Portsmouth, England, UK - Driving Tour 4K

[@stewartgellatly8073]

A great Scenic Drive video mainly on account of no recording of delays at traffic lights etc.which plague most other Scenic Drive videos. Audio is good too. Well done.

[@viewerabundzu6887]

I lived here from 1975- 1979; great time, great music, Portsmouth developed really well, still a great maritime city. Keep doing your tours❤

[@ckSport3000]

Cool! Thanks for the video! I'm coming to Portsmouth for a month long airbnb.. ALWAYS wanted to live in the UK.. I arrive next week. Curtis, retired US Navy from Las Vegas

[@LauRoot892]

Really ?

[@ElzevereBlock]

Think very carefully mate about what you said? This is a very dangerous place for people who don't know where they're going. This video was done by an idiot who drove up the same street twice and went round the same roundabout three times and ended up where he started. A little 18 year old black immigrant was stabbed to death here on the Guildhall steps last week and nobody bothered to help him. In the city centre too?

[@viewerabundzu6887]

hope you had fun😊

[@LEREDOUTABLE]

Thanks for the video. I spent in Portsmouth a whole summer back in 1993. I attended English Meridian School. I had such a great time. Lots of 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@StephenSwindley]

A+ for the City, B- for the driving (lane discipline, appropriate speed, planning, red light), shame as it detracts from the video. Fortunately, it was a nice day with light traffic and I know some of the road layouts have been changed in the last 5-10 years but the markings are there.

[@majorkitty7542]

Portsmouth is my home tome. Amazed you missed the 5 miles of beaches, the Old Portsmouth town and Eastney. You only focused on the town centre. Were you looking at road signs that would have led to 'Seafront'. You missed, Clarence Pier and South Parade Pier, Southsea castle..........

[@kloffus3]

From this drive which I guess must have been in the early morning about 7 am you would think the city was almost deserted. Of course the main shopping areas are pedestrianised which therefore you could not film on your drive yet you might have driven up Fratton Road to North End to show some life in the place and some shops . Or perhaps along Albert Rd. Southsea. or Copnor Rd on your way to the Eastern Rd and out of the city by a route different from the one you arrived. but it is a pity you did not include the sea front and promenade at Southsea. No commentary either. There is much to see in Portsmouth but from this video you would imagine it was all warehouses , dockyard walls and blocks of flats. Would it not be better to plan a route and write a commentary to explain what we are seeing? In short , it's nice that you do these drives but the whole concept would be vastly improved by better planning and research and a commentary. ( I have lived in Portsmouth for over 57 years.. Why not find a knowledgeable citizen of the next city you do a drive in and get better route planning and information. Also the best overall view of Portsmouth which could have begun and ended your drive is from the top of Portsdown Hill. .

[@LewisDebenham]

3:55 Thats a red light you went through

[@salus1231]

ikr. A red light and he posts it up. A 5 second edit i think at that timestamp and that horn you hear at 4.42 probably for him 😎 I think he's American.

[@michaelmarchant1498]

Really missed the best parts of Portsmouth. Southsea seas front. Gun Whalf Quays and the residential area's not forgetting Fratton Park

[@catherinestevens7314]

Would consider subscribing if there was a commentary to these videos. Did not know where the video went.

[@Ghostlove92Kat]

So I have a potential job opportunity in Portsmouth. I've always wanted to live in the UK, but I really wanted to live in London. However, I know getting a job/company there to sponsor you is extremely hard so I'm wondering if Portsmouth is worth it, just to get myself to the UK. I'm def more of a big city girl, but I love the ocean and nature/hiking/kayaking too. I'm just worried it's "too small, not enough people, not enough to do" and also too many young college students because it's a university town (I'm 31). any advice, thoughts? thank you in advance!

[@metroidprime3863]

Stay away from London you will much happier in Portsmouth.

[@kloffus3]

This video in no way does justice to our city. All the interesting parts are left out. He just drives round the main routes a person going to the IoW ferry might use and similar. Portsmouth is a lively place when you know it with lots of arts and sports etc. Lovely countryside near by and other historic things in our area Do come.

[@002lisamarie]

It looks nice to me. I thought it was supposed to be rough ?

[@angelsackson]

It’s foreign AF.

[@002lisamarie]

@@angelsackson Lots of immigrants?

[@wefwefwef.]

There are nice areas and very rough areas, this vid showed mostly nicer areas

[@002lisamarie]

@@wefwefwef. Ok thanks x

[@lesgeorge9166]

Parts are it was a whole lot better in the 80s

[@fredpepper4773]

Lived in Portsmouth from when I was 8 to 18 left in 1969 I'm sorry to say it but they have ripped the heart out of it now was there in January 2024 and all it is now is a massive road system ! It was better in the 60s 😥😥😥😥

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

I visited Portsmouth as a little kid in the sixties with parents and relatives to see HMS Victory. I have been back a couple of times to catch ferries to Ouistreham, staying in B&Bs and Ibis. It's like you say and this video shows. Just a massive road system and nothing else. Utterly dreary.

[@kloffus3]

@@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw That is poor route planning by the driver. Of course there is much more to Portsmouth but he has simply chosen all the through routes and missed the interesting parts entirely.

[@vacuouslyfalse]

Who gave you license

[@stewartgellatly8073]

Probably the same person who taught you to spell

[@stephenoneill245]

Never rated Pompey much, especially the back streets. Only saving grace was the Isle of Wight ferry home (ok - and HMS Victory).

[@donsswitchlite8178]

This is my home town, you lane discipline is terrible and probably a lack of indicating thats why you was beeped and then run a red light

[@stewartgellatly8073]

WERE beeped and RAN a red light

[@FinalSpaceYesPeppaPigNo]

That’s My Country

[@HareToday]

And….. your route planning needs attention.

[@PaulHC60]

Portsmouth does have speed limits...you need to obey the laws! Respect the residents!!!

[@justincase6645]

Pick a lane !! Any lane ! And maybe stop at reds ? No points for students !

[@MoonShine-o5n]

Looks like an American city lol.

[@Ron-u1z]

This was my stomping ground from 85 /92 when I served in the Royal Navy. HMS INTREPID, hi John boy hope you see this post was my first ship, then the arm for only 5 months as emergency draught ( seen off). I grew up in portsmouth as I joined when I was only 17. Brilliant days but that's when we had a navy, 78000 matelots and 64 capital ships. WTF HAPPENED. Our senior officers had neither the balls of courage to stand up for their service's incase they lost their fat pensions and an even better paid job with another fat pension when they left the navy to work for one of the defence companies or whitehall where the old school tie still exists.

[@StevenFay-ls7wx]

💩 Portsmouth 😅

[@JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx]

boring.

[@leecarey3176]

Your driving is terrible...

[@ElzevereBlock]

Next time get someone who doesn't drive up the same street twice and round the same roundabout three times and end up where they started. What happened to Fratton and North End then.....? Too scared to drive there?

[@chuwmumamark2848]

😂😂😂 like I've been living here nearly all my life and I was even shock