Our first explore in what feels like forever. Rest assured we now have 6 more filmed, and there are some really interesting ones to come! Railways, tunnels, canals and more! Subscribe if you haven't done so and smash that notification bell.
I think you'll find Rebecca is usually in a nest, going by her own channel name. I like how they said they were wearing trousers this time. My first thought was that I must have missed the video that Paul was wearing a skirt in. 😜
I'm confused. EDS24 finished with Chard Joint as 301 and then you ticked off Milton Halt on the Loco Shed explore but EDS25 starts with Wootton Rivers Halt as 301. Anyway, I'll go with this end total of 309. So, end date now 11th October 2052 !!!
Nooooooooooo..... I shall adjust this at some point! We have nearly finished a massive project which lists the dates of all stations, I will re add the stations visited and adjust accordingly.
Great to see you on the devizes branch, didn't quite make it to Holt junction at other end. Never mind brought back lots of memories of living in that area. Well done,look forward to seeing more. Stay safe though!!
Here in Port Huron, Michigan, my wife and I had not been out of the house until yesterday. Two weeks ago we had snow and today it is 32 degrees C. Go figure. We are in the Blue Water District of Michigan and Ontario, Canada (you would not believe what a beautiful blue the water is) situated where the St. Clair River flows into Lake Huron. The beaches opened yesterday for suitably self-distanced people. We didn't get out of the car, but we drove around and looked at everyone enjoying the Memorial Day Bank Holiday on the beach. Your videos add spice to life at a difficult time and make me very nostalgic for England.
Hmmm... that's strange how does that work with the Settle to Carlisle? Is it not the highest in England? Those navvies were very hardcore, this landscape is not forgiving. I used to live around there as a lad - but out of town near the woods, forest. As an army brat we got around. Good video take care stay safe.
Thanks for posting. Today Devizes is a town of over 30,000. Crazy that it has no railway. There is a proposal to make a park and ride at Lydeway but that's still several miles out of the town.
Good grief ... that flight of locks ... how many days would it take to get up there?! I thought Bingley was bad with a 3 and then a 5, but that looks like 28 if I've counted right. I would have thought the canal would have been closed before the railway...
Hi Paul and Rebecca,lovely to see you out and about,I live in Swindon and didn`t even realise Devizes had a railway,thanks for opening my eyes on that. looking forward to the next video already.Stay safe.
Lovely to see you two guys out and about again, and enjoying yourselves. Lovely video as always. Gorgeous scenery, too. Thanks, Paul and Rebecca. Cheers for now, Pete.
you certainly had to do a lot of homework on this one. very interesting and loved the scenery.. nice for you in this lovely spring weather.Even I have been out on the railways 4 times in 2 weeks. Lovely jubly.
Actually being allowed to sit on a park bench without danger of being shouted at by a policeman with a loud hailer. It's almost like heaven is a place on earth. To quote Belinda Carlisle.
This brings back memories. I have travelled over the Devizes branch on a diverted West of England express in the latter days of steam on the Western Region. Loved the video. Keep up the good work.
A town too high for its railway. It's got to be more complex than that. Otherwise one could say Kuranda, QLD says "like, hold my organic vegan coffee substitute, man".
Hi Paul and Rebecca another enjoyable video did you manage to watch the train link I sent you the train cab ride to Dundee Well done so interesting it’s great to see old lines and new lines coming back Well done Paul in Orpington
Brilliant Video! loving seeing some of the GWR Class 800s passing by as well! There was something announced about Devizes that it made the first round of the Beeching Reversal Fund that the Railway could be reinstated but via Lydeway, so there could be a Railway at Devizes in the future as long as it passes the next rounds, as for 0:33 I was like that when I went to my local station on the 13th May, all happy and smiling when I returned to my local station, remember walking across the footbridge and just yelled 'I (Bleeping) miss this!'
You should try bridgenorth for a town too high for it's railway, tnow closed northern exit from the station used to go right under Hightown, and there is the incline railway connecting hightown and lowtown.Of coure we all know Bridgenorth is the northern terminus of the Severn Valley Railway.
I live locally to the west end of this line and only today discovered the embankment and a surviving bridge abutment at Semington. The abutment is on the east side of the road and not easily seen as it’s behind a solid barrier. You can get a better view by scrambling up the embankment on the west side of the road. You can also see the embankment clearly from the driveway to the Air Ambulance Station.
Hm, you came pretty close to our home this time. (But you'll come much closer still - if you're visiting the site of literally _every_ closed station :-P)
I hadn't realised there used to be so many stations on the mainline between Pewsey and Westbury, that's a long bit of track, albeit through a very rural area, with no stations now!
in my years of van truck bus and coach driving i am always on lookout 4 old railways canals etc if you ever get the chance check out the barnsley canal that then leads you to royston sheds then your addicted best wishes to both of you stay safe
Another great video! I've stopped at Woodborough Loop a couple of times for water on a steam railtour. Devizes looks nice, seems a shame its not a got a railway station anymore as it's not exactly a tiny place.
Brilliant nice to see you too to really well and see you back on track see you in the future and new filming and new railway stories thanks for keeping me amuse with your good stories about the old times good luck in good health and stay safe thanks Jimmy
Thanks Simon. The lion monument was erected in 1771 to commemorate James Long of Urchfont, who built a new road from Devizes to Lydeway in order to bypass a steep route across Etchilhampton Hill
I was lucky enough to enter the tunnel a few years back, as they do ballistics testing in there, and a friend needed some armoured door plating tested. Good to see you back out and about.
Great video, brilliantly edited, really impressive. Loved Wooton old station, looked beautiful. The picture of the locks was certainly showed the gradient!! Looking forward to the next one.
Another fascinating video about a very little-known line. I liked your lockdown video on the Strathspey railway in Scotland and hope you do some more of these but getting out and seeing the real thing is much more satisfying. For over two months I have been doing my daily exercise from my home. But now the lockdown has become increasingly frayed and it is clear that our lords and masters believe that there is one rule for them and another for us. I finally gave up on Bank Holiday Monday and drove to a quieter corner of the Quantocks at the other side of the county where I live, for a different walk. I did think long and hard before I finally picked up the car keys! I shall have a look to see if you have done a video on the Somerset Coal canal as there are quite a number of significant artefacts. Keep exploring and stay safe!
Well done for getting out Tony. I agree it's all a bit shocking really. But whatever is done we still intend to play by the rules for the safety of those around us. Take care.
Just magic to see you two out and about again. Your faces at the start just summed up you new found freedom that a lot of us are starting to enjoy again. Great vid!!
Great stuff guys 😎. I'm missing summer already. We can't wait to be travelling again and visiting your country whenever that will be. Cheers from New Zealand.
Very timely. I gather Devizes may be getting back on the rail network according to an announcement today. I doubt it will be in the same location though.
Wow, lovely to see Devizes again. Thanks for the tour of the line, it brought back memories. I have walked over that bridge at Pans Lane Halt many times. Thanks Paul and Rebecca.
Glad to see you two out and about again! I love that view from on top of that hill, I have nothing like that where I live, it's all flat, and to the north it's just water (Lake Ontario). So that entire line was shut down in 1966, was it really losing so much money that nothing could be done to improve it? Seems a shame, all those villages becoming isolated, all those businesses losing access to their vendors and customers. They all had to go out and buy cars and trucks which meant millions spent on roads, petrol that had to be transported and stored etc. They are just as isolated and the businesses are gone so people move out. Doesn't seem to me that anything was improved?
Fascinating. To be honest, I don't call Devizes "too high", it's almost on the flat compared to t'Pennines, I'm at 724ft. Would love to see a video on the Ironworks.
Great to see you out and about again. Stay Safe 👍 I watched while wearing headphones and noticed old-fashioned LP crackle on the music around 4:30. Not sure if deliberate but it added a nice atmosphere! Thank you 👍🙂
Loved it, a part of the countryside where I used to boat quite reguarly with freinds. I trust you visited the delights of the Barge at Seend Cleeve. Looking forward to more, thanks.
Oh yes I enjoyed it all right. Stations, beautiful fields and trains, love my trains. That was just fantastic, thanks for taking me along. Please stay safe
Really inspiring me to get out and explore the abandoned lines of Ontario, Canada where l live. Great video and so happy to see you both out and about again! How many abandoned stations to you hope to have visited but the end of this year?
If you're in Canada, look up rail-biking. There's a ton of abandoned lines that you can ride for miles and miles. Much of that scenery can only really be appreciated from the rail line! Same as here in the US.
Enjoyed a visit to Devizes and the canal locks two years back. The Branch from Patney & Chirton was still intact but closed when I first worked on trains between Reading and Westbury from 1965. Likewise The opposite junction at Holt on the Swindon To Westbury line was still obvious when we worked trains that way too and from Taunton, via Trowbridge and Westbury. Wooton Rivers station was also still in tact as was Savernak lower station and the branch to Marlborough.
The route Paddington - Reading - Newbury - Devizes - Bath - Bristol was the shortest, but by no means the quickest, route between Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads. A number of London to Bristol trains ran daily over the Devizes branch, and in 1959 when these expresses were finally taken off, there were three each way daily. Pans Lane Halt did not close with the other stations on the line. It was built solely to serve an isolation hospital outside Devizes and closed when the hospital closed in 1941.
. . . . and they're back on track!!!! Good to be out and about in the sticks with this excellent weather, so, why the scarf and jacket, not warm enough for you yet!!!!! 😃😃😆 Six vids in the pipeline - can't wait 👍👍
Wonderful to have you back outside. Great film - very interesting. Looking forward to the next one. Stay safe please - COVID 19 is still very much alive and kicking
