The Land's End Coaster | Day 4 of South West Coast Bus

[@Ribeirasacra]

That friendship shines through this video. Paul should do some voice-overs he has "that" voice

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@Ribeirasacra well... he is a singer on some of the tracks of his band. He is a top bloke and, as you can see, most of our time is spent laughing! I shall have a word. Maybe he should be the voice of the next Fairy Liquid ad. 🤣 Thanks so much for watching and enjoying. It means a lot to us both 👍

[@koputai]

Great video, thanks Johnny, and it was nice to see Paul join you again. Bummed you didn’t go in to Mousehole. My wife and I spent a week there a few years ago and did some lovely walks. I’d been wanting to go there for about 30 years after reading ‘A Mousehole Man’s Life Story’ many years ago as a lad. Cheers from Australia, have a pint!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@koputai thank you so much. That is so kind of you! Cheers 🍻 Sadly we were slavers to the route of the coaster bus, so no Mousehole. Maybe another time 🤷‍♂️

[@phronsiekeys]

I spotted that beautiful red bus from the background early on, so I was delighted when you took a closer look!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@phronsiekeys Yes it really was lovely wasn't it!

[@smogontheline]

Great video. Its good to see that great places like this can be seen on public transport, for those of us that don't drive. Great T-shirt too, good taste in music 🤟 Andy.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Do you know The Hard Aches then? Blimey. I thought they were under the radar! Best wishes to you 👍

[@smogontheline]

@JohnnyHooverTravels I heard their song 'I get like this' whilst listening to random bands on Spotify, so I thought I'd give their albums a listen.

[@harriscouwenberg139]

My, what a vlog Johnny! one of your best. And Paul was a nice addition ;-)

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@harriscouwenberg139 thanks! I always enjoy doing stuff with Paul. I never have to worry there isn't enough dialogue 🤣 Thanks for coming along. I'm sure Paul will return again in 2025!

[@steveparkinson8887]

Whatever is to come, that'll be the top vid of series

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@steveparkinson8887 haha. You might be right there. But you won't know unless you watch 'em all 😉 Thanks so much for watching this one 👍

[@robertsmith8488]

Fantastic video, so great to see the indomitable raconteur Paul back on the channel!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@robertsmith8488 it's lovely to have him back! We had a great day out. I'm sure there will be more Thanks so much for watching this one 👍

[@LetsMakeaTrip]

Best one of the series so far imo, with the very knowledgeable Paul adding to it with some interesting factoids. Keep it up mate 😊👍

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@LetsMakeaTrip people all keep saying that. I just can't afford Paul's fees on every trip. His agent is a real negotiator and the rider is truly formidable... Seriously though, thanks for that. It is always a pleasure to bounce off Paul in a video. A do you know what? Many of his facts are actually true!

[@peterdnreynolds777]

Brilliant video as always!! Very very entertaining and so so interesting!! Great vistas and scenery. Hope all is well, take care

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@peterdnreynolds777 thanks Peter. Pleased you're enjoying the series 👍

[@sueweston502]

It's really cheered me up watching this on a cold, wet, grey January day. Brilliant fun! ☺

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@sueweston502 excellent. That was just the plan. Bring some sunshine into these dark nights! Thanks for coming along 👍

[@enricomonti156]

£5 for a day ticket along this very impressive coastal area is a lovely bargain indeed, no wonder that Land's End Coaster's buses will get busy. I was impressed by looking at these coastal views in thr video.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@enricomonti156 Yes it really is one over the best deals in Cornwall. Makes for a great day out!

[@DanLoudShirts]

I used to work for Cable & Wireless and Porthcurno was (and still is) a CLS - Cable Landing Station. The fibre optics now go into a house up on the cliff (looks like a normal bungalow). Multiple fibre-optic cables from around the world all come up the beach and under the ground. The Cable & Wireless Training College was indeed at Porthcurno in the late 20th century.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@DanLoudShirts how interesting. Thanks for Dan. Hope it doesn't offend if i mention from my NHS IT days C&W were known to us as Culpable and Whitless... probably stemming from early NhsNet contracts... Seriously though. Thanks so much for following the series

[@philipridgway2783]

Sullivans is a fantastic place for a breakfast we go there when staying in Penzance to and from our visits to the Scilly Isles. A lovely series of videos.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@philipridgway2783 thanks so much. I was unaware of Sullivans. Paul was insistent that we started there! Great choice! Thanks for the kind words and thanks too for watching 👍

[@katashworth41]

My dad loved a trig point, always wanted to put one in the garden.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@katashworth41 i think you have just given Paul an idea!

[@arthurerickson5162]

Another great video, Johnny! Paul was a super addition, would love to have him along again sometime. Last time I was at Land’s End was in the Spring of 1985 with my wife and our 2 little boys (3 and 4). Looked quite different (as memory and a few photos recall) than it does today.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@arthurerickson5162 thanks! And yes, Paul is always great value as a +1... I think they do hack about with lands end over the years. It has always been a newer version of tacky each time! 🤷‍♂️ Thanks so much for watching 👍

[@brianbell4937]

You were lucky to do the Lands End Coaster this year. First have annoynced they are no longer going to use open top buses on it in future.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@brianbell4937 so pleased we did it then! Shame to hear there's to be no open toppers...

[@Richjwade]

Excellent video gentlemen. Done a lot of this route on various days but this is a great day out adventure. Visitors, ditch the car for the day and take a bus ride.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@Richjwade arguably they can Ditch the car completely. Penzance is easy to get to by rail 😉 Yes, i know it's hard to lug a family size tent on the train. We always drove to watergate Bay back in the day! Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching 👍

[@MerkJacobus]

The Dog and Rabbit in St Just is easily the best café I have ever been to in my humble opinion.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@MerkJacobus i think Paul will agree. We certainly had a lovely lunch 😀 Thanks so much for watching 👍

[@leplessis8179]

You really ought to try Sennen Cove when the Westerlies are REALLY blowing - doubt that you would be able to stand up!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

I think I'll pass on that one then!

[@Fan652w]

Phew! I get exhausted just watching these videos. There is so much beautiful scenery and so much interesting background information. The 'OWL' rock we saw should have a 'twinning' arrangement with the 'VICTORIA' tunnel on the Lotschberg railway in Switzerland. The tunnel is only 29 metres long. The rock through which it is bored does indeed look rather like Queen Victoria!.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@Fan652w haha! People call things some interesting names don't they! Four down now Roger. That was the longest of the series. It is hard to edit down all Paul's chat 😉

[@paulmark63]

Thank you both excellent video lots of information as you said bargain price £5 look forward to more of your videos Kent

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@paulmark63 thanks so much. It's a pleasure to have you watching along 👍

[@stevewareing8525]

Great video John, that has to be the best value for money day trip there is! Fascinating facts from Paul made the video even more interesting, thanks for taking us with you. 👍.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@stevewareing8525 you are very welcome. I bet you didn't get up thinking "I shall watch a video that includes trig points today!" 😉 Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching along 👍

[@andywillis2650]

Great value for money on that bus, soooo many narrow roads though - well done to the bus drivers !

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@andywillis2650 Yes. I was impressed with the drivers throughout this series!

[@GodAtum]

amazing you did this is a day, I've always wanted to the the Coaster route but didnt realise you could do this in a day!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@GodAtum yes. It is quite possible as you have seen. Most important to get the first bud out in the morning though! Thanks for watching 👍

[@horsehollerer]

Love that you just casually dropped a triple-lengther, like you are Yes or George Harrison or The Magnetic Fields or something.🤣Very much enjoyed all the gorgeous sights and wordy info .... cheers to you both! Right, I'm off to see if I can find a giant plastic squid-o-phone for the hallway...

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@horsehollerer hmm... not sure us old punks have ever been likened to bands on that list! Squid is definitely the way to go. Apple has missed a trick there...

[@horsehollerer]

@@JohnnyHooverTravels Ha. Yes sorry those were the only triple albums I could think of. Come to think of it, I bet there's never been a punk one!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@ i can only think of London Calling, which was a double album...

[@John-qq8he]

One of my first holidays was at Carbis Bay. Years ago. Visited Land's End. Returned a few years back to find it very commercialised. Slightly sad that you didn't find time to mention the Penlee Lifeboat station near Mousehole. Otherwise 👍.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@John-qq8he Yes.. my apologies for not being able to get Penlee into the script. I'm sure Paul talked about it, but Paul does say a lot, so you have to be quite strict with the editing! Thanks so much for watching and for sharing your memories 👍

[@tonyowens40]

very enjoyable!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@tonyowens40 thanks! It was a hoot to make too! And thanks for watching aswell 👍

[@Sim0nTrains]

For the price of a ticket to do all that is vert good value for money. Some stunning views and no idea why you ended up in Sheffield... unless the bus knows how to teleport lol Great video

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@Sim0nTrains Yes, i think for 5 pounds and to be provided with a little break in space and time to afford a visit to South Yorkshire is a wholly unexpected bonus! 😉

[@kevinellis8869]

Superb day out! Where's Steve Marsh to do the step climbing for you?

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@kevinellis8869 well yes, quite. We managed on our own ok though! Thanks so much for watching! 👍

[@spacellama7917]

Lovely day for it!!Was the ticket called some kind of Ranger?We'll be in Cornwall in April and might give this trip a try.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@spacellama7917 it does make for a lovely day. I suppose it is a kind of ranger. But you just bung the driver 5 quid and that ticket is good all day. Thanks so much for watching 👍

[@spacellama7917]

@@JohnnyHooverTravels Excellent!😃

[@tonys1636]

Thought taht standing on the upper deck of a D/'D was not permitted. You'll have to get Paul to slow down when walking with you.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@tonys1636 i think you are right wrt standing. Paul isn't one for rules. Besides the driver has started so arguably it would have been more dangerous to climb down the stairs on a moving bus. And yes. He's a little terrier when he gets going! Thanks so much for watching 👍

[@lyndonbaldwin]

Mr Pond! X

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@lyndonbaldwin the very same!

[@GodAtum]

0900 - 1100 Land's End Coaster Penzance to Zennor Land's End Coaster Zennor to St Just Land's End Coaster St Just to Sennen Cove Walk to land's End Land's End Coaster Land's End to Porthcurno Land's End Coaster Porthcurno to St Buryan Land's End Coaster St Buryan to Penzance

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@GodAtum nice one. Thanks 👍

[@minimaxi802]

You didn't go to Mousehole, has this village got anything to do with mice?

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@minimaxi802 haha! Not as i recall. There is a book called something like The Mousehole Cat. That implies there must be a few mice knocking around the town! Incidentally, Paul is a big fan of Mousehole FC. Thanks too for watching 👍

[@harriscouwenberg139]

@@JohnnyHooverTravels and it is pronounced in a totally different way.no? mouzle or something?

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@harriscouwenberg139 yep. Mowzle is about right. 👍

[@Backwardlooking]

Often visited BEFORE today’s influx of tourists.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@Backwardlooking haha! I suppose in a way you were therefore yesterday's influx 😉 Thanks so much for watching 👍

[@Backwardlooking]

@ We had our Honeymoon in the presumably granite building in Church Street Helston in the s to the right of the National School 1828 and whose rear wall was damp due to abutting the church. Vid., Google Maps. That was after a 400 mile trip from Yorkshire in July 1985. The next morning on the Sunday we were awakened by a cacophony of church bells that went on for at least half an hour. As mentioned previously in another of your Cornish videos regarding prosperity that street was half derelict with boarded-up cottages. Unfortunately my colleague who retired to Bojewan near Pendeen and was a a director of the Geevor Mine Museum died just before his 80th. birthday last May. We stopped visiting Cornwall as with a young 1 year old child in 1989 it took from 9:30 to 7:45 by car in blazing heat just to reach Birmingham. There was then a ferry before the road bridge between Denmark and Sweden from North Shields to Goteborg so it was easier to take a car to Sweden and the island of Gotland by another ferry (recommended) than endure British holiday traffic. Enjoyed your Swiss videos as my school friend emigrated there in 81 and ran the research department for Bally shoes and later the Swiss Army in Berne when the former firm moved to the Italian speaking part for cost reasons following a takeover. Sadly he too died prematurely in 2020. Keep up the good work. Better than anything on the proselytising British media;the new woke version of Puritanism and‘Thought Control’. As a former Historian I can assure you that‘What goes around comes around’ just as individuals are praised and later denigrated as is occurring with Winston Churchill.👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@GlastonburyGabriel]

Much more Paul please Much more Paul please

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@GlastonburyGabriel haha! I shall pass the message on. Maybe my people should talk to his people about doing something else! He's a very busy man you know! And thanks so much for watching 👍

[@telemachus53]

Why do people knock all BMW drivers? They're not all that bad.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@telemachus53 that is certainly true. But that one was a real pain... 😉