#James may

[yamada-ryo]

Fun fact:

On Top Gear's Race across Japan challenge, Richard Hammond is said to have wandered off looking for a drink vending machine on the train (there's no such thing for the train he's on) and splits off from James May. The train operator Keikyu sometimes runs trains in a 8+4 arrangement for a total of 12 cars which then splits into different services at Kanazawa-Bunko Station.

However, if you look at the train interiors that Richard is on after the split happens, he is on a refurbished Keikyu 2000 Series 4-car train (3 door) with its main longitudinal seating, transverse seats at the ends, and curtains (as well as the external livery matching).

James meanwhile is recording himself on a Keikyu 2100 Series 8-car train (2 door), with its curtains and purple and red seats in transverse. He correctly deduces that he is on the right train and is heading towards their intended destination, leaving Richard 15 minutes behind as he now has to catch a different train.

But!! If you look at the footage where they both initially board the train before it splits, you can clearly tell from the interior that they are on a 2000 Series train, the (wrong) 4-car part of the 8+4 formation.

Which means:

James, Richard, and the film crew boarded the wrong section of the train at the start

Richard and the flim crew stayed on the same section of the train trying to look for a drink vending machine that doesn't exist

James, for unknown reasons, left the section of train they were on, and boarded a different section of the then-still connected train at the same platform while they were stationary.

The 2000 and 2100 Series trains do not have passenger access doors on the driver cab ends that connect to each other. Which means that it is physically impossible to get from the 4-car train to the 8-car train without first getting out onto the platform. James physically left the train, walked down the platform, and then boarded a different train on the same platform.

Why did James do that? Did he just somehow figure out they were on the wrong part of the train and not tell Richard or the film crew? And why was the episode put together in such a way that implied that Richard was the one who wandered off and not James? Andy Wilman please answer me. I need to know.

[skyhighdisco]

Richard Hammond calling James May mid-shoot.

I've only seen actual married couples call each other mid work/meeting/something important, this is next level cuteness.

(x)

[walterwhited]

JAMES MAY | POLAR SPECIAL

[chmisgod]

Two tits ☺️

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[thegodofhellfire]

nearly 17 year ago.

[sunshineandflowerpower]

[muggs8787]

[unfit-and-drunk]

James

[renegade0897]

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

22 years, has come to an end. But they're still with us. Thank you so much;

Jeremy Charles Robert, Reichsmarschall von Clarkson.

James Daniel, Duchess May of Hammersmith.

Richard Mark, The Duke of Hammond.

[fluffylord]

THE GRAND TOUR | JAMES MAY

[radio-ghost-cooks]

ways i've seen the top gear boys described

old married couple and their dog

divorced couple and their tired kid

two older brothers who always call shotgun and the younger brother who's always stuck in the back

normal guy with weird hair and two weird guys with normal hair

hamster, cocker spaniel, and a particularly large devon rex

the cousins you meet at the family barbeque and then never see them again

[skyhighdisco]

The Grand Tour: One For The Road - final handshakes

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, thank you for everything!

[walterwhited]

TOP GEAR | POLAR SPECIAL

[onthatbombshell]

I did a calculation of how much time I’ve spent with my children this year, compared to how much time I’ve spent with these two, and it’s a factor of 5 to 1.

[tvsnationalgeosapphic]

Sometimes gender is stored in the goofy 60 year old British television personality.

[sunshineandflowerpower]

Top Gear Fans: Oh my god… I can’t believe that the trip is finally breaking up. They’ve been my whole childhood and have made me the person I am today. It’s been a good run you guys.

The thing they are discussing: