Rufford Ford Has Been CLOSED!
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Could this be the end for Rufford Ford? Or will this be a temporary fix?
I visit the infamous Rufford Ford once again, but without the splashes, cars and crowds that one would usually see there. I go into detail as to what the police intend to do with the site, with an open question as to what you guys reckon will or should be done.
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Update: the local council will be constructing a jump ramp both sides for more youtube action.
lets put the Muppets who were going through it at 70+ mph in he middle
🤣🤣🤣
And boats will pass underneath gymkhana styleeee...
Yeee-haa!
Pedestrian bridge will be replaced with tight rope, for people to tight rope walk across!
I'm glad its ended. In a recent video from another channel i watched, a driver was blocked from reversing and almost intimidated into driving through when everyone knew it was far too deep. And that's what it became very quickly over the past few months. Spectators egging on unsure motorists to destroy their cars for their pleasure. I'm also glad the neighbours dont have to deal with the circus anymore.
Don't worry that same idiot in the purple land rover flooded his engine a few days later. Never laughed so much
I watched that one
@@vroom6591 which one was that in?
No sympathy it’s the drivers decision to go through it.
A motorcyclist also crashed here recently trying to go through at an insane speed. Look it up. I bet that was the final nail in the coffin.
Love how when reading out the police report, Adam shows a Police traffic car going through at speed, dangerously and causing a splash. 🤣
Underrated comment.
Came to the comments for this lol
Its all fun.
@@_J4CK4L_ how is it underrated ffs? it's one of the top comments... I swear kids don't know the meaning of the word.
I saw that
As a local, I'm glad something has been done at last. There have always been a few people driving though when it was too deep or driving too fast. The problem started once the TH-camrs turned up. Suddenly, large numbers of people started coming from all over the country to drive like an idiot for the cameras. When it was deep, road closed signs were taken down. Someone even opened and then broke the sluice gate mechanism on the weir just to increase the water height. At times, albeit rarely, with all the cars parked on the side of the road, once you got near the ford, there was no space to turn round and drivers felt forced to go through because of the traffic behind them. Regarding the dredging, that was something the council instructed the local farmers to do at their own cost. After having had driveways blocked by parked cars, having had to put fences up to stop people using their land as a toilet and spend time and money clearing up the litter people left behind, the locals were already angry. That's probably one reason the farmers appeared in videos protesting.
The ford always had its victims. It has been killing cars for years. The difference was the sudden and massive influx of really dangerous drivers. Probably the best example was the moron who reversed a white Seat with an already damaged bumper through the ford as fast as he could on the wrong side of the road approaching a corner and crowds.
It's a shame it had to close. But, things were just getting so out of control that it had to stop before someone was killed. A few idiots ruined it for everyone.
I really enjoyed Adams videos and it was kinda entertaining watching people go through and potentially ruining their cars…but reading your side of the story, it makes total sense that it was closed. That Seat guy and the person fiddeling with the weir mechanism seem to be COLOSSAL idiots. Your last sentence sums it up nicely.
Greating from Germany
Well said Chris. That numb skull in the white Seat came to halt on one of his runs literally inches from a small boy with his dad standing on the pavement.
@@DrBonesFolo gave me something to watch at work and it baffled me the amount of idiots who actually still did it when deep I risked a deep puddle one day and I misinterpreted how deep it was and felt.stupid after
Cry more
Thank you for your comment.
If this was Germany we would do what the Farmer did, the water is perfect now. Put poles to Block the water way.
Speed cam at 50 km/h at the Ford.
But you guys just brexited the whole road. Lol
The people driving like fools are the reason car meets are closed down all the time... Just take it easy and dont ruin it for everyone else who has a brain
Also the reason why speeding gets a bad name when many do it safely.
@@PointNemo9 well, speeding almost implies people doing excessive speeds where neither road, nor vehicle nor driver were up to it. Let us say, drive fast.
Or the UK can stop using that social ideology & punish the individual.
@@sts1243 There are many places where it is completely safe to go above the limit, on an empty motorway for example. If the limit actually represented the safe speed to travel at then I would agree, but in practice it is simply an arbitrary number decided by counsellors. The real safe speed to travel at constantly changes according to road conditions, vehicle type, and many other factors.
Yeh, this is the general public. Not ganna happen.
Think of your average person and how brainless they are. Now realise half of the general public are even more brain dead than that.
After watching I think Tom Sunderlands last video of that Seat going through at 50 or more mph then reversing through it and that k**b in the blue land rover time and again I'm glad to see it closed. Gotta feel for the locals and the wildlife!
As a local, I recall many happy days at Rufford Park and watching the For as a kid nearly 40 years ago. Been taking my little lad down last few years and he’s gutted it’s closed off - he loved it as much as I did. As per usual, idiots ruin it for the majority.
Building a bridge is the simplest solution to this wholly avoidable problem, which results with destroyed cars and higher insurance premiums that all drivers pay for. This ‘heritage’ reasoning which has been stated by the channel host, if legally true, is truly idiotic which reflects poorly on the local community. This prevailing local attitude and practice is truly apathetic.
This scenario would never ever play out in Australia as the local and state governments would never countenance such a stupid state of affairs. 🇦🇺 🦘
@@user-kc1tf7zm3b Oh really,no government on council in Australia has idiots working for it,come on Matey your taking the piss...!
@@geoffbell166 North Sydney Council certainly did not build the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Bridges are the responsibility of the New South Wales state government. That is the point. 🇦🇺 🦘
@@user-kc1tf7zm3b that Ford was constructed in the 1100's, to put that into perspective, the oldest building in Australia was built in 1793, so in 300yrs the Ford will still be twice as old as your oldest building, so it stays. The idiotic part is the drivers/visitors.
@@whatyousaidbud Don’t you bloody get it? Due to the a bridge not existing, now the Rufford Lane has been permanently truncated to locals and visitors alike, who now have to take detours. Until a bridge is constructed, this blockage is probably indefinite, as this is the only true solution to the matter.
This ‘whatever is old in England can never be improved or replaced’ with something new and improved is stupid backward English thinking. And you wonder why Australia kills England economically. And with test cricket, rugby league and the Commonwealth Games. Australians are not afraid to make the hard decisions with replacing the old and inefficient with the new and more capable.
Truth be told, even the Scots think the English are very strange.
Such fun, local mechanics are certainly going to miss the steady STREAM of clients
Probably the bellends in the land rovers that were driving up and down the river from the Ford
I'd say it was the idiots that thought driving through 3 foot of water was OK.
More likely the recent motorcyclist crash (look it up).
T'was the bellend in the white Seat Ibiza.
Some clowns were driving through at 60 mph too.
Adam went from Filming cars to filming nature documentries. Keep up the good work
In David Attenboroughs voice. And here we see a 4x4 in it natural habitat, oohh wait here comes a focus st charging at its pray the Ford has no chance against the Ford...
Back to the roots, it's like Adam & Eve before the fall 🍎... or the big splash 🌊
The commentary makes it unique to your channel. Also you added some history about the Ford which some may not have known before. atleast no more 6 hour round trips!
Thank you
@@AdamC3046 Hey Adam did you manage to check out my 3D audio Rufford Ford video? Its a great mic for super cars too as some creators use them inside the cars as well ;O)
Adam - My favorite thing about your approach was the commentary. (2nd favorite thing after the cars driving through water... 😉) It set your footage apart and was just so kind, cheerful, and it helps you're a funny guy. Thanks!
Edit: PS - All the way from Wisconsin in the USA.
Thank you :)
Long overdue and honestly I'm kind of happy it's closed. It started off as someone noticing that a lot of cars were being a bit silly and filming it, but then it just got dangerous. People blasting through in modded landrovers doing like 50-60mph, the huge damage it would be doing to the banks and the wildlife in the area too. It started off as a novelty but too many people making content about it just sort of killed it off.
Fully agree It was a serious accident waiting to happen
I HEARD RED BULL ARE BUYING THE RIGHTS AND TURNING INTO A 24/7 ACTION STREAM
@@Tidalx that’s not what it means. Moron.
Couldn't have said it better myself. This is why we can't have fun, nice things, or fun in nice things.
the council they are putting metal gates in they are going to be lockable gates so you can’t drive when it’s locked
Much as I enjoyed watching people learning where the cold air intake on BMWs is, this is probably for the best. There was a genuine educational aspect to learning of the dangers of hydrolock. And I liked it when people were sympathetic to the unfortunate drivers.
It did though start to get a bit cruel and mocking. But worse, people were driving very recklessly, just to make a big splash; and the audience were encouraging that.
We already saw some really scary near misses, and cars bombing past when kids were stood in the ford. I think it was only a matter of time before there was a major incident. So I'm glad we don't have to have that now.
Oh, and it's "Sloos" btw 🙂
Sloose
When Ben started it was great. People weren’t racing through, they were just totalling their expensive (mostly) German cars through hydro lock.
Then it changed. Some right tools were lucky not to total themselves or anybody else due to the speeds they drove through the water. It turned into a 4x4 Santa Pod. Then you had some right tools muscling in on Ben’s idea and it just turned into a circus.
It was great when Ben and Tom started but had turned into monster. So it was right to close it.
Will always remember the Aygo float across! That was what it used to be about . Not some Richard in a knackered Land Rover being a …..
Yeh I like Ben it’s a shame
i did 30 years ago so nothing new,
After that Blue Land Rover, I expected this. Glad it happened.
And the motorbike accident
what did the blue LR do?
@@CJizzleJ th-cam.com/video/7yfnYz76KEE/w-d-xo.html
5:20 onwards. Blocks the Kia & forces him to drive in. Creates a wave which gets him stuck. Then another wave which floods the Kia's engine.
He can be seen in several other videos generally behaving like a complete helmet.
@@CJizzleJ Be a complete fucking dick head after watching that. Kia probably would have made it because it had a bow wave going.
It was inevitable really, beyond the safety aspect the water quality must have been horrific with all the additional traffic!
Great report, thanks for that. I've only recently discovered Rufford Ford, I never really understood why so many drivers were happy to drown their cars. I'm a long way away from this location (Australia), but this still fascinates me. Oh well, heaps of videos still to watch .
12:39 i think the best idea would be to put speed bumps at the positions of the water depth markers
they are putting metal gates in they are going to be lockable gates so you can’t drive when it’s locked
Whether there is speed bumps there or not, people are going to speed up to try splash people who want to be splashed. Brings just the same risk as aquaplaning, very easy to lose control.
Build a goddamn bridge. Who builds a road through a fricking river??? An idiot, that's who.
I agree. A really serious business if people enjoy something. We had an ice patch on the path today, and 16 officers came out with blow torches and melted it after several school children had been seen laughing and skidding along it. Some where seen running too. This world is so fragile.
Was always gonna happen. Can understand the locals not being keen, it must be a menace
I have to say, I'm pleased you've done this. You've redeemed yourself for me anyway, from hanging about with those who are mostly utter tools.
you sill person ,Spoiling people s day out, The tea shop will notice will have less people .The farmer will loose time and fuel with the extra 2 miles they have to do each way
Judging by your poor typing skills, I presume you cannot understand written English, either.
Cheap redemption
@@IfInDoubt.. yes teacher ,i can read,
This reminds me of the 11 foot 8 bridge where it got enough attention and there was enough property damage to finally cause a change
The change (raising the bridge a few inches) had nothing to do with the impacts. They wanted to remove the dip so trains used less energy on the hills. Yes, a few inches over distance is a big deal for long goods trains!
You mean that bridge that’s still there and still gets hit on a regular basis?
In this case it might have been the motorcyclist crash that finally spurred change. I don't think the council cares if other people destroy their own vehicles but someone was badly injured recently.
Great commentary Adam! I've been mesmerized watching cars driving through the ford for the last year - although I don't know why. Kind of bummed there won't be any more videos but I can totally understand why the locals would be upset with the crowds. I'm actually surprised the ford wasn't closed sooner. -Brian from central Oregon U.S.A.
Final one from me! Ben seems to be a decent lad, helping push people out. He'll go far in life.
After he watched them trash there engines first, or he could have been an even better person and warned them before, instead of thinking of the revenue his videos would get, but costing the owners of the cars thousands (if they can afford it) or causing there cars to be scrap, then what if they can't afford a new car, causing them det or having to walk to work etc, all could have been prevented if these nice helpful people helped others and warned them
@@adamwort7160 Yes thats very, very true.
@@adamwort7160 Do you need a warning to not jump off a bridge too? Use your common sense lad. You make it sound like he's forcing people through lmao
@@richie364 the drivers obviously don't realise how deep the water is, the people making videos do, and they know what's about to happen
@@adamwort7160 Now you're just talking out of your arse. There's a sign showing the height of the water, theres a road closed sign, there are many vehicles turning around, there are broken down vehicles and multiple people observing/filming. If these drivers have 0 common sense and cant deduct from this that theres a potential risk in driving through a flooded road then the onus is on them. Sounds like you got a flooded engine or a flooded brain.
Adam, thanks for this video, and the previous ones. It was always a joy to watch, thanks to your comments and way of filming. Thanks again for all the work, greetings from The Netherlands.
Good informative video glad you went there when you did.Such a shame its closed,always a few that spoil it for the many and the power of social media👍🏼
I remember when I was 18 , driving my '99 Accent into a pretty bad flood we had (at some speed). Water did get into the air filter.
Somehow 4 years later that same car is still getting me to work and back and running great , without any engine work done to it since me going through the flood. I'm amazed , I was expecting it to die that same year.
Thank you. I did always wonder why the cobble strips were there. That is good idea.
Don't see why you'd get hate for this. This mlwas the most informative video I've seen on this ford and the local area. Really enjoyed the explanations and the knowledge maye
Thanks
It had to happen ,,, although the local garage are not happy having to cancel there 2 months summer holidays in the Bahamas 🤪
I knew this would happen the moment I saw you and loads of other TH-camrs started filming there. This is why we can’t have nice things.
Basically the internet shut this 😂
Hi Adam, I've been watching these videos for about 6-9 months now and I have to say that in my humble opinion this outcome was not only inevitable but also justified and overdue.
When I first started watching it was entertaining but more and more it’s become like a challenge or “rite of passage” for some drivers. In recent videos some of the driving has just been downright dangerous with vehicles going into the water at a ridicules speed. I also think that it was just a matter of time before a “spectator” got hurt or injured by a car or flying car part etc. Lastly, those living next to this ford must be glad that this road has been closed as it must have been a nightmare for them.
……And just for the record I like your narrative with the video.
A motorcyclist did try to go through at speed a while ago (end of October I believe), just hit the water and straight over the bars. Rag-dolled, broke both legs, and I believe almost lost one entirely. I don't doubt that incident has focussed the authorities minds on this a bit. About time too.
Thanks for the informative vid. It`s clear a lot of drivers don`t understand how an engine can become hydraulically locked,with such catastrophic results.
I remember when i was little watching the cars go through before TH-cam even existed , its kinda sad what’s happening but it’s understandable it was getting out of hand and being ruined by all these little youtube kids, feel bad for the locals!
Same!
Yeah, I've been watching cars go through there for well over 30 years! A real shame the internet's ruined it.
It's always the same, brain dead people with little sense, locals must have been sick and tired of it all.
Thx for the updates and video styles. We visited a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it, friendly people so thanks
The residents must be over the moon, getting rid of all those sad spectators making live a misery.
Yep, all those 'spectators' who appeared to have all day to do nothing better than that. The only reason a couple of them are gutted it's closed is because they foolishly thought it would make enough money for them not to work🤣
*life
Sad spectators 👍👍👍
who said they are sad
It's not stopping there. They know people will move elsewhere and they want this spectator sport gone from every part of the UK because they want no-one else to have on their doorstep what they had.
Sad. Just like 11foot8 in the US, looks like Rufford Ford may be fixed in the future.
As a quick aside, if you look in your cars handbook, it will tell you your safe wading depth. For my old ML, it is 50cm, so it would surprise me if any of the cars are safe any deeper than that.
A lot of modern cars barely reach 400mm now.
@@mydogeatspuke Some older cars were terrible. If I remember right the first generation of Renault espace had the air intake behind the front bumper, so their safe wading depth was about 50mm.
I believe it would be enough to add 2+2 speedbumps on the pavement before and after the ford and a SIGN with speed limit 10km/h. Plus actual instructions that must be read. For example, a golden rule that water level may not reach front grill upper edge. Literally driver has to measure on spot.
It is kinda sad that they finally closed it. It is entertaining when people just doing their best or foolishly do it bad. But when those over the top do it, it became hazardous. Hope for the best for all
There is a forward like this in Buckingham, but you can not drive through due to erosion and debris in the river. There is a bride 100 meters up from the forward which is 100s years old. Worth a look if ever in Buckingham. The forward is on surprisingly named Forward Street, Buckingham.
Looks to me like the dredging was well overdue. The depth it is today looks reasonable for a normal ford. Perhaps if they'd maintained the banks properly, there wouldn't have been such deep water constantly and therefore less of a spectacle, fewer TH-camrs and fewer locals getting wound up.
The problem was with low water the looneys would go really fast. Three foot Deep put everyone off anyway. 6” deep was what got it closed imo
Took my Mustang through there in May. 100 miles on the clock. Water depth was only 6in but took it slow, much to the disappointment of the onlookers. The V8 rumble after I left brought a cheer though. I've been scouring these videos looking for my Mustang, someone must have it!!!! It's a shame its closed but its only a 4 mile detour when we visit the Park so not too bad. I'm disappointed that every time I've been there, I've never seen a single fail!!!
Good video Adam, with some good information about the reasons for closure. The usual case of the selfish idiot few spoiling it for everyone else. As a retired copper I enjoyed your vids of some of the clwns attempting it with absolutely no idea. Cheers good stuff.
Thank you
@@AdamC3046 Building a bridge is the simplest solution to this wholly avoidable problem, which results with destroyed cars and higher insurance premiums that all drivers pay for. This ‘heritage’ reasoning which has been stated by the channel host, if legally true, is truly idiotic which reflects poorly on the local community. This prevailing local attitude and practice is truly apathetic.
This scenario would never ever play out in Australia as the local and state governments would never countenance such a stupid state of affairs. 🇦🇺 🦘
Its not just the hydrolock
When cold water meets hot metal inside an engine the metal bends and warps...valves especially hence the steam from the exhaust
Well done Adam.....your videos are entertaining so keep up the good work 👏
Aquaplaning and losing control is underlying risk here. There is plenty of traffic calming measures that can be used to minimize the risk of someone driving through too quick, such as chicanes on both sides, etc. While it may annoy the residents having this attention all the time, imagine if you setup a business here selling souvenir's to visitors, you would make a fortune! - Lets also not forget that Café must have received a significant increase in business, which may just be what they needed after the last few years with COVID etc. However its good to see the local council actually listening and trying to help the community. Lets hope they can come up with something that keeps the local residents / business' happy and people can still have some fun! 🚙🌊
Sadly for locals (we have relatives in Rufford) this last year or so has been hell. The biggest cause of this was the 4x4 "wankpanzer" brigade who have been encouraged by the TH-camrs. They had a meeting with the council last month and it was decided to close the road temporarily. I suspect when it reopens you'll see something very different. A 20mph limit with ANPR enforcement and automatic high water barriers have been talked about. We'll see I suppose.
Agreed. The trend was very obvious in the last videos, those few idiots ruined it for everyone else.
Why not just make a bridge?
@@odavis1364 Not important enough, too little traffic, historical site.
“Wankpanzer” 😂
My mother got stuck in our Vauxhall Viva with me and my brother in it in 1969. Local farmer pushed us out. We were to sworn to secrecy so my father didn’t find out what she’d done.
Wow, may I ask how old you were at that time and where is your Viva now?
@@soumen8624 I was 9, and the car will probably be in all sorts of things made out of recycled steel………
@@sagetheowlfatfeathery2083 wow, I guess you can’t drive the same car for 50 plus years due spare parts not being available anymore.
I've had a license since 06 loved sports cars since then but Adam just educated myself that it can cost u Ur car which is especially hard for people in poverty, thankyou Adam you're a saviour
Err, drive through deep water - perfectly fine, Adamc says don't do it - must put a thankyou comment on here, were you born stupid or do you practice regularly?
I thought that was a very well presented, informative and amusing video. It answered my questions about all the cars getting stuck that keep popping up on TH-cam shorts. Well done!
Much appreciated
Thanks for the video .There is no need to go through the ford, it is just a short cut. If people are stupid enough to go through the ford when it is deep or go through at speed and knacker their cars, so what? There is a depth gauge at the ford so drivers can see how deep the water is. As for driving through at speed and splashing people, a lot of people are there for that. I see no reason for money to be spent there so traffic can go through the ford but a barrier to prevent stupid drivers, driving up the route to the sluice gates would be sensible.
11:15 "Sluice gate." It rhymes with juice and is used to control water flow
The only TH-camr who gave some history & a fairly articulate account of what has been happening & not an out of breath negative knock at the police, farmers & locals etc. I feel for the people who live there & had to put up with watching their environment being polluted & having to put up with so many ignorant people turning it into a side show.
I never understood why people upon seeing a crowd waiting for them to get stuck, just attempted crossing anyway.
Not really surprising, not in your vids, but I've seen some seriously dangerous driving there, people going insanely fast and almost losing control when they hit the water/when they exit and there's been some seriously close calls with them almost hitting other cars/bystanders, so considering how many children are normally hanging around it was only a matter of time before it either got shut down or someone got seriously hurt, so I'm glad it's been shut down. On top of that, as you mentioned, it was obviously really annoying for those living in the area.
But we need a beam bridge in nusteel structures so we dont put water on the road arch is only water undergound safe road bridge
Who was the guy stalking you in the white hoodie. That guy creeped me out.
Seems to me by dredging the lower section, the draw to the area has been removed.
Leave as is and monitor for a while seems the logical next step.
SURELY there can’t be any ‘Road closed’ signs left? I thought they dropped the lot while they locked us up for 2 years. Im shocked.
11:10 BUT WHY? - Here Adam tells us exactly why the ford has been closed
"It's the speed of people driving through the ford ... "
- Illustrated with a video clip of a Police Car doing exactly that!
Careful Adam, there's a man in a white hoodie following you
you could almost call him a white chaser
@@thecarman3902 I was thinking of that 😅
Building a bridge would be costly and we all know councils don’t like spending. Speed bumps and trying to keeping the water low seems the obvious choice plus maybe a speed camera.
Only be a matter of time before a TH-camr probably tries to sue someone for getting their camera equipment wet
Thank you for the heads-up. What a shame! You have saved me the 2 hour journey...though.
What will the brilliant “mechanics” who think removing the air filter will sort a hydrolocked engine do now?
With the cost of fuel, the one brain cell mechanics will probably move onto lifting the petrol filler hose at the petrol station, all the way down to the nozzle after you have filled up, to get all the petrol out of the pipe (when the valve is secretly located in the handle) 🤔🤔👍👍😂😂
I think removing the air filter was tried because it may just be water logged and air was unable to pass through.
@@musicbruv really? If the filter is waterlogged, the engine is hydrolocked.
@@raftonpounder6696 Not necessarily, if the engine dies because of air starvation then not enough water may have been sucked into a cylinder to hydro lock it.
A wet air filter that has obviously passed water into the inlet so taking it out and turning it over only bends more con rods, if anyone has saved an engine by taking an air filter out, please comment below (fingers drumming...)
Seems like the farmer should have kept the river banks clear to prevent the water build up.
A Culvert is what the council will most likely do and such work can be carried out over the course of a weekend
The culvert will stay clogged if the diameter is too small. (And Post10 lives quite far away to unclog it)
From what I've seen, this is the right call. It's not just the dangerous driving through it. But the impact on the river from all the dirt and whatever else gets into the water from the cars.
Hopefully they'll construct a road bridge. The locals would certainly appreciate it
Call in the army Drop in a Bailey Bridge complete with traffic lights.
Dredge and widen down stream from the ford to improve the water flow.
OR
A concrete culvert the same level and width of the as the foot bridge span.
The band of bricks are 1, 2, and 3 foot deep markers to give a rough indication of the culvert size required.
I’m surprised it took them that long to close it and do something about that pond lol so many seized engines thx to all that water going in the air box.
That was a much more informative video with a look at were the ford actually starts from and goes to. ... I quite liked it - and I did slag you off in your previous venture, so this time you have redeemed yourself. ... You mentioned if anyone could suggest measures for this ford, and yes, I do have a suggestion : Traffic lights with a chicane and speed humps - a traffic calming scheme, like they have on old single track bridges !! ... That would keep the ford open and also stop the idiots from speeding through it.
I am surprised it took this long to close it.
They need to put barriers to close the access to the river fix all the road and need 2+ feet concrete to make the road flat and only on heavy rains the water go to other side.
The thing noone ever mentions is the diversion around the ford takes 5-10mins. You don't need to drive through the ford.
Apart from someone making that comment in every video that’s been posted …
I think you mean know one ever mentions.
Great video Adam. Rufford Ford has become a victim of its own success. At first watching Bens videos it was funny, then it got really stupid, with people driving through on purpose to get on TH-cam. think, personally, an accident would have happened at some point of nothing was done
Can we purchase the bit of road from the council and turn it into a private track like the Nürburgring? Fun is the spice of life and it shouldn't be stopped.
Why can't we have nice things.
Best thing to do would be to excavate out a couple of foot to allow the outflow from the reservoir to continue then construct a steel mesh "bridge" across it so that if the water level rose it can still do so through the mesh and hopefully still allowing safe passage of vehicles, but we all know that councils will opt for the most ridiculous solution which will end up having to be altered or removed when it is deemed worse than the original issue!
I look forward to more history and nature facts by AdamSea1066.
I can only imagine how much of a nightmare the publicity was for the locals... we watch a 20 min video and it doesnt seem that bad... but for locals, its all day, everyday, like a neverending festival.. noisy, littering, intrusive. The only real solution is to evict the locals, flood the ford and make this a national treasure!! GET THE CAMERAs!
It was all getting out of hand. Some of the driving was dangerous.
Imagine living there and it turning into what it did. Just imagine. Every, single, day, a bunch of people shouting and screaming, your road being obstructed, blocked and the rubbish left behind and people shitting in the bushes.
Oehh, new intro🤩 love the turbo🫨
So you visited the Ford, but when are you going to visit the Opel
Not surprised, by all accounts the Lake Wier furniture was damaged to increase the water flow, down stream dammed up for the effect add to that idiots in 4*4 acting like bell ends on the public road, driving up the water course, ever increasing stupidity of stunts and encroachment by the onlookers, not to mention the WarriorLink HGV antics and the inevitable happened. The watercourse was dredged and the road closed. Blame not the Police, Farmers or Locals but the mindless minority who decided "they could go one better" with little or no heed to anyone the had the potential of injuring or, heaven help us, killing. I don't include those drivers in that sentiment, their removal from the gene pool could only be a benefit to humanity.
It is also a route for over height lorries to avoid the low bridge, so width restrictors or permanent ban would be impractical.
Thanks Adam, going all that way to let the petrol heads know the situation. You are the man 👍
There was a great ford near me. The council found some archaic law that allowed them to hand the road over the landowner
He then legally completely blocked it.
Of course it helped that he is an Earl/Duke and owns most of the county.
I Loved Your Videos About Rufford Ford!
A couple of big speed ramps either side, also might encourage 'bow wake' driving. Job done.
Well, this could be the last report Adam will be bringing as regards the big splash that Rufford Ford made. I commend him on his narration an knowledge of the vatrious vehicles who attemted to drive thro there.
I'm sure we can all join in an thank everyone who has entertained us with these videos, especially the willing (an unwilling) participants. A big shout out goes to the benevolent drivers in their 4 x 4 who spent so much time an effort in rescuing these (poor?) stricken drivers, who seemed to think that the faster they went thro the ford, the less damage would be caused. Duh!
An intelligence quotient, doesnt guarantee success in rushing thro deep water!
I've got so much to say about this; I don't know where to start! Other fords have vicious speed humps so maybe that's an answer, how sad that something a little bit fun for motorists has been spoiled by the few. I guess this means fords across the country will be closed as this activity moves from one to the next.
I live about 15mins away from here and have always had great days out here, I think they should install speed bumps and put a fence up stream to make cars stay on the road, it’s really sad to see it shut 😢
Very wide farm equipment need to use this route, equipment that is also slow so the extra distance of the detour is more significant for them, so a width restriction can't/shouldn't happen.
As it was getting more populair on TH-cam, this was bound to happen, Too bad cause I enjoyed these videos.
At least there is a lot of content already i suppose.
The TH-camrs made made money from this, now they have to look elsewhere.
Thanks for the history and information. Entertaining but all good things come to an end.
Don't let haters get you down Adam , your channel and content is epic buddy. Keep up the great work 😎👍💯