Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Holy Spirit Can give you peace guidance and purpose and the Lord will John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
Yay! A traveling Turtle upload! Every once in a while the question comes up on the JetLag The Game subreddit about “who would you like to guest star”, and my dark-horse answer is Traveling Turtle.
As ever, an object lesson in how these videos should be done. The commentaries are always beautifully scripted, and the music choices unmatched by any similar channel. Truly superb!
Totally! When I decided to do similar stuff in Swedish I pretty much modelled it after this. With my own twist of course, and not modern music. But the format is amazing and I just love everything about it! V
Yet another magnificent travelogue. The quality of the video is only surpassed by the quality of the narrative and its commentary on the geography and the history. Look forward to the next. Thank you.
As always, brilliantly put together. Your videos always make me feel like I’m taking the journey too! One thing they have opened my eyes to are the joys of slower forms of transport, like buses, to really see a place. A lot of stuff gets missed with plane and train travel! It may have been 24 hours, but you sure saw a whole lot along the way.
Jo, as an Irishman living in the UK and an enthusiast/advocate of public transport in both the UK and Ireland, I'm so glad to have stumbled upon your channel through this video! This is truly outstanding work, you have such an eloquent style and tone, and shed so much light on parts of Irish history even I didn't know. As someone who's taken many of the routes you took in my youth, including many many trips on the Sligo/Dublin train as a Sligo man who went to uni in Dublin, this was such a lovely trip down memory lane. Liked and subscribed, can't wait to see more from you!
I followed your wonderful journey on Twitter, and the video doesn’t disappoint! It’s great you show that travelling, particularly in rural areas, is possible by public transport, albeit requiring planning and patience.
Having started my day today on a 4:23 train out of Vienna I feel a strange empathy with the channel, and your narrative is as always both educational and delightful. More again please!
And there it is, ladies and gentlemen….. A new adventure with none other than mrs. Turtle! I absolutely loved this one…. I was only in Ireland once and that was 30 years ago, but after seeing this wonderful video, I must be back…. Thank you so much for letting all of us share in your amazing journeys together!
Just a few notes on this - there's 9 counties in Ulster, two more in ROI - Cavan and Monaghan. Trains never went beyond Sligo, the stub line at the station went to Sligo Docks. Donegals services were via Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry
@@AtoZbyLocalBus yes ...once could have travelled by train from my home town in Tyrone to Burtonport in Donegal by train. My grandfather used to send home horses from fairs all over Ireland by train, to within three miles of his rural farm near Carrickmore.
So glad to see traveling through such a beautiful country. After watching your back catalogue again, the effrot and research that goes into your videos is remarkable. Keep up the good work. Thank you!
Absolutely loved this video! Such a lovely surprise seeing one of my favourite channels uploading a video traversing my home country! I must say I have sympathy with those passengers longing for the old orange themed livery for Iarnród Éireann trains. My first train memory is watching those trains pull into Cork Kent station with incredibly loud and harsh (at least to my young ears at the time) brakes screeching. So I have an attachment to those designs!
Delighted you enjoyed it! The orange and black was certainly one of the most distinctive train liveries out there, so I can understand the attachment to it…
I was in Ireland from May 1 to May 12th. One of my stops (driving a rental car) was in Baltimore. I had a beautify sunny day, people drinking and eating outside a pub, me I got a sandwich at a picnic table overlooking the harbor. I found a possible place where my ancestor on my father's side came from south of the city of Cork. Indeed it a beautiful place, with great contrasts. With their narrow roads, I think anyone driving anything larger than a mini, especially a bus or truck, must be on the good side of St. Christoper to be their co-pilot. Thank you for another of your adventures with your companion, with your narration, history comments, careful use of music and overall presentation.
So glad I came across your channel. Every video has been informative, entertaining and a joy to watch. Always a surprise in there too! Thanks, hope you and Mrs Turtle keep finding new travel challenges!!
Oh bless you, this video makes my day! So many routes along the way I used to travel by public transport myself during my returning visits to the country that I call my home away from home. So wonderful to be able to revisit them via this video! ❤☘🇮🇪
I was wondering where your next challenge journey was going to take us. You have not disappointed with great views and your usual informative narration.
A real Friday night treat, thank you. This brought back some memories of my trips to the Emerald Isle particularly co. Cork with its stunning countryside and colourful villages and towns. Oh and the unpredictable weather too sweeping in off the Atlantic.
Lovely to see the roads of County Donegal again - I cycled Mizen to Malin about 20 years ago and it's all coming back to me now. Great video - well done.
Yes. It's inspired me to try similar things. I'm looking at one day doing west Kent to east Kent...which seems a natural one as I live in Tunbridge Wells which is almost the most westerly point. I'm a poor traveller and get annoyed/frustrated after about 3 hours so I'd have to be mentally prepared as these things are more tiring than they look
G'day ,you've just popped up as a recommendation ,I have to say I enjoyed your channel ,you obviously do your homework and are very informative. I look forward to watching your other videos. 🇦🇺
Thank you as always for the incredible video, your detail and knowledge is always incredible, and the places you go are always made interesting by your commentary. Thank you!
As always, astonishingly thorough, positive and entertaining trave content! As someone else already said, your commentary and music choices are truly unmatched on any other travel channel. It's also extremely lucky that the bus was 5 minutes late starting from Baltimore... if it left on time you would have gotten to Malin Head 'late' in 24 hours, 1 minute! Your planning abilities are admired :)
Thanks very much for coming to visit, hope you enjoyed your time. You are a brave man to trust Irish public transport. You did very well with pronunciations. I would say Leitrim is more like Leetrim. Ulster has 9 counties, 6 in Northern Ireland and 3 in Ireland. Thanks again for coming!
Except for lough (and in Scotland loch), which English people seem to be unable to pronounce because it has a sound that isn't used at all in the English language. It is not pronounced "lock".
As someone who's a semi-regular traveller from cork to sligo, your journey was an interesting one. Definitely beautiful and poetically narrated at time, and the blue book sounds like an interesting read. You definitely could have done some things faster, but you also definitely dodged some mighty transport pitfalls too!
Thanks very much - yes it could have been done slightly faster (though not much) and I was definitely lucky with the various things that could have gone very wrong…
What a FANTASTIC video that was! I thoroughly enjoyed your mix of historical facts, good humour and stunning scenery - miles (or should I say kilometres?) better than most travelogues on TV. Thank you for creating it!
Ireland is such an amazing place! Thank you for taking us on this journey. Recently I took the bus from Clifden to Westport, which was already beautiful, but those first and last sections on your journey are just stunning.
I have just watched your trip across Northern Ireland and really enjoyed it. I know so much more now about that beautiful place. I even got my old map out to follow your route! I'm glad you weren't sitting beside the smashed window. Thank you. 🎉
25:00 Last week Irish Rail actually unveiled a repainted class 2600 (2601/2602) set in the black and orange Arrow livery to commemorate 30 years of the Arrow!
Great video as usual, your narration is like poetry, second only to the musical soudtrack. Always a joy to see my home town of Carndonagh featured in any sort of travel content. Cafe bamba is the place to go for coffee and baked goods, named after Banba's Crown, the hill at Malin head where the tower sits, where the cafe first began as a small coffee truck in the summer months.
A really great video of a journey with some beautiful and extraordinary scenery along the way. Having visited some of the places on the journey over the years I really enjoyed the video from start to finish.
hi! you're one of my favourite youtubers!! i love putting on your videos on the side when i study, your voice helps me focus a lot!! awesome video, sounds like it was really windy in the beginning haha
Thanks so much - that is wonderful to hear - glad there is a practical use for these videos 😉 Certainly was windy at the start - thought I was going to be blown away…
@@travelling_turtle it's fun listening to you travel across england and the rest of europe whilst doing some history revision. train ambience and historical facts included!!
Great video as always. A perfect blend of beautiful photography, and interesting commentary, all delivered with a passion for the challenge and a gentle sense of humour. Well done and thank you!
This is lovely stuff, maith an fear. I spent the latter quarter of 2023 in Maynooth, Ireland and travelled almost entirely by rail during my time there. I've been missing Ireland lately and this was a great bit of nostalgia. I spent many a late night dashing through Connolly Station to catch the last train home! Also, as an Irish-American who has dealt with some stunning ignorance from British acquaintances about Irish history, I was thoroughly impressed by your command of the subject. Excellent work all around, a chara.
Brilliant, stunning, evocative, inspirational; thank you ever so much (even loved your occasional quaint, charming and endearing mispronunciations. Subscribed immediately.
@@travelling_turtle Ah sure lookit, we're all guilty of the odd mispronunciation - and misspelling, heehee. But the raison d'être of communication is to enable another person to understand a concept, be it a time, a place, an idea or other such; folk can be somewhat pedantic regarding pronunciations, but surely, just so long as the recipient of the information understands it correctly, then it's "job done"?
Another gem. I'm glad that, about a year ago to the day, TH-cam pointed me to this channel. Since, I've travelled Europe and the UK in the only way I know. Thank you, informative and amazing commentary and idea again.
Yet another fine video my friend. Nicely reminded of my first trip to Ireland, way back in the late 80s now. Caught the ever so rough Swansea to Cork ferry (now defunct?) to Ringaskiddy and by a combination of train, bus and hitch made it to all points further west. End of May this way, so got soaked every day! Highlight was a must-have-been 45 minute hitched ride with a local. We had a fine conversation but I didn't get a single word he was saying...!
This came up in my feed today quite randomly. I thought id give it a quick peak. I certainly didn't expect the fascinating history lesson all throughout your journey. You and Mrs Turtle clearly put a lot of effort into your travels. Delighted that you featured the local chapel right opposite the front of my home at 30:20. I have liked and subscribed to see and learn more from your journeys. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much - delighted you enjoyed the journey and thank you for the subscription. I thought the chapel at Newtowncunningham was a really striking and unexpected piece of architecture!
Truly enjoy all your uploads, amazing to see you shed light on less traveled (yet beautiful) parts of Europe. And what a great way of soft advocacy for public transport. It’s made me fantasize about 24 hour challenges within Europe (passing the 2000km mark by train and bus) and the Low Countries (all 12 provinces of the Netherlands).
Thank you for another great video that is just sparking ideas for itineraries! Plus your insights into the history, via the meta-history of the blue guide. Loved this. Thank you!
Fantastic as always - what a journey - the sights, the history, the landscapes - thank you and Mrs Turtle - I always end watching your travels - I can't imagine how much research goes into every trip - but I'm sure it's a heck of a lot!
Another smashing adventure video, you cant say Ireland isnt such a beautiful breath taking place, look how beautiful is looks! Making me wanna move there now
Well, what a wonderful journey - and a great video to show it, nicely presented. I like your use (and choice) of music, too. I wonder where Mrs Turtle will be taking you next.
You might not be the most frequent uploader but your videos are the best.
Thank you!
I prefer quality over quantity
And always worth the wait! I was just telling my mother this exact thing.
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Holy Spirit Can give you peace guidance and purpose and the Lord will
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
Hear, hear 👍👍
Yay! A traveling Turtle upload! Every once in a while the question comes up on the JetLag The Game subreddit about “who would you like to guest star”, and my dark-horse answer is Traveling Turtle.
I’m worried that would mean me ending up lurking suspiciously in a freezing Swiss playground for hours on end 😉
Travelling Turtle on Jet Lag would be the best crossover ever!
I would definitely put my #teamben membership on hold for a season if it was to happen
travelling turtle ftw dude, i would pay money to see him as a guest star
AGREED!! he would undoubtedly be THE best guest. although these videos are way better researched than jet lag to be fair
Ulster is 9 counties!
Monaghan, Cavan, Donegal, Antrim, Down, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Armagh and Derry!
Indeed it is, my apologies. There’s a correction in the description.
Thought that was the case...!
I always think it's quite ironic that Ireland's most northerly point is further north than anywhere in Northern Ireland.
Good job no one really refers to it as ‘Southern Ireland’ any more!
My mum and dad are buried near Malin.
@@kokobwild2413 Such a stunning area.
@@travelling_turtle still meet plenty of Brits who refuse to call it anything else
@@travelling_turtle Half of NI still just refers to it as 'the South', though (which may, or may not, include Donegal)
As an Irish person , very impressed with the accuracy of your knowledge. Great video.
Thanks so much, great to hear.
@@travelling_turtle You undertook a very dangerous verbal journey for an englishman and acquitted yourself well.
Same
As ever, an object lesson in how these videos should be done. The commentaries are always beautifully scripted, and the music choices unmatched by any similar channel. Truly superb!
Thanks so much!
absolutely agreed, the commentary and the music choices are unmatched!
Totally! When I decided to do similar stuff in Swedish I pretty much modelled it after this. With my own twist of course, and not modern music.
But the format is amazing and I just love everything about it! V
@@fredskronk your videos are defnitely 'crazy' !! amazing work
@@Nooticus haha. Thanks. I mean. We all love some slow crazy journeys, don’t we?
Your channel is pure gold! I wish all "youtubers" shared your enthusiasm.
Thank you so much!
Yet another magnificent travelogue.
The quality of the video is only surpassed by the quality of the narrative and its commentary on the geography and the history.
Look forward to the next. Thank you.
Wow, that is so kind, thank you!
Totally agree, the narrative and the music is exquisite.
As always, brilliantly put together. Your videos always make me feel like I’m taking the journey too! One thing they have opened my eyes to are the joys of slower forms of transport, like buses, to really see a place. A lot of stuff gets missed with plane and train travel! It may have been 24 hours, but you sure saw a whole lot along the way.
Thanks so much!
Jo, as an Irishman living in the UK and an enthusiast/advocate of public transport in both the UK and Ireland, I'm so glad to have stumbled upon your channel through this video! This is truly outstanding work, you have such an eloquent style and tone, and shed so much light on parts of Irish history even I didn't know. As someone who's taken many of the routes you took in my youth, including many many trips on the Sligo/Dublin train as a Sligo man who went to uni in Dublin, this was such a lovely trip down memory lane. Liked and subscribed, can't wait to see more from you!
Oh that is so lovely to hear! Thank you so much for the kind words and the subscription!
❤
As a long time Irish follower, I've been waiting a while for this video and it didn't disappoint! Great work as usual 😁
Delighted to have lived up to expectations!
Great video, very enjoyable as always.
Regards from Auckland, New Zealand.
Thank you!
Exactly what I, a Canadian from the other side from the pond, needed after a tiring first day at my new job. Thank you!
Great to hear, hope the new job goes well!
Perfect viewing for a Friday evening, always a joy to watch, cheers and thank you.
Thank you so much!
I followed your wonderful journey on Twitter, and the video doesn’t disappoint! It’s great you show that travelling, particularly in rural areas, is possible by public transport, albeit requiring planning and patience.
Delighted you enjoyed it!
Having started my day today on a 4:23 train out of Vienna I feel a strange empathy with the channel, and your narrative is as always both educational and delightful. More again please!
Yikes, that is early. Hope your journey has gone well!
@@travelling_turtle well enough to get home three hours earlier than planned :)
@@davidbuick8401 Impressive!
@@travelling_turtle
There's an idea
- get across Austria in 24hrs by regional train & bus,
not using the RailJets nor ICEs.
Turned a dull Saturday into an Excellent Saturday. Thanks to you and Turtle.
Excellent, thank you!
Your videos are like a warm, comfortable blanket! Thank you for easing me gently into the weekend. 😊
Aw, thanks!
And there it is, ladies and gentlemen….. A new adventure with none other than mrs. Turtle! I absolutely loved this one…. I was only in Ireland once and that was 30 years ago, but after seeing this wonderful video, I must be back…. Thank you so much for letting all of us share in your amazing journeys together!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
Your videos are some of my favourites on youtube, and this was no exception. Thoroughly enjoyable, thank you for taking us along on the adventure!
Thanks so much - glad you enjoined the ride!
Just a few notes on this - there's 9 counties in Ulster, two more in ROI - Cavan and Monaghan. Trains never went beyond Sligo, the stub line at the station went to Sligo Docks. Donegals services were via Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry
Thanks, have put in an errata re the 9 counties! Schoolboy error.
I think there was a line from Sligo that want to Donegal, I will check my Railway Atlas of old Irish Railways to make sure I am right.
@@AtoZbyLocalBus yes ...once could have travelled by train from my home town in Tyrone to Burtonport in Donegal by train. My grandfather used to send home horses from fairs all over Ireland by train, to within three miles of his rural farm near Carrickmore.
There was a train from Collooney in Sligo to Enniskillen in Fermanagh.
@@Boreas74Sligo,Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway.I have book on it.
So glad to see traveling through such a beautiful country. After watching your back catalogue again, the effrot and research that goes into your videos is remarkable. Keep up the good work. Thank you!
Thanks so much!
Absolutely loved this video! Such a lovely surprise seeing one of my favourite channels uploading a video traversing my home country!
I must say I have sympathy with those passengers longing for the old orange themed livery for Iarnród Éireann trains. My first train memory is watching those trains pull into Cork Kent station with incredibly loud and harsh (at least to my young ears at the time) brakes screeching. So I have an attachment to those designs!
Delighted you enjoyed it! The orange and black was certainly one of the most distinctive train liveries out there, so I can understand the attachment to it…
What a lovely surprise to see a new video on a cold, wet Saturday morning - the best accompaniment to the first coffee of the day
Glad to be of service - waves from Friday evening!
I was in Ireland from May 1 to May 12th. One of my stops (driving a rental car) was in Baltimore. I had a beautify sunny day, people drinking and eating outside a pub, me I got a sandwich at a picnic table overlooking the harbor. I found a possible place where my ancestor on my father's side came from south of the city of Cork. Indeed it a beautiful place, with great contrasts. With their narrow roads, I think anyone driving anything larger than a mini, especially a bus or truck, must be on the good side of St. Christoper to be their co-pilot. Thank you for another of your adventures with your companion, with your narration, history comments, careful use of music and overall presentation.
Thanks so much - and glad you got to see Baltimore in the sunshine!
So glad I came across your channel. Every video has been informative, entertaining and a joy to watch. Always a surprise in there too! Thanks, hope you and Mrs Turtle keep finding new travel challenges!!
Thank you so much - plenty more in the pipeline!
Mr Turtle, my wife and I stumbled upon and absolutely loved this travelogue!
Delighted to hear it, thank you!
Absolutely superb! Looking forward to your next adventure.
Thanks so much!
Oh bless you, this video makes my day! So many routes along the way I used to travel by public transport myself during my returning visits to the country that I call my home away from home. So wonderful to be able to revisit them via this video! ❤☘🇮🇪
That’s wonderful to hear, thank you!
I was wondering where your next challenge journey was going to take us. You have not disappointed with great views and your usual informative narration.
Thank you!
Thank you for this wonderful trip in the style of the best travel writing. I loved every minute.
Thanks so much for your kind words!
Wonderful stuff. Well played!
Thank you!
really superb... beautifully written and voiced as always and a fantastic and fascinating journey
Thank you so much.
Thanks for taking us along!!
Our pleasure!
As ever, utterly superb! Thank you for sharing your travels with us.
My pleasure, thanks so much.
A real Friday night treat, thank you. This brought back some memories of my trips to the Emerald Isle particularly co. Cork with its stunning countryside and colourful villages and towns. Oh and the unpredictable weather too sweeping in off the Atlantic.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed. I certainly didn’t expect *quite* so many different types of weather in 24 hours…
Brilliant brought back happy memories of holidays in Ireland 😊
That’s great!
Thank you so much for this upload. Fresh, original ... wow.
Thanks so much!
The views were incredible. This has inspired me to do more bus journeys in rural areas when I go on holiday.
Hurrah!
Lovely to see the roads of County Donegal again - I cycled Mizen to Malin about 20 years ago and it's all coming back to me now. Great video - well done.
Thank you!
You always make me want to go exploring 😊 I'm taking the local slow train to the southern most city in my country next weekend and I can't wait!
Ooh, exciting!
Yes. It's inspired me to try similar things. I'm looking at one day doing west Kent to east Kent...which seems a natural one as I live in Tunbridge Wells which is almost the most westerly point. I'm a poor traveller and get annoyed/frustrated after about 3 hours so I'd have to be mentally prepared as these things are more tiring than they look
Brilliant video as always..
Thank you!
G'day ,you've just popped up as a recommendation ,I have to say I enjoyed your channel ,you obviously do your homework and are very informative.
I look forward to watching your other videos. 🇦🇺
Thank you so much - delighted you enjoyed the videos!
Marvellous! Your videos are some of my favourites on TH-cam.
That’s so good to hear, thank you!
An absolute delight and wonderful as always Jo. A fantastic surprise to see your video pop up. Hoping that there will be more travels soon 👍🙂
Thank you, that’s great to hear. One more journey already done and in the video pipeline…
Looking forward to seeing it already. Keep up the great work Jo, absolutely fantastic channel 👍🙂
Wonderful video! The Sligo train has definitely improved since I last used it, back in the mid 1990s.
Thank you!
A wonderfully well researched, informative and beautifully shot video. Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute. 🙏🏻
Thank you so much.
Quite brave to be exploring that pocket of the inner city at 6am! Love the video.
Thank you!
Another great video. Thank you Mrs O'Turtle!
Thank you so much!
I really love your videos. Your commentary is always soothing but still interesting. The perfect TH-cam version of slow tv
Thanks so much, delighted you enjoy them.
Thank you as always for the incredible video, your detail and knowledge is always incredible, and the places you go are always made interesting by your commentary. Thank you!
Thanks so much!
Got to love Ireland ❤🇮🇪
As always, astonishingly thorough, positive and entertaining trave content! As someone else already said, your commentary and music choices are truly unmatched on any other travel channel.
It's also extremely lucky that the bus was 5 minutes late starting from Baltimore... if it left on time you would have gotten to Malin Head 'late' in 24 hours, 1 minute! Your planning abilities are admired :)
Thanks so much - delighted you enjoyed it. Yes, the buffer was vital to not narrowly failing the challenge - and I can’t take any credit for that!
Thanks very much for coming to visit, hope you enjoyed your time. You are a brave man to trust Irish public transport.
You did very well with pronunciations. I would say Leitrim is more like Leetrim.
Ulster has 9 counties, 6 in Northern Ireland and 3 in Ireland.
Thanks again for coming!
Thank you, I had an excellent time - every intention of doing another challenge to Ireland soon!
Except for lough (and in Scotland loch), which English people seem to be unable to pronounce because it has a sound that isn't used at all in the English language. It is not pronounced "lock".
@@katrinabryce I suspect a German speaker would pronounce it closer to what it should be.
Great watch, awesome narration! Thank you mrs. Turtle
Thank you so much!
Really good video. Very informative even for an Irish guy like me. Will give you a follow. Fair play to ye!
That’s great to hear, thank you!
Excellent Journey and Commentary!😃.
Thanks so much!
Beautiful scenery, wonderful soundtrack, fascinating narration. Great video, as always.
Thank you so much!
As someone who's a semi-regular traveller from cork to sligo, your journey was an interesting one. Definitely beautiful and poetically narrated at time, and the blue book sounds like an interesting read. You definitely could have done some things faster, but you also definitely dodged some mighty transport pitfalls too!
Thanks very much - yes it could have been done slightly faster (though not much) and I was definitely lucky with the various things that could have gone very wrong…
@@travelling_turtle and the best adventures are seldom the most optimal
Excellent narration, my man.
Subscribed!
Thank you so much!
What a FANTASTIC video that was! I thoroughly enjoyed your mix of historical facts, good humour and stunning scenery - miles (or should I say kilometres?) better than most travelogues on TV. Thank you for creating it!
Thanks so much! Whether it is miles better or kilometres better depends on which side of the invisible border you are 😉
Ireland is such an amazing place! Thank you for taking us on this journey. Recently I took the bus from Clifden to Westport, which was already beautiful, but those first and last sections on your journey are just stunning.
It is so wonderful, and as you say, the southerly and northerly bits in particular - gorgeous!
I have just watched your trip across Northern Ireland and really enjoyed it. I know so much more now about that beautiful place. I even got my old map out to follow your route! I'm glad you weren't sitting beside the smashed window. Thank you. 🎉
Glad you enjoyed it! Luckily the smashed window experience hasn’t put me off the front row of front decks!
Excellent use of the Italian Concerto. Thank you.
Thank you!
Great production . Thank you .
Thank you so much!
25:00 Last week Irish Rail actually unveiled a repainted class 2600 (2601/2602) set in the black and orange Arrow livery to commemorate 30 years of the Arrow!
Saw a picture - looks stunning!
Great video as usual, your narration is like poetry, second only to the musical soudtrack. Always a joy to see my home town of Carndonagh featured in any sort of travel content. Cafe bamba is the place to go for coffee and baked goods, named after Banba's Crown, the hill at Malin head where the tower sits, where the cafe first began as a small coffee truck in the summer months.
Thank you so much! And discovering Cafe Bamba was a joy….
Another great idea and great video. Am looking forward to the next one. Thanks a million.
Thanks so much! Delighted to hear it.
Another enjoyable ( and unexpected) video!
Thank you!
A really great video of a journey with some beautiful and extraordinary scenery along the way. Having visited some of the places on the journey over the years I really enjoyed the video from start to finish.
That’s great to hear, thank you!
well done again Jo. great video as always. thank you.
Thanks very much!
27:21 nice touch 😉😄 all the best and thanks for the video 👍🙂
Thank you!
hi! you're one of my favourite youtubers!! i love putting on your videos on the side when i study, your voice helps me focus a lot!! awesome video, sounds like it was really windy in the beginning haha
Thanks so much - that is wonderful to hear - glad there is a practical use for these videos 😉 Certainly was windy at the start - thought I was going to be blown away…
@@travelling_turtle it's fun listening to you travel across england and the rest of europe whilst doing some history revision. train ambience and historical facts included!!
Another fantastic video as usual!
Thank you!
Great video as always. A perfect blend of beautiful photography, and interesting commentary, all delivered with a passion for the challenge and a gentle sense of humour. Well done and thank you!
Thank you so much, so pleased you enjoyed it.
This is lovely stuff, maith an fear. I spent the latter quarter of 2023 in Maynooth, Ireland and travelled almost entirely by rail during my time there. I've been missing Ireland lately and this was a great bit of nostalgia. I spent many a late night dashing through Connolly Station to catch the last train home!
Also, as an Irish-American who has dealt with some stunning ignorance from British acquaintances about Irish history, I was thoroughly impressed by your command of the subject. Excellent work all around, a chara.
Thank you so much! Delighted you enjoyed it and that it provided some nostalgia (can you have nostalgia from last year…?)
Brilliant, stunning, evocative, inspirational;
thank you ever so much
(even loved your occasional quaint, charming and endearing mispronunciations.
Subscribed immediately.
Thanks so much, that is great to hear, and thank you for the subscribe. (Apologies for the mispronunciations, but I will take ‘quaint’!)
@@travelling_turtle
Ah sure lookit, we're all guilty of the odd mispronunciation
- and misspelling, heehee.
But the raison d'être of communication is to enable another person to understand a concept, be it a time, a place, an idea or other such; folk can be somewhat pedantic regarding pronunciations, but surely, just so long as the recipient of the information understands it correctly, then it's "job done"?
Another gem. I'm glad that, about a year ago to the day, TH-cam pointed me to this channel. Since, I've travelled Europe and the UK in the only way I know. Thank you, informative and amazing commentary and idea again.
Thanks so much Grant - delighted you enjoyed this one too!
this is the content i've been hoping for all these years
Delighted to supply it!
Yet another fine video my friend. Nicely reminded of my first trip to Ireland, way back in the late 80s now. Caught the ever so rough Swansea to Cork ferry (now defunct?) to Ringaskiddy and by a combination of train, bus and hitch made it to all points further west. End of May this way, so got soaked every day! Highlight was a must-have-been 45 minute hitched ride with a local. We had a fine conversation but I didn't get a single word he was saying...!
Thank you so much! I mourn the loss of the Swansea-Cork ferry…
This came up in my feed today quite randomly. I thought id give it a quick peak. I certainly didn't expect the fascinating history lesson all throughout your journey. You and Mrs Turtle clearly put a lot of effort into your travels. Delighted that you featured the local chapel right opposite the front of my home at 30:20. I have liked and subscribed to see and learn more from your journeys. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much - delighted you enjoyed the journey and thank you for the subscription. I thought the chapel at Newtowncunningham was a really striking and unexpected piece of architecture!
Well done, you did such an incredible job on your journey in our beautiful Island
Thank you, that’s so kind of you.
38:00 every SINGLE FRAME is a spectacular painting. WOW WOW WOW
Astonishing place, isn’t it!
Really enjoyed this, blown away by the commentary, so much research went into this
Thanks so much, delighted you enjoyed it!
Truly enjoy all your uploads, amazing to see you shed light on less traveled (yet beautiful) parts of Europe. And what a great way of soft advocacy for public transport.
It’s made me fantasize about 24 hour challenges within Europe (passing the 2000km mark by train and bus) and the Low Countries (all 12 provinces of the Netherlands).
Thanks very much, delighted you enjoy them! I think the 2000km mark is doable by train…
Bravo! Looking forward to the next adventure.
Thank you!
Thats the good part of very small countries, an airport bus that goes halfaway across the nation.
Indeed! Very handy.
They are essential to the economy of Ireland.
Thank you for another great video that is just sparking ideas for itineraries! Plus your insights into the history, via the meta-history of the blue guide. Loved this. Thank you!
Thanks so much, delighted you enjoyed it!
I'm going to Ireland next week, so this has been an invaluable resource for researching the public transport system. Thank you
Pleased to hear it, hope you have a great time!
Wonderful Jo. Equally entertaining and informative. I'm a long way away in distant New Zealand but it felt like I was there on the trip with you.
Thank you so much, delighted you enjoyed the journey!
Fantastic as always - what a journey - the sights, the history, the landscapes - thank you and Mrs Turtle - I always end watching your travels - I can't imagine how much research goes into every trip - but I'm sure it's a heck of a lot!
There is quite a bit of research, but I enjoy that almost as much as doing them… So glad you enjoyed it.
@@travelling_turtle I know you don't post often, but it's always a treat to view your travels - keep going!
Another smashing adventure video, you cant say Ireland isnt such a beautiful breath taking place, look how beautiful is looks! Making me wanna move there now
Thank you - and yes, it is absolutely stunning!
Beautiful and informative
Thank you!
This was an excellent video! The scenery on that last leg was truly beautiful.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
I adore every one of your trips! Such beautiful scenery and such pleasantly narrated. Eager to see Ireland for the first time myself this summer.
Thank you so much! Hope you have a fantastic visit to Ireland.
Antother wonderful video of a beautiful Country ww aee really spoilt for epic scenery 😊
Well, what a wonderful journey - and a great video to show it, nicely presented. I like your use (and choice) of music, too. I wonder where Mrs Turtle will be taking you next.
Thank you so much - delighted you enjoyed it!
Another great upload, thank you
Thank you!
10:05 Thin Lizzy...
Yes
Ha ha - I came here to say that but you got in first!
I came here to say that too, but Metallica is also true, although a play on the brilliant Lizzy version, certainly not on the original!!
👍 Thin Lizzy.
The definitive version for my generation.
Incredible as always
Thank you!