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[Radio Traffic Report]
Hi, we've already done three videos about driving in the UK, hints and tips
for visitors but today we're going to combine that with the reason why you
should rent a car when you come to the UK and get out of London. We're gonna
drive down the motorway and do a little Welsh road trip wel. We're
gonna drive down the M4 to Tenby in West Wales. We're gonna show some of the
roads some of the villages then we're gonna do a bit abot why you should get off
the motorway and explore. So by the way Mel's driving for the first part, so let's go.
OK Mel, happy to be driving. Don't criticize me!
So let's join the motorway.
The road signs on the motorway are all blue so now we're heading west on the M4.
Towards Swansea on the South Wales coast. Swansea Bay in the background. So that's
a transit van, that's what all workmen drive in the UK, white transit vans.
You're doing very well!
Those brown signs - tourist information signs.
Port Talbot it's a really industrial town what it's famous for? Famous
actors. Richard Burton lived up the valley.
Anthony Hopkins and most recently is Michael Sheen.
See the cameras coming up on this yellow gantry. The numbers in black
they're just numbered junctions, it doesn't indicate any distance.
In London there's Junction one, two, three, four five and so on
as in most countries you have to wear your seat belt in the front and in the
back, in their 70s Jimmy Savile used to advertise the safety information film.
Clunk Clink every trip ironically one of the most dangerous men in Britain
advertised safety.
This is a sign for a service station where you can get pasties
overpriced petrol an overpriced coffee-- and dirty toilets. So this sign coming up
on the left means end of motorway a little motorway picture with a red line through it.
"transformers"
"robots in disguise"
So these things on the left three bars two bars one bar
as 300 yards
200 yards 100 yards to the junction or the roundabout in this case. So this is
the end and we stopped at a service station because I'm gonna take over
driving. Look at the price of that petrol 150 that's a litre by the way not a gallon.
[Radio Traffic Report]
The dreaded roundabouts, if you go
straight on stay in the left-hand lane, but on
busier junctions like this one it tells you what lane to be in. You can see this
sign coming up so if we are going straight on.
To Carmarthen, it's the outer two lanes and if you are going left its the inner lane.
Tells you on the floor as well yeah on the road so that's useful for the busy
roundabouts, they do tell you what lanes to be in.
So we're in the middle lane A48 West
A48 West, by the way you can tell, A48 West
We've come off the motorways ended now but now we are on the main road.
That's why the sign are no longer blue but green.
Browns Hotel thats a famous hotel yeah Dylan n Thomas used
to get drunk in the Browns hotel, actually used to get drunk in most
hotels. Yes so this is one of the reasons to get off the motorway if you're not in
a hurry and explore Wales and the rest of Britain.
This is Laugharne Uphere on the left is Browns Hotel
There's a picture on the side.
So now we're in Laugharne in Carmarthenshire. This was where Dylan Thomas used to live.
His boathouse is just five minutes walk down the path there and behind
That's Laugharne Castle and it started to rain but anyway we've got a video on this, a
separate video check that out link below!
You frightened me!
Gave me a heart attack, any quotes by Dylan Thomas 'black black
black black black this of the black" I'll have another beer, probably right.
We're in Pendine on the way to Tenby and we're at the beach Pendine Sands and this
was really famous for early speed record attempts. When the tide goes out, there is a
really long stretch of beach and they used to use that for the speed attempts the
famous one was Babs wasn't it. It crashed and and they buried it in the
sand , they dug it up and restored the car, they're actually building a new
museum there. I think that will be the centerpiece for the Museum.
Quite a few speed records were set here on this hard compacted sand.
So we're coming into Saundersfoot.
Haven't been to Saundersfoot for a long time.
It's a very small little town not far from Tenby and basically it's like one
main road, would you say I'm correct, right by the sea. The rain in
Wales! There it is, the Welsh for Tenby.
Dinbych Y Pyscod
So that was our Welsh road trip to Tenby in West Wales, hope you
enjoyed it. I hope you saw some of the roads you may encounter on the way and
also when you get there the beautiful seaside town Tenby.
Do you like it yeah. It is one of our favorite places okay yeah especially in
the winter ,when the weather may not be up to much but look, quiet beaches anyway.
We'll see you next time. From Marcus and Mellissa that's bye from us!