I lived here from 1975- 1979; great time, great music, Portsmouth developed really well, still a great maritime city. Keep doing your tours❤
@stewartgellatly807311 ай бұрын
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.
@ckSport30002 жыл бұрын
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
@LauRoot8922 жыл бұрын
Really ?
@ElzevereBlock Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
hope you had fun😊
@LEREDOUTABLE Жыл бұрын
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 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
@StephenSwindley2 жыл бұрын
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.
@LewisDebenham2 жыл бұрын
3:55 Thats a red light you went through
@majorkitty75422 ай бұрын
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..........
@kloffus32 ай бұрын
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. .
@catherinestevens7314 Жыл бұрын
Would consider subscribing if there was a commentary to these videos. Did not know where the video went.
@Ghostlove92Kat10 ай бұрын
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!
@metroidprime38638 ай бұрын
Stay away from London you will much happier in Portsmouth.
@kloffus32 ай бұрын
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.
@xitoastiz449928 күн бұрын
there is way too many people here lmao
@michaelmarchant1498 Жыл бұрын
Really missed the best parts of Portsmouth. Southsea seas front. Gun Whalf Quays and the residential area's not forgetting Fratton Park
@Charlieb630827 күн бұрын
I'd make the most of the supposed "best parts" as they will be gone soon. Unfortunately Portsmouth is turning into a dump. I was born there and lived there for 7 year so no axe to grind. It's shopping centre is a waste land boarded up shops, inside cascades it's leaking rain with only Primark as a capital store. The tow centre is riven with homeless with drug issues and migrants hanging around street corners. The council elected to turn office blocks into students accommodation. Most of which are transient and don't bring any long term investment to the city. Littering is also a major problem.
@002lisamarie Жыл бұрын
It looks nice to me. I thought it was supposed to be rough ?
@angelsackson Жыл бұрын
It’s foreign AF.
@002lisamarie Жыл бұрын
@@angelsackson Lots of immigrants?
@wefwefwef. Жыл бұрын
There are nice areas and very rough areas, this vid showed mostly nicer areas
@002lisamarie Жыл бұрын
@@wefwefwef. Ok thanks x
@lesgeorge916611 ай бұрын
Parts are it was a whole lot better in the 80s
@fredpepper47739 ай бұрын
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-wi8gw7 ай бұрын
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.
@kloffus32 ай бұрын
@@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.
@vacuouslyfalse2 жыл бұрын
Who gave you license
@stewartgellatly807311 ай бұрын
Probably the same person who taught you to spell
@donsswitchlite8178 Жыл бұрын
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
@stewartgellatly807311 ай бұрын
WERE beeped and RAN a red light
@stephenoneill245 Жыл бұрын
Never rated Pompey much, especially the back streets. Only saving grace was the Isle of Wight ferry home (ok - and HMS Victory).
@FinalSpaceYesPeppaPigNo11 ай бұрын
That’s My Country
@leon-o4m7kАй бұрын
down old portsmouth were you ran into a dead end ' comming back out you should have turned right ' this would av taking you straight down the sea front ' but you just driv back to were you come from ' but nevermind ' you driv straight past were i live 👍
@HareToday Жыл бұрын
And….. your route planning needs attention.
@PaulHC60 Жыл бұрын
Portsmouth does have speed limits...you need to obey the laws! Respect the residents!!!
@justincase66455 ай бұрын
Pick a lane !! Any lane ! And maybe stop at reds ? No points for students !
@StevenFay-ls7wx7 ай бұрын
💩 Portsmouth 😅
@MoonShine-o5n11 ай бұрын
Looks like an American city lol.
@Ron-u1z11 ай бұрын
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.
@JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx10 ай бұрын
boring.
@leecarey317611 ай бұрын
Your driving is terrible...
@ElzevereBlock Жыл бұрын
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?
@chuwmumamark284811 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 like I've been living here nearly all my life and I was even shock