Great British Road Journeys - Bedfordshire - Luton to Leighton Buzzard Ep. 10

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This week, we take in some of Bedfordshire's finest towns... such as Luton, and Leighton Buzzard. Oh dear. Not an issue though because I've found many exciting things to look at, like quarries and narrow gauge railways, my guidebook suggests a pub and a priory and it turns out James Burke has got nothing on me ;)
Using a copy of the 1923 Michelin Guide, I'll be travelling the country to see what remains and what's changed since it's publication. The guide offers suggestions on thing to see and where to stay all with the goal of getting you out there and exploring in your motor vehicle.

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@AidanMacgregor-Personal 4 месяца назад

"That's not a bus, That's a lorry, don't think your supposed to be here... Good Luck!" hahaha

@cirian75 4 месяца назад

suspect he'll be getting a ticket for that.

@BethzeidaJohnson 4 месяца назад

The sat nav told the driver its OK

@TheTezz100 4 месяца назад

😄 love John's puns & funny thing's he comes out with, in part's of his video. But kinda realy funny when random things like this dose the job for him😄

@33andy33gmail 4 месяца назад

“Don’t you know how hard our job is, delivering food to millions of families? People need to stop criticising us”

@dwaynealexander9413 4 месяца назад

i also found it funny it had L plates and was foreign. That's some messed up driving lesson haha!

@martinbcooper 4 месяца назад

Thank you John for visiting Luton so that we don't have to. Your sacrifice is greatly appreciated.

@DavidShepheard 4 месяца назад

John getting "photobombed" by a truck that should not be travelling along the guided bus-way was very funny.

@GreenJimll 4 месяца назад

Ah, Dunstable - my home for the first 18 years of my life. The great thing about living in a town next to Luton is no matter how shit your town becomes, it still isn't Luton.

@xr6lad 4 месяца назад

Dunstable became a hole a long time ago.

@josephmarch6850 2 месяца назад

I live in dunstable myself. Nice to see my hometown featured

@dangerousandy 4 месяца назад

04:44 a great example of Norman solar panel installation.

@David_Crayford 4 месяца назад

Well done, Norman!

@Scotticus25 4 месяца назад

Bro's hatred for Luton warms my heart.

@Sustainable_Engineer 4 месяца назад

What's wrong with Luton?

@robturner3065 4 месяца назад

@@Sustainable_Engineer 🤣

@theyarenthere 4 месяца назад

@@Sustainable_Engineerhas been voted the worst town in the UK for at least the last 5 years, local residents describe it as a "nothing town"

@ChickenNugget-dk9hp 4 месяца назад

Everything@@Sustainable_Engineer

@gavincampbell2862 4 месяца назад

@@Sustainable_Engineer what is right with it?

@t.fahrmann9757 4 месяца назад

The airport 🛫: The easiest way to get away as quickly as possible 🤭🤣, poor Luton 😣🤭😅😂🤣

@buddy19134 4 месяца назад

and yet totaly deserved.

@GaryB007 4 месяца назад

I lived there for 10 years - he's spot on 🙂

@molegripeu 4 месяца назад

Plus it's got 3 train stations and 3 motorway junctions, it's a great place to go somewhere else from

@pauldevenish 4 месяца назад

I did have to laugh at that

@andyrbush 4 месяца назад

This channel is turning into a fascinating tour of parts of the UK. Really superb.

@antonycharnock2993 4 месяца назад

Parts of the UK other channels don't reach. For a reason.

@andyrbush 4 месяца назад

@@antonycharnock2993 what do you mean?

@chrisblay 4 месяца назад

A lorry going down a bus lane. Happens every day.

@jfv65 4 месяца назад

Funny. I suppose some clevet sneaky truckers discovered that it is a faster route?

@robturner3065 4 месяца назад

That's not a bus, it's a Romanian....

@brianartillery 4 месяца назад

I saw another truck of the same company make a complete mucking fuddle of a roundabout a few months back. Their staff are obviously highly trained.

@simocreations 4 месяца назад

Can’t find this?

@NotALot-xm6gz 4 месяца назад

If the truck is full of illegals, does that make it a bus?

@craigreilly2603 4 месяца назад

i like this and have pressed the button specifically for this.

@nathanw9770 3 месяца назад

Pretty cool that Dunstable decided to reuse their old railway not only for passenger use but for freight too. The enthusiasts will love that no doubt.

@DrWhoFanJ 4 месяца назад

6:14 And was the second of many examples of _Doctor Who_ using a quarry to represent another planet! _(The Macra Terror,_ 1967)

@BabyGonzo5 4 месяца назад

I’m still bemused by how much I enjoy this channel. I waste every minute watching this and enjoy every one of them. So weird. Well done John, you could sell onions to the French.

@jasonali4122 4 месяца назад

Sad that Lorraine Chase wasn't given a mention. She has to be the most important chapter in the history of Luton Airport.

@whyyoulidl 4 месяца назад

Cinzano?

@stephenwhite345 4 месяца назад

You could be wafted in from paradise to luton airport if you're unlucky

@IN_THIS_DAY_AND_AGE 4 месяца назад

@@whyyoulidl Campari

@Phuc_Yhou 4 месяца назад

And The Cat's Luton Airport single reaching the giddy heights of number 22 in the UK charts 😉

@Calum_S 4 месяца назад

@stephenwhite345 🤣🤣

@TheOracle65 4 месяца назад

Great episode John! The depth of subtle dry humour peppered with full-on sarcasm and combined with excellent, well presented information is an absolute winner. The top notch editing, visuals and comedic timing make this a must-watch, like and subscribe edition to any UK motoring YT enjoyer.

@jordie8396 4 месяца назад

Episode 10 and it still jars me when he ends with "See you next time for another Great British Road Journey" For Some reason, I still always expect "for another exciting episode of secrets of the motorways" ... I wonder how many times Jon has accidentally almost said the wrong outro out of habit so far 🤔

@davidcronan4072 4 месяца назад

One should not forget that the driver of the train involved in the robbery was badly injured and never made a full recovery.

@davidjohnson00001 4 месяца назад

In fact, he died from his injuries.

@EdwardKane-pb5rj 4 месяца назад

Thanks for mentioning this. Folk heroes or f***ing scum who coshed a bloke going about his job ultimately causing his death? It'll probably have to be the former because the reality doesn't make for cosy Phil Collins films or fit with rebellious sneering punks....

@garethaethwy 4 месяца назад

The train driver was one of the people that they never actually caught...

@davidcronan8698 4 месяца назад

I meant the actual BR train driver, not the one who drove the train for the robbers. @@garethaethwy

@garethaethwy 4 месяца назад

@@davidcronan8698 yes, I know, my comment may not have been quite as clear as I thought it was when typing, sorry x

@stuartwilks1621 4 месяца назад

These videos get better and better. The humour is fantastic. 😂

@luxorjr 4 месяца назад

The Rules of Luton was an episode of Space1999 (1976). This exotic planet being named after Luton because the imported American producer/writer (Fred Freiberger) saw the name on a road sign. A choice much to the amusement of series creator Gerry Anderson and the rest of the crew.

@01mememememe 4 месяца назад

That plane intro and the sound hitting the microphone at the perfect moment must have taken a lot of setting up

@jonh6585 4 месяца назад

I was going to comment that it was greatest set up since James Burke launched that rocket in Connections

@fwstrust2844 4 месяца назад

@@jonh6585was about to write the same.

@RichTapestry 4 месяца назад

Tom Scott level timing

@stephenwhite345 4 месяца назад

It was done in the studio

@MartinPiper6502 4 месяца назад

Wicked, sweet, awesome.

@MrSimonfoz 4 месяца назад

Loving the dry humour brilliant lol😂

@theredestbull 4 месяца назад

timing your intro to a plane landing.... oh Jon, you magnificent wizard

@xvii9055 4 месяца назад

Bro you are the perfect example of English humour. Love these videos and by far the funniest creator on this platform. Thank you

@spitfire1962 4 месяца назад

Definitely morphing into train shenanigans Jon.

@jamessnowdon9370 4 месяца назад

I am guessing this series could go on forever. ....most excellent!

@southcalder 3 месяца назад

As I discovered about Luton two years ago when i had to stay there for the few nights, you can get a train out of the place at 3am. So there’s a positive. Escape is easy.

@theonlywoody2shoes 4 месяца назад

I’m most impressed with your expanded budget, allowing you to charter aircraft to appear as directed in your videos - well that, or you have a LOT of patience! Amazing content as always, I used the button specifically to show my appreciation for it thank you.

@melondasher 4 месяца назад

(you can also use certain websites to track the flights and just time it properly! :D )

@haggielady 4 месяца назад

When has a flight ever taken off at the stated time, especially from Luton?

@tonys1636 4 месяца назад

Market Crosses are generally taken as the centre of a town or village from which distances to and from are measured. The market was held around them and often in a market hall close by for auction of produce other than livestock. Always/were a few pubs close by.

@Digitalpiracy 4 месяца назад

lovely flashback to my long-missed grandfather's house on Vandyke Rd, near the crossing - thanks John

@bladeofzorro1932 4 месяца назад

It just gets better and better.

@sonadagothalus 4 месяца назад

20 seconds in and already smirking with the emphasis on "Luton" when describing where you are starting.

@pbsquilz 4 месяца назад

yayy finally my town! i know we're all secretly excited waiting until he visits our towns on the road journey!!

@brantnuttall 4 месяца назад

you made me laugh just talking about the A505. Nice!

@WilliamDavidKirbyUK 3 месяца назад

Great feature Jon I love the energy and research you put in. Well worth it. Keep them coming

@AutoShenanigans 3 месяца назад

Nice one, thanks for watching!

@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian 4 месяца назад

The best stand up comic on TV ……. ooops …….. on RU-vid. 👏👏👍😀

@alancooper59 3 месяца назад

Fair play; I grew up in Leighton Buzzard and now live in Luton (I know...) and you covered pretty much everything interesting in the area 👍🏻

@MacBob 4 месяца назад

Oh, the memories! Worked for EDS in Luton from 97 until 2002 before transferring to Milton Keynes then central London. Luton is absolutely a shithole. We used to joke that the best things about it were the M1, railway and airport as they let you get far away quickly! Thanks for confirming that John 😅

@InTheBeginningTheUniverseWas 4 месяца назад

As a previous resident of Dunstable for many years, I can tell you that bus way is fantastic. You can save half the time going from Dunstable to Luton station, all the better to get on a train and go very very far away, as quickly a possible!

@bobspeller2225 3 месяца назад

Another great video John, I love these interesting videos All the best Bob

@MrJohnRWells 4 месяца назад

Born and live in Luton and I can say it's not as bad as you think. Its worse. Though I've never been threatened on the streets in Luton. Can't say the same for Liverpool, though...

@barrieshepherd7694 4 месяца назад

This series keeps on giving, awesome research and script writing and sharp editing makes it all perfect.

@curiousmatt 3 месяца назад

I've been for a "fish and chip ride" on the Leighton Buzzard narrow gauge railway. Quite surreal sitting on a little train with open carriages scoffing fish and chips whilst trundling through housing estates, then you stop whilst someone opens a gate across the track and tootle off in to the coutry side.

@sr6424 4 месяца назад

Luton Airport - should be a nightmare for me but wasn’t. I left my car n the car park,last October. The car park burnt down with my car. I received a brilliant insurance payout got a great new car!

@Theoriginalramjammer 4 месяца назад

“We are still in Bedfordshire, and as if that wasn’t bad enough we start in Luton”😂 Blimey, going for a punch in the guts and the Jugular in one sentence mate!

@pontyexpat 4 месяца назад

Now in my 5th decade in LU7, as always, informative and humorous, thanks. Fun fact: in a sort of "selling fridges to Eskimos" way, some of the better/right quality sand is exported to the Middle East for use in desalination plants - something to do eith grain size & shape. Not a lorra people know that. Keep up the good work, John!

@FinnDeacon 4 месяца назад

Thanks

@seeul8rwaynekerr 3 месяца назад

The incline ramp is used at Millbrook to prove engine oil pump performance up steep hills. They have similar at rbsl in Telford and at the military vehicle test ranges at Bovington

@arthome2441 4 месяца назад

Wow! There's something I can visit. Thanks 😊

@JoFreddieRevDr 4 месяца назад

Saturday Night beneath The Plastic palm Trees?

@davidchristopher9475 4 месяца назад

Dancing to the rhythm of the guns of navarone

@redshorse 3 месяца назад

Excellent.

@TheChiefSmeg69 4 месяца назад

Glad you got the drone fixed John

@FXCartel 4 месяца назад

Look forward to these videos every week now itching for the next already

@jimkats1 4 месяца назад

What a great heist. And what a photobombing of an illegal lorry passage from busway :d.

@user-mn4cc6bb7t 4 месяца назад

The feature on the Leighton Buzzard railway reminded me of when I travelled on it about 30 years ago. The journey is not especially interesting and the only thing to do at the end is to stay on the train and wait for it to come back to where you got on. Before we departed, a posh-talking middle-aged man with a monacle turned up with a guy in a chauffeur's uniform. The middle-aged guy asked staff members quite a few questions about the railway but, when asked to buy a ticket, said that he hadn't got time and the pair went back to the car park. I did wonder at the time whether it was just a couple of friends having a laugh but I never found out.

@TMCNJ Месяц назад

5:59 as a former bus driver/now lorry driver, this made me laugh. You’re reaction was on point with mine “…good luck” 😂 I guess he wanted to identify as a freight train

@jacquesvandenberg1873 4 месяца назад

Another awesome video, thanks Jon 😊

@KnugenMooMoo 4 месяца назад

What's the odd of that you catching a truck on the guided bus route 😂 pure gold

@PaulRooke-fj1hn 4 месяца назад

Thanks - my week ends when I get your videos

@Thoringer 4 месяца назад

This is one of your best videos so far! Kudos to you! Always a pleasure to watch your videos.

@paulkrenz9593 3 месяца назад

Brilliant

@TIMMEH19991 4 месяца назад

Best road journey episode to date I think. Great work Jon!

@LUNATIC75 4 месяца назад

I moved to Leighton Buzzard about 12 years and I can safely say, you were far too complimentary about the hole's known as Luton, Dunstable and (to an extent) Leighton! And they say it's grim up 'Norf... As for the proposal at 5:52. Please don't. On a lighter not... In the drone shot of Leighton Buzzard, I saw my home! If I'd have known you were there, I would pestered you for some loose change.

@marieascot 3 месяца назад

Great timing o that plane.

@johnbellamy6449 3 месяца назад

enjoyed that John .have subscribed . plenty of interesting content .

@RobinCapper 4 месяца назад

Been catching up with your series over the past few weeks. Been fun, Thanks!

@AutoShenanigans 28 дней назад

Thanks a lot mate, that's really kind of you! :)

@katiemace8864 4 месяца назад

Very educational and informative thank you John

@dougdavidson175 4 месяца назад

Awesome episode of John's Planes, Trains & Lorries. Oh, and a car or two! Nice tour M8 Thanks. Love yer stuff. Take care & stay safe.

@andymoss 4 месяца назад

More top quality content!

@MarcUK 3 месяца назад

A market cross (or mercat cross as they're called in Scotland), is a structure used to mark a market square in towns, where a regular market or fair was held.

@mrlister2000 4 месяца назад

There's a guided busway in Leigh, Lancashire, and anything other than a bus going down it gets a fine courtesy of His Majesty's Post

@tobyjackman3212 3 месяца назад

This is the best video I've ever seen about anything

@richardhaywood4123 4 месяца назад

Quite a fascinating episode this one,the narrow gauge railway looks interesting!

@eddiemaylor2716 4 месяца назад

Thank you for showing my home town. I watched again to see if I was in any of the video.

@davebutterworth7414 4 месяца назад

Another amusing video John! Being a narrow gauge fan I enjoyed your bit about it at the edge end ❤

@blisteringbarnaclesmagnets6364 4 месяца назад

Happy Easter 🧲👍⚓️

@Dan23_7 4 месяца назад

Magnet wanker ? 😂

@melondasher 4 месяца назад

I just love this channel so much

@bassmanbowman3266 4 месяца назад

That was brilliant John, I was delighted to see the airports neighbourhood in its largely in developed state. Thank you 😎

@anthonydonnelly8419 4 месяца назад

Interesting to see that earlier test facility. I used to be at Millbrook working quite a bit in the 1980's and 90's. Didn't realise that GM had another test set up before it

@queeg6473 4 месяца назад

A few years ago Luton decided it wanted to split away from Bedfordshire and become its own county. We wern't sorry to see it go...

@Sarge084 4 месяца назад

Now this *was* a very interesting and informative episode of Great British Road Journeys. Airfields are always of interest to me but the quarries out did Luton Airport this week. Writing of Luton Airport, has anyone ever checked in at the Smith Air desk at Luton Airport?

@MrJohnRWells 4 месяца назад

It is trivially easy for a quarry to outdo Luton Airport.

@davekirk100 4 месяца назад

Planes, trains and automobiles. Great stuff, thanks John

@DanielMeakin1 4 месяца назад

Brilliant to see your video near my town. I've travelled on the busway alot and it's funny to see a lorry on it!

@geoffreylee5199 4 месяца назад

Was through there in 1964!

@timwood7808 4 месяца назад

Hilarious and informative in equal measure. Thanks John.

@harrypenn611 4 месяца назад

Brilliant again

@hhgttg69 4 месяца назад

brilliant

@telemachus53 4 месяца назад

Back in the 60s the football club Luton Town was so ridiculed that Luton became synonymous with Old Kent Road on the Monopoly board. Old Kent Road is fast becoming trendy, whereas Luton...

@FinnDeacon 4 месяца назад

There are times that I wished I lived back up that way still :-) Another fascinating and funny episode Jon. Well done and so true :-)

@AlanRait 4 месяца назад

Another great video!

@valentine75 4 месяца назад

Your Saab is basically a fancy Vauxhall Vectra thanks to General motors buying out Saab all those years ago

@dartskipper3170 3 месяца назад

General Motors wanted the SAAB 2.0 litre diesel engine because their own 2.2 litre lump didn't attract favourable tax benefits for business drivers.

@kevm8965 4 месяца назад

Well that was an exciting one!

@richardjones5255 6 дней назад

I only knowingly visited Luton a couple of years back with my then, seriously ill, late wife who needed urgent health support at somewhere between 02:00 and 05:00. Hopefully, I will never have to go there again.

@cullercoatswebsite 4 месяца назад

This is better than the comedy channel :)

@haggielady 4 месяца назад

Much better

@dougmorris2134 4 месяца назад

Ah! Luton, Campari and lemonade. “Were you truly wafted here from paradise.” “No! Luton Airport” “ Nice colour ain’t it” words spoken by Loraine Chase. Oh and nice wicked, sweet ending at Leighton Buzzard on the LB Narrow Gauge Railway

@andrewrogers4341 4 месяца назад

great episode and the mystery truck was funny ,

@Mega_Umbreon 4 месяца назад

Looking forward to you coming to Buckingham soon, if your guide book mentions it! Also i loved your advertisement for the railway at the end, im definitely going on that.