UK's most remote station! Corrour on the West Highland Line offers hiking and dogs.

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I first saw this station on the 1996 film Trainspotting, and realised I had to visit this place. It did take 27 years, but I make it. There were a few hiking trails, countless bogs and a coffee to die for. I also got to the bottom of the old signal box converted to rooms. I've noticed some people pronounce the location "cor-oor", but the onboard announcement and the ticket inspector pronounced it "cor-our", so I stuck with that.
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*** TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:55 The journey to Corrour
00:02:44 Arrival Corrour
00:03:30 The walk to Peter's Rock
00:11:00 Loch Ossian Youth Hostel
00:11:45 Back at Corrour Station
00:14:00 The track to nowhere
00:19:18 Coffee at Corrour Station
00:23:08 Train arrives at Corrour
00:24:04 The ridge track
00:26:36 The track to Kinlochleven
00:28:35 Following the Red backpack man
00:31:05 Back at the station

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@steve-marsh Год назад

There's something about that wee wind turbine on the platform and the remoteness of the location that makes me think this could be in the Australian Outback somewhere! Oh, and I remember the friendly dogs there :)

@I_hate_Vegemite Год назад

Agreed. I was thinking the railway station at Cook, South Australia about halfway between Adelaide and Perth on the Indian Pacific railway line. Not many people, not many passengers, but plenty of big freight trains. Similarly barren landscape but arid desert instead of this heath/tundra environment.

@joetemple2817 Год назад

Reminded me of the film Bad Day at Blackrock. Great video, 0:15 0:18

@dougie6886 Год назад

Excellent video. I see you have a fan in Steve marsh.

@DaveyPalmer1 8 месяцев назад

It's so remote I was half expecting Clint Eastwood to appear and say to a gang of soldiers "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"

@steve-marsh Год назад

Whenever I see scenery like this, it's like it's calling me :) Fantastic to see Scott, cheers!

@allano937 Год назад

Hi steve. I follow your own videos. Corrour is a fantasic place to visit. I camp there close to the spot where Renton from trainspotting does his " its shit to be scottish " rant. Staff at the station house are fantatastic. if your looking to research this , please look at the channel, " all the stations". they did a day working there.

@GarethWilleygmcGareth Год назад

The backpack man was Peter ghost from Peter's Rock. :P

@neilfromcork Год назад

No, his name was William and he took a flying leap from Leum Uiellem... 🤪

@christinehodge3608 4 месяца назад

The water looks so clear , and the sky is so blue,

@t0naka1 Год назад

I stayed at the Loch Ossian Youth Hostel and enjoyed the 10-mile hill walk to Rannoch fifty years ago. Only three persons I met and said Hello on the way. Hail from Japan!

@graemetaylor4149 Год назад

My grandfather worked on the railway and lived at Corrour for several years - that would have been the late 1920's / early 1930's. The railway cottages were demolished many years ago. My grandmother always said it was a "comforting" place to stay and not at all lonely.

@dlanodsknib Год назад

I love the remoteness of parts of Scotland. Sometimes it can be humourous. 50 years ago I was walking part of the way between Loch Ness and Fort William. I went up to the top of a small hill. Nothing around in any direction for miles - but on the top of that hill was a red telephone box! 🤣

@ReardontheRed Год назад

Memories! I stayed at the Loch Ossian YH in Aug 1975 - it looks exactly the same today ! There was definitely no shop at the station and I distinctly remember being advised by the warden at the hostel not to eat our dinner out by the loch for fear of been eaten alive by the midges. Even in those days the morning train to London always stopped there as well as the sleeper. Great video!

@zenithslocos Год назад

I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for taking the time to do them for us.

@robhines4537 Год назад

You nailed it Scott, your best video yet, really enjoyed watching very inspiring and interesting. Thanks

@paulbertram3610 Год назад

Thanks for including the little youth hostel in your video, I have fond memories of staying the night there while doing a cycling tour of west Scotland when I was 13. I'm 52 next week😀.

@sueKay Год назад

Visiting Corrour station is on my to-do list this summer. Next time you're passing by Loch Long on the train keep your eyes peeled for whales - Last year I saw a pod of three of them from the train at the very part of the loch that's in your video!

@janetmackinnon3411 Год назад

Wow!

@Paradice4Life Год назад

The views look incredible. Incredible place.

@missjones9737 9 дней назад

Your video's are so soothing. Going through a lot and this is helping.

@mikestephens5622 Год назад

Great to see you do a longer video, and fully immerse yourself in the subject. You clearly loved the scenery. Very often, Corrour is covered in snow, while Rannoch and Mallaig are bathed in sunshine, so you really had a good day. Really enjoyed everything about this film. 😊

@malcolmscott8588 Год назад

There's a thumbs up for the dogs 🐕 really enjoyed the video so peaceful up there

@markwaite5265 Год назад

Great video again Scott! I was fortunate enough to stay in the signal box last October. I'd caught the Caledonian Sleeper, walked around the Loch - the village of Corrour is at the far end roughly 4 miles from the station - then caught the afternoon train to Fort William. Spent the following day on the Jacobite to Mallaig and back before catching the ScotRail service back to Corrour. Dinner in that dining room, logs fires, stories with fellow travellers before retiring and up early for the 8:30 service back to Glasgow. A bucket list item ticked. I have to say the staff were outstanding, very welcoming, very accommodating and even packed me off with a coffee and haggis and egg roll - for the journey back to the big city!!

@arthurerickson5162 Год назад

@MarkWaite Nice! Sounds like a great day.

@jamesbradshaw4675 Год назад

Amazing scenery 👌

@navmantogo 7 месяцев назад

Many years ago I used to go to Corrour and camp near the hostel and fish in the Loch. It was a Deltic diesel that pulled the carriages back then, it was a magical place and by the look of it still is. Great video.

@johnwyldbore73 Год назад

Another brilliant video Scott, I’m mesmerised by the Highlands and Corrour in particular. The remoteness and bleakness of the landscape makes it such an amazing place and it’s only really accessible by rail. Keep this type of video on the go please! 😀👍🏻👍🏻

@DaveyPalmer1 8 месяцев назад

That was awesome Scott. What a fabulous part of the world.

@jackmason4374 Год назад

As for the coffee/cake dilemma I would have had before and after the train 😂

@dariusdeboer5498 8 месяцев назад

I love the poem on the plaque.

@annewhite8465 Год назад

You know you're in Scotland when you come across a swamp at a 45 degree angle. LOL! Great vid.

@allanwilliment1029 Год назад

A fantastic video Scott😊I'm from New Zealand. Brings back happy memories of the West Highland line, when I first visited Scotland in early 1989. I travelled on it from Mallaig to Fort William, then on to Glasgow Queen St the next day. That was after taking a ferry from Armadale Isle of Skye. Before that I had taken a bus, from where the ferry came across from Kyle of Lochalsh. That was back in the days of "Over the Sea to Skye"😊

@vivellasmum 3 месяца назад

Beautiful place, well done for the walking, didn't look easy for some of it with the water!

@tanyabassett8287 4 месяца назад

Beautiful place 😊

@voxley19 Год назад

I have climbed three Munros from Corrour. Its a fantastic place.

@gdwnet Год назад

and this is why I'm subscribed, talk about off the beaten track and what a gorgeous place. I've been to fort william and surrounding areas. You really should check out Glenfinnan - that place is stunning.

@robertofraser101 Год назад

Ah nothing like unspoilt beauty and sound of silence remote station certainly plenty passengers nice one cheers scott

@philliphurley5341 Год назад

Beautiful scenery. Your videos are always extremely interesting.

@user-fh4yn5bv4f 2 месяца назад

Fantastic video Scott. Thanks so much for showing us such a magnificent and remote area of Scotland. I really enjoy your vlogs and have just found you from Steve Marsh vlog which I fell into a couple of months ago.

@murringo9 Год назад

Added to the bucket list!

@geoffreygreene5551 Год назад

"Never walk alone on the moors." I was thinking that while watching YOU!

@markedwards6147 Год назад

Such an amazing video, Well done for treating us all to such sheer magnificent scenery, it is a terrific way to help us all relax 😄

@davidmcmanus2464 Год назад

Scott should visit the UKs least visited railway stations to add to the low numbers using them

@jimcrawford5039 Год назад

Fantastic ! Great video.

@lordpitnolen2196 Год назад

I noticed your cold temperature gauge in operation, your nose showning red ;-) Thanks, Scott, for making these very informative videos from all over.

@spektrum33 Год назад

That kind of train trip wold suit me as I like out of the way places , silence can be a great way to recharge yourself 😊

@brianperrie3960 Год назад

That was a really good video. The scenery was epic, the diction, superb and the content, informative. The quality of the filming was spot-on. I have to say that was an enjoyable half hour and I am looking forward to your next little jaunt.🙂

@leonb2637 Год назад

I have traveled by rental car in the Western Highlands region of Scotland in June 1986 and in 1993. It is indeed blessed with wild and beautiful scenery.

@garthlyon Год назад

Inspirational scenery! It could be Montana. Let me see if I can get there this year...

@minimalistinlife Год назад

I really like these videos. Also bought the book Will read it on a train This summer.

@john07973 Год назад

Fantastic place for a memorial stone. Great video thanks 👍

@brianbrown8845 Год назад

Cracking video Scott.

@gerardvanteeffelen8437 2 месяца назад

Corrour is also used for the 1986 Dutch film ' De Wisselwachter' (The Pointsman)

@Sarand69 Год назад

Hey Scott really enjoy your videos

@f1brianm Год назад

Great video Scott! One of your best. You managed to keep me glued for 31 minutes, with the beautiful landscape and the disappearing red-rucksack-man!

@michaelbruchas6663 Год назад

First heard of this station from Geoff Marshall. Now have seen about 5 stories on it. Want to visit and stay overnight!

@terranceparsons5185 Год назад

Same here. Didn't Geoff and Vicki stay overnight?

@traintrambus Год назад

Wonderful video.

@Zombiejimful Год назад

awesome video many thanks

@mattchan991 3 месяца назад

If that cafe/restaurant has a TV my partner can watch for the day, I'm going for a walk 😊

@D3bblicious Год назад

That’s proberly the US Military probs flying over. They have a very distinct noise. I’m in Greenock and can hear them flying over sometimes.

@tmt4773 Год назад

Fantastic video, you are also an entertaining man!

@johnybravo3566 Год назад

What an amazing location, Scott! Really enjoyed the views and the interesting station.

@smithy5271 4 месяца назад

Hi Scott, wow bloody wow my friend, corrour looks stunning.... Coming to wild camp responsively early April with my Son and I'm excited. Absolutely remote a few trains a day , and I think possibly no trains on a Sunday . Our plan is a weekend at corrour and 3/4 days on the Isle of Arran. Few hours in Edinburgh and accommodation in Glasgow. Great great video, got to love those dogs . Update .... the train is booked yay Cheers buddy

@stevef9530 Год назад

One autumn inthe early 90s I caught the sleeper up to Dalwhinnie with my brother and a couple of mates, and walked up into the Ben Alder range. We slept in a bothy, and continued in the morning across the tops, and down to Corrour just as dusk was coming on. Happily, our timing was good, and the sight of the Fort William to Glasgow train coming out of the near darkness was a wonderful thing. Tea and cake all round! That was a great weekend, the memory of it is still vivid when many have blurred with time passing.

@alanlake5220 6 месяцев назад

I stayed in the hotel @1.19 very nice it was too. Ardgarten Hotel, and you could see the trains in the distance .

@thisweekmetaverse Год назад

Was due to go on Saturday to do this very thing but trapped a nerve in my back and bed bound instead :( I will get there eventually

@billycrawford6080 Год назад

Loving your vids Scott. I was at the station 3 weeks ago. Was drawn to your channel because I am a bus driver and fellow Scotsman ,now living down south in Cambridge. Great stuff and looking forward to seeing many more of your videos. 👍

@Scotrailboy2 Год назад

Excellent video scott as normal 😊😊

@spiders-tours Год назад

All I can think is that the backpack man went off to do the somewhat tricky geocache (no spoilers) which is over towards the bridge. What he did after that - who knows! Great scenery and always worth a visit.

@andycleaver9135 Год назад

I stayed in the accommodation in Sep 2019 - fantastic experience even if the weather threw everything it could at us😂

@alejandrayalanbowman367 Год назад

Hi Scott from Spain. When i was very much younger my explorations would be at a much lower level, in fact at sea level and I would make my way over the uncharted territory of the salt marshes off the East coast of Essex and if one wasn't careful one could drop through the sea lavender into a rill and find oneself in very sticky mud as one tried to see over the sides of the rill.

@naumannolaf8429 Год назад

Ein sehr interessantes Video, danke dafür. Gruß aus Augsburg.

@kenmaxwell790 Год назад

Another excellent video Scott. Best wishes from Sydney Australia.

@christophernoble6810 Год назад

Back in the 1980s the crew change took place here. The passing loop looks pretty rusty now. Amazing place, and this video highlights that. Keep up the good work Scott.

@stevenmc4446 Год назад

the scenery was absolutely fantastic

@paulhoughton5266 Год назад

That was a cracking good film, will add to my to do list

@clawscrab3497 Год назад

That is the biggest cup of coffee i've ever seen. Hope it tasted nice :)

@hi-tech55 Год назад

Great video Scott. I felt at peace on the other end of my phone. I can only imagine what it’s like in reality. It’s up there on my list. My connections with Scotland are dwindling, my family have either passed on or moved down south. It used to be my base camp. It won’t deter me from making the trip though.

@teresahill6356 Год назад

So Beautiful thank you

@CS-mv2ty Год назад

Been watching you for a few years now from the other side of the world. Was home in Glasgow and bounced through Queen Street station for the last month. So disappointed I never saw you and had the chance to say hello. Too late, back in the sweltering south east Asia.

@ferryhilltrainspotter Год назад

The red backpack man got on the northbound train

@thomasedwards5700 Год назад

Great video thanks you.

@maevecrowley8210 Год назад

Brilliant and beautiful, thanks

@GCStalker Год назад

Stayed in the signal box, when it was Morgan's Den (1998). Walked to Ben Alder cottage, which is haunted. I spent a night there alone.

@michaelharkin3150 Год назад

Fantastic as usual scott

@gregorylenton8200 Год назад

Yes Great Video.......Made My Day

@mikestravelshow Год назад

What a stunning a place 😍

@claresherman2278 Год назад

I really enjoyed that. Thank you.

@blackmask38 Год назад

Brilliant video.enjoyed every minute. thank you'

@kevinmcanulty2593 Год назад

great post

@wayneeschbank2895 Год назад

Scott thank you for the trip and walks to nowhere what a wounder county side and the lakes and streams are or some clean clear water. look forward to your next adventure

@davidpickford1301 Год назад

Yet another great informative video keep them coming 👍

@SeeScotland Год назад

Awesome Scott, I enjoyed that very much.

@Ian-Steele Год назад

Thanks for the fascinating trip to Corrour. It looks lovely in weather like that, but I bet it could be a bit wild on a wet and windy day. I would have been tempted to go back for more coffee and cake 😂

@paulgaughan3575 Год назад

Cracking video thank you 😊

@douglasirons1350 Год назад

Excellent Video Scott.

@getyourwillhere Год назад

Love all the pups joining you.

@adrianbenn7250 Год назад

Thanks Scott..I always enjoy your posts 😊

@jamessmith6402 Год назад

Thanks Scott that was a brilliant video 👍

@brianthorburn4957 Год назад

Many years ago I was walking in that area , the house next to the station was owned by a great character called Jimmy , his wife made great tea and buns. What a character