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[@hawaii2k]

Watching this in 2022 is such an acid trip. Like what the heck did we just go through.

[@MrPete81]

Having only just recovered from covid after evading it for 2.5yrs, it's insane! Feels like we only just finished 2019 and now we're on the run up to 2023!

[@FallenMuse81]

@@MrPete81 so far my inner family of 3 hasn't had covid. "Knocks on wood"

[@Dwright2020]

Bullshit is what we went through

[@EliteAgent51]

Hello from 2024. WTF were the last 4 years? Haha

[@scottchristie6734]

Reading this in 2024. WTF was 2022.

[@Bluecat72397]

"Stranded" does kind of imply something a bit more dramatic than being somewhere where you can get home via a completely uneventful train journey with one short change in Plymouth.

[@denjo3131]

I know someone who was stranded in Central - America (it was for school). She had to take different planes / trains before she was back in Belgium.

[@ExGateAgt]

Sorry, that "stranded' trip was a nothingburger.

[@SlumJamBestGood]

@@denjo3131 wow sick dude, i don't care **Oaxaca Forever**

[@chunkyfxdls1878]

Bluecat72397 get over it dude ffs 🤦🏻

[@ScreaminNorman]

Must be your first time on the internet.

[@henrithomas2131]

11:42 the woman in the background says whats this man doing 😂

[@jedits_]

She was MAD lol

[@AudiS4B7]

power crazed key worker

[@TheRealdeel73]

I dont see how any of his actions were any of her business. He's trying to make a living recording video footage so she can definitely fuck off.

[@johnnyboy3949]

Certainly a power mad station worker who thinks they are abovethe law

[@GeorgeB365]

@@johnnyboy3949 not really, she's just wondering why during a PANDEMIC he's LEANING outside the door (without staying in the train or getting off) and touching many parts of the train for no good reason...

[@crazyScottishferretlady]

Interesting watching this nearly 2 years on. I work in healthcare and have come across a few people who were visiting relatives in places like Australia and NZ when covid struck and their "short 4 month visit" ended up being 18 months

[@tatimg6129]

Now that you are stuck at home your next video should be planning a trip from the bedroom to the living room with a layover in the bathroom.

[@AmyAnnLand]

And he can get his kids to pilot for him. Maybe get some boxes and make airplanes where they can haul daddy around. Good idea.

[@LadyJennivieve]

Tatim G 😂

[@voxley19]

Who are these people who make these ridiculous comments? Are they the ones who believe everything the Government tells them and would stay at home for the rest of their lives if told to. And, of course, if the Government said we must all travel on trains to combat the virus, they would start lambasting anyone not on a train.

[@nancydavid6854]

Need a home Loo review

[@graemebarron9219]

I am stuck in Oklahoma and my mother passed away in Aberdeen Scotland just a couple of weeks ago and I’m devastated I couldn’t get home.

[@Kwicdrawmcgraw]

Sorry for your loss buddy.

[@qasimawan3569]

Sorry for your loss mate. :(

[@MichaelWatson21600]

11:39 "What's this guy doing?" as she stands half a foot from her collegue

[@Crazibaz]

“A bit of a bug going round t the moment “ , LOL , the best British description I have heard of a Pandemic so far ;-)

[@robinwhitehead7388]

Barry Lynch he sounds so clueless haha

[@tobeytransport2802]

6:26 **cornwall** Plymouth is in Devon but the other side of the river is Cornwall, so the countryside between Penzance and Plymouth is all Cornwall until you cross the bridge Into Devon

[@petebeard324]

I noticed that too!

[@markc7099]

Loved that Noel, thank you kindly for taking the time to make it, you always brighten my day when I see that you have posted on KZbin- big thumbs up from myself and my boys self isolating in Norfolk 👍👍👍

[@sseedell]

I live in Cornwall. There are trains from Penzance to London throughout the day. There are a multitude of stations on the way to London that could be used to change for the Midlands.

[@ZachFisher2753]

Starting from Penzance reminds me of All the Stations!

[@stevekohl5351]

Where are the Pirates of Penzance?

[@haydengibson77]

So nice to see someone come to Devon as someone who lives in Torbay I was delighted to see him pass through Plymouth and Totnes

[@webrarian]

When I saw in the timetables (I live in Plymouth) that we still had trains to London and Aberdeen, I wondered who was using them and why. Now I know.

[@msquaredmedia8717]

Wooo plymbo massive 👌🏻 my brother works at citybus and the buses are empty 🙈

[@danielfrost2245]

Plymouth crew!!

[@louisebrown2054]

Plymouth yay, well I live in Ivybridge

[@JapriAjmi718]

Donald Trump is from Plymouth

[@shayrogersf1]

11.40 that woman was pissed off you was hanging in the door 😂

[@vickyderitzi10]

11:40

[@p4m209]

You need to use a colon not a full stop

[@mudachaproductions]

Hope you sanitised after pressing those door opening buttons! 😂

[@runwayincursion3376]

Probably not... just ate those sandwiches 🥪 😂

[@CraZy291]

@@runwayincursion3376 yolo

[@jbush____2769]

oooh I thought it said hope you were satisfied after pressing those door opening buttons ooops 👌

[@marcoramperti9010]

Oh my god, Penzance! I spent my first English study/holiday experience there back in 2012 and never heard of it again!

[@ggravett]

The bug brought out the shame in people.

[@VisitingPiddlyStations]

She didn't look happy with you at 11:45 at Bristol... 😂

[@Gerryb92]

How did you not see the lockdown coming and end up in Penzance 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@craigeagle9209]

I was thinking the same thing! Least he was in the UK I guess lol

[@88chrisb]

He said he was working...

[@johnnyboy3949]

Everyone could see a few days before that it was coming. Why he then chose to stay in Penzance god knows. If his work told him to then I’d tell them to get lost and would’ve got home as soon as over the weekend before

[@WaiferThyme]

@@craigeagle9209 he said he was there for work. I think he has a regular job besides his youtube videos

[@adarbs6384]

I thought the same thing....the lockdown didn't just happen in the space of like an hour....anyone could see it was coming.

[@David-The-YorkshireMan]

it's july 2022 when I write this, this forms part of a historial portrait of when the country first shut down. I hope this is kept for posterity to remind people of what happened

[@Bjd79]

10:40 that guy was shirtless on train?! Here in America they would be asked to put shirt back on or kicked off train.

[@sebby324]

We are a bit more chilled out lol

[@nathanaelhalim8191]

Should have use a mission impossible sound track in the background :)

[@Mitsuru14]

It's weird looking back on thia now compared to last year. Real eerie how things were.

[@neilt]

Interesting to watch the difficulty of travelling long distance by train - but it gave you content for a video. Me? I'd have been straight to the nearest car rental outfit 😀

[@faisalmahmood1908]

You're fine, I was stranded nearly 4000 miles away for 3 weeks and unable to get access to basics like food, lost 1.5 stones in weight. Thankfully, back home now.

[@nh8383]

Fasial Mahmood That is bad.Glad you got back home & can rest 👍

[@blondy2061h]

The American way to handle this is rent a car and drive home

[@kyls73]

I was about to say the same thing as an Aussie. Transport across the country doesn't work as well. Plus our states are quarantined now.

[@jcr150658]

Yeah. 5:40 hours driving Penzance to Chesterfield vs 8+ hours on "sweaty trains" with no guarantee of arrival. Added bonus, no-one else in the car. Ten out of ten for trying though!

[@tomstravels520]

Be user it costs extra to drop off differently to pick up. Probably more than 1 days rent

[@laurahuggins1327]

If I was in his situation and it was dire, rent a car. The last place I would want to be is on a public train. The charge to drop off at a different location would be worth it. I would be home safe and sound. But I guess that's my American way of thinking. I am glad you did make it safe and sound.

[@RoadCone411]

Ah, that magical time before Boris was in ICU. Seems like months ago but it was just a few weeks. Glad you got home but...serious question...why was the train so warm? Was the air-conditioning broken? What was with the shirtless guy? Maybe he had the fever? Good thing you didn’t have to resort to that! I can’t believe you didn’t sit on the south-facing side of the train to Plymouth, so many great views! It’s so strange to see Penzance station without an HST there. For forty years they were the mainstay of long-distance travel on the Cornish and Devon coasts. The new trains lack the character of the old 125s. :(

[@robertgambling502]

At least you had a nice sunny day for your train journey instead of typical British weather. Liked that crooked spire on that church as you were pulling into Chestefield.

[@rskeetc]

I felt your pain only more so. I was in southern France when everything was in the process of shutting down. We had to get to Frankfurt to fly back to the US. By the time we drove from the south of France to the German border it was closed. We only got through because our bus driver was German and probably told them that he was trying to get the Americans out of there 😂. The flight from FRA to JFK had less than 100 people on it.

[@AwesomeAd64]

The reason your train was diverted was probably because of the freight train derailment at Bromsgrove.

[@lv-ag6129]

Wow! and Bromsgrove was my local station

[@nakhorn2008]

A salute for soldiering on Noel! Most travelvloggers seems idle these days. What beautiful countryside you have in England! I was also relieved you approved of the swedish hospitality during your stint in my native country before this video. If you should want to return there after your break and continue with some train journey during these meager flight times. I can suggest riding the Inlandsbanan.

[@vincentcalvelli6452]

Noel all the best to you and your lovely family. Stay Home, Stay Safe, and Stay Healthy.

[@tact86]

Glad to see you made it home. Stay safe and stay well.

[@transportguy1k635]

13:37 Noel passed the Severn Valley Railway

[@belugast]

Good old Premier Inn Hotel ;o)

[@77smp]

??? Am confused, Noel doing a UK based train vlog. What next @geofftech does least used airports?🙂✔

[@jacquelinewesson1202]

Think he should do a colab with geoff

[@gauravlakhwani8747]

5:40 Oh my god I live in St. Martin! You should definitely visit here once everything gets back to normal! Would love to hear your thoughts on our infamous Maho Beach where you can watch the planes take off/land!!

[@Aviatial]

Jude 88 it’s a place in real life

[@garymostert6015]

My first ever airline flight was a takeoff from Sint Maarten Prinses Juliana. Air France B747 to Paris via Guadeloupe in 1988.

[@pawelodziomek4908]

I've been there before and it really is a one of a kind experience!

[@Aviatial]

Jude 88 lol sos I’m surprised you didn’t whoosh me 😂

[@oliafk5988]

I really like this channel and enjoy watching the videos

[@craigwillis3372]

No Pirates ??? I live in Mansfield in the High Country of Victoria Australia and Boris (your PM ) taught for a year at Timber Top school which is about 20 minutes from my farm. Prince Charles also attended the school and Tony Blair also came here as he was best mates with the then Headmaster !! Some British history for you here in Australia !! Lovely to see views of the English country side !! My one and only train journey out of London took me to Ipswich for a wedding.....loved the journey and the scenery !! Great video mate and I trust you enjoyed being able to sleep in your own bed !! Take care Noel and stay safe and you and your family stay well !!

[@kieranhornby3145]

I bet anything the topless guy with the beer got off at Bristol

[@sdgagge]

Bet your life on it?

[@transportguy1k635]

0:10 in simple terms, Penzance is located in Cornwall.

[@ant647448336]

I understand how you feel. Was due to fly out EDI to AGP on the 25th of March to go home with RYR, both rebookings got cancelled. Tried EDI to GIB with EZY (5 minute walk from my house) on the 31st, that got cancelled. Finally made it home with BA via LHR on the 29th. Quite a pain but at least I made it home.

[@madwomandriver]

Bristol TempleMeads and Parkway are my local stations xx

[@camwebber5849]

Watching in 2024 is crazy. We had no idea what we were in for

[@stevenr506]

I know this is an old video and I've really enjoyed watching dozens of them so far but up until now I had no idea you was from Chesterfield! Born & bred here myself! I'm also taking my first trip to the U.S and first trip out of Europe thie October. Really enjoy your videos. Cheers 'duck' 😆

[@loismiller2830]

Should have asked the Pirates there in Penzance to give you a lift up the coast.

[@airfoxtrot2006]

Great video Noel! Hopefully everyone can fly again soon.

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

Yes in 2020 I had planned on flying to Switzerland (from ALX) and spending time there and in northern Italy, starting in early May 2020. Did not happen. Hotels refunded me, the prepaid train ticket from Geneva to Milan and Milan to Venice were refunded, as was the BA flights. Did it take a bit of time via e-mails and web sites? yes. did it take a while for everything to be processed? Yes. But hey, I am still employed and working from home, so.........winning I guess

[@yourdailydoseofinfinitefli5750]

Them hands 🤣🤣

[@LtNduati]

Didn't Jeremy Clarkson defeat the sun in a race that started in this town with a Jag once?

[@tomstravels520]

andrewnduati lands end to Lowestoft so close to Penzance

[@Bananaman1406_]

Ayee, welcome to Cornwall! 🤣🤣 it's so wired hearing my town being read out when your usually half way around the world...

[@simondavey7787]

It certainly seemed an interesting journey! Hope that you and the family are well and keeping safe. Much love to you all from me and my family, here in Reading. Looking forward to travelling again when it is safe to do so.

[@elizabethg9346]

Watching this on the 26th May 2021 with all of the current controversy about the early miss handling of the pandemic in the UK.... I think you did well to continue and I found the way in which you managed to continue extraordinary!!! You must have had to be away from your family for extended periods to be able to work with lock downs and quarantines, testing etc...

[@shueber]

Was the original plan to fly from Newquay airport to Schotland? I have a tip for your next trip to Cornwall. You should try the flight between Lands end airport and st Mary's airport.

[@mrman0-061]

Is it just me or at 15:56 is that spire tilted?

[@nudgenudgewinkwink3212]

The famous chesterfield crooked spire.

[@andrewhalls5244]

Big time! They didn't let the wood settle or something during construction so it warped shortly after.

[@georgehoward7487]

It’s is

[@mrman0-061]

Aaaaaaah thanks! I wasn’t going crazy then lol!

[@AviationSimulation]

Ahhh Chesterfield. The town full of benders just like the spire

[@mattlowther3114]

Noel loving the vlogs man great content 👍🏼🔥

[@peterhastings703]

I recognised the hat the guy was wearing in the background at around 12:00 onwards - was it Blake Edgington? 😆 Also, who was waiting for: 'the carriage was in a 2-2 configuration'?

[@sin4ever2007]

I love the line from Penzance to Birmingham, especially going through Teignmouth and Dawlish Warren.

[@CJH847]

Teignmouth and Dawlish are great to go through, just don’t get off the train 😂

[@georgemarch6752]

That woman who pointed at Noel and said ‘what’s this guy doing’😂😂😂😂😂

[@jeromeziel3268]

Hi, thanks for your brilliant AND original content, looks like we are traveling with you! One suggestion though: your trips feel quite lonely and you should add a companion to your adventures, to obtain a Laurel and Hardy style comedy effect. If this idea entices you, I would recommend choosing me as a travel partner as I am sure that your audience scores would skyrocket 😜

[@richlow95]

Glad your home safe and well, I’m a key worker and my wife is a nurse. Unfortunately she was tested positive for covid. She is well on the mend, glad to say, I have had no symptoms and remain symptom free however I’m bored and can’t wait to get back to work after my 14 day quarantine. Many thanks for this video, a great 20 spent not bored,! Keep safe

[@tramlad2]

Cant wait until you are back in the skies Noel, keep well with the family , glad you finally got back home

[@MissNatalie55555]

That’s so strange seeing Birmingham UK on one of your videos. So used to seeing the sky or an airport on the other side of the world. 🌟

[@learningtofly-]

Reason why transport is reduced is because transport workers may be isolating. Think.

[@raphatal7611]

so happy for u that you were able to get home

[@davesturdy]

Strange times indeed. I still travelled a lot for work during this period. Loads of PCR tests, empty trains and planes. I was the only person in baggage claim at Manchester airport once! Also going through an empty Schiphol Airport was surreal too! Thank goodness it’s all over now. February 2023.

[@superstew1105]

before even more people keep commenting about the part where noel said "there is a bit of a bug going around" its called sarcasm. Also, this video was probably filmed a while ago, and even if it was filmed recently, everyone has to try and get home.

[@matthausrex5973]

I've realised that this is just as much a food channel as a flight one...

[@noelphilips]

Yeah pretty much lol

[@hermesdavidms]

its weird to see this more than a year later and knowing all the chaos the pandemic caused

[@Jeng4280]

This is fascinating..watching this from like 3 years ago. :) And being stranded is no fun at all.

[@emmaskates9617]

BA are being a nightmare with refunds, only wanting to provide cancellations with a voucher for a future flight rather than a refund.

[@footballislife1595]

Was it for the flights only? If it was a package with British Airways and they cancelled it they have to give you the money back they don't have a choice because it's atol or alba protected most of the time if it's all done separately it's more tricky to get the money back that's why some airlines are offering vouchers because they want to keep customers money to keep the airline going not fair on the customers and frustrating

[@j2simpso]

Chesterfield, the most comfortable of train stations in the UK 🤣

[@zatatzat6070]

Really like the video

[@captainbalderdash5412]

This is such a European video. Its less than 6 hours to rent a car and drive back home from Penzance. Americans take that trip for a dayride.

[@chizukakawabata]

They were talking off lock down since I was in Belfast March 21. How did you get stuck?

[@BodyBreak]

I have recently discovered your channel and I have enjoyed your travels around the world. As an entrepreneur myself I wondered how you are going to recalibrate your business in light of the travel shut down, which could last for sometime.

[@TrueDrezzer]

great video of getting home, i saw this on the 1st of March, 2022 after a long flight back to Indonesia and now sitting in quarantine for a few days. it's very interesting all the stories of people trying to get home in the beginning of the pandemic.

[@jeremybiwer8756]

Glad you made it home safely to the family, stay safe in this time and hope to see you in the air again soon. Within the last two days they just put a portion of my state on lockdown.

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Great vlog as always! Glad your and your family are safe.

[@lxwyaviation]

This almost feels unreal 🥴🥴

[@AwesomeGee]

Really enjoyed this video! Been to many of those train stations before! Glad you managed to find a way home quickly! Do you ever get people approaching you on public transport asking what you are filming? Lol!

[@tobeytransport2802]

7:55 Plymouth is in Devon

[@RUSLexplorer2020]

Thank you for sharing !!

[@AviationFRuk]

11:10 “a few weeks”. Yeah, that aged well

[@noelphilips]

The weather was beautiful for many weeks, I remember sitting in the garden most days for around two months until we could travel again.

[@AviationFRuk]

@@noelphilips Yes, the weather was wonderful, but i was mainly commenting (laughing at myself) about how we all thought the pandemic wouldn't last very long

[@denjo3131]

I know someone who was stranded for school in Central-America, it was very hard for her to get back to Belgium, she needed to take different planes... So a train journey away isn't really stranded 😅

[@lauraspear434]

Done that journey many times. Love it when it's empty 😁

[@atomic32205489]

Glad you made it home! But admit it, you love changing your travel plans on the fly.

[@ciudad-del-mar]

I have family very near to Penzance, so I'd have no problem whatsoever!

[@MRRice-wz3bv]

Safe trip home, Noel.....God Speed.

[@auntiegranty]

I am originally from Devon and you cannot beat a pasty.

[@sixbedroomcroissant602]

Grant Chatfield pork pies beat them any day

[@auntiegranty]

6BC Map ohhhhh is that a challenge I hear, ha ha ha, I have to admit pork pies are good but pasties are much better

[@ciudad-del-mar]

I know! Pasties are the things that keep me sane when it's too windy to go out in Cornwall.

[@letsflyaway1]

Home safe. Well done. Enjoy the sun stay safe. Who nows when your see the Airport again.

[@WorldofLewisManUtdVlogs]

0:34... I love how he refers to it as a “bug” not a worldwide disease 😂😂

[@monikag1323]

That's because it is a bug. It was never isolated. Stop freaking out.

[@davidevans1978]

Hardly stranded.....

[@andrewmandrivnyk]

I was waiting the whole week for a flight video 😭😭😭 please God turn everything back to normal 🙏😭

[@htfkid2000]

Ain't gonna happen for another 2 years. Get used to it.

[@noelphilips]

Back to normal next week :)

[@adarbs6384]

@@noelphilips next week????? Do you mean normal as in posting back log vids? Cos you certainly ain't gonna be flying

[@lindagarner1320]

July 2021 Still not normal.🇨🇦

[@styldsteel1]

While I am new to your channel Noel, i do want to thank you for commercial sponsor breaks. It gives me time to go the bathroom or make my coffee, thank you.

[@TheMrdominator1997]

Good to see Dashlane sponsoring a pandemic.

[@kirstenwk1984]

Nice to see the town I lived in for a few years..Plymouth. 😊

[@noelphilips]

Very nice

[@andysorensen1737]

Are those pirates written and sung about by Gilbert and Sullivan from the same Penzance?

[@joelaw13]

Andy Sorensen yes it is. It was satirical because Penzance is such a low key and relaxed place that “pirates” are not what you’d expect to find there

[@garethsandison6366]

It's not that relaxed. I got punched in the face outside Wetherspoons at closing by a random druggie.

[@davidcollinson8470]

Good to see you home safe we are chilling in Bundaberg Queensland Australia cheers mate