Great British Road Journeys - Buckinghamshire

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Great British Road Journeys - Buckinghamshire - Iver to Chesham Ep. 25

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Ай бұрын

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This week we're continuing to explore Buckinghamshire starting in Iver... one of the most Southernly towns in the county. There's a nice bridge, the M25 and that's about it. But not to worry, on todays journey that will see us heading to Chesham there's plenty more to discover, an old hospital, model village and some trees. oh... and yeh, there's High Wycombe as well.
Using a copy of the 1923 Michelin Guide, I'll be travelling the country to see what remains and what's changed since it's publication. The guide offers suggestions on thing to see and where to stay all with the goal of getting you out there and exploring in your motor vehicle.
*Why not visit these places*
Burnham Beeches - www.cityoflond...
Bekonscot Model Railway and Village - www.bekonscot....
Pann Mill - www.pannmill.o...
St. Peter & St. Paul Church - www.missendenc...
Roald Dahl Museum - www.roalddahlm...

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@RobGibraltar Ай бұрын

I'm waiting with bated breath for the sarcasm and ascerbism of biblical proportions when he finally gets to Milton Keynes.

@SportyMabamba Ай бұрын

As an MK resident I am looking forward to Jon’s in-depth scarifying 😁

@RobGibraltar Ай бұрын

@@SportyMabamba he might surprise us all though and say something like 'apart from portway at rush hour, everything moves quite nicely'

@DW-indeed Ай бұрын

Iver, twinned with Biggun. ... I'll get me coat.

@Beatlefan67 Ай бұрын

Don't be a w*nker! (I have all his albums and performed on two!)

@samholdsworth420 Ай бұрын

Huh

@rasherbasher8203 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@David_Crayford Ай бұрын

I was going to do that one. Book title: Size Matters - by Iver Biggun.

@johnchurch4705 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@mb-3faze Ай бұрын

4:03 - nice pointy hat :)

@willtricks9432 Ай бұрын

Looked like a large Iced Gem if you know that Sugary Snack

@whyyoulidl Ай бұрын

Thx, I missed that!

@mardymarvin8441 Ай бұрын

i love the sarcasm and every time he says the 2nd big disagreement and it interesting to see how things have changed.

@chrisbardell Ай бұрын

The Iver to Uxbridge road over the M25 was known as the “Iver mile” in the late 80s and was an infamous local boy racer stretch. The nearby road Old Mill Lane was a well-known ‘quiet spot’ where couples could ‘relax’ in their cars. Both those facts: “allegedly”.

@Thisiswhy1991 Ай бұрын

"Iver come to Iver" 😄

@JamesHardiman99 Ай бұрын

My dad used to take us for family days out to Beaconscot when I was about 10. I'm 77 now. High Wycombe was a furniture town because of all the beech trees at Burnham Beeches.

@richardsmith-jr9wd Ай бұрын

I do like my new Sunday tradition of watching a fresh Auto Shenanigans. It’s like when we used to watch Lost in Space followed by Land of the Giants, then have a roast dinner.

@bobn007 Ай бұрын

I live in Wycombe, it definitely got off lightly.

@abarratt8869 Ай бұрын

Ah, the mighty Saab streaks through the countryside, survives High Wycombe. These vids are fabulous!

@adamjolley8552 Ай бұрын

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

@cullyn Ай бұрын

I also pressed the button specifically for that

@skipenguins Ай бұрын

As did I.

@tonytricks Ай бұрын

I press it before I watch it-i'm not sure that's what it's for,but you know,Jon is reliable

@JP_TaVeryMuch Ай бұрын

Nursey says that I'm not allowed buttons, so I have to make do with velcro.

@willtricks9432 Ай бұрын

Thank you Adam for your steadfast dedication to tradition, a sane man in a mad world.

@GladysGordon-zq1wr Ай бұрын

You definitely deserve more recognition for this!

@vibingwithvinyl Ай бұрын

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@samholdsworth420 Ай бұрын

51 likes lmao wtf is going on

@archstanton6102 Ай бұрын

@@samholdsworth420 People agree with the sentiment but clueless they are agreeing with a porn bot.

@samholdsworth420 Ай бұрын

@@archstanton6102 the comments never have anything to do with the video either, just generic vague comments...

@ShannonGraves-ty9vq Ай бұрын

Love your unique style, never change!

@vibingwithvinyl Ай бұрын

BOT

@andrewcrisp9391 Ай бұрын

I led to believe that the house at the beginning is the house of carry on star, Syd James. The house and the bridge also feature in chitty chitty bang bang.

@ianker7143 Ай бұрын

Bekonscot model village has the distinction of being featured (as a murder scene) in a 2009 episode of Midsomer Murders.

@mike_ctid_taylor Ай бұрын

spent ages trying to identify the murder location and third time around realised the outline of the body was painted on the floor ......

@jasonali4122 Ай бұрын

Auto Shenanigans with a bit of Time Team thrown in for good measure (Iver). Lovely. Beaconsfield Model Village looks great.

@ptonpc Ай бұрын

Going to have to add it to my road trip list.

@Ro99 Ай бұрын

I’ve been there quite a few times and I used to love being taken there by my parents when I was really little. It’s so much fun

@NickDavies75 Ай бұрын

It is! It's one of our favourite places to go, though my kids are starting to age out of it, sadly. I have fond memories of going when I was a little kid of roughly my son's age. Though oddly, the most lasting memory of the place was the Bananaman ice lollies they used to sell!

@vicky-annedealey479 Ай бұрын

Hiya thanks for popping into my home town chesham

@roomullan3050 27 күн бұрын

It’s the way you tell it that makes it interesting (and amusing) x

@seahorseproperty Ай бұрын

You finally made it to my home town, good old Wycombe! Don't live there anymore, if my friends and family weren't there I'd never go back.

@MichaelAbbott-sl2di Ай бұрын

Sunday complete. I have of course hit the button with the purpose design. Ps "pun intended" wicked sweet awesome indeed. ❤

@kubricksmith Ай бұрын

Another fascinating road journey. Thanks John!

@neilknight7626 Ай бұрын

One thing you missed when you was in Iver, Sid James's house was opposite you behind the big wall! Love your videos!very interesting ❤

@Trickydicky99 Ай бұрын

He did, Delaford Park.

@SebsTruckStop Ай бұрын

You were in Iver?!! I live in Iver 😭 Wish I’d seen you haha Edit: I also visit Beaconsfield very often haha, gf lives there and I go truck spotting at the services. Cool to see these places be featured :)

@spitfire1962 Ай бұрын

Thanks Jon. I had a good week, thanks for asking.

@garyneilson1833 Ай бұрын

Thanks John. High Wycombe was home to RAF Bomber Command HQ during the 2nd small disagreement

@SpudUNoLike Ай бұрын

It’s now home to Martin Baker, the ejector seat company who have a ‘wall of life’ full of cards from pilots who’ve had the misfortune of using their products with great effect.

@john07973 Ай бұрын

US 8th Air Force were also at HW with their HQ on Wycombe Abbey land which became RAF Daws Hill

@W2APS Ай бұрын

@@SpudUNoLikeMartin Baker is in Denham, 3 junctions south on the M40, about half an hour or so away.

@marklongman3860 3 күн бұрын

A link to H.Wycombe. - I recall back in the late 70's and early 80's at school practicing for nuclear missile strikes and subsequent fallout because we were close to NATO strike command near High Wycombe, and John you missed out the Golden ball on the mausoleum on the edge of Lord Dashwoods estate.

@stephenyates962 Ай бұрын

Sundays wouldn't be Sunday without another fwickedsweetawesome video from Jon. Iver come to Iver, and the tower sticking out of your head in Beaconsfield is just Jon being Jon. Keep up the good work 👍

@jedendwatrzy4189 17 күн бұрын

I noticed and chortled at that tower sticking out of his head, too!

@Chrispydotbe Ай бұрын

4:03 Love the mitre on your head 😂 presuming this is intentional. Great entertainment. Keep it up. 😎

@chriggle1 Ай бұрын

I thought someone would notice, I did laugh at it

@StephenBoyd21 Ай бұрын

Ahhhh, kicking around my old haunts. It was good to see that everything was still as I left it.

@rumble602 Ай бұрын

The High Wycombe fly tipping had me snorting a cheeky Sunday afternoon pastis right up and out of my nose. Cheers, and ouch.

@elelegidosf9707 23 күн бұрын

This episode had me laughing out loud, especially the shot where it looked like that tower thing was sticking out the top of your head 🤣

@MrGreatplum Ай бұрын

I’ve been to a wedding in that church in Great Missenden - very posh part of the world!

@James-gf9jl Ай бұрын

Pinewood Studios used Burnham Beeches as a film location for all manner of stuff, most recently Harry Potter. The roads were great for car chase scenes in the 60s and 70s too.

@Nuts-Bolts Ай бұрын

The other near by film location was Black Park. Burnham had the beech trees and Black Park was conifers - and sometimes fibreglass palm trees.

@chrisbardell Ай бұрын

Local towns also got used for some sequences. The old HP building in Uxbridge (Harman House?) aka the Dallas Building was often used when a modern 80s-futuristic building was needed.

@pulaold9310 9 күн бұрын

I remember being told "the best thing for High Wycombe is the dam both ends and fill it with water". I'm inclined to agree

@alexsingleton2144 Ай бұрын

Wicked sweet awesome! Can't wait to see the next installment!

@brantnuttall Ай бұрын

I love this series! See you next week (although I enjoy your Facebook page during the week)

@ianker7143 Ай бұрын

Used to go to Burnham Beeches a lot when I was a kid. There was a cafe somewhere there that had a hutch labelled 'water otter' - look close inside and all you saw was a kettle! Ha! Ha! Thought you might appreciate that 😁

@TheFunkadelicFan Ай бұрын

You know what they say, the old ones are the old ones.

@john07973 Ай бұрын

I remember that nearby was a tacky "fairground" and swimming pool

@johnlladron735 Ай бұрын

Brilliant video, as always. Thanks very much.

@Cobwobbler Ай бұрын

Road archaeology, bridge hunting, an excellent model village that I've been to, and Rohl Dahl. What an episode. Well done 👍 If this was on ITV or Dave they'd easily stretch this out for 30mins PoP...

@twocvbloke Ай бұрын

But you didn't go looking for the Biggun, there has to be a Biggun there in Iver, I hear it talked about all the time that Iver Biggun... :P

@philsteele7151 Ай бұрын

Doing a piece to camera next to a pile of fly tipping, class.

@bornach Ай бұрын

It is difficult to avoid in High Wycombe. In spite of the police warning and CCTV monitoring, if those signs are to be believed, fly tipping is everywhere in this town.

@opiejaye Ай бұрын

Ah, Wycombe. I grew up round there, and don't really miss it to be honest.

@nrahim91 Ай бұрын

I can't believe you ignored the magic roundabout of High Wycombe!

@tonybrook7768 Ай бұрын

Thanks for asking Jon, Iver had a jolly good week 😊

@raynarnslr1966 Ай бұрын

Great as always, safe travels Jon atvb.

@defender1006 Ай бұрын

Nice to see my home 'territory' so to speak as I've lived in the area all my life. There's so much more to everywhere you mentioned, but I guess that's true of anywhere you go, so just pick on high/low lights etc?!

@sandwichbar8226 Ай бұрын

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

@lollington_bear Ай бұрын

This one is a standout classic. Love it.

@AFCManUk Ай бұрын

Ah yes, Burnham Beeches. Now a popular dogging area (probably) and famous in the early 90's for a certain Geri Halliwell (Occasionally Horner) doing a model shoot and getting her norks out.

@CharityAngelSpectrum 16 күн бұрын

Fantastic Mr Fox is my favourite too 🙂

@Vtarngpb Ай бұрын

3:51

@Trickydicky99 Ай бұрын

Jon, that bridge in Iver was featured in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang where the villains attempted to steal Chitty !! You're welcome 😊

@dukeofaaghisle7324 29 күн бұрын

I like the fancy hat you were wearing when sitting on that bench in Beaconsfield.

@MikeArott Ай бұрын

I'm surprised you made no mention of Pinewood Studios (home of the James Bond movies), just north of Iver, as you drove right by it. Although, I imagine, you couldn't fly your drone too close to it, in case they confuse you for a paparazzi and shoot it down.

@DrWhoFanJ Ай бұрын

And they frequently used Burnham Beeches for forest scenes across British film and TV history.

@petelongrs Ай бұрын

Thanks John. 👋

@richardashley9108 Ай бұрын

Thanks

@AutoShenanigans Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot mate

@ptonpc Ай бұрын

What the the button specifically for liking the video? 🤔 You never tell us!

@davidsecker5161 Ай бұрын

I loved the strange hat you was wearing while sitting on that bench

@minibus9 Ай бұрын

awesome video, Fantastic Mr Fox was my favourite Roald Dahl book as well

@steveraven4028 Ай бұрын

Loving your vids, thanks. On the subject of model villages, Gt Yarmouth has one that in the 80's featured only one person of colour, he had a sack on his back marked SWAG, and was running down the street chased by a police constable!

@VkmSpouge Ай бұрын

My Gran use to take me to Beckonscot Model Village when I was a kid, it was great seeing all the model trains. Invariably I would always get something Thomas the Tank Engine related in the gift shop. High Wycombe is a tip.

@teacarradale Ай бұрын

As always Mr, the highest highlight of one's week! ❤

@jasonsykes7725 Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@wamgoc Ай бұрын

My home town!!!👏👏👏

@ulazygit Ай бұрын

Sooo close to Chalfont St Peter (where family lives), the home of Geoffrey Chaucer (in Beaconsfield) and West Wycombe (childhood memories - also shared with the model village!) … you were also so close to Tranquility House, on the Windsor Road, the elevated M40 built so close you could almost lean out the windows and touch the piers!

@peterclarke4897 12 күн бұрын

Hi John, well high Wycombe air field was used for those magnificent men and there flying machines, they had to build a replica of brooklands racing circuit at the airfield.

@JoeStudd96 Ай бұрын

Part of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was filmed on the old Iver Bridge. That big house can be seen, with Chitty driving down the old road as it was then.

@samholdsworth420 Ай бұрын

You definitely deserve more recognition for this! 🤗

@samholdsworth420 Ай бұрын

Oh you're going to get canceled now for liking Roald Dahl

@mattstreuli Ай бұрын

Heyy! I live in Iver Heath and the bridge you were on is famous. It's outside Sid James' house and appears in a few films including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

@rochellehewston9367 Ай бұрын

Another informative and entertaining video. Loved when you dropped your script between the railings on that seat Keep up the good work John and many thanks

@alanbrown8296 Ай бұрын

Well this is my part of the world to live in and well summed up. Nice escape from High Wycombe, which if one looks really closely around has some lovely old buildings that are now totally obscured by a load of rubbish. Absolute shame. Beaconsfield I like to describe as the most expensive Barratt homes estate in the country. Love the channel and the particularly dry sense of humour.

@isaacplaysbass8568 Ай бұрын

"pun absolutely intended.". Superb, More please XD

@David_Crayford Ай бұрын

That was pretty random but interesting. I liked the drone footage of the millionaires houses. This in itself could be a bit of a sight-seeing video, if only it didn't infringe on privacy.

@R6AAO Ай бұрын

Chesham Bois and the surrounding areas are stunning, with wild deer and rolling fields..

@FikuKromoUzuFajrovulpon Ай бұрын

Lovely hat you had at 4:15, quite unique 🤪

@Anonymoususer_2023 10 күн бұрын

Iver is so close to the M25 London Orbital Motorway and near to Heathrow Airport. And is where the Elizabeth Line serves Iver.

@garethhiley6388 Ай бұрын

Genuinely chortled to myself at the point after you dropped something on the floor through the bench, as I noticed you perfectly positioned the tower behind you to have a pointy hat! 👏👏👏👏

@andrewking4182 Ай бұрын

Summed up High Wycombe pretty well, with the flytipping

@alantheskinhead Ай бұрын

Chesham is an oddball place as I recall in the not so long ago days you had to change at Amersham on the Met Line and get another part of Met Line to Chesham. I seem to recall it was only a two carriage tube. Even today if you accidentally get the "Semi Fast" train be prepared for a long journey from Aldgate! Funny how High Wycombe looks quite pleasant tucked away off the M40 on a hill.

@PhilipMurphyExtra Ай бұрын

Road Journeys is always worth watching

@LucyEssex Ай бұрын

Best one yet, keep it up, makes my Sunday

@darrenaitcheson795 Ай бұрын

The Burnham Beeches Hotel used to be where the England football team stayed prior to home games. I remember being put there once because all the hotels around Slough were full (thank goodness) and bumping into Peter Beardsley & Co. while on the way to breakfast.

@darrenaitcheson795 Ай бұрын

...and my car broke down in High Wycombe a couple of weeks back on the way to the ferry in Liverpool, which meant I had to fly back to make a *second visit* to the place. I'm scarred for life.

@dougdavidson175 Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video so I clicked the button specifically for that! Take care & stay safe John.

@samholdsworth420 Ай бұрын

This button 👎🏼?

@marjon1703 Ай бұрын

WOT! No mention of all the great films, filmed in Burnham Beaches from Pinewood Studios! Carry on don't loose your head, Excalibur, Hawk the Slayer (I think) Erm, I've run out, Ooo - Merlin

@brianallen858 Ай бұрын

Well done guy ❤❤

@Jackster4505 23 күн бұрын

Great little nuggets of sarcasm, according to Wiki, 12C John the Baptist Hospital......doesn't have a helipad installed. You just got to laugh.🤣

@mojo031 Ай бұрын

Hi John, I’ve had a great week thanks hope you too. Enjoyed this as it’s my part of the world, however felt a little bit of a rush around the places than the journey - I like the journey, it’s what helps to not stop belevin’. See you next week. Thanks 👍.

@kramer26 21 күн бұрын

Another fascinating video, Jon, and some great cars in that photo of Chesham Hospital, Volvo 240 estate, Audi 80, Rover 416GSi (?) and most definitely a Mk.2 Fiesta XR2 in the background... quite the car for a staff member, must have been a consultant! I wonder if it's still around..? Unfortunately the Audi appears to have met it's demise in 2006, but strangely enough the Rover is currently SORN'd so could still be around and not disintegrated into a pile of rust like most of them.

@johnoblein4592 Ай бұрын

H.W. my place of birth and education, for a short time in the Technical School behind the Norman Ruins until relocating to a new site. Thank you for this waft of nostalgia.

@misterbridger Ай бұрын

I can't believe you visited High Wycombe and didn't mention the multi-roundabout in the town centre where the A404 meets the A40. Back in 1988/89 it was the highlight of my commute from Reading to Amersham, trying to decide which way around I should go to get through fastest.

@jonathonbrett-qn1ic Ай бұрын

Brilliant Jon A wonderful show as always Thank you

@yellowbird8690 Ай бұрын

Something you maybe interested about Beaconsfield is the diversion of the A355 to link up with a roundabout on the A40. It was works casting £80 million. They spent the first £50 million, then stop, just short of Minerva Way. This was a few years ago, when I was having a bit of fun with Google Maps satellite view, following this new road, when it strangely just stopped. Reading news articles, they had a problem of which way to go. Either go through an ancient woods; go through a school; or through a small business park of shack-like buildings. Looking at it now, they went with knocking the shacks down. One bizarre thing I saw in the view at the time; despite having a road not yet going anywhere, some one went to the bother of putting the white line down to the end. (Oh, of course, inflation.)

@mattsentertainments4430 Ай бұрын

wickedsweetawesome

@paulkrenz9593 Ай бұрын

Very Enjoyable

@AndyHullMcPenguin Ай бұрын

I've done my civic duty and clicked the "button specifically for that" and a very satisfying click it was. I highly recommend you do the same.

@NickDavies75 Ай бұрын

Love that arial shot of Bekonscot - been so many times, but that puts it into a whole new perspective.

@jasonsykes7725 Ай бұрын

smashing!!

@haggielady Ай бұрын

Thanks Jon. My Sunday is complete now.

@Janmification Ай бұрын

Burnham Beeches is the name of a rather nice Art Deco house situated in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria, Australia. Originally owned by the Nicholas family.

@hairyairey 15 күн бұрын

I know it's a thing to knock the Victorians but I'd say they did quite well with the knowledge they had. I recommend a visit to the workhouse near Nottingham, you'll be surprised how well people were looked after.