Perfect Summer Weekend - East Lancs Railway & Burrs Country Park
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- JULY 2021 - Here's a video made with some footage I discovered stuffed down the back of the sofa ;)
During the summer, while we had the cute little Bailey Discovery D4-2 on loan, Dougal and I spent a glorious weekend at Burrs Country Park Caravan and Motorhome Club Site in Bury, Lancashire.
It's one of my favourite sites, not least because of its superb location bang in the middle of the country park itself, and being adjacent to the East Lancashire Railway which runs steam trains and Heritage Diesels most weekends throughout the year, and daily throughout the school holidays.
After a trip on the Railway to Rawenstall and Bury back via Ramsbottom, we take a relaxing afternoon walk around Burrs Country Park.
====================================================
PERSONAL CONSULTANCY SERVICE
If you would like personal guidance in buying your new camper van, motorhome, or caravan in the UK, I do offer a consultancy service where I use my thorough knowledge of the industry (having been a leisure vehicle journalist for over 20 years) to help individuals choose a leisure vehicle that is the right fit for their personal needs. Please check it out at:
andrewditton.c...
MY VIDEO EQUIPMENT
You can read all about the camera and video equipment I use here:
andrewditton.s...
MUSIC
The music used in this vlog is from Artlist. Get two months free when you sign up with this code: artlist.io/And...
======================================================
In order to give you a better viewing experience, I reject 99% of the sponsorship offers received because they would be of no interest to my audience. I also switch off the ads during the video, and I hope you enjoy the lack of intrusion.
This video is therefore self-financed.
If you appreciate the lack of interruption and lack of spiel about Squarespace or Skillshare, and you'd like to support the channel and make up for the lost ad revenue, feel free to buy me a coffee!
www.buymeacoff...
Please also consider signing up for my newsletter 'Streamlining' about focussing on the good stuff:
andrewditton.s...
=========================================================
Thanks for watching!
![Burrs Country Park and the East Lancashire Railway [CC]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/x7MFtoStCW0/mqdefault.jpg)
![Burrs Country Park and the East Lancashire Railway [CC]](/img/tr.png)
Nice to see summer sunshine on this cold snowy day in Winter. I am dreaming of some car camping in 2022. Love to Dougal. ilona
What a tonic on such a chilly evening! Thank you😎😎☀️☀️
Our pleasure!
I like camping and I love your videos because they make me like camping even more. say hello to Dougal please, if he does not read the comments
Enjoyed watching it very much Andrew. Much love to you and Dougal !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video, a perfect summer day as you said
A visual tonic. Thank you.
Our pleasure!
Great news that you found the footage,from a very cold south of France
Dear Dougal, he does smile you know!!!! Oh thank so much for that lovely day out, the sun, the train, a real tonic on a dark cold November evening. Take care.
Glad you enjoyed it Christine!
Andrew spent many a lovely afternoon in Buffer Stops ( pub at end of line) errr I mean riding the railway. Love the Diesel Galas ❤️
Lovely vlog Andrew and Dougal. Just what I needed to cheer me up on a freezing cold day.
Glad you enjoyed it Jane :)
Lovely ❤️
Wonderful! ❤️
Dougle so cute in your arms ……9:50 love the knotted handkerchief, very in keeping with the era 😂
Yes! Spotted that too :)
That outro PTC at the end…. Oh-M-Goodness, amazing timing!! 👍👍👍
Great summer video too of course, especially watching it now during the colder months, but PTC wow!! 😉👍👍
Cheers Stephen! And thank you for noticing the timing of the outro. That took a bit of planning and a lot of rehearsal… :)
An absolutely nice end :-)
Hi Andrew thank you for sharing this lovely Vlog, travels on the Steam Train, a lovely walk along the Riverside , a perfect Summers day for just chilling out! Lovely to see You & Dougal, Lots of Love to both of You 💖💖💜🐾🐾XX
Glad you enjoyed it Susan :)
Lovely x
Just lovely to look at a screen showing an idyllic, peaceful, normal bit of the world and escape from the usual doom and gloom! Perfect tonic Andrew & Dougal. 😊👍
Glad you enjoyed it Mo!
Hello from Mid Missouri. Thanks for the ride along.
Our pleasure!
Great stuff Andrew, this bought back some nice memories of a fab day!
Cheers Lewis! Took me long enough to get it uploaded :)
Wish we had known you were going to be in our back yard, we would have bough Dougal a Dog chew 😁😁
Really lovely place - love the trains!
Aah that was nice!! X
I know this heritage rail pretty well. Living in the Manchester area, we always take our family guests - when they visit us - to this jewel of Lancashire. Our son loved the Thomas the Tank engine days when he was a toddler. Thumbs 👍🏼
Absolutely brilliant 🤩
What a cheery video that has made me happy
Keep up the great work 👍
Thank you so much 😀
I do like the crossover ones you have done w RR as well...so relaxing for those of us stuck at home.
Glad you like them!
Happy Christmas to you and Dougal 🎄🎅❤
Same to you!
Mmmm July, warmth, sunshine - lovely vid - a site I’m yet to stay at but it’s on the list for next year
I think you'd like it - pub and a cafe at the entrance! :)
@@andrewjditton key selling point 🍻🍔
Wherever you go you take the sun with you! We have not started winter yet and I can’t wait for the next spring/summer. Thank you for these lovely day in the sun (I can imagine myself there with the sunny day too ;-)
Thank you for bringing some sunshine on this snowy, grim Sunday! You make me smile!! I forgot to tell Shanna, she rocks that hairstyle, it really suits her! xxx
Glad you enjoyed it Anne! Shanna says thank you :)
The Steam is so melodic! Thanks Andrew! and Dougal!
Thanks Andrew and Dougal for another wonderful video.
Nice video Andrew! I recognise that caravan… oh yeah it’s on my drive😁😊 maybe I should take it back to Burrs, always wanted to go there. Cheers, Oliver
Ha ha! I'm quite envious Oliver, it's such a smashing caravan. Hope you're having lots of fun with it :)
What a lovely video. I love to watch old trains and, fortunately, you can’t get trains out of your blood either. The outtro was perfectly timed to have the Class 50 come through the frame. I smiled so Dougal would not have to.
Cheers! Yes, that outro took a bit of fine timing :)
Thank you for another great vlog, always enjoy a train ride on a steam train and a walk with great scenery many thanks and stay safe and well both of you. x
Many thanks Linda!
Thank you for warming our hearts Sir!
Our pleasure my friend!
I'm originally from Middleton - my sister lives in Heywood - this is a much underrated part of the UK - OH and Bury black pudding is the best hangover cure I know lol
Yes, I really like this part of the world.
Beautiful as always, thanks lads 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it Marla! :)
Yes, Andrew, I very much did enjoy that day out. Thanks for taking me along.
A couple of questions for you Andrew, seeing as you are the font of all knowledge when it comes to trains. I love to see the steam engines on these heritage railways. However, it always seems strange to me when the loco is pulling backwards. I don't remember ever seeing that when I was a boy. Is that because I lived near a mainline (GWR Paddington to Cornwall at Dawlish Warren)? Did they actually run backwards on the branch lines back in the day? Or did they normally have a turntable available? (that's all one question, just broken down into simple parts!)
The other question is regarding carriages with small compartments and a corridor. I remember in 1965 going on a chartered train that picked up through Cornwall and Devon then went through to Edinborough. (It was for a large Jehovah's Witness convention at Murrayfield, about a week long). We had each congregation assigned to a compartment or compartments. On such a long trip, one could walk up the train to find one's friends in neighbouring congregations. The point is, I normally only see open carriages on these heritage lines. What happened to all the compartment carriages?
Hi Neale, I'm no expert, BUT... Heritage Lines normally do not have the facility to turn a locomotive at the end of the line, hence it needs to run 'tender first' on the way back. Many branch lines were 'push-pull' back in the day, so the loco didn't need to run around, the driver could drive from the cab of an Autocoach. As for compartments, they DO exist on heritage lines, I've travelled in them on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Bluebell Railway. I think open coaches are better for viewing scenery and accommodating smaller groups (2 x 4, not 1 x 8) so I guess that's why they get used the most. But these are all a guess!
Hi Andrew, loved the video. Quite timely for me, as going to visit friends in Bury this weekend. Planning on taking my dog to Burrs county park. Did you go to the lamppost cafe? Is it worth visiting?
Hi Gary, it was always busy when we were there at the summer, so I can't tell you I'm afraid. Enjoy your trip!
@@andrewjditton If you ever visit again, I recommend a visit. The staff were so friendly and helpful. Also so welcoming of dogs, Barney enjoyed his carrot cake!
Looks like a great day out, somewhere to try if I am in the area.
The steam train looks and sounds fantastic.
Not sure about the appeal of the old diesel train?
Ah, there are plenty of folk who love a growly old diesel, too! Thanks for watching.
It's sad how yesterday's children have been replaced by today's dog Fifty years ago young people used to carry babies on their laps or walk with them in the garden now most young people carry dogs in their laps and walk with them in the garden
So, that's where it went… down the back of the sofa! I was expecting more heritage trains on your channel a while back. It's nice to see some sunshine - if only on screen. It was snowing in Sunny Norfolk, this morning. Yes, and worse in the North.
I thought this would be a good weekend to launch this one ;)