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You should have stayed with your family. Family comes first above everything else. It's good to get away from the trainspotting hobby for a while, believe me. Families stay together. Not all the time, but I'm sure your wife and daughter would have liked it a bit more if you had gone with them.
@kellyashfordtrains2642 Not in this case as they had got tickets for an event in Leicester they were going to together and had be planned for months. I was just tagging a long using the advantage of the family railcard.
It seems every time you try to get nearer to the end of this mission of yours, delays of some sort are constantly standing in you way and blocking your path forward. I think you need to take time out for a while, and grab a relaxing holiday somewhere. It will help clear your head and throw frustrations away. I know you are determined to finish what you started, but believe me, at the moment you are getting nowhere fast. Take a break from it till September at least. August is the busy Summer Holiday period, children will have broken up from school. Have you not heard of playing trains the model railway way? Playing with model trains is one of the most relaxing things you can do, when real railway delays prevent you going further with your mission. It's a great way to recharge batteries.
You'd be suprised I'm quite a way through now. A weeks time I'm back in London and I'll be clearing the remaining stations I've not visited yet.Doing this I actually find relaxing as it means I'm not at home. I do have a model railway and looking at starting to build a new layout soon especially as it approaches the end of the year and the weather turns.
@@yorkshirewanderer6176 Please let me see your model railway before you start anew. Building a new layout is very time consuming. I think it's better if you keep the one you have now the way it is. Let's just hope there are no further delays, or you will never finish what you began before the Summer Holidays. Believe me, come August, the trains will be packed with rush hour in full swing. You'd be better off taking a break till September, when the stations will be quieter. Happy holidays.
@@yorkshirewanderer6176 Same here. I have seen myself a few times. I remember you coming to the fence and doing the bit of commentary but don't think I got you on any video I looked on my out take from there and only took the 69 starting up again
I hope you're not badly hurt after getting hit by tree branches. That's what you need to be aware of at all times. I'm also hoping you didn't get told off by a volunteer. Glad you had a ride in the sunshine, in any case.
I was stood next to the window and just holding on to my gimble when it caught me. If I was right out the window it would have really caught me. No damage done though.
@Cazkumali I watch other people's videos from events live been to, but think only once have I ever managed to spot myself. I did the same 2 days and had a great time.
Cornish Main Line should still have the HST. The IET is way too smooth, not good. In any case glad you saw three HSTs, there should have been more to watch. The HST should scream upon departure. We'll all be glad when we hear the sound.
Trainspotting is a good thing to do, when you're in difficulties. With this 50 things to see and do mission still incomplete, I guess the best thing to do is abort it. There are too many cancellations in the way, as well as railstrikes on top of it all. Trainspotting and visiting preserved railways are easiest for you to do, without all that hassle. Believe me, some things are just not to be. I know you want to tick everything off on the list, and you've done well to get as far as you have with the mission, yet it seems the end is getting further and further away from you. Be proud of what you've managed to do, and stick to trainspotting and visiting preserved railways. These are easier for you to achieve.
Over the next few weeks I'm doing a mix of both with more 50 things videos coming out as well as a number of visits to preserved railways. Work has got in the way the last few months but now as I'm traveling quite a bit for work will be making a decent inroad to both GB and underground lists.
In 1944, the late American talk show host Jerry Springer was born on the platform of Highgate underground station. His family were sheltering there during a bombing raid in the second world war. After the war ended, the family emigrated to the United States.
The underground doesn't reach that far and I live in one of the most central parts of the country so it's not very often I make it to the coast, but Sunday I will be in Cornwall and then the following weekend at the NYMR diesel gala so will be heading to the seaside one evening.
A nice film. Reminds me of the trips I took years ago while visiting the U.K. Suffering from ALS in a wheelchair, watching these puts a smile on my face in United States. Thank you and God bless you all! 🇬🇧🙂🙏🏻🇺🇸
This is a good thing to do, ride along a preserved railway. Keep doing it until you are sure cancellations and delays on the main line won't disrupt your mission any more than they have done. Believe me, it's much nicer when the preserved railways take away all your worries. Happy steaming.
You could have avoided looking like a drowned rat, by riding the rails from one end to the other all day. Lambton has been on the Severn Valley Railway, she can't have been on the Mid Hants as well. Unless she was moved to the Mid Hants a day later or something. It's about time Manston was polished, it's shameful in the way that her footplate crew are neglecting that simple task. Let's hope the engine gets a clean and brush-up before her next day out. We all want her to be gleaming, not looking like she's ready to be scrapped. We need more sunshine.
The Lambton tank was at SVR the previous weekend and was transported by road to MHR in good time for the gala. Sadly she was having a few troubles over the weekend due to leaking tubes so wasn't in action as much. Regarding Manston, the owners (Southern Locomotives Limited) have opted to give Manston a worn look so she looks as she would of when she was housed at Exmouth Shed in the 60s, as engines back then were neglected. It is nothing to due with the crews being lazy and not cleaning her, they have been instructed not to in order to keep this look. While it isn't to everyone's tastes, it does make for some good photos and gives the loco a distinct look compared to her classmates.
@@dorsetsteamphotographer7645 They should not have been instructed to give Manston that filthy look. She should be in clean pristine condition for always. No-one wants a dirty engine hauling clean coaches, that's for sure.
@@kellyashfordtrains2642 You would be surprised, a lot of people prefer this look as it is how the loco would of looked in BR days. Its great for photo charters that's for sure.
@@dorsetsteamphotographer7645 Pristine is better. You know it is. If I had my way, Manston would be polished and left that way for always. Pristine is better for a charter. BR Days Weathering is out of fashion.
