It’s been said before but I’m convinced Jon is a closet railway enthusiast. Railway infrastructure in videos about motorways, railway infrastructure in videos about random roads, now we have this series inspired by a programme about railways… We’re on to you mate 😂
OMG yes! More railway links. It must be so. And that’s ok, I like trains and aeroplanes too, never stop throwing in the other infrastructure, all transport is interesting 😊
Hi Jon, thank you so much for the mention. One of your subscribers visited us at the track today with his family and mentioned you and the shout out you did for us. Did you have a go on our karts? If not Next time your in the area come and come and say hello and have a blast round the track 😄😄👍
Breif glimpse of Thorns in Norwich there. That place is worth a mention. It's a surviving example of the old style DIY shop. Looks small from the outside, but occupies 83 different levels and contains every single imaginable thing on the planet.... in packs of 10. You might think some of the customers coming out of the doors are quite old, but they were still at school when they went in.
I’ve spent several hours in there over the years just browsing. Absolute Aladdins cave for diy enthusiasts. Great video Jon, nice to see my County on your channel. You should have chosen a better day to visit though 🤦♂️🌧
Great new series, Jon. Thank you! I may never actually travel on any motorways in Great Britain, Scotland or Ireland, but I enjoy seeing them through your eyes. Cheers.😊
Sorry for the pedantry, but most of Scotland is geographically a part of Great Britain (along with England and Wales). Even if Scotland became independent, it would remain a part of Great Britain, as the name refers to the largest island in the group (sometimes called the British Isles, but that name is complex as far as Ireland is concerned). Hence the overall country name of “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, with Northern Ireland as a distinct entity as it is not on Great Britain. It’s an easy mistake to make.
Any true Alan Partridge fan will have noticed all the stuff in this episode that is related to the aforementioned Partridge: 1) 1:13 - Norwich is Alan's home town 2) 1:30 - the market on the left is seen in the episode "Partrimilgrimage" 3) 1:53 - The Town Hall is a fairly big part of the episode "Partrimilgrimage" 4) 3:58 - Blickling Hall is featured in the classic "I'm Alan Partridge" episode - I Know What Alan Did Last Summer 5) 6:07 - Cromer is mentioned quite frequently in various episodes 6) 8:30 - This is the pier that is featured towards the end of the feature film "Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa"
As a resident of this county, was lovely to see the area get some more attention. Cromer is well worth a visit in the Summer and thanks Jon for insight on the railway bridge which was the only bit of local trivia I didn't know. Only criticism was that we couldn't see you while you were here. Excellent work, looking forward to the new series.
7:58 ' Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands. '
Alongside the new A1270 at Horsham St Faith is the City of Norwich Aviation Museum which has in its collection the GR1 Sepecat Jaguar XX109 which Jon mentioned in his video on the M55. The Jaguar landed, refueled and took off from the soon to be opened motorway near Blackpool in July 1975 in a demonstration of its flexibility by BAE at Warton.
Jon, you are a genius! I can even see this series expanding into Great Continental Road Journeys and I'm sure Michelin can supply the guides to follow too.
Fun fact. The UK road numbering convention was developed in the 20's and is like a compass centred in London.... North to East, numbers start with 1 (like the A1), East to South, 2 (e.g. A2), South to West, 3 (e.g. M3), West to North 4 (e.g M40)...
So as well as taking in places in the great Partridge tour of North Norfolk such as Bono’s house (Blickling) and where we lost Geordie Michael when he jumped into the sea. You have me walking past the guildhall at 01:40 behind the Roller. Also your guide for Americans is spot on. PS there’s a sit in strangers just round the corner from the one you visited. You can watch the crackheads shuffling by until they see their dealer and they immediately become Olympic race walkers. Keep up the wonderful work
Oh my, what a fantastic idea with that series! Can't wait for more, I already have a list of things to see for my future UK holiday and now I will be adding more things to it
I once parked in the disabled spaces down that steep hill to the beach in Cromer (Don't shout, I was allowed to). After spending some time on the beach my wife wanted to visit the crazy golf up the hill, but leave the car parked where it was. She's in a heavy wheelchair.......I took a long run up to gain speed then pushed her with everything I had up that hill towards the blue fish resturant. About halfway up I started slowing down....3/4 of the way up I'd slowed to a crawl.......By the time we'd got to the top I was on the floor where I screamed "PUT THE BRAKE ON", and lay there for 10 mins to recover !
This is my neck of the woods. The Journey from Norwich to Cromer now is a massive pain in the arse as we have a population that drives at 40mph on 60mph roads, and sometimes 40mph is pushing it, the famers would drive faster than some of them. Then when you find them on the minor roads and the arsewipes are in the middle of the bloody road. Great fun as they are often found swerving to get out of on coming traffics way on blind bends.
I remember them well; I used to love driving through Norfolk if not for the fact that I'd always come across them. Then you'd get to 30mph villages and the sods would still do 40... Never more, never less - unless of course they noticed a car hoping to pull out to join a main road, in which case they'd slam the anchors on to let them out, though it would be hard to determine in which direction the car would pull out, because no-one ever fecking used their indicators... Seemed the way back then anyway - don't know if it's got any better or worse since?
@@ZedderZulu I have lived in Norfolk for the last 35 years and the standard of driving if you could call it that has defiantly gone down hill. I swear that some of them know your driving at the speed limit with nothing behind you and just pull out to slow you down. It did get worse when we had the Supermarket wagons doing 40mph and some obviously got used to it and simply just carried on, even though the speed limit for wagons went up a few years ago and you don't often see a Supermarket wagon these days. Norwich has gotten worse to drive though with all the 20mph areas and some forget that they are in 30. Unlike Aylsham where they largely tend to ignore it.
You came through Aylsham and didn't stop for a coffee! If when you went past that thatched pump you'd turned right I was just three houses along, and the kettle is always on. I could have told you about the curious situation in the market place, where the tarmac is owned by the council but the ground underneath belongs to the National Trust, leading to much measuring of pothole depth to see who is responsible :-)
Really nice video, it reminds me of one of the last trips I made with my wife before she died. We had a great time in Cromer and spent some good time in the RNLI cafe having tea and cakes.
I was wondering how you would follow the Secrets of the Motorway but I am happy to say that you have nailed it. Random historic facts is what we are here for 👍🏻👍🏻
When is "Secrets of the A roads" starting? To be honest I'm more looking forward to "Secrets of the B roads" but appreciate that won't come until the former is completed.
I'm holding out for "Secrets of the C/D roads" which arguably could be more interesting as they're (almost) never numbered so it becomes it's own guessing game
I@@smorris12I've found if you dive super deep into your local council's highway department you can find them and their routes. Sabre Roads also has some info on some of them (filtered by jurisdiction)
Back in the 1970s I arranged to buy an item of radio equipment from a guy in Cromer. I lived in Berkshire at the time and agreed to drive up there one Sunday to collect said item. It was a surprisingly long journey, Cromer is bloody miles from everywhere.
Brilliant series idea John, especially since so many old routes have been by passed or left to rot. Plus I'm sure there will be many more visitor attractions in that book that many of us will know nothing of. Looking forward to more.
You were so near Six Mile Bottom village.....Big Thumbs Up again superb as always. Norwich was one of my favourite places to visit. Great idea for a series.
Exciting new series! I'm eagerly anticipating the upcoming episodes. Considering the calibre of your channel, featuring the 'Wee House' in Cromer would have been ideal for viewers beyond Norfolk. Speaking of railways, Sheringham offers ample material for Jon's secret interest, conveniently situated next to Cromer. I wouldn't be surprised if Jon explores it soon. Perhaps next week, we'll see "Great British Road Journeys - Norfolk: Sheringham to Cromer, Episode 2." At that point, it might even qualify as a business expense.
@@dajogb3330 Yep, I think that's what he means. If he does Sheringham, there's also the blue plaque that marks the first place that Britain was bombed from the air, by a Zeppelin in 1918?
Hi Jon my name is Kate and it’s me and my family that own Karttrak Cromer. Thank you so much for the mention and next time your in the area come and say hello and have a few laps and a cuppa 😃👍🏻
Wicked idea for a series Jon, I can just remember the atmosphere out on Britain's A roads just before the motorway and the bypass ruined everything. The A303 at first light on a middummer Sunday morning used to be a stunner! The A377 Exeter to Barnstaple still has a flavour of the old magic. You go through a place called New Buildings. I saw nothing younger than 200! Black Dog is a very cool place too!
Before the motorway and the bypass the A roads would go right through the middle of every town the road served. So you'd see how the locals dressed, stop at a bakery, local pub ect. It was a sequence of 50 - 60 cruises, as long as you didn't get stuck behind anything, and then the outskirts of the next town would loom. But as a kid it was a chance of a pee & a pie, the towns were the interesting bits. Except for heading west on the A30 into Exeter for Torbay beyond. St Albans to Paignton was a 12 hour drive. And it seemed like most of that was getting stuck in the queue to get through Exeter! Even if you click "avoid motorways" that same journey is now a shade under 5 hours at 209 miles. That's the effect of the bypass.
yaaayyyy! I love driving on the old routes when I have the time to meander. I drove this route (in reverse) by accident a couple of months back having missed a turn off the Fakenham-Cromer road (A148). The 1969 AA Book of the Road is my guide.
Jon, do realise that there is a large invisible city in Norfolk? It's called Byway. There are lots of old roads that lead there but it is not on any map.
This is a cracking idea for a series - gonna love watching along! Spent most of my childhood in Norwich and Norfolk so this was lovely nostalgia (/edit - I even remember walking underneath those bridges at the start). It's changed a lot in the time since, of course, but the A1270 was the starkest alteration for me when revisiting; taking my old backway from Old Catton to Spixworth only to find it obliterated by a ruddy-great dual-carriageway... One other attraction that's not far off the route but wouldn't have been mentioned in the 1923 edition - City of Norwich Aviation Museum. Hosts a range of static displays including a Vulcan, Nimrod, some Lightnings, Harriers, Hunters and Meteors - and more beside - well worth a visit if you're into that sort of thing :)
Couple of additional bits - the now unused tunnel is actually one of only two railway tunnels in the county. The longest is just visible in the background of your shot at 4:37 on the BVR. And as a homeowner a couple of miles from Cromer, the erosion is bad, but the current lighthouse was built half a mile from the cliffs. And, on the A1270 you might have filmed one of the 'bat bridges', which look like some kind of escapee from an Army assault course. If you haven't covered them in a previous video, they're well worth mentioning if you come across one - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bridge
I think another greet series is born. - another Saab driver with a spare Saab in the garage so it can always be Saab. Previous Saab died at a mere 270,000 miles.
Brilliant idea for a new series. Well presented, informative and witty. Much better than that bloke who spends his life sat on trains all over the world.
You're in East Anglia and probably not 50 miles away from a number of major AF bases. RAF Lakenheath does traffic control for most of that region. Oh, and love the new series. Keep it coming, Jon!
Fun fact - the original route through Horsham St Faith is actually still able to be used partially - it's had a great big bollard stuck in the middle of it by the new roundabout (north side of the junction) so it's only accessible to cycles, but you can drive a car up almost as far as the bollard, if you fancy a game of "Dog Walker Bowling"
Brilliant Jon! 👍🏻 Everything I love... *Old railways *Maps *Roads *Tunnels *Historic buildings All presented in your usual stylee and not a pair of salmon pink chinos in sight! 😉 What's not to love 👍🏻
Well I guess we were all wondering what would come next. Excellent stuff - and a road I know well. Well done Jon.....and keep the subliminal railway stuff in there!!!!
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It’s been said before but I’m convinced Jon is a closet railway enthusiast. Railway infrastructure in videos about motorways, railway infrastructure in videos about random roads, now we have this series inspired by a programme about railways… We’re on to you mate 😂
Hardly closeted, Secrets of the Motorway is heavily inspired from Geoff Marshall's Secrets of the Underground.
I think secrets of the motorway was a knockoff of Geoff Marshall secrets of the underground
OMG yes! More railway links. It must be so. And that’s ok, I like trains and aeroplanes too, never stop throwing in the other infrastructure, all transport is interesting 😊
He must not have been given a train set for Xmas and he’s now fulfilling his long lost childhood 😊
Definitely. This thinly veiled cover up won't fool us!
Hi Jon, thank you so much for the mention. One of your subscribers visited us at the track today with his family and mentioned you and the shout out you did for us. Did you have a go on our karts? If not Next time your in the area come and come and say hello and have a blast round the track 😄😄👍
That's great to hear! I assume you guys were closed when I was filming but I'll be sure to say Hi next time I'm up that way :)
@@AutoShenanigans we were open, so definitely pop in next time your in the area 😄👍
Proper laugh out loud at the pier and storms bit. Well done!
Breif glimpse of Thorns in Norwich there. That place is worth a mention.
It's a surviving example of the old style DIY shop. Looks small from the outside, but occupies 83 different levels and contains every single imaginable thing on the planet.... in packs of 10. You might think some of the customers coming out of the doors are quite old, but they were still at school when they went in.
I’ve spent several hours in there over the years just browsing. Absolute Aladdins cave for diy enthusiasts.
Great video Jon, nice to see my County on your channel. You should have chosen a better day to visit though 🤦♂️🌧
Tonight, from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week. 👍
With the top prize of a "Television, with all the latest push-button controls". Damn, that dates me!
@MervynPartin wasn't there a food blender at some point?
@@whyyoulidl I do believe you're right.
@@whyyoulidl No, That was the Generation game, food blender, cuddly toy, hostess trolley.
Whato@@xenon53827, No, I couldn't get a hostess trolley on the conveyor belt.
I think this is a winning idea. Lets have more of this. Your next "Secrets of the ..." series can wait for now!
'Secrets Of The Lay-bys'. Sounds a good idea, but probably best left well alone, I think.
@@brianartilleryespecially around here. For some strange reason people seem to like getting in each other's cars.
🤔🤔🤔. 😆😆😆@@womble321
The "adjusted for inflation" joke made me chuckle
I only got that after rewatching ! Top notch !
For reasons that are not yet clear to me I’m really glad I discovered Auto Shenanigans
Great new series, Jon. Thank you! I may never actually travel on any motorways in Great Britain, Scotland or Ireland, but I enjoy seeing them through your eyes.
Cheers.😊
Sorry for the pedantry, but most of Scotland is geographically a part of Great Britain (along with England and Wales). Even if Scotland became independent, it would remain a part of Great Britain, as the name refers to the largest island in the group (sometimes called the British Isles, but that name is complex as far as Ireland is concerned). Hence the overall country name of “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, with Northern Ireland as a distinct entity as it is not on Great Britain. It’s an easy mistake to make.
Thanks a lot sir! Hope you are well.
Around 3:30 that type of lay-by is known as an Oxbow Lay-by.
Great new series, Mr Portillo.
Thanks
Thanks a lot mate, really appreciate that
I can't believe how much of a difference the pedestrianisation of Norwich city has made, did they not realise traders needed access to Dixon's?
Not sure about that but they do say it will help people in wheeeeeeeellllllccchhhaaaiiirs
Any true Alan Partridge fan will have noticed all the stuff in this episode that is related to the aforementioned Partridge:
1) 1:13 - Norwich is Alan's home town
2) 1:30 - the market on the left is seen in the episode "Partrimilgrimage"
3) 1:53 - The Town Hall is a fairly big part of the episode "Partrimilgrimage"
4) 3:58 - Blickling Hall is featured in the classic "I'm Alan Partridge" episode - I Know What Alan Did Last Summer
5) 6:07 - Cromer is mentioned quite frequently in various episodes
6) 8:30 - This is the pier that is featured towards the end of the feature film "Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa"
As a resident of this county, was lovely to see the area get some more attention. Cromer is well worth a visit in the Summer and thanks Jon for insight on the railway bridge which was the only bit of local trivia I didn't know. Only criticism was that we couldn't see you while you were here. Excellent work, looking forward to the new series.
Yea cromer is nice
‘Jewel of the Norfolk Coast’
@@alanphipps But Sheringham is, perhaps, a bit nicer ?
Great video, Portillo without the boring interviews with apple growers etc, looking forward to the next one, keep it up !
7:58 ' Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands. '
And marry a princess with huge....tracts of land.
"Oh HIM ! I thought it was a bit funny me having to guard him, when he's a guard..."
This could be the greatest travel show since Francesco Albertini wrote his guidebook about Rome!
Nice one mate, thanks a lot!
Alongside the new A1270 at Horsham St Faith is the City of Norwich Aviation Museum which has in its collection the GR1 Sepecat Jaguar XX109 which Jon mentioned in his video on the M55. The Jaguar landed, refueled and took off from the soon to be opened motorway near Blackpool in July 1975 in a demonstration of its flexibility by BAE at Warton.
Jon, you are a genius! I can even see this series expanding into Great Continental Road Journeys and I'm sure Michelin can supply the guides to follow too.
...and a colab with a certain Mr. Portillo 🤔
I think our host needs some more colourful clothing if he wants to fill Portaloo's shoes :)
And the celebrity endorsements, too...
This is awesome, I love the comparison between 1923 and 2024. Another great series for me in the States to see interesting bits of the UK.
Comic genius 😂
Cracking start to what promises to be an entertaining new series. Well done Jon. 👏👏👍😎
Jon - Awesome incoming series as always - looking fwd to the next ep. Have a nice week...whatever it is you get up to...oh wait making these :)
Thanks a lot mate, appreciate that!
Sunday evening viewing sorted, haven't watched it yet but know it's going to be good
Top man 👌🏿
Lovely to see John's driver getting a cameo on the establisher of the Guild Hall. 🙂
Best description of Norfolk I've heard. I have relatives there who wouldn't argue with you
Yay norfolk
Loved the musical interlude at 1:05 very subtle
Plus the “where to travel, what to see and where to stay” line from the early series.
He's back! Yes! ❤
He’s never been away 😂
@@Dan23_7 I know, I know, but I was worried once the service station series ended. I was even more worried when the motorways finished!
He's front and side too! Top man.
Very much looking forward to see what other road journeys you and the book have to offer. Great start to a new series Jon
Thanks for that Jon really cuts the mustard.
I second Strangers coffee - highly recommended if visiting Norwich !
I love seeing how a 100 year old book can still take you on an adventure today, even if it wasn't what was originally intended!
Blickling Hall, home of Bono and where U2's album the Joshua Tree was written.
Fun fact. The UK road numbering convention was developed in the 20's and is like a compass centred in London.... North to East, numbers start with 1 (like the A1), East to South, 2 (e.g. A2), South to West, 3 (e.g. M3), West to North 4 (e.g M40)...
Thx! Had a feeling that was the case years ago; appears now my hunch was up there 👍🏿
Gosh I'd never even thought about this but thanks for the history lesson.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_road_numbering_scheme
So as well as taking in places in the great Partridge tour of North Norfolk such as Bono’s house (Blickling) and where we lost Geordie Michael when he jumped into the sea. You have me walking past the guildhall at 01:40 behind the Roller. Also your guide for Americans is spot on.
PS there’s a sit in strangers just round the corner from the one you visited. You can watch the crackheads shuffling by until they see their dealer and they immediately become Olympic race walkers.
Keep up the wonderful work
Came here to mention Bono's house.......
Oh my, what a fantastic idea with that series! Can't wait for more, I already have a list of things to see for my future UK holiday and now I will be adding more things to it
I once parked in the disabled spaces down that steep hill to the beach in Cromer (Don't shout, I was allowed to). After spending some time on the beach my wife wanted to visit the crazy golf up the hill, but leave the car parked where it was. She's in a heavy wheelchair.......I took a long run up to gain speed then pushed her with everything I had up that hill towards the blue fish resturant. About halfway up I started slowing down....3/4 of the way up I'd slowed to a crawl.......By the time we'd got to the top I was on the floor where I screamed "PUT THE BRAKE ON", and lay there for 10 mins to recover !
This is my neck of the woods. The Journey from Norwich to Cromer now is a massive pain in the arse as we have a population that drives at 40mph on 60mph roads, and sometimes 40mph is pushing it, the famers would drive faster than some of them. Then when you find them on the minor roads and the arsewipes are in the middle of the bloody road. Great fun as they are often found swerving to get out of on coming traffics way on blind bends.
It's annoying when you reach a 30 mile speed limit and they disappear into the distance!🤬
I remember them well; I used to love driving through Norfolk if not for the fact that I'd always come across them. Then you'd get to 30mph villages and the sods would still do 40...
Never more, never less - unless of course they noticed a car hoping to pull out to join a main road, in which case they'd slam the anchors on to let them out, though it would be hard to determine in which direction the car would pull out, because no-one ever fecking used their indicators...
Seemed the way back then anyway - don't know if it's got any better or worse since?
@@ZedderZulu I have lived in Norfolk for the last 35 years and the standard of driving if you could call it that has defiantly gone down hill.
I swear that some of them know your driving at the speed limit with nothing behind you and just pull out to slow you down. It did get worse when we had the Supermarket wagons doing 40mph and some obviously got used to it and simply just carried on, even though the speed limit for wagons went up a few years ago and you don't often see a Supermarket wagon these days. Norwich has gotten worse to drive though with all the 20mph areas and some forget that they are in 30. Unlike Aylsham where they largely tend to ignore it.
You came through Aylsham and didn't stop for a coffee! If when you went past that thatched pump you'd turned right I was just three houses along, and the kettle is always on. I could have told you about the curious situation in the market place, where the tarmac is owned by the council but the ground underneath belongs to the National Trust, leading to much measuring of pothole depth to see who is responsible :-)
What a great original, never been done before, idea John. Looking forward to this series if this first episode is anything to go by. Thanks
Really nice video, it reminds me of one of the last trips I made with my wife before she died.
We had a great time in Cromer and spent some good time in the RNLI cafe having tea and cakes.
I was wondering how you would follow the Secrets of the Motorway but I am happy to say that you have nailed it. Random historic facts is what we are here for 👍🏻👍🏻
When is "Secrets of the A roads" starting? To be honest I'm more looking forward to "Secrets of the B roads" but appreciate that won't come until the former is completed.
What about "Secrets of the Abroads" as a collaboration with "Abroad in Japan" and similar channels? :-)
I'm holding out for "Secrets of the C/D roads" which arguably could be more interesting as they're (almost) never numbered so it becomes it's own guessing game
Secrets of the A38 would keep him going for a few years !
Secrets of the B roads would take 20 years to complete
I@@smorris12I've found if you dive super deep into your local council's highway department you can find them and their routes. Sabre Roads also has some info on some of them (filtered by jurisdiction)
What a cracking idea to enable us to get our "fix" of Auto Shenanigans...thanks John keep up your awesome work ;)
Thanks for the first of the exciting new series Jon! Have a coffee (maybe hot enough for that posh Strangers coffee in Norwich though)
Thanks a lot mate, appreciate that!
Fantastic video by the way, it certainly me us laugh, and now looking forward to further episodes 👍👍
Should have mentioned the end of the Alan Partridge siege on Cromer Pier lol
I'm glad you've got a new series Jon, it's a small bit of normality for me in whats a completely different time right now. Keep up the good work!
Back in the 1970s I arranged to buy an item of radio equipment from a guy in Cromer. I lived in Berkshire at the time and agreed to drive up there one Sunday to collect said item. It was a surprisingly long journey, Cromer is bloody miles from everywhere.
Brilliant series idea John, especially since so many old routes have been by passed or left to rot. Plus I'm sure there will be many more visitor attractions in that book that many of us will know nothing of. Looking forward to more.
I've always wondered what Jon thinks of the pedestrianisation of Norwich city High Street, I think people forget that traders need access to Dixons.
You were so near Six Mile Bottom village.....Big Thumbs Up again superb as always. Norwich was one of my favourite places to visit. Great idea for a series.
Well did, Jon!
Now we get to see what you missed on all those motorways...
Could be a rather long series! 🤣
Great video Jon and a brilliant description of the Cromer pier construction. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Oh, Cromer!! I remember one summer holiday crab fishing off the pier as a wee lad. It was miserable.
Exciting new series! I'm eagerly anticipating the upcoming episodes. Considering the calibre of your channel, featuring the 'Wee House' in Cromer would have been ideal for viewers beyond Norfolk. Speaking of railways, Sheringham offers ample material for Jon's secret interest, conveniently situated next to Cromer. I wouldn't be surprised if Jon explores it soon. Perhaps next week, we'll see "Great British Road Journeys - Norfolk: Sheringham to Cromer, Episode 2." At that point, it might even qualify as a business expense.
I don’t know the “Wee House” in Cromer.
If you mean “The Wee Retreat” that’s in Sheringham.
If ever there was a need for Jon to go to Sheringham then...@@dajogb3330
@@dajogb3330 Yep, I think that's what he means. If he does Sheringham, there's also the blue plaque that marks the first place that Britain was bombed from the air, by a Zeppelin in 1918?
Thank you Michael , it's nice to see you've decided to choose a slightly more up to date book , but i do miss the clash of colours
Great idea for the new series! I look forward to upcoming episodes!
Hi Jon my name is Kate and it’s me and my family that own Karttrak Cromer. Thank you so much for the mention and next time your in the area come and say hello and have a few laps and a cuppa 😃👍🏻
I might just do that! :D Thanks for watching
The coast road between Scarborough and Whitby is both spectacular and terrifying. Should make a great video.
Hardknot pass, now that's trouser staining.
Wicked idea for a series Jon, I can just remember the atmosphere out on Britain's A roads just before the motorway and the bypass ruined everything.
The A303 at first light on a middummer Sunday morning used to be a stunner!
The A377 Exeter to Barnstaple still has a flavour of the old magic.
You go through a place called New Buildings. I saw nothing younger than 200!
Black Dog is a very cool place too!
Before the motorway and the bypass the A roads would go right through the middle of every town the road served.
So you'd see how the locals dressed, stop at a bakery, local pub ect.
It was a sequence of 50 - 60 cruises, as long as you didn't get stuck behind anything, and then the outskirts of the next town would loom.
But as a kid it was a chance of a pee & a pie, the towns were the interesting bits.
Except for heading west on the A30 into Exeter for Torbay beyond. St Albans to Paignton was a 12 hour drive. And it seemed like most of that was getting stuck in the queue to get through Exeter!
Even if you click "avoid motorways" that same journey is now a shade under 5 hours at 209 miles. That's the effect of the bypass.
yaaayyyy! I love driving on the old routes when I have the time to meander. I drove this route (in reverse) by accident a couple of months back having missed a turn off the Fakenham-Cromer road (A148). The 1969 AA Book of the Road is my guide.
In my best Alan Partridge voice: "Idea for a television series - A tour of Britain's biggest potholes with Auto Shenanigans"
Jon, do realise that there is a large invisible city in Norfolk? It's called Byway. There are lots of old roads that lead there but it is not on any map.
It's the English translation of the German word "Bielefeld"
Aylsham is a lovely little town. Decent bakers, proper butchers and the Black Boys does great food.
This is a cracking idea for a series - gonna love watching along!
Spent most of my childhood in Norwich and Norfolk so this was lovely nostalgia (/edit - I even remember walking underneath those bridges at the start). It's changed a lot in the time since, of course, but the A1270 was the starkest alteration for me when revisiting; taking my old backway from Old Catton to Spixworth only to find it obliterated by a ruddy-great dual-carriageway...
One other attraction that's not far off the route but wouldn't have been mentioned in the 1923 edition - City of Norwich Aviation Museum. Hosts a range of static displays including a Vulcan, Nimrod, some Lightnings, Harriers, Hunters and Meteors - and more beside - well worth a visit if you're into that sort of thing :)
I appreciate the Hill Climb Racing theme tune in an area where there are no hills.
1:36 We get to see how Jon's really travelling for this series in his new car after the massive success of this channel 😊
Why not, youtube has indeed been kind
Lol
Yeah I wish...
in 1993 Cromer pier was sliced in two by a floating rig during a storm. The pier was back in action by the next year.
I love the brief mention of banjo’s and incest. 😂
Ice cream at the pier x (Mr & Mrs 6thDayBlue)
Thanks a lot guys :)
So consistent. I can set my time to your posting of your videos.
Just finished working in Aylsham and completed my commute back to Norwich. What a surprise this episode was! Great work
Here we go again!! 😎
Happy days..
Couple of additional bits - the now unused tunnel is actually one of only two railway tunnels in the county. The longest is just visible in the background of your shot at 4:37 on the BVR. And as a homeowner a couple of miles from Cromer, the erosion is bad, but the current lighthouse was built half a mile from the cliffs. And, on the A1270 you might have filmed one of the 'bat bridges', which look like some kind of escapee from an Army assault course. If you haven't covered them in a previous video, they're well worth mentioning if you come across one - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bridge
As a resident of the American south, your description is spot on. Like the new series, can't wait to see more.
I think another greet series is born. - another Saab driver with a spare Saab in the garage so it can always be Saab. Previous Saab died at a mere 270,000 miles.
03 02 24, Jon would be in his, 7th ?, heaven following the old A1 Gt North Road - a whole new series awaits ! ¡
Getting jizzy with the guitar there!
I am enjoying the new series thanks Jon.
Fabulous start to your new series. Love the humour.
❤❤❤ The A47 Norwich Bypass ❤❤❤, with the bridges done in Sydney by Maunsell and Partners Pty Ltd back in the 1980s.
Brilliant idea, mate! This one is a winner, and it will draw the Sunday night crowds, too. Can't wait until next week for E2.
Pretty sure Blickling Hall is also Bonos house, did you see the largest collection of hatchbacks in the country that he has on display? 😆
And where he wrote the Joshua Tree.
Brilliant idea for a new series. Well presented, informative and witty. Much better than that bloke who spends his life sat on trains all over the world.
Woo hoo ! Another series from Auto Shenanigans ! Because I'm old I remember travelling from Birmingham to points North before the M6 was built !
John has to be the most funniest presenter on the web
For presenting great fact finding videos on transport and other things
You're in East Anglia and probably not 50 miles away from a number of major AF bases. RAF Lakenheath does traffic control for most of that region.
Oh, and love the new series. Keep it coming, Jon!
1:04 Nice of film director Michael Moore to make a cameo at the start of this new series.
Got a genuine laugh from me when the great British railway journeys music played. Genius!
Amazing description of Norfolk there
Fun fact - the original route through Horsham St Faith is actually still able to be used partially - it's had a great big bollard stuck in the middle of it by the new roundabout (north side of the junction) so it's only accessible to cycles, but you can drive a car up almost as far as the bollard, if you fancy a game of "Dog Walker Bowling"
Jon! You've pulled a rabbit out of a hat mate! Love it 😊
Jon I fully loved the start to the new series. Thank you so much Sunday evening wouldn’t be the same without your videos.
With Jon’s style and delivery he could talk about paint drying, and make it interesting
Ah my neck of the woods. Nice
Brilliant Jon! 👍🏻
Everything I love...
*Old railways
*Maps
*Roads
*Tunnels
*Historic buildings
All presented in your usual stylee and not a pair of salmon pink chinos in sight! 😉
What's not to love 👍🏻
If episode 1 is anything to go by, it’s gonna be a great new series. - Thanks Jon.
The outro for this series was way better than the outro for great British railway journeys
Well I guess we were all wondering what would come next. Excellent stuff - and a road I know well. Well done Jon.....and keep the subliminal railway stuff in there!!!!