Buttery Biscuits & The Unexplained Railway | Speyside Way Part 2: Ballindalloch to Craigellachie
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2018
- It's August 2018, and Frances has roped me in to walk The Speyside Way, a 105km-long National Trail in northeast Scotland. For much of its length it follows the banks of the River Spey along the route of an old abandoned railway line. But why did such a sparsely-populated area ever need a railway in the first place? PART TWO OF A MILDY INTERESTING SERIES
I legitimately laugh out loud in a public place when the Thomas the Tank Engine song started playing. Thank you for that
"Brilliantly... its closed for lunch" absolutely killed me 😂
You walked past my house, (not quite in the video). I live a hundred metres back down the line from Blacksboat Station. A fine part of the world, though I don't fish and I don't like whisky. But I do love shortbread! Keep up the good work. Big fan of your channel.
I was so caught off guard when I heard the Thomas the tank engine and friends theme
'Craigellachie' also has claim to fame as the code name for the meeting point of the construction crews building the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rocky Mountains, wherever it should happen to be. This choice of name was due to the number of Scots involved in the running of the project with roots in the Spey Valley. So the site of the Last Spike in British Columbia is now called Craigellachie.
George Stephen, who organized the finances to build the CPR, was born in Moray, and so was connected to Clan Grant and Craigellachie.
"I suppose if you're Tamdhu, then Knockando just wouldn't do" - 10/10 on nailing whisky lovers' humor!
I lived in Aberdeen for 12 years, and though I was not sad to leave the city, I do miss the countryside round there. It is just phenomenally beautiful and relaxing. I must have walked several sections of this hike and met many freely roaming sheep and wild deer on the way. All presumably high on whisky and butter fumes.
Just now noticed the Black Books Theme when talking about alcohol being the reason for the railway :D. I really love your video's!
I'm currently in Edinburgh, but was recently on the Royal Scotsman train. Great video! And HOLY MOLY I WAS IN KEITH YESTERDAY!!!!!! I actually saw the platform at Keith, and there are still the steps and the distillery (which I visited). As soon as I saw it, I said, "I saw The Tim Traveller do this route, this is the Speyside way. Wow."
I smiled when I recognised the 'Black Books' theme! You are a man of good taste Tim!
Loving the background music 🤣
Hello from the US, Tim! I discovered your channel yesterday and I just adore your films! You are so witty and fun to listen to! Was that a castle ruin at the end with the Highland Cows? I'm so American because I absolutely love castles! I'm not really sure it's an American obsession, but I am crazy about them.
Ah thanks Rhonda! Yes it's Balvenie Castle in Dufftown
Nothing wrong with being obsessed with castles, I live in Europe and visiting old defensive buildings like that never gets boring to me. Sadly ruins aren't always open to visitors, but just seeing the outside can be worthwhile when you're in the area anyway. And even when the buildings have had a new purpose between their original use and now they can often still be interesting to have a look through if they're open to the public.
A big shout out to you second speyside way video and it's mention of all the distilleries along its route! Came in very handy when they talked about them on BBC radio today in regards to the unfortunate new tariffs. Thanks again!
One of my favorite parts, oddly enough, was where the cow was licking the other cow. I honestly don’t know why that fascinated me.
"As usual in Britain, everything can be explained by alcohol (!)"
Another really lovely tour. It's a bit sad to see so many quaint country railways abandoned, however I rather doubt that the area was producing sufficient trainloads of whiskey and shortbread to maintain long-term financial viability of the railway considering the dearth of other traffic.
It seems you've forgotten to mention that Aberlour too is home to a whisky destillery - called Aberlour! I'd recommend the Aberlour a'bunadh, it's one of my favorites. :-)
Thanks for refreshing the memories, I've been there in may 2018 and was stunned by the great landscape (and the great whisky ...)
Good choice, bro. 60 volts or rpm wo ice😉😆😆
This video brings back great memories of our tour on the Speyside Trail in 2011. It was a great experience! Thanks for posting this.
Ah cheers Cat! It's a lovely part of the country. I'm finally getting round to making Part 3 of this series, covering Craigellachie to Buckie, and it will be out soon - so stay tuned if you'd like some more Speyside memories :)
All these comments on the Thomas the Tank Engine and Black Books songs, and here I am giggling about the GBBO theme music for your buttered biscuits!
Your choice of music for your videos are just too good. Love it!
Thank you. Brought back memories of my visits to the area in the 1990s. I must go back there this year now after watching this.
Cheers Jack! It's a beautiful part of the world
the highlander inn in Craigellachie is owned bye a lovely japanese/scotsman. very nice bit of the world
Looks like a lovely walk! I like the idea of finishing it with a trip on the Keith & Dufftown Railway.
cracking video. gave me great insight into what lies ahead for June 2019. many thanks for sharing your journey with us
Thank you! You'll have a great time, and if you like climbing as much as your user name suggests, I'd recommend hitting the Cairngorms too, while you're in the area. Incidentally I'm finally getting round to making the 3rd and final video in this series, should be out later this week, so stay tuned if you'd like to see that.
All this village names make my mouth watering...mhmmm Speyside Whisky. :) I visited a view of them years ago.
Fantastic!!
Spent a week's holiday in a house in Boat of Garten. All very familiar..
And of course, Aberlour also has a very old and very renowned distillery.. although honestly, in that part of the country, it'd be easier to mention if a town does NOT have a distillery.
great humour, love it. PS: Aberlour also has a distillery, I figured I'd mention it on the off chance you didn't know about it LOL
4:44 The Great British Bake-Off theme ;)
Craigellachie plays an important part in Canadian history.
It was the birthplace of the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the name became a sort of motto for the completion of the railway.
The location where the last spoke was driven was named Craigellachie:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigellachie%2C_British_Columbia
Dailuaine is pronounced Dall-Ewan and is Scottish Gaelic for Green Meadow. At Blacksboat, the large shed is the former railway goods shed, probably the last remaining one in the north of Scotland. Cromdale used to have a small branch line going up to the Balmenach distillery, and the road bridge going over the Spey at Carron used to carry the Speyside line between Imperial and Dailuaine distilleries. Tamdhu makes its own Single Malt; 90% of Scotch whisky production goes into blends - there’s about 18 different whiskies in Famous Grouse.
Hope this is helpful.
Good video, but please lose the condescending tone about the lack of population. It’s insulting to us locals. The area is more populated than you think and was more so prior to the automation of distilleries and the improvements to farming technology.
Ah cheers humphandhumbug, great local knowledge there, it would have been useful to have you around when I was making the video! Please don't take my population comments too much to heart, it wasn't meant to be a jibe about the area itself, it was meant in the context of the railway, in other words I was questioning the wisdom of building passenger stations in a place where you wouldn't expect many passengers. Of course, as I discover later in the video, that was the wrong question to ask - the railway was built on the strength of the distilleries and the fish trade, rather than passenger numbers. If anything it's a testament to the success of local business and workers.
So yeah, sorry if it sounded rude, it wasn't meant to be. Put it this way, if I did a video about my own home town, I would be a lot ruder :)
All the whiskies, all of them...
If you want to experience a taste of what this railway was like in its heyday, a virtual version of the Speyside Railway for Train Simulator 20whatever-the-current-year-is has been lovingly crafted and released for free by Signalbox Productions. Well I say "free", it does require a fair few paid DLC packs to work properly. But considering it can rival and even surpass a lot of paid content in terms of quality, I'd say it's worth it. You can also find authentic Caledonian Railway steam locomotives to run on it courtesy of Caledonia Works.
But does it also allow you to taste the whiskey along the route?
@@sirBrouwer Sadly, whiskey is not included so you'll have to provide your own. That said, a nice tipple is just the thing when cruising along on the footplate of your Dunalastair toward Craigellachie.
Felt hungry for some biscuits & tea while watching this video at 13:00 IST.
3:01 oh mah guuuud
realized I love hills too, not sure why
"If you're Tamdhu then Knockandoo just wouldn't do" LOL
I shall now go and sort my whisky collection into geographical order.
Craigellachie is a famous railway spot in Canada as well. Two of the builders of the first Canadian transcontinental railway, the Canadian Pacific, were from this part of Scotland, and so they named the site of the last spike Craigellachie en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigellachie,_British_Columbia
Any plans to do any more expeditions with Frances?
At 1.25 I was really wondering what for sort fairy was called blacksboat.
Think industrial pooh sticks would turn into kerplunk!
Wasnt Caron the byrthplace of the Caronade?
that place is so close to being a Kairon.
did you camp along the way or stay in hotels etc?:)
I remember watching this video and thinking: “woaw, is videos are great. I hope he gets more views and subs soon”.
And now with you fricking 36k subs,.. I’m &!#*%-! Jealous (:
9 months later - 140k subs!
@@MrGreatplum 4 months later again, 167k subs 🙃 he does deserve a lot more though for his fabulous videos!
And now he is almost at 280k
I'm glad you can pronounce 'och' correctly.
1:38 Black and White Rag
I'd like to know who it IS playing the piano... because it is pretty good. Anyone?
It could be Tim - there’s a video he did in his flat for 100k subs and there’s a keyboard in there.
1:20 what is that tune playing. Sounds like postman pat but I'm not sure. Is that it?
Not 100% sure, but to me it sounds like the theme from Thomas and Friends.
@@kimvibk9242 Thomas the tank engine indeed
WHERE IS PART 3
/watch?v=VILFF4Bcegs
Nockando xD xD
Why the thomas the tank engiene-theme at 1:30?
Karin Toft are you an idiot Karin?
what why?!
its a brilliant addition!
Knockando is pronounced knock-an- doe not do. The emphasis is on the Knock. Not far away is Knockandhu pronounced just as he says Knockando.
You know very well those aren't Scottish Highland cows.
5:47 "Dufftown?! That's not far from here!" "You don't think he'd come to Hogwarts? Do you?"
For all you Potterheads out there!
3:02 There you have it, The Scottish Can Du Mentality...
4:46 Tim: "I think we should stay here and get absolutely off our tits on butter." 😳😆😆😆
In Tamdhu knockando just wouldn't do? Thats it, I'm phoning the police.
Dailuaine = Dahl-OO-in-yeh
Source = Tha Gàidhlig agam
from around x.xxx followers to 25000 in about 6 days? holy sh/t...
Scuse mi mai gudde frend bat uer is a part tri?
Nevermind found it ;)
4:29 As I said, The Scottish Can Du Mentality and the general understanding of free enterprise...
4:29 As I said, The Scottish Can Du Mentality and the general understanding of free enterprise...