Weird Trains & a Rail Replacement Bus! Welcome to my ‘Day in the Life’ Trip to Holyhead.
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
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I recently took a trip with Transport for Wales up to Holyhead. Nothing unusual about that you might say. But in this case, I decided to try a bit of a different route via Wrexham and Shotton which enabled me to try out one of those weird class 230 trains that operate on that route all the way up to Bidston. Not only that, but, by the time I’d reached Bangor, that was effectively the end of the line! To reach Holyhead, I had to take a rail replacement bus service!
So not really routine was it. Nevertheless, here I was making this video of which the main point was to show you guys what I get up to on a normal trip. From what I pack, to how i do it, what I do for food (hopefully) and where I stay when I need to. A bit of a day in the life really!
Join me on this trip and i’d be really interested to know what you think of these new trains and let me know what you think about Holyhead as a destination. I’d wager most people don’t stray too far from the port but if you’ve ever stayed the night, let me know how you got on. As always guys, your comments are most appreciated.
Cheers for now!
Mark
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📖Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
04:52 - Shrewsbury to Wrexham General
07:10 - Wrexham General to Shotton
10:31 - Shotton to Bangor
12:14 - Bus to Holyhead
14:56 - Holyhead
16:48 - Summary
Really enjoy your videos Mark, and I love these type of ‘behind the scenes’ videos. Please make more of them in the future. I really like the minimal edited style as it feels more ‘realistic’ and as if I’m there with you on the trip. I always look forward to your vids as they’re informative and always have a unique twist to them compared to other travel reporters. Keep up the great work! Sending my support from Liverpool 😊
Cheers Liam, I very much appreciate the kind words and the super thanks, cheers. It’s people like you that really keep me going. Yesterday, I had to block an absolute moron on this channel who, after persistently getting things wrong, thought they were being funny but just crossed the line. I don’t block many people, most people on here (like yourself) just appreciate the channel for what it is. And like I said, it keeps me going. Cheers mate 😊👍
I love the clothes bag to keep things tidy within the main luggage - essential for packing into a rucksack. I have "Packing Cubes" which are basically the same and in three sizes. I like to call them my Clothes Tuppaware.
Shrewsbury looks lovely. At least the part where you live - and on a sunny day. I've never been!
Always love your videos Mark- thank you. This is actually one of my favourites!! Has a lovely, relaxing, peaceful air to it. Keep up the great work and hope all is well.
Mark 😊😊
I’m a Home Bargains HGV driver and have delivered to the Abbey Foregate store around the corner from that footbridge you walked over at the start of the video so think I’ve been quite close to your home! 😊
Shrewsbury definitely deserves a video!
Agree with you Mark on Costa also the coffee seems weaker than it used to be,by the way your home town looks delightful.😊
Shrewsbury looks like a lovely little town - as walks to the station go they surely don't get much better than that..!
Yep, it’s a pretty nice walk tbf
Not exactly little with a population of nearly 80,000 at the last census.
Who knows hmp Shrewsbury and banged up
Thanks to your videos I got National Express today from Gatwick to Cardiff. Was an equally beautiful travel day as yours in this video. Keep up the great work, and know that you inspire many people
Cheers Simon. Well I annoy one or two people too judging by a few of the comments I get 😂 but that’s the RUclips life I guess lol. Always appreciate your comments though mate and I’m glad to see you out on he coach 😊👍
Thank you Mark for what was an extremely interesting video! But note that the train you got between Wrexham and Shotton used to be a London Underground train! It used to run on the District Line. Now it has been fitted with batteries and now shuttles between Wrexham and Bidston (which is near Birkenhead).
Thanks for watching! Yes I’m not an expert when it comes to these trains but I have been informed they were indeed underground trains before they came up here!
Stayed at that Travelodge, no not much in Holyhead but a nice little maritime museum. Also had a great walk to South Stack, quite a trek but well worth it!
Thank you for yet another enjoyable video it is nice to see the realities of traveling and what you have to go through for us subscribers, many thanks and stay safe,cheers from Oz.
Cheers Simon. I quite enjoy it really and I always appreciate the support and comments from you guys. Keeps me going mate, thanks 😊👍
I've been watching and enjoying your content for so long, I thought I would come on and say hello finally. I appreciate all the hard work and many hours of travel and then all the editing etc that goes into a RUclips channel of this size. Your videos are very entertaining and I thoroughly enjoy them all. You inspire me to want to get out more and enjoy life. That's a really good quality. Thanks so much. Ollie
Hi Ollie! Well many thanks for leaving these kind words. Your comments are the very reasons I wanted to do this. Just to show that anyone can do it, cheaply too. It’s not all hard work though tbh, I’m currently sitting by the pool at my hotel in New Delhi 😉😊 Cheers mate, appreciate the message 👍
Hi from Australia, Born and bred in Middlesbrough but love my life in Brisbane having lived here for 50 odd years.
For our 40th wedding anniversary we went to the UK visiting friends and rellys in Scotland and England.
For something different we caught a train to Hollyhead and caught a ferry to Dublin for a driving holiday before flying to Singapore for a few days and then back to Brisbane.
We too stayed at the Travelodge overnight and loved seeing it again on your channel.
Not brilliant but I can't remember what night we stayed but we had HUGE problrms getting dinner. The couple of pubs we went to didn't do meals so we ended at the COOP
Very interesting video, Mark, nice rail and road trip! Great scenic views from the coast. Happy Pentecost.
Cheers Dirk, glad you enjoyed the scenery. All the best, Mark
We came to Wales over Easter , stayed at hafan y Mor haven, we went exploring and ended up at holyhead, didnt think much of it tbh , but we did go to landfairpg the longest train station name !
There's a pub just beside the ferry terminal called the Edinburgh Castle. I remember they did food there which was quite good and reasonably priced. But that was back in 2017. Maybe things have changed now.
Thanks for showing Shrewsbury. I was born there but haven't been back for many years. Great video!
Cheers Freddie. Same here, never managed to escape but there are worse places to live!
Hi Mark. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Please do more of this kind of video - great fun.
Thanks David, appreciate the comment 😊👍
Because of your medical condition I went to the GP and was diagnosed with planter fictitious. Now I know what it is I can deal with the attacks. I find wearing slippers in the house and avoiding walking on hard surfaces in bare feet definitely helps. The pain does make walking hard and used to make going to the Gym impossible. Thank you for drawing this condition to my attention.
I had plantar fasciitus for a while, which caused horrendous, sharp pains in my feet. It went away when I stopped wearing cheap flip flops and shoes without arch support. I bought more expensive flip flops with contoured arch support and stuck to wearing only good quality walking shoes. The pains in the soles of my feet stopped immediately.
Cheers mate. I’ve spent a bit of money on some decent footwear now (which has helped a lot). Someone else said about walking around the house in bare feet. I do that but never thought anything of it. I will bear it in mind a lot more now. Slippers are a good shout 👍
Let's make a trip to Shrewsbury , it' looks great. Wouldn't be a bad idea to look at Wrexham either , due to the attention it's getting
The train up the North Wales coast is pretty awesome - done that train from Crewe to Holyhead quite a few times back when British Rail/Stena used to do rail and sail day trips to Dublin via Dun Laoghaire. It was a while ago admittedly 😂
If you time it right Kev, the sunset is beautiful. One of my favourite lines 👍
Great video Mark. I do love these nuts and bolts videos. Certainly nothing glamorous about this trip but a means to an end to start your next trip. I love travelling through Shrewsbury on the train though especially down towards Hereford.
Thank you for the background insight. Enjoyed.
shrewsbury looks like a lovely little town , also great seeing TFW 153 still in service, all ours where withdrawn up north
It’s not bad lol. I get kinda used to it as I’ve always been here. Probably don’t appreciate it because of that tbh!
I took a ride from Bidston to Shotton last Bank Holiday, reminded me of the back of my tranny van loaded with conduit. Rattled like BillyOh! I had a Cheshire day ranger which I thought was super value for money for a days rail riding.
The day ranger is good value. As is the Merseyrail Saveaway (the one that includes the ferry). I’m hoping to get on that in a few weeks time 👍
Love these informal vids, Mark. More of them. Holyhead? Well I did spend the first night of my honeymoon (1st wife) there in 1976 and all I recall was a pleasant resort hotel somewhere outside the centre. Nowhere to eat? That's worrying for a main feeder port to Ireland. Wonder why. Anglesey? My last UK registered car was from there i.e. SEY 171L :-) Sold it and came to Oz (via Greece). Always had a soft spot for Anglesey. You remind me of me and my days as a Lonely Planet researcher and writer (1994-2007) when I seemed to do a lot of what you do in between your main shoots - or in my case - in between research bursts on location: finding a place to eat and sleep. I relax and smile a lot when I watch your adventures. Don't stop. Paul in Oz.
Hi Mark great video a few trains & ex National Express Levante’s Holyhead is abit of a dump when I drive up to catch the boat i always stop at Lymm truck stop on M6 & eat then i don’t have to eat in Holyhead while i wait for the boat
Cheers Paul. That is a great tip mate. Of course there’s bound to be a next time with me so I’ll bear it in mind. Thing is, I could take a late ferry but then that’s a night in Dublin and have you seen the hotel prices in Dublin!!!
Thank you mark for another great video really enjoy watching your videos
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it 😊👍
Hi I still love watching your videos they are brilliant your videos always make me feel so much better keep up the good work from Marie 😁
Hi Marie, that’s lovely to hear thank you 😊👍
This was a great idea for a video. Thoroughly enjoyed as always.
Cheers Tim, glad you enjoyed it mate 😊
Great video as always!! Plenty of scenery too. Hope all is well, take care
Cheer# Peter. Yep that stretch of the north Wales coast is particularly nice at sunset too. Ireland next 👍
Great video Mark & a good insight into what you get up to on a travelling day to set yourself up. Looking forward to your ferry trip to Ireland :)
Cheers Andy, coming up soon mate 😊👍
Enjoyed it as always! Shropshire and Wales are lovely.
Thanks Simon, it’s not a bad part of the world 😊👍
Really enjoyed the 'behind the scenes' video. As regards the day and what's coming up next I had a sense of deja vu. Last June I travelled from Nottingham to Holyhead, staying in the Travelodge and got something from the Chinese takeaway/chip shop. Early morning ferry to Dublin to sample its delights and a late evening flight back to East Midlands.
To add to things, last week I had a day out in Shrewsbury sampling some of the Good Beer Guide pubs!
Yeah I'd have got a Chinese takeaway too.
Cheers Kevin. Hope you enjoyed Shrewsbury. I may be a bit biased but I think it’s got more food/drink options than Holyhead tbh!
Not sure why you didn't do a SailRail journey. You would have got into Dublin that evening negating the stay in Holyhead which felt a bit redundant to me
Dublin hotels were about three times the price.
07:30 Those trains are old London underground trains that used to run on the District and Circle Lines. A company bought a load of them when LU upgraded the trains and converted them to run on the mainline. I think they went bankrupt recently.
Very enjoyable- greetings from St.Thomas Ontario Canada.
Thanks Peter. Hope Ontario’s good - I’ll be flying into Toronto this November! Looking forward to that trip 😊👍
Cheers Mark…enjoyed that journey…the last time I did Holyhead was behind Class 46 Ixion in the 90s!
Cheers mate and it’s a great line along the north wales coast there too. Love that part of the route 😊👍
Nice explainer mate 👍 That's one part of the country I've never been, Holyhead, Anglesey and the ferry to Ireland. And even Shrewsbury, I've only been once - to the wedding of a uni friend in about 2004! Looks like a nice town, really must make the effort to go back!
You know you can just give me a shout about Shrewsbury whenever you’re free. Will be happy to reciprocate your hospitality mate 😊
Holyhead is ,... a dump, the chippy is a 3/10 if you find it... I have been there a number of times over the last 30 years. I have the same Osprey bag, mine is an attachment to a larger bag, but is still too big for Ryanair carry on! It's 1cm above dimensions. Amazing! Anyway, great video, please do what you do :)
Cheers mate. I didn’t find the chippy, no! Probably for the best by the sounds of it! And you can’t go wrong with Osprey imo - great quality kit. Haven’t had any hassle with Ryanair over it yet but never say never with them!!
Nice one👌always support your local (coffee shop in this case) great video.
I try my best 😊 cheers Brian 👍
The coach was new to edwards in 2011 and used on national express routes and looks like been refurb and had new seats put in etc
Class 230 from Wrexham is a ex-London Underground D Stock which has been heavily modified
Nice one, thanks for the info 😊👍
My friend works at the McDonald’s down the road!
I was about to recommend iron and fire then you mentioned it 😂
Discovered iron and fire during my TFW training and now whenever I pass thru Shrewsbury that place is a must !
It does great coffee Dan (and a loyalty card!) 👍
Blimey you went round the houses to get to Holyhead!
Just fancied a change tbh.
That was the class 230 the 2nd train you got on and it is in fact an underground train its a converted D78 stock from the district line
I love going to the cafe in Darwin Centre next to the Entertainer. Do a lovely coffee and panini 😀
I’ve heard that Shane. Must try it someday. Plenty of choice inShrews 👍😊
I’ve watched a few of your videos but didn’t realise you lived in Shrewsbury. I used to live in Radbrook Green, but moved to Spain in 2007. Returning to the UK a couple of years later I moved to Telford, where I still live.
I go back to Shrewsbury occasionally to see my daughter, who lives in the town centre.
Yes I know Radbrook Green well - nearly moved there myself once. It’s not a bad place to live all-in-all. 😊👍
My pal and I found a nice Indian restaurant on a Sunday night January 2023 main street then a crazy pub. But there was absolutely nothing else open
Cheers Damian, yes I think there was an Indian restaurant open iirc, just wasn’t really fancying it. Maybe I was being too fussy but takeaway in the room too could’ve been an option but I try and avoid that if possible - just stinks the place out!
The coach is an ex national express caetano levante that has been reseated down to school bus spec. The remove the toilet and the comfortable seats and put slightly smaller seats in a 3 + 2 configuration.
Cheers mate, that’s interesting. Hadn’t seen a 3:2 seating config before.
@LetsMakeaTrip you will also find that in the majority of cases that they leave the under entrance wheelchair lift in and leave the front seats by the door as " magic " seats for a wheelchair. ( easily removed). I hated those under floor lifts as they rattled and banged whilst driving.. also the vehicles will have been maintained to the nth degree but will have covered well over a million miles on nasty express work.
Love the video and yes your right the weird triangle was a revamped 1979tube stock
i did holyhead once many years only had a couple of hours there and seemed nice anough
Cheers Roslyn, it was a very odd train - fairly unique though on his line so I guess at least I can say I rode on one! Last time I spent a couple of hours in Holyhead it poured down with rain all the time. I’m not having the best experiences there tbh 😂
Behind the scenes are always interesting. A lot of time and energy goes into creating those videos. Not as easy a job as some might think.
Thanks guys, always appreciate your comments. A few people do think it’s easy and I don’t do any planning but I’m never going to please everyone tbh, that’s YT life 😂😊
I did a trip from Liverpool to Wrexham a few months ago, did the Bidston-Wrexham line on the way down just to travel on these odd converted tube trains. Not much at Wrexham - apart from the Magic Dragon Brewery Tap, a good micropub that sells their own beers
Hollywood football team 😂
great Mark
Thanks mate 😊👍
Hi Mark, I'm travelling down to Llandudno on Monday for a few days, my intention is to visit Holyhead on Tuesday by train with the purpose of visiting South Stack Lighthouse, it looks amazing by the pictures, not much to see in Holyhead though?, thanks buddy for that wee insight into your routine 👍
Yes South Stack looks good but Holyhead itself seemed a bit quiet to me. Enjoy the trip! 👍
Mark, you might get more viewers if you mentioned which trains, buses or ferries that you travel on. ps hope you had a good time in Switzerland with Johnny Hoover
I really enjoyed Switzerland yes. Johnny is a nice guy too, we will do more stuff together hopefully 😊👍
Holyhead... Spent two hours there on a Sunday in the pissing rain, and it was 1:45 too long. No particular desire to return.
Yes I’ve done that in the past. Bloody dreadful experience! Then, on the way back a tree fell on the line the other side of Bangor! Yes, it was one of those days!!
Another interesting broadcast. I was especially interested in your walking route to Shrewsbury Station. In 2019 I moved from Kent to Welshpool and quickly discovered the joys of nearby Shrewsbury which is probably my favourite town in the UK. Neighbours from hell forced me out of Welshpool last summer and I would have loved to relocate to Shrewsbury but financial prudence dictated South Ribble instead which is fine.
Haha about the guys boarding with cans at Gobowen and a vaping trio urging a retreat into fresh air at Shotton. Experienced both more than once 😂.
The coach at Bangor looked slightly malevolent with its "horns"!
I never made it to Holyhead during my time in Welshpool although the T2 bus made a useful link between Machynlleth and Bangor (via Minffordd for Portmeirion) on the occasions when the Barmouth viaduct was closed.
If you had a bit of spare cash a trip from Holyhead to the lighthouse at South Stack may have been a worthwhile option (probably a taxi would have been necessary to and from because no bus goes all the way that I can see).
Ah Welshpool. I spend quite a bit of time there atm with my other job. Didn’t think it’s a bad place (apart from the bronx) like every town I guess in that respect. I might well try a few more Traws Cymru buses and the T2 could well be an option. Cheers mate 😊
@@LetsMakeaTrip I do miss many aspects of Welshpool, the views to the Long Mountain, Powys Castle deer park, the Montgomery Canal; all of them gems. I was just unlucky to live inbetween two aggressive neighbours - these things happen but there's no point in putting up with it (and this wasn't in the "Bronx", but I know where you mean). The X75 bus is worthy of your attention (especially Berriew and the towpath walk from there back to Welshpool), the T12 to Montgomery (and the walk up to the castle and the County War Memorial), and also, the other way up to Chirk and Llangollen with the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct inbetween. (But something tells me you've already done that aqueduct).
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"Policemans foot" is painful, having heal lifters in your shoes helps, thanks for the review of what you take on your trips .
Cheers Alan, yep it is subsiding now thanks to buying some decent footwear I’m pleased to say 😊👍
Ahh, the rail replacement bus. The scourge of the merseyrail northern line.😂
I try and avoid them if possible. Always a few in Shrewsbury going somewhere on a Sunday!
😮 what a Trek lol was it because it was ⛅ day I'm not a lover of Holyhead the room at travel lodge was cheap Mark was your meal at premier Inn ok it must have been more expensive to stay there? I wish you could go to Bangor pier and show your dedicated followers the knowledge how they harvest the mussels in the straights faceing Anglesey thanks for the 📹 my friend all the best John 😊
Yes it was about £20 more expensive and further out from the town. I’ve stayed there before tbh and it’s fine. Not a bad walk at all.
Plantar fasciitis aka Policeman’s heel just about recovered from it after a horrendous 6 months , take care in managing it since recovery is long and slow. Wear arch supporting shoes and never walk around the house in bare feet. Try and do stretching of your ham strings after every long walk. Fingers crossed you recover quickly.
Cheers William, it’s not too bad now. I actually bought some decent footwear and that seems to have helped a lot! But I do walk around the house in bare feet - I’ll have to try and watch that.
As you have discovered, Holyhead really is the end of the line and Sunday is not a good day there. I live 30 mins away on the north of Anglesey and the only reason for visiting Holyhead is to turn up at the dentist there twice a year. I noticed one of the battery driven trains last time I was in Shotten. They sound very strange.
Yes the noise of the train is a bit weird! I like Anglesey, been loads of times but I guess Holyhead is a port town isn’t it and most are just passing through.
Very enjoyable. Back in the early 70s I went for an interview for a teaching post in Shrewsbury not successful travelled back to Gloucester and the following day went for the same reason to Norwich was not successful travelled back to Gloucester. Should have done a "Mark " video whoops did not exist. Osprey and Jack Wolfskin excellent kit. Looking fwd to Dublin
Cheers Kevin. I hope it worked out ok in the end! Love my Osprey stuff btw, good quality and very sturdy 😊👍
@@LetsMakeaTrip headmaster for 30 years so I suppose it worked out in the end but in South Wales not Shrewsbury!!
Albeit Transport for Wales has not the most comfy trains, I did use them quite a lot around Shrewsbury, a town which I absolutely loved. TfW also offer many among the nicest rail scenery in the whole UK.
Shotton kind of reminds me of Ruabon Station, from where I had my TfW train back to Shrewsbury (I had a long but exciting day travelling by TfW to Aberystwyth and then by bus to Llangollen and Ruabon).
Sounds like you had a great time mate and I’m glad you liked Shrewsbury. Maybe you’ll return one day?
@@LetsMakeaTrip I definitely will. The town in itself is beautiful and I even enjoyed Ironbridge too
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Cheers for the super thanks mate. Much appreciated 😊🫶🇷🇴
Looks like Shrewsbury deserves a video of its own.
Totally agree. I was there in April and is one of the most beautiful towns you can see in this part of the UK
It really does. I spent a week there back in February, actually traveled there from the US. I have a few friends who live there so opted to visit them on my trip to the UK. It's a great "base camp" of sorts if you're exploring Wales.
Yes tend to bypass it on the way to Wales
I think you’re right but I’ve done a few ‘sightseeing type’ vids in the past and no-one’s been that interested. Never say never I guess. There are worse places to live I agree 😊
@LetsMakeaTrip I've seen a lot of the worst places of Britain videos lately, and Shrewsbury is never in one of them😉
Travelodge is really a matter of hit or miss. The one in Watford is brilliant and serves food. But n Newport and Gloucester...
Yes I have found that. Stayed in some excellent ones recently.
Strange seeing a class 230 up north, thought those never strayed far from Cardiff.
these operate on the wrexham bidston line
Just this line I believe.
So you're a Shrewsbury man not a shrowsbury like myself and most of us from the South. Should have booked into Premier Inn as similar price to Travel Lodge and better rooms. If dinner booked when booking a discount applied so cheaper than walk ins.
It was about £20 dearer than the Travelodge for this date (though Sundays are always cheaper supposedly) but yep, in hindsight I think I’d have preferred to pay the extra money - even with the longer walk next morning.
Did that in 1986 on a single car demu, that travelodge seemed wet
It wasn’t the best. Staff were good though 👍
Is that the Lion Hotel , 2 minutes in ? Stayed there on my Stag Night 28 years ago . Good place Shrewsbury been there many times
It is. Has been used for asylum seekers recently. Not sure if it’ll re-open properly as a hotel again atm.
The options for dining don't get much better on other evenings as I recall, I once had a dreadful meal in a family type pub on the outskirts. We all left most of it.
I’ve had that experience too. Just so desperate, there was literally nowhere central to sit down and have anything like decent to eat (unless someone can tell me otherwise).
I had 3 nights in that Holyhead Travelodge last October. Yes food is a problem on a Sunday. I ended up in Asda and bought a ready made salad.
McDonald's is conveniently placed, there is also a tesco and Morrisions but probably a good walk away.
I find Holyhead quite convenient for the kind of trips I do, I am planning a train trip just to go on the ferry.
I took my late mum on the Stena HSS years ago as a day return.
Cheers mate. Yep I did have the McDonalds as a plan ‘c’ - not ideal tbh but I ended up in the Premierinn restaurant in the end which was fine. Just a bit of a walk.
i have been in Hoyhead hundreds of times or should I say Through! boat train train boat
Yes, I feel that it's best to support the independent businesses, such as coffee & food, .. shops, over the corpirate ones Mark
& Cash appears to be the lesser of other evils, such as track & trace digital cards, phones, apps & microchips, ..
& if we stop using cash, then we may lose it forever, along with our sovereign freedoms, privacy & independence, ..
Should have stayed at the premier inn.
It was more expensive and further away (though tbh, I think I probably thought the same when I was walking there for dinner!).
What was the cost of the rail travel ? Gobowen is my local station, Holyhead is typical ferry port, albeit a fairly big one, i,m asuming your going to southern ireland, i guess a passport is required ?
passport not required for ferry travel to ROI. just a photographic ID, like a driving license or PASS card. :)
£27.70 adult single. No passport required, just some form of ID.
Those ex London Underground trains have not proven very successful and I believe that the company which modified them has gone bust.They were the idea of the late Adrian Shooter owner of Chiltern Line.Apparently they have them of the Isle of Wight but perhaps they are more successful being DC electric there?Shooter modified the rest to have diesel engines and it doesn't seem to have worked out very well.
Yes they must be similar to the new trains on the IoW that replaced the old LU stock. Maybe this is why they are not more widely-used across the country?
The grimmest Travel Lodge ever.
Not the best. Staff were ok though.
I am Welsh and live 25 miles from Holyhead. It is not the most attractive of ports.
~7:00 cant tell if you're joking or not. but they are underground trains just converted to battery
I wasn’t joking, I just found out this was the case after reading some of your comments 😂
Probably an ex National Express coach.
Yes, someone else said it may have been converted seat-wise?
Oh gawd! Rail replacement buses??? I'd rather ride on a night bus in London, covered in someone else's vomit....
Think you mean Planter Fasciitus - planters heel - I get it in my right foot sometimes, probably thanks to all the running I did in my teens and twenties carrying a 15kg rucksack
Yes it was in my right foot mainly too! Best thing I’ve done is change my footwear and spent money on a decent pair with an arched sole. A lot better now!
@@LetsMakeaTrip same here! There's a particular Sketchers trainer that (it seems?) only Sports Direct sell that's the best shoe I've found to relieve it. They're about £46 a pair. Yes, you can get cheaper trainers, but these are comfortable and the discomfort is manageable with them. Well, them and a couple of Cuprofen! 🧐🤣
OK, so there was McDs. Chinese takeaways, Kebab shops, "fast food takeaways" and a Premier Inn with it's own restaurant that was only ten minutes away. I, therefore, do not understand why you say there was no where to eat. Worst case scenario, pizza in your room. Nothing wrong with that. Surely with all the "planning" that goes into your trips you would have known what would be available. 😁
OK mate, seeing as you asked I might as well try and have a go at explaining it in more detail for you. When I mean nowhere to eat, I’m talking about eating out somewhere, i.e. at the place, not ‘take away’ or fast food particularly. And you’re basically giving me your opinion that there’s ‘nothing wrong with eating pizza in your room’ - it’s not a fact either way. You don’t even know whether I like pizza or not - I don’t much FWIW 😂😂 Not sure why you wrote “planning” like that? If you don’t believe any work goes into these trips then that’s entirely up to you, no problem. PS, the premier inn was the plan b (you should always have a plan b). PPS McDonald’s was the plan c (you should always have one of them too if possible).
@@LetsMakeaTrip Wow. It seems you didn't understand that my comment was a tad tongue-in-cheek, hence big grin smiley at the end. Ho hum.
@@MC-emmcee I didn’t MC tbh and I’d just been dealing with one or two trolls on here that had just gone too far and were subsequently blocked. It happens occasionally but I wasn’t in the best of moods. No excuse though and I’m quite happy to apologise. Hope you accept that and continue to enjoy the channel. All the best, Mark.
@@LetsMakeaTrip👍
Your microphone is not in sync with your video. Cannot hear you properly on train number 1 sorry.
Odd. Plays ok for me and no one else has commented on it? Thanks for the feedback though, appreciate the mics a bit quiet on the train.
@@LetsMakeaTrip Maybe my tv is at fault!
Holyhead looks and sounds like the sort of place you go "to" just to go "through". Typical border crossing town.
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You beat me to it.
Holyhead is somewhere you only go to
in order to get to somewhere else.
Why flyback you started very well environmental friendly but why use airplanes when I travel all over Europe I never fly
Two main reasons, it was £17 and I had to go to work the next day.
Oh good reason I'm retired and I got plenty of time on my hands this year I'm travelling to Cologne Salzburg Innsbruck backup to Nuremberg Frankfurt back to Brussels to connect with Eurostar I I'm away for 18 days next year I'm 70 plan to do the Grand Tour of Italy all by train have a good one
One trip you want try London to Brussels on the Eurostar Brussels to Cologne Cologne to Berlin Berlin to Vienna Vienna to Munich Munich to interlark and Switzerland then to basil in Switzerland and then onward to impacts to London from Paris I done that Trip 2 years I was waiting for nearly 23 days good book you want to get lonely planet Train Travel in Europe and another book Fligt free Europe
@@DavidTaylor-ly3ef cheers David. Yes I’m hoping to retire soon and then if I’m still doing RUclips I’ll have a lot more time on my hands. I’m also hoping to do a lot more interrailing (which I missed out on when younger). I am quite jealous of the retirees I must admit but gotta pay the bills atm. I did do the Eurostar a couple of years back but the other way (Brussels to London) having arrived in Brussels from Cologne on one of the DB ICE trains. Both vids on the channel if you’re interested 😊
Going to look round Holyhead ... well that's 5minutes of your life wasted
lol, you said that, I couldn’t possibly comment!