I love the contradictions inherent in this piece: a combination of pointed commentary within an utterly pointless journey. Pointless perhaps, but quite delightful and very nostalgic for one who, for almost two-thirds of his life, has ended up on the other side of the world.
@@travelling_turtle Ha you're flirting with my family history, but closest so far is far off view of Lincoln. Was hoping for views of my ancestors' sleepy market towns in Lincolnshire, but no luck so far :) Strange that your journey so closely follows my ancestors' peregrinations.
@@travelling_turtle I know, funny, From Lowestoft to Yorkshire, with a passage in Nottinghamshire where my Great Aunt lived. Even a dash of Derbyshire iirc. Story of my heritage.
What a charming video once again. I often find myself rewatching your older content and seeing a new video truly made me smile. You have once again provided a fantastic, informative, and witty way of virtual traveling and sightseeing. Best wishes from Finland - can't wait for part two!
I love how this video really shows the variety in the UKs scenery and architecture. The views out over the Pennines and Cumbrian fells are spectacular.
That's the beauty of bus travel that many often overlook as they're too busy driving A to B without any concern for exploration or speeding past everything on the train.
There's something so gently and intriguingly fascinating and relaxing about your videos. A chance to see hidden corners of our beautiful island overlooked by so many as we race from place to place by the fastest means possible. Thank you for reminding me why I love this country!
It's been well worth the wait. From east to west you've visited places that I've been to, camped in, climbed in, lived in, have family in. You're commentary is perfect. Thank you and I hope Turtle returns to you. 🤞🙏
My family are all Welsh, but I grew up in Somerset, but randomly, when I was a child my auntie lived in Haworth. When I was a bit older she moved back to Pontardawe, so I'd completely forgotten this until I saw Haworth in the video and had flashbacks. My dad used to take me to see the trains there. Lovely little place.
I can only imagine the considerable amount of time required to research and fact check your outstanding commentary, for such a “folly” of a journey. That said, it’s lovely to return my gaze to the UK once more after missing her for so many years. Your efforts are much appreciated 🙏👍🇦🇺🇬🇧🍻
Highly entertaining, informative and interesting - better than most of the 'celebs' travel programmes (and why I'd rather watch you on RUclips than them on MSM). I love the dry humour and history-laden sentences showing enormous knowledge and sharing so much. Thank you again for a wonderful vlog and it's over to part 2 for me!
Again one of your videos has helped me with a related trip. 4 days walking from YHA Ambleside entirely using public transport. Used thee 555 every day, 599 for essential gingerbread shopping and X6 today get to Grange-over-Sands for the stunning view from Hampsfell.
Can't remember how many times I've watched this & (obviously) really enjoyed it. Every time I get some new inspiration for bus routes to try. I like to do day trips from my home on the South so some of these are perhaps aren't realistic for me. However we love Yorkshire & are hoping to holiday near Skipton next year. Route 66 to / from Keighley here we come!
Thank you for your rewatching! Skipton is a great base - definitely the 66, but can also massively recommend the routes to Grassington, Settle and Malham. In previous summers, there have been weekend extensions of the Malham bus over to Langcliffe and Settle, along incredibly narrow and steep roads with astonishing views - if they repeat that, it is one of the best bus journeys in England!
I haven't finished watching nut am thoroughly enjoying this, get quite nostalgic over places like worth valley, which I haven't been to for decades. I do like bus travel and find this very tempting as to what to do this summer.
Welcome back - I've missed your garrulous commentary providing us with bounteous information about the passing scenery and locations - I do hope Turtle finds its way back to you - maybe you can put up some lost posters advertising a small reward to the finder?
A great trip, my UK travels are generally by train but I've visited some of the points visited so far (Norwich Bus Station, Boston, Keighley & Skipton) and used the Excel and 66 buses. Looking forward to the rest of the trip. Will you get a new travelling companion?
I love this series. He reminds me a bit of Ian Nairn. Great to see KL praised, though it's Terrington St C, not Torrington, which would be far west indeed.
Wonderful - great to have you both back. Excellent commentary and soundtrack, wonderful views and again a really interesting concept. You show much that is interesting and beautiful about England, with lots of relevant context. Sorry to see Turtle lost along the way! I look forward to the next instalment.
I love this video..yet again makes me want to go travelling...I was in lowestoft this year and never went to the the most easterly bus stop..I hope you can get a new turtle 🐢 although it won't be the same
In the 1970s I lived in a village called Stratfield Saye near the Hampshire/Berkshire border. In those days the buses ran only on Wednesday with one service to Reading in the morning and one service back in the afternoon. Now, the buses operate on Thursdays. Other than that you have to walk 2.5 miles to Bramley to get a train.
Somehow YT wanted to show me this - the algorithm in full flow - but I loved it. Your wonderfully insightful and witty commentary combined with a very unique view of the country so far is fascinating. I know that area of West Yorkshire very well, so that was fun to see you pass through it. I'd love to do something like this, very inspiring. I know I'm late to this video, but hope you're still out there. Part 2 here I come!
As expected after following your amazing twitter thread about this incredible journey, this video is edited beautifully with the amount of facts and tidbits almost overwhelming! So good! Congratulations for finishing the editing haha
Just found your channel by chance, I lived in Suffolk and West Yorkshire and drove buses in both counties, really enjoyed the first part of your journey and will look out for the next part,keep up the good work I am sure your channel will grow.
Sheer delight from beginning to end; including the usual great choice of music. Ma Vlast really does work for the Lake District too ! Cornucopia of facts and whimsy; great photography - irresistible. About time you were made Bus Tsar. The lack of fellow passengers is worrying though. Come home Turtle.
Well I never expected you to take the 901, and for you to even show the mill I live in as you flashed past! Good route choice. By the way, the pronunciation of the village name is Bark-is-land. Hope turtle turns up.
please put me out of my misery im know i should know the piece of music playing in the lake district section but what is it called , oh and yes another very entertaining film thank you for all your many hours planning this trip
Also, sad to see the 195 to Retford is gone... "Services 136, 190, 195, 200, 330, 332, 333, 334 and 335 have been replaced by two new Nottsbus On Demand services" ):
I only discovered you a couple of days ago and am in total awe of you planning skills. Just q small thing, and apologies if this has been asked before, but will you ever get subtitles added to your older videos? You are quite softly spoken and sometimes find it hard to hear what you are saying (especially with any small amount of background noise).Thanks so much for your content and please don't think of it as a critisism.
You may disparage Last of the Summer Wine, but it was Summer Wine that triggered my long term love affair with God's Own County. About 10 years ago I decided to go and see this pretty little town that Norman, Compo and Foggy called home, so I booked a flight to Leeds Bradford and stayed for a week. OMG! I instantly fell in love! Yorkshire is incredibly beautiful - the Penines, the Yorkshire Dales, the Moors, York, Knaresborough, Hebden Bridge, Haworth... I have since returned 8 times, and I'm already planning next year's trip.
I was expecting a jolly down the West Country to Land's End with that title, so I was surprised when you ditched Excel at King's Lynn instead of staying all the way Peterborough, where you would've easily caught a succession of express buses (Stagecoach X4, X6 and X5) all the way to Oxford. However, the moment you started going up Lincolnshire, I realised the westernmost bus stop must actually be up in Scotland. Those are some very interesting bus routes in the East by the way (very different from the more hilly Western side), with plenty of flat open countryside to enjoy and some intriguing towns along the way. I especially love how you were lucky to get coach-seated buses from Lowestoft all the way through to Spalding, which is some much-needed comfort on these epic voyages of yours.
@@travelling_turtle oh wait, you mentioned UK, not Britain; it could actually be Northern Ireland! Look forward to seeing how this adventure develops tho!
@@travelling_turtle just watched the entire part 1 and I loved the huge contrast between days 1 and 2, with the flatlands of the east vs the mountainous pennines of the west
Interesting note on the Woodhead Tunnel at one point after its closure as a railway track...the only line in the UK with overhead DC power... it was going to be part of the Motorway that would have linked Manchester to Sheffield.
@@travelling_turtle Ironically I used to work on some railways so know something about ventilation in tunnels... And your comment got me thinking given how many lines have been abandoned down the years, I can't think of any railway tunnels that have been turned into roads, let alone motorways. I guess what makes Woodhead a little uncommon is it was 3 tunnels so maybe thats how it would have been done.... with the central tunnel having the entrances blocked and extractor fans for both of the other two. Not sure how far the project got, but it must have been some way because part of the motorway was built... the M67 from Ashton to Hattersley
@@mjc8281 Ah yes, forgotten the triple bore at Woodhead - that does indeed raise some possibilities re air extraction. The only rail tunnel converted to road use that I know of is a short-ish tunnel on the old Leek & Manifold railway in the southern Peak District, but that is on a very minor road, so the issue doesn’t really arise!
Great video and great commentary! But the audio quality is quite low and it's hard to understand you at times, your videos deserve a better microphone!
Wonderful video. Interesting, beautifully scripted with some very droll bits, an air of mystery as to where you will end up (I could Google it, but won't). Very sad about Turtle. On to Part 2...
For some reason I watched part 2 first, was wondering what happened to turtle. I hope you enjoy making these as much as we enjoy watching them, it seems like an awful lot of work! I definitely recommend an intrigue based title for your next video, I'm not sure I would have discovered your channel if I had not been curious about the questions posed in the titles of your first videos. Cheers
Well done that man! I am astonished at how nice your trips looked by bus? (although you never published the cost for this trip?) I am retired, and thinking along your lines of touring by bus? do you think this would work out? would I have to plan in detail? routes/stops/times/alternatives? like, I am sure you did, I have a bus pass for England (but only used locally?) would a bus pass work for me. like the kind of trips you make? I have only rode local, but your vids are an inspiration! maybe not as long as yours maybe more curcular? Liked them so much, have subscribed.
Delighted you enjoyed it! There’s actually a section setting out the ticket costs starting at about 41:53 - though this was well before the £2 bus fare, so the English bit would be much cheaper now. Absolutely I think touring by bus would be fun - the great thing is you can go as far or short a distance as you like and hop off easily to see things of interest. You do need to do some planning ahead, though - particularly in rural areas, buses can be quite infrequent (especially so at weekends), so important to make sure you don’t get stranded somewhere! Your bus pass will only be valid in England, so you’d need to buy individual tickets or some sort of day pass in the other nations - there’s a range of such tickets, like the 1Bws pass for North Wales or the the iLink ticket I used in Northern Ireland. Depends how many buses you want to take in a day as to whether that sort of ticket or paying for each bus individually is the best value! Thanks for the subscription!
I was disappointed that you didn't show the ENTRY to the retirement village at Torksey (15:40). Friends of ours retired TO Torksey FROM Spain a few years ago. (Nothing to do with Brexit,).
You can use one on all of these routes (it’s my rule for deciding what counts as a local bus service), though obviously subject to when validity kicks in on weekday mornings.
They say the streets of London are paved in gold. I can say that the streets of Lowestoft are literally paved in guano! I’ve never seen so much bird poo and angry seagulls as in Lowestoft.
Well either the excel from Norwich to Peterborough via Kings Lynn, or the 555 from Lancaster to Keswick, both of which feature here, are excellent long distance bargains for £2!
Great vid again👍good to see us dutch have done something right,which is more than i can say about current run of things.and yes,that's a political opinion 😂
The supposedly 'intelligent' algorithms YT utilises are a falsehood, imagine my delight today finding this 'new' production, a year late. Your unique ability to select independent travel arrangements would once upon a time have made Thomas Cook's agents very wealthy but as we see today, what's a travel agent? Your encyclopedic knowledge is exemplary but please enrol on a short course of Yorkshire Dialects, we never put an aitch at the front of the Bronte town!
Thank you so much! Delighted you enjoyed it. As a Leeds born-and-bred person, my inability to pronounce Yorkshire towns appropriately is alarming really…
@@travelling_turtle not a bit of it, there definitely is a trait in what used to be called 'classes' of persons, to annunciate differently. How else would Shaw have entertained the World so royally but for the antics/accents of Eliza. Anyways, being an ex chorister has its downsides, like being picky about anything aural sadly! Keep up the superb productions using public transport, something so obviously a Yorkshire trait!
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"30 minutes after leaving Boston, we reach New York. That's better than Amtrak manages." What a brillant joke!
I love the contradictions inherent in this piece: a combination of pointed commentary within an utterly pointless journey. Pointless perhaps, but quite delightful and very nostalgic for one who, for almost two-thirds of his life, has ended up on the other side of the world.
I love that description, thank you!
@@travelling_turtle Ha you're flirting with my family history, but closest so far is far off view of Lincoln. Was hoping for views of my ancestors' sleepy market towns in Lincolnshire, but no luck so far :) Strange that your journey so closely follows my ancestors' peregrinations.
@@Songbirdstress Sorry not to be able to provide the appropriate shots, but I like the serendipity!
@@travelling_turtle I know, funny, From Lowestoft to Yorkshire, with a passage in Nottinghamshire where my Great Aunt lived. Even a dash of Derbyshire iirc. Story of my heritage.
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Looking forward to part two. Sorry to hear about the loss of turtle though.
This is a lovely trip. If I could give you 100 thumbs up I would. So sorry Turtle got lost! Thank you.
Thank you!
So sad about the loss of the Turtle! Otherwise, great commentary, have found this fascinating so far. Keep up the great work. 👍
What a charming video once again. I often find myself rewatching your older content and seeing a new video truly made me smile. You have once again provided a fantastic, informative, and witty way of virtual traveling and sightseeing. Best wishes from Finland - can't wait for part two!
I love how this video really shows the variety in the UKs scenery and architecture. The views out over the Pennines and Cumbrian fells are spectacular.
That's the beauty of bus travel that many often overlook as they're too busy driving A to B without any concern for exploration or speeding past everything on the train.
If WG Sebald was a bus enthusiast who travelled with a small knitted turtle.
There's something so gently and intriguingly fascinating and relaxing about your videos. A chance to see hidden corners of our beautiful island overlooked by so many as we race from place to place by the fastest means possible. Thank you for reminding me why I love this country!
It's been well worth the wait. From east to west you've visited places that I've been to, camped in, climbed in, lived in, have family in. You're commentary is perfect. Thank you and I hope Turtle returns to you. 🤞🙏
Such grief for Slow Travel Turtle. Sincere condolences. Keep turtling on!
B5 driver had good skills
Not sure why watching this was so much pleasure, but it was. Perfect end of the day viewing, thank you.
My family are all Welsh, but I grew up in Somerset, but randomly, when I was a child my auntie lived in Haworth. When I was a bit older she moved back to Pontardawe, so I'd completely forgotten this until I saw Haworth in the video and had flashbacks. My dad used to take me to see the trains there. Lovely little place.
Continuing my feast of bus journeys Westward is fascinating 😊😊😊😊 Part one excellent Part two I'm sure will be epic 😅😅😅
This sub was well worth it. May the algorithm god of RUclips be with you.
9:00 It's really interesting that if 'feels' a lot like the Netherlands too. The distinct flat landscape reminds me a lot of it.
Agree - could plonk down some Dutch architecture and it would not seem at all out of place!
I can only imagine the considerable amount of time required to research and fact check your outstanding commentary, for such a “folly” of a journey. That said, it’s lovely to return my gaze to the UK once more after missing her for so many years. Your efforts are much appreciated 🙏👍🇦🇺🇬🇧🍻
Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it.
Highly entertaining, informative and interesting - better than most of the 'celebs' travel programmes (and why I'd rather watch you on RUclips than them on MSM). I love the dry humour and history-laden sentences showing enormous knowledge and sharing so much. Thank you again for a wonderful vlog and it's over to part 2 for me!
Thank you!
What an amazing tour of England. Thank you.
Thanks!
At last a new video. Christmas has come early!
Lowestoft - Retford on Day 1. Routes 1, X22, B, 505, B13, B5, 107, 195,. Retford - Waterhead on Day 2. Routes 43, 19A, X5, 29, 310, 901, B3, 66, 580, 581, 582, 567, 555,. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !!!
Excellent. Love the commentary and especially the historical references. Looking forward to part 2.
Again one of your videos
has helped me with a related trip. 4 days walking from YHA Ambleside entirely using public transport. Used thee 555 every day, 599 for essential gingerbread shopping and X6 today get to Grange-over-Sands for the stunning view from Hampsfell.
Wonderful! I love that Youth Hostel. And the gingerbread!
Excellent. Now I have my bus pass (and time) I intend to try to follow your inspiration.
Enjoy!
Another amazing video, traveling across England with you is such a lovely experience, can’t wait for the part 2!
Can't remember how many times I've watched this & (obviously) really enjoyed it. Every time I get some new inspiration for bus routes to try. I like to do day trips from my home on the South so some of these are perhaps aren't realistic for me. However we love Yorkshire & are hoping to holiday near Skipton next year. Route 66 to / from Keighley here we come!
Thank you for your rewatching! Skipton is a great base - definitely the 66, but can also massively recommend the routes to Grassington, Settle and Malham. In previous summers, there have been weekend extensions of the Malham bus over to Langcliffe and Settle, along incredibly narrow and steep roads with astonishing views - if they repeat that, it is one of the best bus journeys in England!
I haven't finished watching nut am thoroughly enjoying this, get quite nostalgic over places like worth valley, which I haven't been to for decades. I do like bus travel and find this very tempting as to what to do this summer.
Lovely commentary as usual! I love doing these sorts of journeys because I visit places I wouldn't go to otherwise, and don't know much about.
Welcome back - I've missed your garrulous commentary providing us with bounteous information about the passing scenery and locations - I do hope Turtle finds its way back to you - maybe you can put up some lost posters advertising a small reward to the finder?
Thank you! Lots of people have tried to re-find Turtle, but without success so far...
Loverly tranquil journeys and some striking music to go with them xx
Thank you!
A fascinating way to travel the UK, lovely video, hope Turtle is ok and finds his way back soon 🐢🚏🚌 ♥
A great trip, my UK travels are generally by train but I've visited some of the points visited so far (Norwich Bus Station, Boston, Keighley & Skipton) and used the Excel and 66 buses. Looking forward to the rest of the trip. Will you get a new travelling companion?
Thank you! Looks like I may have to find a new one...
Many thanks for this. I followed your Twitter thread back in July, and it's great to see the "live action" version too.
I love this series. He reminds me a bit of Ian Nairn. Great to see KL praised, though it's Terrington St C, not Torrington, which would be far west indeed.
That’s very kind, thank you! And apologies for the Terrington/Torrington slip.
Erudite, thoughtful and beautifully put together. Thank you so much for this terrific video. Can't wait for the next installment.
Wonderful - great to have you both back. Excellent commentary and soundtrack, wonderful views and again a really interesting concept. You show much that is interesting and beautiful about England, with lots of relevant context. Sorry to see Turtle lost along the way! I look forward to the next instalment.
I love this video..yet again makes me want to go travelling...I was in lowestoft this year and never went to the the most easterly bus stop..I hope you can get a new turtle 🐢 although it won't be the same
Thanks! I can't honestly say that the easterly bus stop is the most exciting thing in Lowestoft, so you haven't missed out on too much.
@@travelling_turtle I quite liked the train station to be fair but i like old architecture and it was a great way out of lowestoft too..
In the 1970s I lived in a village called Stratfield Saye near the Hampshire/Berkshire border. In those days the buses ran only on Wednesday with one service to Reading in the morning and one service back in the afternoon. Now, the buses operate on Thursdays. Other than that you have to walk 2.5 miles to Bramley to get a train.
wat a nice supprise on this sunday
Good to see you back, glad I kept notifs on for 6 months
Thank you for your patience!
Brilliant, Thank you!
Somehow YT wanted to show me this - the algorithm in full flow - but I loved it. Your wonderfully insightful and witty commentary combined with a very unique view of the country so far is fascinating. I know that area of West Yorkshire very well, so that was fun to see you pass through it. I'd love to do something like this, very inspiring. I know I'm late to this video, but hope you're still out there. Part 2 here I come!
Delighted you enjoyed it so much - thank you very much indeed!
Another amazing journey again witty interesting narration to acc the views both good and not
Best regards Simon 🤠👍
Thank you!
Fantastic video, thank you 😊
Another superb travelogue if not quite as exotic as soe of the others. Looking forward to watching Part 2.
Bits of it were exotic for me! Thank you very much and hope you enjoy the second part.
Relaxing and informative. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you
As expected after following your amazing twitter thread about this incredible journey, this video is edited beautifully with the amount of facts and tidbits almost overwhelming! So good! Congratulations for finishing the editing haha
This is actually quite interesting, thank you for your time and effort put into this video series
Thank you very much!
superb effort with editing and narration
Love this journey and the commentary. New facts I didn't know.
Thank you!
I never thought you'd come to my local town. I live in a village near Dereham. Great video too!
Thank you!
Great narration.
Thank you!
Very charming and informative video! Greetings from Uruguay :D
Thank you!
Just found your channel by chance, I lived in Suffolk and West Yorkshire and drove buses in both counties, really enjoyed the first part of your journey and will look out for the next part,keep up the good work I am sure your channel will grow.
Lovely video again, not surprised that you picked Waterhead as the final point of day 2
A very interesting commentary. I enjoyed the relaxing ride through the English towns and countryside. ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Sheer delight from beginning to end; including the usual great choice of music. Ma Vlast really does work for the Lake District too ! Cornucopia of facts and whimsy; great photography - irresistible. About time you were made Bus Tsar. The lack of fellow passengers is worrying though. Come home Turtle.
Well I never expected you to take the 901, and for you to even show the mill I live in as you flashed past! Good route choice.
By the way, the pronunciation of the village name is Bark-is-land.
Hope turtle turns up.
I loved the 901! Brilliant route. And apologies for the pronunciation screw-up.
@@travelling_turtle Yes - the 901 is my favourite bus-route; so glad you included it!
Enjoyed this, looking forward to the next one! Shame about the Turtle!
please put me out of my misery im know i should know the piece of music playing in the lake district section but what is it called , oh and yes another very entertaining film thank you for all your many hours planning this trip
Glad you enjoyed! The music is Ma Vlast by Smetana.
Thank you for replying I’m looking on Apple Music for that piece of music
Also, sad to see the 195 to Retford is gone... "Services 136, 190, 195, 200, 330, 332, 333, 334 and 335 have been replaced by two new Nottsbus On Demand services"
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Yes 😢. Seems it was just taken over by the council briefly while they set up the Demand Responsive services in that area. Hmmm.
Great to see you back!
I only discovered you a couple of days ago and am in total awe of you planning skills. Just q small thing, and apologies if this has been asked before, but will you ever get subtitles added to your older videos? You are quite softly spoken and sometimes find it hard to hear what you are saying (especially with any small amount of background noise).Thanks so much for your content and please don't think of it as a critisism.
Thanks so much - really glad you enjoyed! There should be subtitles on all of my videos, if you select them at the bottom.
You may disparage Last of the Summer Wine, but it was Summer Wine that triggered my long term love affair with God's Own County. About 10 years ago I decided to go and see this pretty little town that Norman, Compo and Foggy called home, so I booked a flight to Leeds Bradford and stayed for a week. OMG! I instantly fell in love! Yorkshire is incredibly beautiful - the Penines, the Yorkshire Dales, the Moors, York, Knaresborough, Hebden Bridge, Haworth... I have since returned 8 times, and I'm already planning next year's trip.
Anything that gets people to fall in love with my native county is ok by me!
23:37 "We miss the Victorian fernery-style grandeur of Sheffield bus station"?! *spits out tea* ... What a way to described Pond Street Interchange?!
I think it looks like rows of Victorian greenhouses!
I was expecting a jolly down the West Country to Land's End with that title, so I was surprised when you ditched Excel at King's Lynn instead of staying all the way Peterborough, where you would've easily caught a succession of express buses (Stagecoach X4, X6 and X5) all the way to Oxford. However, the moment you started going up Lincolnshire, I realised the westernmost bus stop must actually be up in Scotland. Those are some very interesting bus routes in the East by the way (very different from the more hilly Western side), with plenty of flat open countryside to enjoy and some intriguing towns along the way. I especially love how you were lucky to get coach-seated buses from Lowestoft all the way through to Spalding, which is some much-needed comfort on these epic voyages of yours.
Keep on watching to episode 2 - it’s not in Scotland either 😉
@@travelling_turtle oh wait, you mentioned UK, not Britain; it could actually be Northern Ireland! Look forward to seeing how this adventure develops tho!
@@travelling_turtle just watched the entire part 1 and I loved the huge contrast between days 1 and 2, with the flatlands of the east vs the mountainous pennines of the west
Interesting note on the Woodhead Tunnel at one point after its closure as a railway track...the only line in the UK with overhead DC power... it was going to be part of the Motorway that would have linked Manchester to Sheffield.
Interesting! Ventilation would have been tricky I would have thought…
@@travelling_turtle Ironically I used to work on some railways so know something about ventilation in tunnels... And your comment got me thinking given how many lines have been abandoned down the years, I can't think of any railway tunnels that have been turned into roads, let alone motorways. I guess what makes Woodhead a little uncommon is it was 3 tunnels so maybe thats how it would have been done.... with the central tunnel having the entrances blocked and extractor fans for both of the other two. Not sure how far the project got, but it must have been some way because part of the motorway was built... the M67 from Ashton to Hattersley
@@mjc8281 Ah yes, forgotten the triple bore at Woodhead - that does indeed raise some possibilities re air extraction. The only rail tunnel converted to road use that I know of is a short-ish tunnel on the old Leek & Manifold railway in the southern Peak District, but that is on a very minor road, so the issue doesn’t really arise!
Oh no! poor turtle!
Hah, didn't think I'd ever hear that piano trio k. 502 again in my life around minute 26!
Really enjoyed this (and subscribed as a result)...now how about North-South (or vice versa) The Lizard to Dunnet Head?
Thank you! Definitely on the list to do something like that, but needs time and fortitude given the distance!
All the way across the UK. Gee, that should take 6 or 7 hours. 🤣
Great video and great commentary! But the audio quality is quite low and it's hard to understand you at times, your videos deserve a better microphone!
Whenever i see Retford, i say it in Jim Laker's dulcet tones so it comes out as Rettt foott.
Wonderful video. Interesting, beautifully scripted with some very droll bits, an air of mystery as to where you will end up (I could Google it, but won't). Very sad about Turtle. On to Part 2...
Thank you!
Settle. Speant some time in its creamery (where they make butter).
For some reason I watched part 2 first, was wondering what happened to turtle. I hope you enjoy making these as much as we enjoy watching them, it seems like an awful lot of work! I definitely recommend an intrigue based title for your next video, I'm not sure I would have discovered your channel if I had not been curious about the questions posed in the titles of your first videos. Cheers
Thank you, glad you enjoyed a and thank you for the advice!
Well done that man! I am astonished at how nice your trips looked by bus? (although you never published the cost for this trip?) I am retired, and thinking along your lines of touring by bus? do you think this would work out? would I have to plan in detail? routes/stops/times/alternatives? like, I am sure you did, I have a bus pass for England (but only used locally?) would a bus pass work for me. like the kind of trips you make? I have only rode local, but your vids are an inspiration! maybe not as long as yours maybe more curcular? Liked them so much, have subscribed.
Delighted you enjoyed it! There’s actually a section setting out the ticket costs starting at about 41:53 - though this was well before the £2 bus fare, so the English bit would be much cheaper now. Absolutely I think touring by bus would be fun - the great thing is you can go as far or short a distance as you like and hop off easily to see things of interest. You do need to do some planning ahead, though - particularly in rural areas, buses can be quite infrequent (especially so at weekends), so important to make sure you don’t get stranded somewhere! Your bus pass will only be valid in England, so you’d need to buy individual tickets or some sort of day pass in the other nations - there’s a range of such tickets, like the 1Bws pass for North Wales or the the iLink ticket I used in Northern Ireland. Depends how many buses you want to take in a day as to whether that sort of ticket or paying for each bus individually is the best value!
Thanks for the subscription!
On the x22, express is more of a future promise! 😂😂
How do you only have 8.5k subscribers? You have one more.
Thanks very much!
Norwich City Hall is better than Walthamstow Town Hall?!? Discuss...
I think Norwich tips it, partially thanks to its position on top of a hill.
As a Northampton girl, that pronunciation of "Nene" jumpscared me. We say it as 'Nen'.
My apologies. Since recording this, I now have family living in Northampton and I hang my head in shame every time I go for a walk along the river.
@@travelling_turtle No problem, the videos are still amazing. Apologies should go to them for living here!
I wish I could do something like this in the USA
You might need more than three days…
You are living my dream - and my wife's nightmare.
I was disappointed that you didn't show the ENTRY to the retirement village at Torksey (15:40). Friends of ours retired TO Torksey FROM Spain a few years ago. (Nothing to do with Brexit,).
Sorry, couldn’t fit in everything (but it does look quite a nice retirement village)!
Can you use a senior citizens bus pass on most of these buses? Thanks
You can use one on all of these routes (it’s my rule for deciding what counts as a local bus service), though obviously subject to when validity kicks in on weekday mornings.
12:26 the best part
I ove that the drivr stopped for a break jus before 930am this shows the type of consideration that you jut wouldn't get from First Bus etc.
Indeed - though it is in the timetable as well as the driver being nice!
They say the streets of London are paved in gold. I can say that the streets of Lowestoft are literally paved in guano! I’ve never seen so much bird poo and angry seagulls as in Lowestoft.
In my experience, Scarborough and Barrow-in-Furness can give Lowestoft a run for its money in this regard.
Does anyone have any advice as to how to find out fares for this sort of journey?
Have you already found a new travel companion since turtle wanted to stay back or has turtle returned its sad that you have to travel on your own
Still alone, alas!
@@travelling_turtle maybe an other turtle 🐢 comes to you or an other animal you need to have a partner
Came here looking to see the best bang I can get for my buck on the £2 bus fare. Not what I was looking for, but interesting.
Well either the excel from Norwich to Peterborough via Kings Lynn, or the 555 from Lancaster to Keswick, both of which feature here, are excellent long distance bargains for £2!
Could this all be done for free with a Senior Citizen’s bus pass?
All the routes I took are covered by the bus pass, yes - but some of the individual journeys were before passes become valid in the morning.
@@travelling_turtle cheers
how much did the journey cost?
Go to 41:52 in Part 2 to find out!
@@travelling_turtle i typed it before i watched the second part. oops.
Great vid again👍good to see us dutch have done something right,which is more than i can say about current run of things.and yes,that's a political opinion 😂
Thank you! We are grateful to our Dutch neighbours for giving us South Holland. Though it is the most Brexit-y, Conservative place in the country 😉
The good old 29
leave it to a south yorkshire stagecoach service to be the only one in this video to be significantly delayed
Really not sure how it got so late - it was on time when I got on and traffic was pretty light! Poor timetabling, I think!
I'd like to defend Lowestoft ...
The supposedly 'intelligent' algorithms YT utilises are a falsehood, imagine my delight today finding this 'new' production, a year late. Your unique ability to select independent travel arrangements would once upon a time have made Thomas Cook's agents very wealthy but as we see today, what's a travel agent? Your encyclopedic knowledge is exemplary but please enrol on a short course of Yorkshire Dialects, we never put an aitch at the front of the Bronte town!
Thank you so much! Delighted you enjoyed it. As a Leeds born-and-bred person, my inability to pronounce Yorkshire towns appropriately is alarming really…
@@travelling_turtle not a bit of it, there definitely is a trait in what used to be called 'classes' of persons, to annunciate differently. How else would Shaw have entertained the World so royally but for the antics/accents of Eliza. Anyways, being an ex chorister has its downsides, like being picky about anything aural sadly! Keep up the superb productions using public transport, something so obviously a Yorkshire trait!