Great vlog, G! Never been on the sleeper, but good to know what it's like! Nice to see the lights dim at night to help with sleep! I'd definitely recommend checking out the Highland Mainline through the day, the views are spectacular and I loved it back in the summer!! As you mentioned Fort William, the West Highland Line is on my to do list for next year! Maybe spring or summer time when the days are longer!
I can remember when you could get the sleeper from Carlisle to London, with pick ups at Lancaster, Preston Wigan NW, Warrington BQ & Crewe. At Crewe it would meet up with the trains from Manchester & Liverpool and proceed down the Trent Valley Line to Northampton where it would stop for a few hours before proceeding to Euston. It would arrive around 6am & you would have to disembark by 6:30 at the latest. The first time I did it they had old fashioned bench style seating that you could stretch out on & were really well padded. Once they turned out the lights at Crewe you could get to sleep. However, on the second occasion, they had replaced these with a cramped sprinter carriage & left the lights on all night. It was no surprise that this service was discontinued at privatisation. Hopefully the better quality services introduced by Caledonia Sleeper & GWR can be expanded back to the North West
When I lived in York in the 1970s I occasionally caught an overnighter from Sheffield to St Pancras on a Friday night, for a weekend trainspotting in the London area. Hardly ever got to sleep as it stopped for mailbags at places like Market Harborough and the GPO workers would shout their heads off. It was good to stretch out along the seats in a 2nd Class Mark 1 compartment coach. As a youngster I naively thought those days would last forever.
I did the Caledonian Sleeper from Inverness to London last year and it was amazing. I fell asleep about 10 minutes after we left Inverness and didn't wake up until it was time for breakfast. It's tough enough sitting in an airline seat for 7 or 8 hours, I can't imagine what the train would be like, although you can get up and walk around, unlike an airplane
I think the most I have ever managed to sleep on an overnight seated journey is about 2 or 3 hours. If you think it's bad trying to sleep in a Caledonian Sleeper seated coach, there used to be an overnight Manchester to Edinburgh service in the 1990s formed of a class 158 unit
Just came across your UA-cam channel recently and followed your trip up to Thurso. I’ve been there by car for the Orkney ferry and I agree that it’s a smashing run up that coast. I live near Aberdeen, I don’t know if you’ve done Edinburgh-Aberdeen-Inverness, that’s another good journey. I love your happy smiling style of presentation. Keep up the good work. 😊
Brilliant video G, I dunno if i'd even manage to sleep in a train seat for an entire night lol. Sorry to hear you had a nightmare about the knicker monster as well lol.
I've been to Inverness but not done the Cally Sleeper. Always enjoy your videos, full of ideas for my bucket list. Think you had a bargain price for that ticket. Looking forward to seeing what VLog you created from Crewe!
Hey. Got some good news for you!! The ex tfw 175 trains have been acquired by GWR and are in Plymouth to be used on the Devon and Cornwall lines. They have got all of them 😀
I confess I haven't had any Iron Bru since I was a child. I do remember the famous advert though. The line 'made in Scotland from Girders' flew over my head for years!
Really interesting Video. I'm booked on the 2345 to Glasgow from Euston in Apr on a seat. Cost 33 quid with a veterans railcard for total contrast I'm flying back from Glasgow with BA to lhr for 37 quid. I'm looking forward to it.
Great vlog it cant be easy sleeping sitting up but then again never got much sleep on sleepers on mainland Europe either. Love the scene at 10:27 it would make a very nice picture with the mist.
All credit to you for doing that! Not sure I'd be able to handle the day afterwards - I can't even sleep on a plane, let alone a train! But at that price... maybe it is worth it? It's incredible value!
I can't sleep on a plane either. I came back from a solo trip to WDW once, and I had a flight that arrived in Manchester early morning and couldn't get to sleep. It cocked up my cacadian rhythms good and proper
Brilliant video G. I’ve not done the Caledonian Sleeper which needs to be on the list. Done the Indian-Pacific in Australia on coach for 4 days. Big journey. Love the vlogs for quite sometime on trains I have done. Here’s to many more.
With the Haulage for that journey being a 73 & 66 from Inverness as far as Edinburgh where upon combining with the other 2 portions it's Electric onwards to Euston with a Class 92
@@ThomasWhiteford If you do an all line rover,you can travel in seated accommodation as long as you pre-book a seat for free! One way to bag some 92s,66s &73s for haulage😊
Great vlog G i haven't done the caledonian sleeper if i try to fall asleep in the seat i can't but if i want to stay awake i usually end up falling asleep
Great video, always wondered what the modern sleeper trains were like, my only experience being late seventies Bristol to Penzance which was horrendous!!, thanks.
Thanks for the video G,definitely will do this sitting up,because I get too excited 😊 when I do these journeys, love the stops and see the locomotives on the way.This side of the UK I did the Aberdeen to London night rider in the 80s!!🙂🚆🚆🚆🚆🇬🇧💚
Seat 1A is both good that you're near the door and toilet for yourself, but bad when you're trying to sleep as everyone else in the coach is going to the toilet and making the door open/close right next to you! Great video 🙂
@@GLovesTrains Much better to book a double seat, hope you don't have anyone sitting next to you, and lie across on the seats as there's no middle armrest.
i did the sleeper a few times in the 90s .. in a seat .. they used to turn the light to blue and folk slept on the floor .. in sleeping bags .. it was awsome !! went to bar had a few drinks .. all ok
amazing stuff the Sleeper train looks amazing & wouldnt mind trying it out one day & i said to myself & a few of my work friends after i went to Scotland earlier this year that if i was to go further North of Scotland id prob do it on the sleeper train as i live down South & the journey to Scotland was quite long when i did it earlier this year & it would be even longer if i travel to somewhere like Aberdeen or Inveerness during the day but anyway brilliant vlog as always
I think you did well to get one and a half hours sleep especially sitting near the door but the food looked good and the video was great 👍👍✅✅ well done,
Quality filming and photography on this video G - thank you! I went up to Tyndrum on the sleeper from London in the summer, and I think you beat me on sleep. (Even though I had a classic cabin). :o)
I did the Caledonian Sleeper from Glasgow to London and back a whole 20 years ago (eek!). It was the old train and the seats were broken, the bar/restaurant was closed and we had very little food with us...and I started coming down with the flu about the same time we left Glasgow. There was no amenity kit provided, and they also kept the light on in the coach the whole time... I was so ill that by the time I got to London I could barely even walk. My only souvenirs from that day were some beechams and a bottle of Pepto Bismol...I can't even remember the journey home 😂 After that I always chose the bus to London and honestly found the bus comfier, even if it was more cramped. I've still not had a chance to try the new sleeper but it looks miles better!
I hope to go on this adventure next year,don't think i would sleep either but i am a light sleeper. excellent video and your friendly commentary! Thank you Ms. G👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Rode in the seated coach back in the days of MK2/3s from London to Carlisle after a mammoth journey back from Europe via Harwich. Lived in The Lakes so best way to do it was up to Carlisle and down. I got a reasonable bit of kip but I can't imagine the MK5s are much better.
I’m booked on this next month, I live in Fort William but train already full, despite booking 12 weeks in advance. I have to travel to Inverness an hour away. I’ve booked a seat cause the cabins are an absolute fortune.
I have done the Cally Sleeper six times now I think and the biggest sleep I got on it was five hours; I drifted off to sleep around Kinguissie and woke up again as we were flying through Doncaster
@@chris-io1ki No actually, I believe it was a Friday night into Saturday, did the whole ECML diversion, turn off at Finsbury, North London Line, into wembley, do the reverse back into Euston
I done 2 Caledonian Sleeper Journeys in those seats and it is brutal! Think sleep wise for me 2 or 3 hours on and off but a great vlog G and like the mixture of voice over and to camera as well.
I missed Crewe when I did the opposite journey in September G. Just managed to nod off in a Classic cabin. The corridors were freezing if you went the loo. As cold as your arrival at Crewe. Enjoyed the vlog but not as brave as you. Cheers.
THE KNICKER MONSTER'S BACK FOR REVENGE!!!! Now personally I'll save up for a room but I am use to sleeping on coaches. So Either way is fine for me. But I too hate snoring!!!! Also I love that song
I've seen a few negative reviews of the Caley Kipper and I was pleased to see your take on it. I think, as I am always excited about rail travel and seeing stations at night, I would be pleased to get 90 minutes sleep. My generation had a wide variety of overnight trains to ride in the 1970s - usually mail trains with a passenger coach attached - so the experience was more important than being tucked up in bed. A Pity you missed one of my local stations (Falkirk Grahamston). The train fare seemed a bargain. I never knew the coaches had a personal safe for valuables, must have been suggested by BT police due to genaral increase in on-train thefts. I was also pleased to see you attempting to read a real life BOOK - i.e. a paper one that you have to hold the right way up ha-ha.
@@GLovesTrains I get a bit tired of negativity being used as click-bait which is why I went to Ayr to ask people what they like about the place! ua-cam.com/video/UenzrtjMJdY/v-deo.html
Sooner you than me G. I use the sleeper 3-4 times a year from London to Inverness and used to go back on the Highland Chieftain. However, since the end of the HST I now fly back as the new trains are (IMO) hideously uncomfortable.
Would love to know what class 66 and 73 you had out of Inverness. Great video. I recently travelled from Euston-Stirling. I was still awake at Carlisle but nodded off and woke up in Edinburgh 😂 After that,I was too excited for sleep especially with the class 73 and 66 added to the front of my train.
@GLovesTrains Doesn't matter but its a great service to bag a nice GBRF 66 for haulage 😊 Mine Was 66763 with 73968😊 Loved it as I had 92018 as well from Euston.
My first thought seeing the video title was 'no' - so well done for getting a couple of hours! It'd be good if they had reclining seats in these overnight services like on US trains :)
Me being disabled I can book a double accessable or twin accessable only paying same price as classic room even thiugh its an double. I did the double last year. Food was amazing along with a cheeky whiskey! Ride quality not good but warm and comfortable. I couldn't imagine a seat for that distance. I'd be screaming in pain. For many its an economical way to do a long journey and clearly people sleep well because there's snoring!
From one S Club 7 fan to another, I salute you. FYI there’s nothing wrong with Reach bleating out haha. Also I’ve met them all including the late Paul Cattermole Rest in Peace Paul.
I've done the seat a few times between Euston and Glasgow. Its a bit savage, they have noisy air con which never gets turned off and the lights are far too bright. At one time it was cheaper than flying but now its not so much.
Many's a time I've walked those platforms at Inverness to get the Aberdeen train after a day in the city. The sleeper is a wonderful thing, and I'm glad it has survived down the years to still be running today, but I'm not sure I could've got some kip in that seat - I find I'm unable to sleep sitting up in a moving vehicle. Coach trips with my father usually resulted in me being extremely jealous of the fact that he was out like a light a few minutes after departure!
The carriages are built by caf hope the seats are better than the awful uncomfortable hard seats on the caf.welsh 197 s travelled one from Cardiff to Newport yesterday that was far enough !!!
How about taking the Night Riviera Sleeper in mid summer when its light enough to see out as you traverse the Dawlish and Teignmouth seawalls, also take in the splendour of Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge and the Cornwalls scenic views.
I go to sleep every day on the 16:30 from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow QS but I can never get to sleep on the Caledonian Sleeper! I use the Sleeper a couple of times a year on a seat and love it even though I rarely get more than a couple of hours sleep…..
Living in Inverness, like most who live here it’s seen as far too expensive. The cheaper seating although cheaper is just not worth it at all. By comparison I just had a mini holiday in Brighton flying EasyJet from Inverness to Gatwick where I spent a night in Brighton and spent the next day exploring the South coast by train before heading back up home, all that for just under £130 in total excluding food. Flight takes a little over 1 hour and very, very cheap. Plus a comfortable night stay in Brighton that was very cheap too. Locals look at the sleeper as an expensive touristy thing, or something our local MP’s use - though they would be in a proper cabin 😂
Oh, it looks like they have finally found out how to dim the lights! The main complaint previously other than the seat discomfort was lights on all night. That might make me reconsider my 'never again' status.
My son did the riveria and said the seats were better but he upgraded and got a berth back We did about 30 Cs journeys and now he adult he goes with mates col.
@@johnmacdonald3282 I've done the berth and seats on many occasions, but not the Cally journey. It's always better to take a berth, even if you're disturbed a bit! Pro tip - if you're coming down to Cornwall, make sure you get a mid-carriage berth, otherwise you'll be woken constantly once the train hits Cornwall.
Ive never traveled on that service before and dont think id be able to sleep unless it was very Quiet, but was good video - is there not a ontrain lounge for you to access to have food ?
If you freeze frame that image at 10:26 you could make a poster. Honestly. What a shot.
Just subscribed. Your enthusiasm and humour grabbed me. Gonna binge watch your older vids.
Cheers! Glad you enjoyed 😄
Great vlog, G! Never been on the sleeper, but good to know what it's like! Nice to see the lights dim at night to help with sleep!
I'd definitely recommend checking out the Highland Mainline through the day, the views are spectacular and I loved it back in the summer!!
As you mentioned Fort William, the West Highland Line is on my to do list for next year! Maybe spring or summer time when the days are longer!
Think a trip to Fort William is on my list as well haha, but yes it's just so scenic up in Scotland!
Someone who sees a Caledonian sleeper ride as the best thing ever is a fellow traveller for me. You are a true train traveller.
This somehow got into my recommended videos and I’m here for it
I can remember when you could get the sleeper from Carlisle to London, with pick ups at Lancaster, Preston Wigan NW, Warrington BQ & Crewe. At Crewe it would meet up with the trains from Manchester & Liverpool and proceed down the Trent Valley Line to Northampton where it would stop for a few hours before proceeding to Euston. It would arrive around 6am & you would have to disembark by 6:30 at the latest. The first time I did it they had old fashioned bench style seating that you could stretch out on & were really well padded. Once they turned out the lights at Crewe you could get to sleep. However, on the second occasion, they had replaced these with a cramped sprinter carriage & left the lights on all night. It was no surprise that this service was discontinued at privatisation. Hopefully the better quality services introduced by Caledonia Sleeper & GWR can be expanded back to the North West
Used to use the Liverpool one after midweek footy games, and lived in Northampton until I moved back to Liverpool
When I lived in York in the 1970s I occasionally caught an overnighter from Sheffield to St Pancras on a Friday night, for a weekend trainspotting in the London area. Hardly ever got to sleep as it stopped for mailbags at places like Market Harborough and the GPO workers would shout their heads off. It was good to stretch out along the seats in a 2nd Class Mark 1 compartment coach. As a youngster I naively thought those days would last forever.
Great video as usual G! Still no number two at Crewe! 🤣
Haha nah didn't even need a morning one lol! 🤣
What can I say other than fantastic as ever. Thank You.
Thanks!
great vid as ever g
Lovely video, nicely presented G.
Thanks!
I did the Caledonian Sleeper from Inverness to London last year and it was amazing. I fell asleep about 10 minutes after we left Inverness and didn't wake up until it was time for breakfast. It's tough enough sitting in an airline seat for 7 or 8 hours, I can't imagine what the train would be like, although you can get up and walk around, unlike an airplane
It's not 100% the same but you can absolutely get up and walk around on a plane
Thank you for sharing G
Have you ever done a video showing all the souvenirs you have??😂 another great video! Love how the lights dimmed in the carriage during the journey
I've not done a video on that haha 😂
Entertaining as always G . Stay safe.
Fantastic blog G lovely ride thats one relaxing journey thanks for sharing with us 🤗
Thanks 😄
I do admire your British Rail scarf. I quite like the Caledonian Sleeper trains and the inside of the carriages are very nice.
Cheers, I'm lucky I can fall asleep anytime on a train within minutes of boarding 😴 You were well looked after , smashing 😊 👍
I think the most I have ever managed to sleep on an overnight seated journey is about 2 or 3 hours.
If you think it's bad trying to sleep in a Caledonian Sleeper seated coach, there used to be an overnight Manchester to Edinburgh service in the 1990s formed of a class 158 unit
Haha that would be an interesting experience 🤣
Brilliant video
Thanks!
Just came across your UA-cam channel recently and followed your trip up to Thurso. I’ve been there by car for the Orkney ferry and I agree that it’s a smashing run up that coast. I live near Aberdeen, I don’t know if you’ve done Edinburgh-Aberdeen-Inverness, that’s another good journey. I love your happy smiling style of presentation. Keep up the good work. 😊
Thanks very much! I've not been up to Aberdeen yet
LOVE the dream sequence at 8:05 "Irn Brobies"
Thanks for the video G, really interesting. What a bargain price too!
Cheers!
Brilliant video G, I dunno if i'd even manage to sleep in a train seat for an entire night lol. Sorry to hear you had a nightmare about the knicker monster as well lol.
Haha cheers Reuben 😄
I've been to Inverness but not done the Cally Sleeper. Always enjoy your videos, full of ideas for my bucket list. Think you had a bargain price for that ticket. Looking forward to seeing what VLog you created from Crewe!
Thanks a lot!
Hello APT 8:52 :)
Looks like you had a great trip.
APT 😍
Hey. Got some good news for you!! The ex tfw 175 trains have been acquired by GWR and are in Plymouth to be used on the Devon and Cornwall lines. They have got all of them 😀
I confess I haven't had any Iron Bru since I was a child. I do remember the famous advert though. The line 'made in Scotland from Girders' flew over my head for years!
Really interesting Video. I'm booked on the 2345 to Glasgow from Euston in Apr on a seat. Cost 33 quid with a veterans railcard for total contrast I'm flying back from Glasgow with BA to lhr for 37 quid. I'm looking forward to it.
Great vlog it cant be easy sleeping sitting up but then again never got much sleep on sleepers on mainland Europe either. Love the scene at 10:27 it would make a very nice picture with the mist.
Another great video G.
Thanks!
All credit to you for doing that! Not sure I'd be able to handle the day afterwards - I can't even sleep on a plane, let alone a train!
But at that price... maybe it is worth it? It's incredible value!
Haha yeah I fell asleep when I went to make the next vlog 🤣
I can't sleep on a plane either. I came back from a solo trip to WDW once, and I had a flight that arrived in Manchester early morning and couldn't get to sleep. It cocked up my cacadian rhythms good and proper
Another excellent video you have produced here❤
Thanks!
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 🖖.
Keep up the good work
Another great video G - I’ve never used a seat on the Caledonian sleeper however have done on the Night Riviera sleeper - never again 😬
Cheers.. oh not good!
Great Video G I Enjoyed it Great Place Scotland😊
Thanks!
Brilliant video G. I’ve not done the Caledonian Sleeper which needs to be on the list. Done the Indian-Pacific in Australia on coach for 4 days. Big journey. Love the vlogs for quite sometime on trains I have done. Here’s to many more.
Honestly, these Train Operators should be paying you! If you're not out and about before, have a Happy Christmas. Keep safe and Keep warm, G. Cheers!
Haha cheers!
With the Haulage for that journey being a 73 & 66 from Inverness as far as Edinburgh where upon combining with the other 2 portions it's Electric onwards to Euston with a Class 92
@@ThomasWhiteford
If you do an all line rover,you can travel in seated accommodation as long as you pre-book a seat for free!
One way to bag some 92s,66s &73s for haulage😊
Great vlog G i haven't done the caledonian sleeper if i try to fall asleep in the seat i can't but if i want to stay awake i usually end up falling asleep
Haha maybe ill try that next time 🤣
@@GLovesTrains usually works 😄
Great video, always wondered what the modern sleeper trains were like, my only experience being late seventies Bristol to Penzance which was horrendous!!, thanks.
aahh we need to take this train too! looks good😉
G I like the cover on this one - much simpler and takes me right into the content. Much enjoyed the video! Thanks!!!🤣 IRN BROOBIES!!!
Haha glad you like it 😄
@@GLovesTrains I never would have gotten any sleep on that thing!!! You did well!!!🤪
Thanks for the video G,definitely will do this sitting up,because I get too excited 😊 when I do these journeys, love the stops and see the locomotives on the way.This side of the UK I did the Aberdeen to London night rider in the 80s!!🙂🚆🚆🚆🚆🇬🇧💚
Great stuff! 😄
Seat 1A is both good that you're near the door and toilet for yourself, but bad when you're trying to sleep as everyone else in the coach is going to the toilet and making the door open/close right next to you! Great video 🙂
Haha yes I definitely found this out 😂
@@GLovesTrains Much better to book a double seat, hope you don't have anyone sitting next to you, and lie across on the seats as there's no middle armrest.
i did the sleeper a few times in the 90s .. in a seat .. they used to turn the light to blue and folk slept on the floor .. in sleeping bags .. it was awsome !! went to bar had a few drinks .. all ok
amazing stuff the Sleeper train looks amazing & wouldnt mind trying it out one day & i said to myself & a few of my work friends after i went to Scotland earlier this year that if i was to go further North of Scotland id prob do it on the sleeper train as i live down South & the journey to Scotland was quite long when i did it earlier this year & it would be even longer if i travel to somewhere like Aberdeen or Inveerness during the day but anyway brilliant vlog as always
Great watch thanks 👍
Cheers 👍
Snottytastic video as always ❤
I'm so relieved that they turn down the lights when once underway!!! Didnt know this.
I think you did well to get one and a half hours sleep especially sitting near the door but the food looked good and the video was great 👍👍✅✅ well done,
Quality filming and photography on this video G - thank you! I went up to Tyndrum on the sleeper from London in the summer, and I think you beat me on sleep. (Even though I had a classic cabin). :o)
Thanks! Ah its too exciting to sleep on there anyways 🤣
Hi G, loved the Irn Broobies😂 Great vlog by the way.
Haha thanks 😄
You've inspired me!
FANTASTIC G
Great vlog as always G and the food looked great & do you like iron brew 1901 and trust the knicker monster to put in an appearance
Haha, no clue not had 1901
I did the Caledonian Sleeper from Glasgow to London and back a whole 20 years ago (eek!). It was the old train and the seats were broken, the bar/restaurant was closed and we had very little food with us...and I started coming down with the flu about the same time we left Glasgow. There was no amenity kit provided, and they also kept the light on in the coach the whole time... I was so ill that by the time I got to London I could barely even walk. My only souvenirs from that day were some beechams and a bottle of Pepto Bismol...I can't even remember the journey home 😂 After that I always chose the bus to London and honestly found the bus comfier, even if it was more cramped. I've still not had a chance to try the new sleeper but it looks miles better!
I hope to go on this adventure next year,don't think i would sleep either but i am a light sleeper.
excellent video and your friendly commentary!
Thank you Ms. G👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Hope you get to try it!
Thank you for your reply Ms G very much appreciated👋🏽@GLovesTrains
I was hoping you would do another video like this G I've always wanted to go on one but I'm to anxious to
They're great fun!
Rode in the seated coach back in the days of MK2/3s from London to Carlisle after a mammoth journey back from Europe via Harwich. Lived in The Lakes so best way to do it was up to Carlisle and down.
I got a reasonable bit of kip but I can't imagine the MK5s are much better.
Great vlog love a sleeper train 🚂
Thanks!
the caledonian seater
I’m booked on this next month, I live in Fort William but train already full, despite booking 12 weeks in advance. I have to travel to Inverness an hour away. I’ve booked a seat cause the cabins are an absolute fortune.
I have done the Cally Sleeper six times now I think and the biggest sleep I got on it was five hours; I drifted off to sleep around Kinguissie and woke up again as we were flying through Doncaster
5 hours thats a lot!!
@@TransportVloggerIan
Haha that would have been on a Sunday night with the ECML diversions.
Done it myself a few times.
@@chris-io1ki No actually, I believe it was a Friday night into Saturday, did the whole ECML diversion, turn off at Finsbury, North London Line, into wembley, do the reverse back into Euston
Great blog as usual,looks a good service,menu seemed a bit pricey
I assume the seats can recline? I think that would help aid sleeping.
A little bit ye
I done 2 Caledonian Sleeper Journeys in those seats and it is brutal! Think sleep wise for me 2 or 3 hours on and off but a great vlog G and like the mixture of voice over and to camera as well.
Wow 3 hours is a good amount! Thanks Cy 😀
@@EricbryanStone-oh1uuye fancy eating hot food on a train that offers hot food.. madness.
I missed Crewe when I did the opposite journey in September G. Just managed to nod off in a Classic cabin. The corridors were freezing if you went the loo. As cold as your arrival at Crewe. Enjoyed the vlog but not as brave as you. Cheers.
Glad you got some sleep on it!
Another great vlog keep it up G😄😄❤❤🌈🌈🌈
Thanks!!
THE KNICKER MONSTER'S BACK FOR REVENGE!!!!
Now personally I'll save up for a room but I am use to sleeping on coaches. So Either way is fine for me. But I too hate snoring!!!!
Also I love that song
Haha! REACH!! 😍
I've seen a few negative reviews of the Caley Kipper and I was pleased to see your take on it. I think, as I am always excited about rail travel and seeing stations at night, I would be pleased to get 90 minutes sleep. My generation had a wide variety of overnight trains to ride in the 1970s - usually mail trains with a passenger coach attached - so the experience was more important than being tucked up in bed. A Pity you missed one of my local stations (Falkirk Grahamston). The train fare seemed a bargain. I never knew the coaches had a personal safe for valuables, must have been suggested by BT police due to genaral increase in on-train thefts. I was also pleased to see you attempting to read a real life BOOK - i.e. a paper one that you have to hold the right way up ha-ha.
Books smell so good!! 😄 I'm hearing lots of negative things about this train as well.. but I enjoyed it!
@@GLovesTrains I get a bit tired of negativity being used as click-bait which is why I went to Ayr to ask people what they like about the place! ua-cam.com/video/UenzrtjMJdY/v-deo.html
Sooner you than me G. I use the sleeper 3-4 times a year from London to Inverness and used to go back on the Highland Chieftain. However, since the end of the HST I now fly back as the new trains are (IMO) hideously uncomfortable.
I suppose it's still a lot nicer than you'd expect on an overnight plane!
Would love to know what class 66 and 73 you had out of Inverness.
Great video.
I recently travelled from Euston-Stirling.
I was still awake at Carlisle but nodded off and woke up in Edinburgh 😂
After that,I was too excited for sleep especially with the class 73 and 66 added to the front of my train.
Haha cheers! I didn't walk all the way down to see 🤣
@GLovesTrains
Doesn't matter but its a great service to bag a nice GBRF 66 for haulage 😊
Mine Was 66763 with 73968😊
Loved it as I had 92018 as well from Euston.
My first thought seeing the video title was 'no' - so well done for getting a couple of hours! It'd be good if they had reclining seats in these overnight services like on US trains :)
Did the Euston to Aberdeen sleeper a few times back in the 90s with varying degrees of success.
Being 6’ 4” in a sleeper bed wasn’t easy.
Me being disabled I can book a double accessable or twin accessable only paying same price as classic room even thiugh its an double. I did the double last year. Food was amazing along with a cheeky whiskey! Ride quality not good but warm and comfortable. I couldn't imagine a seat for that distance. I'd be screaming in pain. For many its an economical way to do a long journey and clearly people sleep well because there's snoring!
From one S Club 7 fan to another, I salute you. FYI there’s nothing wrong with Reach bleating out haha. Also I’ve met them all including the late Paul Cattermole Rest in Peace Paul.
Cant beat an S Club Party! And thats fab you met them all 😄
nice video ,i hate snoring as well ,lol😁
I've done the seat a few times between Euston and Glasgow. Its a bit savage, they have noisy air con which never gets turned off and the lights are far too bright. At one time it was cheaper than flying but now its not so much.
Awesome vlog G, I remember seeing your Caledonian Sleeper video, 2 years ago as well. BTW, what time are you coming to the States?
Something about the ambience of a foggy Crewe in the middle of the night haha.
Many's a time I've walked those platforms at Inverness to get the Aberdeen train after a day in the city. The sleeper is a wonderful thing, and I'm glad it has survived down the years to still be running today, but I'm not sure I could've got some kip in that seat - I find I'm unable to sleep sitting up in a moving vehicle. Coach trips with my father usually resulted in me being extremely jealous of the fact that he was out like a light a few minutes after departure!
Never A Straight Answer (with regards to your tshirt) 😊
Good video G get some sleep on the trains
I’ll stick to the overnight NatEx coaches than that 😂 at least the seats on their coaches recline and I can get a bit of kip on them too 💤
The carriages are built by caf hope the seats are better than the awful uncomfortable hard seats on the caf.welsh 197 s travelled one from Cardiff to Newport yesterday that was far enough !!!
Cracking video that food looks yummy 🤤. It a sine you never got much sleep ❤
How about taking the Night Riviera Sleeper in mid summer when its light enough to see out as you traverse the Dawlish and Teignmouth seawalls, also take in the splendour of Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge and the Cornwalls scenic views.
Intro walking passed The Kitchen , used to be an amazing place to eat. It and the Mustard Seed great places to eat in "snekie"
Just watched this whist having my brek - very good well produced !! Hope you don't mind me saying, but you sound a bit of a Stokie ?
G I think that was a very reasonable price for that journey
I go to sleep every day on the 16:30 from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow QS but I can never get to sleep on the Caledonian Sleeper! I use the Sleeper a couple of times a year on a seat and love it even though I rarely get more than a couple of hours sleep…..
Haha yeah funny how it works 🤣
Living in Inverness, like most who live here it’s seen as far too expensive. The cheaper seating although cheaper is just not worth it at all. By comparison I just had a mini holiday in Brighton flying EasyJet from Inverness to Gatwick where I spent a night in Brighton and spent the next day exploring the South coast by train before heading back up home, all that for just under £130 in total excluding food. Flight takes a little over 1 hour and very, very cheap. Plus a comfortable night stay in Brighton that was very cheap too. Locals look at the sleeper as an expensive touristy thing, or something our local MP’s use - though they would be in a proper cabin 😂
great video G ..quick question ..were the seats not adjustable ?
They had a little recline
Never done a sleeper train, would love to do this one although it would be far better going from London to Inverness
She is so pretty ❤
Oh, it looks like they have finally found out how to dim the lights! The main complaint previously other than the seat discomfort was lights on all night. That might make me reconsider my 'never again' status.
Seats seem much nicer than the Night Riveria - insanity being next to the door though, too much noise during the night.
My son did the riveria and said the seats were better but he upgraded and got a berth back
We did about 30 Cs journeys and now he adult he goes with mates col.
@@johnmacdonald3282 I've done the berth and seats on many occasions, but not the Cally journey. It's always better to take a berth, even if you're disturbed a bit!
Pro tip - if you're coming down to Cornwall, make sure you get a mid-carriage berth, otherwise you'll be woken constantly once the train hits Cornwall.
No one can sleep after Iron Brew? While lovely, not the best nighttime drink
Ive never traveled on that service before and dont think id be able to sleep unless it was very Quiet, but was good video - is there not a ontrain lounge for you to access to have food ?
Think its for cabin passengers only