Reliant Fox - Beach Hunting in mid-Wales

[@simonbarnwell7787]

Of all the cars you have owned and showcased this is the one which i covet the most , it will sadly never be repeated as a simple , practical fully hand built little mechanic friendly British vehicle design .

[@grenvillephillips6998]

To fully enjoy Wales in the rain, you really need have some squashed cheese and tomato sandwiches wrapped in the waxed paper the Wonder Loaf came in. Washing it down with some stewed tea from a Thermos flask, completes the connoiseur's touch.

[@neilrose8618]

X.ellent so much memories so vivid ,please stay safe, Ian needs his support ... stay safe .... please enjoy xms and new year .... poor Ian may suffer . All his supporters inundating him at a meet ...... please,let it happen ...2021...

[@neilrose8618]

Yes let us all enjoy Wales as should be .... .. ......in reverance...... gods Hmmmmmm ok play ground

[@gazzertrn]

Happy days .

[@SuperCanuck777]

I'll remember to do that one if i am successful in my current bid on a Fox fleabay i want to tour wales .

[@arthurfarrow]

I assume the three-legged chair can be sat upon by those who only have a motorcycle license. :-)

[@anthonyfmoss]

Absolutely loved that video dear Hub Nut.. For over 10 years my family and I stayed in Penbryn on holiday. All those places you visited were our regular haunts. So enjoyed taking the drive with you today. Brought back lovely memories. Showed my wife and daughter some of our favourite places as well. Marvellous!

[@markpirateuk]

Loving the driving noises, brings back happy memories of my 1977 Kitten, wish I still had it!

[@dieselbushcraft1299]

The sound of Foxanne brings back childhood memories of my fathers Regal, it’s a great little vehicle get her MOT’d 😃

[@ronaldbentley7180]

what a lovely runout, and a nice little advert for the delights of coastal Wales, thanks for posting

[@macgvrs]

Very nice. Reminds me of the our trips to Maine in the US. The roads there are not, for the most part, as narrow as the ones you were traveling but it had the same feel of traveling the coastal roads and seeing the ocean from time to time as you traveled. Of course there are many little spots where there are small beaches and inlets along with some very nice harbors with their collection of fishing boats. We enjoy our trips to Maine which sadly, due to Covid, we have not been able to do for quite some time. Thanks for the trip along the coast of Wales. A very pretty place.

[@allanwinter4991]

Ahh, the memories of driving in fogged up cars as was the norm in my earlier days.

[@jurivlk5433]

Fogged up cars found an end when I had my first Honda! The 1978 models and earlier not only had a defrost function for the windscreen but there was a really clever system to blow the air into the doors and enjoy marvelously defogger side windows!!! A feature that many cars don't have today, I think!

[@iangrice329]

I'm just glad we finally got air con in this country, makes demisting a breeze.

[@millomweb]

@@jurivlk5433 They tend to have vents at the extreme ends of the dash pointing directly at the side windows in a fixed unblockable position.

[@millomweb]

Reminds me of a 41 mile journey I once made going home after overnighting at a friend's for New Year - so it was wintery but not too bad. I was in an old VW Jetta. Set off, out of his drive, turned right, down a little dip and up the other side. Turned out the 'little dip' was more literal than planned. Of the 4 cylinders, I was down to 2 and despite being a slight uphill gradient, the car was not accelerating in first gear despite my best efforts to coax power out of the engine by balancing throttle and choke. 15 Miles later, I was off unfamiliar local twisty roads. I was now managing to make progress in third gear but not really sure how many cylinders were adding effort to the progress, could have been 3 or four but the power level was still terrible. Bombing downhill along the bypass, I used 4th gear and from there the rest of the homeward journey, I used fourth but had to change down for any hint of acceleration or hill-climbing ability Using the heater to demist the windscreen was less important than keeping the heat? in the engine to dry it out ! The engine was still not performing well when I got home but the next time it was used it had properly dried out.

[@jurivlk5433]

@@millomweb The Honda was much more sophisticated! It had vents in the front doors! Very luxurious!

[@profrumpo]

What a splendid mystery tour that was, some stunningly beautiful beaches and delightful coastal Welsh villages. Plus Foxanne got a chance to stretch her tyres. Quite the relaxing treat, many thanks.

[@davidweaver516]

Ahhh Fox Anne my favourite one of the fleet...looking forward to seing you "in a future video" 😍

[@jasonjesson9742]

Wales definitely needs to be explored more. A day under an umbrella with a flask of tea - very British!!

[@aslandama]

Loved it, Wales is as beautiful as anywhere you've been.

[@___Steinn___]

Thanks for bringing us along! 2020 wasn't the best year for people who love to travel and see new places. Welsh seaside towns are beautiful! 👍

[@davidflamee]

Wales. It becomes apparent why the place is so much loved. Thanks for reminding me. Well done. Not least of all Foxanne., for this memorable trip out.

[@andrew1479]

Reminds me of "bombing" round Cornish lanes near the other Newquay! Also made me think that Foxanne would have been the ideal vehicle for Postman Pat's round.

[@seancooke4127]

She certainly didn't scream any more than the Post Office Morris Marina and Ital vans of the same period as FoxAnn. You could always hear the Postman coming before you could see him.

[@paulkirby5479]

Royal mail did try out the regal van. Needless to say, with weight in the back , they became very light at the front.

[@seancooke4127]

@@paulkirby5479 I remember in the 70s my Aunt and Uncle lived down a lane about a mile long and Donald the Postman came in a Post Office Land Rover. Series 3 I think and it was the cleanest, shiniest Land Rover that I had ever seen.

[@torresalex]

That was a very pleasant tour of mid-Wales. Thanks for that, I love rural Britain and miss it terribly.

[@MattBrownbill]

Thanks for that lovely tour round. Paving slab in the boot will help traction and soften the ride. My pickup felt much more like a car when it was full of logs!

[@Tmuk2]

Just what I needed after a very bad day stuck at home. Thanks Mr Hubnut

[@WarriorRazor]

Myself and my partner love doing what you've just done here, exploring Wales and finding all sorts of beauty-spots, we haven't been able to go to Wales this year thanks to current year arguments but we will be sure to explore the places you've been today, thanks, Ian!

[@KiwiStag74]

My friend, you live in an absolutely beautiful country. So many of those beaches and roads reminded me of the rural villages here where you were a year ago.....except over here, the narrower ones would be unsealed, adding an extra dimension to the 'tail out' experience! Many thanks for being an Ambassador / Tour Guide for us who have never been there. One day, maybe.....hopefully! Again - simply beautiful landscapes, Ian. You cannot beat mother nature for an artist's touch, can you?

[@jellyjellz]

thanks for the video, i lived in Fishguard for 8 years and spent many days just driving around the back lanes. any plans to go exploring around St Davids or Milford Haven ? would make a grand day out .

[@Bicyclehub]

Really great to see Foxanne out on a pleasure drive. she's really good for this sort of thing I think. I like the sound of the engine, the colour and the HubNut logo. Looking forward to the return of Foxanne in the New Year.

[@michaeljohnson9421]

Misty windscreen tip: if you polish the windscreen with shaving foam, it acts as a pretty good demister. The effect doesn't last for ever, but it's cheaper than the demister liquid Halfords etc sell.

[@williamross2579]

Thankyou Ian I needed this, I really miss wandering the obscure roads of Yorkshire and Devon in my Moggie... cheered me right up

[@grayfool]

Lovely. What a great little thatched cottage. I would definately love to have a place like that now I'm retired. Very nice.

[@tonycox5625]

Thanks for the ride out Ian. Hope you and Miss Hubnut and the little nutters have a great Christmas.😊

[@Hanzilla75]

Thank you for the tour Ian, the nature and landscape in your part of the world is beautiful. I wish I had spent more time in Wales in the 14 years I lived in the UK. Hopefully I can make it back there one day if we are ever able to travel again. I would love to drive from bay to bay and see all the little villages and towns there are in Wales. Cool to see the Fox out too, its a real oddball car. I have only ever seen 1 of these before in Maidenhead back in the late eighties.

[@robmidwales8513]

Daisy and I parked the 2cv at Aberporth a couple of weeks ago, bussed up to Newquay and walked back, dolphins and even a peregrine cruising the cliffs. Tee shirt weather then! Cheers!

[@adrianellis6902]

Mate your just so human, and i thank you for that, made me smile, and your cars are just cars, honest every last one of em, and you and family also, are just honest, and that also makes me smile, thanks mate, just a damm good video, take care.

[@gavinf367]

Love the sound of the Reliant engine, brings back memories of being in my late Dad’s Robin’s and Rialto’s, good times! Ian, it would be great to see you drive a Reliant 3 wheeler at some point.

[@chriswalford9228]

Ian, a new review phrase needs coining for the windscreen condensation, to go with the triangle of doom. I propose " The rectangle of death"

[@alanworkman3040]

Smearavision. Or letterbox driving.

[@sabdensam9587]

More so if your riding a motorcycle. Its called " Sorry I killed you but I couldn't be arsed to clear the windsreen " Just a thought.!

[@neilwalsh4058]

@@sabdensam9587 police are not too fond of it either. I got stopped in my Fiat 128 3p by a copper coming towards me after I'd done a half cut job with an ice scraper one freezing morning rushing to work. He passed me, hooked his Metro round and gave me the blues before explaining about the importance of 'having full vision thro front and side windows before embarking on a journey in a motor vehicle'. He didn't book me or even give me a producer, just a ticking off and watched whilst I got the vehicle to his satisfactory standard. I was 18 years old, 10 mins late for work, got docked ¼ hour but lesson learnt. Never done it since and the massive improvements in heating and ventilation plus heated screen really helps. It's a dangerous game and same if your screens misted up.

[@ramdonice]

I had to do the midas course when I was a volunteer minibus driver for the disabled, back when I didn't have a job and felt useless and had to do something useful and worthwhile doing.

[@PHAER]

And once again, as it happend on many other hubnut videos, feeling like I really wanna visit Wales one day! Imagine if that was done on a sunny blue sky day!! Thanks for the tour!

[@MrRocksoil]

Now that was one of your best videos yet,in my humble opinion

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

Ken Block? Pah, this is where it's at. Marvelous trip, I miss those quaint little coastal spots.

[@ruawhitepaw]

This video speaks to my heart, because I love driving around exploring and seeing where I end up! And you're driving around in such a beautiful place, I wish I could do the same.

[@langerstrains9460]

Nice tail sliding and wheel spinning from Fox Anne.. defiantly Foxy, nice noise from that engine and gearbox. Wales looks so nice a little damp but thank you for taking us for a ride out. HubNut running.. I had to chuckle

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Definitely one of your best sight seeing videos. I love all those little roads and bays, very pretty, even in the moody weather. Foxanne did well. Excellent 😊

[@jean-pierrejameselsener7049]

Ah the Fox. My longtime favourite of the ever expanding Hubnut fleet. 😍

[@plym1969]

I know I've said this before but I love these type of videos. Great views with great commentary. A nice nod to a year ago when we were all enjoying your drives around NZ. Loved it ☺️

[@Thecrazyvaclav]

I've just watched 25 minutes of a bloke driving around Wales with a misted up windscreen so we couldn't see out of. You broke the law as well by saying reliant scimitar, without saying "princess Anne had one of those"

[@brianiswrong]

I fully agree The misted windscreen I can live with,but leaving out princess Ann while mentioning the scimitar should be a prisonable offence.

[@johncollymore1697]

@@brianiswrong Excellent comments!

[@TomvdVeen]

Hubnut running that alone deserves a thumbs up!!

[@daniellee9015]

Omg wales is so beautiful ❤️

[@donnageorge-henderson5419]

Yay, Foxanne stretches her pins 😍 70mph in the Bond Bug is damn scary!! Cool thatched roof cottage 😎 great beaches

[@StevesMachines]

I've flown my microlight into Aberporth Airfield, lovely reception from.the operators there, tea and biscuits all round :)

[@AndreiTupolev]

I love the courage and optimism in going for a lengthy drive in a car that you have to hold the choke out with a spanner

[@lawrencehomer5682]

Excellent video....very clever...Good mix of Fox action with parts of the Welsh coast . Perfect combination

[@tnticesp]

Thank you for the mini tour...... enjoyed it

[@robbieelvin4951]

I think I need to visit mid-Wales someday, looks beautiful.

[@robinwells8879]

That was great fun for you, me and Foxanne I think. I have missed her. Proper gorgeous scenery with what looks much like temperate rainforest.

[@LarryBees]

good beach tour +emusion paint holding out !!. All the best with MOT

[@markpitt5248]

Me and my partner do this in Minty (our 2001 VW Polo) along the Somerset and Devon coast, even better is Cornwall where you find these little coves. Great to see Foxanne having a good run.

[@caw25sha]

Minty! 😆

[@julianmoreau3281]

Love to watch these road trips through Wales. I loved to do it in 2018 on my vacations, hope to come again someday

[@iainmackenzie3704]

Love your out and about vids Ian. 1 year later in different climes!

[@JPF90374]

Nice to see some fun Fox action again plus some ideas for exploration next year.

[@jim.m75]

Bloody hell that demister would drive me up the wall! Gotta love the fox though, what a gem :)

[@HubNut]

The main feed hose has developed splits, which doesn't help!

[@volvo480]

@@HubNut gaffer tape! :)

[@johnpatton6576]

Yet all the time the demister was sitting right there on his head!

[@andrewentwistle515]

What a great video. It is nice to see Foxanne be taken for a final ride of 2020 by going to see some lovely South Wales beaches.😃👍

[@skodakatie7341]

I enjoyed the drive out in cute little Foxann, great scenery in those parts, I guess it is beautiful in summertime!!.

[@Imacomingtoo]

Lovely video many thanks, made my day even in the rain Wales still looks like paradise

[@theophilusthistler5885]

A felt whiteboard eraser is quite effective removing condensation from the inner windshield. I use to have several in the glove box when I had my '81 Commodore.

[@glennfairclough4899]

Part of your journey was very reminiscent of trip along the Atlantic west coast of Southern Ireland during the summer ... Both looking beautiful.

[@NHSEE]

Ian that was one of the best films you have done. Love wales to start with but traveling around in a rare little reliant made it even more enjoyable. Already looking forward to more Fox anne in a future film.

[@colsparky651]

Love it . Use what you got to start it . Awsome job

[@nigelrudd670]

Nice video foxann 👍🤓 happy Christmas mr nut 🤓👍

[@alansimpson835]

Hubnut goes to the seaside. Probably the right choice of vehicle given the the galvanised chassis and fibreglass body. Always impressed by how revvy Foxanne's little engine is

[@johnlladron735]

Thanks for another video Ian. A welcome update on one of your more entertaining fleet members.

[@chrisbury4635]

Enjoyed the Hubnut tour, be great to see more when things allow !

[@iangrice329]

It's started to rain back to the car, ah the memories of most UK holidays.

[@TheGibby3340]

Welsh country side and over steer! A very appealing combination. The translucent windshield upping the adrenaline factor. Cheers 👍

[@martinneumann7783]

Nice trip at the coast of Wales. Never been there (physically). Thanks for showing me this part of paradise...

[@persevere777]

On sale now , hubnut beanies that also double as an inner windscreen wiper!

[@thomashorn919]

My favorite part of the UK in my favorite Hubnut vehicle! Top Drawer!

[@Ratty_Rex]

Wow...... A great Grand Tour of some of Wales hidden treasures of beaches...... in a great Grand Tourer..... (?!) Ticks all the boxes for a fantastic video. Bit of tinkering, driving, history of the car and very entertaining. Thank you Ian. :)

[@geoffgreenhalgh3553]

Brilliant, that motor likes to rev. We have stayed at LLanrannog many times, Pentre Arms, The Ship and a rented house. It is a beautiful part of the world. We travel in from Manchester.

[@niklaswejedal463]

Very nice to get to see parts of Wales I never knew about before!

[@michaeltutty1540]

What a great day out. I love the chance to follow the nose of the car and see where we land. Just beautiful! It is funny. For some reason the captions are on using KZbin on my phone. Every time you stopped talking as Foxanne was accelerating, the caption would say [Music]. How appropriate!

[@bjk6994]

Best episode in quite sometime

[@MapleMarmite]

That’s one thing I do miss about the UK - drives like this around narrow lanes and stopping off for lunch at a chippy. Eating it in the car whilst admiring the view and steaming up the windows even more. It will be nice to see Foxanne all sorted for runs out next year. Get Miss Hubnut and her fibreglass skills onto the front panel, too. A cab back panel would be a nice find to give her some pickup truck adventures, too. No doubt scarce and expensive, though.

[@steveburn8125]

Ian, I do love Fox-anne she’s definitely my favourite of your “classic keepers” I actually remember my dad borrowing his mates Reliant Kitten, (don’t remember why!) but do remember the roads in the highlands up and down steep hills, I loved the car it seemed pretty nippy had no problem up the hills, great little engines when running right. Oh and ironically, my dads mate was called.......Robin 😊

[@sweyne6710]

Great little Fox and a great little beach tour. Thank you Mr. H.

[@mistergerf]

When the Fox is in first gear the CC says "Music" ... awesome!

[@alanparis7256]

Ian. Great Video. Love the rally driving as you often say LESS IS MORE !!!!

[@clarkmills35]

Having listened to Foxanne during this epic little outing, I am more convinced that the sound engineers on the original production of Postman Pat used the Fox soundtrack to bring life to Pats van when he was on the move. :D Thanks Ian for the trip out. I only wish I had the space and the budget to have something as much fun as Foxanne or Elly to go and forget the world in. :)

[@ianbird4737]

A more long legged rear axle sounds like an excellent idea. Less revvy, less wheel spin. Another job to add to the list.

[@pjclark8624]

Great episode, Hubnut goes rallying!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

In the late 1990s we stayed in a caravan site in Llangrannog. Somewhere in the area we stumbled across an old garage with the world's rustiest Morris Isis disintegrating outside it, wonder if it's still there?? 👍 It was also in Llang that we had the second worst fish and chips we've ever experienced :)

[@timbre7999]

Really like the Fox dashboard, reminds me of landrovers. Having Volvo seats must be a bonus.

[@pagegreer5081]

Some one complained you by crappy cars. But those are the most interesting and the mighty dacha was great. A d isn't that the point of the HubNut channel.

[@davidfos84]

Reminds me of my haven Jersey, so many places where you can just drive onto the beach.

[@paulwatts2192]

Brilliant video, Hoping 2021 will better when when you can take Foxann out for a tour in the sunshine.

[@H4lminator]

Far out! Personally this could be the nicest video of the year. HubNut exploring Wales in a rubbish car, it could't be better! It is also nice to see mid Wales. I've been to Wales twice, but it was to Snowdonia (which is the most beautiful place on earth).

[@bondbug73]

So good to see Foxanne out and about having a good run out. Nice tour and video. 👍

[@garywillcox2286]

Hi Ian, Such diverse video's this year (DUKW, P76, Horopito Motors, Duzgu, V8 Ute, Mental Health, Betty, City Rover, Delica, Kei Cars and as per the 70's KTel Christmas ads "Many,Many More"). Thanks for keeping us thoroughly entertained in what has been a very weird year. After emigrating to Australia nearly 20 years ago, I definitely don't miss driving in the cold and rain with a windscreen that continuously fogged up (last vehicle being a S3 Landie) but I do miss the awesome countryside. Hope you, Miss Hubnut and the Hubnutters all have a lovely Christmas and New Year despite the COVID restrictions. Here's to more wacky, interesting, innuendo laden video's in 2021

[@MrMarshalbeej]

Good to see you enjoying one of you cars

[@TheShinyShow]

Defo getting covid fatigue, this video was good for that. We're not allowed to leave our council areas just now so can't go any drives beyond to the shop.

[@frothe42]

Phenomenal video! Some of these small towns and villages reminded me of Doc Martin, one of many of my favourite programmes from the UK 🇬🇧! The beaches look absolutely stunning! Now, Foxann loses traction due to no weight in the rear cargo Area. A couple of hundred kilograms of sandbags would help, although fuel mileage would suffer. Have Miss HubNut make a list 📃 for you of all the items needed to put Foxann proper, as she deserves it. Many here in the US 🇺🇸 are suffering Pandemic fatigue as well, therefore the vast number of infections and deaths have made this country tops of the list of the most deadly of developed countries. Even I have been afraid to travel any great distance, so your road trips, as well as Pete C's road trips, have made it so much more bearable, living vicariously through both of you gentlemen! Happy Christmas Sir HubNut!

[@frothe42]

I forgot to add we have been having your kind of weather, so I feel like I am either in Ireland 🇮🇪 or the UK 🇬🇧. Major 🌨 storm coming over night with 12"-20" possible by tomorrow. Ugh.

[@ginggur17]

Beautiful scenery

[@terabyte1695]

"once again wales is wales",foxanne is great,give her some luv.

[@jibjab351]

Reliants always seem to steam is, not sure if it because of the fibreglass? or they just leak? I have had a Regal,2 Robins and a Scimitar GTE and all 3 steamed up like a sauna. The heaters tend to be rubbish which doesnt help.