Hello, How the devil are you!? The M5... finally... there has been a lot of requests for this one. As the M5 is so bloody massive, there's an almost 100% chance I've missed that thing you know about. Filming took two days for this episode, you might notice the sudden change from late afternoon to early morning 😂 Anyway, thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed the video.

The M5 is a convenient place to store holidaymakers from the Midlands during the summer.

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As someone who likes driving, maps, abandoned infrastructure, aerial views of Britain, obscure historical trivia and presenters with a self-deprecating sense of humour, your content is now one of the highlights of my week. It looks like it's a full-time activity so I hope you're able to turn it into a profitable business. All the best to you, mate.

" The river Exee?" WTF is that?

Do you know that the Weston super mare junction was built unusually wide because it was planned to have a southern version of the M32

You missed something between J8 and J6. The bridges over the motorway are extra large with a wide grass strip being obvious. This is a legacy of when that part of the M5 was widened from 2 to 3 lanes in the 1980s. They used a technique called "parallel widening" where, in effect, they built a new carriageway alongside the existing ones, moved all the traffic across whilst they then widened the other carriageway. What was left was abandoned and buried ! You can see this at the secret junction you mentioned between J8 and J7 where the bridge is much wider than expected on the northbound side!

Fun M5 fact: The game Dear Esther describes a crash on the M5, and at some point you are walking along the carriageway approaching junction 19 (and the Welcome Break services).

The sliproad between J28-29 was the former access to the "Cullompton Bypass" which was one of the first parts of the M5 to be built. The B3181 is the old A38. And the correct pronunciation of Michaelwood is "Mickelwood," although that's been lost in the sands of time!

Not mention of the split high/low part?

Not a single mention of the Hi-Lo (Wynhol Viaduct) between 20 and 19. Probably the most iconic section of the M5.😢

Maybe be you could do one of the UKs shortest motorways that used to exist in the 1980s to the east of Aylesbury before becoming part of the A41 dual carriageway built in the 90s

What, hold on, the Wynol viaduct isn't worth a mention ... I'm shocked... surely one of the most bestest bits of m-way in the country... and it's got a superbly steep bridge crossing it. Can I request a separate episode dedicated to this?

It’s not the “exey” mate it’s “ex”

Jon I really do enjoy your videos, however, I realise I'm being a bit pedantic but being a pedant it comes easily!! What you referred to as Exeter SHIPPING canal is in fact the Exeter SHIP canal. What you referred to as the river EXEE is in fact just the river X. I know it's not important but you need to be told!! Keep up the good work

We have gone over the Avon bridge loads of times. If my husband was in the works van whilst it was empty and going over that bridge there are some strong cross winds there, and he would be fighting to stop it veering into the wrong lane whilst his arse took chunks out of the seat.

love it and funnily enough i came from watching mike and angelo and it was nice to hear the theme being used in something other than the show as usually its the sims music used, as a new viewer, are there any more videos on my stretch of motorway M5

Great video, here are some bits you missed, that people might find interesting.

Its odd looking back and knowing I was at that fireworks display. We were all grumbling at how long it was taking to get back onto the M5 to go home in the rain and fog. No idea how bad it was until the next day when me mam rang me up all in a tizzy.

'twixt Jn 12 and 13 the m5 was built along the path of the runway for RAF Moreton Valance, the test runway for Gloster Meteors and Javelins. It's as straight as a die... dye?