Leiston to Aldeburgh. Great Eastern Railway Walk.
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Join me as I walk along the old trackbed from Leiston to Aldeburgh. This lovely old line used to move stock from Aldeburgh fisheries to the main line and also passengers from the main line through Saxmundham and Leiston onto the holiday resorts of Thorpeness and Aldeburgh.
THANKYOU for the walk interesting and beautiful.
Thank you for watching. It was a lovely walk and quite easy to follow. Little bits of history strewn along the way.
Have just spent a lovely weekend at Thorpness . A beautiful coastal village, and has been great learning about it's history. Thanks for your interesting video that adds so much more .
Thank you for watching I am back there soon as well! Glad you enjoyed the video
Next time you are over here in Suffolk, have a walk along the beautiful Southwold to Halesworth line which is not far from Leiston.
The good news is the track bed is nearly bought back and fresh (3 foot guage) lines are going back down. They have an engine shed in Southwold with a brand new working replica 'Blyth" which will have some more track to play on soon!
There's also more track going back down in Leiston at the old Garrett works and they still have the working little 0-4-0 shunter steam loco there.
Thanks for the information I will do that 👍 thank you for watching
Brilliant post !
Thank you for watching I am glad you enjoyed it 👍
So great to learn about this line what a great walk and the gates yes you don't see many of them about anymore! 👏🙌
Thank you glad you enjoyed this one! A lovely if not tiring walk! I picked the hottest day to do it as well!!! Proper railway gates are a rarity around here but found a few in Suffolk
Thank you glad you enjoyed this one! A lovely if not tiring walk! I picked the hottest day to do it as well!!! Proper railway gates are a rarity around here but found a few in Suffolk
A Great watch i live in Leiston , it has been shared widely , thank you for making this vid !
Thank you and thanks for watching. Absolutely beautiful area of the world. To say I am jealous is an understatement!! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Nice to see you've been to Suffolk and covered quite a bit of ground! I've not been that way for about 10 years. I used to ride a charity bike event with a few guys I was at school with in memory of one of our friends who passed away some time ago. He had lived in Woodbridge for quite a while and a memorial seat dedicated to his memory is by the Tide Mill there. The ride took us over Leiston level crossing and on to Dunwich where we went on the beach before returning to Woodbridge by a different route. I often wondered how much of the branch remained.
The concrete fence posts and the sectional P-Way hut are typical LNER and it makes me wonder just how many of those are still sitting forlornly in remote places on disused lines as they seem to have survived the ravages of time very well. Those huts were cold draughty spots even with a good fire in the stove! Not as cosy as the sleeper built ones but home to the gangs of platelayers and a refuge in bad weather.
Another enjoyable video and a delightful walk by the look of it, especially with a pint at the end!
Thank you for watching. A favourite area of mine and hopefully one day a place I will call home!! Not a lot left to see but enough that it made it an enjoyable walk. That line would be used so much now such a shame. We are going to Woodbridge soon so I will look out for that.
Another cracking Vlog Middy, Keep em coming 😍
Thanks Neil. Loads more on the way 👍
The traintrack huts brilliant find.
One of my favourites so far on my travels
Nice video! The station house at Aldeburgh was a little further away from the pub that you showed. More in line with the front of the houses on the main road. I was born in one of these in 1961 and the trains pulled out straight across the road. The newly built 'station cottages' is the closest you'd get to it now.
Thank you and thanks for watching. Thank you for the information I am hoping to get back to Aldeburgh soon so will make a better station video! I sort of ran out of steam on the day I made this!! Thanks for the information 👍
@@MiddyExplores No problem! I enjoyed the film. As for the trains 'running out of steam', that was before my time!
Yes...very very windy bluring out what you say at someone's. Lovely walk 🙂
At some point.
Absolutely stunning county. Many a happy memory made here. Thanks for yet another great video!
Thank you and thanks for watching
Leiston is pronounced Layston. No spur was ever made to Sizewell. At 45.28 you were at Sheepwash crossing, where a "ballast line" went to Thorpeness, just skirting the Mere. Many thanks
Thank you for watching. I found out a few days later that I had pronounced it wrong ! We have been going there for years and no one had ever corrected us! Thank you for the information I will bear it in mind for a potential update in the future 👍
Good to see this. I cant see why this was track was allowed to be destroyed for the sake of a couple of metres of farm land. It really needs to be a shared user path between both towns.
Thank you for watching. Its a shame the line was lost at all given the amount of cars now trying to get into aldeburgh everyday! I totally agree it would be an excellent cycle way/footpath if opened up properly. Cant help feeling the closure of this small line was a real shame
I have subscribed - But don't knock people like you for enjoying what you are describing (please). After this excellent and enjoyable video more people will enjoy this gem. Only 8 anyway you said.
Thanks for watching. I am so use to walking around on deserted railways it was odd to have company! I wouldn't knock anyone for enjoying the walks particularly this one 👍😃
Great video . Looked like you had a good day for it too , nothing like combining a break and railway walk .
Was fascinating to see a line I was not aware of . As you said would been a great line today to easy road congestion and increase the popularity of a lovely seaside town , with amazing fish and chips .
Thanks for watching. Like most of these lines it was incredibly short sighted to just rip them up when they used to have good traffic and they would definitely have it today. Was great weather and is a lovely flat walk.
holibobs? nice one mate 😀
Thanks mate. Taken a few weeks back lovely area I recommend it👍
The old crossing gate used to still be at Crossing cottage just to your left at 33:35, not sure if it's still there, been a while since I've done that walk.
Thanks for watching. I had a look around when I was there and couldn't see it anywhere, I had seen it before but didn't film it!
Extremely picturesque, some great railway stuff to be found. The gates at the start were magnificent and on the walk some of those crossing gate posts were very sturdy to say the least. That building at @33:35 is called Crossing Cottage, I suppose it speaks for itself!!! The platelayers hut was outstanding, to think it's still standing proud after all this time, shame about the graffiti though. After such a wonderful walk I was hoping to find a lovely preserved station, but my hopes were dashed!!!! Still a great video though,
Thanks as always. Thorpeness halt is quite pleasant but by no means preserved and Aldeburgh has all but gone sadly. The plate layers hut was a real highlight but I just love the old posts and sleepers that just randomly appeared ! I enjoyed making this one it was a lovely day through some lovely countryside. Back to the GCR later this week...
@@MiddyExplores It's nice when whoever looks after these lines uses old structure such as sleepers, they do that a lot around the Notts/Derbyshire area. I'm planning a trip to the GCR too, Lutterworth Station, Brackley viaduct and station plus the M45 bridge are all high on my list. If I can manage a Sunday away from home I also intend to get to Calvert Station before it completely disappears.
We walked some of that this last year,beautiful area,another interesting vid 👍
Re Marples and Beeching, there's probably more than a few people from the same era who would to pass water over their resting places. 😮
I would totally agree! It's astonishing how corrupt it all was! No forward planning all about money and instant profit. Some people got very rich off the demise of the railways.
That was a lovely long walk! It almost felt like I was with you. A shame about the nonexistent bridge; someone was obviously pulling your leg. The plate layer’s hut was stunning, except for the usual mindless graffiti. That pint and bag of chips were both richly deserved. Keep ‘em coming!
Thanks David glad you enjoyed it. The bridge is there apparently but I couldn't find it!! It's somewhere near the house I found at about half way? I looked but to no avail! Back to the GCR next week!
YES - you are so right. Everywhere build a bit here and there to stop the re-opening possibilities. Well as these folks all over now have to pay for their cars fuel (and it will go on rising), perhaps they may not think things were such a bargain. Both Major Parties too so non political. 50 years on we need these routes for the future , rebuilding on new routes will take place in many places, but at what cost. All current routes should be protected and at least made to be Green ways for now. Wife has just kicked my soap box away soap box away so I will shut up (for now).
Thanks for watching and I totally agree it really was a short term gain for long term pain
Thank you so much. You are so right about @#!! Beeching. The speech in the Titfield Thunderbolt was right...close the railway and choke the roads. Who on earth thought it OK to close railways with baby boomers needing homes? Bring them back! Enjoy your chips and watch out for the chip thief gulls!
Thank you for watching . Totally agree the decisions made were awful and a blight on this country. The chips were delicious and i managed to avoid the seagulls!
Lay-stunn btw. Most people pronounce it incorrectly but no harm.
Thank you 👍
You missed the old Railway bridge at Thorpeness golf course
Thanks for pointing that out! I am visiting soon so will catch it then. 👍
0:50 Bullhead rail? If so, that wasn't laid yesterday...
Its an old line that is only used very occasionally for the nuclear station. I have never seen a train on it in all the time we have been going there. I would imagine these are the original tracks.