Thank you mark. Always a pleasure, never a chore. Yes very cold, but sometimes, this exploring is like a good workout and you get warmed up. I love it, and I’m pleased you enjoyed it.
It all looks a bit cold and unpleasant but your unbridled enthusiasm brightens it up and sells it. I think that's the nicest thing I've ever said to anyone, ever.
My favourite bit here was the photo of the tramway with the woods you were tramping around in in the background - it fit perfectly with your finger pointing from the top of that hill, and both things went together to make great sense. I liked that.
Lovely. Sat by the fire watching your blue face, trying to speak! My kind of walkie Steve, imagining the history of all the seemingly insignificant bits and bobs sleeping in the undergrowth
Excellent Steve. As a regular club cyclist for 30+years I have cycled in all the Leicestershire and surrounding areas you explore and I now absolutely love warching your brilliant videos and getting the OS maps out to understand your locations and remembering the history you expose for when I next cycle in those different places. So good.
Thank you very much Chris. And what beautiful country it is out that way for cycling. Some great quiet roads out that way. Thank you for watching me being Noseh!
Very enjoyable video Steve. Brought back a lot of childhood memories! My grandfather worked at Holwell Iron Works in the 1930s and 40s. I used to visit family in the area and often cycled the lanes around Melton. I can remember seeing the locos that worked in and around Holwell. The whole of that part of Leicestershire was alive with ironstone quarries and you could see and hear the little trains at work wherever you went. There were lots of level crossings over the lanes which are now long gone, where a man with a red flag would stop traffic when trains came. Not much traffic to stop in those days in the 1950s and 60s so it was great for us youngsters to cycle around. You could see lots of large excavators sticking up out of the fields where the quarries were and there was a huge spoil mound near Asfordby called Welby Tip, which could be seen from all over East Leicestershire. That too has been removed. The station at Redmile had a special First Class Waiting Room which I was told was for guests going to and from Belvoir Castle, including King Edward VII and George V. We often went from Humberstone station to Skegness and Mablethorpe on excursion trains and passed through Redmile. The GNR station at Melton Mowbray North was a very grand affair with waiting rooms for 1st,2nd,and 3rd class passengers and a Refreshment Room. It was just off the Nottingham Road and was demolished long ago. Thanks for the video, but sad to see the desolation at Redmile. Keep up the good work as these films are a bit of history recorded for future generations.
Thank you Rod. Great comment. I would love a Time Machine lol! It would’ve been great watching those little steam engines bombing across the roads! And now, it’s as if nothing had ever happened, unless you know where to look. Thank you for watching.
Wotcha Steve me ode, another fascinating video. Enjoyable to watch and see what once was, and to think how it was worked and who worked there. Hope you found a nice pub with an open fire and a nice pint after this one matey 😊😊
Thank you Adrian. I’m very pleased you enjoyed it. No pubs open when I’d finished this, I started early. Plus I don’t drink anymore buddy. Not that I’d turn down an open fire and a panda pop in a gorgeous country pub though lol
Cheers buddy! The tribal elder will be back very soon, along with the rest of the crew. They would’ve been back last week, but we had a failed noseh attempt unfortunately.
I took a walk around there through the 'no dogs' nature trails many moons ago to discover an old water tank and leather/ rubber water hose still attached. I've no idea where it was. Redmile station had a first class lounge but no-one except the Duke was allowed to use it, I'm told the interior was very much like the front rooms of Launde Abbey. I suspect it was used by the Duke to go out, rather than his guests to come in, as its likely his coach would be waiting as the train arrived. Well done Steve, great stuff - I had looked for that incline parallel to the farm track as I've got a photo of it in use, but I'm not one for nosehing on me own!
Thank you Matt. It’s crazy to think of the extra expenses they went to, constructing the station for the duke, for it to now being a memory. But, that’s one of the reasons I do what I do. Thanks for watching buddy.
I've just realised that the girder of the bridge was cast at Richards Iron foundry which was alongside the Midland Main Line just north of Forest Road in Leicester. It was rail connected to the Midland and the GNR lines. My mother worked there during WWII making the black sand cores for Rolls Royce aircraft engines! The foundry was known in Leicester as "Bungie Richards" ironworks, and was still in production into the 1960's when I moved away from area.
Having spent many weekends exploring underground quarries I'd love to take a look in those mine entrances, haven't been underground for years sadly as like you said it's unsafe alone and I have no one to explore with these days.
A brilliant video in extreme cold. Redmile station was on the line from Newark to Belgrave road Station in Leicester via Marefield junction, and thousands of Leicester people used to pass through Redmile station on their way to either skegness or Mablethorpe in the summer months. There is a lot of worthwhile exploration to be done in Leicester / Lincs border around Belvior castle.
Cheers buddy! I have explored parts of this railway before, thurnby tunnel was great, marefield junction was fantastic, there’s a brilliant culvert there. Thanks for watching.
Another interesting video Steve, seeing as you have taken an interest in tramways , have you looked into the Burton to Ashby tramway? There is a great deal about it online and in books which I prefer some superb images of the time and it would be great to plot the tram way from Ashby itself where tram rails still exist at the old station.
Cheers. Yes, funnily enough, I’ve been reading a lot about it recently, and will make a video. I’ve been to the old rails outside the old MR Station to. There was a tragedy at the button end where a tram went flying down hill with loss of life.
Hello there. I haven’t been to it, but I have seen it on maps, and a picture of it online. I got part of this video wrong as I thought the shed was somewhere else, but it was a few hundred yards in the other direction. I realised this when I got home! Never mind.
Again Steve, have you lost even more weight mate? You're by no means a porker to begin with of course, I wasn't being rude, you just look offensively healthy now chief :) :)
Thank you John. At one point in my life I WAS a proper porker, nearly 24 stone at my worst. In the last year, I had gained 2 stone, due to an injury I had, and being a pig lol! Thankfully, injury has gone. I packed in drinking alcohol in may, improved my diet, I’m back running and lifting weight, and the weight I’d put on I’ve more than lost thankfully. I’m 40 next year, and want to be as fit as I possibly can for the rest of my days. Cheers
Another cracking video Mr Picker. Not easy doing this in these temperatures, dear boy, but I’m sure glad you did. Escapism at its best.
Thank you mark. Always a pleasure, never a chore. Yes very cold, but sometimes, this exploring is like a good workout and you get warmed up. I love it, and I’m pleased you enjoyed it.
It all looks a bit cold and unpleasant but your unbridled enthusiasm brightens it up and sells it. I think that's the nicest thing I've ever said to anyone, ever.
Thank you very much John.
My favourite bit here was the photo of the tramway with the woods you were tramping around in in the background - it fit perfectly with your finger pointing from the top of that hill, and both things went together to make great sense. I liked that.
Thank you! This particular explore I enjoyed very much, then again I like all of them lol
Lovely. Sat by the fire watching your blue face, trying to speak!
My kind of walkie Steve, imagining the history of all the seemingly insignificant bits and bobs sleeping in the undergrowth
Haha! Cheers buddy! As I type this, I’m in the bath with the sent of rose bubbles lol
Excellent Steve. As a regular club cyclist for 30+years I have cycled in all the Leicestershire and surrounding areas you explore and I now absolutely love warching your brilliant videos and getting the OS maps out to understand your locations and remembering the history you expose for when I next cycle in those different places. So good.
Thank you very much Chris. And what beautiful country it is out that way for cycling. Some great quiet roads out that way. Thank you for watching me being Noseh!
Very enjoyable video Steve. Brought back a lot of childhood memories! My grandfather worked at Holwell Iron Works in the 1930s and 40s. I used to visit family in the area and often cycled the lanes around Melton. I can remember seeing the locos that worked in and around Holwell. The whole of that part of Leicestershire was alive with ironstone quarries and you could see and hear the little trains at work wherever you went. There were lots of level crossings over the lanes which are now long gone, where a man with a red flag would stop traffic when trains came. Not much traffic to stop in those days in the 1950s and 60s so it was great for us youngsters to cycle around. You could see lots of large excavators sticking up out of the fields where the quarries were and there was a huge spoil mound near Asfordby called Welby Tip, which could be seen from all over East Leicestershire. That too has been removed. The station at Redmile had a special First Class Waiting Room which I was told was for guests going to and from Belvoir Castle, including King Edward VII and George V. We often went from Humberstone station to Skegness and Mablethorpe on excursion trains and passed through Redmile. The GNR station at Melton Mowbray North was a very grand affair with waiting rooms for 1st,2nd,and 3rd class passengers and a Refreshment Room. It was just off the Nottingham Road and was demolished long ago.
Thanks for the video, but sad to see the desolation at Redmile.
Keep up the good work as these films are a bit of history recorded for future generations.
Thank you Rod. Great comment. I would love a Time Machine lol! It would’ve been great watching those little steam engines bombing across the roads! And now, it’s as if nothing had ever happened, unless you know where to look. Thank you for watching.
Ey up Steve, another fascinating noseh! Thanks mate! 👍🏻
Thank you Max buddy!
Started my offroad running by doing laps of the mine and station, real pleasure in all weathers, does really hit with the cold fog round Holwell area
Thank you lord beers! This area in general is stunning mate, beautiful little iron stone built villages round there!
Another great trek through forgotten industrial history. Thanks again!
Thank you Stephen, much appreciated
Thanks Steve, really enjoyed your visit to this area of north Leicestershire. 👏👏👏👏👍
Thank you Graham. I love it up in north east Leicestershire, it’s gorgeous, and very underrated IMO. Thank you for watching.
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Wotcha Steve me ode, another fascinating video. Enjoyable to watch and see what once was, and to think how it was worked and who worked there. Hope you found a nice pub with an open fire and a nice pint after this one matey 😊😊
Thank you Adrian. I’m very pleased you enjoyed it. No pubs open when I’d finished this, I started early. Plus I don’t drink anymore buddy. Not that I’d turn down an open fire and a panda pop in a gorgeous country pub though lol
Great one and you're full of history as usual. It's definitely winter now with all the frost!
Cheers buddy! Yes, bloody cold! But ya soon warm up doing a bit of IndiAndy Jonesin! Lol. Thanks for watching
Nice one Steve, Nice to see that plaque, Where's the tribal elder? I bet it was him in that. Holiday cabin on his winter break 👍🤣🤣
Cheers buddy! The tribal elder will be back very soon, along with the rest of the crew. They would’ve been back last week, but we had a failed noseh attempt unfortunately.
@@LeiceExplore looking forward to it pal👍
I took a walk around there through the 'no dogs' nature trails many moons ago to discover an old water tank and leather/ rubber water hose still attached. I've no idea where it was. Redmile station had a first class lounge but no-one except the Duke was allowed to use it, I'm told the interior was very much like the front rooms of Launde Abbey. I suspect it was used by the Duke to go out, rather than his guests to come in, as its likely his coach would be waiting as the train arrived. Well done Steve, great stuff - I had looked for that incline parallel to the farm track as I've got a photo of it in use, but I'm not one for nosehing on me own!
Thank you Matt. It’s crazy to think of the extra expenses they went to, constructing the station for the duke, for it to now being a memory. But, that’s one of the reasons I do what I do. Thanks for watching buddy.
I've just realised that the girder of the bridge was cast at Richards Iron foundry which was alongside the Midland Main Line just north of Forest Road in Leicester. It was rail connected to the Midland and the GNR lines. My mother worked there during WWII making the black sand cores for Rolls Royce aircraft engines!
The foundry was known in Leicester as "Bungie Richards" ironworks, and was still in production into the 1960's when I moved away from area.
Having spent many weekends exploring underground quarries I'd love to take a look in those mine entrances, haven't been underground for years sadly as like you said it's unsafe alone and I have no one to explore with these days.
People have been in these, but they are very precarious to say the least
A brilliant video in extreme cold. Redmile station was on the line from Newark to Belgrave road Station in Leicester via Marefield junction, and thousands of Leicester people used to pass through Redmile station on their way to either skegness or Mablethorpe in the summer months. There is a lot of worthwhile exploration to be done in Leicester / Lincs border around Belvior castle.
Cheers buddy! I have explored parts of this railway before, thurnby tunnel was great, marefield junction was fantastic, there’s a brilliant culvert there. Thanks for watching.
Another interesting video Steve, seeing as you have taken an interest in tramways , have you looked into the Burton to Ashby tramway? There is a great deal about it online and in books which I prefer some superb images of the time and it would be great to plot the tram way from Ashby itself where tram rails still exist at the old station.
Cheers. Yes, funnily enough, I’ve been reading a lot about it recently, and will make a video. I’ve been to the old rails outside the old MR Station to. There was a tragedy at the button end where a tram went flying down hill with loss of life.
Another good video, Steve.🏆
I never knew about the second adit you showed.👌
Thank Kev! I’m pleased you enjoyed it buddy.
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Thank you Anna!
Did you find the railway shed at the farm on top of Harby hill, a long time ago i found an Engine in there but I’m talking 60 years past ?
Hello there. I haven’t been to it, but I have seen it on maps, and a picture of it online. I got part of this video wrong as I thought the shed was somewhere else, but it was a few hundred yards in the other direction. I realised this when I got home! Never mind.
Again Steve, have you lost even more weight mate? You're by no means a porker to begin with of course, I wasn't being rude, you just look offensively healthy now chief :) :)
Thank you John. At one point in my life I WAS a proper porker, nearly 24 stone at my worst. In the last year, I had gained 2 stone, due to an injury I had, and being a pig lol! Thankfully, injury has gone. I packed in drinking alcohol in may, improved my diet, I’m back running and lifting weight, and the weight I’d put on I’ve more than lost thankfully. I’m 40 next year, and want to be as fit as I possibly can for the rest of my days. Cheers