Great British Road Journeys - Hampshire - Winchester to Lymington Ep. 37

[@lrochfort]

Great video. As a Lymingtonian, I feel compelled to point out it "Limm"ington There were some good press gang and smuggling tunnels in Lymington, too

[@LemieuxToyDIYs]

I knew someone would point this out 😂!

[@verspunken]

While we are going, is it really pronounced Byoo-lee, and not Boh-lee-yoo?

[@paulbenwell3560]

Came here to say that LOL. I found myself correcting out loud every time he said it.

[@melvoid01]

@@verspunken yes

[@mybookfacetube]

@@LemieuxToyDIYs saved me the bother.

[@TheCcponyboy]

The woman hovering behind you.... Awesome. 😂

[@David_Crayford]

I would have been tempted to carry on walking into shot. LOL.

[@bxmachine]

She was well creepy😬

[@lizw6603]

She was coming to say its pronounced limmington 😅

[@downtothewood1950]

She wasn’t really there…spooky!

[@eddiewillers1]

Maybe she was there for the dogging?

[@DavidJCane]

2:15: They didn't just chuck in a load of concrete and bricks to reinforce the foundations. They were put there by diver William Walker who laid 25,000 bags of concrete and over 1 million bricks and blocks.

[@user-ug8wx5er1w]

Nice

[@kathrynhills7174]

6 hrs a day in the dark, for 5 years.

[@NJRD977]

came down to make this very comment - the job he did was incredible

[@G40DaveB]

Nice pub too 😉

[@frasermitchell9183]

and who is commemorated in the cathedral.

[@rogercantwell3622]

The story of William Walker, the Siebe diver who placed the concrete bags under the cathedral, is fascinating. Let's just say he was one of the hardest men who ever lived. He worked six-hour days in total darkness in a deep sea diving suit, then cycled 70 miles home on Friday night.

[@cdl0]

Did he live in a hole in the middle of the road and ate on only a slice of bread and butter every day, by any chance? 🙂

[@pomerau]

@@cdl0 Aye Yup! Luxury, m'lad. We used to dreeeeam of having a hole of our own ............ 🙃

[@firesurfer]

@@pomerau Butter! What luxury. In my day we had lard and we were grateful for it.

[@TheCardiganR]

​@@firesurferlard? You were lucky. When I were a lad we had the scrapings off my dad's boot and were thankful for it.

[@jameskempster971]

He did earn a pub named after him though, complete with diving helmet signage.

[@ogden4]

Hi! I'm Ed Winchester. One of the most underrated appreciated Fast Show skits. I loved it

[@ogden4]

Had to come back to the video after an unscheduled Fast Show interlude

[@danlacey3676]

...and the limies of limeimgton have gone purple with rage. Job done !

[@ludovica8221]

[@BillyNoMates1974]

Beaulieu - went there as a child and my sister ate too much cholcolate and spewed up everywhere. needless to say we now know it a 'spewly'

[@brianjrichman]

A great video, complete with an odd person looking at his phone by a cruise ship and a strange woman creeping up behind our erstwhile presenter as he talks to the camera. The BBC wouldn't stand for it, but John handles it well. Good work!

[@johnhill2075]

Maybe the strange woman is a regular viewer and wanted Jon to say "Can I help you?" so she could reply "No, I don't think so!" 🤭

[@Eric_L456]

National Motor Museum is always worth a visit.

[@rogercantwell3622]

The last time I went to Southampton, the security men in Asda were trying to convince a middle-aged man to leave. He was wearing camouflage and carrying a skull on the end of a stick. That sums the place up - a bit barking.

[@Thunderpuddle]

Sums up that ASDA. Stay well clear...

[@adamholmes91]

Definitely not the most unusual species to go through that Asda! lol

[@mdhazeldine]

No, that's in Essex. lol

[@garyneilson1833]

During the 2nd small disagreement, Beaulieu was used a finishing school for SOE agents.

[@benhooper1956]

Alas my hometowns, growing up around Winchester and Sa'ampton it is nice to see the exposure for this part of the country. Southampton is notable for hosting Martin's Rubber company which has been trading since 1865 and also the pier you covered has the last surviving seaplane terminal from the golden age of flying boat travel

[@rachelwalker7091]

Thanks for the introduction of the gribble worm, which is now my favourite crustacean.

[@composimmonite3918]

9:18 I was expecting her to get her belly out, waddle over and say 'wot you doin, it's pwivatt pwopperty here!'

[@clubkinetic1]

It's cool John, is from Southampton

[@TsiolkovskySportingLocks]

Ooh joy … Ed Winchester, which was nice !

[@DW-indeed]

Brilliant!

[@davebicker8618]

This week, I 'ave bin mostly quoting the Fast Show.

[@pomerau]

Oh. I only got the sirname - town reference now. I thought it was just another use of a regular meme. lol.

[@ludovica8221]

@@davebicker8618 Which was nice :)

[@piers995]

I really do enjoy your videos. They are very nicely done. You must edit out an awful lot, though. Any chance you could make them a little longer, so we could linger a little longer in each place of interest you visit like you have done in this video with the motor museum?

[@SymonDavis]

Hahaha Lime-ing-ton. Nice finish at Farley Mount and the popular dogging site.

[@Petestleger]

That's his next series. "Welcome to another exciting episode of Great British Dogging Sites."

[@robertkeddie]

I've been watching old episodes of a TV programme in which a former politician travels around Britain talking to people about food. But this is way more informative and entertaining. Well done, Jon - keep up the good work!

[@c.f.875]

need to worry about immigration buddy

[@PuddingPeep-fs1kw]

I’m unfortunate enough to live in Southampton - Totally agree with getting rid of the rotten old pier Gutted I missed you whilst you were there Almost 150k subs Keep content coming 👌

[@krisiejamie]

Yes John. Finally got round to doing my area. Look forward to the next video!

[@Eurobazz]

I thought you would have played part of the 1966 song 'Winchester Cathedral' by the New Vaudeville Band.

[@ludovica8221]

and get a copyright strike?

[@MattBrunton1965]

@ludovica8221 did you hang out on Yahoo Chat, back in the day?

[@ludovica8221]

@@MattBrunton1965 Once upon a time and long ago, Candlelight diner and Physics rooms. are you MattB1965? LOL If so Hello old friend :D

[@MattBrunton1965]

@ludovica8221 hahaha yes, guilty as charged, bloody hell that must be what, 22 years ago or so 😮

[@ludovica8221]

@@MattBrunton1965 Awesome!! :D yeah Looong time

[@brantnuttall]

Winchester was once the capital of England!

[@stephenhawke6324]

was just about to mention that, apparently thats not important ? but its still good to see my hometown

[@antonycharnock2993]

Something...something...Alfred the Great...

[@ehsnils]

And Lyon was once the capital of France. (Also some useless knowledge unless you are a historian)

[@warringtonminge4167]

@@brantnuttall so was York at one point

[@stephenhawke6324]

@@ehsnils I was born in Winchester, it's important to me.

[@MervynPartin]

Ah, "Winchester Cathedral", immortalised by the New Vaudeville Band as a follow-up to their hit "Finchley Central" (sorry, that dates me).

[@johnusher1921]

'...You're bringing me down, you stood and you watched as my baby left town...' and not via the Northern Line...👍

[@MervynPartin]

@@johnusher1921 🤣

[@selseyonetwenty4631]

Yes that's right a 1960s song immortalised an almost 1000 year old building. If it wasn't for the new vaudeville band, nobody would have even heard of winchester cathedral.

[@MervynPartin]

@@selseyonetwenty4631 Well, I have been to Finchley Central a number of times, but I didn't even know that Winchester had a Cathedral until the song came out⛪

[@paulyoung9279]

Thank you for generously including Mr. Winchester's incomparable contributions to happiness and well-being in these troubled times

[@jennyd255]

Others have already pointed out the small pronunciation issue, so I will merely content myself with saying 1. that was a particularly good video this week, and 2. back in the days when I was working at the BBC I had the pleasure of working with the current Lord Montague who, among his other passions, helps run the south regional TV & Film archive, and is also the owner of that fabulous motor museum. He is truly a top bloke, and a really interesting person to talk to if you ever get the chance.

[@brianartillery]

Great to see Ed Winchester again. You've got that 'walking down steps/emerging from a doorway whilst delivering a piece to camera' business spot on, Jon. Nice one. 👍👍👍

[@marksaxby607]

True, but did I miss what he was walking out of?

[@richardsmith9138]

The monument at Farley Mount, to the race horse named “Beware Chalk Pit”.

[@garymoores9248]

@autoshenanigans Jon, many congrats for making it into the daily express during the week regarding your M11/J3...Bridge over nothing video last week 👍

[@LemieuxToyDIYs]

I just knew you'd go to beaulieu! Super excited to watch!

[@brianaldred8751]

If there's one channel I watch consistently - this is it .... great job as always :)

[@kabongpope]

Vyvyan: "'Do not lean out of the window.' I wonder why?"

[@johnhill2075]

😂 same thought here!

[@firesurfer]

You might get your head lopped off. I was on a mine tour that used the original tram for the workers. They made a brief announcement to keep your head in. Little did I know they run the tram at full speed. There were outcrops of rock inches away.

[@johnhill2075]

@@firesurfer I think you may have missed the comedy reference to The Young Ones here!

[@mikebrady1767]

Winchester Cathedral is also a quirky song that was popular in 1966. Thanks for finally showing me what the song was written about.

[@danlacey3676]

Southampton is full of gribbleworms - thank god you made it out alive

[@c.f.875]

need to worry about immigration

[@DangerMouse-n8l]

Says the guy from Eastleigh. Proper inbred place that. And look at your photo. Seriously inbred.

[@frogandspanner]

1:01 I have visited Winchester, and its is _still_ prehistoric.

[@Boric78]

"just fuck it off at this point" & Ed Winchester. LOL.

[@UPnDOWN]

0:18 - Aww, thanks for the mention!

[@UPnDOWN]

*5secs later - Oh.

[@williamgreen5575]

7:52 The monorail at the museum was NOT the first in the UK. The first 'open to the public' monorail was in Butlins holiday camp at Skeness and started operation in 1965.

[@howardg186]

Love the Gran Turismo music for the Beaulieu bit 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@edwardlees4585]

I'm so pleased the monorail is still working.

[@ChilledGamerUK]

I never want to hear you say Ly-ming-ton again 🤣. At first I thought you were trolling but as you went on, my ears bled. As @lrochfort has pointed out, it Limm-ington.

[@jonc4403]

Sounded reasonable to me. You want Limmington, spell it that way.

[@selseyonetwenty4631]

could be worse, could have used a soft g.

[@sandwichbar8226]

Hello Jon, how the devil are you, have you had a good week?

[@desmo750f1]

You can't talk about the shoring up of Winchester Cathedral without mentioning the diver, William Walker.

[@c.f.875]

shore up the border. Uk is dying

[@ptonpc]

The cut outs on the steel monorail, I recognise that style. Hope you all have a great week.

[@thebaiblade]

Hampshire is where the heart is ❤

[@richiefarm]

Love the Gran Turismo music while at Beaulieu

[@brynkretzer4682]

The white structure in the outdoor is located up at Farley mount and is a memorial dedicated to some guys horse.

[@alexgreenwood3179]

John, Winchester was the capital of England before William the conqueror wanted to move it to The City of London. But the City of London... Being thr City of London (look up that rabbit hole of weird) basically said 'No' and we got the city of Westminster instead. Comments feel free to correct me, as im digging this out of my brain before checking, and probably mixing things up

[@gerrimilner9448]

Winchester has an historic bus day on spring bank holiday, one of the routes goes to Twyford waterworks. one of the delights i saw this year. The city known as Chavhampton, think the bar-gate is the best bit, the old pier is a Thi restaurant, went for a wedding reception there once food was really good we pronounce it limb ington, not lime ington, my dads mum retired to Lymington and i live close to it

[@windy33a]

4:37 us locals refer to that bit of sand 'Southampton Beach'

[@kevinronald4137]

I went to Butlins Mineheand in 1968 and they had a mono rail which went around the fun park.

[@SkeletorTG]

Nothing like a Sunday morning eating my alphagetti watching Johnny Shenanigans talking about pumping 😊

[@nickbannister775]

A little bit of trivia, many years ago (probably before the second disagreement) there was a major Hampshire brewery known as Strongs. To advertise their wares there were large metal signs on entering the county which said, ‘Hampshire born Hampshire bred Strong in the arm and Strong in the head’. Showing a pint glass full of beer. Obviously the second strong was soon substituted for another word, my late dad said it was thick (innocent times back then).

[@ianhart4990]

Haven't even got past the 1 min mark when I nearly choked on my subway as you edited in 'Hi, I'm Ed Winchester!' Lol

[@MrBreadman1966]

Southampton was also the birth place of ITV in the south starting first with Southern Television in 1957 until 31st December 1982 when TVS took over the franchise for the area.

[@ludovica8221]

Its been "Meridian" since 1993

[@Thunderpuddle]

It was also the first place to test out Fish Fingers, and US style drive throughs...

[@Setch4579]

I know you can't go to everything in every place you visit, but I just wanted to make a shout out for the Winchester City Mill that is open to the public. If you like that sort of thing, well worth a visit. Of course, there's also that fake Arthur's round table in the Guildhall, that Henry VIII is said to have had made...

[@tobyjackman3212]

This is the best *video* I've ever seen about anything

[@DIY-DaddyO]

I've been on that monorail and it is wicked sweet awesome. I think at the Abbey there was a display of various bits of Spy kit from the Special Operations Executive in the second small disagreement. One spy trick was to use gentleman's seamen as invisible ink...

[@peteolding]

No mention of Eastleigh where the spitfire made its first flight?

[@ADJLfanatic52]

The monorail design sort of reminds me of the light rail design of Cleveland, Ohio.

[@nigelcourtney2313]

Thanks!

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks a lot mate, appreciate that!

[@CharlieFlemingOriginal]

Nawt like a Sunday morning, eating last nights pizza remains and watching Autoshenanigans new video 😃

[@mrrandomperson3106]

I remember going to Bealieu on a school trip years ago. The group got split into two for the monorail ride, one group got to ride the whole thing but for some reason the teachers took my group off at the halfway point. I need to get back there and ride the rest of it!

[@redshorse]

Excellent !

[@surfblue63]

The first monorail was opened at Butlins Skegness in 1965. Look it up on the webs as it still exists on the Lincolnshire coast. Maybe a visit is due when you do Lincolnshire.

[@edmorey7935]

Thanks for visiting Lymo! Should have said, we could have had a beer on the quay. 🍺

[@melesshuffle]

My father took me to Beaulieu when I was a nipper and he was really excited to see one of the motorbikes was a model he used to ride. He waxed lyrical about it for a while then stuttered to a stop. There was a brief pause and then he visibly slumped as he realised he was old enough to have owned something now considered to be a museum exhibit.

[@ehsnils]

Unfortunately you went to that rundown pier in Southampton instead of the much more interesting Eling Tide Mill just a bit further to the northwest along the River Test. Not sure if that was in the guide book, but it has been there in some incarnation for about a millenia. But I have been to the Motor Museum back in 2004.

[@Consume0]

The chaos that bridge out of Southampton has caused residents over the last few years has been crazy, they’re preparing the underside and the road surface which leads you to sometimes have to take a huge detour up the M271 and then back down into Totton or vice versa

[@MrFunreal]

Nothing's better than waking up, getting a coffee, and seeing a new video got uploaded 30 minutes ago.

[@JackosJingles]

Very interesting. In the late 90s I worked in Winchester, I lived in the Waterside area for years in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu and lived in Woolston in Southampton. Interesting to see those scenes you filmed.

[@selseyonetwenty4631]

So how would you pronounce Purlieu? Would it be 'purr-lee'? In which case why is Fawley not Fawlieu?

[@aedanjmcghie]

York had special busses with a tapered roof to fit through the gates in the wall.

[@sameyers2670]

That was Beverley

[@aedanjmcghie]

@@sameyers2670 Dang! Well at least it wasn't in Lancashire.

[@sameyers2670]

@@aedanjmcghie 🤣

[@frogandspanner]

5:07 Perhaps it wasn't damaged by a fire because it wasn't insured.

[@susaneb1954]

Happy Sunday! I so enjoy my Sunday Auto Shenanigan videos. x

[@Bicyclehub]

Very enjoyable and interesting as always. This is my home turf, but I learned something new about that army camp at St. Cross. The nearby Five Bridges Road which was the A3335 to Eastleigh, used to connect to the A33 at Hockley traffic lights, which were a notorious bottleneck. As it has now been severed from the main road, you might say it is now abandoned. I'm shocked to see the state of the Royal Pier at Southampton. That was still eminently restorable back in the early 2000s.

[@MrLunarlander]

I was a student at Southampton University in the early 80s, and was similarly shocked to see what's become of the Royal Pier since then. It seems that part of the waterfront has always been unloved, for some reason.

[@keithposter5543]

He's already done a video on the A33/M3 - have a look

[@colinhead284]

Oh dear , you seem to have upset the Lims 🤣🤣

[@whereinsussex]

*limes

[@GalacticGamingYT13]

I love Lymington because i have family there and i go to yarmouth from the ferry

[@01mememememe]

cheers Sir Jon

[@kippen64]

The museum looks amazing 🤩.

[@real_swiftydragon]

Loving the GT4 soundtrack nestled into every episode! Amazing video as always!!

[@Edward-uf8mi]

Love these journeys. I'm sometimes tempted to visit some or the worst, dullest or saddest locations...Satirical, sarcastic and superb presentation of the things that go un noticed or unsaid about brilliantly dreary or fascinating bit of our little land. Bargate survived while 477 tons of explosives were dropped on Southampton as early as the winter of 1940 during the second slight altercation...

[@portlandfester7510]

Loved it as always

[@skipsadventures]

Yay you finally got to my area 😊Great video as always, thanks. Must visit Beaulieu.

[@alantheskinhead]

My brother who was a headmaster at a somewhat rough comp school in Norfolk and he took a load of his rabble down to Winchester on a school trip. Now Winchester is famous for it's public school and posh boys. So when his rabble met said posh boys in the cathedral, my brother plucked one by the ear as a joke said "Bring me another boy, this one has burst"! As you can imagine it went down like a lead balloon with the posh boys whilst his lot were in hysterics and promptly got chucked out!

[@JohnDavis-ed5sg]

We used to go picnicking at Farley mount in the Triumph Herald, it was great for kids running round those little paths and hills.

[@rover-t]

Lived close to Lymington for a few years. Lovely area of the world. Crab sandwiches near the quay were excellent.

[@CantEscape1.4M]

right near to where i live

[@blisteringbarnaclesmagnets6364]

Happy Sunday John ⚓️🧲👍

[@steve.b.23]

9:19 She's been following him all day.

[@andrewhaines3259]

Crosby, Stills & Nash sang Winchester Cathedral, and on a slightly more sombre note, Southampton Dock was a track on Pink Floyds 1983 album, The Final Cut!

[@NickFoad]

My family moved to Marchwood just off the A326 in 1979 and i thought i know the area well but i had no idea about the roman road next to the hythe bypass... there are bits of what looks like a roman road in the forest between pooksgreen and ashurst but i could never find any information about it... great content as usual, thanks and keep 'em comming!

[@robclarkson]

What, no Simpsons monorail clip?! Hehe jk, top video as always and you went past my childhood home near Hythe.

[@EMT_Artesania]

Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!

[@davequiquegg]

Well sir, there's nothing on Earth like a genuine, bona-fide, electrified, six-car monorail!

[@Trish1]

Think you’ll have to do another episode on Lymington just to show us you can pronounce the name! As a local really enjoyed this one (apart from the Lyme-ington references) 👍👍

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

9:17 - passer-by wary of interrupting Jon mid-speech!

[@kevinmothers904]

@ 9.17 is that the wife homing in to ask how much longer are you going to be and when are you coming home?

[@DaveSCameron]

Hey John, please come visit County Road or at least Walton Vale and have an ale with us mate, look forward to hearing back from you.🥁☘️📚 1:48

[@DaveSCameron]

I’m nearly finished watching and I swear you need to hit Merseyside asap as your wit, intellect turn of phrase would find black earth for your well seeded tongue. @HMHB.

[@Jr8key]

I thought you were going to talk about the diver who did the digging. You have to go in the building for that nugget,

[@Vtarngpb]

Mono- D’oh! 😂

[@theshadow2576]

Bushfield Camp, now known as Badgers Farm.

[@Anonymoususer_8823]

The last time you were at Winchester or went to Winchester. You said about the South Downs and how the M3 Motorway was built that could have had a tunnel running right beneath the South Downs. Instead of deep & cover with the chalk and rocks on each side of the motorway as you pass through it. That was interesting to know about when the M3 motorway was built to avoid Winchester and deep & cover was built that split the South Downs.

[@MrPete81]

Surprised Jon shows us his house at the end. Nice gaff!

[@ludovica8221]

Its a monument to a horse called "Beware Chalk Pit"

[@CaptainMannyUK]

Sunday complete. Thank you John.