Great British Road Journeys - Gloucestershire - Moreton in Marsh to Stroud - Ep. 46

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  • @infidelcastro5129
    @infidelcastro5129 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +413

    Your pronunciations are absolutely 0% spot-on every time. Well done!

    • @AutoShenanigans
      @AutoShenanigans  21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +163

      It's all about consistency.

    • @andymerrett
      @andymerrett 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +64

      @@AutoShenanigans Or is it consisty?

    • @jazzhands7771
      @jazzhands7771 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Nope.​@@andymerrett

    • @dna9838
      @dna9838 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +16

      I'm sure all deliberate and a kind of revenge for the museum being closed

    • @YenRug
      @YenRug 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +15

      ​@@AutoShenanigansSurprised you didn't pronounce it Glow-cester-shur...

  • @deaks25
    @deaks25 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +90

    “The obelisk was definitely installed in history but nobody is quite sure when.”
    That is an excellent line!!

  • @AFCManUk
    @AFCManUk 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +69

    The best 8 to 10 minutes of every Sunday :D

    • @RobGibraltar
      @RobGibraltar 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

      that's what she said

    • @grahamparker4749
      @grahamparker4749 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@RobGibraltar really 8 to 10 minutes you’re probably getting confused with seconds 😂😎

  • @alexsingleton2144
    @alexsingleton2144 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +15

    The internet would be a cold and sad place, without the mighty Shenanigans. Excellent video Jon 👍

  • @pwhitewick
    @pwhitewick 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +41

    Did someone say "source of the Thames?"

    • @tasty_fish
      @tasty_fish 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

      As a local I have found an alternative source to the longest river system in Britain (ie the Thames), alternative to even the official alternative at Seven Springs (and due to so e roadworks it’s probably just got even longer). Ama amazed no geographer has picked up on this (rather boring) factoid!

    • @TransportGeekery
      @TransportGeekery 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      😂

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I just mentioned you in a comment above, funnily enough I’ve just rewatched the tunnel video (your one) I’m still scared of wasps 😂

  • @Fedmyhead1965
    @Fedmyhead1965 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +73

    A new series suggestion, Motor Museums of the UK, if they are open that is.

    • @jonathanpope2442
      @jonathanpope2442 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      Love this suggestion.

    • @BrightonandHoveActually
      @BrightonandHoveActually 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I nominate the History on Wheels museum in Eton Wick near Windsor. It includes some significant vehicles from the Second Small Disagreement - including Lieutenent Grüber's Little Tank.

    • @marcwaller3657
      @marcwaller3657 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Although that one has very limited opening days so definitely check that one before you turn up to film as it's only open a few days per year.

    • @timecircuits88
      @timecircuits88 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Near me (ish) we have Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford and County Classics Museum in Taunton (literally in the middle of the town centre)

    • @mdhazeldine
      @mdhazeldine 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Coventry and Beaulieu are both great. There also used to be Cars of the Stars in Keswick, but sadly it closed in 2011 and all the cars were bought by an American collector and moved to a Museum in Miami.

  • @diamondsam
    @diamondsam 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +92

    Shame the motoring museum was closed at that's where Brum the car lives now.

    • @andrewhotston983
      @andrewhotston983 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +10

      In Bourton, pronounced Bore Ton.

    • @ScotlandsGold
      @ScotlandsGold 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Great,now I feel robbed twice

    • @mrrandomperson3106
      @mrrandomperson3106 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +9

      It's where he lived when they filmed it as well. There was the memorable opening sequence where he drove through the village, turned a corner, then all of a sudden he was 50 miles away in Birmingham!
      Also the guy playing the museum employee was the actual owner of the museum at the time.

    • @TheBanana93
      @TheBanana93 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@mrrandomperson3106 I always thought it was weird as a kid how he teleported haha

    • @godzillas6301
      @godzillas6301 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@mrrandomperson3106 Means they wanted to spend as little time as possible in Birmingham .... who can blame them ?

  • @Stephen_The_Waxing_Lyricist
    @Stephen_The_Waxing_Lyricist 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +78

    5th week in a row with no mention of the Second Small Disagreement.
    Basil Fawlty would be proud...

    • @spitfire1962
      @spitfire1962 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +10

      That is where you are wrong. Jon mentioned the small disagreement in his midweek video about Coventry. Unless you are only counting the Sunday videos.

    • @Stephen_The_Waxing_Lyricist
      @Stephen_The_Waxing_Lyricist 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      @spitfire1962 I'm only counting this series. I wouldn't expect to hear it crop up in his MOT series, but it is inevitable in any series about Coventry.
      Prior to this video, and the previous 4 videos in this series, Jon had mentioned The Second Small Disagreement in every single video

    • @andymerrett
      @andymerrett 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

      If Jon ever does a "Secrets of the Autobahn" series there will be no end of mentions. :)

    • @simoncullum5019
      @simoncullum5019 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +8

      He did mention it once but I think he got away with it

    • @tsl56
      @tsl56 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Stephen_The_Waxing_Lyricist Probably Jon thinks the next POTUS will soon be taking us all down to the Third Small Disagreement; despite having previously agreed to never disagree with some very disagreeable folks.

  • @madpixie2
    @madpixie2 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +46

    Waiting for Paul Whitewick to tell me which 'source' of the Thames that Jon went for. 😂

    • @MorrisPV
      @MorrisPV 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +33

      I see you.....

    • @tasty_fish
      @tasty_fish 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@pwhitewick but did you know there is an even longer third source to the longest river system in Britain that seemingly nobody has picked up on (if you care to know, DM me, though I did email you!)

    • @sarkybugger5009
      @sarkybugger5009 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      The wrong one...

  • @simplygregsterev
    @simplygregsterev 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +22

    Great pronunciation!
    The motoring museum is actually rather fun. Small collection but lots of interesting things.

    • @BrightonandHoveActually
      @BrightonandHoveActually 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      It is owned by the Civil Service Motoring Association.

  • @Martin-s5y2m
    @Martin-s5y2m 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +19

    Gorgeous morris minor, looks perfect parked with that backdrop

  • @JoshClare
    @JoshClare 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +41

    Loved the mispronunciation of Bourton and Cirencester. Smashed it with Stroud. Next time you go by Northleach you should visit all the parts featured in This Country (and if you haven’t watched it - definitely do that)

    • @johnclements6614
      @johnclements6614 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      The locals call it Sister, that is Cirencester not Bourton.

    • @andrewhotston983
      @andrewhotston983 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@johnclements6614 Whereas residents slightly further away call it Siren.

    • @johnclements6614
      @johnclements6614 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@andrewhotston983 No that is just what some say when they are trying to put off visitors.
      There are some excellent pubs and restaurants there.
      This being a car related channel I must say that some of the locals are a bit anti car. When living in the Dyer Street, just got back from the pub and heard a bit of banging from outside. Looked through the curtains and saw a person jumping up and down on a car roof. Called the local police who sent their fast response squad from the station 200 metres away arriving at 6am. Didn't feel like getting out of bed so they went away. Went around the police station when I got back from work and they would not take a statement, as only the fast response time could do that and they did not know when he would be working again after the over night dash. The police never contacted me for a statement.
      I looked at the car on the way to work and there was a bit of a downward curve in the roof but not as much as I thought there would be. Did not see any reason for the attack such as a reference to "Ciren".

    • @andrewhotston983
      @andrewhotston983 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@johnclements6614 I've heard Cheltonians refer to it as Siren. But they also call Leckhampton "Le Campton".

    • @kiles99
      @kiles99 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@johnclements6614 Never heard one person from there call it that, It's always "Siren"

  • @sandwichbar8226
    @sandwichbar8226 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +37

    Hello Jon, how the devil are you, have you had a good week?

    • @halesworth01
      @halesworth01 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      🤣🤣

  • @Teesbrough
    @Teesbrough 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    Many congratulations Jon. I was expecting to see Bourton-on-the-Water’s famous car park as transformed for 007 into an Icelandic ice cap for ‘Die Another Day’. Instead you showed me roundels of significant scientists which I’d never previously noticed on a building in my home town where I’d lived for 18 years. Star!

  • @patrickl2195
    @patrickl2195 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +80

    In this episode, Jon criminally mispronounces Cirencester and goes to prison.

    • @MookVideos
      @MookVideos 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +11

      And Bourton!

    • @jonc4403
      @jonc4403 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

      In this episode, Jon once again proves that the English either don't know how to spell or don't know how to pronounce their own place names.
      And I for one am happy for it. Either fix the spelling or fix the pronunciation!

    • @alistairbaird3711
      @alistairbaird3711 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think I might start saying it like that, It's frickingsweet

    • @matthewtrow5698
      @matthewtrow5698 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@MookVideos That's worse than prison if you go on a Saturday in August.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@jonc4403. or improve the education system?

  • @ianhudson2193
    @ianhudson2193 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +19

    I always understood Boughton On The Water was generally closed for the winter........
    ........you were lucky they hadn't taken the roads in!!!!

    • @TheLeedsAppreciationSociety
      @TheLeedsAppreciationSociety 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      Same as France. Always closed. Except in August.

    • @ianhudson2193
      @ianhudson2193 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      @TheLeedsAppreciationSociety I've been to France a number of times in February........
      .......it was definitely open!
      Although, disappointingly, it was still France.......

    • @davebicker8618
      @davebicker8618 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Careful now...

    • @ianhudson2193
      @ianhudson2193 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @davebicker8618 Down with this sort of thing.....

  • @Neandertron
    @Neandertron 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    Nothing more British than going on a day out and finding that the thing you were going to is closed.

  • @rwm2986
    @rwm2986 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    Thanks John especially for the Moggy Thou over your right shoulder in Moreton-in-Marsh!

  • @matthewbartlett1977
    @matthewbartlett1977 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +12

    Gloucestershire is also home to GCHQ. But I’ve got a hunch they get a bit upset with people filming or flying drones in the area for some reason!😂😂

    • @DuskHorizon
      @DuskHorizon 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Oh dear, not another "can I help you?" situation.

  • @johnrubber1144
    @johnrubber1144 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    My mother grew up near Cirencester in the 1920s and used to say half the locals called it Sississter.

  • @djtrainspotter
    @djtrainspotter 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Quality! The view of the valley coming into Stroud on the train was quite a site to behold i must say.

  • @roderickmain9697
    @roderickmain9697 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +35

    Bourton - "Bore-ton" Cirencester - "Siren Cess ter" (no doubt everybody will have bored you with the pronunciation so sorry for adding to it)
    There has been much argument over the years as to the "source of the Thames". When I was growing up in Witney, it was always "Seven Springs" (junction of the A435 and A436) where seven sources of water empty into a natural bowl shape. This North West of Cirencester and south of Cheltenham. Its 14 miles north of ThamesHead. Which has the better claim? And in fact, do other places have an equal claim? And why is anybody interested?
    Shame about the Motoring museum being closed. Its not massive (at least not the last time I went), but it is diverting. One to redo in the summer?
    Your videos are always interesting whether or not you get to everything. Thanks Jon.

    • @Elesario
      @Elesario 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Say the names in your best west country accent for even more authenticity 😂

    • @matthewtrow5698
      @matthewtrow5698 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      I think the source of the Thames in modern times is everyones toilet, but the same could be said about all rivers in the UK...

    • @db8542
      @db8542 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@Elesario Channel my inner Pirate you say?

    • @BrightonandHoveActually
      @BrightonandHoveActually 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      But not a part of Gloucestershire where you can see the Severn Bore...

    • @markarnold8160
      @markarnold8160 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I heard one person pronounce it Sinster, but definitely 'Bore ton' even though it's not spelt the same as Moreton-in-Marsh.
      I'd suggest rolling a cheese down a hill to relieve the stress of it all.

  • @MelanieRuck-dq5uo
    @MelanieRuck-dq5uo 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +12

    If you ever bump into Jon, for God's sake, don't mention the closed motor museum or he will go on and on about it for ages and his mood will get darker and darker and he will become very grumpy indeed!

    • @user-tr3wv7wk4m
      @user-tr3wv7wk4m 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Like Johnny the painter from The Fast Show

  • @marcuscross8051
    @marcuscross8051 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    Great to see John Snenanigans in my home county!

  • @jasonali4122
    @jasonali4122 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +23

    "Gloucestershire - a rural county that's known for nothing." Have you not heard of Fred and Rose West? They up there with Peter 'Yorkshire R*pp*r' Sutcliffe.

    • @jazzhands7771
      @jazzhands7771 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

      Ah yes, the Wests. Landscape Gardening at it's finest.

    • @simonbrown-id6ud
      @simonbrown-id6ud 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      Although Fred west was from Herefordshire

    • @simonbrown-id6ud
      @simonbrown-id6ud 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@jazzhands7771 patios the speciality…

    • @dna9838
      @dna9838 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Pretty accurate about the cotswolds tbh.. Its the most gorgeous underwhelming area in the world.

    • @tsl56
      @tsl56 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@simonbrown-id6ud Much Marcle, if I remember correctly. Cue Jon to start talking about hillbillies again!

  • @nathanaelwarden
    @nathanaelwarden 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +31

    Nearly! Your pronunciation of Cirencester was correct on the second attempt. Phonetically spelt, it's sirensester

    • @AnyoneSeenMikeHunt
      @AnyoneSeenMikeHunt 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

      Then why is it not spelt Sirensester? For a country that supposedly invented the English language why nobody can speak it remains a mystery. Gotta go... I hear police cirens.

    • @nathanaelwarden
      @nathanaelwarden 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @AnyoneSeenMikeHunt because the English language is stupid. There are as many exceptions to rules as there are rules.

    • @Stephen_Lafferty
      @Stephen_Lafferty 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt it was called 'Cirenceaster' in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; the pronunciation comes from Norman French after the 11th century Norman Conquests.

    • @tsl56
      @tsl56 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

      Cirencester, home of what used to be the Royal Agricultural College and a whole load of Hooray Henries.

    • @mariemccann5895
      @mariemccann5895 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      You don't quite get it do you?

  • @infidelcastro5129
    @infidelcastro5129 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +10

    Yay! I live in Moreton 😊

    • @infidelcastro5129
      @infidelcastro5129 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      And I’m a highway safety inspector who covers the area you traveled 😊

    • @mariemccann5895
      @mariemccann5895 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

      Sorry to hear that, I hope you are ok.

    • @silvertrident3103
      @silvertrident3103 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      A visit to Mermaid chippy and sitting by the War memorial is a must.

    • @matthewtrow5698
      @matthewtrow5698 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I'm sorry Jon missed Chippy (Chipping Norton), so much to see and do here.
      There's ... , well, there's a QD store and shops and stuff.
      Also rubbish traffic, but you're from Moreton so you take the bad traffic prize - only just.

  • @juststeve5542
    @juststeve5542 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +8

    I think we know what the next series from Auto Shenanigans will be:
    "Places that were closed when I tried to visit them the first time".

    • @TheFirestormable
      @TheFirestormable 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      And the follow up: Places that where still closed when I went back.

  • @Ice_Karma
    @Ice_Karma 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    For the nothing it's worth, the _BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names_ says siren-sester. 😻

  • @sks2002
    @sks2002 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Hell yeah! Welcome to Gloucestershire!

  • @mattcharles1505
    @mattcharles1505 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    John. Your videos are never boring.

  • @AngusAbbott-qf8xm
    @AngusAbbott-qf8xm 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Love your work, insightful yet almost condescending , Great British humor

  • @frxserw
    @frxserw 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    I hope you go through Dursley on one of these there’s a lot details throughout the town especially some of the houses I know nearby!

  • @SpiritmanProductions
    @SpiritmanProductions 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    I remember Cirencester being pronounced "sissiter", for those who like that sort of thing.

  • @whyyoulidl
    @whyyoulidl 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Hey MNIJ, thanks for another fabulocious install; hope u have a great week ahead 🤗

  • @milehighclassics
    @milehighclassics 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Fred west, oh the hand wheels had a screw that the wardens would tighten to make it harder for the cons so the wardens were called screws

  • @robloxpathe9296
    @robloxpathe9296 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    WE FINALLY DOING GLOUCESTERSHIRE!!!!!

  • @saintuk70
    @saintuk70 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    Gloucestershire is famous - Dr. Foster went there ;) tho' it didn't seem to impress him much and the weather hasn't really changed.

  • @UK.RoadsCyclingandTransport
    @UK.RoadsCyclingandTransport 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Interesting stuff i necer even knew about, awesome stuff as always Jon and great storytelling

  • @ExperiencersInternational
    @ExperiencersInternational 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    Oh wonderful, you've come up here now! Always learning stuff though despite living in the Gloucestershire area 😂

  • @Ben-id3op
    @Ben-id3op 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Oh this is where I grew up… be nice. There’s loads to see in Gloucestershire.

  • @Hollaraedulioe
    @Hollaraedulioe 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    Finally more Canal history :))

    • @chrislambert-shiels5291
      @chrislambert-shiels5291 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      There is a serious proposal to re-open Sapperton canal tunnel ... so water from the West can be used to supply the South East ... plus restoring the canal navigation. Cotswold Canals Trust web site has details.

  • @nelsonclub7722
    @nelsonclub7722 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    I was born in Moreton, and live in Stroud - just following the river....

  • @yankidiot
    @yankidiot 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    The building at the end was incredible, the faces were in remarkable condition

  • @anthonylloyd6094
    @anthonylloyd6094 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    Closed for winter.....
    Not fwickedsweetawesome

    • @gh8447
      @gh8447 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Whicked, not fwicked.

  • @Daimo83
    @Daimo83 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    Being from Gloucester, your pronunciations made me want to jump in the Severn.

    • @spotty_cat26
      @spotty_cat26 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Or the Seven...

    • @peterallen2904
      @peterallen2904 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Severn is correct, not Seven.

    • @spotty_cat26
      @spotty_cat26 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@peterallen2904 I no… I’m from Stroud 😜

    • @timballam3675
      @timballam3675 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@spotty_cat26 we know you are from Stroud......

    • @spotty_cat26
      @spotty_cat26 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@timballam3675 Is it that obvious? 🤔

  • @andrewf1326
    @andrewf1326 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    LOL... Cirencester = siren...sester . Sadly lived there as a youngster in the late 60's. Love your work

  • @opless
    @opless 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    I liked this video, and pressed the button specifically for that 😉

  • @CourtAboveTheCut
    @CourtAboveTheCut 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I’m glad it’s not me who struggles with place names 😂😂
    Siren cester
    By Thames head is the Thames and Severn canal (Cotswolds canal) just up in the bank behind it. I’m going to do a video on that section over Christmas.
    If you look at my videos I go into the tunnel with Paul Whitewick it’s the other end and pretty cool with the collapsed sections. It’s a big tunnel as it used to take Thames barges which are much wider than a standard boat (15ft wide rather than 7 for a narrowboat)
    The prison does a banging bacon butty, proper farm bought bacon, not the thin crap you get in Tescos
    You missed a really cool cafe as well, the airport at Kemble has one by the runway and you can also tour a plane.
    Stroud also has quite a few cool places, in Brimscombe there’s a place called Stroud brewery, banging grub and decent beer brewed on site right next to the canal.
    Can you tell I’m fat and like canals? 😂

  • @Stephen_Lafferty
    @Stephen_Lafferty 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    1:10 - Sezincote House was one of the inspirations for the Brighton Pavillion built for George, the Prince Regent!
    2:05 - a great troll for Bourton-on-The-Water!
    3:36 - another great troll for Cirencester!

    • @CaseyJonesNumber1
      @CaseyJonesNumber1 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      1:59 then there's Shepton-on-Mallet...

  • @I_Don_t_want_a_handle
    @I_Don_t_want_a_handle 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +17

    Did you know there's this thing where you can put the name of a museum in it and see if it's open on a particular day. It's called the Internet. It's infallible ...

    • @AutoShenanigans
      @AutoShenanigans  21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +24

      Jokes on you, I didn't check.

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +8

      Yeah, who would want to go to a museum in winter, when there is less to do outside.

    • @andrewhotston983
      @andrewhotston983 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@archstanton6102Bourton is the destination for pensioners', coach tours in the summer. Pensioners never go out in winter, so Bourton is empty. No point opening it on the off-chance that an entertaining TH-camr might rock up.

    • @orwellboy1958
      @orwellboy1958 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@archstanton6102 This very true however if you visit in the summer, you can't get anywhere near for coaches and %$*&ing tourists.

    • @andymerrett
      @andymerrett 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

      Having watched a lot of videos of people relying on Google Maps (which last time I checked was part of the Internet) it is definitely fallible.

  • @real_swiftydragon
    @real_swiftydragon 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    The Cotswolds have always been a favourite place of mine! The Stow On The Wold rugby club would always be open as a camping grounds during the summer so it was great to check out the local scenery.
    Glad to see Auto Shenanigans passing through.

  • @nickm8494
    @nickm8494 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +13

    Our official anthem:
    "I caan't read and I caan't wroite
    but thaat don't really ma'tter.
    Cuz I comes from Glawstershyre
    and I can droive a tra'tter"

    • @tsl56
      @tsl56 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@nickm8494 Jezzer still hasn't quite figured that one out!

  • @daveoftheclanburgess
    @daveoftheclanburgess 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    If geography and history were presented like this more often, kids would love those subjects. They wouldn''t learn what they need, but they don't anyway!🤣
    Excellent work as always. I really love how you get diverted by something industrial and old. I do the same!

  • @xr6lad
    @xr6lad 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Love Morton. And the Cotswolds. Holiday there all the time.

  • @ap9970
    @ap9970 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +11

    A Chelsea Pensioner told me once, the reason for all the red uniforms was because it was the cheapest colour to make.

    • @spotty_cat26
      @spotty_cat26 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Or it was red to hide the blood.

    • @ap9970
      @ap9970 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      @spotty_cat26 I was having a tour of RHC when the pensioner asked if we knew why the uniforms are red, and we all said "Hide the blood?", and that's when he told us about the reason being the cost.

    • @korma9732
      @korma9732 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      The French (our enemy) wore sky blue uniforms, it was only red to distinguish British soldiers from the pesky French.

  • @yvindkittelsaa1601
    @yvindkittelsaa1601 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Glad to hear I'm not the only one who can't be bothered with checking opening hours before visiting a place. I went to Vienna some years ago, wanting to experience a concert in the Musikverein, known for the New Year's Concerts. They hold concerts six days a week in summer. Guess which day I spent in Vienna...

  • @adrianrutterford762
    @adrianrutterford762 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you for sharing.
    Wonderful as always.

  • @shaun30-3-mg9zs
    @shaun30-3-mg9zs 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Great video Jon, have a good week

  • @MrOvershoot
    @MrOvershoot 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ah I remember Carpets of Worth, my best friend at Stroud collage did his apprenticeship with them.

  • @maccydobson2264
    @maccydobson2264 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Wow the school of science and art looks an amazing old world building. Just fab. Great work as ever John.

  • @inregionecaecorum
    @inregionecaecorum 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Borton on the water bort rhymes with fort.

    • @inregionecaecorum
      @inregionecaecorum 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Oh yeah and siren sester.

  • @dna9838
    @dna9838 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Would love it if you did a ‘driving home for Christmas’ tribute vid, with your characteristic blend of passion and ambivalence for the places you pass.

  • @SquidwardhatesEVs
    @SquidwardhatesEVs 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for the history lesson Jon, keep up the good work.

  • @jonathonbrett-qn1ic
    @jonathonbrett-qn1ic 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliantly informative interesting episode
    Superb Jon

  • @adamjolley8552
    @adamjolley8552 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +9

    I liked this video so I pressed the button specifically for that 👉🏻

  • @jamesmaybrick2001
    @jamesmaybrick2001 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    More journeys to closed places please. :) A traditional winters day out!

  • @NickDavies75
    @NickDavies75 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    You'd have driven past the rather fantastic Retro Computing museum The Cave on the road between Cirencester and Stroud. Thoroughly worth a visit if you've even a passing interest in playing on some old skool hardware.

  • @chrisblay
    @chrisblay 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +8

    Because people don’t do motoring in the winter. 🤣

  • @fang_xianfu
    @fang_xianfu 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    I would've been interested in your take on the A417 missing link works at the Air Balloon

    • @ExperiencersInternational
      @ExperiencersInternational 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yeah, that would certainly be interesting
      I strongly disagree with the decision myself, destroying a 200+ year old pub for a piece of dual carriageway. Remember going in there when I was younger!

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Yes. It is impossible to underestimate the scientific contribution of Dr. Others. 😉

  • @MCR_D
    @MCR_D 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Just down the road from Cirencester, or Ciren as the locals call it, is King Charles' pad at Highgrove in Doughton near Tetbury.
    I don't think they'd be too happy with an aerial shot there!
    But you used to be able to book onto a tour years ago.
    Also some of the pubs nearby that Wills and Harry frequented and was in the news years back

  • @paulreynolds1510
    @paulreynolds1510 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    That motor museum was Home of Brum the kids TV series. I’m pretty sure there’s a model railway or gardens near there as well

  • @xenon53827
    @xenon53827 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Golden channel!

  • @andykilvington1651
    @andykilvington1651 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    And the Motoring Museum features the car used on the kids programme "Brum".

  • @philiplettley
    @philiplettley 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    You obviously wanted to meet brum in bore-ton on the water lol, before going on to siren-sester. Did you realise you went past adams farm on the way betwen moreton and bourton, a telegraph pole zara tindall crashed into, and not far from where i used to work.

    • @AutoShenanigans
      @AutoShenanigans  21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      Exactly why I wanted to go to the museum! :D

  • @MetroMartin
    @MetroMartin 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    We are also known to chase cheese chucked down a very steep hill in the shire.

  • @andrewhotston983
    @andrewhotston983 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    It should be Sirenster, shouldn't it?
    Can't wait for you to visit Norfolk - some brilliant place names there.

    • @AutoShenanigans
      @AutoShenanigans  21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

      We've done Norfolk... it was episode 1 and 2!

    • @andrewhotston983
      @andrewhotston983 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@AutoShenanigansThat's the benefit of a poor memory - I can enjoy your excellent videos over and over again and they're always fresh.

    • @BrightonandHoveActually
      @BrightonandHoveActually 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I am waiting for Anglesey.
      I hope Jon's in training for Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!

  • @pgriffithsulster
    @pgriffithsulster 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    My daughter lived in Cirencester. She says the locals call it Ciren.

  • @DrRobert7898
    @DrRobert7898 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Shepton on Mallet😂😂

  • @petelongrs
    @petelongrs 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Fwicked, thanks Jon as always 👋

  • @chasc301
    @chasc301 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Good to see you sporting some appropriately stout boots. Good man.

  • @BerlietGBC
    @BerlietGBC 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    It’s a nice little museum, you get a discount if your a member of the CSMA ❤

  • @togbsabbath
    @togbsabbath 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I can’t believe Jon didn’t mention that Cirencester road passes through the middle of a golf course on the way into Stroud. It’s certainly an unusual feature.

  • @getreal7964
    @getreal7964 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    tough day (not) at the office Jon! Extremely well held together after the seasonal motor museum small disagreement

  • @patrickgregory2826
    @patrickgregory2826 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Woopie another chimney!

  • @kevelliott
    @kevelliott 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Mmm, nice Morris Minor in Moreton in Marsh

  • @benpc1794
    @benpc1794 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Didn't even visit Kemble airfield! Final resting place of a fair amount of the 747s retired during covid. And also the Ogri MCC clubhouse 👍

  • @UnitSe7en
    @UnitSe7en 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    "I'm still annoyed the museum was closed as now I have to re-write this voiceover. It's just a _hassle."_
    Ah, truly a man after my own heart.

  • @BlurdeBlah
    @BlurdeBlah ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    The Museum is really good, went to it a year or so ago, well worth the trip when its open but be warned, place it tourist heavy during the On season. Theres also a large Model Village based on the area you can walk around near by!

  • @davidbarnsley8486
    @davidbarnsley8486 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I have to say have been interested for years wondering where the tames starts and now. Know
    Thanks John 👍👍🇦🇺

  • @MorrisPV
    @MorrisPV 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    The source of the Thames is thought by some to be inside the Sapperton Tunnel as the 'spring' at Thames Head is positioned at the foot of the canal embankment and only runs when there is water in the canal. 100 plus years of neglect following abandonment has damaged the clay puddle lining the canal bed, allowing the water to leak out...

  • @robmatthews3873
    @robmatthews3873 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Let me clarify something. Is the motor museum closed for winter or not? You were a bit vague about that and I don't want to make a wasted journey. Thanks

  • @alantheskinhead
    @alantheskinhead 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Now there is a new series.... The Roman Roads of this country. I have done a few.

  • @ihatnecksered
    @ihatnecksered 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Nice one Jon. A couple of hundred miles rounds the Cotswolds on the motorbike - canna whack it. While you're that way you could always drop in on Jezza for a cuppa 😀

  • @Handle423
    @Handle423 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Aahhh, the beautiful city of Bith/Bath

    • @timballam3675
      @timballam3675 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Barf

  • @2002barneyf
    @2002barneyf 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thanks Jon for another year of funny and interesting videos. Hope this will cheer you up a bit after finding the Motor Museum shut for the winter. Hoping you have lovely Christmas and a Great New Year!

    • @AutoShenanigans
      @AutoShenanigans  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks a lot, I'll put that towards the entry fee when they reopen in bloody February...

  • @TheOriginal_BigMac
    @TheOriginal_BigMac 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +8

    I think Gloucestershire is known for cheese. And floods

    • @andrewhotston983
      @andrewhotston983 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      And GCHQ..

    • @AcornElectron
      @AcornElectron 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Doubly

    • @rogersimmons8788
      @rogersimmons8788 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      And my youngest daughter used to live there.

  • @stever456
    @stever456 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    These videos make the UK interesting 😂👍

  • @quantig
    @quantig 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    Hi John, love the videos. From using the Røde Wireless Go/Pro I would greatly recommend using the lavalier microphones for them as it cuts out a significant amount of background noise

    • @AutoShenanigans
      @AutoShenanigans  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      You'll never guess what mics I use ;-) The issue is with the mic pre-amp. It's shite.

    • @quantig
      @quantig 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @AutoShenanigans I know them when I see them ;) fair enough reason though. And apologies for saying something you've inevitably seen many times