Travel the Severn Valley Railway (BREATHTAKING) Through the Hedge at Kidderminster (2019) 

so glad you enjoyed your day it was fantastic weather I know I was your driver on 75069 that day

Just a bit information for you guy's Arley station is actually the station they filmed the British comedy oh Dr Beeching with the cast from Hi De Hi 😊

If i could press the like button more than once i would, what a stunning line......to sum it up in one word i would say "lovely".

Land locked in Texas, your Narrowboat and through the Hedge experiences are the best Sunday morning escape! There needs to be a Texas sized "like" button for your vlogs.

Aren't Steam Trains so romantic, they're almost living things,... Loved the video, xxx

I'm a relatively new subscriber and still catching up, hence being 8 months late with the comment 🙂. Loving the videos but couldn't let this one pass without a comment, imagine my surprise and delight to see this one on your channel, I was born, and grew up in Highley, now home to the engine house. I now live and work in Bridgnorth. That was the best mini documentary I have seen on the Seven Valley Railway, which is about to restart following the lockdown. Fantastic stuff ladies.

The best part of this video was watching you both enjoying the great train ride

Spent many happy weekends on Severn Valley Railway, my favourite station is Arley where you can walk down to the river for tea. We used to take a steam traction engine to Arley for the railway gala weekend.

Love the old steam trains, my Dad was a fireman on the GWR during WW2 on ammunition trains going to Birmingham during the bombings!

Thanks for sharing your day with us! Jeremy from Seattle USA

Commuting into London on some of the tired dog eared carriages some years back, I recall the joy of getting a whole compartment all to yourself. :-)

You'll never complain about having to fill your water tank again :D

I went the whole length non-stop with the newly built engine, Tornado. It was my first ride behind a steam engine and they just did straight there-and-back runs so that they could get some speed. Wow - not the creaky wooden carriages for that journey! It was lovely, in the Winter so they connected steam pipes and the carriages were warm, just lacking some pipe smoke to complete the atmosphere.

You're usually smiling in your videos, but here you're both grinning ear to ear! charming upload ladies - who on earth could downvote this?

"We have to open the door ourselves at the end of the line" LOL, yup. As Kath said, real carriages have the latch on the outside just like real schoolboys would never wait for a train to completely stop before decamping. And yet, somehow we lived . . . Great episode! So good to see Ana's enthusiasm at a new experience, you both look like you had a great day and you got a great loco for your fist steam ride, the West country are one heck of a loco. SVR is a wonderful place. PS: It's a compartment you are sitting in, the entire vehicle is a carriage but no doubt someone has pointed that out in the past year..

A lovely video as I love the steam railway experience, its much like the narrowboats as its breathing life back into bygone eras. A loco like Taw Valley can cost upwards of 300k to restore when its boiler certificate runs out and a tender of coal costs upwards of 1k so bums on seats keep these places going. Long may these places as with canals survive

Best "Through the Hedge" so far. Still trying to wrap my head around sticking your head out of a bike......lol You both are just great, thanks for sharing your journey!

Well that was a blast from the past, as I went there on a date with a (hoped for) girlfriend when I was 16 and living in Shrewsbury. That was ....oh at least 45 years ago and I loved the trains. She didn't - so we went our separate ways. Toot!!

Ive been on the Severn Valley Railway a few times and its well worth the money. They used to do Santa specials nearer Christmas for the kids.

Really like the "Through the hedge" series

Awww I've loved watching this Through the Hedge vlog, thank you both !!! The railway stations reminded me of the local one to me when I was little, going with my Mam to visit my Grandma on a Saturday...there was a sweetie machine, either on the platform or in the waiting room, where you turned a handle and got mini boxes of Toffets...the things you remember 😄 lol

Oh Girls, that was the best Through the Hedge yet!! 😍😁 What a wonderful day and how romantic!! Thank you so much for sharing that with us :)) 😍💕😁👍

I love the chugging of a steam train and the smell of the smoke. Glorious. What a lovely day out. Well done too on such beautiful clear camera work, its almost as if I was there.

Thankyou so very much for this. Great nostalgic viewing. I’m from Worcester and now live in Australia and I miss the SVR greatly.

Thanks for taking us along! What a fun train trip. You'll think I'm crazy, but much of it made me think of Thomas the tank engine. My daughter loved Thomas. The first time I took her to see a real train she was frightened by the immense size of the train.

What a lovely video! The weather was lovely,the trains were monsters, the countryside perfect. I don't know why exactly but it brought Agatha Christie to mind. Maybe it was the posh carriage and the posh people!!! A gem of a day to remember.

The inclined car is like the one in Pittsburgh Pa USA. Rode a train like that in Germany. Love trains. Loved your trip, Thanks from NE Ohio USA.

Extremely pleasant. Very tasty to look at. Also very well filmed. Precise, useful, charming, poetical. Thank you very much.

omg wow I just did the steam train from mount barker to victor harbor in Adelaide Australia was just the best, if you get a chance to watch the Griff Rhys Jones Doco when he is his Australian tour I am on there woohoo lol i am the 6th episode footy and all and the steam train brilliant

I grew up with a railway in our back yard in Wisconsin (USA) and we would pick up loose coal from the tracks that would fall off the trains as they went down the tracks.

The butterfly was a train-nerd too! ... soooo much faster than a narrowboat ... reminds me of the trains I grew up with in OZ ... a long time ago. :D ... a bit of trivia - what you would call a compartment, we called, 'dogboxes'. ... What a wonderful 'Through The Hedge'!

Everyone is chuffed 💭💭to bits in the comments 😉

We went to the 1940s weekend in 2018, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. SVR is one of the best heritage railways we've been to. Providing it still is possible to go to the UK after Brexit, we'll be back in 2021, on a hire boat. SVR is most definitely a stop on that cruise. We liked Highley the most, but Bridgnorth is not a bad second. We did not venture too far into town; the railway was very busy and occupied most of our attention. Oh, and a "train" is made up of the engine and the coaches. I think you talked about the engine as the "train". Just a minor nit. Thanks for making me remember that wonderful summer day.

A pleasant trip in such very pleasant company. Thank you both. Such a pleasure to watch.

Stunning! Beautiful! Thanks for taking me along. I will watch this one over and over.

Just watch your video on this old train. 8/ 17/21 Excellent video. Love to see old trains come back to life. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.

Visited summer 2009 in the school holidays very busy as it was a wet day and we were standing in the corridor. When we went though the tunnel approaching Kidderminster it entertaining with the shouts as thick smoke came in the open windows and even between the floorboards in places. The tourist board should pay you for the "through the hedge" videos. Well done.

Good to see the Gresley magic working again. The teak carriages on your first run were LNER Gresley stock - superb things - and their running gear was very special too :-) Thanks for the post :-)

Spent 20 years until my (age limited !) retirement on the SVR and my last driving turn was on Taw Valley. Nice to see you enjoyed it as Heritage railways, like canals are all part of that important transport history of the UK. All due due enthusiastic volunteers keeping it alive

Awesome RR footage. Steamers are my favorite.

Excellent Through the Hedge. You share both my interests: canal boating and steam trains❤️ (though I did my trainspotting in the 80's with diesels and have some favourites - unfortunately most of those diesels locos have also been scrapped like nearly all the steam engines were!!). Well done to the preserved railway groups around the country that keep the history and atmosphere of times-gone-by alive👍

yes Annamarie you are what we say it England are train spotter as thats what it is called here, the carriage you were in from Bridgenorth to Highley they were our best carriages in the days on the early electric and diesel trains as you didn't have passengers walking past you and knocking into you while you were sat down as that corridor was designed to make it easier to walk down the train and easier for the passengers sitting down and quietness if you dint want a lot of noise from people talking, also the idea of the corridor was so that if someone is carrying hot drinks from the buffet car then they wouldn't spill it on seated passenger whenever the train jolted, I prefer these carriages more than the carriages we have on the modern trains as they seem to be more cramped than those of the corridor carriages at least you weren't cramped in and easier to vacate the train, I wish these carriages were still being used today as I actually hate today carriages I feel claustrophobic in them and with having a disability they dont help whereas these carriages in the video would help at least with the compartments they only seated 6-8 passengers in each compartment and had room to stretch out your legs a little bit where todays carriages dont except for the table seats

Been there many times as its quite local, A great day out

Thanks for showing the train ride. Loved it! So different than us trains.

Awesome watch. Thank you for sharing your experience on the SVR, bringing back so many wonderful memories of a trip we had there in 2017.

Very nice video. Thanks for cheering it.

Great video. I always look forward to your new stuff. The steam train stuff is fun. I particularly liked the bit where the worker was having so much trouble with the water fill.

As "Through The Hedge" videos go that one was Epic! The look of pure enjoyment and delight on your faces was priceless, as you mentioned in the video a change of speed does alter ones perspective but though steam trains are faster than your narrow-boat they are just as enjoyable. More so than modern transport and the bonus is the smell of steam, smoke, oil and grease, it all adds to the experience like when you see and hear a narrow boat with a vintage engine. You just don't get that total sensation with modern transport.

I really enjoyed the trip with you, thank you for taking me along with you ladies ,John x🚞

I love trains. Nifty video.

Train trip looked wonderful! Looks like a must if we ever get over there! 😊

What a beautiful trip!

Proper good time.....

It's many years since I was on the Severn Valley Railway. Thank you for taking us along. It reminds me of the trains of my childhood in England's beautiful West Country -- the sounds and smell of the railway on a rural branch line to its terminus at a seaside resort.

Your videos are all very interesting and love that you take the time panning and zooming, very artistic and easy on the eyes! If I lived in England I would live on a narrowboat! I have always been a boater water person, on Lake Superior and Great Lakes sailing USA mostly, so this suits me like a perfect cuppa tea!

Wonderful video, pleased you managed to film funicular rail at Bridgenorth

glad you had a wonderful day in bridgnorth and the SVR, im lucky enough to live in bridgnorth and visit the station quite often, shame i missed you , we also missed you at llangollen when you where moored up there ,

As an old Trainspotter you did a Brilliant Job of being one too. Your camera work and the smiles on your faces said it all. A "BIG" THANK YOU GIRLS.

“That’s such a tube ethic”, great line Annamarie, and it’s your best hair evah.

train spotter love this blog thanks

That was an excellent video and I will add that to my bucket list. I love your through the hedge videos even when they are through the supermarket car park. Beautifully filmed and edited 😁 thanks.

Through the Hedge seems like it's a show about you guys exploring while you're mooring.

Great video. Thanks for sharing your trip with an old trainspotternerd.

Fantastic Video, all this is right on my doorstep and you video of it has certainly shown it in its best light and shown me things I never even noticed.

Thank you for a great video, every time I fly over to visit family who live in kidderminster we took the train, we went to the end on the line as you guys did and walking around the town and took the incline train as well, watching your video I was like i remember that sign and the look of the stations, thanks for bring back memories.

This has been my favourite Through The Hedge by far! I really enjoyed this one, I'm a bit of a self confessed rail enthusiast myself and always love seeing steam in action 😊

AnnaMarie, I recall that you had tea on the Llangollen steam railway, but with no tickets to be had you couldn't roll on down the track ☹️. I know this because my wife and I vacationed in Llangollen and Shropshire, rode the steam train and the hired a narrowboat for a week this past June. Fantastic! We decided on that area after seeing your vlog (Cruising the Cut & Minimalist - all great). Who knows, Kidderminster might be next. Love your vlogs. Thank you both. Stephen

Its 70 minutes "we brought snacks" 🤣😂 loved that video so much

I'm so glad you two had such a nice day. I have not been to the SVR for 30 yrs I must go again soon. But if you get near Leicester then you must check out the GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY.

A great video. Appreciate you sharing your lovely experience & the big smiles you both had. Being a train buff myself I was envious of your special day out. 🚂🚂. Some great shots too, 👍👍😎

Well done ladies we will go on the train next time we are in Kidderminster. Fantastic vlog, love your work.

Great Railway photography!

Thank you soooooo much for posting this wonderful video! Nancy and I thouroghly enjoyed it!!!!

Enjoyable vlog that a great way to spend your day.....thanks for sharing

Great stuff girls look forward to your next adventure. From New Zealand

Awesome train 🚂

Wowzers! Idyllic. Quint essentially English. What could be better than actually being bonafide time travellers. Aa a nation, in fact, as a planet weve lost so much in the constant need for speed and convenience. You cant help but look through rose spectacles when we look to the past when it was all so simple. On a more personal note i dont think ive enjoyed a vlog of yours more than that, the look of sheer glee on your faces had me smiling along with you, and in turn brightened an otherwise very dull day. C M & H. Xxx

I enjoyed that ladies, used to work on the Colne Valley Railway in Essex for 40 years, you had the LNER teak carriage set 1st & BR mk1 set on the later journey. Highley used to be a colliery village & is a slightly steep walk down to the river Severn 🙂👍

Annamarie you have the best bride ever! She wants to go to steam engine museums and the like! Looked my whole life for a partner like that and alas never found one, Cath is a real keeper...do you fellas like steam and vintage fairs too? This was a truly great video, loved it...many thanks...

You missed the Safari Park at Bewdley! You can see various animals as you go past. Great vlog!

This was the best through the hedge so far. Wonderful journey!

Lots of Painting ideas I think. Great trip. Buck

love steam trains great vlog well done girls

I am a major train buff. I loved the video.

that's just fantastic!

If you get off at Arley and walk down and cross the footbridge over the Severn there is a lovely little tea room which is run by Arley Arboretum. The Arboretum itself is just up the hill from the tea room. A wonderful collection of trees and beautiful gardens with views over the Severn Valley. There is also St Peters church to see which is next to the Arboretum which once used to be part of the Arley Estate. Another great video guys! Loved it! 👍🏼

Wow, that was amazing. A real revelation. Something else for my bucket list. Thanks for sharing girls xx

I have read in a lot of books about the old steam trains and their carriages but your video brings it alive and is full of eyecatching moments. Thanks for this.

Love the ride

oh my how awesome!

Great vlog! Terrific ride.

There's nothing like the look of polished timber and brass that's been polished by someone else :) (a bit like a cuppa tastes nicer when someone else has made it - with love). Great video - and lovely to see the butterfly. I might have to see if Puffing Billy is still running down here in Melbourne.

Wow what an awesome adventure u both had I'd love to go there

Anybody remember the Golden Arrow? Gosh does this bring back memories from my childhood. I live in Canada now but my mom used to take me traveling in Britain on trains all the time when l was a child. Love them.

A wonderful video thank you.

I love steam trains! I get such a feeling of nostalgia. Thanks for sharing.

Greta video. Brought back lots of memories of my visit there in 2000.

Lovely, best through the hedge ever. I can smell the steam!

What a great thru the hedge. Loved seeing the steam train.

What a fun trip and beautifully edited and photographed. I feel like I have been on a special date with my two best girls!