Thanks Michelle :)

I think it all depends on your frame of mind. I recall when I first needed to commute when my job was moved from Kent to central London - I detested it at first and then I got into it and realised it was almost a hour on the train I could read and listen to music. I also used lunch time to explore the local area in London

Haha brilliant 🤣

Ha ha good one 😜

Actually, the front end is called The forecastle and the back end is called the fantail...(Navy Vet)

Oh, it was a joke! Apologies, mate!

@@davedacigarguyno need to

Great info, thanks for sharing!!!

There is one in Cork ❤

Well the original building facade never fell, so the exterior of the building is still original thankfully.

Yeah the front and sides of the primark building never fell. They just had to create new floors and roof. Loved the video, very interesting and tiring.

The "original" Primark is Penney's in Dublin, the headquarters of both companies.

Cheers Scott. I'll be watching the draw with fingers crossed :D I am also looking at taking on one of your challenges, but accommodation costs are putting me off just now, and I'm 99% sure I wouldn't beat you!

If St Mirren was ever drawn against Montrose I'd be worried, as the Saints have a reputation os doing poorly against smaller teams, just like Scotland vs. San Marino, Faroe Islands, Luxembourg...

Travel for travels sake doesn't sound very environmentally friendly. In fact I'm always in two minds about watching these kinds of videos as I realyl don'twant to encourage these kinds of challenges

@@sheenamaclean8324 The Planes, Trains, Boats and Coaches would be going anyway.

And if this was to happen, I think I would need to tag along and buy you gents a beer! Love your work!

Writing all these great ideas down, thank you!

Used to love my family holdays in Wales. North Wales mostly. We did stay in Pembrokeshire once. It was a bit shit tbh.

John I went to Big Pit in '92 - remember being terrified of the lift and when they turned the torches off but I was only young haha but it was fascinating all the same. Also remember going to the Garden Festival in Ebbw Vale on the same holiday, went back to the site in '99 and couldn't believe the change :)

Big pit is a excellent day out. You won’t be able to take the camera gear under ground though

Went to the big Pit a few years ago. Worth the visit. Stayed in Cwmcarn and years ago stayed in Maesycwmmer and Gelligaer. Love Wales. Hi from Queensland.

Cheers mate! :)

@@steve-marsh Can you unsubscribe ? 😅

Everton are doomed to be the next Sheffield Wednesday. I say that as an Everton supporter.

​@@D_B_Cooper Everton are in free fall and that is down to the owner,it's actually sad seeing a club that has played in European competitions going downhill so fast👀😶

same here

Still raining there, same here! Good for all these long edits :) thanks Wanda!

Oh sorry to hear it's quite a normal experience!

@@steve-marsh haha you're okay, I'm in a wheelchair so I always get a spot 😉

Steve, amazingly with Transport for Wales, count yourself lucky it was that train you were on, they regularly use 40 year old commuter trains on that line, sometimes with 1 carriage. Complete toss of the coin, sometimes you’ll get a full blown intercity train, sometimes you get a train really not fit for purpose at all.

Thanks so much for coming along :)

Thanks so much or coming along!

It's like it constantly. So annoying.

Thanks Frank! Really appreciate it :)

Wow Tam, thank you SO much! It's funny, you can see tv stations are subtly changing their style to be more like KZfaq, I think they are running scared of the platform and its style!

@@steve-marsh I think they are more trying to learn where to cut costs from the traditional TV methods. Makes you think, most bloggers now have better kit than the BBC had in 1979 on the first Keith Floyd programme. If they gave you a show though, they'd probably make you take Joe Lycett or Michael Portillo with you everywhere.

What a great time to visit, and totally agree, it's a fantastic place!

I found Belfast a real surprise. Wasn't expecting it to be such a buzzing and friendly place, the city centre is pretty lively, there's loads going on, and I never saw any evidence of the you-know-what that Northern Ireland is infamous for. That's all kept well away in very dodgy suburbs.

@@halfbakedproductions7887 It was was buzzing when I went there in the early 90s.

Hey Rupert, hope you're recovering well!

Really wish I'd had more time to explore the ferry, great little cinema rooms etc, but I just had to sleep! :D

@@steve-marsh At least you had a nightcap . Good call !

Affordable trains being the operative word! They are crazy expensive in the UK (not sure why as continental Europe seem to have much cheaper services), if you live in Edinburgh and want to go to London it's usually cheaper and quicker to fly!

I also wish the USA had some longer distance ferries but the Jones Act, which requires that they also be built in the USA, largely rules that out.

@@erik_griswold why do you need ferries? The USA is mainly a continent on its own. I’ve been on ferries around BC to get to the islands but not aware any situations like that south of the border? UK is obvs an island, France is only 20 miles away, same with Ireland, Netherlands is an overnighter but maybe only ~150 miles

What a great tip! On this occasion I couldnt even find the source of the rattle, but I'll remember this for future travels :)

Cheers, oh it was difficult to film at that point!

Glad to hear it Lynne, thank you! :)

Thanks so much for coming along! It certainly made it interesting to try as many different modes of transport as possible, but boy was I exhausted after this one :D

@@steve-marsh Imagine that 😉

Cheers Brian!

Cheers mate, haha yes my 'work' is always tough ;)

Thanks Kate! I’ll try get on a helicopter one day just for you :D

@@steve-marsh if you get on one, I will have to watch. I won't do it happily though! I can always pause and shut my eyes if it gets too bad. I bet your adrenaline junkie sidekick would love it.

Thanks for watching a long one today Richard! Have a great weekend!

Love your city mate! Will need to film it one day :)

@@steve-marsh That would be brilliant Steve, if you ever come down would be great to meet for a pint and to show you around 👍🙂

Ahhh cheers for the info!

Unfortunately the new bus station in Cardiff will only have 14 bays, none of which will be for coaches, which, apart from the Megabus currently leave from Sophia Gardens a short distance outside the city centre. For some reason the Megabus has always left from a weird location, even before the closure of Cardiff Central Bus Station. either from the first location that Steve went to, and now from it's present location. It also used to stop outside the university on Park Place, (don't know if it still does) . I strongly suspect that the current chaotic location of bus stops spread all over the city centre will continue, as the new bus station will in no way be big enough for a city the size of Cardiff. Swansea Bus Station has something like 28 bays and even a small town like Blackwood has 9 bays in the bus station. Cardiff is a great example of how to not build a bus station that won't even be properly integrated into the railway station, though not far away, but even so, will lack any facilities for long distance coaches.

@@mzcymro Wowsers. I didn't know the coaches wouldnt be going from there. You're right 14 bays is not enough. Newports 'two stations' are 15 bays and 9 bays, but the coaches don't go from there, like the used to, because they screwed the design up

Thanks so much David! :) I was exhausted after this one to be honest, which surprised me as I was sitting down for most of it :D

Cheers! I was looking forward to sitting back and enjoying the scenery, well, when I got a seat it was nice :D

Thanks so much! I've had incredible tips for Wales and this is another, I think we'll need about 6 months there!

LOL never tell someone from Caerleon they're on the "outskirts of Newport"! There's a bit of a Salford/Stockport v Manchester situation going on there ;-)

@@michaelocyoung Yes, they’re individualists, and there’s a very different feel in Caerleon, but geography can’t be avoided. Caerleon is great and I’m very fond of it.

@@broomybank Yep me too. It's a nice walk/cycle over from Saino's and there's some good pubs - the Bell in particular.

SO glad you had fun Kerry! Oh we almost bought a wee flat in Ladybank before settling on Montrose, both beautiful places. Settle in again back home, but get planning your next trip to Scotland!

Superb Eddie, thanks so much!!!

Cheers Kieron! Definitely the best way to see public transport at work in the UK :)

Ahhh hard luck! Although I’m the same, there’s always SOMEthing 🤣

Nice! Great area, will be back!

Also Church Stretton!

What a great journey! I wish I had gone to Belfast. Liverpool is familiar to me as is Shrewsbury. Used to live there. Well worth visiting. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where I’ve not been. I really enjoy watching your journeys as I no longer can travel. Well done!

Totally agree, full of icons!

Thank Cheri, it was great to finally set foot in Wales, but the return there will be so much better :)

Ahh that would be much better!

Haha fair enough!

Cheers Bob!

My pleasure! So glad you enjoy it! Not sure I can top this scenery!

Thanks so much Tom! This was a fun challenge, but very tiring considering I was sitting down most of it :D

Thanks Glenys!

Cheers Tim! I was looking forward to a good rest after this one, until I realised how many video clips I had to trawl through :D

Thanks o much, I really appreciate it! But I need to get to your city!!!

Thanks Laura :)

Cheers David :)

Pure freedom on the bike eh! Sounds amazing

Both are well worth it.

Have a great trip! :)

I think I got unlucky with that old bus, just as well I was tired enough to sleep through a chunk of it!

Thanks so much Andy!

Totally agree, it's the only was to arrive :) Have a great time!

Thanks so much!

Wales is gonna be awesome, can't wait!

Cheers mate! I really enjoyed this one, fancy something similar again

Haha wouldn't be a UK tour without the weather eh!

Thanks so much Catherine! :)

Oh mate I was happy to have a nice cabin like that!

Cheers Ricardo :)

Hey thanks so much!

Glad to hear it! :)

Hey thanks so much for coming along on a very fun trip!

Thanks so much Beth, all the best :)

Shameful eh? But can't wait to go back for slightly longer :) And your trains comment - brilliant!

Hey thanks so much! Welcome aboard, really appreciate it!

Wow, hi!!!! :) Cheers Jonathan!

Thanks Michael!

Really appreciate it cheers!

Glad to hear it mate :)

Thanks so much for this comment and your commentary is far from worthless, it's better than mine! :)

Cheers Arron!

Thanks so much :)

Cheers Brian!

Thanks so much!

You're right Sheila, a very tiring trip despite me sitting down for most of it :D