Tom Cunliffe takes a break from sailing with a trip in his 1949 Bentley

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A cold morning in the Cotswolds with Tom Cunliffe. Different attitudes to serving cheese and how to start a 1949 Bentley.
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@cactuspharmer 4 года назад

Tom has lived his life well. And is enjoyable to watch and listen to.

@Veniceredmask01 3 года назад

As an Englishman who now lives in Australia 🇦🇺 I’ve just found your channel, what an absolute joy. Love your passion and am going to start sailing ⛵️ soon. Keep the videos coming

@larrycarpenter9899 4 года назад

A classic car for a proper classic man.

@6panel300 5 месяцев назад

That car is very you. Why can't everybody explain things the way you do. Superb.

@arturasstatkus8613 2 года назад

So nice from You Sir to see super car👍

@mosca3289 2 года назад

What a beauty 👍🏻

@dobermanpac1064 4 года назад

Awesome Sir...You just gained even more of my respect. Cheese is very important to me! & As a mariner and auto enthusiast together, I feel we went to school together. 🤠

@Nerd3927 5 лет назад

It is a wonderful piece of engineering and a tribute to the generation that build it!

@charliegardner6804 Год назад

Beautiful car Great video thanks for sharing 👍.

@wholeNwon 3 года назад

Wonderful. Now I want to stay at that pub and to enjoy the cheddar, too. Thank you for sharing.

@bobthesnobscotland2821 4 года назад

old, big, clean ,powerfull and refined and the bentley is also pretty good tom cheers

@JSDesign.Hongkong 5 лет назад

What a delightful video in every way. A delightful pub in the Cotswolds, and a Mark VI Bentley with Freestone & Webb coachwork. Superb.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

Many thanks for your kind remarks. Hoping to go to France in Reggie the Bentley in March. I'm taking the camera and the lady behind it, so will try and vid some of the road voyage. Just replaced the aft exhaust manifold. Time for a drink!

@JSDesign.Hongkong 5 лет назад

Tom Cunliffe - yachts and yarns I shall keep my eyes peeled!

@nickwebb9290 3 года назад

Built the same year I was born 😳 Another super video, what a wonderful car and Tom is so good at explaining things. Thank you 😁

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 3 года назад

Must have been a good year Nick! Tom

@pippiperade4030 3 года назад

We once had a superb Sunday lunch at the Howard Arms about 15 years ago and by some minor miracle it sounds like it hasn't changed. Sadly, I suspect that Tom's experience with the staff of the other hotel (regarding cheese) where they stayed will increasingly become the norm. I'm greatly envious of his Mk VI Bentley.. even after the passage of 70 years, the quality remains. (I wish my wife shared that view!)

@normanboyes4983 5 лет назад

Its true you do not always get what you pay for - give me a family run small hotel/b&b any time. Thanks for posting this Tom - enchanting.

@michaelmontagu3979 Год назад

Really beautiful car

@hoost3056 3 года назад

What a proper automobile! This is true British engineering at it's finest. As long as the old girl is looked after she'll go a million plus. Thank you sharing your beautiful ride👍 Is that a Hooper body? Who is the coachbuilder?

@1258-Eckhart Год назад

Apparently Freestone and Webb.

@paulboyle6857 7 месяцев назад

Hi Tom,thanks for info regarding your Bentley the coachwork of which I got completely wrong! I was born in Tetbury in 1942;it has some great antique establishments. When next in the North Cotswolds with "Reggie" try the following;- Dovers Hill Edge hill Fish Hill Stanway Hill SunrisingHhill. Or indeed almost any hill going up the Cotswold escarpment. When you were in Ilmington you had Juniper Hill right behind you. I have cycled some of these when I was younger & fitter! Cheers!

@kimfucku8074 5 лет назад

Very nice! I love those Pub's and the Bentley too of course.

@andrewsmith202 5 лет назад

Lovely motor! Just back from Augustenborg and you’ll be glad to know that Constance is looking nice and cosy in the shed!

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

Thanks Andrew. Good to know she's still got a smile on her face! We'll be visiting her in Feb to tackle the usual job list. Tom

@contessa3292 5 лет назад

Lovely car Tom. Such fun to own and drive, with gorgeous details. A car like your Bentley is an endearingly different experience from jumping into your modern 'hatchback'; whilst civilised road-trips down to Italy are still entirely feasible! Many thanks for your video, keep up the good work. Cheers, William.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

Thanks William. Yes, it's a different world with a slower pace (although in his day Reggie would have done 100mph). They loved him in Italy!

@servicarrider 3 года назад

Classic art the Bentley is. Beats the hell out of some stark raving lunatic with a paint brush and a canvas.

@Kyleinasailing Год назад

Luv this Old England stuff......I can hinge with it. Sounds a bit bad this...but I was almost born in the back of an R type Bentley. My father was a a consulting civil engineer up in Norhtumberland and didn't hang around as according to the reels of 16mm Bell and Howel film that my sister has archived. I'm now over 70 but still have three Westerly sailboats that are scattered throughout Europe....two Cirrus and a Tiger. Bentleys (actually RR's) and Westerlies go together like good wine and fine cheeses. Unfortunately, though ,I don't have a Bentley but would love an 'R' type like those golden 60's again.

@eoinrobson2725 5 лет назад

A beautiful car Tom. Long wear.

@LeifDjurfeldt 4 года назад

that's a grand car!!

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 4 года назад

I think he's rather handsome Leif. Glad you do too. Tom

@GreatDanzini 4 года назад

A really great classic car. Another classic is Barkham Blue Cheese ,Really enjoy your videos

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 4 года назад

Thanks Danzini. It's great that there's such quality in our world. Tom

@AndyUK-Corrival 5 лет назад

What a car, fabulous. Can't beat a great bit of British engineering.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

Thanks. He (Reggie) is one of only six coach-built on that model by Freestone and Webb. You're right about the engineering too. He may not always be easy to work on, but in eight years and at the age of almost seventy, he has never let me down.

@whizspin6403 4 года назад

What a lovely video.

@WRPUS471 5 лет назад

Watching you start your car reminded me of starting a Rolls-Royce Merlin! What a lovely hotel that looks like. If I ever get back to England, I'll have to stay there.

@GingerPeacenik 3 года назад

Good lord, Tom must be tall! I own one of these, and I can barely see over the roof!

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 3 года назад

6ft 6inches in stocking feet at last count. I'm probably shrinking a bit now....

@GingerPeacenik 2 года назад

@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns well, that explains it! Gorgeous vehicle, btw; fantastic example of the make and model. I hope I can mine look as sharp some day!

@bendeveson5313 5 лет назад

Lovely motor !!

@1258-Eckhart Год назад

Ilmington is not at all far from Stratford on Avon. I once went out there from Stratford whilst visiting a good friend, who in turn was friends with a farming family in Ilmington. Tom's Bentley was at that point 25 years old. We had lunch in nearby Mickleton.

@ABeriault 5 лет назад

Wow...what a lady of a car! The Inn reminds me on an Inn I stayed at when I lived in Snetterton in 1968....dont remember the name however! I raced cars at Jim Russell's.....in my 20s...Lol Love your clips! Cheers

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

The racing sounds fun. I love to watch motor sport, but touring in 'Reggie' is my time-out from sailing.

@johnheath3790 5 лет назад

That is a lovely car Tom. I have recently resprayed a Bentley Mk6 and that too looks fantastic if I do say so myself. Wish I could share a photo of it you would really appreciate it. Anyway thanks for the B&B recommendation 😂

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

I'd love to see an image of your Mk6. Can you send it via tom@tomcunliffe.com please

@jimnickles2347 5 лет назад

A Central Greasing system! Fantastic! And that's a NICE-looking engine. Everything you Need, Nothing you Don't. They stopped doing that in the States in the Late Sixties..

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

I had a Ford Grand Torino 7litre beast in the US. I once made the mistake of taking all 8 spark plug leads off at once. You can probably guess the rest......

@jimnickles2347 5 лет назад

Been There, Done That. How I learned to A, Buy the Manual, or, B, Don't DO That. lol! Oh, BTW, Cheddar is ALWAYS Better.@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

@nyob5580 5 лет назад

Liked the part about the cheese (I like Cheddar too). Wonder if he visits Wally up at the shed?

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

You'd have to ask Pawel at the Howard Arms where he gets his cheese from. I do know that his excellent meat comes from Barry the Butcher. Now who on Earth is Wally??

@1955united 5 лет назад

Next time your in the Cotswolds come to Stow on the wold and drop in for a cup of tea, lovely car !

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

Thanks James. I stopped in Stow on the way there and got a parking space just outside the Coach House Coffee Shop where we were charmingly served and had excellent tea and cake looking out the window at the car. Next time we'll give you a shout!

@1955united 5 лет назад

@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

@1955united 5 лет назад

@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns .look forward to it !, I was down at Working Sail last week Luke was down in Kent but I got to get up on the deck of The Pellew , looking great, best wishes James

@leestephens1670 5 лет назад

Lovely car Tom

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

Thanks! He is rather handsome.

@robscholefield9741 4 года назад

Wensleydale Beautiful car.

@TheRuffusMD 4 года назад

in 1949 , you would have " your man " check the oil and water for you .. what a beautiful preserved car , and it is not in a museum . it is being used as designed .. it fits you tom

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 4 года назад

Thanks. At 6ft 6in, it fits me well. My wife Roz at 5ft 8in has to stuff cushions behind her to reach the pedals. I do all the work on the car myself, including replacing the head and the clutch. Tom

@Dg-zj6jo 2 года назад

do loads more on the rtype please sir

@psanto1000 4 года назад

Great car...! :-)

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 4 года назад

We agree!

@mscott3918 3 года назад

A good English cheddar is the king of cheese. The Bentley is the king of cars.

@paulboyle6857 7 месяцев назад

Her coachwork is either Mulliner or Hooper but I,m sure you,ll put me right! Does she have a name? There,s a guy called Peter Baker who has a 1954 Daimler Conquest called "Doris" & she has just been on the Monte Historique Rally.She also takes part in hillclimbs! Was your "bad cheese" hotel somewhere near Broadway? Cheers

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 7 месяцев назад

The car is Reggie. He's a Freestone and Webb aluminium bodied semi razor edge. He doesn't do competition. Nothing to prove having driven to Italy and back! The poor cheese was in Tetbury.

@kevkfz5226 2 года назад

Show us yer bikes Tom!

@keithallso9157 5 лет назад

Good old Reggie

@J2onton Год назад

Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves Britons never, never, shall be s****s Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves Britons never, never, shall be s****s ............. Long live the spirit of Old Britain.

@lewisirvine8065 3 года назад

Did i see you also ride a motorcycle? Ive an old ironhead here im rebuilding. And a few old 2strokes.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 3 года назад

I've ridden all my life Lewis and had a range of bikes from a 1959 Matchless 650 to a Harley (see my book 'Good Vibrations'). I'm currently on a BMW 1200rt. Tom

@karhukivi 5 лет назад

Beautiful car! I suppose it was drum brakes all around then?

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 5 лет назад

It certainly does George. Socking great big ones with finned drums. The fronts are hydraulic, the rears rod-linked. All four are servo-assisted from gearbox pressure. Don't ask me how that works. it just does. Hooking it up is no fun though.

@jeffjames4064 4 года назад

Lucky guy, trade one yacht for another.... A big one too. Does it come with a zip code?

@terrynorton3182 4 года назад

Beautiful car Tom. Same age as me but starts more readily?

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 4 года назад

Hi Terry. Funny you should say that. Reggie has always been beautifully behaved, as you would expect, but just before Covid, we went to Blenheim in him (they actually invited us in through the gates!). Something went to his head after that and the day after he refused to start. Never been known before. Unheard of! The best engineers I know, including the AA, have suggested various solutions, but we haven't found the problem yet. Tom

@robertling9872 3 года назад

Wow a beautiful car. You have to go back....you left your wife at the pub.

@grahamreeve5209 4 года назад

I've never been disappointed when I B&B but I have always been disappointed when staying in a hotel no matter how expensive.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 4 года назад

Sadly, it's not easy to find somewhere that takes a personal interest in your welfare and can't do enough for you. This pub is one exception. Tom

@paulwilfridhunt 4 года назад

Why did you buy it Tom?

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns 4 года назад

Hi Paul. When I was 18 I was picked up while hitching in an old Bentley. I always promised myself that if I made any money, that's the car I would have. It's also a great way for me to get away from the sea from time to time. Tom

@paulwilfridhunt 4 года назад

Tom Cunliffe - Yachts and YarnsAh that explains it. I knew there was a story to it. Interesting. Hitchhiking. Them were the days huh. The gold and black is a good look too. I like it. Very nice. Thanks Tom 🍀🍀😊

@paulwilfridhunt 4 года назад

Tom Cunliffe - Yachts and Yarns Tom you might like this little poem I wrote about the Victory. The Victory was 7 years in the making Nelson was 7 years on shore a’waiting. Both were born in the same year One with wood the other without fear They say it took 100 acres of oak just to build this great one On three decks, 104 was the number of gun And 2 foot thick was she at the waterline But she wasn’t a ship without design Twenty six miles of rope to rig her is true And to get her anchor up took seventy two men times two.