WHICH IS FASTER? Narrowboat or Train! Cab Ride on the Churnet Valley Railway. Ep. 136.
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Narrowboat vs Train! With the River Churnet in flood, Colin takes a driver's cab train ride to Kingsley & Froghall on the Churnet Valley Railway.
It's too dangerous to take our narrowboat onto the flooded river so we pay a visit to Cheddleton Station where Jack shows Colin around the engine sheds, jumps aboard a steam locomotive, and checks out the restoration of some old carriages before warming up one of their diesel locomotives and going on a private ride, taking in the train driver's view, along the Churnet Valley Line to Kingsley & Froghall. We discover the history of the line, taking in Consall Station, the former Thomas Bolton Copper Works, and the station at Froghall.
Back on the Caldon Canal we leave Cheddleton and pay tribute to the great canal engineer, James Brindley, as we pass the spot where he became ill before his death in 1772.
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Your added history really brings the canals to life for those of us in the USA.
Thanks, William. Glad you appreciate it 👍🏻
There is a very large museum about 40 minutes from my parents house. I haven't been there since about high school.
I cranked my way single handedly around most of it and didn’t have a clue!
@@Tuxedomakdarien It’s like living in Winchester. Apparently there’s a Cathedral!
Loved the cab ride never visited cheddelton but it looks amazing if your are comming up north this year you need to visit the east Lancashire steam railway in bury we are having the flying scotsman in the engine sheds for overhaul so it will be running on our line to rawtenstall have a look at website for E l R railway its a brilliant heritage railway well worth a visit stay safe guys
Nothing says "tra-a-a-a-a-a-a-in" like being able to have a hands-on experience.
TRRRRAAAAIIIIINS! 😂
Another spectacular sightseeing and history lesson from the Foxes. Collin, well done. You and Sean have a unique angle on your videos. Just watching the English countryside go by from a narrow boat is available in many other videos Collin, yours are very special because of the research you do on the history you pass through, and the wonderful historical photos descriptions of the activities. Thank you so much for your dedication and careful video editing. You produce a truly entertaining video for everyone to enjoy.
Really is our pleasure! xxxx
Guys this is one of your best! Have to say Jack is an impressive young man. Articulate, knowledgeable, great add to this week's show. What a treat to get a front seat ride.
If I lived nearby it would be such a kick to work with the rail yard.
Anyway, great job all. Nice diversion after such a krap week here in the States.
Stay safe, looking forward to next week. Do more like this as you get the opportunity.
Cheers
Jack is ace! If i lived closer he’d be a good mate!
Several years ago my nephew, along with a couple of other train enthusiasts, bought and restored a Class 37 diesel loco. After they bought her they did some research around the loco’s number and found that she was actually called the Lady Diana Spencer! Andrew wrote to Earl Spencer to ask if they could put a nameplate back on the loco when she was restored. Earl Spencer gave his permission and she was renamed at Crewe a couple of years ago. She is chartered out for special trips. Andrew started like Jack as a volunteer at Crewe railway museum and now has a great job working with heritage engines.
That's amazing, Gill 👍🏻
Unfortunately you can't post photos on here, but I've seen it at Crewe, and took photos of it whilst I was there. The restoration was immaculate.
Class 37s my FAVOURITE diesel loco!! We've got 2 in service at the GWR, the growlers, plus a 20 (very nice) amounget others, and don't the 37s GROWL!!!!👍👍
They put a lot of time into the restoration. 👍
That was so. much FUN !! I watch from USA. Could you name the county you are cruising in ? I also watch ETTC and I am learning England geography. The poem was sad and unique and clever.
Yeah, it was Staffordshire
Bloody good team. Great to have some fun as a counter to all the insanity going on. Excellent content as ever Colin. Shaun is back. This is the first vid since you were sick that you've had your old sparkle back Shaun. Excellent mate. Stinken hot and muggy down here in NZ. Actually having an excellent summer. Heaps of rain and sun. Grass is growing like crazy, the entire Country is green. Take care guys. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What's going on? Shaun with the double-entendres. Littlest.... 😉
Haha! Obviously feeling better 😂
G'day from Sydney fellas...I have watched many a narrowboat vlog. But in my opinion, this one goes to the top of the list. Thank you..
Wow, thanks!
I might as well say it up front. Mind the pun!!!
As a "trained" engine fitter at DSB (Danish Railroad company) I must say that i have a little soft spot for the older trains, there is nothing like the roar from a 2000HP diesel engine starting up.
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Oh my goodness! I’m all choked up! Trains and canals! All of a sudden, I’m four again...as a little girl, I lived between the Basingstoke Canal and the London to Southampton railway line. I was fascinated by both. I would sit and watch the steam trains race by and to this day, the sound of British trains are a lullaby to me! The smell was lovely too. It was a sad day when a high fence was built and the trains became electric. The canal was always very quiet as it needed to be dredged. My brother and I played on the old locks. The canal was dredged in the ‘80s and is now fully operational.
Sorry to ramble on. Your vlog was lovely, really lovely! The wildlife, scenery and that wonderful train ride. Thank you!
Not rambling at all! I love it when we can bring back lovely memories 💜
So lovely to hear your story. My dad and grandad both worked on that canal and railway. Ferrying cargo along canal to docks. Grandad wa secretary of local works club. My other grandad came from Ireland via Liverpool's dock yards to Croydon's docks to be engine stocker. They lived in railway cottages along railway. We could go to outback loo and watch trains at same time. Whole house rattled and shook even at night.
@@beckyskye6708 that’s fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing.
How on earth did you fix that trip.... great vlog and what a smashing lad Jack is, he kept you well entertained 😊. Great to see Shaun sounding like his old self. Thank you for another smasher.
Glad you enjoyed it. Jack is ace! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Oh, Colin, how excited you must have been to ride the train and learn the history !! What a great episode. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video - canal boats and trains, plus steam/smoke from the boat = it doesn't get any better. Glad to see Shaun getting much better, and Colin so happy - hope Otis is warm - Good Luck!
Thanks 👍 We're all warm on the boat 👍🏻
Excellent vlog! Loved seeing Shaun looking so much better and Colin having a brilliant day. Hugs
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you Colin for a fantastic vlog. It was one of those vlogs that I didn’t want to end. The quality of the video was amazing. Thank you also to Jack and Churnet Valley Railway. ( love to Sean and Otis too). ❤️❤️❤️
Glad you enjoyed it. Jack and the volunteers are amazing!
Colin’s like a kid in a candy store, just like that time actually visiting the sweet factory! Littlest hobo indeed! Thanks for the vlog, though I’m still scratching my head as to why you wanted to go to Froggall (apart from the ride with Jack, obviously)....
Because it's the end of that canal 😂
Hi guys,what a brilliant vlog or actually a documentaire. Everything is correct, the content, tempo,subject,varation,humor,music and interviews. So far it is your best vlog. This is not to be taken for granted, but mean it sincerely. Keep up the good work. Love from Holland
Thanks so much, Ton! You wouldn't believe how much that means to me 💜
Hi boys. Your face was a picture Colin, like your birthday's and Christmases had all come at once. Really enjoyed the speeded up footage on the train. Take care, lots of love xx
Thanks 👍
Another great vlog, only better because we got to see trains. I luv trains too Colin, and was lucky enough to have done an apprenticeship at a railway workshops here in New Zealand (first 24 years of my working life). Good to see you getting back to normal Shaun. Cheers Guys.
Thanks 👍
Draws full of biscuits...... I bet the crumbs chafe!
I like a good scratch 😂
Thomas and his Friends on the Island of Sodor...
Haha! 😂
Brilliant vlog. Colin must be over the moon with his train experience, I know I would be. At 69 now, I still remember steam trains going past my house as a kid by about 100 yards. They used to bring coal to a local coal merchants along a branch line in Fife, Scotland before nasty Beeching got his hands on it. Love the canal stuff and history lessons. Stay safe.
Love steam trains so much! Got to get a footplate ride once this madness is over 👍🏻
this is my second go around with you fellows and I enjoy watching you very much. informative and humorous. you make everyone happy and feel like part of the team. great job. please keep up the great videos. your friend Robert.
What a WONDERFUL video! I love trains and hope someday to visit the UK and take some train trips. You both are the best----so pleased to see Shaun laughing, and Colin, your smile is the best! Happiest New Year to you both---can't wait for the next video!
Thank you very much!
I did say: "you won’t" so that’s how it went but we don’t care if you go upstream or downstream, you played safe and that’s what matters. Imagine if you did not come next Friday! What would we followers do. 😪😯🇩🇰❤️
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Absolutely! I didn’t play it safe on the Thames - in flood - and should really be dead. The turn into Limhouse was so critical as the new lockeeper let me out, upstream at exactly the wrong time. The bow waves from the passenger boats nearly capsized the boat and I waved down a police vessel, who disappeared and five minutes later escorted me, with an older, scruffy boat, towards the basin.
If you guys ever make it to the USA, let me know. I am a Director of The American Steam Railroad Preservation Association and ill let you have a go with our steam locomotive #2100.
Wow! Nice one. Thanks!
Love a train...also the way that you weave an area's history into the vlog without bogging down. I know that we only get brief glimpses whenever you manage a "good" take for the episode, (never lose the out takes, please) but Shaun is looking much better week by week. I much prefer the "ups" to the "downs", but thanks for sharing your all your experiences and the weekly peek at the awesome canal network. Take care, both...and sending an affectionate ear scratch to Otis.
Hopefully, more ups than downs from now on!
So good to see Shaun starting to look healthy and more like his old self again. Hope you both stay safe and healthy through the winter.
Thanks, Dave!
Only just subscribed (sorry) 😔 been watching you for 6 months now. Your vids are brilliant so educational aswell as funny you two have such a laugh together.
Thats what lifes about!
Better late than never! 👍🏻😂💜
That train guy had Shauns scarf on! Lol
Haha! Very similar 😂
Flipping eck, how can anyone give this vlog a thumbs down?? Brilliant guys, thank you!
Ah, it's juts our lonely band of jealous trolls. We buy them coffee and give them a blanket to make their life as an outcast more comfortable 😂
@@FoxesAfloat sheesh, what I really want to say I can’t! So, let’s just say ‘another name for drawer handle’ followed by heads 😉
Shaun’s laughter, there’s nothing like it in the world! Wonderful train bit Colin, much appreciated. Keep safe, keep healthy.
Thanks Scott!
I love trains too...that was cool! Thanks for the cool scenery and info!
Thanks for watching!
Awesome show guys a much needed reprieve from the events here in the states :) thank you always puts a smile on my face :)
Our pleasure!
I saw McVitie's Biscuits (cookies) in the drawer. My mouth is watering. My U.K. friends brought me some and I am addicted! Thank goodness - I can find them now at my local Publix Supermarket! Found them over Christmas and it was the best gift (to myself) ever! So happy to see you both smiling and afloat!
Nice one. Enjoy!
There's nothing so pleasant
As a Staffordshire pheasant
A'strut on a misty morning towpath
Of the Caldon Canal
Love it! 🤣
Beautiful poem about a very industrious individual. I think the Oak Meadow Ford lock is one of the most beautifully situated. Yes, the railway was impressive. I can't help but think is that you and Shaun are the best ambassadors the canal systems.
That's so kind, Daryl. Thanks!
The gray striped scarf mad an appearance twice! I have one just like it as well. Bought it in London/Lewisham. :)
Great taste!
I have two big passions in my life - cycling and railways! When I was living in Manchester, my landlord from 2005 and 2006 was always talking about the Churnet Valley Railway. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to get there (nor on my most recent trip to the UK in April and May this year). Thank you so much for this episode!
Yet another great vlog, especially for another train enthusiast. Hope your recoveries are going as well as they appear. You're looking much better Shaun.
Colin, do you enjoy model railroads/railways as well?
Yeah, we're both 99% better now, Covid free 👍🏻
Colin! Your forgot Shaun??? How could you? Are you kidding me? You have some serious making up to do now, Colin! Great show guys! Awesome scenery and, of course, great history. Keep up the incredible work! TRAAAAIIN!!! (Seems to me that Colin might enjoy a suitcase model train!)
A few people suggest the suitcase train but I'd get bored with it going round in circles. I want a HUUUUUUUGE set up 👍🏻😂
What a smashing young man Jack is......glad you enjoyed it. Great to see Shaun looking so much better. Keep well guys.
Thank you, Christine xxx
Thanks Guys
I was hoping you would check out the trains!!!!!. What fun..
I like all the nature you encountered this week . Hourses in rain coats , Pheasants playing chicken. Do you think thats a thing?
Fred:Hey Charlie " do you want to play chicken down on the tracts today? Charlie :"Ya ,lets give it a go. " Lets scare the S##t out of the Train Engineer!!!!!".
You are packing in so much info every Video. Its Amazing!!!! Your Amazing. I can feel the heat off that engine.
Great stuff You two Shaun I am glad your on the mend. Time for a Cuppa and a Jaffa Cake!!
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you're going to have to feature Shaun doing something he loves next, just to even things up a bit! Let's see if you can give him cheek-ache as well!
Eating bacon? 😂
What an absolutely WONDERFUL and INFORMATIVE video! I also love trains; great grandfather worked on the railroad 50 years near Boston, MA. Totally enjoyable interlude with you two once again. Kudos.
Thank you very much!
Thanks Jack, for taking Colin and us for a ride!
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Another great vlog! Hope you bring us all along the next time you try to tackle the tunnel. BTW: After recovering from COVID-19 Colin the Speedo was definitely a bad idea! Glad that saner heads (Shaun’s) prevailed. Love you boys! 💗
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Best and my most favourite episode of Foxes Afloat to date! Nicely filmed and documented and great to see a crossover to feature railways in this!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you xx
Great video Guys as usual. I get it now, you DID get to Froghall!
We have a special affection for that railway. Well done for getting a ride. Very Jealous!
Thank you very much!
Foxes afloat special episode: Foxes on rails.
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Hi, Colin and Shaun! Couldn’t figure out why my Friday seemed incomplete, then realized I missed your release of this vlog! I so enjoy English history, and the wonderful names of places, like Froghall. It’s always fun to guess the right pronunciation of English towns and counties. Jack’s knowledge and passion for trains was wonderful - you couldn’t have found a better ambassador for trains. Your vlogs are so professional! Much love from Canada!
So glad you enjoyed it, Pamela xxxx
Very nice. The Eastleigh Loco was named after the small town my mother lives in. Eastleigh Hampshire.
Nice to be reminded of Eastleigh . We stayed there twice while delivering caravans to Southampton. A park called Little Ranch,or similar, and another with Diana in the bush. Lovely lady. Had super meals at Fishers Bend?. Nice memories for a homesick kiwi
It was! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@suethomson6013 The Little ranch is on the Portsmouth road. While i haven't visited for a while I've heard its still a nice place.
I also think you mean the Fishers Pond which is on the main road. One of the few dog friendly places if memory serves me right. Glad you enjoyed your stays there. Theres not much in the town but it has its charms :)
A very enjoyable trip. Thank you 👍😀 Jack has the best job ever. What a wonderful person. Hats off to him for giving Colin such a wonderful day out.
Haha! I totally agree!
Sweet ... great episode! Thanks, guys ... great to see you are both better and somewhat recovered.
Thanks so much!
That video is awsome, again!!! I love your excurses into local history and local sights! You are a great presenter,!!! You get it to the point in an easy to understand, exciting and informative way. Where are you originally from??? I love your accent... Greez from Germany. btw I lived in lovely Milton Keynes for a couple of years.
Thanks, Stefan! We're originally from West Yorkshire.
WOW! That was fun! Thank you for taking us with you. 🥰👍🏻
Thank you 🤗
What a great video I love steam trains stay warm the both of you and thankyou for your time and effort you put into making these videos Colin have a great week Love from New Zealand 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍🐶🐶🐶🐶
Thank you very much!
Loving thee closing music🎶👍
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Been looking forward to seeing this vlog for weeks.Love it, Love it.Spotted my favorite GINGER NUTS !!!.
Hope you enjoyed it! (and the ginger nuts) 😂
Absolutely awesome video keep up the great work and stay safe x
Thanks so much
I have been following you from the first video..I had a lot of catching up to do so I could be in real time and just loved looking at many videos in one day. Now I am caught up I feel withdrawal symptoms. I really love being on the canals with you. I too have been following you using Google Earth..zooming down to see where you are, each mooring, each bridge and each lock. I visit the UK every year ( not 2020) and hope to do so this year. A friend and I will rent a narrowboat and hope to see you on some canal. BTW. I live on a tiny island in the Caribbean.
Wow! Sounds idyllic!
Wow you lucky so n so to ride up front in a diesel engine ...AWESOME ...👍👍👍👍
I know!!
Just loved that bit of history about Brindley and the poem on the screen. Such an irony that it was water itself that did him in! What a great man he was when you stop and think about what he did with his life and with waterworks, canals, and tunnels. He did more with his life than 10 average men, ya know? Also, that segment on the train was boss, Colin! Thanks! Love your vlogs and thanks to you and Mr Brindley, I get to experience the lovely English canals though very far away from the UK. Cheers, mates!
Thanks, David! Yeah, Great guy!
Great to see younger folk like Jack getting involved in projects like this. What a nice guy.
Yes indeed!
Great video!!!!! I also love trains. My last "visit" with a steam loco was when UPRR brought #4014 Big Boy through on tour! Thanks!
Thank you very much!
That was incredible, as good as any documentary I've seen.
Wow, thank you!
Great combo video. Loved the engine ride up to Froghall & back. Different view of the country side along a rail line. Again really enjoyed your informative narrative, Colin. Look forward to your next installment.
Cheers......
Thank you very much!
Great video, even better was the advert and promo for the railway, they do a great job, well deserved promotion
Thank you very much! They are legends!
Evening lads and Otis
Oh Colin I bet you had a great time on the ttrraaaiiiinnnnnn. What a lovely chap jack is.
Poor Shaun, I hope you made him a nice cup of tea ☕️ when you returned.
Great video 👍
Have a good weekend
Stay safe
Love to all
Kim x
Yes it was!
TRRRRRAAAAAIIIIIN......!!!!!!!!!!
You must have been in HEAVEN playing trains all day. Good for you.
Absolutely!
What an awesome, wonderful, unbelieveable, fantastic, massively enjoyable thing you did, Colin. Riding in a locomotive cab is on my bucket list (either an F7 or a GP9). I've been a rabid rail fan since childhood. If you ever get to the States, you MUST do Horseshoe Curve in Altoona PA. It's not riding aboard, but lots of train watching from as little as 15 feet away. LONG trains. My first time there, thought I'd died and went to heaven. The cars scream/screech because the wheels don't like the curve. It's deafening but awesome! Thanks for the most excellent train trip and vlog. So good to see you and Sean healthy again.
WOW Thank you xxx
I love your outtakes! So glad to see that you both are recovering well from Covid! Much love from Canada
Thanks so much!
Absolutely loved this Vlog! I work in the rail industry myself. My Grandad worked on the railway all his life and got heavily involved in preservation at Tyseley in Birmingham and the Severn Valley Railway. He restored a steam locomotive GWR 4073 Class 7029 Clun Castle. For which he received an MBE. He's my role model and I miss him so much. This video made me think of fond memories I have of him and all the steam journeys we took together. Thank you. Carry on making amazing videos!
I love it when our videos bring back happy memories. Thanks!
I very much enjoyed this wonderful Video 😊
Thank you very much!
Chuffing marvellous!!! REALLY enjoyed that chaps! Hope you’re both doing ok - thank you for all your continued efforts in producing these - so, so good 😊 Wishing you all the best.
Thanks so much!
Hi Colin and Sea, Colin, was the poetry in this last vlog yours or did you find somewhere? Pete in Kiwiland
I'd like to know as well. I was looking for an attribution.
It was his epilogue, written shortly after his death.
Really nice video! I think my favourite of all the locks in your travels is the Oak Meadow Ford lock; great view of the lock with the river on one side and the woods on the other. Sure, it's not schmazing! but it is a beautiful setting, almost a Middle Earth feeling to it.
Lovely and peaceful!
Greetings from Iowa, USA!
Thank you, guys, for another wonderful blog! It was so nice to hear your beautiful British accent and your laughter after the last few days that we have had here.
Thanks so much! 😊 I hope things calm down there 💜
How awesome it must have been to ride the traaain! Enjoyed a nice cup of tea with my new FA mug (You can’t say that!) received from Christmas while watching the vlog. Hope you two have fully recovered and hug Otis for me... sure getting big!😍
Tea tastes 97% better in a Foxes Afloat mug!
*may not be true 😂
🙂 You made my Friday evening worthwhile.
Awww, thank you! x
South to go north canal logic! You pair keep dry and warm nothing worse than a damp boat, insulated mugs and hot drinks needed methinks. Great seeing you visit the volunteer railway bringing a further element into your vlog. Glad you got your shopping delivered. Stay safe guys, Colin like a dog with two tails.
Ah, we're fine. Dry, warm, and the boat is toasty!
My best friend just played your videos and I immediately followed. Such inspiration and an education in one. From the US here!
Awesome! Thank you and welcome!
By the wonders of UA-cam suggestions I’ve stumbled across the channel, and what a great one, really interesting.
Cheddleton / Froghall are local to me and it’s one of our favourite dog walks along the canal, so many interesting places along the route.
You must visit again and navigate to the end at Froghall, as for the tunnel, good luck....... Hetty’s Tea Room awaits you at Froghall Wharf and it’s one of the best places for a stop and some cake.
Welcome aboard!
We'll definitely be visiting again at some point xx
Traaaiiinnnn! What an amazing day out. Thanks for bringing us along.
Any time!
Excellent Video guys, love boats and trains so this blog was amazing...Thank you..
Thanks so much!
6:07 That grin, Colin! 16:36 that skip, Colin! Haha, I know how you feel, I love trains!
The best!
Thanks for always brightening my Fridays. As an American, it was really needed this week. The “littlest hobo” thing made me laugh aloud. You guys are the bestest!
Aww thanks!
One word, BRILLIANT, you make my day.
TRRRRRAAAAAIIIIIN......!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for another great episode, a fine start of the New Year !
Way back in the '70-ies I spent the better part of a (school)year volunteering on a heritage railway. As the only Dutch guy there I started thinking in English up to the point where I was wondering if these tourists were Danes, Swedes or Norwegians ? Nope, they were Dutch ..(!) I can't think of a better way to donate time and skills, there's something to do for everyone, not just mechanics and other technical folk but a train needs guards, signal(wo)men and the shop needs staff just as the caf does. Talking about the station caf/teabar, I presume the pheasant-pie is the special of the day every day of the week ?
Haha! I was convinced we squished a few of them!
I bet your still smiling Colin... felt sorry for Shaun but then he had all those biscuits to entertain him 😝
Ah, he enjoyed the biscuits 👍🏻😂
@@FoxesAfloat glad to hear it ... great vlog as always.... entertaining and light .. exactly what’s needed in these horrendous times ... thanks again great job 🙏🙏
Loved it again. Well done boys. You both looked frozen , bless. Otis's appearance was very short? And hasn't he grown ❤️❤️
Oh very jealous of u Colin. I'm waiting to hear if I've got an interview for a train driver job at the moment. Hope u both had a great Christmas and happy new year.
How did you blag your way into that ? 😊. I guess it was a good mix of valuable publicity for them and good fun for you. I do enjoy the bits of history you put in these vlogs. Thanks guys.
You got it just right 😉
Loved this!!
TRRRAAAAIIIIIN! 😂
My normal friendly jealousy level is thru the roof on this one! TRAIN. I'm glad you had such a good time Colin! Also glad to see Shaun looking better. 2021 - bring it on! EDIT: Also great work promoting that railway, they were smart to give you the tour - big brains!
Yeah, big relief that he's almost over it now! TRRRRAAAAIIIIINS! 😂
Loved the adventure and train ride thanks guys!
Our pleasure!
Wonderful to see the railway again. We used to live in Ipstones ( where the pub Brindley stayed is) and walked down the the canal and railway. Thank you.
Our pleasure!
Fabulous' ...the cab ride and fitting music was amazing'
Glad you enjoyed it
That was fantastic. You were just vibrating. Fun to watch. I love how Brits get so obsessed with esoteric things. North Americans seem obsessed mostly with shopping. Take care. ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
Boats, trains, and, , , other stuf. What did you do today? Frog'all. Good one. Stay safe fellas.
Haha! Thank you!
A very different blog today. I enjoyed the railroad bits a great deal! See you next week! Best wishes from sunny south Florida.
Thanks, you too!