Great British Road Journeys - Kent - Ramsgate to Dungeness Ep. 19

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25 күн бұрын

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In this episode we continue our exploration of Kent and without wanting to give too much away, Hoverport.. there's a sodding hoverport! Abandoned...of course, along with some other abandoned things like roads and sort of airports.
As for the delightful towns and people of Kent, we'll be stopping by Ramsgate, Ashford and Canterbury as well as some more interesting places "off the beaten track" if you will.
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*
Ramsgate Tunnels - www.ramsgatetunnels.org/
Canterbury Cathedral - www.canterbury-cathedral.org/
West Gate - www.canterbury.co.uk/attracti...
Ivychurch Raceway - www.invictakentautograss.co.uk/
St. Augustine's Church - www.romneymarshchurches.org.u...
Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - www.rhdr.org.uk/

Пікірлер: 484

@greenjaydee 24 күн бұрын

I genuinely have no idea why I find these videos so entertaining, but here we are. Keep them coming John!

@MichaelAbbott-sl2di 24 күн бұрын

Wicked sweet awesome 😎

@madpixie2 24 күн бұрын

Always more interesting when it's areas you know.

@peteratkins7383 24 күн бұрын

informative, funny, reliable, concise.. 👍

@FlyingDarkLord 23 күн бұрын

Same 😳

@user-bi5fh1iz6b 23 күн бұрын

Good narration is the key to any vid's longevity. I can recall getting a hovercraft from Ramsgate to Ostend, then train to Bruges, while on a 'fag' run during the mid-nineties.

@granddadmark7639 24 күн бұрын

Clock accurately telling the time twice a day 😂😂😂

@David_Crayford 24 күн бұрын

"At least twice" to be exact. Perhaps it runs on a 48 hour day?

@jono_500 24 күн бұрын

Got me rolling 😂😂😂

@ldnwholesale8552 23 күн бұрын

I have some of those as well.

@MajorT0m 21 күн бұрын

Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day. And for once I'm inclined to believe Withnail is right...we are indeed entering the arena of The Unwell..

@Eric_Hunt194 24 күн бұрын

Fun fact, Dungeness is said to be England's only desert. I can only assume that whoever compiled that very short list of "Deserts in England" had never visited Slough.

@charlesweaver8302 24 күн бұрын

I was born in Slough. Somebody has to be.

@SteveW139 24 күн бұрын

As someone who lived in Slough for many years I can tell you that one difference is that Dungeness has a great pub.

@samholdsworth420 24 күн бұрын

That's not a desert😅

@victoriawakefield6747 24 күн бұрын

lol

@robertwilloughby8050 24 күн бұрын

The Netherlands has deserts too... It's called Utrecht! No, seriously, I am guilty of repeating a Dutch joke there. There's two places that are technically desert, and one of them is just outside Utrecht, hence the joke.

@ritchiehenshaw9075 24 күн бұрын

Can confirm, Ramsgate Tunnels is a bloody good day out.

@monotonehell 24 күн бұрын

Seems more like a bloody good day in.

@alzeNL 24 күн бұрын

I would say its a good few hours out, and it very much depends on which tour guide you get :)

@VectorTracker 24 күн бұрын

@@monotonehell or day under

@monotonehell 23 күн бұрын

@@VectorTracker down under?

@madnlooney 23 күн бұрын

i agree it was a good tour

@Astrorenity 24 күн бұрын

"you'll be toileting in a ditch! But who cares?!" 😂😂😂 Absolutely love John's witty snips 😂

@jean-lucpicard5510 24 күн бұрын

Explains why our rivers are full of Shite!

@Dwagginz 24 күн бұрын

In fairness, that would probably be no different if you went to the F1.

@mooglesmodelrailways 23 күн бұрын

"At least it's on the seafront rather than a horrible river estuary, here's looking at you Gravesend" brilliant and spot on!

@dominicskelton3031 24 күн бұрын

I can't believe you skipped the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway's part in the second small disagreement. Cutest armoured train ever....

@fatman3785 24 күн бұрын

And Denge sound mirrors!

@chrisgironde6669 24 күн бұрын

@@fatman3785 and the section of mulberry harbour off littlestone

@pooooornopigeon 24 күн бұрын

@@chrisgironde6669Very appropriate as it failed to get to help D day etc with the 80th anniversary this coming week.

@pooooornopigeon 24 күн бұрын

@@fatman3785It's rare that the sound mirrors are open sadly.

@susi-emily 24 күн бұрын

And that RHDR was reopened after the second small disagreement by Laurel & Hardy. And that Captain Howey's business partner was (another racing driver) Count Louis Zborowski, the owner of the real Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car, although he was killed in a race at Monza before the New Romney site was chosen.

@DrWhoFanJ 24 күн бұрын

Everything seen in this video from 8:45 onwards can be experienced as it was in early 1971 in the _Doctor Who_ story _The Claws of Axos._ Even some of the pebbles currently on the "beach" are original BBC props brought to the location for the production and left _in situ_ ever since.

@alexanderclement928 24 күн бұрын

This is exactly what I read the comments for. So good.

@ptonpc 24 күн бұрын

Very cool :)

@brianartillery 24 күн бұрын

I was expecting to be shown the ditch that the tramp, Pigbin Josh, rides his bicycle into, when startled by the arrival of Axos in the story. But we weren't. In reality, it was stuntman Derek Ware who rode a bike into a ditch of literally freezing water for a throwaway gag shot.

@rochellehewston9367 24 күн бұрын

Love the " you can land or crash depending on your circumstances" You are funny John and your wit makes your videos so enjoyable

@johnmiller4973 24 күн бұрын

Sundays just aren't Sundays without Jon and Auto Shenanigans. Cracking episode Jon

@craigreilly2603 23 күн бұрын

"Second Small Disagreement" - gets me every time. I have started slipping that into daily conversation where i can!

@AntonHu 24 күн бұрын

No fish & chips in Ramsgate? Try Peter's Fish Factory opposite the Pavillion (Wetherspoons).

@chriszanf 24 күн бұрын

With Dungeness, all the huts there are old railway carriages that workers from the Ashford depot bought and put there as holiday homes. They would jump onto trains back up to the depot in the morning while the family stayed by the sea. They now seemingly sell for more £ per sq foot than apartments around Hyde Park!

@alzeNL 24 күн бұрын

a lot of writers and artists use the place as a 'retreat' hence the price !

@russayres5287 23 күн бұрын

Manston was built extra long and extra wide as it was the first airfield returning aircrews would pass on their way back from Germany, so was built to accommodate anything requiring an emergency / crash landing. Due to the nature of it's runway, it was also designated an emergency landing site for the shuttle programme. If NASA's shuttle ran into issues re-entrring over Europe, it would have been diverted to Manston. (It was also said to have been on the USSR primary strike target list for any nuclear exchange)

@composimmonite3918 24 күн бұрын

I grew up in Kent and I fully endorse this video.

@user-ve8fu9ti5i 24 күн бұрын

Derek Jarman lived in Prospect Cottage (a former Victorian fisherman's cottage) in Dungeonness from 1987 till his death in 1994

@Jonny_The_Organism 24 күн бұрын

Wiley fox enjoying Jon's entertainment whilst waiting patiently for the train...

@craigmccarthy5254 23 күн бұрын

I've been on the little trains to dungeness numerous times over the years. The fox is always there for the last time out

@McRocket 23 күн бұрын

The great potential with this channel is even if Jon runs out of British roads to talk about. There are roads all over the world that he could eventually discover and comment about. The host and his take on things is probably the number one reason people watch this channel. The content is probably second. ☮

@simonturner5450 24 күн бұрын

A friend of mine told me that if you gave our country an enema you would stick the pipe in Kent. He was born in Kent so I guess he would know. During the 2nd small disagreement the Romney Hythe and Dimchurch ran armoured trains with Lewis guns to defend the fuel pipeline.

@fatman3785 24 күн бұрын

Kent is the garden of England and Sheppey is the outside toilet.

@jonc133 24 күн бұрын

Did you go and see the Denge sound mirrors while you were down near Lydd? While you can only access them on certain days, they can be seen quite easily by parking up on one of the side roads, and a short walk, and I'm sure the drone would have provided some great video there.

@michaelblake8837 Күн бұрын

Well, I never knew you could get close. When I was over that way they are fenced off and you can't get closer than about 500 metres 😥

@jonc133 Күн бұрын

@@michaelblake8837 normally it is restricted access, but they are (or used to be at least) open on special days.

@dodgydruid 24 күн бұрын

My uncle "Tiny" aka Alan Craig lived alongside Manston, he was a very well known teacher and headteacher in Thanet as well as a firebrand union chap and was prob one of the largest chaps I ever seen in this life as he was immense in height and weight. He did work with me father in signalboxes but an event led him to lose his job and he went into teaching instead, I imagine he has pushed up his daisies by now as he was an elderly but still pretty tall chap when he came to me mum's funeral 20 years ago but did catch news articles with him stamping on government stuff about schools for some time after.

@IanB. 24 күн бұрын

Old hoverport carpark is where I first learnt to drive age 13, happy days

@JohnSmithShields 24 күн бұрын

I bet lots more different things were learnt there too.

@davidfuller5344 24 күн бұрын

Thank you for the vlog, Manston is the first place an aircraft can land when coming from Europe, the runway is also long enough to take the space shuttle.

@sparkidee 24 күн бұрын

Also there isn't a big nimby movement as Manston Airport is reopening. It was only a DFL who had funding from housing developers, that went to court to try and force it permanently closed but they failed miserably. I was the guy who started the whole Save Manston Airport campaign back in 2014 so am very glad the campaign grew so much and it's got another chance. Locally most people want it reopened so there is proper jobs for Thanet.

@grahamcook9289 17 күн бұрын

So it can't be long before Ryanair starts operating from Mansion and O'Leary rebrands it as Brighton International Airport. It will cleanup the gullible LGBTQQIA+ market.🤣

@SomeBritishGal1 24 күн бұрын

Fun fact: The now closed Dungeness railway station was once voted the worst station on the whole Southern Railway network, second place was Bromley North.

@bussesandtrains1218 23 күн бұрын

before it's rebuilding in the 30s may i add interesting that they were both owned by the south eastern and chatham...

@WindyJAMiller 23 күн бұрын

For clarity, this was a mainline station that closed, not sure when. However the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch narrow gauge railway station at Dungeness is a lovely station that also has an eatery.

@cb01ttr 23 күн бұрын

What came 3rd?

@tomburnham5119 21 күн бұрын

@@WindyJAMiller Closed 1937 to passengers. Standing on the site of it in almost the last shot.

@getreal7964 24 күн бұрын

The further south you go, the further south you go. Legendary Jon. 😂

@highpath4776 24 күн бұрын

Dont forget Dungeness is one of the places where longshore drift is making MORE land faster than coastal erosion is taking it away

@mrapps135 24 күн бұрын

I love Dungeness.. that is all

@andygriffith5160 23 күн бұрын

Yep, you're not alone. I love that the little buildings just seem to sprout up randomly out of the alien terrain. Are there species there that aren't found anywhere else in the world? If not, there should be.

@sandwichbar8226 24 күн бұрын

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

@samholdsworth420 24 күн бұрын

My name is Sam not Jon. And yes I did have a good week thank you very much

@PAS100170 24 күн бұрын

Funny. Walked past you videoing this in Canterbury but as it wasn't a motorway wasn't 100% sure. Would have said thanks for what you do.

@johnf5817 24 күн бұрын

Jon's done all the motorways now. So we could see him anywhere!

@59patrickw 24 күн бұрын

Ramsgate lived there Canterbury lived there Ashford lived there escaped Kent 2015 happy memories

@SuperFIFTHGEAR 24 күн бұрын

Where did you escape to?

@59patrickw 24 күн бұрын

@@SuperFIFTHGEAR the Royal Navy then West Sussex

@marktubeie07 24 күн бұрын

You really do have to listen carefully to your voiceovers, if you blink, you'll miss a gem - i.e. 06:50 _"... that still tells the time accurately at least twice a day!"_ Brilliant !! 😂😂

@dw7920 23 күн бұрын

Have spent some time wandering around the remains of the Ramsgate hoverport over the years and it's quite fun doing the old Time Team thing of trying to piece together where it all used to be. There's still a surprising amount of infrastructure remaining including the old passenger footbridge, road markings and the pads where the hovercraft would park up for maintenance. Shame Hoverspeed eventually stopped running them in 2000 as they were awesome machines. 4 jet turbines and 4 massive propellers made for quite the spectacle whether you were aboard or watching from the coast. Informative and irreverent stuff as ever - thanks Jon.

@stephenyates962 24 күн бұрын

Yet another cracking video, Jon. There's a model railway in New Romney that's worth a visit. Also, "you'll be toileting in a ditch, but who cares?" What a classic one-liner 😂

@sparkidee 24 күн бұрын

I walked the old A253 that ran beside Manston Airport back in March took some mad photos loved it. Ramsgate is my hometown, I absolutely love it. The tunnels definitely is a great day out you should try it some time I'd highly recommend it.

@ChazDude 24 күн бұрын

Believe it or not, there was a time (until about a decade ago) that buses (including double deckers) were allowed to drive through the Westgate arch. Your description of Dungeness was spot on!

@Gordanovich02 23 күн бұрын

Did the double deckers have a special roof profile like the ones built for Beverley North Bar or could regular ones limbo through?

@ChazDude 23 күн бұрын

@@Gordanovich02 Regular. It was a very tight squeeze!

@Joe-lb8qn 24 күн бұрын

3:30 How come that abandoned road is in better condition than my local, seemingly not abandoned, roads?

@matthewcoleman8267 23 күн бұрын

Dungeness is a very surreal place to visit, that secret fuel line was a new thing to me. Thanks for another insightful and entertaining video sir!

@ian9033 24 күн бұрын

nice little cheeky bit of woollarding there, top marks..

@haggielady 24 күн бұрын

Thank you John. Another Sunday ritual is smiling at whatever you get up to.

@Aengus42 18 күн бұрын

I used to work on the Hythe Military Canal. (Seabrook to West Hythe section) driving the councils weed barge. Just sbout the best job I ever had. Once you get West of Hythe it's absolutely beautiful! Dungeness (made famous by the track by Athlete "Let's go to Dungeness") has an atmosphere all of it's own! If Kent is the garden of England then Dungeness is the back gate. This from Wikipedia... "In the 1980s, Derek Jarman, an English film-maker and artist bought a fisherman's cottage in Dungeness, Kent, and created a unique garden." Still maintained today it's well worth a visit just for the atmosphere of the place...

@Underwatergoat1 7 күн бұрын

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

@gregvideo07 24 күн бұрын

Another excellent video. While you were in Ramsgate I am hoping you made another video on the Ramsgate port road tunnel. A huge tunnel opened at almost the same time the port closed down and now largely useless ! Would make a perfect subject of one of your videos . Keep up the great work 😊

@shardlake 24 күн бұрын

Lovely route on a motorbike on a hot day (rare!) lovely and cool, can be done via car but can find the barrier down at the marina end.

@WolfSchouten 24 күн бұрын

Manston Airport once had the name Kent International Airport which had passenger service. For an internship in New Romney I was able to fly from Amsterdam to Kent directly. Fun times!

@sarkybugger5009 24 күн бұрын

My Mum and Dad frequently flew from Manston to Edinburgh to visit friends, sometimes for only a pound. Probably explains why it didn't survive. It was very handy, as we are all in east Kent, and it saved fannying about driving to Gatwick or Stanstead. That is one of the longest runways in the country, and it could handle the largest planes. Lots of large freight planes used to use it.

@johnmoruzzi7236 24 күн бұрын

On the 60s on there was an airline flying cars across the channel from Manston using "Carvair" (Car via air) freighters... as seen in Goldfinger...

@sparkidee 24 күн бұрын

This will be coming back with passenger flights a few years after the cargo side of things is rolled out. Fun times ahead again :)

@Gordanovich02 23 күн бұрын

It was also briefly known as London Manston Airport. Alas, even Ryanair thought that a bit bloody audacious.

@greentravels2850 23 күн бұрын

My immediate thought when hearing the tourist attraction narrow-gauge railway was shut down in 1965 was "Beeching axed that line too?!?!". 😀 Made more sense when you finished the sentence.

@paulketchupwitheverything767 24 күн бұрын

I like the whole area around Dungeness, New Romney, Rye and Appledore. A lot of the area was part of the sea up to a few hundred years ago and it feels relatively quiet and peaceful (and flat) for south east England. Rye can be a bit touristy but is worth a visit and was once an important port. My first time in a 'plane was from the old Lydd airport where the family car was loaded into the front of an air ferry and we were flown across the Channel to Le Touquet.

@dungbetel 24 күн бұрын

Took that flight many times on the old Bristol Freighters. Grass airstrip in th early days if I remember correctly. Noisy old beasts, but did the job.

@Blade_Daddy 24 күн бұрын

I lived in Margate as a child. My mother often had to go to Canterbury for doctor visits. We we down the old Roman road in our old Morris Minor. My dad was stationed at Manston RAF. This was back in the early 50s. Thanks for the memories!

@composimmonite3918 24 күн бұрын

We we down, did you?

@pooooornopigeon 24 күн бұрын

@@composimmonite3918I bet you're a hoot at parties.

@daviemaclean61 24 күн бұрын

Apparently, during the second small disagreement, a German dive bomber was attacking the RH&D. However, though their maps showed it was a railway line, it didn't mention it was miniature, and going by the scale of what the pilot saw they didn't pull out of their dive quickly enough and crashed!

@nickolasreeks4743 23 күн бұрын

Achtung, you can't park your Stuka there mate........

@raynarnslr1966 24 күн бұрын

Sunday episode of Auto Shenanigans, thanks again Jon. Hope you're well, safe travels atvb.

@ElDJReturn 23 күн бұрын

Loved the shot of the Fox!

@Froobyone 23 күн бұрын

Great episode. As a child I lived in East Sussex and I remember being taken to the RH&D Railway. It blew my tiny 7 year old mind. It was the first railway I'd seen that was my scale.

@hubertbreidenbach 24 күн бұрын

Dungeness is located between Dungeon R and Dungeon T, and a former RNLI lookout station has been converted to a 2 bedroom holiday rental. The miniature railway is bonkers and fun.

@teejayy2130 23 күн бұрын

I was convinced that the sea would creep up behind you in tb6e introduction, and you would get wet feet😊

@JamesMinchew 23 күн бұрын

Top class wollarding on the stone bench at the beginning.😎

@pjweds 23 күн бұрын

I noticed that too...

@brianartillery 24 күн бұрын

In the 1950's and '60s, you could go to Lydd airport, and drive your car in to a monstrous aircraft called a Bristol Superfreighter, and fly across the channel to, I believe, Le Touquet. In the novel of 'Goldfinger' James Bond follows Goldfinger and Oddjob in their Rolls Royce, and finds them about to depart. He gets the Customs to distract them whilst he puts a homing device on the car. Ian Fleming lived at St Margaret's for a while, and knew Kent well. Goldfinger has a small factory near Reculver, and Hugo Drax' 'Moonraker' project is based near St Margaret's. Yes. The novel of Moonraker is set mostly in Kent.

@officialmcdeath 23 күн бұрын

There was also a Dan-Air service to Beauvais, part of a London-Paris route involving coach travel at each end \m/

@lefthandedspanner 24 күн бұрын

Romney Marsh is a truly extraordinary place, like a bit of the American Great Plains transplanted to south-eastern England and Kent as a whole is nothing if not varied - the "garden of England" part is mainly in the centre, but if you head out to the west it's hilly and full of dense woodland, and it gets very steep and craggy in the east round Folkestone and Dover

@MrProach2 24 күн бұрын

Great video, John! Thanks for mentioning Manston Airfield (one of only three with the "triple-width" runway that you mentioned). As I've said before, a series by you dedicated to what's happened to those WWII airfields that have a direct connection to modern motorways would make good reading. A pity you weren't able to visit the "listening ears" near Dungeness, but it's RSPB land now and only open on special days.

@dodgydruid 24 күн бұрын

Hehe remember terrorising the locals in many a village pub back when did my "tin city" in Lydd army camp, we did our bit for England trying to increase the population whilst getting barred from just about all the pubs for silly things like chucking blokes through windows and well being typical drunken squaddies, used to be an excellent narrow gauge railway on Lydd camp we used at every opportunity.

@highpath4776 24 күн бұрын

Bring Back National Service.

@sarkybugger5009 24 күн бұрын

@@highpath4776 Where else have I heard that recently? 😁

@pooooornopigeon 24 күн бұрын

What year did you do tin city ? I did it in the early 80's

@chrisgironde6669 24 күн бұрын

Great seeing the RH&DR Used to go down to my grans in Greatstone as a kid 50 years ago and go on the railway

@andrewjones-productions 24 күн бұрын

I just had to look up the etymology of Dungeness. This is what Wikipedia has to say: "Dungeness's name means "the headland at Denge", referring to nearby Denge Marsh. The marsh is first mentioned in 774 as Dengemersc. Its name may mean "marsh of the pasture district", from Old English denn *gē mersc, or else "marsh with manured land", from Old English dyncge mersc." Nevertheless, as Jon said, it still has 'dung' in its name and that seems to be very factual! Of course, Jon had already done his research and that's how he likely and cleverly came up with his witty remark, making pillocks like myself go and look it up.

@elelegidosf9707 24 күн бұрын

To be honest, John's totally true and not made up at all explanation of the origin of the name of the town of Wetwang was a little more convincing!

@roomullan3050 14 күн бұрын

I watch all your videos with a smirk on my face 🤣🤣

@dodgydruid 24 күн бұрын

One of my fondest memories of Ashford was one Xmas in the 70's, at the railwayman's club we had a party and no less than Sir Peter Parker dressed up as Santa giving out pressies... Kid brother ruined the atmos when he didn't like his 1974 Football annual and wanted my Star Trek annual and cribbed and kicked off until my Star Trek annual was taken from my resisting hands... ruined Xmas all the way that did...

@brianartillery 24 күн бұрын

What issue of the 1970's comic book was Spiderman knighted? I must have missed that one.

@90vanman 23 күн бұрын

Hi, is it me, or does anyone else recall the Hoverlloyd 'landing pad' originally being in Ramsgate harbour before it was developed into the VW depot and the ferry terminal. I have been visiting Ramsgate for 65 odd years, and it has been comprehensively buggered in that time. Also remember the cliff lifts to avoid the stairs, lastly the motorcycle sprints along the esplanade

@paulappleyard2826 21 күн бұрын

I was wondering when somebody would mention this in the comments! You are indeed correct, HoverLloyd ran a foot passenger only service for a while from Ramsgate harbour, just next to the clock house, making Ramsgate harbour the worlds first International Hoverport! The pad is still there today!

@andrewmullen4003 24 күн бұрын

Brilliant John, best one yet, the humour is constant with this one!!

@LeeCorne 24 күн бұрын

Heading back to last week's episode for my old stomping ground of Dartford and Gravesend

@roderickmain9697 24 күн бұрын

If I remember correctly, Dungeness was "created" by some ferocious storm in the 15th/16th century (??). The Fishermen of Lydd went to sleep (possibly) only to wake up and find several miles of shingle preventing them getting their boats out. Some of the area was clearly (salt)marshland prior to that probably making it easy for the shingle to build up. The RH&DR is a fascinating little railway and had some interesting celebrity visitors - like Laurel and Hardy.

@David_Crayford 24 күн бұрын

Variety of different flavours and textures. Just like a good meal. The Good The Bad and The Ugly was a nice touch. The more I watch, the more I realise I don't know my own country.

@darylslinn5704 12 күн бұрын

I love the area around the Romney Marshes and Dungeness.

@AbandonedCityCamoCrewExplorers 24 күн бұрын

Said this for last few weeks now you keep going to places we been to week before the vids go up ,got bump into to you soon somewhere . hahah keep them coming ,we watch all ya stuff

@twocvbloke 24 күн бұрын

Given the state of water companies these days, toileting in a ditch is an improvement... :P

@Retropassionuk 12 күн бұрын

Glad you covered this as I live a couple of miles away from Manston (near Ramsgate) and remember the work starting around 1998 from Monkton Roundabout. The old road is now a farm track. and where McDonolds is now there was a petrol garage opposite with a old bus converted to a cafe lol fun times! New Romney my Nan lived there and my uncle was involved with the construction of the Dungeness Power Station. So a great video!

@grahamcook9289 18 күн бұрын

Ramsgate pier, or harbour arm, does house a brasserie at the end of it that does very good fish and chips. At the landward side of the harbour arm is Peters Fish Bar, which in my option provides excellent fish & Chips to either take-away or sit down. The Wetherspoons is also housed in a fine old building with great views of the main sands, harbour and town from the upper outdoor terrace. The only down side is being attacked by the flying rats, otherwise known as seagulls. Ramsgate was also home to the mad dutch guy with a brush who cut his ear off, the architect Pugin and Karl M's daughter.

@Elsie-uy2kl 24 күн бұрын

I love these videos and find them very interesting. Yes I am being serious for a change. 😃👍

@rollinwithunclepete824 23 күн бұрын

I wonder if the local authorities dread seeing Jon's Saab drive through town because they know they'll get such grief from him in the weekly video.

@kevincorby435 24 күн бұрын

Nice to see my old stomping ground. Will be around the area later in the month. The old Hoverport was the Police operation centre during the 84/85 dispute. Many an hour spent there.

@edwardhammock24 12 күн бұрын

Another fwicked sweet awesome vid. One of the funniest for a while.

@jean-paul7251 24 күн бұрын

That Pluto pumping station used to be the local church 🙏🙏

@alzeNL 24 күн бұрын

takes 'baptisim by fire' to a new level...

@TheKingpleb 22 күн бұрын

Thank you, I love all these random things around the country we can visit that we never know about!

@mikenco 22 күн бұрын

My part of the World. There was several things in this vid I'd never heard of, interesting!

@emmo999 24 күн бұрын

The orange train you can see at 6:48 I drove out of that siding last night, to work in Sevenoaks!

@DigininjaRobin 19 күн бұрын

For some reason I always thought Dungeness was in Scotland, always learning with this channel.

@howardsportugal 19 күн бұрын

Those hovercraft were wonderful machines but their effect on the digestive tract was equivalent to 7 pints of Stella, three Jagermeisters, a bad Kebab & an interview with Jade Goody.

@chrisblay 24 күн бұрын

🦊 Fox on the railway line.

@Eric_Hunt194 24 күн бұрын

*Fox not to scale 🤣

@bryan3550 24 күн бұрын

And surely you'll yet find the most important of Kent's Gardens: those of the Hop variety? A British Staple, young Jon..!

@kevinm3586 24 күн бұрын

Good luck with that. When I was a kid the Medway Valley was full of hop fields, now only a few specialist farmers grow them on a vanishingly small scale. Portillo mentioned it on one of his trips. Even the orchards are being grubbed up as unprofitable and in their place we're getting identikit housing estates swamping every village. Realistically, Kent probably stopped being "The Garden of England" in all but name about 50-60 years ago and it was only ever really a marketing phrase by the railways anyway. More like "Allotments of Albion" now. As for Ashford most of the new housing builds were bought up by an ex-teacher (locally known as "Fergus the Bogeyman") and his wife. He's the subject of restraining orders by the council and was prevented from running in one local election because of a conviction for violence.

@PaulForeman-indievisuals 23 күн бұрын

@@kevinm3586interesting as I’ve been running out to Kent for years during different parts of the seasons to get apples, berries and cherries and variety of wine from multiple, award winning vineyards and some pretty decent Kent cider…. All that area has plenty of green fields and back lanes. So I guess its where you look.

@toad2001 24 күн бұрын

I hope while you were in Dungeness you had fish and chips in The Pilot 😋

@sarkybugger5009 24 күн бұрын

It's required by local bye-law.

@brianpitblado8041 24 күн бұрын

Every time I've been to Dungeness I've been forced to visit The Pilot ( by the delicious fish & chips)

@flamepillarrengoku 20 күн бұрын

If your looking for the Garden of England vibe, head out a few miles west of Ashford, and you will find vineyards everywhere around

@tb77677 18 күн бұрын

these just keep getting better!

@andrewofford1533 24 күн бұрын

In the '70's, when on a School trip, we went up the Light House , shown @ 9.37. At the top, I dropped an Orange over the edge, it didnt survive the drop......

@DM-ur8vc 24 күн бұрын

Oompa Loompacide.

@chrisgironde6669 24 күн бұрын

You were the bar steward who dropped it then ? It landed on my head

@susi-emily 24 күн бұрын

When I went there on a school trip, a boy threw something over the edge at the top. He got spotted by a teacher and, as legend goes, got the cane when we got back to school. He was also called Andrew, but this was the 80s, and apparently he is dead now......not from the caning.

@andrewofford1533 24 күн бұрын

@@susi-emily It was 1977, when i went there. It was with Springfield School, in Sunbury.

@alzeNL 24 күн бұрын

My great-grand parents are resident in St Augstine church graveyard, so lovely to see it one of your clips, and thanks for popping in to see it.

@axelBr1 24 күн бұрын

Ramsgate Hovercraft terminal and riding on the R H & D R, blast from the past.

@composimmonite3918 24 күн бұрын

Pegwell Bay Hoverport, not really Ramsgate.

@axelBr1 24 күн бұрын

@@composimmonite3918 Thanks, it was a long time ago, but Pegwell Bay sounds familiar.

@KimberlyMartin-bg8ji 24 күн бұрын

Always entertained by your content, it's awesome!

@douglasvick9703 24 күн бұрын

Crossed The Channel many times from Ramsgate when The Freight Ferry was sailing.....Waiting was a pleasure....Why????.A Good Chippy nearby.!!!!

@SubPablum 24 күн бұрын

That extra wide airport has to have a sign saying "Free Crashing", that's just too good.

@crazyleyland5106 22 күн бұрын

Margate has piers of stone, but it used to have a pleasure pier called The Jetty. Outside the Ramsgate Tunnels, up on a pole is an air raid siren. You can see it in the video. It is sounded from time to time to commemorate anniversaries of the 2 Small Disagreements.

@michaelbirch8666 22 күн бұрын

Garden of England to west of Ashford; around Smarden, Pluckley etc.... it's also "Darling Buds of May" country. Great video. Thanks.

@JimmiCottam 23 күн бұрын

As someone who live in Ashford, the "Ashford... Yeeaahh" accurately sums it up

@NickKirk-ei8gu 23 күн бұрын

It's a shame you missed the great seaside town of Deal with it's pier and three castles, well two and a big flower bed now, great little town well worth a visit. All the best to all, 👍.

@alexanderclement928 24 күн бұрын

Another belter, thank you, Jon.

@simonbarnes5776 24 күн бұрын

Another great video. Thanks!

@tucker9162 24 күн бұрын

Thanks Jon

@timdench2583 23 күн бұрын

Great episode Jon. At Lydd there’s the ‘Denge sound mirrors’. Essentially massive concave bowls which were used during the small disagreement to listen for enemy aircraft. There’s also the ‘chain home’ radar system made famous of courts in the ‘Battle of Britain’ film. I’m not sure if any of it still exists to visit, but worth a mention nonetheless the less