@alecjefferson6993 Ай бұрын
Another interesting peace of history. Valley of rocks I have been there did you see the goats 🐐 and walk along the cliff paths.
@tonybrook7768
@tonybrook7768 Ай бұрын
Exmouth used to have a working docks, which is used now as a boat harbour and surrounded by posh flats. Gran would buy fresh mackerel there from the line fishermen 'as long as the price was right'. Ironically, the council built a bypass to the docks for HGV's shortly before closing the docks. No money wasted there then.
@Sarge084
@Sarge084 Ай бұрын
Ooooh! Getting desperately close to Weston-super-Mare and the A38, I wonder if he will do the holiday route of my formative years!? The A38 from Worcestershire to my auntie Hannah's caravan at Brean Sands is forever etched in my memory, I mean, I can't remember what I did yesterday but I have vivid memories of the 60's and Brean Sands!
@Sarge084
@Sarge084 Ай бұрын
Oh, by the way, I'm currently in the UK and available for consultation on the A38 as a holiday route before the M5 made it redundant!
@barbaraprest783
@barbaraprest783 21 күн бұрын
Old guide books are the best !!🎉🎉🎉
@dodgydruid
@dodgydruid Ай бұрын
Back in the day, one of the best scooter rallies was Exmouth, then they stopped being allowed hehe My mate and I ended up being hospitalised as I had bought several gallons of finest scrumpy from a shifty farmer and well, proper scrumpy belies its rather strong potency and it was a hot day on the rally campsite and officials and kind people had to drag us to hospital as both of us were wandering about the place rather oblivious and starkers for some reason... diagnosed with acute alcoholic poisoning... then on the way home the hub of my Vespa broke and I was picked up by Stonehenge and taken all the way back to Wincanton where lots of us scooterboys had broken down were waiting and this garage owner got 20 of us in his Granada estate towing a trailer and began a 24 hour trip of hell as he dropped us all back and that was the last Exmouth rally :D
@TheCardiganR
@TheCardiganR Ай бұрын
I had a scrumpy experience at the 1983 Weston Super Mare scooter rally. A gallon of rough scrumpy for 50p back then led to some daytime drinking. I woke up early evening to find the inside of my tent covered in vomit. I had about 5 punctures on the scooter over the weekend including on the journey home. I managed to stop a crowd of scooters and buy a spare wheel off some guy for a tenner which was the last of my money. Ran out of petrol on the Chiswick flyover and had to push the scooter a mile to the off slip fully loaded up with the tent and me and the girlfriends stuff and rummage through pockets to come up with a 5p coin to put some petrol in. The garage owner took pity on us and gave us 10p worth, which got us back to the girlfriends house on fumes. The experience put me off even the smell of cider until last year. 😅
@SimoSensaiUK
@SimoSensaiUK Ай бұрын
There’s still scooter rallies every year, August bank holiday weekend
@EuropaSman
@EuropaSman Ай бұрын
The mention of Rougemont Castle reminds me of the wine brand of the same name from the 1980s. The label had a drawing of the castle on it, and the advert used a Beach Boys tune with the lyrics changed; it got around apparently. Said ad is available on the net.
@wowbaggertheinfinitelyprol6262
@wowbaggertheinfinitelyprol6262 Ай бұрын
I often choose the old A361 (now B3227) over the new one (which mostly used to be the GWR railway line) when driving down to Barnstaple. Pick it up at Taunton and leave it at South Molton - a charming drive indeed.
@Stephen-gv4og
@Stephen-gv4og Ай бұрын
I checked Google Maps and the B3227 appears to go no further westwards than Stibb Cross, in Devon; and, no further eastwards than Norton Fitzwarren, in Somerset.
@wowbaggertheinfinitelyprol6262
@wowbaggertheinfinitelyprol6262 Ай бұрын
@@Stephen-gv4og From the "A361 road" page on Wikipedia... "In 1988, when the North Devon Link Road was opened, the A361 was switched to its present route. The old route from Taunton through Bampton to South Molton was downgraded to become the B3227."
@Stephen_The_Waxing_Lyricist
@Stephen_The_Waxing_Lyricist Ай бұрын
I can't believe you made a special visit to the Valley of the Rocks without even mentioning the formation known as The White Lady! This is a gap in the rocks where you can look through to the coast and see the shape of a lady (sort of... it is shaped by boulders!). It's called the White Lady, as, being England, it's invariably against a background of clouds.
@1258-Eckhart
@1258-Eckhart Ай бұрын
I like the way Jon starts off with a bit of no-nonsense prejudice about the respective county - Sussex and Dorset got the thumbs down, but Devon gets a stamp of approval.
@TimoX-e2v
@TimoX-e2v Ай бұрын
I wish we had stuck to the road network of 1923 and invested our money in railways instead. If we had done that life would now be so much more pleasant, healthy and above all CONVENIENT. Great video, thank you.
@donofthedonmtb
@donofthedonmtb Ай бұрын
I am sick, I have a fever and should be in bed, but I am here to watch your video, it makes my Sunday.
@ANDYJL1964
@ANDYJL1964 Ай бұрын
Valley of Rocks and the Jurassic cliffs looked amazing. Cheers John and I shall, or maybe not, avoid getting ‘bombed’ to buggery 😊
@cb01ttr
@cb01ttr Ай бұрын
The Lynton and Barnstaple railway is definitely worth a visit.
@aftergrowth
@aftergrowth Ай бұрын
Queen Anne's does an excellent afternoon tea
@EleanorM4
@EleanorM4 Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@AutoShenanigans
@AutoShenanigans Ай бұрын
Thanks a lot, really appreciate that! :)
@tobyjackman3212
@tobyjackman3212 Ай бұрын
This is the best video I've ever seen _about_ anything
@AlexanderWright1
@AlexanderWright1 Ай бұрын
In Exeter you missed, the city walls, the Roman river bridge, and the roman tunnels, complete with lead water pipes. All worth a visit!
@brianmccusker3852
@brianmccusker3852 Ай бұрын
Beautiful closing photography. Thank you for your videos. Many of us think they are great. Cheers
@Trainline5000
@Trainline5000 Ай бұрын
As a massive train enthusiast and a lover of prehistory, it was amazing to see both of those feature in one of your videos (and this wasn't the first time!). I've also gone to Devon many times for my holidays and have gone to Tiverton a lot, so that was cool to see here as well! Keep up the great videos, these are always a blast to watch
@BabyGonzo5
@BabyGonzo5 Ай бұрын
As usual John you have a gift which keeps giving. You have found your calling. These clips should be shown in school as quick version of what is where and why.
@jillb80
@jillb80 Ай бұрын
Except where he says Exeter was bombed to bug****
@stephenyates962
@stephenyates962 Ай бұрын
"Is that an old railway bridge? Yes it is"; that's one way to distract yourself from the weather, Jon. Only you can make a holidaying area interesting when it's not holiday season, nice one. Another fwickedsweetawesome video, and another Sunday Sundayed
@melodymonger
@melodymonger Ай бұрын
Fantastic video, I thoroughly enjoyed that 👏😁, and all packed into 10 mins too 😃.
@xPyroxx
@xPyroxx Ай бұрын
Wooo, Exmouth, my home town. You're right, there is bugger all there.
@59patrickw
@59patrickw Ай бұрын
the road out
@Cryzark
@Cryzark Ай бұрын
@@59patrickw saying that, due to the road works recently, there's been no escape..
@iamtoooldtocare
@iamtoooldtocare Ай бұрын
@@Cryzarkwell it’s better than Barnstaple and I’ve lived in both.😳
@rollinwithunclepete824
@rollinwithunclepete824 Ай бұрын
Oh! Exmouth at the mouth of the river Ex. Learn something new from every Great British Road Journey.
@tomwinch9107
@tomwinch9107 Ай бұрын
My 55 plate Renault Scenic hailed from Barnstaple (and the nearby Bideford), being serviced in garages in the 2 towns by owners from the two towns ... before making its way to a small car dealer in Sutton (South West London suburb) with only minor electrical gremlins (and a sticky interior) just in time for a proper mug to buy it! Nice part of the world, Devon ... though Cornwall is closer to my heart, Devon is still pretty, and much easier to drive to!
@HouseflyUK
@HouseflyUK Ай бұрын
Yay Exmouth! The home of Kebab shops, Turkish Barbers Coffee shops and Charit shops! Changed a bit over the years....
@markplenty2631
@markplenty2631 Ай бұрын
My family live in south Molton, it’s nice to have some history!
@chasc301
@chasc301 Ай бұрын
Thanks Jon. Brightened my Sunday evening with some familiar sights and some new facts. Everyday is a school day; which is a bit weird as I am 59.
@EngineerLewis
@EngineerLewis Ай бұрын
My mother was moved out of London as a little girl to a farm close to South Molton - she walked to school using the train line as an easy route! At least the trains were noisy and slow so no problem! Thanks for the video which reminded me of the stories my mum told me! 🥰
@thomasdieckmann5711
@thomasdieckmann5711 Ай бұрын
wonderful!
@AutoShenanigans
@AutoShenanigans Ай бұрын
Thanks a lot, really appreciate that! :)
@MRTransportVideos
@MRTransportVideos Ай бұрын
A little fact about Exeter: it's the only place left in the UK whose buses have never had route NUMBERS - they've always used letters.
@DrivermanO
@DrivermanO Ай бұрын
Went to the Devon Railway centre in May. Its jolly good!
@diversionbob8482
@diversionbob8482 Ай бұрын
A Valley Of Rocks and a Layby Of Rocks! Oh Mr Shenanigans you spoil us 🤣
@TheRagdoll23
@TheRagdoll23 Ай бұрын
We live in South Molton so travel these roads regularly
@littleratbag1111
@littleratbag1111 Ай бұрын
You should have checked out Barnstaple’s 3 railway stations now only one surviving! If you like railway history Barnstaple has a lot! The A361 from Barnstaple to south molton was built on the old former Barnstaple to Taunton railway.
@ChrisBrown-px1oy
@ChrisBrown-px1oy Ай бұрын
What a gorgeous choice for autumn, the Valley of the Rocks and all that brown heather. Second-guessing what Jon wiill include and getting it wrong is a joy. This week - Swimbridge, between Barnstaple and South Molton, buriall place and for 40 years the parish of the Rev John Russell who bred the Jack Russell for his hunting expeditions. Cue terrier and owner videobombing Jon as he finishes delivering that piece to camera.
@grahamcannell9692
@grahamcannell9692 Ай бұрын
Thanks I learn something new every week
@AutoShenanigans
@AutoShenanigans Ай бұрын
Thanks a lot, really appreciate that! :)
@rosskesava
@rosskesava Ай бұрын
I love this new addition to the motorways videos.
@adamjolley8552
@adamjolley8552 Ай бұрын
I liked this video so I pressed the button specifically for that 👉🏻
@maxthedoomer
@maxthedoomer Ай бұрын
How F'wicked, sweet & awesome of you.
@samholdsworth420
@samholdsworth420 Ай бұрын
This one 👎🏼?
@RAMBLINGSMANJMB
@RAMBLINGSMANJMB Ай бұрын
All the action took place.. such as sitting 🤣🤣
@RobSchofield
@RobSchofield Ай бұрын
Another superb ending shot!
@timecircuits88
@timecircuits88 Ай бұрын
I wouldn't normally watch videos with this subject matter, but Jon makes it brilliant, hilarious (love the dry wit) and the highlight of the week! Looking forward to you roaming round Somerset. We've got a lot to see here.
@ditch3827
@ditch3827 Ай бұрын
4:36 Studies show that the pedestrianisation of high streets increases retail sales on average by 30%.
@andrewhotston983
@andrewhotston983 Ай бұрын
Lynton to Exmouth all in one go??
@Semtx552
@Semtx552 Ай бұрын
what a spectacular outro, well done!
@Dan23_7
@Dan23_7 Ай бұрын
I love the fact you used helix quick shot rather than the usual dronie 😂 You unwittingly caught one of our reps homes at 7:55. His name is Malcolm. Hi Malcolm 👋🏼 Cheers Jon 👍🏼
@TheThejpmshow
@TheThejpmshow Ай бұрын
I can’t believe you passed through South Molton without visiting what I call The Bee Museum (Quince Honey Farm)
@adamedwards1937
@adamedwards1937 Ай бұрын
Excellent whistle-stop tour, as if Jonathan Meades did a Baedekar guide (Exeter blitz reference intended).
@tobythehairlessdog8876
@tobythehairlessdog8876 Ай бұрын
Fantastic video - so short and snappy and yet totally engaging - we go to the valley of rocks every year at least once, sometimes more, and my kids have been climbing up it since they could first walk. And now Toby the Hairless Dog goes up it too. Woof!
@shaun30-3-mg9zs
@shaun30-3-mg9zs Ай бұрын
Hi Jon, Devon where all the action is......sitting🤣🤣Have a good week👍
@sprowtwiglet
@sprowtwiglet Ай бұрын
Beeching has a lot to answer for
@metmanjeff
@metmanjeff Ай бұрын
Thanks
@AutoShenanigans
@AutoShenanigans Ай бұрын
Thanks a lot, really appreciate that! :)
@thomask4978
@thomask4978 Ай бұрын
I work in maintenance of a bigger property. We use big old mixing bowls around as planters. In a few the plants died. We are in between closed, open, partly open and renovations. So maintaining things to the top standard is not important everywhere on the property. At some point I removed the dead plants and placed rocks into the planters. So far no one complained or gave compliments. Sometimes there is grass or other plants growing and dies again. Probably it will change next year when the landscaping is being worked on. It's good excuse to spend time at the stone garden. After all they need to maintained, too. 😂
@yvindkittelsaa1601
@yvindkittelsaa1601 Ай бұрын
At some point in the future, I'll come to Blighty for a holiday away from the touristy hot-spots. These videos will be what I plan my itinerary by, because this truly is great stuff! Keep up the good work!
@michaelblake8837
@michaelblake8837 Ай бұрын
Another great video Jon! You certainly covered the best bit of Tiverton there too. I live a stones throw from the canal basin. I was probably there while you were filming, such as you do, with your feet suspiciously close together. Great aerial photography and shots as ever. Perhaps a trip along the old route of the A38 and A30 would make a good road trip video? 'the longest lane in England' as they say about the A38. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
@IanFielding-x5z
@IanFielding-x5z Ай бұрын
So much stuff that could have gone into this video - but I never knew about the stone up on Beeple's Moor. Great video.
@metmanjeff
@metmanjeff Ай бұрын
John. We love your videos. Apart from the waving at the end which is a bit of a ball ache because we feel obliged to wave back until you finish. It also makes me want to buy a drone and I have no use for one other than to do ‘outro’ shots for videos I don’t make. Anyway, you were nice about Tiverton which made us very happy as it happens to be where we live. In fact one of your shots must have been taken from just off the road from where we used to live. Oakfields, if you need to verify. We (me and the wife) are going to send you a small amount of money to say thank you.
@David_Crayford
@David_Crayford Ай бұрын
Shame about the weather but a lovely bit of rock. Exeter was one of the Unis I applied to but never visited. Went to Leeds instead. No regrets.
@barneypaws4883
@barneypaws4883 Ай бұрын
Up in the balloon, landed in a field, rode back on a horse then declared "and that's magic!"
@Crampsam
@Crampsam Ай бұрын
I’m from Herefordshire but me and my folks used to go on holiday every year to the Devon Cliffs holiday park in Exmouth. Surprised you didn’t mention it. It’s bloody huge and I believe at one point it was the largest holiday park in the U.K.
@TheSonsofFalstaff
@TheSonsofFalstaff Ай бұрын
When I was seventeen my friends and I went on a roadtrip to the West Country. We found a dead rabbit on the road going through the Valley of the Rocks and , being young and stupid, decided to bury it in a cairn on top of the rocks overlooking the sea. It was night time and we recited The Charm of Making from the film Excalibur. As we did this a violent storm/wind blew in from the sea. We couldn't stand and had to come down. Won't be doing anything like that again.
@ConfusedRaccoon
@ConfusedRaccoon Ай бұрын
Ooo, near my neck of the woodland. Its interesting that when the tides are just right, some of the parks in Barnstaple can flood, completely filling some up. Leaves a hell of a mess too. The canal in Tiverton is a lovely way to spend an afternoon in the spring-autumn. If it's a nice day, just sitting in a horse drawn barge with a beer is hard to beat.
@TheAde71
@TheAde71 Ай бұрын
My memories of Barnstable is traffic
@SuperRobertwillis
@SuperRobertwillis Ай бұрын
That was really interesting John in an exciting way 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
@highpath4776
@highpath4776 Ай бұрын
Going to Barnstaple and not visiting Chops Garage ?
@littleratbag1111
@littleratbag1111 Ай бұрын
Welcome to our part of the world Jon!
@xanpagebrown
@xanpagebrown Ай бұрын
Wasn't expecting to see Tiverton in this video (though I really should've), was a nice surprise
@youngadrian
@youngadrian Ай бұрын
This video. Rocks.
@swskating3865
@swskating3865 Ай бұрын
I was in South Moulton last week. Property viewing
@paulkrenz9593
@paulkrenz9593 Ай бұрын
Very enjoyable
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