Very inspirational - I shall watch each day of your rover adventure. Did you notice how the weather changed as you travelled - you did quite some distance in your first day.!!
Thank you very much for stopping by 😊 and yes, it is quite amazing how much you see when travelling this far! You'll especially love the contrast in day 5, between the cloudiness of Glasgow and Perth followed by very sunny weather up in Aberdeen, or day 3 when it rained in Canterbury but became sunny when I went back up to Preston. It doesn't even feel like it's all on the same day! Another thing that I loved experiencing was the change of accents, where the Northern accents turned Brummie as I went down, followed by a mix of Neutral/RP and West Country. Other days, you may hear Cockney accents after a Scouse accent or even Scottish accents if going the other way.
Especially loved the sheer variety of architecture in Exeter city centre; they have a striking mix of buildings from every era within just a few streets.
A great recommendation for an all-line rover, would be a complete circumnavigation of the UK (that is - following the coast all the way round and back up the other side). It requires two bus "bridges" - Whitby to Scarborough, and Fishguard to Aberystwyth. (plus the use of the Ffestiniog railway). On Scotlands west coast, it needs the ferry plus bus automatic connection via the Isle of Skye, to link Mallaig with Kyle. There is just one remaining dilemma - the numerous branch lines in Devon and Cornwall which nearly all link important locations on the coast, but which are all dead-end shuttles. And one final one - up north in Blackpool. You definitely would need the 14 day ticket because the lines round Sunderland, Lowestoft, and on the other side - zigzagging around the Wirral, Southport and Ormskirk, are all served by local stopping services. Yeovil needs the local bus transfer (the walk along the main rd. is dangerous). And there you have it. How long do you think it would take, ? And what about the branch line shuttles.?
Yes, I agree - we have experience of interrailing, and we've found from experience that you need to break your journey about every 4 hours, to stretch your legs, have a comfortable toilet session, and we don't like wasting money on railway snacking, so we'll head into some side street for some bargain real food, very often with a free glass of wine.
Fascinating journey. Is the Rochdale line more scenic than the Stalybridge-Huddersfield line? We're not from the North, so it's nice to find out about these things. We CAN however tell you about lines in this part of the world, if ever you're interested. The beauty of the All Liner is - it's the only rover which gives you more or less complete freedom in the South East, but you CAN use an Oyster day pass on everything in Greater London, including all buses, trams, and non-tourist Thames commuter water buses. One very interesting thing to do is to go round the Circle Line tube and visit all the main line stations, like famous St.Pancras, and tiny little Fenchurch St. You can also be overwhelmed by Clapham Junction where there is never one minute all day when a train will not be passing.!!! You can go to Dover and see France with the naked eye (you don't even need binoculars). You can make a day excursion and get free food and wine (if you pay the £26 fare), but you will need your passport, even though you'll come back the same day to continue with your all liner on Britain's only domestic high speed service.!
I'd say they're both just as scenic in different ways. Caldervale line goes through valleys between Todmorden and Halifax, while the Huddersfield Line speeds through the hills on the moors. I'm fairly familiar with the London network, along with them travelcards and oyster/contactless, as I used to travel around London with my family as a kid back when I lived in Essex. I was planning to do Dover after coming back up from the West Country, but decided to just focus on Canterbury that day. It was raining when I was down there anyway, so it was a good decision. Great shout though, I've always thought of Dover as the place where it'd feel like going to France.
Damdest cheek!!!!! I have some news - read on...... You remember that I mentioned (when you were commenting on Ashford Internstional) that I had texted the respective Deputé regarding the parallel situation across the Manche - well I've just seen an on-line edition of la Voix du Nord (the equivalent of the Manchester Evening News) that he has had a meeting with the transport minister and the local people are threatening to block the line if the trains don't stop at Fréthun. "These trains from London come whistling through our patch, yet have the damdest cheek not to stop chez nous - sacré bleu.!!!". You know how the French are - they don't mess about - the big question is - will it be cows parked on the line, tractors, or what?? And the police don't interfere with farmers !! The SNCF of-course are a large shareholder in Eurostar, so it shouldn't be too difficult to know whose back to scratch. Anyway, if all works out, there's the option for any rail rover enthusiast who might want to add a unique little twist to his rail rover schedule.!!! Quiz - there's one other international train line in the British Isles - do you know which one it is ??
The answer would be the Enterprise linking Belfast with Dublin, which is technically international because it goes from the UK (Northern Ireland) to (the Republic of) Ireland.
Yes, we'll done. But you'ld be surprised the number of people who wouldn't be able to work that one out. They'll probably be racking their brains around some mysterious corner of Scotland, or Wales, and I dare say - if you were to ask that same question to many an SNP 'fanatic' , they'ld probably reply - "Och Eye - both the east and west coast routes are international.!!"
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Very inspirational - I shall watch each day of your rover adventure.
Did you notice how the weather changed as you travelled - you did quite some distance in your first day.!!
Thank you very much for stopping by 😊 and yes, it is quite amazing how much you see when travelling this far! You'll especially love the contrast in day 5, between the cloudiness of Glasgow and Perth followed by very sunny weather up in Aberdeen, or day 3 when it rained in Canterbury but became sunny when I went back up to Preston. It doesn't even feel like it's all on the same day! Another thing that I loved experiencing was the change of accents, where the Northern accents turned Brummie as I went down, followed by a mix of Neutral/RP and West Country. Other days, you may hear Cockney accents after a Scouse accent or even Scottish accents if going the other way.
Looks like fun i am from exeter area its a lovely place
Especially loved the sheer variety of architecture in Exeter city centre; they have a striking mix of buildings from every era within just a few streets.
A great recommendation for an all-line rover, would be a complete circumnavigation of the UK (that is - following the coast all the way round and back up the other side).
It requires two bus "bridges" - Whitby to Scarborough, and Fishguard to Aberystwyth.
(plus the use of the Ffestiniog railway).
On Scotlands west coast, it needs the ferry plus bus automatic connection via the Isle of Skye, to link Mallaig with Kyle.
There is just one remaining dilemma -
the numerous branch lines in Devon and Cornwall which nearly all link important locations on the coast, but which are all dead-end shuttles.
And one final one - up north in Blackpool.
You definitely would need the 14 day ticket because the lines round Sunderland, Lowestoft, and on the other side - zigzagging around the Wirral, Southport and Ormskirk, are all served by local stopping services.
Yeovil needs the local bus transfer (the walk along the main rd. is dangerous).
And there you have it. How long do you think it would take, ?
And what about the branch line shuttles.?
Yes, I agree - we have experience of interrailing, and we've found from experience that you need to break your journey about every 4 hours, to stretch your legs, have a comfortable toilet session, and we don't like wasting money on railway snacking, so we'll head into some side street for some bargain real food, very often with a free glass of wine.
Fascinating journey.
Is the Rochdale line more scenic than the Stalybridge-Huddersfield line?
We're not from the North, so it's nice to find out about these things.
We CAN however tell you about lines in this part of the world, if ever you're interested.
The beauty of the All Liner is - it's the only rover which gives you more or less complete freedom in the South East, but you CAN use an Oyster day pass on everything in Greater London, including all buses, trams, and non-tourist Thames commuter water buses.
One very interesting thing to do is to go round the Circle Line tube and visit all the main line stations, like famous St.Pancras, and tiny little Fenchurch St.
You can also be overwhelmed by Clapham Junction where there is never one minute all day when a train will not be passing.!!!
You can go to Dover and see France with the naked eye (you don't even need binoculars). You can make a day excursion and get free food and wine (if you pay the £26 fare), but you will need your passport, even though you'll come back the same day to continue with your all liner on Britain's only domestic high speed service.!
I'd say they're both just as scenic in different ways. Caldervale line goes through valleys between Todmorden and Halifax, while the Huddersfield Line speeds through the hills on the moors. I'm fairly familiar with the London network, along with them travelcards and oyster/contactless, as I used to travel around London with my family as a kid back when I lived in Essex. I was planning to do Dover after coming back up from the West Country, but decided to just focus on Canterbury that day. It was raining when I was down there anyway, so it was a good decision. Great shout though, I've always thought of Dover as the place where it'd feel like going to France.
Damdest cheek!!!!!
I have some news - read on......
You remember that I mentioned (when you were commenting on Ashford Internstional) that I had texted the respective Deputé regarding the parallel situation across the Manche - well I've just seen an on-line edition of la Voix du Nord (the equivalent of the Manchester Evening News) that he has had a meeting with the transport minister and the local people are threatening to block the line if the trains don't stop at Fréthun.
"These trains from London come whistling through our patch, yet have the damdest cheek not to stop chez nous - sacré bleu.!!!".
You know how the French are - they don't mess about - the big question is - will it be cows parked on the line, tractors, or what??
And the police don't interfere with farmers !!
The SNCF of-course are a large shareholder in Eurostar, so it shouldn't be too difficult to know whose back to scratch.
Anyway, if all works out, there's the option for any rail rover enthusiast who might want to add a unique little twist to his rail rover schedule.!!!
Quiz - there's one other international train line in the British Isles - do you know which one it is ??
The answer would be the Enterprise linking Belfast with Dublin, which is technically international because it goes from the UK (Northern Ireland) to (the Republic of) Ireland.
Yes, we'll done.
But you'ld be surprised the number of people who wouldn't be able to work that one out.
They'll probably be racking their brains around some mysterious corner of Scotland, or Wales, and I dare say - if you were to ask that same question to many an SNP 'fanatic' , they'ld probably reply -
"Och Eye - both the east and west coast routes are international.!!"
Your captions fly off the screen MUCH too quick.!!!!
I admit I did rush the editing a tad bit, but I'll try and allow more time for the captions in future videos.