Secrets of the irish motorways. "oh well there was a period of trouble, and that resulted in this arrangement..." Needless to say the layout of the sliproads is here because ABdef ... xD
An excellent series! All that standing in cold fields, taking shelter from the rain in concrete underpasses and sweating in your beanie under the Scottish summer sun was most definitely worth it!
8:40 - I'll be here at the regular time next Sunday to see what comes next! Well done, Jon, on seeing this documentary project through to its conclusion! The sheer amount of effort to research, script, film, edit and upload eighty videos is commendable!
A big thanks John for this series. Not long after you first started it i went through a break up which left me in some bad places. But one of the consistent, reliable and entertaing things i had in my life during that time was this series. As silly as it seems that obscure and quirky facts about the UKs motorways may have helped somoene it really did. I always knew that on a Sunday, without fail, i was either going to learn something or smile and at certain points those smiles were so needed. So again i say thank you for this series and i look forward to whatever you come up with next.
I loved this series, if it wasn't for it being suggested to me by RUclips because of my love for disused railways, I don't think I would of found your channel. I really hope you come back with secrets of the A Roads or something.
This series has been wicked sweet awesome! Thanks for all the entertaining and informative episodes. I hope the next adventure goes well, whatever that may be.
Surprised you missed the dubious fact that Epping Forest Cricket Club's pitch at Bell Common may be the most expensive cricket pitch in the world when you take into account of the cost of the cut and cover tunnel under it vs the cost of just having a cutting through it.
Yes, it is really quite an interesting spot. You can stand on the cricket square with a bat in your hand facing balls from another team, totally unaware that you have eight lanes of traffic immediately under your feet as you are unable to see the tunnel portals from the cricket field. 👍 When I used to occasionally play there I would mention this to my team mates and they did not always believe me as the cricket field being right next to Epping forest is quite a tranquil place.
Your dated sense of humour is like looking in a mirror. Don’t ever change. I can’t wait to see what you embark on next. Thank you for such a wicked sweet awesome entertaining series. Sorted! Love you love time.
Another fascinating episode. 👌 I'm sold. Geoff, your secrets of the underground has dropped to No2 in the charts. Congrats to everyone at Auto Shenanigans on this absolutely stunning achievement. Knocking Geoff off his perch.
Wow, I never even considered this series would actually end, but I guess it always would’ve. Congratulations on making it all the way to the end! This has been an amazingly entertaining and informative series.
Just imagine these titles... Les secrets de l'autoroute Geheimnisse der Autobahn Sekrety autostrad Secretos de la autopista Geheimen van de snelweg Those sound epic
And breathe. … Then award Jon a doctorate on details of the uk motorways. I’m loving the shadow shots of the camera, it adds that ‘I’m not perfect vibe.’
Excellent John, brilliant compilation of closing shots, wicked sweet awesome and thank you so much for not altering the format and words of introduction; something I have found oddly comforting.
0:40 The south links to M1 weren't included to avoid too much 'local' traffic overloading the junction. Plus existing routes achieve the same result: - ACW traffic comes off at J21a and runs down the A405 to M1J6 - or it would have already gone down the A1 to Apex Corner or the North Circular to achieve the same outcome - CW traffic comes off at J19 (see previous episode) (or if its come from the A41 continues across J20) and then follows A41 to join M1 at J5 (Berrygrove Interchange)
Blimey the day has finally dawned. Thank you for your sterling efforts and not too tiny joyride. Watching the montage in the outro I was surprised to see that so many of them were filmed in the winter. Your sunny countenance blinded me to the grotty conditions you had to work in. Ta v. much.
An absolutely fabulous series. My Sundays will never be the same without my fix of Sotm. Whatever you do next Jon I wish you success and safe travels. Take care.
Thanks Jon, cannot believe it started back in 2022 (I was one of the few people that were watching back then), and thanks for all the hard work! To me my favourite of the series was the Last minute Christmas shopping at motorway services episode (closely ahead of the Secret of the Secret of Motorways episode).
What a fantastic series of videos John. I spend most of my life delivering cars on up-and-down motorways of England, and I’ve learnt so much from this series. Keep up the good work Adam
Thank you for a fantastic series. I never thought I'd sit through 80 videos of motorways, still can't quiet believe that I did but not only that enjoyed every single one. Looking forward to another exciting episode of something!
Congratulations on the conclusion of Secrets of the Motorway! It's been a very interesting ride where I've learned more than I ever thought I'd want to know about the British network of motorways. I look forward to seeing what you tackle next!
Thanks John for this wonderful and informative series on Secrets of the Motorways, and kudos to you for braving all weathers and all times of the year. Thank you John and look forward to what comes next.
Great series, well done. Should be made into a TV show. Interesting fact, here in Iceland we don't actually have any motorways, and outside of Reykjavík practically no dual carriageway either
Congratulations, Jon, on a wonderful series. I have enjoyed every episode and learned so much about the UK's road system, and appreciate your level of detail and dry sense of humour. I appreciate how you have actually done the hard work of going to the places you describe and filming on location, and not just relying on secondary sources. Please consider making another series - maybe other kinds of roads, or railways? Or infrastructure? But you deserve to take some time off now!
It's like the end of an era. I never thought when I first saw a thumbnail for a video about a motorway I'd end up seeing out the rest of the series. Looking forward to seeing what you make next.
Thank you Jon, can I suggest now it’s all been filmed that at some point you maybe stitch all/some the videos together in some longer-form videos, I’m sure it’s the kind of thing plenty of people would happily watch in the background whilst spending too much time on social media or video games. Would also be a nice way to go back and rewatch them from the beginning! That would be wicked sweet awesome, thanks. Looking forward to your next project, been subscribed I think from around the 10,000 mark
I remember watching very early M25 construction between what are now junctions 6 and 7 in around 1972. A motorway bridge was built over the roundabout near Godstone. That bridge sat by itself looking rather lonely for several years before it was actually joined to anything.
A understated and throughly excellent achievement here Jon. You've taken what is a dry subject matter, researched and written each episode in an easy to follow and entertaining manner, and presented them in a very entertaining style. This bizarrely watchable, indeed binge inviting series has been fantastic, and is a great credit to you. Wicked, sweet, awesome. 👍
Superstar : Just love these discussions as to why such decisions were made - no doubt HS2 will be soon + stormwater interceptor tunnels please - Mr Tunnel is Colin Eddie
Can't wait for "Secrets of the A-roads" 😂
Secrets of the A38 is what im looking forward to :D
@@RocketsPocket-u2r Secrets of the A66.
“Secrets of the A14”. 😁
Wonder what will happen with the A74? The only bit left is the A74(M) and London Road heading into Glasgow.
Excellent, although I feel a bit sad that you’ve finished this series. Looking forward to what you do next 👍
This was one of the best series ever
Secrets of the irish motorways. "oh well there was a period of trouble, and that resulted in this arrangement..." Needless to say the layout of the sliproads is here because ABdef ... xD
Yeah NI M1 missing junctions, partially build fork junction near Antrim, M2 gap between Antrim and Ballymena.
Is it over?
@@mariemccann5895 not sure
Was or is?
If you don't know then it still is
Respect for traveling every mile of the motorway network and making it interesting.
An excellent series! All that standing in cold fields, taking shelter from the rain in concrete underpasses and sweating in your beanie under the Scottish summer sun was most definitely worth it!
Don't forget the stalker in the red Vauxhall under the flyover 😂
I think I’ve only ever seen you without your Beanie once. Nah, your face didn’t fit. Put it back on.
8:40 - I'll be here at the regular time next Sunday to see what comes next! Well done, Jon, on seeing this documentary project through to its conclusion! The sheer amount of effort to research, script, film, edit and upload eighty videos is commendable!
A big thanks John for this series. Not long after you first started it i went through a break up which left me in some bad places. But one of the consistent, reliable and entertaing things i had in my life during that time was this series. As silly as it seems that obscure and quirky facts about the UKs motorways may have helped somoene it really did. I always knew that on a Sunday, without fail, i was either going to learn something or smile and at certain points those smiles were so needed. So again i say thank you for this series and i look forward to whatever you come up with next.
RIP to one of the best series on RUclips.
The UK needs to build new motorways now! This can’t just be the end! ;) Thanks for the entertaining and beautiful videos!
I'm sure there are some A roads at almost motorway standards that could be rebadged in time for next week's episode...
We don't need more roads, we need to maintain the ones we have.
@@davidbaker251 The A55 is a great example of that.
That will take some time, so maybe we could get a new series called Secrets of the A.
Or bring back affordable and convenient mass transportation
Sunday Lunchtime improved.
Thank you
I loved this series, if it wasn't for it being suggested to me by RUclips because of my love for disused railways, I don't think I would of found your channel. I really hope you come back with secrets of the A Roads or something.
This series has been wicked sweet awesome! Thanks for all the entertaining and informative episodes. I hope the next adventure goes well, whatever that may be.
Surprised you missed the dubious fact that Epping Forest Cricket Club's pitch at Bell Common may be the most expensive cricket pitch in the world when you take into account of the cost of the cut and cover tunnel under it vs the cost of just having a cutting through it.
Yes, it is really quite an interesting spot. You can stand on the cricket square with a bat in your hand facing balls from another team, totally unaware that you have eight lanes of traffic immediately under your feet as you are unable to see the tunnel portals from the cricket field. 👍 When I used to occasionally play there I would mention this to my team mates and they did not always believe me as the cricket field being right next to Epping forest is quite a tranquil place.
Need to find new entertainment for Sunday afternoons
Not at all, see you next Sunday....
I enjoy the humour and education please keep going with this 😊
@@AutoShenanigans could have been worse could have been next Tuesday!
@@AutoShenanigansSecrets of the Railways next?
I mean why not, you often talked about rails in these episodes.
Wow. I loved the montage at the end. What a journey. Congratulations on an amazing body of work, Jon.
Wow, if it hadn’t been for your comment I would have missed the montage.
Cheers for that😊
Completely, cheers for that.
*THE TRUNK ROADS!!!!! A1, A2, A3... etc....*
Great Motorway series John!!!!
Well here we are 18/07/2024 and I am completing my SotM marathon. Thank you Jon for all the effort you've put into these videos. Very enjoyable.
This was an amazing series sad to see it end
After all that hard work, you deserve a short rest. For your next series, I suggest "Beaches of the Mediterranean".
Secrets of the Roman Roads... today of course 😊
Congratulations on what's a great achievement to complete the series 👍
That would have to be a collab with Paul and Rebecca.
Can’t wait for “Secrets of The Irish Motorway”!🛣🇮🇪
Your dated sense of humour is like looking in a mirror. Don’t ever change. I can’t wait to see what you embark on next. Thank you for such a wicked sweet awesome entertaining series. Sorted!
Love you love time.
I never thought I'd find a series on Britain's Motorways remotely interesting, yet I did and so did 118 thousand other people.
Thank you.
A series on old Roman roads would be interesting too.
Another fascinating episode. 👌
I'm sold.
Geoff, your secrets of the underground has dropped to No2 in the charts.
Congrats to everyone at Auto Shenanigans on this absolutely stunning achievement.
Knocking Geoff off his perch.
I genuinely wish this series never ends, it was absolutely brilliant!
Wow, I never even considered this series would actually end, but I guess it always would’ve. Congratulations on making it all the way to the end! This has been an amazingly entertaining and informative series.
Thanks John. You've kept us entertained every week. A series on bridges or tunnels, or even abandoned airfields, would be great.
I had no idea when I started they I'd be sitting through 80 videos about motorways 😮. Wow, what a journey!
Wow! What a ride. Thank you for doing this series, I've enjoyed it tremendously, and in a way, it's sad it has to end.
I can't believe you've finished them all!
Epic outro, Jon!
And thank you for the series!
Can't wait for international Secrets of The Motorway to happen.
Just imagine these titles...
Les secrets de l'autoroute
Geheimnisse der Autobahn
Sekrety autostrad
Secretos de la autopista
Geheimen van de snelweg
Those sound epic
End of an era mate. I’m looking forward to the next videos.
Thanks and have a good week
Thanks a lot mate!
An excellent series my Sundays will never be the same again ,looking forward to your next project.
And breathe. … Then award Jon a doctorate on details of the uk motorways. I’m loving the shadow shots of the camera, it adds that ‘I’m not perfect vibe.’
Excellent John, brilliant compilation of closing shots, wicked sweet awesome and thank you so much for not altering the format and words of introduction; something I have found oddly comforting.
End of an era! Thanks for the entertainment. Can't wait to see what's next...
love the collection of aerial shots at the end - great job :)
0:40 The south links to M1 weren't included to avoid too much 'local' traffic overloading the junction. Plus existing routes achieve the same result:
- ACW traffic comes off at J21a and runs down the A405 to M1J6 - or it would have already gone down the A1 to Apex Corner or the North Circular to achieve the same outcome
- CW traffic comes off at J19 (see previous episode) (or if its come from the A41 continues across J20) and then follows A41 to join M1 at J5 (Berrygrove Interchange)
Thanks for a great series, Jon!
Nice one,thanks a lot :)
Blimey the day has finally dawned.
Thank you for your sterling efforts and not too tiny joyride.
Watching the montage in the outro I was surprised to see that so many of them were filmed in the winter. Your sunny countenance blinded me to the grotty conditions you had to work in.
Ta v. much.
Round of applause for a’wicked sweet awesome’ series. Cheers Jon.
That whirlpool interchange is lovely!
Congrats on the series mate, it's been the making of the channel. Safe to say you nailed it!
not if you've used it at peak times to try to join the M11 northbound from the M25
Thank you for a wonderful series Jon!
An absolutely fabulous series. My Sundays will never be the same without my fix of Sotm.
Whatever you do next Jon I wish you success and safe travels. Take care.
Thanks Jon, cannot believe it started back in 2022 (I was one of the few people that were watching back then), and thanks for all the hard work! To me my favourite of the series was the Last minute Christmas shopping at motorway services episode (closely ahead of the Secret of the Secret of Motorways episode).
I watched it from the start too, sad to see it conclude
I watched it from the start too, sad to see it conclude
Not sure what was more awesome - the compilation outro, or the Cillit Bang gag
Now we just need a "Best of Secrets of the Motorways" covering the best moments filmed
What a fantastic series of videos John.
I spend most of my life delivering cars on up-and-down motorways of England, and I’ve learnt so much from this series. Keep up the good work Adam
😭😭😭 can't believe it's over! Thank You for such an amazing journey, definitely one of the best series in the world!
Brilliant as always….. Mr & Mrs 6thDayBlue x
Thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication that you have put into making this series. 😊
hope you'll do more. Thank you once again.
Thank you for a fantastic series. I never thought I'd sit through 80 videos of motorways, still can't quiet believe that I did but not only that enjoyed every single one.
Looking forward to another exciting episode of something!
Can't believe it's over after so long.
What a great series!
for fans of your outro's, that one is wicked-sweet-awesome to say the least.
Thanks Jon! This was a great series, and I'm looking forward to "ah, something" - I'm sure it will be great!
Congratulations on the conclusion of Secrets of the Motorway! It's been a very interesting ride where I've learned more than I ever thought I'd want to know about the British network of motorways. I look forward to seeing what you tackle next!
I'm breathless just listening to his comma-less commentary
Thanks for a great series - may have to start watching it all over again
Thanks a lot mate
Ah, no way! The end of an era. By far the best series yet! Looking forward to see what comes next. Thanks Jon.
One more video of a huge compilation in order of number?
I dont know what im going to do on a sunday now this series is over, its been brilliant with a cuppa just watching these !
Thanks John for this wonderful and informative series on Secrets of the Motorways, and kudos to you for braving all weathers and all times of the year. Thank you John and look forward to what comes next.
Not first!!!
This is the best series I've ever seen about anything
Nooooo!!! Can’t believe that’s it.. absolutely loved this series. Going to really miss it on a Sunday Evening.
I found this really comforting viewing. I'll start watching the others. Thanks.
Thank you for making such a watchable series. My Sundays will be so empty now.
Great series, well done. Should be made into a TV show. Interesting fact, here in Iceland we don't actually have any motorways, and outside of Reykjavík practically no dual carriageway either
Congratulations, Jon, on a wonderful series. I have enjoyed every episode and learned so much about the UK's road system, and appreciate your level of detail and dry sense of humour. I appreciate how you have actually done the hard work of going to the places you describe and filming on location, and not just relying on secondary sources. Please consider making another series - maybe other kinds of roads, or railways? Or infrastructure? But you deserve to take some time off now!
Never thought I'd watch a series on motorways and junctions. Great videos. All the best 🇬🇧.
Thanks again for this awesome series.
Thanks a lot mate, appreciate that!
It's like the end of an era. I never thought when I first saw a thumbnail for a video about a motorway I'd end up seeing out the rest of the series. Looking forward to seeing what you make next.
Petition to build more motorways so Jon can extend this series?
Thank you Jon, can I suggest now it’s all been filmed that at some point you maybe stitch all/some the videos together in some longer-form videos, I’m sure it’s the kind of thing plenty of people would happily watch in the background whilst spending too much time on social media or video games.
Would also be a nice way to go back and rewatch them from the beginning!
That would be wicked sweet awesome, thanks.
Looking forward to your next project, been subscribed I think from around the 10,000 mark
Thank you John. Never a dull moment! Fascinating stuff.
Fantastic series John. How you managed to refrain from saying "E I E I" and indeed "O" is heroic.
Thanks for all the motorway secrets, saving the "best" 'til last - the dreaded M25!
Brilliant! Who’d have thought that learning the history of the M25 would be so entertaining and funny. Wicked sweet awesome !
I'll be tuning in next week for "Blatantly Obvious Things About Motorways"! Thanks for this series John. It's been fantastic.
I love this channel
I need to re-binge the whole thing now!
Can’t wait for your next series. Please don’t stay away too long, these are so informative and more importantly entertaining John. Thanks a million
So I can now binge watch secrets of ALL the motorways.
Looking forward to the next phase too
I had no idea I'd be watching such a series...I'm an American. Thanks for providing some info and entertainment, I look forward to what comes next
Thank you John. Amazing series. 🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼
The end of an era, really enjoyed every episode. Loved the extended credits too. Can't wait for whatever comes next 👍
That whole series was wicked, sweet, awesome.
Wonderful Jon
Secrets of the A roads magical
Thank you
Definitely been my favourite thing on RUclips for the last few months. Looking forward to your next venture.
I cant believe it's the end... brilliant series john.
Thankyou mate it’s been a blast . What a brilliant series!
I remember watching very early M25 construction between what are now junctions 6 and 7 in around 1972. A motorway bridge was built over the roundabout near Godstone. That bridge sat by itself looking rather lonely for several years before it was actually joined to anything.
A understated and throughly excellent achievement here Jon. You've taken what is a dry subject matter, researched and written each episode in an easy to follow and entertaining manner, and presented them in a very entertaining style.
This bizarrely watchable, indeed binge inviting series has been fantastic, and is a great credit to you.
Wicked, sweet, awesome. 👍
Nice one mate, thanks for watching!
Secrets of bridges would be cool too. Thanks Jon I have loved it.
Absolutely fantastic series. I’ve enjoyed every one. Thank you
Superstar : Just love these discussions as to why such decisions were made - no doubt HS2 will be soon + stormwater interceptor tunnels please - Mr Tunnel is Colin Eddie
Fantastic series, can't believe it's over but I'm looking forward to what's next.
Nice one Jon. Take the afternoon off, you've earned it.