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I tried to visit 14 ENGLISH COUNTIES in a day BY BUS

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If you could start anywhere, anytime, what's the highest number of English counties you can visit by bus in 24 hours? I reckon it's 14. Join Mrs Turtle and I as we head off into the freezing February night on an awful lot of buses to try to prove the theory right.
There's a route map of this and all my other challenges at www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mi...
The Jay Foreman video I mentioned explaining the compelxities of English counties is here • English counties expla... . And if you really want to read the Lieutenancies Act 1997, it's here www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/...
Soundtrack music:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Country Dances for Orchestra - Contratanze 4
George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks - Part 2 (Bourrée)
F. J. Ricketts - Colonel Bogey March
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Major - Gavotte
Frédéric Chopin - Waltz in G Flat Major
Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations - Variation IX 'Nimrod'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto No.1 in F Major - Rondo
0:00 Introduction
03:01 Challenge rules
03:30 Friday 16 February
26:00 Saturday 17 February
43:36 Conclusion

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@davidroberts7425 5 месяцев назад

Yet another amusing, wonderfully researched and narrated journey. The world is a better place for a Travelling Turtle video.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Aw, that’s great to hear!

@adamgreenslade1293 5 месяцев назад

Seconded! I woke up with a headache this morning but another of your videos has made me forget about it and made a fabulous start to my weekend. You’ve also brought back fond memories of places in the South-East that I was born and raised in (Horsham) and have lived in (Bucks and Beds). Thank you for your hard work on this wonderful video.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

@@adamgreenslade1293 Thank you! And hope the headache gets better soon.

@MostlyLoveOfMusic 5 месяцев назад

incredibly wholesome and relaxing tbh

@Nooticus 4 месяца назад

@@MostlyLoveOfMusic absolutely :) these videos are truly top-tier youtube

@gerhardhoogers 4 месяца назад

I discovered your channel some two years ago and have been hooked ever since. The slightly ludicrous idea to travel around the UK and the rest of Europe with a stuffed knitted toy turtle named ‘mrs turtle’ as if it is perfectly ordinary to do so, combined with the sort of challenges you subject the both of you to are not just very interesting, they are also insightful, pleasant and - in short - just wonderful. Thank you and mrs. turtle for your travels and your channel - the world is a better place because of it.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much - really pleased you enjoy the videos. I think travelling with Mrs Turtle has become the new normal for me - if not anyone else!

@dcdr0815 5 месяцев назад

Greetings from Hannover, Germany. First of all my sincere condolences. Secondly thank you for another wonderfull video. I love the mix between recordings, information about almost every part of your journeys and the classic music. Always relaxing and informative.😃

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much. And delighted you enjoyed the video!

@andybaker2456 5 месяцев назад

How nice to see a 'new release', welcome back! I'm so sorry to hear about your mum. I lost my own dear mum on what will be two years ago next Monday. I know how terribly hard it is. My sincere condolences to you and your family. It's interesting that in a previous video, you touched on the outskirts of my current home town of Reigate. Then, in this one, you visited Colnbrook, which I also called home for about four years! In fact, you went straight past my flat, not once, but twice (although it wasn't actually shown in the video)! The block where I lived was built on the site of where the first Cox's Orange Pippin was grown back in 1825, when Colnbrook was still in Bucks. The history of The Ostrich is certainly an interesting one, although in my opinion, the interior has been somewhat spoilt by the addition of too much glass and chrome. I believe they've now removed the vat of boiling oil alledgedly used in the demise of at least one guest, though. 😄 Thank you again for reminding me what a beautiful island we inhabit.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for your thoughts - and sorry for your loss. I really rather liked Colnbrook (the only previous time I had been was on a bizarre trip with an ex to drop off her boxer dog. Long story) - fascinating place to find right next to Heathrow. Thanks for the update re The Ostrich. Would be very intrigued to know how much of the trapdoor legend is true…

@catnipforclones 4 месяца назад

A truly heroic effort, Travelling Turtle. I can't begin to imagine the planning and problem-solving that goes into this kind of challenge. A touching dedication at the end and my condolences. I'm sure she would be proud of this new adventure. Thank you for making these videos.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much - delighted you enjoyed it!

@chipyliyp 5 месяцев назад

Greetings from Colnbrook, I appreciate how your journeys come across so relaxing when they are presumably anything but, and how well informed you are. Each video is a treasure!

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you, that is very kind. Actually rather enjoyed my visit to Colnbrook - it is fascinating to find somewhere like that so close to Heathrow!

@ClaudiaNW 4 месяца назад

@@travelling_turtleUnfortunately, as a former immigration barrister, I associate the name with a very grim immigration detention centre! I used to have to go to the neighbouring Harmondsworth IRC to represent clients at the tribunal there. But that's no doubt rather unfair to the village. (I've never actually visited the village, despite the fact that I live not too far from Heathrow.)

@NerdyOnlineRamblings 5 месяцев назад

Great video, as usual! I had a heart attack you went on my local bus! you were lucky with it - its rather temperamental in the weekday evening peak.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much. I was very lucky with bus punctuality all round!

@liketheroman Месяц назад

I’m so sorry to hear about your mum. She would be so proud of you for the joy (and masochistic inspiration!) that you give to so many of us who are filled with wanderlust and know that adventures can take place right on our doorsteps. Sending you much love and gratitude.

@travelling_turtle Месяц назад

Thank you so much - that is so kind.

@drdoolittle5724 5 месяцев назад

Stand-up that man with a scarf and take a bow! What a subject, what a route, what a stress, and that was just me watching! I used to have to travel souf of London in those necks-of-the-woods and can gladly say, never ever again please! As you then beamed into the far east there was a short moment of true bliss/confusion, listening to a Broadheath inspired aural miracle - thank-you!

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@Me7roiD 5 месяцев назад

My sincere condolences for your loss. And, of course, thank you for yet another delightfully quirky travelogue! Your videos have to be my favourites here on RU-vid - and I feel that they do represent a brilliant juxtaposition to Itchy Boots' adventures on two wheels halfway across the globe :D

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Very kind.

@havacarvajal9870 4 месяца назад

The best channel on RU-vid. Full of insight, knowledge, care, psychogeography, humor, magic.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

You exaggerate! But thank you very much.

@eddiecarter5366 5 месяцев назад

I was just thinking that I hadn't seen a video for a while the other day, loving the video as always.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Took a little hibernation. Glad you are enjoying!

@randomguy555 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant video (and calming commentary and accompanying music) as always! Always great to see a visit through my own home town of Cambridge. The thing about the hills is that the town itself is right on the edge of the Fens, so if you were to exit to the north of the town you'd immediately go into miles of almost Dutch flat fields and drained marshes, while to the south of the town you go into fairly standard East Anglian hills. I think some rather desperate local cyclist clubs do "mountain biking expeditions" on those hills you went over around Cambridge, so that should give an idea of how deprived we are of heights. Adjacent Lincolnshire has a subdivision called "South Holland", though its etymology is different from the one in the Netherlands and rather confusingly comes from "land of the high spurs"... its highest point is 8 metres about sea level and located within a marsh, so I have no idea where they got that name from.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! I was genuinely surprised by how high you can sometimes feel in the areas south of Cambridge and over towards Haverhill - I think the combination of the modest heights but the very long distances you can see give quite a sense of elevation (especially when on the top deck of a bus…). Did not know that re the etymology of South Holland - in my mind it was partly linked to the involvement of Dutch drainage engineers in reclaiming much of the land around there!

@randomguy555 5 месяцев назад

@@travelling_turtle I think the long vistas certainly help - if I remember the route correctly, if you had instead looked backwards when climbing at the top of the Gog Magog hills, you would have been able to see across the entirety of Cambridge (definitely would have been able to see the chimney at Addenbrooke's hospital, i.e. the Eye of Sauron) and to the hills on the other side. A bit of elevation goes far when you don't have any!

@dickoon 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for making and sharing another delightful city, and I add my condolences in regard to your footnote. Less importantly, if your travels ever take you to Liverpool Street at 2am again, the Polo Bar cafe almost opposite its main entrance is open 24 hours. I went once, years ago, and it was, y'know, all right. Is it as good as Beigel Bake? Probably not - what is? - but it's an option to consider if time is somewhat tight.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks - and thank you for the hint! I think I did see the Polo Bar, but with quite a long queue outside!

@Beecosy 5 месяцев назад

A lovely tribute, so sorry to hear of your loss. It was another glorious journey and challenge. Thank you for taking us along for the ride, with all your researched detailing. Much appreciated 😊💕🐢

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Delighted you enjoyed the journey.

@joshcarleton5560 4 месяца назад

Amazing this is the second visit you’ve made to a former home of mine, ending the Wales challenge in Amlwch and now visiting Horsham, lovely video as always!

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Rather different locations! Thanks very much

@West.Ham1964 5 месяцев назад

Another terrific adventure. I cannot imagine the level of planning that must go into all this but my sincere condolences for your loss and thank you for another great video.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank so much! And the planning is a key part of the fun.

@throughlucyslens 4 месяца назад

I just love your videos so much, I do a little whoop when I see you have posted!

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Aw, thanks so much!

@shodan2958 5 месяцев назад

Another excellent video, I send my condolences about your mum. Hope my home county of Essex looked after you well.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much - and yes Essex was lovely. And it gave me a cream tea… (reply sent from Essex County, New Jersey)

@rdstedall 4 месяца назад

once again a fascinating trip - well done for getting to the 14 county target!

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@grahamswann9103 5 месяцев назад

Train back and bed for a few days after this. Exhausting just watching this. Perfect video as always 😊

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Another bus before I could get on a train, but that is basically accurate! Thanks very much.

@aaronsmith9209 5 месяцев назад

Really interesting trek across the Great South East of England, there is a lot more variety to our towns and countryside than I thought. Really surprising how many buses connect to Heathrow and not just the red buses. No idea how you can stay up for so long, couldn't have ended the journey in a nicer town though, Saffron Walden is so pretty in any weather. Nice walk from Audley End station. Also pretty good value for money on the bus tickets but they really should advertise the discovery type tickets better, same with the rail ranger and rover tickets. Also may your Mum rest in peace, I lost my Nan just over 3 years ago, it was very difficult for a long time but for some reason riding buses to random places all over Hertfordshire, Essex and London helped me cope.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much. Yes, plenty of variety within a short distance of London, and Saffron Walden really is a gem. Absolutely agree re promotion of ranger/discovery tickets. At the moment, apart from people doing weird things like this, they generally aren’t going to be good value, but when the fare cap ends, bus companies really need to be ready to promote their cheap tickets (or we manage to actually create a uniform, easy-to-understand series of rover tickets across all the different regions…)

@aaronsmith9209 5 месяцев назад

@@travelling_turtle Personally I want to see more tickets that are both affordable and encourage people to explore their regions flexibly, this is why I love travelcards so much. The best part is the ticket isn't even required as a cap applies anyway. The only other place I have seen this is in North Wales with the 1bws ticket which is valid in 6 counties and neighbouring English towns for just £6.50 but tap on tap off means you pay no more than that for the day. It should be easier to combine bus and train/ tram too. Also you say challenges like this are weird but you have made the commuter towns just as interesting as all the historic market towns you visited which many people can't do.

@katkat3156 4 месяца назад

This is what YT used to be about! One man, one camera, one turtle and a whole lot of inspirational content! Your mum was no doubt very proud of you, condolences on your loss…🙌🏽

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much, that means a lot.

@justinadcock4536 5 месяцев назад

Great video. I would definitely class that as 14 counties. Can’t wait for the next adventure

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks very much!

@peter_smyth 5 месяцев назад

The commentary on your videos sounds like a poetry reading, with all those descriptions of sleepy towns and concrete bus stations.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

More poetry should include bus stations.

@Robutube1 5 месяцев назад

Such was my confidence in the quality of what was about to unfold in front of me, that I 'liked' the video in advance of watching it. Im delighted to report that my confidence was well placed. Please allow me to share my condolences with you at the passing of your Mum; I remember her popping up in one of your previous adventures - deep in Wales if memory serves.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for the vote of confidence! Yes, my mum was mayor of a little Welsh town I passed through in the #cymru24 video - thanks.

@sushicat999 4 месяца назад

I never get tired of your wonderful narration, it feels like I am reading a book. Simply delightful. Greetings from Uruguay!

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much! That is great to hear.

@JamesAFCWFC 5 месяцев назад

Always look forward to your videos😀enjoyed this one so much, can’t wait for the next adventure! All the best

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank so much!

@andrewjameson5918 5 месяцев назад

Really love this one yet again. You were so near where I live for a change and I would say I have been 50% of the palces you travelled through. Looking forward to the next one.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@hellodarren 5 месяцев назад

Great video as usual, very tense drama at the end! Looking forward to the next one.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you very much!

@marcinkwiatkowski9926 5 месяцев назад

Always, great to see you upload! Now I'm gonna get some tea and enjoy the video.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Enjoy!

@user-xy7si7no8k 5 месяцев назад

Thoroughly enjoy these videos, they are so informative and also very relaxing to watch!

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Really glad you enjoy them!

@malcolmdavies1621 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant! Thank you very much, always entertaining and love your presenting, very enjoyable.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed it.

@allanbeeney7881 5 месяцев назад

Thank you Love your original and deeply researched and fascinating work

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you very much!

@EnterStationNameHere 4 месяца назад

Absolutely wonderful narration

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much!

@maxshenkwrites 5 месяцев назад

This was a fun journey to watch, and (maybe I'm nuts, but) it gives me great ideas for travel when I finally make the trip over to the UK and Europe. Your videos remind me that the journey can be as much fun as the destination. I don't think I'll do it under the timetables you impose, but the point is, there are more not only ways to get around than the heavily traveled, high pricetag tourist routes and conveyances, but those routes take you off the beaten path and into the real country. Thanks as always, and condolences on the loss of your mum.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you - delighted you enjoyed it. And really glad it inspired thoughts of journeys (though I would never suggest anyone else does the silly 24hr things I do!).

@ashleyrobinson4217 5 месяцев назад

Another wonderful video. You really do something out of the ordinary and that is what makes youre videos to wonderful. Keep it up sir. Great job 🎉

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@MrWebbster1997 5 месяцев назад

Another great video just yesterday I was eagerly awaiting the next one and it didn’t disappoint

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Glad I could sate your appetite! Thanks.

@palderson 5 месяцев назад

Another excellent video. Thank you for staying up all night for our viewing pleasure!

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks! The bagels made it worthwhile.

@VexSG 5 месяцев назад

New favourite RU-vid channel, I love these ideas!

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@azwaza 5 месяцев назад

Another great video Jo! So relaxing watching these, the time just flies by! Sorry to hear about your mum

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much - delighted you enjoyed it.

@matthewclaridge611 5 месяцев назад

Brilliantly entertaining and informative, as always. Many thanks, Jo, to you and Mrs Turtle (of course).

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@GeorgeChoy 5 месяцев назад

Great stuff, much enjoyable

@davidbuick8401 4 месяца назад

Keep these coming. Brilliant writing.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you, will do!

@dilfcaptainarcher 5 месяцев назад

i'm sorry for your loss, praying for your family. your video was super fun and a great experience 2 watch! thank you for doing this 4 our entertainment and education

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much.

@sueweston502 5 месяцев назад

So sorry for your loss, and thank you for another great video.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@colinriley123 3 месяца назад

Just watched this again. Was it only one month since i posted the last comment. I enjoyed this for so many reasons, partly I suppose, because having arrived back from Scotland yesterday, at Taunton station, i found myself once again back on the 28 to Minehead , though thankfully not the 28A, alongside a pleasant, but vaping group heading for Butlins. There are so many allusions that I can relate to in the video, for example the Greenline service. on which my aunt used to take me , from the Old Kent Road to London Airport, just to watch the comings and goings. You felt really special on a Greenline! Last of all, realizing that you gave up refreshment to reach Essex, I have to be generous, and grant you the county . i look forward to more challenges.

@raymondhunt6109 5 месяцев назад

Love your challenges, this one interested me as I have lived in and worked in several of the counties you travelled through. I lived near Haverhill for a while and drove the Haverhill /Cambridge route and worked at Safron Walden on the buses in the '70s. Look forward to the next video.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks! Was really taken by how lovely the countryside in that area is.

@darylperrins820 3 месяца назад

I love the ever-so slightly sardonic tone and the mix of high and low culture references- facts, observations and quotes etc... This one in particular played out across the coattails of London put me in mind of Robinson in Space (1997). The best of the bus hoppers by a Kentish mile.

@travelling_turtle 3 месяца назад

Thanks very much!

@user-ov1cc5jl9n 4 месяца назад

Thoroughly enjoyable, more please!!!!!!!

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you, more gently in the pipeline!

@MattJonesBedwas 3 месяца назад

I feel like these adventures could go straight on to BBC4. I adore the mix of history and the mild peril that you might miss a connection. Thanks for doing them.

@travelling_turtle 3 месяца назад

Thanks so much. If any BBC4 commissioners are reading, my rates are very reasonable 😉

@Lambchop53 4 месяца назад

Thank you Jo for another fun and thrilling journey through England. As always, kept me on the edge of my seat; will he, won’t he…. and you did it in fine fashion! Wishing you all the best. Thanks for keeping us entertained.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much, delighted you enjoyed it.

@granthodgson9548 4 месяца назад

And another, yet another, timeless RU-vid classic. I enjoy these Videos and this ones was different again. Thank you

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much!

@SeanMidlandstransporthub 5 месяцев назад

Great video as always. Have wanted to try the MK1 and 905 buses for a while but not found any journey footage of either: So thanks for including!

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks - both routes are rather fun (unless you are trying to get from MK to Bedford in a hurry, of course…)

@kevancook2699 5 месяцев назад

As already said, another excellently researched and delivered journey. Your commentary is both entertaining and informative with great rhythm and pace. As someone who also loves planning ( but not always delivering ) complex journeys, it’s great to follow your progress. Looking forward to the next one. PS We’ll have to agree to disagree about the cream tea!

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Delighted you enjoyed it. And I’ll forgive your wrongthink re jam and cream.

@J_PhD 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for another inspiring and intricately narrated adventure, and deepest sympathy for the loss of your mum.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much, really pleased you enjoyed it.

@itsbenchase 5 месяцев назад

Wonderful video as always - As someone from across the pond in the US, it's always exciting to see how far local buses can take you on your journeys.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! Feeling a little guilty about heading to NYC next week and not having time to squeeze in a ‘how many states by transit’ adventure, but definitely one for the future!

@davesmedley6270 4 месяца назад

Really enjoyable journey , thanks 😊

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much.

@tomdavis3942 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for yet another amazing video and I'm so sorry to hear about your mum

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much.

@lemurjim 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic to see Cambridge and neighbouring environs. I was walking around town that day with a visiting friend. I half expected to see myself in the background! Keep up the marvellous adventures.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

You clearly carefully avoided me… Thanks!

@tonzo8 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic Jo and Mrs Turtle! A logistics and historic perspective tour-de-force!!! Jam before cream, always. My condolences also.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@SundayRacers 5 месяцев назад

Yet another great video. Sorry for your loss, Jo

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Many thanks!

@alexfoan8575 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic video Jo, thank you 😃

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@marcocura295 4 месяца назад

Another amazing and thoroughly enjoyable video. Whenever I see the Travelling Turtle is embarking on another slightly unusual adventure, my heart is full. Bravo, Sir!

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much - much appreciated!

@brianlangley3934 5 месяцев назад

A wonderful trip. A bit of history and a bit of humour. I hope you and Mrs Turtle have more trips planned in the near future.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you - we certainly do!

@thomasmcanea8531 4 месяца назад

Jo, great to see you and Mrs Turtle back! As has become your trademark, lots of interesting commentary, fascinating history and a light touch of humour throughout. I enjoyed the soundtrack too, especially 'Nimrod'. I keenly await your next challenge. RIP Mrs Kibble.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much - delighted you enjoyed it!

@Bearbrawl141 4 месяца назад

Delightful video. It's such fun to watch a fine man and turtle travel about with history and wit.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

That’s really kind, thank you so much!

@melgeog6650 3 месяца назад

Thank you for the wonderful video. You do a great job in introducing us to such a variety of towns and villages, and showing us that visiting them by public transport is possible, provided you plan in advance. I ‘m looking forward to the video of your travels round Ireland!

@travelling_turtle 3 месяца назад

Thanks so much! Ireland video on its way…

@chrisday9297 4 месяца назад

A joy as always! Your mix of nerdy, interesting, wry and transport hits the sweet spot :) Great challenge, shame the efficient route couldn't have nipped into my home county of Oxfordshire, but great all the same. Raising a mug of tea to your mum from here in Singapore. (PS. You are completely correct: jam first. Always.)

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much! You don’t want to know how many hours I spent trying to make Oxfordshire work… but it would always have ended up costing a minimum of two other counties, alas.

@lovemykiss9 5 месяцев назад

Another fascinating video. I send my condolences to your mother. May she rest in peace.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@thalesgonzales 4 месяца назад

Incredible, as always. One of the best channels on RU-vid.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much!

@thalesgonzales 4 месяца назад

@@travelling_turtle and condolences on your loss ❤️

@MrTimothybee 5 месяцев назад

Greetings from St Albans. Congratulations on another splendid video. Sorry to hear about your mother. I'm sure that she was very proud of you.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@louisana 5 месяцев назад

Again, loved this video! I would be interested to see a behind the scenes of the planning stage

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks! Will have to have a think how to make something like that watchable..

@01jvb 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant video, thank you very much.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks very much!

@Mounhas 4 месяца назад

I lived in Warwick park road, a stones throw away from the Pantiles, TW using the nicer TW West station, and used to have pleasant walks into such places as Bell Yew Green. I really loved the area. Subscribed, wonderful video.

@davidflett2765 5 месяцев назад

As always, very entertaining. Most of those routes are familiar to me!

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@martinbeaumont1135 4 месяца назад

Love these videos, the research is superb and more importantly I’m able to virtually visit the home countries from my adopted home from the other side of the world 🇦🇺🇬🇧👏

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed them.

@grahamarthur5585 5 месяцев назад

Discovered your channel a few years ago and have been watching ever since. I’m from Guildford originally, have worked in Aldershot and moved to St Neots about 10 years ago so this video was particularly interesting to me. Unfortunately, Guildford Bus Station has been that way for ages and though there are plans to redevelop it, nothing seems to have happened with it. The works you saw in St Neots are to improve the Market Square and should be finished by the end of the year, the new houses you saw opposite Loves Farm are for the Widdringham Park development which will eventually extend all the way down to the A428. You might have also noticed some works on the A428 itself which are to build a new duel carriageway from the Black Cat Roundabout to Caxton Gibbet which is scheduled to open in 2027.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

That’s a lot of links you have to my bizarre partial circumnavigation of south east England! I must revisit St Neots when the work is done, it looks a fascinating place that I’ve only flashed through on the train before. Indeed, I noticed the solid quality of roadworks at Black Cat - can imagine that is hell on a weekday!

@jakemorris8903 5 месяцев назад

Aldershot is Hampshire but only a couple of miles from Farnham in Surrey. I'm interested to know does the accent change?

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

@@jakemorris8903 Not noticeably, though neither are areas with very strong accents (and Aldershot, as squaddie central, has a lot of variety as to where many of its resdents come from!).

@jakemorris8903 5 месяцев назад

@@travelling_turtle Would the fact that they are in different counties give a slight difference perhaps? I find Cheshire and Derbyshire different

@ph0n1k 5 месяцев назад

Another Entertaining, informative and engaging video. Thank you Mr. TT. My village is under the ‘Changed bus’ tick at 37:49. I’ll take that 😊

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! Sorry to have obscured your village…

@ph0n1k 5 месяцев назад

@@travelling_turtleplease dont be, im happy that it has nearly appeared!

@Banshmansh Месяц назад

Congratulation's; 14 counties( inc City of London) in 24 hours; And brave Mrs Turtle travelling through the night in and around London; Very interesting; It was lovely to see the Horse & Cart in Horsham' Now I'm from The North East, and I have visited Horsham a few times; It was wonderful to be reminded of when Zeus, my beloved German Shepherd(Passed in 2012) had his photo taken in that very cart; Is he the only Dog that has ever sat in that cart; Wonderful to watch your adventures;

@travelling_turtle Месяц назад

Thank you so much! Lovely that it bought back memories of Zeus!

@talkeasy 5 месяцев назад

Superb. Great fun, well told.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@williamwelch4846 4 месяца назад

Amazingly you visted my home town!! What a great video

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@kgsonly 5 месяцев назад

another great video fella

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@Benhutchie22386 2 месяца назад

Brilliant video

@travelling_turtle 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@ClaudiaNW 4 месяца назад

I'm really sorry for your loss! Condolences to you and your family.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much.

@Anonymous_Prole 4 месяца назад

Seeing as I work in the City and live in north-west Essex, I might just have to have an early morning beigel on Brick Lane followed by afternoon tea and scones in Saffron Walden myself! Great video, Jo.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Can recommend both. No need to do the 12 buses between them 😉. Thanks very much!

@Vanmanyo 4 месяца назад

This video inspired me to buy my own Mondaine watch (proudly wearing it now)! Another increidbly portrayed video - entertaining and informative at the same time! One piece of constructive criticism - we need more Travelling Turtle videos! 😅

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you (and I will invoice Mondaine for my commission)! More on their way…

@BobTravellin 5 месяцев назад

Great stuff!

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@lorenzohermoso1085 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for doing this, a really great video (and trip). I remember you passing through Horsham at the time and wishing I wasn’t encumbered by pesky children and able to bring fresh supplies. Great to see the 200 restored to full night service now. Couldn’t agree more about the 63, I’ve been surprised at how quiet peak hours buses leaving Horsham area. For a while they run a direct service via the A road (X1 IIRC) but this was eventually culled. Thanks again.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed! Luckily I was well supplied with trail mix to survive the long haul to Guildford - at least the 63 got busy with party people up towards the north end of the route…

@fyshfysh 5 месяцев назад

fabulous, you and shrimp are the most soothing voices on youtube

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@titomagri5658 4 месяца назад

Kudos! And yes, you won the challenge. And jam before cream!

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you on all counts!

@lewistillett206 5 месяцев назад

What a brilliant video

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@77smp 5 месяцев назад

Wonderful, thank you 😊 I've had a really stressful week or two and that lovely journey vlog has made me smile. On a side note, I was born in Bedford and both my brothers went to Bedford Modern.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Hurrah, delighted to hear it. It must have been very confusing having a school called ‘Bedford Modern’ that looks like a medieval palace…

@stephencostin2616 5 месяцев назад

Another great video

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@stephenpalcso42 5 месяцев назад

Another great trip, which I really enjoyed when following along live and in this video. I'm also a jam first, cream on top person when it comes to cream teas. Rules hardly matter anyway if you're having one in Essex.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! And yes, you are right re lawless Essex.

@Nooticus 4 месяца назад

yet again another incredibly well-done video! brilliantly researched and narrated (though i wish you would possibly invest in a better microphone?). Big thanks for adding the music list in the description, loved the Bach (of course, if you remember me haha), those 'natural trumpets' never get old! Also, the map of all your journeys in the description is excellent, you have really been on some crazy impressive journeys. In this video it was lovely to see you come right past where i study as well as the general area where my ancestors first settled in the uk! You just have to come through North London one day which is where I live haha This was one of the most unusual and curious of all your journeys so far! cant imagine how tiring it must be though. hoping for more soon!

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much for the comments - really pleased you enjoyed this video. I’m sure north London will feature properly in something one day - west London is getting more than its fair share of coverage here…

@stuartparks8094 5 месяцев назад

Lovely stuff. I do enjoy your mix of quirky facts and history that you add in. The downside is I'm tempted to do something silly like trying to get to London from my house in Somerset by bus (just doable, oddly there's few connections between Reading and Maidenhead) Sorry for your loss

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! Sounds like it could be a fun adventure - I guess the Maidenhead area is a bit too wealthy to have much demand for buses and there’s a very good train service to Reading… (not sure if it would work, but could look at going Reading-Bracknell-Windsor to pick up the 702 direct from there to London…)

@stuartparks8094 5 месяцев назад

@@travelling_turtle Happily (or not, as I'm not sure I actually want to do it), there is now a later evening service from Bracknell to T5, so it is doable

@clivelangham435 4 месяца назад

Very good. Thank you.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@kevinellis8869 5 месяцев назад

Your challenge, your rules, totally agree. Looking forward to the next one.

@travelling_turtle 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@lostcarpark 4 месяца назад

Well done! I think if your last bus reached a stop within Essex before the deadline (and I think your video showed it doing that), that's a valid completion criteria, even if you didn't actually get off there. I think you can count the challenge completed when the first stop in the country Reached. After 24 hours, it's understandable wanting to continue to a more sensible place. It would be inhumane to expect you to get off somewhere without scones and clotted cream.

@travelling_turtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much! Absolutely, we were at Steeple Bumpstead, the first stop in Essex, about quarter of an hour before the 24 hours ran out, so I reckon that counts!