Great British Road Journeys - Dorset - Gillingham to Bournemouth Ep. 38

[@johnbartlett8664]

What a brilliant family name! “Hello, we’re the Bastard brothers”; I can just see that as a 90s comedy show staring Rick Mayal and Adrian Edmonson.

[@CanadairCL44]

Rik Mayall did play a politician called Alan B'stard.

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

There was a “Hotel Bastardos” in the Comic Strip’s “A Fistful of Travellers Cheques”. If you wanted toilet paper “You go Hotel Gayboy”.

[@leopoldbluesky]

Don't forget Vyvian Basterd in The Young Ones

[@750triton]

"Allo, my names Harry The Bastard" Alexei Sayle - The Young Ones

[@spitfire1962]

There was also the TV license inspector Bastard, Right Bleeding to his friends.

[@Matt_The_Hugenot]

Congrats on pronouncing Gillingham correctly, so many say it the same as the town in Kent.

[@samholdsworth420]

It's pronounced Gilly ing ham 😅

[@ex48bw]

The station announcements at Exeter St David's always used to qualify Gillingham as "Gillingham Dorset" - I seem to remember an implied quirk of the eyebrow when the county was named.

[@6rett]

Agree, great job Jon! It's known locally as 'Gill'

[@hairyairey]

The fact that Gillingham. Dorset and Gillingham, Kent are pronounced differently is proof that English as a language is designed to catch out non-native speakers!

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

​@@ex48bwYou still have to say that when buying your ticket at Waterloo. Waterloo England that is, not Waterloo Benelux.

[@waynemackie3113]

Wow this episode had everything, Henry VIII dissolution of the monasteries, The Beeching Cuts, a race track and the Second Small Disagreement

[@PK_Blinder]

Auto Shenanigans..... As good today as its always been...

[@brianartillery]

"Our dad said it were a bloody long way for a loaf of bread." - Ronnie Barker's voiceover, on the pastiche advert featured on 'The Two Ronnies'. The original advert for Hovis, was directed by Ridley Scott.

[@MrPete81]

Tshirt material is that :D

[@thenefyncat6970]

If ever there was a case of "damning with faint praise"............😉

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

8:09 They paved paradise and put up a -music- -venue- a parking lot.

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

Car park, but yes.

[@frankupton5821]

Sunday just wouldn't be Sunday without a disused widget factory on the B4567 between Poblingworth and Spraines! Keep it up!

[@SS-zz4pi]

😂

[@divgradcurl9439]

To the casual overseas observer, Jon's videos make the UK look covered in graffiti, and full of run down / derelict buildings and closed industries. Yep, 100% correct! Welcome to 2024 UK!

[@JohnSharp-d2j]

Ah... Post brexit Britain. The little run down island off the coast of Europe.

[@benclarkson4205]

Your rhetoric is doing us a favour… keep it up. Nobody else will want to come here and immigration will fall to zero. 😆

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

@@JohnSharp-d2j Wasn't leaving the EU (without even a plan) just such a great idea!?

[@JohnSharp-d2j]

@@RYNOCIRATOR_V5 Talk about shooting ourselves in the foot. 🙄

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

@@JohnSharp-d2j Both feet, but not before shooting ourselves in the head; you'd have to be braindead to vote leave.

[@Huckleberry.69]

Thanks for braving the rubbish weather to give us all the weekly Auto Shenanigans fix.

[@leopoldbluesky]

Sunday isn't complete without an episode of the superb Auto Shenanigans!

[@Droningonuk]

I'm loving the railway bits thrown in don't think they've gone unnoticed!

[@brantnuttall]

I'm so glad you ran out of motorways because I absolutely love this series!

[@Dan23_7]

Plus there’s more A roads to cover than there are motorways.

[@DIY-DaddyO]

Not many bikes in that museum, just all the mental ones. The HRD broke a few speed records, (Google Vincent Black Shadow) and the Honda was a bit quick in its day. Nice find. Another excellent show worthy of a television network.

[@philhawley1219]

Horex is pronounced Whore Ex. Who says the Germans don't have a sense of humour?

[@Dan23_7]

F to television and all its restraints of politeness bollocks nowadays. Bastard bro’s would have to be changed to “the lovely brothers” 😂

[@donalddodson7365]

​@@Dan23_7 Or "The progeny of an independent thinker unfettered by conventions." 😂

[@johnbewick6357]

Far too good for any network TV. They would only destroy all Jons hard work.

[@chriswalford4161]

@@Dan23_7: Surely “The brothers of disputed parentage”?

[@jeremys7231]

I love how you gesture to yourself when you mention "undesirables".

[@donalddodson7365]

😂

[@LeftefAAH]

Respect for recording in the rain and not giving a damn

[@IndigoJo]

Bournemouth at the time of your guide was in Hampshire. Poole was in Dorset.

[@loddude5706]

& 'Scratchy Bottom' was still in Feck Shius . . . : )

[@edwardlees4585]

Jon, there is a theory that almost any doubled-barrelled village name from Dorset can be given a role in a Barbara Cartland-style story, with the appropriate job and back story. For example Compton Valence - a rich landowner - or Wooton Fitzpaine - the vicar - or Monkton Wyld - a jungle explorer or Maiden Newton - a naive young stable girl etc.

[@martinlongley5461]

What sort of character would Sixpenny Handley be?

[@markoarkaina8656]

That CBX is gorgeous.

[@R08Tam]

Certainly is

[@Snowy1of1]

Agreed! Shes a stunner, wouldn't mind a spin on her, bet shes a bit on the heavy side, awful at slow speed, not bad at a decent rate of knots and absolutely terrifying at full chat! Still, would give her a go 😁

[@timwilks666]

Watched someone take theirs out at Cadwell a few years ago during a classic bike trackday. Looked far too heavy and wobbly to be any fun, but he dropped it before he'd even exited the pit lane, so never got to find out.

[@alzeNL]

Thank you for coming to Bournemouth !

[@0skar9193]

Once again that specific button has been used to express my joy at the lovely (not the weather) video you have been so kind to share with us.

[@johnturnbull7798]

John, Your videos are great and deserve a greater number of subscribers. They offer an irreverent contrast illustrating the changes of the last 100 years or thereabouts. They are not too long and boring as some seem to become the more successful they get.

[@nigelbaldwin752]

The first pop concert I went to was to see Queen at the Bournemouth Winter Gardens, 1974/75, The powers that be also moved Boutmemouth from Hampshire to Dorset in 1974, a remarkable engineering feat in itself,

[@mikebirkett010]

Saw Deep Purple in the Winter Gardens in 1973. Complained about the ticket price being £1.50😊

[@philipwhitty2838]

I saw Jimi Hendrix there and the support band was Pink Floyd. It cost a Wapping 7/6p.

[@paultucker1272]

Another fantastic video! The South coast and chines........if you get the chance, pop over the Solent to the Isle of Wight, I'd love to see a few videos from there. Military Road on the island has some spectacular views but erosion means it's currently and risk of falling into the sea near Freshwater. The road between Shanklin and Ventnor is also temporarily closed following a massive landslip last December. Whilst this sounds like a lot of doom and gloom, the Isle of Wight is a beautiful place and it would be great to have it recorded by your good self, just in case these two roads are lost in the future!

[@markoarkaina8656]

I love how he teleports into random locations, the editing here is so good.

[@anthonydonnelly8419]

As a 'bikeist' that cafe looked excellent

[@jonish7793]

This is fast becoming the Antiques Roadshow of my adulthood. As much as I love a Great British Road Journeys episode, it unfortunately signals Monday is fast approaching!

[@davewhitehead8601]

My wife (who'd seen the ones on Essex, where I grew up): Watching someone travel aimlessly through the country again? Me: It's Sunday - how could I say no? Loving the series - and best wishes from Germany!

[@skipsadventures]

"The 8th Henry that was king" 😂🤣😂. Zigzag hill is lots of fun

[@spatrompete2601]

Oh no is Sunday again 😅well at least we go our favourite series to watch

[@David_Crayford]

Crying with laughter at a couple of jokes. Went back again to rewatch all the pretty shots. That framing at 9:01 for example between the two pillars with the arch of the bridge visible. Great work.

[@paulbateman3922]

Love the Mega Drive 16-bit Road Rash music at the bike cafe/museum Your attention to detail is impeccable. Keep up the good work :)

[@BarryRowlingsonBaz]

I thought Blandford Forum was a internet car chat site where people went on and on about Focuses, Fiestas, Escorts and Sierras...

[@waynegazard5038]

Thanks for enlightening a long term Dorset resident on a fleeting interesting history and facts and history that I'd never known but travelled the area all my working life

[@xxdesertstorm]

when the weather might be sh!t but the episode of Auto Shenanigans is fire

[@NTLBagpuss]

Love the self-referential handwave at "undesirables".

[@jeremybuck1818]

At the time of your guidebook, Bournemouth was in Hampshire.

[@paulyoung9279]

The new Winter Gardens building, though visually a poor show after the glass version, had superb acoustics and was home to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. My online searching at the time did not yield a reason as to why it was being demolished...

[@jbbumpkin]

Shame you missed the avenue of trees and hill fort at Badbury Rings, also Wimborne Minster

[@jamesrichardson476]

Friends of mine used to live in Boscombe, in its "not so great" days. Amongst other adornments, the public toilets had blue lighting, allegedly so that junkies couldn't see their veins whilst trying to mainline heroin..... On the plus side, their house was five minutes' walk from the beach. Which was nice.

[@heckelphon]

Ah, 10:41 of sheer entertainment! Thanks as always for your special take on our infrastructure.

[@paulwilliams493]

Worth noting that the railway line mentioned, The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, brought many tourists to Bournemouth. The summer Saturday "Pines Express" took Midlanders for their weeks holiday on the South Coast.

[@lauriecroad3186]

...from Manchester, via the S & D through Poole.

[@mikelove6502]

known as the Slow and Dirty railway.....

[@sabinebogensperger1928]

Watching today's episode I once again find myself thinking that we definitely need an AutoShenanigans & JagoHazzard collaboration! Driving days out with railway content. Following that, I'd love to see an episode with a focus on driving days out with aviation content! 😊 Just because that'd be my cup of tea.

[@andymerrett]

I feel they are very different kinds of people... maybe that would make it work. Or perhaps they would kill each other...

[@paulsengupta971]

Jon's visited some airfields on his travels.

[@phildaly3561]

I'm sure he's name dropped Jago Hazzard and/or Geoff Marshall in previous videos. Just needs Tom Scott and Tim Traveller and we've got the set!

[@dave_h_8742]

​@@phildaly3561Tom and Tim are a great watch too

[@MrBreadman1966]

@Jago Hazzard what do you think about this then?

[@jonsnell4751]

Excellent. Move across to West Dorset, lots of interesting things like Dorset Knobs and the home of the Nettle Eating Competition. See how many yards of nettles you can eat in one go! There is always the Piddle Valley to drive through viewing PiddleHinton, Piddletrenthide and of course Shitterton near Bere Regis on the A35 Puddletown Road.

[@phildiacon1759]

Well done ! Love theses insights to our backwaters.

[@garethaethwy]

Yay rail, with a bit about roads, it's why I keep coming back...

[@quasarchef107]

I don't want to think about Bournemouth for now😭😭♥️

[@wellsworld]

🍒

[@EcoHamletsUK]

I once stayed in a B&B at the top of Gold Hill, then had the misfortune to discover that the best pub was at the bottom of it!

[@paulknight5018]

Good to hear my home town being credited for something good for once Jon as I know how much you love it 🙂

[@David_Crayford]

Wonderful video. Your composition of the shots for your pieces to camera are EXCELLENT. I only noticed it when you were standing on that pretty pavement in Blandford but from there on there are several professional quality photographs with Jon standing in them. Well done.

[@paulkrenz9593]

An immensely enjoyable ten minutes

[@paulwillis8504]

This is by far and away the best entertainment know to man. Thanks John, can't wait until next Sunday😊

[@BeanoMark]

That Honda CB-X is legendary.

[@MrIanPreston]

Time for you to get some channel themed merchandise, umbrellas might be a good place to start.

[@MrGreatplum]

Great video, Jon! I’m pretty sure Bournemouth used to have a “lower pleasure garden” but they had to change the name 😂

[@mattstevens1332]

I so want that to be true!

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

Well... there's the nudey beach nearby in Studland. If that's tickled your fancy a hair or two‽

[@stewartgreen1681]

Thanks for the reminder of why some of our Australians ancestors got a free boat trip down under . 😂. Keep up the good work

[@Trish1]

Another a great local video … on a very rainy day! Thanks 👍

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

5:28 - The Bastard Brothers sounds like a comedy double act played by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie on Saturday Live in the 1980s!

[@paulm1701]

I was thinking more of Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson. 😆

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

@@paulm1701 Yes, they also occurred to me, too - lots of shouting and cartoon violence!

[@greenstripeypaint]

You were close to Compton Abbas airfield that is owned by Guy Ritchie. They have a great cafe / restuarant - and a couple of airshows each year. Also Thomas Hardy - Tess of the Baskervilles! and all that. Please circle round again in the future.

[@RalfyCustoms]

That HRD is a total classic John 😂 much coverted and valuable

[@BillyKirbyUK]

I believe my grandfather (who art in heaven, having been born in 1907) had a very similar 1920s BSA and told me a few tales about it - but unfortunately we did not document them too well. Such is life and the passage of time... Great to see a similiar machine on display though - I must get down to Gillingham.

[@THECONTROVERSIALCYCLIST]

Just found this channel. Mate loving it 😂😂

[@gonzo_the_great1675]

If you'd have come down the road that runs Shaftsbury to Blandford, parallel with the A350, you would have passed Compton Abbas. There is an airfield there, with a nice cafe, where you can eat cake and watch the planes.

[@hairyairey]

We forget that because of the lack of clean drinking water beer was the only practical alternative - until we discovered tea that then powered the industrial revolution.

[@TheManFrayBentos]

A cheese and bacon factory! Hoolah, such delights are sent to spoil us!

[@jasonl2095]

John, you're an artist. I don't know if there's such a thing as a CBE for KZbin, but you deserve it.

[@697544]

Very interesting, but very wet! 😀🌧️

[@PhilipMurphy8]

It's the time for great transport content on KZbin

[@Between-Bikes]

Informative & amusing in equal measure. Thumbs up.

[@blisteringbarnaclesmagnets6364]

Happy Sunday John ⚓️👍🧲

[@lauriecroad3186]

It is worth noting that the plain brick Winter Gardens proved to have excellent acoustics, better than any in the area, and, as such, was a great loss to Bournemouth when demolished.

[@steve.b.23]

My mate Dan lives in Blandford Forum and my mate Chris' mum and dad run a B&B in Shaftesbury. That's it. That's all I've got.

[@patryqoo]

What a surprise. Have been living in Gillingham since 2007 ;) Nice to see it in here. Also I would think this could be much longer video with more places to visit on the way to Bournemouth. But never mind. It's great to have it anyway. Thank You.

[@colinsmith7385]

Fortunately Bournemouth Gardens has now taken over the mantle from Boscombe Gardens as the home of 'undesirables'. Lots of them.

[@rochellehewston9367]

You know I wouldn’t be able to not comment on the bastard brothers. I thought the whole video was brilliant. The weather was shite as you kept telling us and I loved it when you were at the viewing points and couldn’t see a damn thing. You are really good at this John, keep up the great work , “stiff upper lip” and all that 😂😂. thank you so much for all your effort

[@Beatlefan67]

Very good as usual John. I'm pleased you visited that cafe by the old brewery - it's fab, and I'm not a bike person either. The railway through Shillingstone and Blandford was the much lamented Somerset and Dorset which is the reason Bournemouth grew like it did. Peace and love from John and Lynne (we're in Dorset - drop by for a cuppa; I love SAAB's too btw)

[@tims9434]

One of my favourite areas. Thanks Jon

[@skymotel2]

Thank you for standing in the rain to keep us entertained. What a trooper! and not a single sign of being irritated by the gloomy weather! I was expecting at least one "Bloody rain!"

[@Downstairsish]

I used to live on Gillingham forty years ago and remember the cafe being a antiques showroom.. great video, brings back memories 😊

[@Rickandhisvan]

Brilliant video again

[@davidyardley512]

Clearly the weather followed you on this one Jon, but you made it wicked sweet awesome.

[@robinavery52]

Well done for soldiering on through the rain

[@SpyGeorgilis]

Tiny nitpick: originally, the tern "Transportation" as a penalty didn't refer to Australia. Initially, wrong'uns were transported to a different British colony, that was still a long way away from Blighty, yet somewhat more conveniently located. Unfortunately, that arrangement ended sometime after 1776, when some people in this other colony got their knickers in a twist over how expensive tea was becoming. Which is weird, because they don't even drink that much tea now... anyway, this bridge was built before the 1700s, so I wonder which British colony the sign is referring to!

[@nickm8494]

Good to see the true British weather represented in all of its dank and mulched glory, thus providing the rest of the world with an explanation for our miserable, sarcastic attitude.

[@nidostar2013]

A great video as always Jon. Your dedication to the cause by standing in the pouring rain spouting to a camera on a tripod is unquestioning. Ref Matthews Brewery at Wyke. You say the business was bought up by a competitor, Hall and Woodhouse of Blandford Forum, who promptly closed the business down. In 2000 King & Barnes brewery in Horsham, which featured in a previous video, was also bought out by Hall & Woodhouse who promptly closed the business, demolished the building and sold the land off for housing. So contrary to your opening remark Dorset has contributed something to society - profiting from the closure of rival breweries!

[@glynluff2595]

Ah the Cooper on the Guardroom roof incident. The most published photo of Blandford Camp!

[@grahamcannell9692]

Brilliant - as per usual. Thanks.

[@DW-indeed]

The joke about Australia 😂😂

[@subaruadventures]

as an Aussie i approve.

[@hollybiddle4045]

Ah, Bournemouth winter gardens theatre. Spent many evenings there as a kid listening to classical music. Cheers John!

[@jonathonbrett-qn1ic]

Absolutely brilliant

[@malcolmdalrymple1779]

Another interesting piece of stuff. Thanks John.

[@simonevans343]

Thank you John

[@tobygeorgeharribo]

Hopefully we'll get the proper Dorset soon... (Dorchester and westwards) rather than Dorset and ex Hampshire :P Only meant in light hearted jest as I'm from Dorch and spent much of my childhood in Shipton Gorge before moving back to just north of Dorch. Love the content as always!

[@gearjammer3688]

Lovely bikes, bloody expensive bikes too. Also buy an umbrella.

[@johnwollenbecker1500]

Good to see English weather doing its thing

[@garypoulton7311]

One of your better videos, you crack me up. Thanks for this, made me want to visit the Brewery cafe

[@paulholmes672]

Jon, thank you, sir, for another episode. The beautiful British sky 'pissing', I fondly remember it. Your knack for humor is refreshing, taking me back to the days of the Two Ronnies and Not the Nine O'clock News.

[@annetteconroy6921]

What a wonderful part of the world . They knew how to build in the Medieval days

[@aljowen]

This series makes my Sunday shift dinner break much more enjoyable, thanks!

[@SuperRobertwillis]

Very enjoyable John 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@CantEscape1.4M]

this series always give me chills (I live right near here, so...)

[@TsiolkovskySportingLocks]

same here!