Vicki Escapes ... Portmeirion

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Vicki Escapes ... Portmeirion

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Marvel at the unparalleled delights of Portmeirion, North Wales. It’s unlike any other place Vicki has ever explored. We urge you to take a trip, although be warned you might find yourself unable to leave...
Visit Portmeirion: portmeirion.wa...
Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway: www.festrail.c...
‘Vicki Explores Theme’ and ‘All The Stations’ music by Steven Francis: / steven-francis
Theme (from ‘The Prisoner’) copyright of The Orchard Music. Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: music.apple.co...
Filmed and edited by Vicki Pipe
Additional drone footage by Geoff Marshall
Thanks also to Patreon Frances Wheare, who was erroneously missed from the support list this time.
About Vicki Explores:
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Great British Railways: 50 Things to See and Do: www.septemberp...

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@AllTheStations 4 жыл бұрын

Hello All! I was just wanted to note that I said it was the 'Welsh Highland Railway' instead of the 'Ffestiniog Railway' that crosses over the mainline at this point. Apologies for the error, I only realised later when editing and I wanted to keep the reference in to highlight the uniqueness of the line.

@LNERandBR 4 жыл бұрын

I think you need to do an 'All the Stations - Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway' episode to make up for the error 😋

@paultrussy4243 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you noticed - saved me having a jolly good rant about it! 👍😀😂

@llwyde1104 4 жыл бұрын

C'mon Vicki.....brilliant Llanfair PG in a previous video. Then a massacre of Castell Deudraeth and a dodgy Minffordd. But you have much capital in the bank after previous v good attempts!

@VickiPipe 4 жыл бұрын

Llwyd E I’m a bit out of practice for sure ... 😬

@llwyde1104 4 жыл бұрын

@@VickiPipe far far better than Geoff for sure😏Diolch.

@PoppinJay 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my, what an absolutely stunning video! I remember the original series of The Prisoner, a long time ago, and I'm astonished you're even aware of its existence. More videos soon please Vicki (& Geoff of course).

@RichardFelstead1949 4 жыл бұрын

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@RJSRdg 4 жыл бұрын

Vicki Escapes Portmeirion - Patrick McGoohan couldn't manage that!

@themightywhoosh123 4 жыл бұрын

Number 6 looks different in this one...

@thatkentishtrainguy6040 4 жыл бұрын

I knew it. Geoff has been holding her captive! 🤣

@interdec 2 жыл бұрын

Just found this this evening…amazing video…lovely production quality and lovely star too! 😄

@michaelmonn9308 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful place, thanks for sharing. Just watch out for those suspicious looking taxi drivers 🙂

@rubyait 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Monn Ha ha. I said the same! I know I have seen that guy somewhere....

@GregRobsonUK 4 жыл бұрын

🏃‍♀️⚪ Vicki is not not a number! She is a free woman!

@Fulc 4 жыл бұрын

From the start of the Prisoner pastiche I waited patiently for that shot: a silhouetted Vicki standing defiantly in the sand as if rooted there, fists clenched, screaming at the heavens, "I am NOT a number..".. and then it didn't happen! Argh, golden opportunity passed up at the end of an otherwise excellent and well-documented vid.

@gwil6100 4 жыл бұрын

Best yet, Loved this Vicki! Plus Random Taxi Man! :)

@TheNgandrew 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. I did love your Prisoner bit also. I have been to Portmeirion, but don't remember much as I was 4 at the time. You've inspired me to plan a return. Thanks.

@battmann7089 4 жыл бұрын

Vicki and Geoff are fantastic, for me they set a benchmark for quality KZfaq content. Superbly professional yet beautifully down to earth. They do this so much better than people that try similar things on TV. Wonderful stuff.

@peterb666 4 жыл бұрын

I was there in 1983 (or 1982???). I walked from Porthmadog, spent half a day there and then walked to Minffordd, caught the train to Harlech and the castle, returned by train to Prothmadog. The next day took the Ffestiniog Railway to Blaenau Ffestiniog. That was just before the station interchange between the narrow gauge and BR had been completed. Portmeirion is a wonderful and magical place - as to is the Ffestiiniog Railway.

@trbrogan 4 жыл бұрын

Very well done, except no “rover” to catch Vicki escape. The Prisoner was one of my favorite TV shows. I’m so happy the Village has not changed any.

@waltertomashefsky2682 4 жыл бұрын

Best Vicki Explores yet. I visited the village twice and even stayed at the hotel one time. And I’m old enough to remember the TV series when it aired originally. Loved it. Great place. So different. Be seeing you...

@robseybaby1 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, nearly 20 years ago, I proposed to my wife in the little shelter tucked into the woods above the 'Town Hall' that looks out, over the village. We always enjoy visiting this beautiful and interesting place.

@mediumjohnsilver 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this video. On the day I retired from my government position, I had the theme from the Prisoner as the first tune on my playlist while driving away.

@LisaMarli 4 жыл бұрын

I am not a number, I am a free fan. My biggest disappointment of the family trip to England is we couldn't get to Portmeirion. Luckily there are several KZfaq visits by fans. Frankly we were too busy visiting the Harry Potter film sites all over England and Scotland. So it isn't like we weren't doing anything fannish. (Doctor Who had not started the new filming in Wales, so that wasn't even on the radar.) Be seeing you.

@firefly24601 4 жыл бұрын

INFORMATION! Fantastic video, Vicky. That cab driver sure drove a ways from Hackney just to give you a ride!

@miked351947 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Patrick McGoohan was one of my heroes in the days of black and white tv. I visited in 1973 I didn't realise it wasn't finished until 1976. Well done Vicki, and Geoff for his cameo taxi driver role!

@ninjagoggles 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Such incredible scenery! Glad you escaped. 😄

@RichardGMoss 4 жыл бұрын

Vicki triumphs again, great video!

@Leonard_Smith 4 жыл бұрын

Ebullient, effervescent and energetic! Long may this series last!

@Karlinski73 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful place!

@the_cheese 4 жыл бұрын

What a cool village! Love these 'travelog' style videos. Be seeing you!

@bigalb1913 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent - come in number 6!! I loved The Prisoner series and you've both made a very clever video. I can see Vicki acting in a Shakespeare classic, or something! Very entertaining.

@politetoassessoriacondomin1418 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Vicki, I´m Fabio from Brazil. Love this channel.....Thanks very much darling...

@ufx808 4 жыл бұрын

....not unless I see you first. Lovely as always, thanks Vicki.

@MrLargePig 4 жыл бұрын

Loved "The Prisoner", loved this video! Thanks, Victoria!

@raymondhunt6109 4 жыл бұрын

Ray Hunt Just found you videos they are good fun, live 5 miles from Portmerion often go there for lunch.

@DavidChapmanAZ 4 жыл бұрын

I guess that makes Geoff as number 2

@VideosfromNH 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool! I was in London in the spring. Took the Underground whenever I had the chance. Did not have time to go to PortMeirion. Wish I did. You know you can kill Spot with a plastic fork. I saw it on the Simpsons.

@danielalcon3851 4 жыл бұрын

Whilst holidaying in Wales in about 1990 my wife and I decided to visit Portmeirion, but for entirely different reasons. My wife was only interested in the Portmeirion pottery factory shop which I had never heard of and when she returned to the car to leave I said “aren’t we going to visit the Italianate village which is where the Prisoner was filmed”? Much to my surprise she had never heard of either of them!!

@WhiteTiger333 4 жыл бұрын

That was delightful! :D And, yes, what a gorgeous town.

@JimWall 4 жыл бұрын

An enjoyable video. Admittedly spent part of it trying to spot where I live on the otherside of the estuary.

@tallman11282 4 жыл бұрын

I just watched the Prisoner series the other week, how fitting that you visited.

@petermostyneccleston2884 4 жыл бұрын

The Cambrian railway line, which is BR. Has the interchange for the Ffestiniog Railway at Minffordd station. To get to the Welsh Highland Railway, you will have to take the Ffestiniog railway to Portmadoc, and change for the Welsh Highland Railway, for Caernarfon.

@SamSitar 4 жыл бұрын

your escape parody was excellent.

@timdaugherty5921 4 жыл бұрын

Wish these were longer

@ChasMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Delightful indeed, and nice to have the The Prisoner backstory.

@joeseff8126 4 жыл бұрын

Totally brilliant.

@michaelXXLF 4 жыл бұрын

Ok great, now I want to go there. Awesome place!

@Bondek1996 4 жыл бұрын

As the Prisoner says in Chimes of Big Ben, "It means what it is."

@simonchaddock4274 4 жыл бұрын

It shows how old I am but as a young man I owned a Lotus 7 painted in the colours of the one driven by Patrick McGoohan in the opening title sequence. Wish I had kept it!

@HenrysAdventures 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! When Portmeirion was under construction they were offed Euston Arch but had to refuse it!

@geoffreyatherton4224 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you both back on our patch

@allansr100 4 жыл бұрын

Sooperb ! A joy to behold .

@haroldellis9721 4 жыл бұрын

I was able to visit here about 20 years ago. The Prisoner was my favorite TV show.

@w41ty 4 жыл бұрын

Be seeing you

@illusc 4 жыл бұрын

All that sand! Looks fantastic.

@user-ky6vw5up9m 4 жыл бұрын

Nice Report. Looking forward to the next one, Vicky.............”Be Seeing You”

@dgattenb 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

@Andrewjg_89 4 жыл бұрын

I do like Vicki Explores. Plus Geoff is the taxi driver. Good one. But North Wales is beautiful and so picturesque. Do keep it coming Vicki. :)

@VVellieMan 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, loved the Prisoner pastiche at the end.

@tonys1636 4 жыл бұрын

Where was the giant ball when you were running along the strand?

@CLechleitner42 4 жыл бұрын

Eating Geoff ;-)

@kbtred51 4 жыл бұрын

Geoff forgot the beach ball. Didn't know there was a board game?

@cncshrops 4 жыл бұрын

Rover!

@johnusher1921 4 жыл бұрын

@@cncshrops Yeahhh - someone remembered! 😀😀😀

@hanskniezand2049 4 жыл бұрын

The Strand. I didn't know Portmeireon is in London.

@CLechleitner42 4 жыл бұрын

Brillant (!) video and place! If only it wasn't so remote ...

@marksnow7569 4 жыл бұрын

That's not remote. THIS is remote: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebR0hKajuJ7Ucok.html

@BuzzingRocks 4 жыл бұрын

Ding dong, great video. Happy New Year 2020 🍾🥂🎊🎉🙂

@harryanderson5529 4 жыл бұрын

Be seeing you.... Simply lovely.

@charlesarnold4963 4 жыл бұрын

A really lovely presentation. It reminded me vof my own visit many years ago. I was disappointed to discover that many of the buildings were very poorly constructed and require a huge amount of maintenance. However, it is very picturesque, surreal and, of course, the home of The Prisoner. But; where the strange balloons in your recreation of the iconic TV series?!!!

@davidcollins9512 4 жыл бұрын

Many of the 'strange balloons' - the Rovers - shots were actually filmed on the sands near Greatstone - Dungeness in Kent. The Folkestone Yacht Club provided their rescue boat to recover the Rovers (actually weather balloons) as they blew out to sea. Patrick McGoohan used to hold the balloon and release it & they'd film it rolling away from him - then play the film backwards so it 'captured' the Prisoner trying to escape.

@fintytin5771 4 жыл бұрын

Lack of Rover aside - top stuff as per !! Be seeing you !!!

@johncrwarner 4 жыл бұрын

What about "Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora" which was filmed there in the 1970s - they used Portmeirion to represent an Italian city state on the verge of the Renaissance.

@nathantew946 4 жыл бұрын

John Warner I was going to point that out!

@andylinton2798 4 жыл бұрын

@@nathantew946 A couple of eps of Danger Man were also filmed there, which is what gave McGoohan the idea to use it for The Prisoner.

@MervynPartin 4 жыл бұрын

@@andylinton2798 If I remember correctly (I shall have to watch my DVD box set again to confirm), in one episode of the Prisoner, the name "John Drake" (the Danger Man) briefly appears as a typed name in a file, thus suggesting that is the Prisoner's name.

@andylinton2798 4 жыл бұрын

Mervyn Partin You do remember correctly. It shows the allegory that McGoohan was tired of doing Danger Man, so he ‘resigned’ but no-one could understand why, and he wouldn’t explain. That’s largely how TP came about.

@MervynPartin 4 жыл бұрын

@@andylinton2798 Thanks for reply. I'm glad I wasn't imagining it.

@markstott6091 2 жыл бұрын

I've been about 6 times, but only noticed on my last visit two weeks ago that the golden lion is the image of Peter Capaldi.

@hatpeach1 4 жыл бұрын

Yay. Thanks Vicki. Totally enjoyed this... even though that TV show always creeped me out.

@kittyj55 2 жыл бұрын

In today's episode of 'Geoff isn't a morning person...' 🤣

@marchampson006 4 жыл бұрын

Orange Alert Activate Rover approaching Outer Perimeter! Imminent! I loved that series great place to visit Vicki & Geoff Marc in Bletchley Towers

@theovanstaden5766 4 жыл бұрын

lol Geoff the cabbie!! Good video Vicki!

@Gary0557 4 жыл бұрын

What a delightful place!

@andrewholloway231 4 жыл бұрын

Well, Number 6, oops, sorry, Vicki, that was a great video. Really enjoyed it.

@mckenzie403 4 жыл бұрын

5:13 Vicki’s beach running skills 💯 😂

@freesaxon6835 4 жыл бұрын

Nice one, well put together, and shot. We live not far away from portmerion near Denbigh, call in next time for a cuppa

@ThatDonChannel 4 жыл бұрын

I've been to Portmeirion twice - in 1992, and again in 2004 - but both times, it was almost impossible to get a taxi to get there, and all of them in the area were booked when I tried to leave, although at the time there was a bus (that went as far as Caernarfon, I think) that stopped at the entrance twice a day. Also, both times I went, the "Green Dome" was suffering some serious rust decoloring, but I didn't notice any in the video; perhaps some work was done in time for the 50th anniversary of The Prisoner in 2017 (speaking of which, how could you not do any video from the main balcony?).

@walkingwithsteve0583 4 жыл бұрын

I can see many a coffee and tea was drunk in story boarding the shots. Geoff would have been so excited to film some of the escape......nicely done although how many times did your “cabbie” make you do the running scene on the beach to get the perfect angle. Lol. Ps very hot here in Auckland

@Brian3989 4 жыл бұрын

Contrary to popular opinion, it does not always rain in Wales! Wonderful imagination used in beautiful area. Keep exploring.

@joannegray5138 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, wonderful homage to The Prisoner - although someone could have CGI'ed an image or two of "Rover" chasing Vicki. And, where were the Mini Moke taxis?

@johnstilljohn3181 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic...!

@ZGryphon 2 жыл бұрын

I have to admit I never quite grasped the appeal of _The Prisoner,_ possibly because I was introduced to it by one of Those People. You know, the ones who demand beforehand that you love the thing they're about to show you, and then get really angry when you don't. It's one of those shows that seem to attract a lot of Those People. Pretty village, though. Kind of bizarre that it's a real place.

@gibbo9089 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing place, visited it a couple of years ago.

@jeanbonnefoy1377 4 жыл бұрын

was waiting for a big balloon or at the very least a white Mini Moke. i have to say I'm disappointed ;-)

@GoranNewsum 4 жыл бұрын

1:07 I had to pause the video, because I was laughing too much! Also, who would have thought that the taxi driver was the baddie all along!

@rubyait 4 жыл бұрын

That taxi driver looks a bit shady. Do be careful!

@gwishart 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think he's a real taxi driver, he didn't spend twenty minutes expressing his opinion on Brexit and what he 'reckons' the solution is.

@rubyait 4 жыл бұрын

gwishart Forgive me. I’m a Yank, not a Brit, and have never heard of Brexit and why would talk endlessly about it. Tell you what I will do, though. I’ll trade you one impeachment for your Brexit, even up, and then it will take them some time to switch gears, and by then both will be over. 😊

@paulyh4531 4 жыл бұрын

Lol very good so Geoff is number 2 ! 😂😂

@sr6424 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. I visited a few years ago. Just as good in real life.

@multiplio2924 4 жыл бұрын

0:49 I built and painted the wall of the Maenofferen shed there - still looking nice and smart!

@UK_Railways319 4 жыл бұрын

I went there only in August 2019 so good

@maxpayne2574 Жыл бұрын

I am so bummed that Geoff split they just seemed so good together.

@harleancarpenter8043 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the video, however dodgy the taxi driver was, lol. But agreed, couldnt you come up with some bubble type thing to chase you?

@send2gl 4 жыл бұрын

Great videos

@BarneyLeith 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@gsmith1019 4 жыл бұрын

Lift should have been in a Mini Moke!

@SammyBFilms 4 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous place! :-)

@markt1387 4 жыл бұрын

An excellent video again, but Geoff in a car? Noooo....! 😂

@Wakeful 4 жыл бұрын

Your taxi driver, Geoff - with a 'J'!

@SaturnCanuck 4 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that the map shown was all in the typeface of the TV Show. Brilliant Vicki.

@marksnow7569 4 жыл бұрын

It was basically the actual map you could buy in the Village shop

@SaturnCanuck 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Does not take away from the fact, though. :)

@andylinton2798 4 жыл бұрын

@@SaturnCanuck The font is a modified Albertus.

@SaturnCanuck 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I know

@corneliushfc4370 4 ай бұрын

My worst bourgeoisie nightmare.

@jermainelong1843 4 жыл бұрын

Did you film this at 5am or something?? Bustling with tourists when I visited in July😎

@cholten99 4 жыл бұрын

Man, that music - just... chills... No sign of Rover though :-)

@AllTheStations 4 жыл бұрын

The gift shop were selling inflatable white balloons that we considered using as a prop, but they were £35!! a little expensive ...

@laurathornton1456 4 жыл бұрын

And aren't we glad he didn't show up!

@caw25sha 4 жыл бұрын

@@AllTheStations Could you have CGI'ed one on afterwards?

@ThePlebicide 4 жыл бұрын

I think you may wish to worry if your Patron supporters are sending you to The Village.

@tomgirldouble3249 4 жыл бұрын

Great video always wanted to visit, loved the ‘Prisoner’ series. Do folk actually live there by the way? Wonder what they think of their idyllic village being portrayed as a creepy prison? Great pastiche and that driver needs a proper cap m’lady 😂💜😹

@gwishart 4 жыл бұрын

It operates as a tourist village; the only people who live there are a few staff.

@nvstewart 4 жыл бұрын

@@gwishart staff don't actually live there. Staff that work away from home have accommodation about half mile from the village itself, and there is more accommodation in a neighbouring town 3 miles away.