United Kingdom Motorcycle Road Trip - Stonehenge Visit
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- Touring UK by motorcycle as Moto Tourist.
Riding through the English countryside on our BMW R1250 GSA allows us to explore the lesser known areas of the UK. In this Motorcycle RUclips episode we visit the world famous historical site of Stonehenge, but is it really worth it?
Continuing our Motorcycle adventure for ride to the Historical seaside Town of Swanage after seeing one of the best example of a ruined English castle _ Corfe Castle.
Riding long distances by bike can be tiring so what better way to finish a long ride that with a Pint in an English Pub.
How to visit Stonehenge for free - 00:29
Visit Stonehenge Hack - 01:35
UK Giant Pot Holes - 02:01
How much does it cost to visit Stonehenge? - 03:40
Corfe Village England - 06:53
Swanage Pier - 08:51
Visiting Corfe Castle South England - 12:19
Abbotsbury, where to see Thatched roofs - 16:06
Spectacular English Coastline onboard R1250 GS - 17:45
The Manor House, Recommended Seaside Pub hotel - 18:37
How much does a Pint Cost? - 19:37
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Hi Emily & Sean, yes for me the south coast is just to busy, I remember as a 7 year old child camping in the New Forest, some sixty years ago and we had the place to ourselves. Now I think the only areas in Britain that offer some peace and tranquillity for me has to be the north west coast of Scotland, which I have to say is truly stunning. One good thing though you have the spoked wheels that can withstand all of our bloody potholes. Thank you for such entertaining videos you make...
The North Norfolk coast has several almost deserted beaches and small towns like Wells- next- the Sea. The twisty coastal road is lovely but can be congested at times!
Hi Stephen, yeah it really was busy although it seemed to get better towards the Western South coast. Must have been nice when the area was less populated. Yeah the contrast when we got to the West coast of Scotland was incredible, like a breath of fresh air. Hehe yeah we did hit a few monster pot holes (one can't avoid them all). Thanks! Really glad you to hear you enjoy them 😊
Hi Neil, interesting. We didn't actually have the time on this trip to visit that area but sounds like we should make the effort the next time we visit 😊
Hahaha the potholes had me laughing😂
Just adorable little villages. Great filming and superb editing. 😊
Haha yeah that was a laugh - especially when Em gets catapulted out her seat lol 😂
Thanks as ever! 😊
Another sweet and lovely video, I love seeing the typical English architecture / coast and green surroundings!
Thanks very much! yeah it was spectacular and a very relaxing landscape - the pub was great too 🙂
Great episode and great editing. It is a beautiful area to drive through and visit. I enjoy it and also the comment that this supermarket was heaven, hahaha.
Thanks very much, some even more spectacular rides on the way. Haha never has anyone been so happy to see a supermarket than Em 😂
The "Pot Holes of Stone Henge" Nice ride"
Haha it's almost like they don't want people using that road 😂
Another great video love the old little villages so cool
Thanks Jeff, yeh that village at the end took us by surprise! Looked like a filmset it was so perfect.
Minutes 15 till 18 is excellent beautiful views road and house's 👌
That was our favourite part of the day, so stunning to ride over that hill with the sun going down and that village was beautiful
@@SeanandEmily adding the pint part also 😂😂👌
Beautifull landscape and I like those single lane roads. Hope you will find the quiet roads in the following days. Drone views were great. Enjoyed it.😎👍
Hi Ruud, year we love the lanes too! Form here on the roads get quieter and the rides even more spectacular. Thanks for your comment and great to hear you enjoyed it 😎👍
You 2 are awesome,
Looks like you had more fun riding through the massive puddles then the Stonehenge 🤣
To be completely honest, Stonehenge is way overrated,
I'm looking forward for the videos that you get away from the South as that here is waaaay to busy .
Hi Alin, haha yeah that's very true. Was kind of disappointed in Stonehenge (but that's probably as I had built it up in my head over the years lol) but it's something that needs to be seen at least once i guess.
The trip just got better and better from here so looking forwards to sharing them 😊
Hi guys, another great video, and I totally agree about Stonehenge, excessively expensive, ( it’s not as if there’s utility bills involved 😂
Hahah yeah! i didn't think of that. Other than cutting the grass what else is there to maintain 😂
The landscape is amazing. I didn't expect the road to Stonehenge was that bad. See you soon
Yeah a really nice landscape. This was not the official road to Stonehenge, the official visitors centre has a huge car park, a visitors centre and a bus ......but costs £30 per person. So we used this by-way track to get as close as we could without having to pay the entrance fee 😊 See you tomorrow for the next one.
The other site is wood Henge on the road to larkhill, And its free.The visitor centre is closer than where you was next to all the van and caravans, summer soltis was not that away from when you visited,
That sounds like a good option! Thanks 😎👍🏻
My understanding is that Stone Henge was built because there was nothing decent to watch on TV that weekend. It probably never entered their heads to think of what a nice little earner tourist trap it would be in the future.
Haha sounds a good theory! If only that had know they could have built a few more 😂
Touring through the South East/Southern England is some of the most congested motorcycling you can do in my opinion. I live in Kent and even getting out for a day out, the roads are never quiet. Better roads ahead for you from now. Great videos as always 🙂
I motorcycle often in the Kent, Essex and Sussex areas and the roads can be busy at times. However, mondays to fridays are quieter than week ends and once you are in the heart of the countryside its often easier travelling.
Hi, yeah we were really surprised as to how congested the roads were. So much so that there really wasn't much point in overtaking as it was just continues traffic. Yeah you're right the roads did get clearer from here on. Still worth it as there are some spectacular sights in the area 😊
Yeah the built up areas were a nightmare, but if we had had more time then i guess sticking to the small roads would have been a lot more enjoyable.
Glad you had Abbottsbury on your route. Tbh we always bypass the south east as there’s not much in the way of great riding and scenery until Corfe Castle heading west. Wish we could’ve met you guys en route but you look tired and we are flat out with our business. Tesco’s teabag section 😂😂😂. All the best to you both. 😊
What a beautiful town Abbotsbury is, a lovely ay to finish the day off. Would have been nice to meet up, but each day was really hard to guess how long it would take us to get anywhere. Lots of nights ended up with eating a pot noodle in the hotel room as we arrived after the kitchen shut 😂.
Haha i think Emily's favourite moment of the trip was the teabag section in Tesco lol
Cheers mate 😊
@@SeanandEmily The reality of touring! Worth it for the adventure ✊🏼😉. You guys really do a great job. Appreciate your hard work and commitment to the vlogs.
Hey Guys, Stonehenge has changed a lot over the past few years. There was a time where you could literally park the other side of the road and walk under the tunnel to the stones and then walk right up to them, I know the by-way that you went on to get a view but there is an actual visitor centre now about 2 miles down the road where you have to park and then there are coach’s that take you to back up to the stones, I think this was all done to make more money and they had problems with vandalising. As a young boy I used to cycle the Stones and then climb & sit on them. Around about the time you were there maybe a couple of days before or after the stones were vandalised by someone throwing paint on them
Hi, yeah guessing it has. That's great that you used to play on the stones as a kid -what great memories 😊We looked at the visitors centre but it costs about £30 each for entrance and the coach which we would rather spend on a couple of tanks of fuel and didn't fancy leaving the gear with the bike unattended, so the by-way gave us a great few and saved us a few quid at the same time 😊.
Yeah we saw that on the news! Hope there wasn't too much damage.
Thanks for watching and we hope you enjoy the series.
Hey Guys, just got to the end of this video and you said that you are off to Lands-end, if there is one absolute must see place to visit it’s The Minack Theatre, you will be blown away 😮😮😮😮 Don’t go to down that way without paying the theatre a visit
Hi, thanks for the tip. Just looked it up and it looks amazing -would be awesome to catch a show there or a musical. Unfortunately we didn't go although will be adding it to the must visit next time list 😊
@@SeanandEmily I can not stress it enough…….. an absolute must visit to add to your Bike’it’list. Mark
Hopefully others will read your comment and make a visit too 🙂
I went as a kid and it was free there was no barriers and you could touch the stones. It’s definitely not worth the cost they charge today.
That sounds more like it! We thought the same, so took a few photos from the fence and moved on 😊
Welcome back to sunny smooth road UK haha
Hahah thanks!
I was surprised to see such potholes in a country as developed as England. Why don't you go to Stonehenge, is it because the tickets are very expensive or because there is no parking space. What I like about your trip to England is the vast green views and small villages with thatched roofs like in fairy tales.
Yeah it's amazing how bad some roads have got in the UK (but the road to Stonehenge that we used is not really a road so don't think the whole country is like this lol). Yeah we deemed it too expensive to get closer to Stonehenge £30 per person we just couldn't justify. There's a giant carpark and visitors centre where you buy the tickets from, or you can ride up this road to take a little look. Yeah the thatched roofs and small villages are truly beautiful. Thanks for watching 😊
The average length of time spent at Stonehenge is 15 minutes! National Trust data. The road you saw is typical of those approaching old monuments under the care of the NT, try Badbury Rings if you don't believe me!
If you rode from there to Avesbury Henge, it is a nice ride, on far quieter roads, and you can touch the stones for free. I live right next to Stone Henge, its way overrated and idiots on the A303 come to an almost stop as they drive past for a 'look'.
Hi, great tip for Avesbury henge -if we had know about that one i think we would have gone there instead. That must be a nightmare at times for you with the traffic! I can imagine people almost stopping on the road.
Em missed the "That's what she said" joke about the size of Stonehenge 🤣
@@Awanderingnorseman and I have been kicking myself ever since. Em 😂🤣
geez you would think some of that money would go to fixing that road lol 😱
haha yeah your would think so .....but actually this road is a by-way road that is open for the public (there used to be one right next to the stones but they got it closed) -perhaps they even put the pot holes in lol to encourage people to pay to park at the visitors centre
hi is your road trip bring you to cumbria the lakes ,some amazing roads and sites,
Yeah we will be riding through Cumbria and the lake district later on in the series -such a beautiful part of the country!
@@SeanandEmily buy yous a coffee if i see yee, my riding part of the county.
Thanks 😎👍
The road past the henge is horrible. Came off it yesterday and took the B roads to Dorset-much nicer
Love these vids-how you see where I live 😊😊
Hi Robert, Yeah not the best section of road and very busy!! As you say some great B roads in the area though if you have time. You live in a lovely part of the country and not too far from the coastal roads too. 😊
Yeah the countryside is so very pretty and love the coast
Gotta say riding in Europe is much safer 😊
You two take care
Yeah i do agree with that, there's so many concealed exits and entrances and with the amount of traffic in some areas people seemed to be pulling out of nowhere at times. Still keeps you alert,
Thanks and you too 😊
You needed a tank to get through those Stonehenge holes 🤣
Haha looks like they had been created with a tank! 🤣
Recently some climate nuts sprayed the Stonehenges with paint. Somebody could get close to them...
Yeah we saw that! Hope it's water based! -at least they paid the entrance fee lol
I’ve learned by this v-log to avoid Stonehenge - 30£ X 2 persons = 60 £ = 804 SEK 😒😵
But that hotel looked classy 😁
Looking forward to the rest 🙏
Btw ; are you doing Ireland too ?
How many weeks were you out , 3 weeks ?
Yeah total rip off!! We got close enough for free though 😊
The Hotel was an old Pub, great beer on tap and right next to the sea -lovely place!
Yeah we go to Ireland and ride all of the wild Atlantic way, the entire trip lasted 4 weeks and i think we are getting 2-3 episodes out of each day. It was an intensive tour but really worth the effort.
@@SeanandEmily Wow 🤯
That’s really a lot in 4 weeks , well done 💯
It's funny i think the total distance was 8000km which was 2000km less than the heading North Tour but it took a lot longer to actually get anywhere. Thanks 😊
How can you just drink one pint? I can only seem to have 4-5 each time I get the opportunity , nice vid though the prices at Stonehenge like many things in the UK seems nuts at £30 per person just not worth it to my mind...
Haha after living in Switzerland for many years where a pint costs £10 you learn to only have one 🤣
Agreed not worth it at all, that’s why we decided not to get any closer. If it was a tenner then perhaps but £30 is nuts.
crazy price , for a load of rocks🙂🙃, need to pay you for riding on that road,
Yeah really crazy! We don't mind paying to see attractions etc but £30 each we could not justify!
@@SeanandEmily agree crazy price
$30 pounds per person to see the Rocks? That is outrages. Charles and his royal family must need more money for their lavish life style.
What made us laugh is it's £30 a ticket with the option of taking a ticket with a donation for £33 😂 Even children (5-17) are £20 -that's an expensive family outing
@@SeanandEmily Like the Jury duty I had last year. They said we were getting $30 a day for our service, but if we would like to Donate that to the County it would be appreciated :) I said I'd rather burn it and won't give it back to you :) Children should always be free to enter to the historical sites, museums, etc..
That's quite an inconvenience for £30! lol I'm sure the rest of the courtroom isn't volunteering 😄
lol that’s just wrong mate we have some shit roads in Australia but they get graded every few weeks even in the out back as you know lol we wouldn’t put up with that here lol
haha in fairness it's a by-way road but yeah it could get graded but I think they don't really want people using it - they want you to pay the £30 entrance and car park fee. This track is as close as you can get without paying
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Haha exactly! 😊
The footage of Swanage and Corfe Castle has been intermixed which is confusing as they are two towns 10 miles apart!
They are 5 miles apart so very much the same region, hope it didn’t confuse you too much 😉
What a ridiculous comment! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you to Sean and Emily for another fantastic video -appreciate the effort that goes into making them …..no ‘confusion’ on my part 🤣