Great British Road Journeys - Somerset - Bath to Frome - Ep. 44

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It's not always about the destination, sometimes the journey is equally as exciting.
Using a copy of the 1923 Michelin Guide, I'll be travelling the country to see what remains and what's changed since it's publication. The guide offers suggestions on thing to see and where to stay all with the goal of getting you out there and exploring in your motor vehicle.
In this episode we'll be Travelling through;
Bath
Combe Hay
Peasedown St. John
Midsomer Norton
Shepton Mallet
Nunney
Frome
*Why not visit these places*
Beechen Cliff - www.woodlandtr...
Somerset Coal Canal - www.coalcanal....
Showerings Brewery - showeringscide...
Shepton Mallet Prison - www.sheptonmal...
Nunney Castle - www.english-he...

[@spitfire1962]

Should have got a cat🤣 Love it.

[@steady_94]

That sole remark stole the whole video 🤣 Absolute class 😂👏🏻

[@hublanderuk]

Or a dog with longer legs. Trouble is a Cat won't walk with you and you can't throw things for it to bring back.

[@vibingwithvinyl]

@@hublanderuk That's not true. You can train a cat, it's just more difficult than training a dog.

[@mortarien]

@@hublanderuk These legs can move rather fast when their owner wants to. The one in the video clearly doesn't ;-)

[@KnugenMooMoo]

​@@hublanderuk my brother cat when it was alive you throw one of her toys she would bring it back...... but I don't fancy walking on top of fences

[@saintuk70]

"you should've got a cat" perhaps the most polite, yet direct, insult I've heard in a while within a YT video. Awesome :)

[@TackyStump]

Roughly translates to "Your dog is pathetic, fool."

[@UnitSe7en]

A superior pet to be sure. But aw, that dachshund was so adorable, though. It looked more like a Jim Henson puppet than a dog. I'd have it.

[@pauldupre2269]

Certainly no Staffy!😊

[@andymerrett]

@@pauldupre2269 Then again, Jon is no Bon Jovi so... :)

[@g_e_o_m9369]

I think a Great British Quarries series is on the cards,

[@rollthetape88]

yeah cataorgrised into the aggregate extracted with some of those geology of the british isles maps.

[@paulcharlesworth487]

The most interesting thing about Nunney Castle is that it was the inspiration for Castle Grayskull in Masters of the Universe. I was there a few years ago. Did I shout "I have the power" when I was certain no-one was around? You betcha!

[@samuelgarrod8327]

"The most interesting thing"? Really? Says a LOT about you if you are more interested in a shyte 80s cartoon than the history of a medieval building.

[@paulcharlesworth487]

@samuelgarrod8327 You seem fun

[@antonycharnock2993]

I think you've just made that up, Skeletor. Mwa ha ha! 😂

[@antonycharnock2993]

@@paulcharlesworth487 Obviously doesn't appreciate a character called Fisto.

[@garethaethwy]

@@antonycharnock2993 snigger... I mean, if you look at the kids TV programmes of the 1980s and early 90s, is it any wonder I ended up as I am?

[@johnstilljohn3181]

Fabulous as always. Babycham was the first alcohol i drank - Mum bought it for me when I was 4. She didn't realise it was alcoholic....

[@matthewhopson964]

"When was the last ime you heaerd anything about a Babycham" "Hey, I'd love a Babycham!"kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6TLkpevebGdpM0

[@TheChipmunk2008]

do you still have all the glasses and the figures?

[@dizzydevil547]

@@TheChipmunk2008 I still have some of the glasses .....no one is allowed to use them as not many around now and can break realy easily (especialy in a dishwasher in ths day and age!) even if i hand washed them i wouldnt risk it lol P.S I only ever see Babychamp around in super markets at xmas time these days' along with snowballs and cherry b's (and thats get less and less) my late mother in law never drank alcohol BUT at xmas or special occasions she was partial to a Babychamp or two along with snowballs! its the only time i ever saw her drink booze! TBH my fave tiple is Brandy and Babychamp but you do get quite squify on them lol

[@hairyairey]

Legal to drink at home in the UK from 5 incidentally

[@seebarry4068]

Yeah I used to get that as well. Was a different time though, heck my grandad used to give me a cigar, I was about 6. Mum was hellish about it but she was the one giving me booze 😂

[@leshinar]

possibly the only channel i upvote when i hear "hello" and THEN watch the video..

[@andrewhotston983]

Me too. The upvote is always a foregone conclusion.

[@andymerrett]

There's always a reminder at the end just in case I forget to press the button specifically for that .

[@bolatv9571]

All places I know and love. My grandad even spent a night in Shepton jail for getting too pissed on the local cider during the second minor disagreement. The 'volcano' was deliberately built higher and steeper than all the other batches as a monument to the miners and the industry when it was winding down.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Being from a mining area that would make it very unstable.

[@kevinrayner5812]

I think it was used by the US as a prison for troops in the second big disagreement.

[@fredericksaxton3991]

@@kevinrayner5812 Is that where US military criminals were hanged?

[@barrieshepherd7694]

"winding down" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bolatv9571]

You're absolutely right. My grandfather was only in Shepton because he had escorted a US soldier to the prison. He visited one of the local pubs afterwards and underestimated the scrumpy.

[@simonturner5450]

Thanks Jon for mentioning the mining, doesn’t get the recognition it needs. The seams on the Somerset Coal Field were very narrow and the miners worked on their sides mostly in a space roughly equal to that under a dining room chair. Hard, backbreaking, dangerous work for little pay, of course. BTW locals who don’t live there call Shepton Shit’n’Smell it.

[@johngriffin4831]

My dad grew up near Coleford and said when he was a kid (1950s-60s) you would sometimes see old men squatting down on their heels chatting to each other in the street. These were old miners who were so accustomed to that uncomfortable position from years of working in the mines that they would naturally sit like that while having a chinwag.

[@MrGreatplum]

Excellent video. Great to see you made it to Frome, which we all know is pronounced “Portsmouth”…

[@Stephen_The_Waxing_Lyricist]

That's three in a row without mentioning the Second Small Disagreement! Jon needs to go to Coventry...

[@PhillipBicknell]

Well, at least the un-Civil War got a mention - "They'm's got long memories round about these parts, ar" 🙂

[@antonycharnock2993]

And get stuck on the ring road...

[@antonycharnock2993]

@@PhillipBicknell He didn't find any large mines in a local barn then? (Hot Fuzz reference)😂

[@PhillipBicknell]

@@antonycharnock2993 Hot Fuzz on DVD with the Fuzz Facts overlay is great for reminding me of all the cop show refs, just in case I ever forget 🙂

[@timecircuits88]

Hey, we've got some old air fields don't you worry 😂

[@linzimumford3829]

I live in nunney, just 100 yards from the castle and am currently sitting on a couch bought from the owner of the silk mill in Frome. 😁

[@royking1]

Huge honour for a Dachshund to approach you. They're notoriously fickle and often prefer their owners and shun everyone else.

[@ElliotSoS]

I used to go to Midsomer Norton every Sunday for dinner with my grandparents from 1989-2006.. Seeing the big ol' slag heap or "The Tump" as we called it, was always the sign that we were nearly there and would soon be chowing down on a mountain of Linda McCartney sausages, instant mash, and spaghetti 'oops. Good times. I never actually went up there in all those years though for some reason? My dad has since inherited and sold the grandparent's property there, but thankfully he is still living somewhere in 'norton, so next time I'm over from Canada for a visit I should really go climb The Tump at long last! It's definitely an icon of my childhood years.

[@petelongrs]

Who needs a sat-nav when we've got Jon?

[@wad951]

I visited Nunney Castle with my young daughter many years ago. When we walked round to the side with Oliver Cromwell's handiwork, she asked why the wall was missing. I replied that the wall fell down. Her response was, "They must have slammed the door hard." Priceless

[@kayenne221]

I rescued a baby duck from nunney castle moat years ago. We took her home and called her Pike (no mum in sight after hours of waiting) She was the only one left from 6 ducklings, by the time we found a net, a Pike had eaten her siblings. We raised her, she was a small while duck, and she went on to have 9 baby’s with Lionel the big aylesbury duck. She was my little shadow, and always appeared grateful 🥰

[@Nastyswimmer]

Perry - an alcoholic beverage made from pears. Cider - an alcoholic beverage made from apples ... ... and only from apples

[@tims9434]

Apple juice from concentrate. It's not apple juice anymore.

[@philiplettley]

Though Perry's cider is very good cider.

[@mkoschmall]

Bulmers of Ireland would like to have a word abiut their pear cider with you. Cheers.

[@750triton]

@@tims9434 Then you should visit (among others) Chants Cider, which it seems Jon drove right past. Paul even runs a Victorian apple press, by hand. He has Sleeping cider, Singing cider and fighting cider, one of which is called Badgers Snot

[@PhillipBicknell]

Scumble - cider made from 'mostly apples' by Nanny Ogg on Discworld. Proper cider - made from apples, slightly cloudy, at least 6% ABV, no fruit flavours, not called 'hard cider', smells a bit weird. I started my 'drinking career' at the last Bulmers tied-house in the country, three choices: Sweet, Medium, Dry. Although there was also Hand Grenade - a cocktail of Special Cellar and Bulmers No.7 - yes, I did over-imbibe - once!

[@joepowell7750]

Lived in Bath, Midsomer Norton and Peasedown. Fun fact, Roald Dahl (of all people) used to be a delivery driver for a paraffin company in Peasedown.

[@nidostar2013]

I thought it just rained heavily there!! 😂

[@marshallluddite]

We had Treacle mines like this Nuneaton also, it improved things there

[@stephenyates962]

Never knew what Babycham was, until today. Thanks Jon, another fwickedsweetawesome video. Also, 'should have got a cat' 😂

[@harrygatto]

Back in the day a brandy and Babycham was the most effective leg opener.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Its currently out in its pallet load in Morrisons on the corner of the drinks aisle. Although who buys it nowadays who knows.

[@antonycharnock2993]

@@harrygatto You charmer 😂

[@Gordanovich02]

Babycham was my introduction to alcoholic beverages. Swiftly followed by Diamond White cider. Despite this I grew up to be a mostly-responsible adult.

[@nidostar2013]

The equivalent in France is called “poirée” and is very popular. Served up in corked champagne bottles it is described as “the champagne of Normandy”. Surprised Showerings haven’t promoted Babycham more in recent years.

[@travelcampervansandmore]

Jack and Jill went up the hill. The hill is near Radstock at Kilmersdon.

[@drecklydave9594]

And if we believe the story, I'm married to a descendant of Jill. I don't, however. It's ridiculous to suggest one would go up a hill to find water. It was probably a cover story for the shenanigans they got up to. It's even possible Jill was really Gill; a male. Oh, mother!

[@twocvbloke]

Imagine, someone making a presentation about turning that castle into some sort of business venture, and the slideshow starting off with "Nunney; A Business"... :P (you have to say it to get it!)

[@antonycharnock2993]

Groan... 😂

[@David_Crayford]

Bank Managers tend to have a very dry sense of humour. Next.

[@joefitz7972]

John is one of the best presenters - always correct, pronounces stuff the right way and finds some awesome little places! Thank you John!

[@alantheskinhead]

My 91 year old mum still has a collection of Babysham "deer and glasses" that were collected in the 1970's from various nightclubs! Apparently early ones are quite collectible (by the bin man I presume)

[@mellendegenerate]

Lived, worked, studied and/or drew up in every place in this video. Proper good watch.

[@speleokeir]

Fairie cave: I'm one of those people who have been down there. It's a nice little cave. The Mendips are full of caves and was where caving and cave diving took off as hobbies with the world's first caving clubs being located there. Nunney Castle is also the name of a GWR Castle class 4-6-0 steam engine.

[@jeneral-jeff8402]

I’ve been down a few too, namely Goat Church and Swildons cave

[@GreatGizmo74]

Sunday has now officially started!

[@cheekychappy1234]

I can't believe you didn't cover Peasedown St John, otherwise known as Pissdown as it's on a ridge. You could have covered both the Co-Op AND the Tesco Express which was built on the site of an abandoned petrol station.

[@FLEAKEEPER14]

You mean Upper Wellow? 😂

[@nervo6321]

As someone from East Yorkshire who has spent many years cutting through Bath I would describe it as eerie but beautiful.

[@wessexdruid7598]

1:59 - The then just closed railway line, used to take the coal, was the location in 1952 for the Ealing Comedy 'The Titfield Thunderbolt', between Camerton, through Midford and to Monkton Combe (Titfield Station, in the film) and Limpley Stoke.

[@kevinrayner5812]

I wondered why that didn't get a mention. If you are interested there is a video about all the locations of the Titfield Thunderbolt film. I will have to look it up. I remember going on the S&D railway and could believe what I was seeing when I saw coal mines in Somerset. I thought coal mines in Kent was strange enough.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@kevinrayner5812 Nowadays, the S&D line tunnels out of Bath (to Midford) include the longest cyclepath tunnel in Europe. Terrier55Stepney has a channel with several looks at what was there then - and now - for the film. It probably didn't get a mention because he's too young... 🙂

[@kevinrayner5812]

@@wessexdruid7598 I saw that one but I can't find the one I was thinking of. There is also this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqm5opqOadxoi7M These 2 have a whole series on walking closed railway lines.

[@DadBod3000]

This is really cool. I grew up in Peasedown and now live in Coleford. My great grandad was a minor and was involved in the work that produced the volcano. What a claim to fame 🙈

[@johnrubber1144]

I never know what to expect on Sunday except you will always bring a smile to my face. Thanks.

[@ross1701]

Another belter from the master of sarky and deadpan.

[@JohnWatkinsUK]

The volcano was a regular sight when as a child I would go to Great Mills with my dad on a Saturday for weekend DIY trips. You also missed the wonderful Charlton Viaduct that was maybe 200m from where you were filming the Babysham segment!

[@cefnonn]

That's interesting about Babycham being from Somerset. I didn't know the stuff was still being made.

[@MichaelAbbott-sl2di]

Wicked sweet awesome as ever John. Thank you, Sunday complete. ❤

[@roderickmain9697]

Frome: IIRC, the hometown of one Jenson Button who drove an F1 car through the streets of the town - possibly to celebrate becoming World Champion in 2009.

[@tobymcnicol922]

theres a bridge named after him. shockingly its called Jenson Button Bridge....

[@nakchAk]

I live in the shadow of the batch (Somerset volcano) you got lucky when filming, that the local youth hadn't added a phallus to it in white paint

[@UnitSe7en]

Ahh, the gang treadmill. The penultimate Australian convict team-building exercise.

[@rjc0234]

I have been watching a lot of your videos recently, and they are amazing. They take that true and tested TV formula of visiting interesting places. But instead of the people on TV going "That's amazing!!!" at everything, you give us a good honest "WTF was that we all just saw". A winning combination.

[@jeneral-jeff8402]

Camerton also has a large batch similar to that of Old Mills. But it’s covered in pine trees. The reason being, pine trees grew fast and true, so that they could be used in the old mines as props. Plus the roots kept the slag heap or batch from subsiding and also hid the mess. On top of the Camerton heap is the remains of the old hut where the bloke at the top would throw the slag down. My grandad has a few stories where he went up there on the old carts. Luv me Somerset I does.

[@TheMirrorGuy]

The 'Volcano' has been a landmark for years, as a child I always called the slag heap a 'volcano'.

[@JamesHardiman99]

Babycham ... didn't know it was still going! ❤

[@michaelaFlangee]

excellent work as usual. I am now deep in thought as to why Sarah Millican has named her private parts after a derelict castle

[@cpuuk]

Great to see you made an effort to be away with the Fairies.

[@tims9434]

So much information packed into this one. Its clear that there's more to Somerset than just cider and cheese after all. Thanks Jon

[@antonycharnock2993]

Clarks Shopping Village in Street? Oh btw Glastonbury is rubbish. The town and festival. Cheddar Gorge is quite impressive though.

[@thetimelord999]

Bath and frome are in Somerset Jon! Great Video as usual

[@21michaelhill]

Not in the 1923 Michelin Guide Book

[@Sarge084]

I've collected lorry loads of cider from Shepton Mallet and I've arrived at a theory: There's more cider coming out than apples going in. Make of that what you will! The other large producer in Shepton Mallet is Brothers who make a variety of odd flavoured ciders, that some might suggest didn't involve apples! They also make WKD for the company based in Gloucester that markets the drinks. The drive from Shepton Mallet to Bristol along the A38 with 44 tonnes of truck is an interesting, and often arse clenching, journey!

[@TwinPotMan]

Are we to deduce from your inference then, that an alternative source of golden coloured liquid is being used? If so, you must be one of a very few people who're actually paid to take the pi$$!

[@tims9434]

They mostly use apple juice from concentrate in ciders these days. Your best bet are the craft ones and independent producers who still use apples. Dutch Barn Vodka is made from apples

[@nikskin30]

I hate to be that guy but I’m sure you mean the A37. Awful road.

[@Vtarngpb]

@@nikskin30 welcome to pedantry corner! 🤓

[@antonycharnock2993]

Thatchers is my preferred Somerset cider

[@HYUKLDER1]

Have had to buy in a load of Babycham sparkling perry for the pear cider lovers now!

[@billb207]

8:26 A cool photo of Carley floats being made. They were made and used during the Second Minor Disagreement, but were rapidly overtaken by synthetic rubber rafts once this became cheap to make.

[@mooglesmodelrailways]

The volcano, childhood memories of climbing that a few times back in the 1980s with my cousins who lived in Midsomer Norton. Would get back to their house looking like a group of miners, black head to toe! Used to go up to the disused station too which is now the Somerset and Dorset preservation railways headquarters. Happy days.

[@wendymitchell4004]

Brilliant narration of my neck of the woods 😊

[@julianfoster3443]

Ah the county of my childhood at last (still have a great fondness for Somerset even though these days I live the other side of the planet). Doesn’t feel like this is the best of the county though. Surely there will be another episode including Cheddar Gorge, Glastonbury Tor and some of the coast? For example Weston-super-mare (or Weston super mud as we used to call it!). Lots of beautiful spots round there. Even the Hinkley Point nuclear power stations are here!

[@NathanEllisBodi]

I lived in glasto and then later in Crewkerne. Unfortunately my head was in a bit of a state and was too far up my own arse to appreciate what wonderful sights and discoveries were dotted all around me. Life eh?

[@jasperfk]

From a local: I can confirm we call it ‘The Batch’. You can climb up it, good views off the top on a clear day!

[@antonycharnock2993]

Looks like a good sledging spot in the winter. We use our local spoil heaps for the same purpose

[@kevinrayner5812]

@@antonycharnock2993 A Somerset vocano is even better than the Beckton Alps.

[@KOL630]

Are you allowed to climb it then? I’ve often seen it and wondered!

[@jasperfk]

@ yeah, it’s pretty steep to get up though. There’s another one opposite side of Tesco where kids dig out mountain bike jumps!

[@desloader2252]

The Somerset volcano as you call it is within the Parish of Paulton, not in Midsomer Norton.

[@Paul-Genge]

Fricken sweet awesome!

[@jacobfoster6773]

One of the depots for the company whom I work for is visible at 3:44. Also on your way to nunney castle at the catch roundabout is an old little chef building, has been many reincarnations over the years and I way have worked there for a short period back in 2022.

[@GavinColbourne]

4:50 was also used on many occasions a filming location for BBC's Casualty

[@YanalFanio]

The mood here is everything!

[@vibingwithvinyl]

Go away bot

[@antonycharnock2993]

You need to get a cat

[@paulboyle6857]

On the Bradford-on Avon side of Bath there is a famous climb(for cyclists) called Brassknocker Hill.A former female friend from that area called it Big Knocker Hill............! Bath also the start on several occasions of the RAC Rally & in recent years a retro has been held.Also the northern terminus of the the wonderful Somerset & Dorset railway. Nothing much in Somerset..........how about Cheddar Gorge & the Porlock Toll Rd to name but two?!!

[@iangrice329]

Bloody hell that Babysham ad took me back. 😂

[@tonysadler5290]

I don't know why, but I always find your videos fascinating. Thank you John.🎉

[@blisteringbarnaclesmagnets6364]

Brilliant video have a fabulous week my friend ⚓️👍🧲

[@smartmart1958]

Nearly 60 years ago as a special treat I would be allowed a glass of Babycham on special occasions. Maybe that's why I have never been a big drinker 😂

[@jonmarshall1502]

“It’s all in the name” another great episode that had me scrambling through google maps looking for all this interesting sh”te.

[@wntr2980]

hello John, I'd just like to remind you that the Midlands exist and despite Birminghams existence it can be a beautiful and interesting place

[@LiamMargary]

Awesome video, thanks for giving my hone town MSN some credit lol! You could have mentioned the mysterious long barrow burial site at PSJ. Estimated to be built around 3000BC!

[@Bhong666]

Brilliant stuff, not everyday I see a video starting in my birthplace and ending in the town I currently live in. Never knew Babycham was from Shepton, thank you! I always preferred Cherry B though. 🤣

[@wormon3626]

Sad too see panel plant closed remember going in there and feeling ground shake as presses worked

[@insertusernamehere6025]

Somerset Volcano? If it’s a spoil heap from mining you’re interested in, head to North Warwickshire and check out the Nuneaton Nipple! Almost forgot to mention; another great video, thanks for the hard work creating and sharing. Keep up the good work.

[@Supposedlyimrightwingnow]

"and it's free entry..GOOD!"😂

[@davidbarnsley8486]

We did a day trip to bath when we did our England holiday ten years ago And we went in the bath in bath it was great 😂😂

[@barbaraprest783]

Very enjoyable thank you 🎉🎉

[@timecircuits88]

If you like old mills, you should definitely pay a visit to Wellington, where you'll find Tonedale Mills. The place is huge and magnificent. As it's fenced off and protected by security don't go to the main entrance (Weavers Reach), go down Burchills Hill (lane) and go into Fox's Field, you'll get the best and most impressive view of the mill. It is derelict, and there are those who are fighting for its preservation.

[@j.b.w.]

Jon gives it to us straight, like a pear cider made from 100% pears.

[@cogsnbanjo]

About 30 years ago I managed to drag my mountain bike up to the top of the Paulton Volcano. I was with friends and it was a bit of bravado because they were chickening out. The side of the Volcano was so steep that I had to stick the handlebar end into the dirt and use it as an icepick to drag myself up. I then proceeded with the descent which was terrifying, especially trying to stop at the bottom. The crazy thing is that I repeated the process a few weeks later. On the second go my wheels got caught in a rut. How I stayed on the bike is anyone's guess but I did. I knew then that I was lucky not to crash and get seriously injured. I never attempted it again.

[@jonathangriffin1120]

A guy I worked with forty years ago rode a 650 BSA up to the top of Old Mills batch. He freely admitted coming back down was the scariest part. My late dad worked at Fairy Cave quarry from just after WW II to the early seventies. when it was working it was twice as deep as it is now, some of the old spoil batches were used to backfill it up to it's present level.

[@RussellGeorge67]

There are loads of batches left in the area. At least 20 or 30. If you look around you can see loads of pointy hills, but all except the Paulton Volcano are covered in Ash and Sycamore trees..

[@RussellGeorge67]

I have no idea why that's the only one no trees have grown on but I do wonder what's in it. Probably something nasty.

[@LordClunk]

Since listening to the Smith and Sniff podcast, Bath will forever now be known as Bath/Bath.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Speaking as a local ex-Northerner - I have a bahth before I go to Barth.

[@tobyjackman3212]

I went to school in Midsomer Norton &, incredibly, cracking jokes about the slag heap is _still_ the best thing to do there

[@rileyuktv6426]

It’s free entry - Good 😂

[@doctorwalex]

It's so cool that you also have a fascination with abandoned quarries and buildings.

[@bryansmith1920]

Hi John thank you again for keeping my facial muscles from withering away, I think having Scrolled all the down almost, to the Bottom of the comments, That you and I are the only ones, that have a dark-side too our humour, Because your comment @ 7:02ish made me laugh, making full use of the vlog I'd call it🤔

[@nigelhudson1948]

In the days of your guidebook Bath had some substantial manufacturing industry, check out Stothert and Pitt for instance. It was also the home to Plasticene.

[@davidking9707]

That was another great video. Well done sir :D

[@Kx0195]

These videos make my day when they drop.

[@MrKpsuk84]

I've been to Bath and it's very nice

[@SuperRobertwillis]

It must be the research you do to make it so interesting John 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@89turbo1]

Had to look to see what I had just ate. That ad was a damm acid trip.

[@pauldupre2269]

Love your chat John ❤

[@Jimmer93]

Ah, my neck of the woods! I actually did some filming in Fairy Cave quarry myself a couple of years ago! My mum used to drink Babycham! Tbh, I didn't realise they still made the stuff, but apparently they do, although I think it might have been a fairly recent relaunch. Driven past the 5 arches a few times, sadly unlikely to ever see trains again. The Heritage operation at Midsomer on the old SDJR can't realistically extend North. Silver Street has been raised and widened a lot since the railway used to cross it. Problem is extending south is a BIG problem as well as there's a bloody great infill where a large cutting and one end of a tunnel used to be! And yeah, there really isn't a lot to see here in Frome, other than it being old and having been used as a filming location on various things over the years, most recently doubling as Truro in Poldark! 😂

[@MultiVogon]

Well that takes me down memory lane, being a westcountry boy. Used to climb at FC quarry many years ago. Also there used to be a giant Chamonix(?) babycham logo by the road under the footbridge behind you in the shot of the babycham buildings. I also have an old booklet of "day and half day drives from bath" called The Quiet Road which would be right up your street. I reckon ;-) Cost 2s6d apparently (probably 50p in a charity shop when I bought it years ago).

[@leegriffin1584]

Hey, I'd lurve a Babycham. Interesting section on the canal, I look forward to you visiting the series of locks in London known as the Bow Locks.

[@90vanman]

To stop the ribald humour it is now usually known as Twelvetrees industrial

[@hallmossman954]

To make Sundays even more exciting. I play the "disagreement" drinking game.

[@john07973]

Good stuff 👍

[@ianhalsall-fox]

Oooh, you were on my manor! You chould have popped in for a brew, I live off Beechen Cliff!

[@malcolm-v8w]

Thanks for this weeks content from my village @ Peasedown and further south to the coal tip volcano. Much more to include [Two Tunnels] etc. Welcome to call in anytime.

[@pamcullen537]

I am now on a nostalgic mission to find Babycham and re-live old memories- ahh 🤫

[@freesaxon6835]

Another great video, wife loves babysham , Fun fact it was created as a marketing ploy to basically rebrand cider

[@keithposter5543]

0:57 - LOLZ!

[@DanielleWhite]

The coal mining waste term is an interesting difference between UK and US English. I grew up in the old Anthracite mining region of Pennsylvania where large piles of it dotted the area. The material was called culm and the mountains of it remaining were culm dumps out, less often, culm piles.

[@Gordanovich02]

Culm is a wee bit close to another word...