Johnny Hoover
@johnnyhoover.bsky.social
I travel on trains, and buses, and ferries, and sometimes in planes too. I make YouTube videos about those trips, and I'd love you to watch them.
https://youtube.com/johnnyhoovertravels
https://youtube.com/johnnyhoovertravels
Been up in Scotland messing about on CalMacs and buses. It's been excellent!
January 20, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Been up in Scotland messing about on CalMacs and buses. It's been excellent!
Chuffed to see my photo on the front cover of the latest Guide to Train services booklet for the Coast, Lakes, Dales & Fells!
A very useful booklet to have while travelling the north west of England by train!
Who can guess the photo location?
A very useful booklet to have while travelling the north west of England by train!
Who can guess the photo location?
January 20, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Rob's just watched them. And here's his link to the playlist where you can now see all 7 videos. You might need a tea break along the way... 😉
I've just finished watching the LEJOG by bus series by @johnnyhoover.bsky.social . It's a long watch, but it's worth it, so do go and check it out!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
January 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Rob's just watched them. And here's his link to the playlist where you can now see all 7 videos. You might need a tea break along the way... 😉
Reposted by Johnny Hoover
Over on Johnnys YouTube channel the final day of #LEJOGbyBus is now released! Please do check it out!
youtu.be/sc7-dt3RIEo?...
My thanks to Johnny for coming along and making these great videos! Here’s to myself, Johnny & Marks next trip!
@letsmakeatrip.bsky.social
@johnnyhoover.bsky.social
youtu.be/sc7-dt3RIEo?...
My thanks to Johnny for coming along and making these great videos! Here’s to myself, Johnny & Marks next trip!
@letsmakeatrip.bsky.social
@johnnyhoover.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Over on Johnnys YouTube channel the final day of #LEJOGbyBus is now released! Please do check it out!
youtu.be/sc7-dt3RIEo?...
My thanks to Johnny for coming along and making these great videos! Here’s to myself, Johnny & Marks next trip!
@letsmakeatrip.bsky.social
@johnnyhoover.bsky.social
youtu.be/sc7-dt3RIEo?...
My thanks to Johnny for coming along and making these great videos! Here’s to myself, Johnny & Marks next trip!
@letsmakeatrip.bsky.social
@johnnyhoover.bsky.social
well that's it! with today's video @everylaststation.bsky.social and I finally make it into John O'Groats after riding, well, quite a lot of buses.
Thanks so much to Stu for planning this and letting me tag along. It was an absolute pleasure from start to finish.
youtu.be/sc7-dt3RIEo?...
Thanks so much to Stu for planning this and letting me tag along. It was an absolute pleasure from start to finish.
youtu.be/sc7-dt3RIEo?...
Land's End to John O'Groats BY BUS Day 11 - Today, it finally ends!
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
well that's it! with today's video @everylaststation.bsky.social and I finally make it into John O'Groats after riding, well, quite a lot of buses.
Thanks so much to Stu for planning this and letting me tag along. It was an absolute pleasure from start to finish.
youtu.be/sc7-dt3RIEo?...
Thanks so much to Stu for planning this and letting me tag along. It was an absolute pleasure from start to finish.
youtu.be/sc7-dt3RIEo?...
This week started with release of Day 9 of LEJOG by Bus, as Stu and John make a detour to the highest station in the UK! Days 10 and 11 will come on Weds and Fri
youtu.be/35JLF99H8VI
youtu.be/35JLF99H8VI
Land's End to John O'Groats BY BUS Day 9 - Let's go up a mountain!
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This week started with release of Day 9 of LEJOG by Bus, as Stu and John make a detour to the highest station in the UK! Days 10 and 11 will come on Weds and Fri
youtu.be/35JLF99H8VI
youtu.be/35JLF99H8VI
Quiet day? Feet up? Then catch up with Stu and John as they undertake a daft challenge of going from Lands End to John OGroats by BUS!
Land's End to John O'Groats BY BUS! Here's how it all started, with Days 1 to 5
youtu.be/94shIFg2QOY
Land's End to John O'Groats BY BUS! Here's how it all started, with Days 1 to 5
youtu.be/94shIFg2QOY
Land's End to John O'Groats BY BUS! Here's how it all started, with Days 1 to 5
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Quiet day? Feet up? Then catch up with Stu and John as they undertake a daft challenge of going from Lands End to John OGroats by BUS!
Land's End to John O'Groats BY BUS! Here's how it all started, with Days 1 to 5
youtu.be/94shIFg2QOY
Land's End to John O'Groats BY BUS! Here's how it all started, with Days 1 to 5
youtu.be/94shIFg2QOY
It really was great tagging along!
Remember in the summer I took on Lands End to John O'Groats by bus?
Good news - My pal Johnny who was with me for most of the trip, filmed a video! Or rather a whole mini series!
Yesterday, @johnnyhoover.bsky.social released the first video of seven!
Enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=94sh...
Good news - My pal Johnny who was with me for most of the trip, filmed a video! Or rather a whole mini series!
Yesterday, @johnnyhoover.bsky.social released the first video of seven!
Enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=94sh...
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It really was great tagging along!
Stu @everylaststation.bsky.social loves a bus ride and so is going from Land's End to John O'Groats by just using service buses. No trains. No coaches. Just buses.
I provided support at the start, but it's from Day 5 that I really start to properly tag along.
youtu.be/94shIFg2QOY?...
I provided support at the start, but it's from Day 5 that I really start to properly tag along.
youtu.be/94shIFg2QOY?...
Land's End to John O'Groats BY BUS! Here's how it all started, with Days 1 to 5
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Stu @everylaststation.bsky.social loves a bus ride and so is going from Land's End to John O'Groats by just using service buses. No trains. No coaches. Just buses.
I provided support at the start, but it's from Day 5 that I really start to properly tag along.
youtu.be/94shIFg2QOY?...
I provided support at the start, but it's from Day 5 that I really start to properly tag along.
youtu.be/94shIFg2QOY?...
Well today I did it. Ticked off the Bernina Pass, and it was fabulous! Got out on the 06:58 so I could savour the trip with decent stops at St Moritz and Alp Grüm. Dodged the crowds on the panorama trains too !
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Well today I did it. Ticked off the Bernina Pass, and it was fabulous! Got out on the 06:58 so I could savour the trip with decent stops at St Moritz and Alp Grüm. Dodged the crowds on the panorama trains too !
Went around Lake Konstanz today. Highlight has to be the Zeppelin museum at Friedrichshafen. Marvellous.
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Went around Lake Konstanz today. Highlight has to be the Zeppelin museum at Friedrichshafen. Marvellous.
I have to be in Paris and so I thought I'd give Flixbus another try. It is certainly worth a try, given that the ticket will cost me under twenty quid!
Mind you, is that a good use of my time or should I be using a different route from London to Paris?
youtu.be/BH7TGnUf6Ho
Mind you, is that a good use of my time or should I be using a different route from London to Paris?
youtu.be/BH7TGnUf6Ho
Flixbus: London to Paris with the budget coach company
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I have to be in Paris and so I thought I'd give Flixbus another try. It is certainly worth a try, given that the ticket will cost me under twenty quid!
Mind you, is that a good use of my time or should I be using a different route from London to Paris?
youtu.be/BH7TGnUf6Ho
Mind you, is that a good use of my time or should I be using a different route from London to Paris?
youtu.be/BH7TGnUf6Ho
Before a new video comes out at 11:00 today, there's still time to catch up on last week's release where I took a run down the Esk Valley line from Middlesbrough to Whitby
youtu.be/r0rz52DhPzM
youtu.be/r0rz52DhPzM
Middlesbrough to Whitby on the BEAUTIFUL Esk Valley Line
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Before a new video comes out at 11:00 today, there's still time to catch up on last week's release where I took a run down the Esk Valley line from Middlesbrough to Whitby
youtu.be/r0rz52DhPzM
youtu.be/r0rz52DhPzM
Let's discover the Riviera Line from Exeter to Paignton. It was opened in 1846 as an atmospheric railway where a train drops a piston into a tube between the rails and a pumping station a few miles ahead sucks it along!
But after a year, they switched to steam locos...
youtu.be/XWf4stmAsV0?...
But after a year, they switched to steam locos...
youtu.be/XWf4stmAsV0?...
Every station from Exeter to Paignton | The "atmospheric" Riviera Line
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Let's discover the Riviera Line from Exeter to Paignton. It was opened in 1846 as an atmospheric railway where a train drops a piston into a tube between the rails and a pumping station a few miles ahead sucks it along!
But after a year, they switched to steam locos...
youtu.be/XWf4stmAsV0?...
But after a year, they switched to steam locos...
youtu.be/XWf4stmAsV0?...
Scotland to Devon the next day. How about the Caledonian Sleeper from Inverness to London and a morning train to Devon. Except... I've decided I can rough it for one night in one of the seats. But can I?
The Caledonian (will I get any sleep) Sleeper from Inverness to London!
youtu.be/I1r_pk-jTQk
The Caledonian (will I get any sleep) Sleeper from Inverness to London!
youtu.be/I1r_pk-jTQk
Can you sleep in a seat? Inverness to London on the Caledonian Sleeper... In a seat!
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Scotland to Devon the next day. How about the Caledonian Sleeper from Inverness to London and a morning train to Devon. Except... I've decided I can rough it for one night in one of the seats. But can I?
The Caledonian (will I get any sleep) Sleeper from Inverness to London!
youtu.be/I1r_pk-jTQk
The Caledonian (will I get any sleep) Sleeper from Inverness to London!
youtu.be/I1r_pk-jTQk
Over on YouTube you can now check out my highland ride from Thurso to Inverness with ember. This new entrant to the Scottish coach market is trying to be a disruptor by using both all-electric buses and also simplifying the pricing model.
But what is it actually like?
youtu.be/lF1N5lXX6rk?...
But what is it actually like?
youtu.be/lF1N5lXX6rk?...
Thurso to Inverness with ember in one of their all-electric buses.
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Over on YouTube you can now check out my highland ride from Thurso to Inverness with ember. This new entrant to the Scottish coach market is trying to be a disruptor by using both all-electric buses and also simplifying the pricing model.
But what is it actually like?
youtu.be/lF1N5lXX6rk?...
But what is it actually like?
youtu.be/lF1N5lXX6rk?...
Turns out it was quite a pleasant journey. May have even managed 5 hours sleep! Yes, would do it again. But only on the homeward leg.
September 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Turns out it was quite a pleasant journey. May have even managed 5 hours sleep! Yes, would do it again. But only on the homeward leg.
The end of #LEJOGbyBus with @everylaststation.bsky.social and @letsmakeatrip.bsky.social . Now to head to London this one...
...in a seat 😬
...in a seat 😬
September 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The end of #LEJOGbyBus with @everylaststation.bsky.social and @letsmakeatrip.bsky.social . Now to head to London this one...
...in a seat 😬
...in a seat 😬
Great to stay with @timstravels.bsky.social at Tain. Thanks!
Now onwards with @everylaststation.bsky.social on #LEJOGbyBus
Now onwards with @everylaststation.bsky.social on #LEJOGbyBus
September 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Great to stay with @timstravels.bsky.social at Tain. Thanks!
Now onwards with @everylaststation.bsky.social on #LEJOGbyBus
Now onwards with @everylaststation.bsky.social on #LEJOGbyBus
Day 7 and time to leave Baltic one last time on the wonderful Baltic Express. What a great ride!
Gdańsk to Prague on the Baltic Express - the direct train from the Baltic sea to the Czech Republic
youtu.be/UsEmTX7tUDE
Gdańsk to Prague on the Baltic Express - the direct train from the Baltic sea to the Czech Republic
youtu.be/UsEmTX7tUDE
Gdańsk to Prague on the Baltic Express - the direct train from the Baltic sea to the Czech Republic
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Day 7 and time to leave Baltic one last time on the wonderful Baltic Express. What a great ride!
Gdańsk to Prague on the Baltic Express - the direct train from the Baltic sea to the Czech Republic
youtu.be/UsEmTX7tUDE
Gdańsk to Prague on the Baltic Express - the direct train from the Baltic sea to the Czech Republic
youtu.be/UsEmTX7tUDE
Lovely town of Berwick and a great welcome (and great beer) from Dave at The Barrels. Definitely the place to go for a drink and some good music too.
Today @every_station and I head into Scotland 🏴
#LEJOGbyBus
Today @every_station and I head into Scotland 🏴
#LEJOGbyBus
September 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Lovely town of Berwick and a great welcome (and great beer) from Dave at The Barrels. Definitely the place to go for a drink and some good music too.
Today @every_station and I head into Scotland 🏴
#LEJOGbyBus
Today @every_station and I head into Scotland 🏴
#LEJOGbyBus
September 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Day 6 and back to the Baltic with a run on one of PKP's Pendolinos in 1st Class!
Warsaw to Gdańsk - Pendolino with PKP InterCity
youtu.be/cNnqFF3gWas
Warsaw to Gdańsk - Pendolino with PKP InterCity
youtu.be/cNnqFF3gWas
Warsaw to Gdansk - Pendolino with PKP InterCity
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
September 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Day 6 and back to the Baltic with a run on one of PKP's Pendolinos in 1st Class!
Warsaw to Gdańsk - Pendolino with PKP InterCity
youtu.be/cNnqFF3gWas
Warsaw to Gdańsk - Pendolino with PKP InterCity
youtu.be/cNnqFF3gWas
Beers in the York Tap. Nearly, but not quite on a train with @everylaststation.bsky.social
#LEJOGbyBus
#LEJOGbyBus
August 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Beers in the York Tap. Nearly, but not quite on a train with @everylaststation.bsky.social
#LEJOGbyBus
#LEJOGbyBus
Day 5 around the Baltic, and there's a slight diversion down to Warsaw.
A service between two capitals that might be fast in the future, but right now is anything but...
Vilnius to Warsaw with LTG Link and PKP InterCity
youtu.be/UcGWW5p8ORo
A service between two capitals that might be fast in the future, but right now is anything but...
Vilnius to Warsaw with LTG Link and PKP InterCity
youtu.be/UcGWW5p8ORo
Vilnius to Warsaw with LTG Link and PKP InterCity
YouTube video by Johnny Hoover Travels
youtu.be
August 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Day 5 around the Baltic, and there's a slight diversion down to Warsaw.
A service between two capitals that might be fast in the future, but right now is anything but...
Vilnius to Warsaw with LTG Link and PKP InterCity
youtu.be/UcGWW5p8ORo
A service between two capitals that might be fast in the future, but right now is anything but...
Vilnius to Warsaw with LTG Link and PKP InterCity
youtu.be/UcGWW5p8ORo