Words fail me! This was travel-writing and film-making in its purest form. Congratulations on a superb piece of work. I love the melancholy aspect of it, epitomised by the “bizarre after-eight mini eggs” and the lone jogger on the pre-dawn streets of Dieppe. I know it wasn’t planned, and in fact probably made the challenge more difficult, but the rainy weather on the British side of the channel just added to the overall vibe. Subscribed.
Thank you so much - that really kind! Was worried the rain would detract rather, but I agree, I think it added something, especially with the comparison with the following day in France.
I love the part where this is even possible. Here in the states there are very few places where something like this would even be possible with local buses let alone trains of any kind. This was a very well narrated and incredibly enjoyable video!
Love these local bus challenges. These have been missing on RUclips for years. I’d love to see someone trying to do Lands End to John O’Groats by local bus. You’d be the perfect person I love long bus journeys and have do a few myself. The only thing I hate about them is the lack of toilet facilities
@@zacharyabelson8196 Some I say a YT video on someone who did a NY City to DC trip by regional/local trains and bus lines. The tricky part was between Delaware and Maryland.
These videos stimulate the imagination with the question “What if…?” and accompany the resulting adventure with literate and entertaining commentary. I just ❤ them!
Funny that, back when we stayed in Paris some 15-odd years ago my family flat out refused to use the metro, because it is "yucky" and "we can get anywhere by bus anyway". Thanks for the journey! Fun as always.
I'm genuinely fascinated that rural France really doesn't look all that different from rural England. When you think France you tend to think of the major cities and coastal towns, maybe Dunkirk. It's interesting that the smaller townships are practically indistinguishable from small English towns. I'm particularly fascinated by the sight of a rural French school. I've never really thought about what France looks like outside the major settlements. This is a wonderful and unique look at France!
I'm half-English and have lived outside the UK for the last thirty years. Seeing Northern Normandy made me feel a little homesick, something that seeing Engla nd itself doesn't do 🙂 Admittedly as a young kid I spent several summer holidays in Normandy.
Normandy and the Pas De Calais can seem a little English. Lots of the north of France is part of the same geological system that also includes the North and South Downs The further south, the less English it seems and is.
I live in the west of France and travel to the UK from time to time. When I take the western route to catch a ferry from Roscoff to Plymouth, it always strikes me how the Celtic influence can be seen in the place names as you travel north through Brittany. Lanmerin, Tregastel and Landrellic to name a few. Take a line From Roscoff across the channel, over Cornwall and up to Wales and Ireland and one can see how trading routes and past settlements had such an influence.
Travelling Turtle is quickly turning into one of my faveroute youtubers. The quality of the content is brilliant and inspires me to do something similar one day. Keep up the good work.
Very lovely video, I'm always sad when I see abandoned railway lines in France. As a Swiss, I feel that it makes no sense to do this, to close a train station. Your account of this trip was both enjoyable and instructive!
Well, as a native Londoner now living in Reigate, I never expected my current home town to be a brief feature of one of your wonderfully addictive videos! Brilliant, as always. Thank you! 😊
Thank you for an interesting and informative video which brought back two fond memories. Just as you and Mrs Turtle took up your rightful place on the bus, you were on South Norwood Hill. I lived on a road off there and took the No 68 to school in Croydon every day. Later, you take the ferry from Newhaven. During the school holidays, my family had a caravan at a park in Seaford overlooking Newhaven. Many the morning I heard the mournful cry of the fog-horn as the overnight ferry made it's way into the port. Sixty years ago🙂
29:18 THANK YOU! Last December a new Bus route from Rastatt (Germany) to France opened. Even though it only runs once an hour (standard in Germany) that's still more than double the amount of bus connections theses towns in France had before. It's insane ho bad Frances public transport network is outside of the TGV and he big towns.
I always enjoy your videos quite a lot and find them massively interesting and relaxing to watch. This one was no exception! Plenty of lovely shots of picturesque towns as always-I think one of my favorite parts is the little details you give about everywhere you visit.
Don't forget - when you're planning your timetabling - in rural areas, Wednesdays offer greater flexibility as schools have a half day on Wednesdays. But that would have meant that you would need to have rattled down your Sussex roads on the Tuesday - and on Tuesday ONLY. One final point - currently in UK, the £2 ceiling on bus fares opens up a whole range of possibilities and I'm rather surprised more hasnt been made of this great offer which is something more that you would expect to find in European countries like Luxembourg, etc.!!! In the past, I saw people paying £15 and the likes for provincial journeys that now only charge £2.!!!!
@@travelling_turtleit's been extended to October now which is great, and i think some areas like west Yorkshire and greater Manchester have made it a permanent thing in their bus networks.
Hello from Trujillo Perú. My wife and I are visiting the UK on a very tight budget this coming January. England for fish & chips, Cornwall for a pasty, Wales for shepherd's pie, and Scotland for whisky to wash the haggis down. Do you have any bus suggestions? We had been thinking about coaches, but can't find prices that far ahead.
This is fantastic Jo and Mrs Turtle! So fun watching these adventures! Love the narration, the interesting observations about cheese and French school teachers etc!!!
This is absolute genius! Loved watching this video. It’s remarkable how you got the timing right. The research you made to produce a detailed narration must of been a project in itself. I’m writing this after I’ve just burned through 4 of your videos back to back. Hats off to you !
Thank you for taking me back to Paris. I loved every minute of the trip and felt 14 again! School trips are so special. Your gentle narrative and beautiful choice of music is so relaxing. Keep travelling and exploring please. 🎉
Bizarrely, I was watching your back catalogue last night, marvelling in your adventures past and hoping you’d add a new travelogue soon. And voila! Your travel adventures are so watchable and by far my favourite watches on YT. I can’t wait to see your next journey. Merci
Your videos are great and I really enjoyed this one. The combination of adventure, with tales of the places you pass through with that added jeopardy of each challenge. I look forward to any future travels you share on here.
Fantastic logistical journey with lovely Mrs Turtle. I've liked and subscribed... I reckon you could go further on alternative ferry crossings maybe? Harwich should be fairly fast, you don't have to make it so time sensitive if you're sleeping on a ferry? It seems easier to get to the Continent than to travel to Ireland or Cornwall by bus?
These 24 hours videos, and the narrations are just superb. I can only imagine all the work that it takes into research for actually doing such a journey, checking into the different local regions route planners etc to find out the routes that might just work. Would be cool to see you try Europe from North to South starting in Norway(Nordkapp) to Spain(Punta de Tarifa) with just public transport, and see if its even possible, and not do it on 24h as that wouldnt be do-able :D would be quiet the challenge.
Before the channel tunnel opened there were two daily rail /sail departures from Victoria via Newhaven.. journey time about 10hrs.... The two ferries now on the route were built for a Spanish operator but they didn't take delivery... Another great adventure... encore sil vous plait
Absolutely wonderful stuff, thank you! Fantastic mix of transport, history, landscapes and those little moments of human interest. My partner is the last person to get into bus videos on youtube (!), but she was watching over my shoulder by the end
@@travelling_turtle On your brilliant Calabrian exploits: as you pointed out on the video , the answer will be an ever-changing one, and it looks like there's been a change in the 2023 timetable to push the limit a touch further. I think the final train now leaves Reggio di Calabria earlier, meaning you can get beyond Bova Marina (at 0740) and reach Brancaleone (0756). I make it about four miles further as the crow flies. Perhaps not worth a re-run...
@@markbaker6930 Very well spotted - you appear to be absolutely correct! The re timings do make the last two connections even tighter than anyone would ideally like, but very intriguing. Shan’t rush to re-do it all again, though!
Even as someone who followed your journey on twitter intently, watching this is extremely entertaining thanks to your great narration and editing which has improved! The added maps are great and your music choices are so lovely! Unfortunately, the dreaded major Central London bus changes have occurred and your number 11 no longer runs from Trafalgar Square to Aldwych. I believe off the top of my head that it now runs from Fulham to Waterloo.
Thank you! And yes, snook in that journey on the 11 under the wire. At least there’s no shortage of alternatives for a trip from Trafalgar Square to Aldwych - it’s the loss of the Red Arrows that I am really mourning.
Ah, trains within a contiguous urban area count as local public transport so you’re not really cheating. If it were Netherlands, it would be the same fare as the bus!
in Sweden I can travel a fair distance with local public train transport. (Like Linköping-Kalmar). It is most definitely not within the same area, but the route is also covered by "local" buses, and the commuter train is mostly used by local commuters.
I used to live in the UK, in Sussex, so that first leg of your journey really took me back. I took a bus (National Express) once and only once from London to Brighton 😂 Our particular bus was broken and would not turn back on if switched off. So it remained that way even when we switched drivers in Gatwick and when our driver had to go to the loo at a rest stop somewhere just outside of Brighton. And I agree there is nothing like being shaken about on those roads on the way out of London and hurtling towards Brighton in the dark. Great video and great narration! Never knew there was a pedestrian ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe, only ever took the Eurostar, Channel Tunnel and the car ferry from Dover. Many greetings from Germany and thanks for taking me along on your journey.
Glad you enjoyed the video (you can see the London-Brighton National Express overtaking my bus just before Brighton…)! Newhaven-Dieppe is a very historic route (hence featuring in Sherlock Holmes) and is now the most reliable way to cross the eastern channel as a foot passenger, as so few ferries from Dover will take you without a car now.
@@travelling_turtle the night boat off dieppe is a bit of a slog though lol done it a few times past few years. always shattered getting off. not long enough to sleep, long enough to miss sleep. get to geneve/le cruseot/rouen as destinations and collapsed into bed lol and i really hate this stupid thing about a bus from the terminal tto the boat. if we could just walk on itd be so much faster and have more cabin time.
My delight was doubled by the dual facts that you had posted another, sadly all to infrequent, carefully crafted travelogue and that it features in part beautiful Normandy, whose byways I am very recently returned from cycling. As others have already written, your narrations are skillfully, amusingly and musically delivered, wearing the effort of their creation lightly. These are posts that both bear and deserve repeated viewing and honestly, I'd enjoy your reports on a journey from Balham to Wolverhampton just as much. Please make more - you have found your métier!
Thank you very much - Normandy is indeed lovely! There will certainly be more coming, though frequency may not increase *all that much* - I have to juggle this around the other demands on my time 😉
This was brilliant! I can't imagine how sore my arse would be at the end of the trip but I love the idea. I don't think I'd aim for the 24h limit but I loved all the little towns and villages you went through, I suspect most people wouldn't ever see them.
Impressive stuff. It was great to see your latest challenge. I was really surprised how cheap it was, even taking into consideration the fair caps in both countries.
Very enjoyable video, i love the challenge you set yourself, but what is especially good is the obvious passion you appear to have for researching the history of the places you pass through. Fascinating stuff, thanks 🙂
I have no idea why the algorithm decided to put this in front of me. I clicked out of mild curiosity, having no clue I was about to spend 45 minutes totally captivated and entertained. That was excellent. You have another new subscriber :)
Amazing film! Welcome to Normandy, I live there and you describe it so very well. Few people take long distance buses here. They are normally just feeders to the RER or suburban trains. And yes there are so many sadly disused (but often still intact) railway lines.
Thank you! Agreed - the only bus I took in Normandy that was busy with anyone other than schoolchildren was from Gisors to Cergy, to connect with the RER.
Another great video! I love the adventures/challenges you set for yourself and you present them in such an enjoyable style. Looking forward to the next one!
Allowing the use of a ferry, consider using the Harwich to Hoek of Holland night ferry, leaving at 22:00, arriving 6:25. to reach this by bus, you leave Liverpool St Station at about 14:30. On the other side that gives you eight hours to see how far you can get...a cursory search shows that you can cross the Netherlands via Utrecht and into Germany near Enschede and at the very least reach Münster, which is certainly much further than Paris...
What a really cool ideal. It's amazing that you can do that all by local buses. I have a 72 bus on my daily commute but definitely not as good as that one in Paris. lol
That over-night ferry is my personal favourite. Time for a snooze and out on the road in France before any rush hours. Travelling down to Spain, I regularly used to make it through to Pamplona in one day before an over-night and then on to Murcia. When age imposed restrictions, we succombed and took the easy way out via Santander/Bilbao. Thanks for this video - it brought back many memories.
Very enjoyable video. I did this journey the easy way traveling by train to Paris many times in the late 1950’s early 60’s. Sometimes only going London to Rouen.
I have to confess I did the Newhaven to dieepe about 35yrs ago on the sealink(remember those) it was horrendous trip heavy waves storm force winds and being seasick twice each way!!
I remember Sealink very well. I think the current vessels on that route must have better stabilisation - the Côte d’Albatre rode pretty well in a heavy swell.
Just started watching this new video. Love your previous videos and the planning that goes in to them must take so much effort. Keep up the great work 👍🙂
You passed the end of my road on the 405. I like buses; got my Freedom Pass last Thursday. The Metrobus 291 is nice, Crawley to Tunbridge Wells via East Grinstead, basically following the route of the old railway. Also like the Whitby to Middlesbrough via Saltburn one, Can’t remember the route number.
Enjoy your Freedom Pass! I am also a huge fan of the coast buses around Whitby - the route down to Scarborough is great too. Must try out the 291, thanks for the tip!
@@travelling_turtle Only one non-TfL bus trip on the Freedom Pass so far, Coulsdon to Redhill on the 405, to East Grinstead on the 400, to Tunbridge Wells on the 291, to Crawley on the 291 to Redhill on the 100 to Coulsdon on the 405. I used to like taking the 11:00 train from Skipton to Lancaster and Morecambe, the one train of the day which reversed there and ran to Heysham Port. I then got out at Morecambe and had several hours there until the next train through to Leeds which was the only one of the day which started at Lancaster, and then ran direct from Morecambe to Carnforth, via the third side of the triangle. Since a timetable change a few years ago this is no longer possible. I did the whole route from Leeds once, which I think was the longest scheduled trip by Pacer train. Just watched your bus to Morecambe video, very good, must watch the others. Are you planning any more? There are two sounds which I just cannot stand. One is the constant screaming of teenage girls, good reason to avoid buses at school turning out time, and the other is the moronic chanting of football fans; it’s not even possible to make out what they’re chanting. There are often a large crowd of them at London Bridge on a Saturday. I was once at Leeds when a large crowd of people all of whom were both teenage girls and football fans got off a train. My ears suffered greatly! I’d be interested to know, is the screaming girls a purely British thing, or did you hear it on your Paris trip? It’s not a new thing, 60 years ago they used to scream at the Beatles. When I’m up North I often go to Fleetwood and Morecambe; there’s probably a bus between them; I must look into it. Where do you get your information on bus services in other parts of the country or even other countries? There are so many different operators. Another spectacular route is from Bradford Interchange to Halifax via Queensbury, possible a replacement for part of the old Queensbury railway lines, closed in 1955.
@@srfurley Ah yes, the Leeds-Lancaster-Morecambe Pacer. I have had the dubious pleasure on several occasions (but lovely scenery to make up for it). Several more trips in the planning stage currently. Afraid I can’t give a definitive answer on screaming girls - I have somehow avoided them on both sides of the channel. Don’t think there is a direct Morecambe-Fleetwood bus - the geography doesn’t quite work for it - but you could change at Lancaster onto an 89 to Knott End then take the ferry to Fleetwood, for a fun multimodal journey!
Fantastic stuff, from the dead pan commentary/history lessons to the trip as a whole. To preserve the little street cred I have left, this channel will be my guilty little secret. 😛😛😛😛😛
I've just discovered your channel, your videos are oddly calming. Off to watch your other videos now! Greetings from Germany PS: your turtle is adorable
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This was superb! Poetically well written and a really thoroughly enjoyable video. Off I go to binge the rest of your channel!
Thank you - hope you enjoy the others!
High praise indeed when Mr. Foreman approves of your videos! 😊
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Words fail me! This was travel-writing and film-making in its purest form. Congratulations on a superb piece of work. I love the melancholy aspect of it, epitomised by the “bizarre after-eight mini eggs” and the lone jogger on the pre-dawn streets of Dieppe.
I know it wasn’t planned, and in fact probably made the challenge more difficult, but the rainy weather on the British side of the channel just added to the overall vibe.
Subscribed.
Thank you so much - that really kind! Was worried the rain would detract rather, but I agree, I think it added something, especially with the comparison with the following day in France.
I love the part where this is even possible. Here in the states there are very few places where something like this would even be possible with local buses let alone trains of any kind. This was a very well narrated and incredibly enjoyable video!
Thank you!
There are a few videos of DC to Boston on local transit, you might want to check that out
Yet another wonderfully narrated and filmed against the clock travelogue.
Thank you!
haters would say you took the train
I say it was a bus replacement service
My view precisely!
Love these local bus challenges. These have been missing on RUclips for years.
I’d love to see someone trying to do Lands End to John O’Groats by local bus. You’d be the perfect person
I love long bus journeys and have do a few myself. The only thing I hate about them is the lack of toilet facilities
Thank you! Something like that is definitely on the agenda.
How about Boston MA to Washington DC ?!
Entirely by local bus !!!!!
@@nielspemberton59 I'm pretty sure @milesintransit did that. He definitely did by local train but I think he did a local bus one too
@@zacharyabelson8196 Some I say a YT video on someone who did a NY City to DC trip by regional/local trains and bus lines. The tricky part was between Delaware and Maryland.
These videos stimulate the imagination with the question “What if…?” and accompany the resulting adventure with literate and entertaining commentary. I just ❤ them!
Thank you so much!
Funny that, back when we stayed in Paris some 15-odd years ago my family flat out refused to use the metro, because it is "yucky" and "we can get anywhere by bus anyway".
Thanks for the journey! Fun as always.
Interesting! To be fair, I do strongly remember the Métro being somewhat more odorous a few decades back than it is now…
I'm genuinely fascinated that rural France really doesn't look all that different from rural England. When you think France you tend to think of the major cities and coastal towns, maybe Dunkirk. It's interesting that the smaller townships are practically indistinguishable from small English towns. I'm particularly fascinated by the sight of a rural French school. I've never really thought about what France looks like outside the major settlements. This is a wonderful and unique look at France!
Certainly true of Normandy and other bits of northern France. Less so when you get a bit further south - very distinctively French!
Let the two lions on their flag be a marker for just how similar Normandy and England are. Jersey is the harmony point.
I'm half-English and have lived outside the UK for the last thirty years. Seeing Northern Normandy made me feel a little homesick, something that seeing Engla nd itself doesn't do 🙂 Admittedly as a young kid I spent several summer holidays in Normandy.
Normandy and the Pas De Calais can seem a little English. Lots of the north of France is part of the same geological system that also includes the North and South Downs
The further south, the less English it seems and is.
I live in the west of France and travel to the UK from time to time. When I take the western route to catch a ferry from Roscoff to Plymouth, it always strikes me how the Celtic influence can be seen in the place names as you travel north through Brittany. Lanmerin, Tregastel and Landrellic to name a few. Take a line From Roscoff across the channel, over Cornwall and up to Wales and Ireland and one can see how trading routes and past settlements had such an influence.
Travelling Turtle is quickly turning into one of my faveroute youtubers. The quality of the content is brilliant and inspires me to do something similar one day. Keep up the good work.
Thank you, that’s very kind!
Very lovely video, I'm always sad when I see abandoned railway lines in France. As a Swiss, I feel that it makes no sense to do this, to close a train station. Your account of this trip was both enjoyable and instructive!
Agreed - far too many of them in France. And sadly, still some being closed even now.
Wonderful from start to finish. Great to see the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry.
Thank you!
Well, as a native Londoner now living in Reigate, I never expected my current home town to be a brief feature of one of your wonderfully addictive videos! Brilliant, as always. Thank you! 😊
Thank you - Reigate was ‘an unexpected bonus’ shall we say!
I thoughts the same as a resident of Reigate!
Thank you for an interesting and informative video which brought back two fond memories. Just as you and Mrs Turtle took up your rightful place on the bus, you were on South Norwood Hill. I lived on a road off there and took the No 68 to school in Croydon every day. Later, you take the ferry from Newhaven. During the school holidays, my family had a caravan at a park in Seaford overlooking Newhaven. Many the morning I heard the mournful cry of the fog-horn as the overnight ferry made it's way into the port. Sixty years ago🙂
Thank you! Always nice to hear videos have rekindled memories…
29:18 THANK YOU! Last December a new Bus route from Rastatt (Germany) to France opened. Even though it only runs once an hour (standard in Germany) that's still more than double the amount of bus connections theses towns in France had before. It's insane ho bad Frances public transport network is outside of the TGV and he big towns.
Yes, it is so frustrating - and also very noticeable in border areas with Belgium, Germany and Switzerland!
I always enjoy your videos quite a lot and find them massively interesting and relaxing to watch. This one was no exception! Plenty of lovely shots of picturesque towns as always-I think one of my favorite parts is the little details you give about everywhere you visit.
Thank you!
Had my heart racing at the end. That last bus was almost the same as a river cruise. A great video.
Glad to have provided some light jeopardy! Thanks.
Thoroughly enjoyable. Makes me want to visit France again for no better reason than it isn't the UK.
Great! Thanks very much.
I’m always impressed by the detailed descriptions, the music and the down-to-earth nature of your videos. This was wonderful. Thank you!
Thank you!
I love interesting, low budget adventures like this!
These videos are such a joy. Informative, entertaining and visually engaging. You have a real talent. Thank you for sharing it with us.
That’s insanely kind to say, but thank you! Really glad you enjoy them.
As soon as I saw this video, I instantly clicked on it! Your content is amazing, can't wait to watch this!
Don't forget - when you're planning your timetabling - in rural areas, Wednesdays offer greater flexibility as schools have a half day on Wednesdays.
But that would have meant that you would need to have rattled down your Sussex roads on the Tuesday - and on Tuesday ONLY.
One final point - currently in UK, the £2 ceiling on bus fares opens up a whole range of possibilities and I'm rather surprised more hasnt been made of this great offer which is something more that you would expect to find in European countries like Luxembourg, etc.!!!
In the past, I saw people paying £15 and the likes for provincial journeys that now only charge £2.!!!!
Absolutely agree re the £2 fare - it is a fantastic bargain on many routes and really needs better promotion.
@@travelling_turtleit's been extended to October now which is great, and i think some areas like west Yorkshire and greater Manchester have made it a permanent thing in their bus networks.
Hello from Trujillo Perú. My wife and I are visiting the UK on a very tight budget this coming January. England for fish & chips, Cornwall for a pasty, Wales for shepherd's pie, and Scotland for whisky to wash the haggis down.
Do you have any bus suggestions? We had been thinking about coaches, but can't find prices that far ahead.
This is fantastic Jo and Mrs Turtle! So fun watching these adventures! Love the narration, the interesting observations about cheese and French school teachers etc!!!
Thank you!
Nice to see someone doing epic bus journeys in other countries too and not just the UK!
Absolutely great video !!
Thank you so much!
There’s a wonderful cosy feeling to your videos. I enjoy them immensely and hope you keep them up!
Thank you, that’s very kind!
I expected delightful transit nerdery when I got this video suggested, but my god I did not dream to expect this wonderful storytelling too!
Thank you, that is very kind!!
This is absolute genius! Loved watching this video. It’s remarkable how you got the timing right. The research you made to produce a detailed narration must of been a project in itself. I’m writing this after I’ve just burned through 4 of your videos back to back. Hats off to you !
Thank you very much - so glad you enjoyed them!
Thank you for taking me back to Paris. I loved every minute of the trip and felt 14 again! School trips are so special. Your gentle narrative and beautiful choice of music is so relaxing. Keep travelling and exploring please. 🎉
Will do, thank you!
Bizarrely, I was watching your back catalogue last night, marvelling in your adventures past and hoping you’d add a new travelogue soon. And voila!
Your travel adventures are so watchable and by far my favourite watches on YT.
I can’t wait to see your next journey. Merci
Thank you, glad you enjoy them!
Love the Suffragette colours on your turtle! 💚🤍💜
Your videos are great and I really enjoyed this one. The combination of adventure, with tales of the places you pass through with that added jeopardy of each challenge. I look forward to any future travels you share on here.
Thank you, that’s really kind.
Fantastic logistical journey with lovely Mrs Turtle. I've liked and subscribed... I reckon you could go further on alternative ferry crossings maybe? Harwich should be fairly fast, you don't have to make it so time sensitive if you're sleeping on a ferry? It seems easier to get to the Continent than to travel to Ireland or Cornwall by bus?
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed. Yes, the Harwich crossing raises some interesting possibilities, which are on the list to pursue in future…!
Love this channel! Wish there were more videos!
Thank you! More coming before too long…
A highly entertaining travel goal idea!
Also bringing back pleasant memories of Dieppe.
Thanks for making it! ----Mike
Thank you!
These videos are a truly comfy watch, I enjoy them with a cup of tea. Well done! :)
Fantastic, thanks so much.
These 24 hours videos, and the narrations are just superb. I can only imagine all the work that it takes into research for actually doing such a journey, checking into the different local regions route planners etc to find out the routes that might just work.
Would be cool to see you try Europe from North to South starting in Norway(Nordkapp) to Spain(Punta de Tarifa) with just public transport, and see if its even possible, and not do it on 24h as that wouldnt be do-able :D would be quiet the challenge.
Thank you, so glad you enjoy. Oh, and your suggestion is definitely on my radar… just a matter of finding the time!
Before the channel tunnel opened there were two daily rail /sail departures from Victoria via Newhaven.. journey time about 10hrs.... The two ferries now on the route were built for a Spanish operator but they didn't take delivery... Another great adventure... encore sil vous plait
Thank you! Well, they are very nice ships, so Spain’s loss is the Channel’s gain…
Absolutely incredible - thanks for this journey!
Thank you!
This was wonderful thank you! The challenge, scenery, history, music. I loved it all
Thank you so much!
Brilliant! As usual. 4 miles by train don't matter. History and geography matter. Waiting for you next travel.
Thank you!
Absolutely wonderful stuff, thank you! Fantastic mix of transport, history, landscapes and those little moments of human interest. My partner is the last person to get into bus videos on youtube (!), but she was watching over my shoulder by the end
That’s really kind, thank you!
@@travelling_turtle On your brilliant Calabrian exploits: as you pointed out on the video , the answer will be an ever-changing one, and it looks like there's been a change in the 2023 timetable to push the limit a touch further. I think the final train now leaves Reggio di Calabria earlier, meaning you can get beyond Bova Marina (at 0740) and reach Brancaleone (0756). I make it about four miles further as the crow flies. Perhaps not worth a re-run...
@@markbaker6930 Very well spotted - you appear to be absolutely correct! The re timings do make the last two connections even tighter than anyone would ideally like, but very intriguing. Shan’t rush to re-do it all again, though!
This was an absolute joy to watch. Thank you so much for doing and creating this.
My pleasure, thank you!
Even as someone who followed your journey on twitter intently, watching this is extremely entertaining thanks to your great narration and editing which has improved! The added maps are great and your music choices are so lovely!
Unfortunately, the dreaded major Central London bus changes have occurred and your number 11 no longer runs from Trafalgar Square to Aldwych. I believe off the top of my head that it now runs from Fulham to Waterloo.
The fact that there’s another public transport AND baroque music fan as well as me makes me very happy :D
Thank you! And yes, snook in that journey on the 11 under the wire. At least there’s no shortage of alternatives for a trip from Trafalgar Square to Aldwych - it’s the loss of the Red Arrows that I am really mourning.
@@travelling_turtle ah the 507 and 521 yes... so unfortunate
Ah, trains within a contiguous urban area count as local public transport so you’re not really cheating. If it were Netherlands, it would be the same fare as the bus!
Good justification, thanks!
in Sweden I can travel a fair distance with local public train transport. (Like Linköping-Kalmar). It is most definitely not within the same area, but the route is also covered by "local" buses, and the commuter train is mostly used by local commuters.
This is better than a lot of travel shows on TV.
Thank you!
Thank you, that was wonderful. I love these adventures.
I used to live in the UK, in Sussex, so that first leg of your journey really took me back. I took a bus (National Express) once and only once from London to Brighton 😂 Our particular bus was broken and would not turn back on if switched off. So it remained that way even when we switched drivers in Gatwick and when our driver had to go to the loo at a rest stop somewhere just outside of Brighton. And I agree there is nothing like being shaken about on those roads on the way out of London and hurtling towards Brighton in the dark. Great video and great narration! Never knew there was a pedestrian ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe, only ever took the Eurostar, Channel Tunnel and the car ferry from Dover. Many greetings from Germany and thanks for taking me along on your journey.
Glad you enjoyed the video (you can see the London-Brighton National Express overtaking my bus just before Brighton…)! Newhaven-Dieppe is a very historic route (hence featuring in Sherlock Holmes) and is now the most reliable way to cross the eastern channel as a foot passenger, as so few ferries from Dover will take you without a car now.
@@travelling_turtle the night boat off dieppe is a bit of a slog though lol
done it a few times past few years. always shattered getting off. not long enough to sleep, long enough to miss sleep. get to geneve/le cruseot/rouen as destinations and collapsed into bed lol and i really hate this stupid thing about a bus from the terminal tto the boat. if we could just walk on itd be so much faster and have more cabin time.
My delight was doubled by the dual facts that you had posted another, sadly all to infrequent, carefully crafted travelogue and that it features in part beautiful Normandy, whose byways I am very recently returned from cycling.
As others have already written, your narrations are skillfully, amusingly and musically delivered, wearing the effort of their creation lightly. These are posts that both bear and deserve repeated viewing and honestly, I'd enjoy your reports on a journey from Balham to Wolverhampton just as much. Please make more - you have found your métier!
Thank you very much - Normandy is indeed lovely! There will certainly be more coming, though frequency may not increase *all that much* - I have to juggle this around the other demands on my time 😉
@@travelling_turtle Understood 😊👍
This was brilliant! I can't imagine how sore my arse would be at the end of the trip but I love the idea. I don't think I'd aim for the 24h limit but I loved all the little towns and villages you went through, I suspect most people wouldn't ever see them.
Thank you! For the most part, the buses were relatively comfortable, especially in France…
Videos like these spark my exitment for public transport even more!
Impressive stuff. It was great to see your latest challenge. I was really surprised how cheap it was, even taking into consideration the fair caps in both countries.
Thank you! Remarkably, it would only have cost about £2 even without the English cap.
That was great, well done, very entertaining should be a TV programme
Thank you!
Nice to show some of the scenery and note local history in your travels. It adds to the story and why many of us like to travel.
Glad you like the little asides!
So happy to see another wonderful video. Love these little adventures.
Loved this, thank you for making it.
Thank you!
I really loved this! Humourous and erudite commentary made it all the more enjoyable.
Thank you so much!
Interesting & amazing! Im into these challenges of adventures by bus going as far as possible across the country & even beyond.
Thanks so much!
Very enjoyable video, i love the challenge you set yourself, but what is especially good is the obvious passion you appear to have for researching the history of the places you pass through. Fascinating stuff, thanks 🙂
Thanks very much - really glad you enjoyed it!
Stumbled across this video and must say - its a gem . Superbly filmed, edited and narrated. Il est génial !
Merci beaucoup!
thank you for this. I was stuck next Saturday because of train strikes but now I now how to get home from London to eastbourne!
I never expected this to have a practical application! 😊
I'm very happy this turned up in my recommendations :) Most entertaining!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have no idea why the algorithm decided to put this in front of me. I clicked out of mild curiosity, having no clue I was about to spend 45 minutes totally captivated and entertained. That was excellent. You have another new subscriber :)
Thank you so much, that is really kind. Delighted you enjoyed it so much.
Amazing film!
Welcome to Normandy, I live there and you describe it so very well. Few people take long distance buses here. They are normally just feeders to the RER or suburban trains.
And yes there are so many sadly disused (but often still intact) railway lines.
Thank you! Agreed - the only bus I took in Normandy that was busy with anyone other than schoolchildren was from Gisors to Cergy, to connect with the RER.
What a journey! Brilliant, plus you went past my home on the No12 bus. :)
Thank you!
Another fantastic video. Deeply enjoyed this. Impressive French as well!
Merci beaucoup!
Bonjour. total interesting travel, see you soon!Travelling-))
Another great video! I love the adventures/challenges you set for yourself and you present them in such an enjoyable style. Looking forward to the next one!
Thank you!
Loved every minute of this!
Thank you!
Just watched the entire way through, fantastic video well done!❤
Thank you so much!
Outstanding! Thank you - this was fascinating, educational, entertaining and heart-warming - can't wait for the next trip!
Thank you, that’s v kind!
Brilliant, thank you, love watching your adventures.
Thank you!
My first visit to your channel - what a fantastic challenge!
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Amazing adventure and thanks for sharing the insight from your historical guidebooks.
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Top notch writing and great taste of music, hats off!
Thanks so much!
Allowing the use of a ferry, consider using the Harwich to Hoek of Holland night ferry, leaving at 22:00, arriving 6:25. to reach this by bus, you leave Liverpool St Station at about 14:30. On the other side that gives you eight hours to see how far you can get...a cursory search shows that you can cross the Netherlands via Utrecht and into Germany near Enschede and at the very least reach Münster, which is certainly much further than Paris...
Awesome trip, can't wait for the next one!
Thank you!
What a really cool ideal. It's amazing that you can do that all by local buses. I have a 72 bus on my daily commute but definitely not as good as that one in Paris. lol
Great channel, fantastic idea. I hate bus and coach travel, but you've made it seem appealing.
I’ll take that as a win, thank you very much!
That over-night ferry is my personal favourite. Time for a snooze and out on the road in France before any rush hours. Travelling down to Spain, I regularly used to make it through to Pamplona in one day before an over-night and then on to Murcia. When age imposed restrictions, we succombed and took the easy way out via Santander/Bilbao.
Thanks for this video - it brought back many memories.
Yes, it is great - though if I hadn’t been racing the clock, a couple of extra hours of sleep on board would have been nice!
Well done. Love Mrs Turtle in her Suffrage colours. As one bus loving former Local Government officer to another - thanks very much!
Thank you!
Very enjoyable video. I did this journey the easy way traveling by train to Paris many times in the late 1950’s early 60’s. Sometimes only going London to Rouen.
Thank you! I believe it was all a bit more seamless back then, with the train pulling onto the quayside at Dieppe!
@@travelling_turtle yes that’s right, the train used to stop a long side the ferry.
26:56 : The railway line was under reconstruction when this challenge was filmed. Trains are currently running between Serqueux and Gisors today.
Still a mixture of trains and buses (like many rural lines) though - including the 09:00 bus that I caught, which is still a bus.
There is a similar challenge where a Japanese RUclipsr travelled through the entire Japan with only local buses.
Can you give the name of the video/channel? Cheers.
@@matthiasflamenco3216ruclips.net/p/PLiA91HZIXkxmrsY1Qp7CxW_dRaZmWQPAI
It’s in Japanese though
I'd love to know this too actually
I have to confess I did the Newhaven to dieepe about 35yrs ago on the sealink(remember those) it was horrendous trip heavy waves storm force winds and being seasick twice each way!!
I remember Sealink very well. I think the current vessels on that route must have better stabilisation - the Côte d’Albatre rode pretty well in a heavy swell.
Preety nerdy video, it was incredible. Very nice!
Thank you!
What a lovely wholesome video. A true delight. Thank you!!
Thank you very much!
This is just perfect. Thank you
Thank you very much!
Just started watching this new video. Love your previous videos and the planning that goes in to them must take so much effort. Keep up the great work 👍🙂
Finished watching and brilliant as always 👍🙂 Love the narration and turtle obviously 🐢 Look forward to your next adventure
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What an utterly entertaining video. Thank you, and to Mrs Turtle too.
Thank you!
You passed the end of my road on the 405.
I like buses; got my Freedom Pass last Thursday.
The Metrobus 291 is nice, Crawley to Tunbridge Wells via East Grinstead, basically following the route of the old railway. Also like the Whitby to Middlesbrough via Saltburn one, Can’t remember the route number.
Enjoy your Freedom Pass! I am also a huge fan of the coast buses around Whitby - the route down to Scarborough is great too. Must try out the 291, thanks for the tip!
@@travelling_turtle
Only one non-TfL bus trip on the Freedom Pass so far, Coulsdon to Redhill on the 405, to East Grinstead on the 400, to Tunbridge Wells on the 291, to Crawley on the 291 to Redhill on the 100 to Coulsdon on the 405.
I used to like taking the 11:00 train from Skipton to Lancaster and Morecambe, the one train of the day which reversed there and ran to Heysham Port. I then got out at Morecambe and had several hours there until the next train through to Leeds which was the only one of the day which started at Lancaster, and then ran direct from Morecambe to Carnforth, via the third side of the triangle. Since a timetable change a few years ago this is no longer possible. I did the whole route from Leeds once, which I think was the longest scheduled trip by Pacer train.
Just watched your bus to Morecambe video, very good, must watch the others. Are you planning any more?
There are two sounds which I just cannot stand. One is the constant screaming of teenage girls, good reason to avoid buses at school turning out time, and the other is the moronic chanting of football fans; it’s not even possible to make out what they’re chanting. There are often a large crowd of them at London Bridge on a Saturday. I was once at Leeds when a large crowd of people all of whom were both teenage girls and football fans got off a train. My ears suffered greatly! I’d be interested to know, is the screaming girls a purely British thing, or did you hear it on your Paris trip? It’s not a new thing, 60 years ago they used to scream at the Beatles.
When I’m up North I often go to Fleetwood and Morecambe; there’s probably a bus between them; I must look into it. Where do you get your information on bus services in other parts of the country or even other countries? There are so many different operators.
Another spectacular route is from Bradford Interchange to Halifax via Queensbury, possible a replacement for part of the old Queensbury railway lines, closed in 1955.
@@srfurley Ah yes, the Leeds-Lancaster-Morecambe Pacer. I have had the dubious pleasure on several occasions (but lovely scenery to make up for it). Several more trips in the planning stage currently. Afraid I can’t give a definitive answer on screaming girls - I have somehow avoided them on both sides of the channel.
Don’t think there is a direct Morecambe-Fleetwood bus - the geography doesn’t quite work for it - but you could change at Lancaster onto an 89 to Knott End then take the ferry to Fleetwood, for a fun multimodal journey!
This channel is absolutely delightful, thank you!
Thank you very much!
Fantastic video. Beautifully crafted and scripted. I enjoyed it immensely and am looking forward to watching the others.
Thank you so much - hope you enjoy the other videos!
Thank you for another enjoyable and successful adventure.
Bread, wine and cheese very well deserved.
Chapeau!
Merci!
Fantastic stuff, from the dead pan commentary/history lessons to the trip as a whole. To preserve the little street cred I have left, this channel will be my guilty little secret. 😛😛😛😛😛
Lol, thank you!
This video was an absolute joy to watch! I watched the whole thing.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
13:26 would be the train service from london vic to Bognor Regis and southampton which I take
I've just discovered your channel, your videos are oddly calming. Off to watch your other videos now! Greetings from Germany
PS: your turtle is adorable
Thank you - the turtle is crocheted by my wife!
Very happy to see my Val d'Oise city on your video. Brillant !
Thank you!