Ye Olde England | Back on the Bonneville | Constable Country
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The first proper ride on the Bonneville since getting back from Lithuania, and since its MOT.
We road straight in Constable Country without meaning to. This stunning area right on the Essex/Suffolk boarder is made famous by the painter John Constable, and it was very clear why.
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Locations:
Constable Country, England
Flatford, Suffolk
Flatford Mill, Willy Lott’s House, Dedham Vale, Flatford Bridge Cottage
Lunch: Constable Park, Bergholt Road, Brantham, Manningtree, CO11 1QR
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I am a proud Scot who loves his country, however I do get annoyed with some of my fellow Scots who seem to think that there are no other beautiful places in Britain. The footage of you riding around the lanes and villages shows that not to be the case. Suffolk has some beautiful places and Flatford is just gorgeous. These videos are showing off England at her very best, keep them coming they're great to watch.
Good on you mate. Proud Englishman here, and I say that Scotland is the next best thing to paradise on Earth. Best scenery in the UK, best roads for 6 months of the year, and when it's too shite weather to either ride your motorbike or pound the hills in your walking boots, you have the greatest whisky in the world to keep you happy. Shit, even your sheep are better looking than the Welsh ones! (Are you reading this Ol' Man and Mr Darcy?)
@@eddyhoughton6542 cheers. I'm not a fan of the tartan and shortbread bunch, as for out whisky, you need to watch Al Murray on how the Scots have persuaded the rest of the world that floor cleaner is a premium brand. I hate the stuff, bad memories of being fifteen and drinking too much of it.
I ride all year round, I find Scotland at its best in the autumn though. Fantastic colours and still warm enough to put in big days out on the bike. We need to celebrate our shared heritage and respect our differences. There's nothing wrong either in being proud of where you're from. Too many people think patriotism is a dirty word, it's not, it's how we feel inside.
Not sure about the sheep though 😂😂
It made my evening reading this thread. Thank you Kevin (Eddy, too!)🏴🏴
Freddie, you need to get yourself to North Wales. Snowdonia is a bikers paradise. It's jawdroppingly stunning.
Sunday morning. I wake up. I watch Freddie & Monica. Life feels good. Great start to the day!
Thank you Jed🙂🙌🏻🙌🏻
As an Ex-pat living in the US. I am spoilt with some stunning motorcycle riding roads here in Southeast Tennessee, North Georgia and the Carolinas. But! There is nothing like English country villages, and particularly the local village pub. Your videos make me homesick. Keep them coming Freddie.
What a beautiful location. I miss the English countryside here in Oz. Thank you for taking us along, Freddie.
Me too - made me feel quite homesick for a while there! 🇦🇺
I'm with you on enjoying the excellent work of Freddie and Monika. However i love my Gold Coast home too much to contemplate a return. The great thing about the UK is it will probably always be much the same when you return no mater how long that is. A comforting thought. Meanwhile lets enjoy the Freedom of the new world... Ha Ha
It’s great to hear from Brits who’ve emigrated to Oz! Sending all my very best all the way over to you🙂👋🏻🇬🇧🇦🇺
I remember spending a few days at Flatford Mill as an undergraduate doing an Ecology course in 1987/88. Myself and 3 friends slept in the bit that sticks out where they lower the flour into the carts. We used to sneak down and raid the kitchen in the middle of the night. with a bad dose of the munchies. Happy Days.
Between 1982 and1992 I used to drive up to East Bergholt and Flatford Mill from Southend -on-Sea. I photographed a great deal of that area including ,as far as was possible the scene that was the Haywain. it had changed somewhat since Constables famous painting but the essence of the scene was till there as was other parts of the area.. The Northern part of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk are very picturesque.... Since moving to Spain I lost most of the photographs however I still have a Black n white picture of the river with boats tied to a small dock/landing stage. ...thanks for the travelogue and a memory of long ago .
Ahhh i loved reading this- I’m happy to say that it has probably remained fairly unchanged since you were last there. It is an unusually unspoilt area🙂
@@FreddieDobbs There wasn't much of a carpark and I don't remember some of the modern timber buildings..gift shops maybe?..but quintessentially it is the same.
You and 'producer Michael' share a passion for the word " stunning "
As a lad, I learned motorcycling, canoeing, rowing and sailing along the roads and rivers of this lovely corner of Suffolk during the 1970’s. Thank you both for helping to bring back some happy memories.
Delighted you enjoyed if Nick, and I’m happy to say it probably hasn’t changed too much since the 70s🙂
I'm a geography teacher and motorcyclist. I write on a cloudy working Sunday in southern Brazil. I couldn't ride a motorcycle today. I'm watching your video and remembering my lessons about landscape concept and the influence of romantic painting on our imagination about landscapes. An amazing video from all points of view. Thank you very much!
Salute from one geographer-motorcyclist to another! 🗺🏍
Salute!@@lashachakhunashvili1399
Ah Freddie, one of my favourite spots in all of England. Flatford is stunning and the walks all around it are beautiful. Just so calming and frankly what life is really all about. To quote a 90’s Britpop band - “Modern life is rubbish”. 😁
Hi Fred, I had a flight from Austria 🇦🇹 to Romania 🇷🇴 and I made sure to download around 15 videos from your channel to keep the entertainment going. I love your channel and it is an inspiration for me to go out and record rides of my own, I live in Tampa Bay, Florida and I own a Triumph Street Twin, you have inspired me to go out and explore Florida more. Cheers mate
Hiya Freddie and Monica... lovey video as always. The thing that would have been good to mention is that Willy Lotts cottage is the house that Constable painted in his most famous work "The Hay Wain". Its possible to stand in the exact spot from where he would have stood painting it. When I stood there it send shivers up my spine. It sure is a beautiful part of the world and spent my school days around there at "The Royal Hospital School" in Holbrook.
Good Morning Freddie, growing up in the seventies like myself I seem to remember every house had at least one Constable painting hanging on the wall.👍🏻
There is nothing better than a bonneville!
Your videos are what I always wanted to find, and one of my favourite channels ever
That’s very kind of you to say so, really appreciated!🙌🏻
@@FreddieDobbs Thanks my honorable mentor, I wrote you many times and I was expecting answer everytime, & finally you answered for the first time, You couldn't write me back to my old comments, because you travel a lot and don't have enough time to answer everyone, otherwise you are really good boy, I am 18 by the way 🙂, God bless you bro,Love your great work , only 0.50% motorcycle channels are doing this, Interceptor 650 new vs Bonneville T100 old, your greatest video ❤️👋
I remember my parents taking me on a row boat at Flatford in the 80's, it was magical. Thanks for bringing that memory back
hi there,i live in London,but England countryside are in my heart ❤️
Love it, another shot of Freddie and Monica on a Sunday morn
Freddie, you are adding many things to my already filled bucket list 😁
thank you very much ☺️ Freddie for your videos here it is just as dry and without rain and fires and everything is like the fuel through the clouds cordial greetings
Good morning 🌄 Great to have you both back! Have a lovely bank holiday weekend together 🥰
Thank you Mare, you too🙂
Oi Freddie uploaded a video! Happy Sunday Dobbs
Have a good’n Gowtham!🙂🤜🏼🤛🏼
Thanx for that Freddie , takes me back to when I used to go to Ipswich to see my girlfriend ( now wife ) . I loved the area .
Brit in Texas here, on my last visit home, I realized I’m very accustomed to the larger roads in the states, but the tighter roads you traverse in the UK all lead to little places you won’t soon forget. I miss that. Love your videos btw, keep it going.
What a beautiful place to spend a summer afternoon....thanks again freddie&Monica
absolutely beautiful...perfect way to spend a day!
When reviewing your latest biking gear you are wearing, my wife would like to see what outfit Monika is wearing as your pillion. The Suffolk landscape is very picturesque and ideal for bimbling on the Bonnie.🏍👍
Cant wait for the new camping video.
I love the look of the thatched roofing, great that the skill still exists
Nice one Freddie and Monika, beautiful place...
Such beautiful footage and so enjoyable !
Charming.
Thank you.
Brilliant!
Great adventures both of you get to enjoy!
Lovely video but here's the thing. As you mention the price hikes here have been astonishing with the lessons learned during the pandemic of giving value for money to get your custom to now a wholesale rip off culture led by the media and large corporations. If it hasn't been necessary in Europe or South America why here? Stay strong and vote with our feet but keep sane by watching Freddie and Monica take us to their place where culture, respect and value have meaning. Travel safe folks.
That's a beautiful little village so stunning wow 👌
Lovely video as always guys! You are truly an inspiration. Keep it up 👍
Stunning pal
Thanks for the ride and the history lesson. He painted some
amazing paintings.
Excellent video..lovely place!. Look forward to seeing the camping trip. Cheers, Steve
Hi to you both, fab video, stunning scenery, thanks so much 😁
This is exactly the kind of vlog that got me into motorcycles last year. Fantastic work and great photography as always by Monika 👍🤜🤛
So happy to hear it Andrew!🙂
It was a pleasure to explore such beautiful countryside places with you... 🙏 Thankyou for the relaxing content
Thank you Mr.Dobbs for another wonderful and relaxing content. Ride safe and God bless to both of you🙏☝️
Thank you sir, have a fantastic day!🙂
@@FreddieDobbs actually my 2 sons turned to love your videos because they always sits with me when i am watching your vlogs before we go to bed. I am a fan of classic and retro motorcycles. So when they saw me watching your videos, they always gonna ask me, "Freddie Dobbs?"(with british accent)😅 and i truly loving it😁. Thank you Sir Freddie, looking forward for your next content. Keep safe and God bless you all🙏☝️
Lovely part of the world. We are spoilt.
Happy travels 👍
We really are😍🇬🇧
Lovely biking countryside there!
Love the English countryside..beautiful..the thatched roofs and Tudor style homes...beautiful...excellent video!!
Awesome video and awesome content can’t wait for the next video Thank’s Freddie and Monika
Great video keep up the good work
Sunday morning tradition!
Thanks Willem, enjoy your day sir🙂🤘🏻
Freddie must be the coolest biker on TH-cam👌
Un salutone dall'Italia 👍❤
Glad you’re back in the UK. Lovely little place there. Nice jacket.
Morning from Rangers Reserve South Africa. I miss the lanes and pubs and beer. Lovely to see on a Sunday Morning.
Oh wow- it’s fantastic knowing that the videos are watched in SA! A bucket list destination for me🇿🇦
Sending all my best👋🏻
@@FreddieDobbs both come to see us.
Your videos were one of the things that helped me decide to get a Bonnie. I'm saving up for a T120. Don't see a lot of Bonneville in the southern US, but after watching your videos I hunted up one I could test ride and fell in love with it. I normally ride a GSX-S1000 and do love it, but for longer range (300+ miles) the Bonnie seems perfect.
Hey guys...cool vid...the summer vibe is helping us kiwis as we look forward to spring!! Your trip sounds brilliant and looking forward to it. Love to you both from NZ.
Thanks Mantarayal, sending all my best!🙂🇳🇿
Hi , yes a lovely place ,may famous by the painter and will live on for ever , magic all the way . I watched a program about Margate the other evening , where Turner painted and yes the difference in light says it all . Enjoy your trip to Cornwall and should you make it to Saint Ives , have a look at the light down there . Thankyou both for the video and glad to see the Bonneville is holding up . Take care and enjoy yours selves .😉
This is one of the most picturesque places I’ve been to in England. And funnily enough we’re aiming to go to Margate in September🙂
Have a great bank holiday!
The UK has some amazing vistas for those willing to get out there and take a look.
I love to travel and be it England , Scotland or Wales always manage to find beautiful locations coastal or inland.
Scotland is great for not having something , over congested roads but the South makes up for it with having the better climate.
Thanks for sharing....it's another place to add to our list 😊
England sure is pretty. It always seems relaxed there. Another really nice Sunday morning video. And Freddie you tell Monica, if your both in the wingman of the road with a bottle of good wine your glamping.
Prices have significantly gone up in the last month or two, I'm planning on biking around eastern Europe for a bit for this reason. Im off to Budapest next month! Great video mate, I live in Derbyshire and this is very much how my home village looks!
What a beautiful video, thank you so much Monica and Freddie. Enjoy Cornwall and the St Ives to Lands End road with lunch at the Tinners Arms in Zennor.
So beautiful & quiet, thx for taking history. Happy to get more impressions of your trip to Cornwall soon, ride safe, u 2 🌈✨
I made sure i filmed the trip over to Cornwall, so there will be a couple of videos🏍🤘🏻
@@FreddieDobbs we all stay tuned & curious about what’s to come next ✨
Another great episode. The more you take us around England, the more I realize how much my DNA has carried with it traditions an ocean away. I took my Bonneville across Washington state last weekend about 840km round trip. The trip past Mt. Rainier was glorious. The trip through the Yakima valley at 100° F was not😆. I definitely need a better touring seat. Looking forward to your next adventure.
That sounds like a BRILLIANT trip (even with the heat😆).
The “Royale” seat I have is a long distance game changer🏍👌🏻🙂
Another great vid, good to have you back in the UK. Have a great trip south.. you'll be going right past my house pretty much! Bike camping is the best escape, I'd do it every week if I could.
Thank you so much! And I am starting to agree with you re calping🙂🤘🏻🏕
Hi guys
Your right just got back from spending 2 weeks in sorrento italy it is nice to get to your own set of wheels. Ps to many mopeds on the road in Italy it was crazy
I used to go fishing at Flatford 40 years ago with the family. Mum always caught the most fish. Bamboo cane she used . True.
Glad to see you do a "gear of the day" bit again. I was wondering what had happened to that, and was about to ask in the next video or two if it still hadn't come up. Speaking of gear, I just ordered a pair of TCX Fuel WP boots in vintage brown. I should get them in a day or two, and I can't wait.
You are a real bike model👍
That’s very kind of you to say so, thanks Palmyra🙂🙌🏻
Great content 👌 👏 👍
I’ve commented previously but mainly on the visual production and editing. I have now however also noticed the music accompaniment…..which I also suspect is Monika. Superb!
Thank you Simon and spot on- it’s all Monika👩🏻🎶
Hi Freddie
Thanks a million for all your videos on TH-cam
I am a great follower of your reports and thanks to you and some of your fellow citizens, my last purchase (RE Classic 350) a month ago, is a pure delight !
Yes your country is absolutly wonderful (I have been there so many times) and keep it like that . A little bit disappointed that you left UE...
Anyway, always a great pleasure to follow you (the reports in Lituania were very interesting)
My best regards to Monica, your faithfull assistant
Take care and ride safe
Bruno MC
French Alps
France
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Maybe one day we’ll get back in the eu. There are lots… LOTS of us that wish we never left, it was idiotic 😒
Hi Freddie…another great video mate…thanks. You are right about how expensive the UK is at the moment…it’s quite scary actually. Myself, my wife and daughter have just returned from a two week holiday in Turkey and prices are much more affordable over there. I think it’s a mixture of people trying to recoup lost revenue from the lockdowns and a goods being more expensive since Brexit. Anyway…enough of the Politics 😂 . I really look forward to your videos…it’s a form of therapy and an escape that I really appreciate…thank you 👍👏
I’m so happy to hear you enjoy the videos, thank you Alan🙂
I can imagine Turkey is incredible value and I totally agree- it was a slight shock to see some UK prices. We’re definitely a bit more careful eating out now.
Have a brilliant bank hol weekend!🙂
Love your vids by the way
Thanks Stuart!🙂
Top Top video Freddie god I love our countryside
Not been there yet but definitely going to go😎
Great to see you back in the Uk 🇬🇧
Fabulous video and always look forward to it 💯💯
Really appreciate it, thank you!🙂🙌🏻
You go to some of the best places…and keep up these great videos….100K subs coming soon…
I’m writing from New Zealand but things do look different in England with the effects of the heatwaves. I guess the riding season is now longer and warmer. Great to see the byways of the mother country looking so inviting…….
Bloody hell Freddie, it took you long enough to get to Flatford Mill, it was my recommendation to go there when you visited The Royal Hospital School a few years back.
Constable actually painted The Hay Wain right where you were standing on that fishing platform.
Looks like you have a following among the homesick pom's in Oz, of which i am one. Your UK Vlogs keep me up to date with how things are in old Blighty. Always very entertaining, love your style of presentation and lets not forget Monika's excellent input and filming. P.S looks dryer where you are than on the Gold Coast at the moment.
You definitely can't beat Britain in the sun, you can never run out of surprises down those country lanes, and sadly yes, prices are starting to rise for many things, but good to see fuel and bike prices dropping. So much so I finally got a Moto Guzzi V7 and love it.
Great choice mate, from a fellow V7 owner. Literally off to ride it as soon as this video ends!
I’m currently torn between the triumph street twin and the guzzi v7
@@Zakori Both are very competent machines. The Guzzi seems to be dimensionally slightly smaller, but it's still a great bike. It has two advantages over the Triumph for me. It's shaft drive so as good as maintenance free and it's actually made in Europe rather than Thailand, if that is important to you. My advice is test ride both. I'm halfway through a day out between Avila and Madrid right now, digesting a gorgeous entrecot and mulling over the thousands of bends in the mountain passes I've just ridden through... Biker's delight!
Massive congrats on the new bike Dale- fantastic choice!🤩🏍👌🏻
Great reading this thread and a very nice and balanced argument- I enjoyed this.
@@FreddieDobbs what would be your personal pic, between the two going to look at a guzzi tomorrow it’s hard to find a place in the U.K. that sticks them
Nice jacket Freddie 👌
Thanks Sarangthem!🙌🏻
Willy Lotts house is the one in the Hay Wain painting by Constable.
As much as I've love every location England still gives me a fuzzy feeling . Lovely video. I thought per my wife Isa , I was the only Label remover LOL . Please don't stand in the middle of ,around the curve on a deserted country road :) PS More great music!
We were sat at that exact table at the glamping site last weekend, we must have just missed you.
No way! It’s a small world🙂
Love the vlog Freddie and Monika. Beautiful part of the country. Our Year 8 pupils stay at Flatford Mill for their geography field trip. Amazing place to stay. Any plans to do a Norfolk/Norwich road trip? Amazing vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Norwich.
Great video Freddie! From California I always enjoy watching you two. You seem happy to be back in England. I have the same year Bonny as you and finding tires is difficult. Could you tell me what tires you are using, and are they the original size? They look wider in the video. Thanks for the really good videos.
Another great film Freddie & Monika. This is all fairly local to me. Fred, please replace the Triumph baseball cap you lost in France !
Beautiful spot . There is nothing as appealing to me as the look of an English cottage and i am American .Anyway great video good luck on the next adventure most of all stay safe
Hi Freddie, recently found your channel and I’m so glad I did. Really enjoying your work! If you are ever in the Bristol area and want a group to ride with, we’d be honoured! (Bmw r nine t urban GS rider)
What a nice location it certainly makes you appreciate what this country has to offer; I have covered all uk and there are some amazingly memorable places to go. Have you thought of trialing a Moto fuzzies California I haven’t seen 1 uk review on the bike
Having nagged you about MoT failures last time I should now congratulate you on fixing the 'minors' - well done Freddie. Also thanks for showing this part of Constable country and his old house. Interesting headroom. Were they all 5'5"? Possibly the washing hanging up will be dry now.
Hi Freddie, love the videos need the name of German Gloves and Helmet you used while riding the Honda Transalp.
Keep the videos rolling.
You like your laced boots Freddie gotta say not a fan of laces on any footwear myself not the it matters a jot to you 😆 Where is Monica on this clothing show and tell ?? for the discerning ladiy riders .UK ok in the summer but just leave for the winter it's not the place to be 😉.Can't get over it you guys find the most lovely places to sip a coffee and enjoy a cake it what I love ta do when I'm out and about terrific stuff 😉👌👍
Hi I was just looking for the name of that song or the girl singing it, maybe halfway into the video. New subscriber, Thanks
Iam very excited to see u on a royal enfield hunter 350❤🔥🔥
I cannot wait to try one!😃
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Very bonnie
the most famous view at 12:48.
Lovely peaceful countryside. I like your sort of sensitivity for design and art in general. May we call it in English: a refined taste?
Cheers from Algiers!
PS : are those high prices in the UK due to COVID or Brexit? Or always existed?
Inflation - it's hitting the whole of Europe, though England has always been expensive. Though still less expensive (just) than Norway.
glad to see the progress of the bonneville! certainly had some rough patches but it managed to get you through france. I would still take monicas advice and give it a clean though, you’ve fixed it up nicely so a good wash is what that bike deserves :)
I’m just about to head home on it from Cornwall today, so this week it’s getting a very overdue clean🙂🧽
@@FreddieDobbs look forward to seeing it nice and clean in future videos!
Nice video usually take my MX5 around the same area
I do hope you topped up your brake fluids when you changed the pads ?
The MX5 would be perfect for those roads👌🏻
I did check the brake fluid and it’s now perfectly in the safe zone (although I should change it soon!)
@@FreddieDobbs it was perfect in the French alps this June