I kid you not, when Geoff said that "all of UA-cam is waiving at you", I was mid text and as I looked up from my phone, he points to the camera and says "wave at them", as if addressing me, which really freaked me out, so I waved for fear of him showing up at my house and making me wave to them in apology.
The scenery is incredible. So beautiful. I remember taking my first holiday on my own as an adult nearly thirty years ago. I took the train from London to Edinburgh. The same type of scenery. I was looking out the window and saw a small, red fox running through a field. One of the happiest moments of my life.
I love the Borders Line! Having grown up in Tweedbank and moved away it's great for travelling down to visit family. I feel it's also opened up parts of the Borders from a rural area with a couple of bigger towns to Edinburgh (and beyond) taking out the awful hour and a half bus journey. All be it there are a few downfalls but just short of 2 years on it's unbelievable that the service has only existed that long and the wee village of my childhood has a railway connection, still gets me every time!
The line near me that would REALLY bring in tourism is the line that ran from Penrith - Keswick (right in the middle of the Lake District) and then finishing at Whitehaven. All the bridges & platforms still remain. Its currently a cycle path, but is never busy.
I used the line from Penrith as far as Braithwaite and back several times back in the 1960s getting to and from the school camp site and always enjoyed it. I looked forward to using it again a few years ago only to find it closed. Such a shame.
@ naijitom - it was planned (back in the 1800's) to extend the current Oxenholme-Winderemere line to Grasmere, possibly even up to Keswick with the aid of rack-pinion rails, but obviously this was at a cost that was too great. Now, with all the houses in and around winderemere and amble-side, such a scheme would be impossible. The only way would be to cross lake winderemere (a huge feat) and go up the west side. This is a real shame because the lakes is super-busy this time of year and the new status will only make things worse on the roads. Only last week I spent an entire hour in one massive, slow moving traffic jam from Amble side to Winder mere. Thats a distance of around 5 miles or less!
Thank you. Had a horrible nights sleep. Worrying about things. Watching this with my wife this morning has really picked me up. This has become must see for us both.
I think my favourite engine sound is the Class 158 starting up. It took me all around the UK a few years ago, on the remotest and most scenic of lines.. 12:45
Lines being re-opened is always great to see. This needs to happen in Lincolnshire, aswell as more frequent services. In most parts of the county, you either have no train line at all, or you have a station that has infrequent services.
The 2 of you should consider retiring to Scotland when you are obviously considerably older. But I think that it would suit your natures. You would love it. I remember Chris Evans in 1986, in the summer he was becoming so sick and tired with the pollution down in London that he decided to relocate his Radio 1 Breakfast show for a while to Inverness. He said that he was quite taken aback by just how friendly and welcoming people who he had never really met were being to him after just touching down in Inverness airport.
The tweedbank - Edinburgh is the one I catch to Edinburgh when I am staying with my grandma. Very nice, until peak times. Crowded 2 car and empty 4 car in the morning
When Geoff said "all of UA-cam is waving at you", I actually waved. And when he said "apart from that guy there. Wave at them!" I actually said "I did!" This has turned into a Dora the Explorer episode really fast.
As a local to Brunstane and Newcraighall am now going to be calling it Craig Revel Hall. Brilliant video, my six year old son has loved watching the series so far.
TheSharkLord that would be theft! Scottish pounds and NI pounds aren't actually legal tender, despite many thinking they are. They can be refused as payment, but that would just be petty as most, if not all banks would take them anyway.
only if notices are in place saying that scottish notes arnt accepted, was with a mate down south who had scottish notes. put 80 quid in his car and they wouldnt accept his money yet had no signs. police were called told them the issue etc, police man told us to go and its the garages problem as there was no signs and we wernt refusing to pay.
I'm so happy you were in my home county of East Lothian! I live in London now so it is nice to see places like North Berwick and Dunbar in your All The Stations series, what a fantastic idea :D
It has been such a huge success that the scottish government is already looking into the business case to push it further to Melrose, Hawick and all the way back to Carlisle. It's also boosted alot of campaigns to reopen lines here like the lines to Methil and St. Andrews on fife and the lines to Fraserburgh and Peterhead in Aberdeenshire.
I guess you never crossed the Forth bridge? The stations at either end were "visited", but I guess you took the long way around to visit the intervening stations which you would have missed by crossing the bridge.
Talking about the Borders railway being busy, in all my years of being backstage at small theatres, getting stuck into the Edinburgh Fringe and various public transport, the train from Galashiels-Edinburgh on the day of a 6-nations game at Murrayfield and a Hibs game was the busiest, most cramped space I have ever been in.
Exciting times here in Tenerife at the moment - no railways in the Canary Islands at the moment, apart from the super tram in Tenerife, but a complete new rail system around Tenerife and Gran Canaria has started, not just opening a new line - building a rail system somewhere where there are no railways at all.
I love Scotland! My first visit to Scotland was the 10th September 2015 when I a took a trip on the Borders Railway (Waverley route) when it opened in its first week of operation. A wonderful railway, I try and visit Scotland at least once a year. Geoff & Vicky an awkward station that you must try and do it Briech station on the shotts line, I believe it is earmarked for closure in October? One train in each direction Mon-Fri between Glasgow and Edinburgh, a friend is badgerring me it ticking off the station before closure, abit difficult to do in a day from London! :)
3:27 Here's what wikipedia says: 'Modern Scottish banknotes are denominated in pounds sterling, and have exactly the same value as Bank of England notes.'
Scottish notes don't have the same value as English notes, in the UK, in reality. They are not legal tender in England. Here in Blackpool, it's actually quite hard getting rid of Scottish notes. There is no obligation for UK shops to accept Scottish or NI notes, and most don't. UK banks will exchange them for English notes, in the limit, if you can't pass them on to some poor unsuspecting dupe, who doesn't know better, but they are a right royal pain in the backside...
@@Charlie-UK The definition of legal has nothing to do with whether it has to be accepted in shops, the £50 note is legal tender, yet many shops are well within their rights to refuse to accept one!
Yes, not only did she call it Berwick, but the editor captioned it like that as well. I wonder how many people at Edinburgh Waverley get on the train to North Berwick when they wanted Berwick-upon-Tweed, or vice versa. (I always thought it was Berwick-on-Tweed, but I see that on the OS map it's Berwick-upon-Tweed.)
TheOnlyAlexFleming yes, your right! Geoff corrected me later in the day. I automatically just shortened it to Berwick. Think I did that in my FB live too, forgetting that I should distinguish between N Berwick and Berwick U T - sorry to the Berwicks! 😬
Yes, North Berwick's some distance from Berwick-upon-Tweed as you know, and in a different country!! incidentally although I'm not a die-hard football fan, an interesting fact is that Berwick-upon-Tweed is the only English town that plays in the Scottish League. (Just to add to the confusion, there's also Berwick in East Sussex of course, which you did yonks ago now!!)
Hi. I am loving the vlogs so much guys. My favs so far are the Cumbrian Coast, The Cambrian Coast, Porthmadog to Conwy via steam to Blaenau Ffestiniog and the Conwy Valley Line. I visited Conwy castle as a child and I had a marvellous Owain Glyndwr t-shirt from the castle gift shop. But the castle was so epically awesome as I recall when was 8 now 30. Personally Caernarfon is my favourite, which as you know can be reached by taking the Welsh Highland railway also from Porthmadog. Also North Berwick and the Boarders too which I would love to do and see some if the famous boarder Abbey like Melrose and Dryburgh. I once visited North Berwick and went to the National Seabird Centre on a birthday trip with my Dad. Seeing the Eider ducks diving into the water of the harbour for food was really lovely. Prepare yourself for the majesty of the great ol' Highlands. Vast skies, epic mountains and some of the most stunning coastal railway sections in the world let alone the country. I did the West Highland line to Mallaig one way and then Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness with my Mum a wee while back. Even bought a souvenir Kyle Line t-shirt. My favourite station might have to be Corrour, gosh is it remote. Brings a whole new meaning to the word. And the coast around Lochailort to Morar and Kyle of Lochalsh to Duirinish maybe Duncraig is mind blowing. Good wishes on completing your adventures.
Enjoying all the videos during the travels. Glenfinnan viaduct is beautiful, seen it from below . There are three banks are authorised to issue banknotes in Scotland: Bank of Scotland plc; Clydesdale Bank plc; and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.
Last one for today - I've just had a look at the North Berwick departures Mon - Fri, and yes it's clockface at 27 past each hour 09:27 - 13:27 EXCEPT the 12:20, then it's 14:29, 15:22 and 16:25 !!. It must be some operational constraint feeding onto the main line between fast trains surely, as you say it's far more desirable to have a set departure time each hour for an hourly service. Still at least it happened on that line, and not in the Highlands, where you've got only 4 or 5 trains a day on some lines, that would'be catastrophic to your plans if you miss one of those!
your videos cheers me up no end during this dreadful lockdown they look like you had a lot of fun doing them, I am amazed at howmuch research you must do about each location they're great videos thank and more please and safe travels, Robert:-)
The only let down of the new Borders line, in my opinion, is it only runs to Tweedbank. Parts of the original route to Carlisle have been taken for housing/roads, but i'm sure they could've found a suitable route all the way to Carlisle.
Scotland at last! I only done the Tweedbank line recently just to see what all the fuss was about. Can't wait to see the episodes about the lines I drive over out of Glasgow Central.
Harry Nim HOW DARE YOU ABUSE THE CAPS LOCK. YOU ARE SO WRONG ABOUT PETER. HE LOVED THE CAPS LOCK FEATURE SO MUCH THAT HE LET THE CAPS LOCK MOVE ON BY GETTING BANNED ON THIS CHANNEL!! lol
Poe Taytus Why does he always type in caps? It's like: WOW, THAT WAS A GREAT VIDEO. I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD JOURNEY. Is his caps button stuck down?
The random North Berwick train times are a consequence of the busy East Coast Mainline. It's very tight to fit all the express trains, freight and local stopping services in. Ultimately, it's the stoppers that give and run to an erratic timetable. Scotrail's generally pretty good at running a regular service in the Central Belt otherwise.
Scotland: friendly people and beautiful scenery. Perfect. And I have just realised that the Tweedbank line and Edinburgh trams mean I need to get another dose of Scotland in my life.
Tweedbank, there are plans afoot to relay it through to Carlisle on its old or near as possible via Hawick. The original funding for the project was helped by EU cash. Brexit will negate this option for funding.
0:42 “Over the years, [Berwick-upon-Tweed] has gone back and forth between English and Scottish rule”. Yes - the Map Men may just have a video on that!
Watching this particular video made me think of the closed line near me that I'm convinced would be just as popular as the one at Tweedbank. Its the old line between Scarborough and Whitby which is now called the Cinder Track. Nearly all of the track bed is still there even a viaduct at the Whitby end.Its now used extensively by walkers and cyclists and very scenic running along the coast. The main problem is at the Scarborough end where the line ends in a Sainsbury car park, so maybe a new station could be built there! Who knows, it would certainly be a money spinner.
My English Father is now married to a Scottish lady, so I get the best of both worlds and travel regularly from Hastings to Livingston, nearly always by train, East and west coast. Did the trams and Borders railway last year, fantastic stuff... Just hope both projects are extended in the future....
naijiktom unfortunately not... Normally tube it from london bridge to king's cross or euston, an alternative is thameslink when that is back up and running again...
Yasss been waiting for the Scottish part of this series for a while now! Can't wait for you to do all the Glasgow stations and then come up to the North East!
I would like the Pulborough to Midhurst Line in sussex to open again. It was closed by Beeching and it had Pulborough (Existing Station), Fittleworth, Petworth, Selham & Graffham, Midhurst on it.
You know what's it called when trains always leave at the same minute past the hour? That's an integrated clock-face or cyclic timetable and it's what makes e.g. the Swiss railway such a success.
I feel so lucky now that I also live in place with an integrated timetable, although ours does not include buses, for the regional trains it's pretty good. I'm from NRW in Germany.
According to realtimetrains there's a couple of services each day which are class 158 diesels instead of the class 380 electrics, so they leave about 5 minutes earlier to get into Waverley at the same time.
Michael Booth That's because ScotRail often likes to combine two routes into one train (e.g. Ayr-Glasgow-Edinburgh at peak times). It's a good idea in theory, but when you combine an electric route with a diesel route, it creates a timetabling mess like this 😕
Less than that I think! Can see from their Instagram story/pics they've done Mallaig and are on a ferry. So guessing ferry/car to Kyle of Lochalsh then train to Inverness tonight.
TheSharkLord other than the one through inverurie. Still it's really annoying. I don't live in Aberdeen but a lot of my family does so I'm up their a lot. Transport up there is a complete bitch. So I wish they would reopen them. At least open some of them. I hate Aberdeen's transport
So the original route was from Edinburgh Waverly to Carlisle Citadel. They definitely should reopen the line. First, it would connect more lovely castles to the railway. More tourism. And a lot of town would get connected again. Also it is a shortcut from the Eastside to the West. Approx 156 to 204 km (97 to 127 miles).
Geoff please can you give me the link to the video when you are at Grantham and the one when you are at Peterborough please because I will like more of you videos if you do please!
Newcraighall reminds you of Craig Revel Horwood?.Oh dear,.you need serious therapy Geoff, lol!!!. I actually went up to Edinburgh on 6th September 2015, the first day of public operation of the Borders Railway, met up with some friends, and rode the first train out of Edinburgh Waverley that morning. There was an earlier departure from the Tweedbank end, so I can't claim to have ridden the VERY first train on the reopened line, and there were some private runs for invited guests the previous day, but it's nice to have played a small part as a passenger in the opening of the line. (Services as far as Craig R....sorry I mean Newcraighall had already stated some years earlier, about 2003 I think). I hope they extend it further in the near future, it'd be great to see it reopened right through to Carlisle in my lifetime!! I'd also like to see Uckfield-Lewes reopened, which is only about 6 miles.
I know that Northern Ireland isn't part of this project, but are you considering the possibility of doing it at some point? If so, I'd like to help in organising.
I love how so many of the Scottish episodes have friendly Scots chatting to Jeff and Vicky in the background. "Mary Queen of Scots holed up there, and you can see where Cromwell shot cannonballs at the castle."
Geoff: In your live Periscope from Oban you pointed at McCaig's Tower and asked "What's that?" - you should have known after the lady on the train telling you to visit... :-)
The castle at 9:35 is Borthwick Castle. I can hear someone in the background on the train telling some of its history but not clearly enough. Mary Queen of Scots was besieged there twice and escaped the second time by disguising herself as a page. It's now a hotel and conference center and I stayed there way back in 1981 and recognized the place immediately. Come on, if you're going to do All the Castles, do All the Castles. Vicki needs to make Geoff stop the train to get in some history. He must think this is a documentary about railroads.😉
Agree there Geoff with the mins past issue with off-peak services. As you'll found out that daftness that is on Monday to Friday and Saturday with a min here and there for 'pathing/padding' is daft when a standard pattern timetable can run largely for the majority of the day Monday to Saturday - but planners are the god and they know best
Lee Render where I live, trains for the two most cities in the region leave at 02 and 32 for the one city and at 38 for the other. Same minute, every hour
I'm only just now to your adventures and I'm loving the videos. 1 wee question though, you didn't seem to document any of the stations between Waverley and Tweedbank. Why was that? I live in one of the villages the Borders line serves and this area is full of history, and a couple of castles (although you did film Borthwick). I know you like all the local history stuff so I was a bit surprised not to see any mention other than Borthwick. Love the videos though, can't believe I'm so late to the party.
1:22 A pushchair in the wheelchair space, two more and a bike next to the "please do not put luggage here" sign in the corridor to the wheelchair accessible toilet and to the exit. Most welcoming and convenient for wheelchair users - not.
Hi, Vicki and Geoff. Loved your speech about the Waverley line closed by the nasty Beeching now partly reopened. It would be nice if it went all the way to Carlisle again. Never seen so many comments on an episode, is this a record?
I kid you not, when Geoff said that "all of UA-cam is waiving at you", I was mid text and as I looked up from my phone, he points to the camera and says "wave at them", as if addressing me, which really freaked me out, so I waved for fear of him showing up at my house and making me wave to them in apology.
Noah Gershoff 😂
The scenery is incredible. So beautiful. I remember taking my first holiday on my own as an adult nearly thirty years ago. I took the train from London to Edinburgh. The same type of scenery. I was looking out the window and saw a small, red fox running through a field. One of the happiest moments of my life.
I love the Borders Line! Having grown up in Tweedbank and moved away it's great for travelling down to visit family. I feel it's also opened up parts of the Borders from a rural area with a couple of bigger towns to Edinburgh (and beyond) taking out the awful hour and a half bus journey. All be it there are a few downfalls but just short of 2 years on it's unbelievable that the service has only existed that long and the wee village of my childhood has a railway connection, still gets me every time!
The line near me that would REALLY bring in tourism is the line that ran from Penrith - Keswick (right in the middle of the Lake District) and then finishing at Whitehaven. All the bridges & platforms still remain. Its currently a cycle path, but is never busy.
I used the line from Penrith as far as Braithwaite and back several times back in the 1960s getting to and from the school camp site and always enjoyed it. I looked forward to using it again a few years ago only to find it closed.
Such a shame.
Keswick station/platform is now a restaurant though, I think its still there - will lots of glass walls.
Jonathan Cook I really lament the lack of railway in national parks. It would be really conducive to efforts to reduce air pollution.
@ naijitom - it was planned (back in the 1800's) to extend the current Oxenholme-Winderemere line to Grasmere, possibly even up to Keswick with the aid of rack-pinion rails, but obviously this was at a cost that was too great. Now, with all the houses in and around winderemere and amble-side, such a scheme would be impossible. The only way would be to cross lake winderemere (a huge feat) and go up the west side. This is a real shame because the lakes is super-busy this time of year and the new status will only make things worse on the roads. Only last week I spent an entire hour in one massive, slow moving traffic jam from Amble side to Winder mere. Thats a distance of around 5 miles or less!
naijiktom The lack of will to rebuild the Matlock to Buxton line gets me triggered.... 🙁
This was a sheer delight! I'd heard they were working on reopening the line, and yes, it happened! What a lovely surprise! Great entertainment!
I love Vicki's reaction to the Glenfinnan viaduct being on the Scottish 10 pound note, because that was my reaction too!
Thank you. Had a horrible nights sleep. Worrying about things. Watching this with my wife this morning has really picked me up. This has become must see for us both.
Lovely comment, thanks! Hope things get better for ya. G&V.
You look as if the weather is quite fresh up their in Berwick upon Tweed.
all the staions brilliant channel wonderfully produced daniel craig
I think my favourite engine sound is the Class 158 starting up. It took me all around the UK a few years ago, on the remotest and most scenic of lines.. 12:45
Lines being re-opened is always great to see. This needs to happen in Lincolnshire, aswell as more frequent services. In most parts of the county, you either have no train line at all, or you have a station that has infrequent services.
H010 yes Lincolnshire defiantly needs this (the closest station to me is Peterborough, we used to have a station but it closed years ago now) 😡
The 2 of you should consider retiring to Scotland when you are obviously considerably older. But I think that it would suit your natures.
You would love it.
I remember Chris Evans in 1986, in the summer he was becoming so sick and tired with the pollution down in London that he decided to relocate his Radio 1 Breakfast show for a while to Inverness.
He said that he was quite taken aback by just how friendly and welcoming people who he had never really met were being to him after just touching down in Inverness airport.
I've only just realized how much I love the Scotrail livery. The deep dark blue with the silver dotted shevron and the yellow front.
It's clever how they evoke the St. Andrew's cross without just blatantly slapping a Scottish flag on it.
It is a classy livery, certainly, and much better than the old generic corporate Firstgroup livery.
Your Tweedbank talk makes me wish the Edinburgh South Suburban Railway.
Also yaay Newcraighall~
Yes, I completely agree.
Agreed
The tweedbank - Edinburgh is the one I catch to Edinburgh when I am staying with my grandma. Very nice, until peak times. Crowded 2 car and empty 4 car in the morning
I took a ride on the Borders Railway last year. Tweedbank was a little bit of nothingness for me, but Galashiels was very amazing.
When Geoff said "all of UA-cam is waving at you", I actually waved.
And when he said "apart from that guy there. Wave at them!" I actually said "I did!"
This has turned into a Dora the Explorer episode really fast.
As a local to Brunstane and Newcraighall am now going to be calling it Craig Revel Hall. Brilliant video, my six year old son has loved watching the series so far.
After you done this project can you go and explore dissused railway lines across great Britain.
Keep your Scottish notes and then you can have a new series travelling around London trying to spend em!! Welcome to Scotland though its a great place
TheSharkLord that would be theft! Scottish pounds and NI pounds aren't actually legal tender, despite many thinking they are. They can be refused as payment, but that would just be petty as most, if not all banks would take them anyway.
What I do when someone in England refuses my notes. I just say that's okay I will just take my x and go then. It usually changes peoples mind quickly.
only if notices are in place saying that scottish notes arnt accepted, was with a mate down south who had scottish notes. put 80 quid in his car and they wouldnt accept his money yet had no signs. police were called told them the issue etc, police man told us to go and its the garages problem as there was no signs and we wernt refusing to pay.
It seems rather inefficient having different notes. Rename the bank of England the Bank of the United Kingdom and have one set of notes.
Gareth Jones Bank of England notes aren't legal tender in Scotland either.
3:08 pray for her she missed her train :(
If you listen very carefully, you can hear (what I think is) Vicki say "Oh no!", possibly to the girl.
I met one of my best mates in a pub in 2007 due to missing a train so it's not always bad 😅 some "Sliding Doors" shit lol 😅
I'm so happy you were in my home county of East Lothian! I live in London now so it is nice to see places like North Berwick and Dunbar in your All The Stations series, what a fantastic idea :D
That class 380 looks like it's got a coffin tied to the front / back. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ... 3:08
Hi Geoff and vicki i am the person u met when you got off the virgin train in edinburgh on day 89 i have been following your journine good job gus
It has been such a huge success that the scottish government is already looking into the business case to push it further to Melrose, Hawick and all the way back to Carlisle. It's also boosted alot of campaigns to reopen lines here like the lines to Methil and St. Andrews on fife and the lines to Fraserburgh and Peterhead in Aberdeenshire.
I guess you never crossed the Forth bridge? The stations at either end were "visited", but I guess you took the long way around to visit the intervening stations which you would have missed by crossing the bridge.
Which intervening stations would have been missed? Are you referring to this video?
Absolutely yes to reopening more of those lines that never should have been closed!
Talking about the Borders railway being busy, in all my years of being backstage at small theatres, getting stuck into the Edinburgh Fringe and various public transport, the train from Galashiels-Edinburgh on the day of a 6-nations game at Murrayfield and a Hibs game was the busiest, most cramped space I have ever been in.
You would've went past Acklington station in northumberland. It is the least used station in northumberland if you're interested.
Exciting times here in Tenerife at the moment - no railways in the Canary Islands at the moment, apart from the super tram in Tenerife, but a complete new rail system around Tenerife and Gran Canaria has started, not just opening a new line - building a rail system somewhere where there are no railways at all.
So confused: Berwick upon Tweed to North Berwick to Tweedbank. Grrr...
The church at 8:56 is Stow
Loved this, I am from Scotland and can't wait for the Scottish videos now!
I love Scotland! My first visit to Scotland was the 10th September 2015 when I a took a trip on the Borders Railway (Waverley route) when it opened in its first week of operation. A wonderful railway, I try and visit Scotland at least once a year.
Geoff & Vicky an awkward station that you must try and do it Briech station on the shotts line, I believe it is earmarked for closure in October? One train in each direction Mon-Fri between Glasgow and Edinburgh, a friend is badgerring me it ticking off the station before closure, abit difficult to do in a day from London! :)
Nice work Geoff and Vicky
3:27 Here's what wikipedia says:
'Modern Scottish banknotes are denominated in pounds sterling, and have exactly the same value as Bank of England notes.'
1tommytrouble I think that was a joke
Scottish notes don't have the same value as English notes, in the UK, in reality. They are not legal tender in England. Here in Blackpool, it's actually quite hard getting rid of Scottish notes. There is no obligation for UK shops to accept Scottish or NI notes, and most don't. UK banks will exchange them for English notes, in the limit, if you can't pass them on to some poor unsuspecting dupe, who doesn't know better, but they are a right royal pain in the backside...
@@Charlie-UK The definition of legal has nothing to do with whether it has to be accepted in shops, the £50 note is legal tender, yet many shops are well within their rights to refuse to accept one!
Vicki explores....Berwick. Except she actually didn't, the town is called North Berwick.
Yes, not only did she call it Berwick, but the editor captioned it like that as well.
I wonder how many people at Edinburgh Waverley get on the train to North Berwick when they wanted Berwick-upon-Tweed, or vice versa. (I always thought it was Berwick-on-Tweed, but I see that on the OS map it's Berwick-upon-Tweed.)
TheOnlyAlexFleming yes, your right! Geoff corrected me later in the day. I automatically just shortened it to Berwick. Think I did that in my FB live too, forgetting that I should distinguish between N Berwick and Berwick U T - sorry to the Berwicks! 😬
Yes, North Berwick's some distance from Berwick-upon-Tweed as you know, and in a different country!! incidentally although I'm not a die-hard football fan, an interesting fact is that Berwick-upon-Tweed is the only English town that plays in the Scottish League. (Just to add to the confusion, there's also Berwick in East Sussex of course, which you did yonks ago now!!)
TheOnlyAlexFleming Interestingly enough, neither North Berwick or Berwick upon Tweed are in Berwickshire
Hi. I am loving the vlogs so much guys. My favs so far are the Cumbrian Coast, The Cambrian Coast, Porthmadog to Conwy via steam to Blaenau Ffestiniog and the Conwy Valley Line. I visited Conwy castle as a child and I had a marvellous Owain Glyndwr t-shirt from the castle gift shop. But the castle was so epically awesome as I recall when was 8 now 30. Personally Caernarfon is my favourite, which as you know can be reached by taking the Welsh Highland railway also from Porthmadog. Also North Berwick and the Boarders too which I would love to do and see some if the famous boarder Abbey like Melrose and Dryburgh. I once visited North Berwick and went to the National Seabird Centre on a birthday trip with my Dad. Seeing the Eider ducks diving into the water of the harbour for food was really lovely.
Prepare yourself for the majesty of the great ol' Highlands. Vast skies, epic mountains and some of the most stunning coastal railway sections in the world let alone the country. I did the West Highland line to Mallaig one way and then Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness with my Mum a wee while back. Even bought a souvenir Kyle Line t-shirt. My favourite station might have to be Corrour, gosh is it remote. Brings a whole new meaning to the word. And the coast around Lochailort to Morar and Kyle of Lochalsh to Duirinish maybe Duncraig is mind blowing. Good wishes on completing your adventures.
Enjoying all the videos during the travels. Glenfinnan viaduct is beautiful, seen it from below .
There are three banks are authorised to issue banknotes in Scotland:
Bank of Scotland plc;
Clydesdale Bank plc; and
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.
Last one for today - I've just had a look at the North Berwick departures Mon - Fri, and yes it's clockface at 27 past each hour 09:27 - 13:27 EXCEPT the 12:20, then it's 14:29, 15:22 and 16:25 !!. It must be some operational constraint feeding onto the main line between fast trains surely, as you say it's far more desirable to have a set departure time each hour for an hourly service.
Still at least it happened on that line, and not in the Highlands, where you've got only 4 or 5 trains a day on some lines, that would'be catastrophic to your plans if you miss one of those!
your videos cheers me up no end during this dreadful lockdown they look like you had a lot of fun doing them, I am amazed at howmuch research you must do about each location they're great videos thank and more please and safe travels, Robert:-)
The only let down of the new Borders line, in my opinion, is it only runs to Tweedbank. Parts of the original route to Carlisle have been taken for housing/roads, but i'm sure they could've found a suitable route all the way to Carlisle.
They are planning to reopen it to Carlisle in a ten or so years time. They have have outlined a route and everything
Going to Carlisle is unlikely due to the business case. More likely it will go to Hawick, though even that will be a lot of work.
Carlisle is an option for a tourist route and of course would be an alternative route option if needed. Brexit means no EU cash though.
And where do you think the EU get their cash from?
2 coaches at peak times is the only let down of the borders line.
Scotland at last! I only done the Tweedbank line recently just to see what all the fuss was about.
Can't wait to see the episodes about the lines I drive over out of Glasgow Central.
Northern should run to Berwick upon tweed, it's still England you know...
2:59 I waved, wasn't me!
Keep up the good work
Do you know who wasn't waving at the camera?
peter buckley.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU JUST SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME PLEASE? XD
Harry Nim HOW DARE YOU ABUSE THE CAPS LOCK. YOU ARE SO WRONG ABOUT PETER. HE LOVED THE CAPS LOCK FEATURE SO MUCH THAT HE LET THE CAPS LOCK MOVE ON BY GETTING BANNED ON THIS CHANNEL!! lol
Poe Taytus Was anyone waving at PETER BUCKLEY? And were they friendly waves, or another sort of wave?
Ian Mcclavin I THINK THEY WERE CAPS LOCK WAVES :D
Poe Taytus Why does he always type in caps? It's like: WOW, THAT WAS A GREAT VIDEO. I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD JOURNEY. Is his caps button stuck down?
I must've just missed you! I was there at the end of July. The Tweedbank line is amazing and I strongly recommend a walk along the Tweed.
The random North Berwick train times are a consequence of the busy East Coast Mainline. It's very tight to fit all the express trains, freight and local stopping services in. Ultimately, it's the stoppers that give and run to an erratic timetable.
Scotrail's generally pretty good at running a regular service in the Central Belt otherwise.
Scotland: friendly people and beautiful scenery. Perfect.
And I have just realised that the Tweedbank line and Edinburgh trams mean I need to get another dose of Scotland in my life.
Tweedbank, there are plans afoot to relay it through to Carlisle on its old or near as possible via Hawick. The original funding for the project was helped by EU cash. Brexit will negate this option for funding.
0:42 “Over the years, [Berwick-upon-Tweed] has gone back and forth between English and Scottish rule”.
Yes - the Map Men may just have a video on that!
Watching this particular video made me think of the closed line near me that I'm convinced would be just as popular as the one at Tweedbank. Its the old line between Scarborough and Whitby which is now called the Cinder Track. Nearly all of the track bed is still there even a viaduct at the Whitby end.Its now used extensively by walkers and cyclists and very scenic running along the coast. The main problem is at the Scarborough end where the line ends in a Sainsbury car park, so maybe a new station could be built there! Who knows, it would certainly be a money spinner.
My English Father is now married to a Scottish lady, so I get the best of both worlds and travel regularly from Hastings to Livingston, nearly always by train, East and west coast. Did the trams and Borders railway last year, fantastic stuff... Just hope both projects are extended in the future....
shrubbie leaf Can you do that without travelling through London?
naijiktom unfortunately not... Normally tube it from london bridge to king's cross or euston, an alternative is thameslink when that is back up and running again...
Hopefully Vicki will get a chance to go to the Elephant Cafe while you're in Edinburgh.
Not long left now. Congrats on completing England!
I used to work in North Berwick and spend many, many, many, many hours sat in that waiting room.
3:08 When there's one slice of pizza left at a party.
Yasss been waiting for the Scottish part of this series for a while now! Can't wait for you to do all the Glasgow stations and then come up to the North East!
I would like the Pulborough to Midhurst Line in sussex to open again. It was closed by Beeching and it had Pulborough (Existing Station), Fittleworth, Petworth, Selham & Graffham, Midhurst on it.
Dissapointed you didn't get some Tunnocks tea cakes and an Irn Bru for your first day
Great video as always! I'll look forward to the day you can do All the Stations, Waverley to Carlisle!
Where's Wallyford?
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Just outside of Edinburgh.
East Lothian.
You know what's it called when trains always leave at the same minute past the hour? That's an integrated clock-face or cyclic timetable and it's what makes e.g. the Swiss railway such a success.
I feel so lucky now that I also live in place with an integrated timetable, although ours does not include buses, for the regional trains it's pretty good. I'm from NRW in Germany.
Where's wallyford? I can't find it!
Like it you're another brit with a sense of humor
Message to captions people! North Berwick and Berwick upon Tweed are not the same. They are 40 miles apart! 🤣🤣🤣
According to realtimetrains there's a couple of services each day which are class 158 diesels instead of the class 380 electrics, so they leave about 5 minutes earlier to get into Waverley at the same time.
Michael Booth
That's because ScotRail often likes to combine two routes into one train (e.g. Ayr-Glasgow-Edinburgh at peak times). It's a good idea in theory, but when you combine an electric route with a diesel route, it creates a timetabling mess like this 😕
Well the two I saw were at around 12 and 3pm so not peak, But I assume once all the 385s are in services there will be no diesels on the line.
Those little trains are at most Scottish stations.
Also I'm in Aberdeen soon when do you stop in Aberdeen?
They are on the West Highland Line just now. I'm guessing back down to Perth then the awkward stations near Dundee before going up the coast?
Michael Booth so probably a weekish?
Less than that I think! Can see from their Instagram story/pics they've done Mallaig and are on a ferry. So guessing ferry/car to Kyle of Lochalsh then train to Inverness tonight.
Michael Booth looking forward to it
TheSharkLord other than the one through inverurie.
Still it's really annoying. I don't live in Aberdeen but a lot of my family does so I'm up their a lot. Transport up there is a complete bitch. So I wish they would reopen them. At least open some of them.
I hate Aberdeen's transport
So the original route was from Edinburgh Waverly to Carlisle Citadel. They definitely should reopen the line. First, it would connect more lovely castles to the railway. More tourism. And a lot of town would get connected again. Also it is a shortcut from the Eastside to the West. Approx 156 to 204 km (97 to 127 miles).
Geoff please can you give me the link to the video when you are at Grantham and the one when you are at Peterborough please because I will like more of you videos if you do please!
You pair are jolly souls
Scottish notes can appear anywhere. Quite a few times when I've been in Blackpool, I've been given a Scottish note in my change.
Newcraighall reminds you of Craig Revel Horwood?.Oh dear,.you need serious therapy Geoff, lol!!!.
I actually went up to Edinburgh on 6th September 2015, the first day of public operation of the Borders Railway, met up with some friends, and rode the first train out of Edinburgh Waverley that morning. There was an earlier departure from the Tweedbank end, so I can't claim to have ridden the VERY first train on the reopened line, and there were some private runs for invited guests the previous day, but it's nice to have played a small part as a passenger in the opening of the line. (Services as far as Craig R....sorry I mean Newcraighall had already stated some years earlier, about 2003 I think). I hope they extend it further in the near future, it'd be great to see it reopened right through to Carlisle in my lifetime!! I'd also like to see Uckfield-Lewes reopened, which is only about 6 miles.
I know that Northern Ireland isn't part of this project, but are you considering the possibility of doing it at some point? If so, I'd like to help in organising.
3:08 - what, Geoff and Vicki don't have enough pull to have the train stop to let her on?
that's my local line and i get on at eskbank and go to waverly and it takes 20 minutes but the bus takes an hour
Think one of you is a secret bus enthusiast as you managed to get another unique bus in shot
All The Busses - all of them!
It's gotta be vicki I mean she likes Pacers and they're basically busses
I love how so many of the Scottish episodes have friendly Scots chatting to Jeff and Vicky in the background. "Mary Queen of Scots holed up there, and you can see where Cromwell shot cannonballs at the castle."
You had to do the piece to camera for Vikki explores on "Victoria Road", didn't you :D
Geoff: In your live Periscope from Oban you pointed at McCaig's Tower and asked "What's that?" - you should have known after the lady on the train telling you to visit... :-)
this feels like the most joyous of all the videos so far
ATS is the most wholesome thing on youtube.
Id take the train gladly if it was cheaper and reliable but that wont ever happen here in manchester unless northern rail get kicked out
This music is so optimistic I love this snazzy theme tune.
All the stations in Welsh - ye holl orsafoedd? in Scots Gaelic - a h-uile steisean?
Couldn’t agree more Geoff about reopening railway lines.
The Beaching closures were so shortsighted.
Nice video! Congrats on completing england! I love this series! :D
The castle at 9:35 is Borthwick Castle. I can hear someone in the background on the train telling some of its history but not clearly enough. Mary Queen of Scots was besieged there twice and escaped the second time by disguising herself as a page. It's now a hotel and conference center and I stayed there way back in 1981 and recognized the place immediately. Come on, if you're going to do All the Castles, do All the Castles. Vicki needs to make Geoff stop the train to get in some history. He must think this is a documentary about railroads.😉
At 8:58 the cattle are keeping their patch of grass dry.
Agree there Geoff with the mins past issue with off-peak services. As you'll found out that daftness that is on Monday to Friday and Saturday with a min here and there for 'pathing/padding' is daft when a standard pattern timetable can run largely for the majority of the day Monday to Saturday - but planners are the god and they know best
Lancaster's hourly services to Manchester Airport are just as daft. 24 past, 27 past, 25 past, 20 past... Aaargh.
Think it must be because a couple of slower diesels run on the line, so need to leave earlier to get to Waverley at the same time each hour.
Lee Render where I live, trains for the two most cities in the region leave at 02 and 32 for the one city and at 38 for the other. Same minute, every hour
Another great video.
I'm pretty sure that the Scottish bills and the English bills are interchangeable, I don't think there is a exchange rate for them.
I think that was a joke by Vicky. It's the same currency, with different looking notes.
Tweedbank Line? The Borders Railway and before that, the legendary Waverley Route from Edinburgh to Carlisle.
I'm already feeling sad that this adventure will soon be over.
I'm only just now to your adventures and I'm loving the videos. 1 wee question though, you didn't seem to document any of the stations between Waverley and Tweedbank. Why was that? I live in one of the villages the Borders line serves and this area is full of history, and a couple of castles (although you did film Borthwick). I know you like all the local history stuff so I was a bit surprised not to see any mention other than Borthwick.
Love the videos though, can't believe I'm so late to the party.
Yet another Hit Show (!!) Attracting News Media … SCORE for your entire Production Company
1:22 A pushchair in the wheelchair space, two more and a bike next to the "please do not put luggage here" sign in the corridor to the wheelchair accessible toilet and to the exit. Most welcoming and convenient for wheelchair users - not.
Two hours in North Berwick, 20 seconds spent at Edinburgh Waverley.
When you're in Oban it's worth visiting the distillery.
Great video again guys :-D love it!
Hi, Vicki and Geoff. Loved your speech about the Waverley line closed by the nasty Beeching now partly reopened. It would be nice if it went all the way to Carlisle again. Never seen so many comments on an episode, is this a record?
You came to tweedbank. I go there evary weekend 😂