Did you not see the huge height difference between the train and the platform surface. Too steep for a wheelchair ramp as well. Is there not a service to coombe any more on that line from paddington. Incidentally the mill behind you at Shipton is where Clarksons grains are ground to help make his hawkstone lager.
@VisitingPiddlyStations13 күн бұрын
I didn't although I noticed the one heck of a drop on the Worcester side when I got off! No not anymore, only goes to Didcot or Moreton! Not sure when it changed And that's a very fun fact about Clarkson's Grains! I wanted to visit the farm but it doesn't open on the days I was in the area sadly
@DavidFegent12 күн бұрын
@@VisitingPiddlyStations i used to be a train manager on that line, and i always believed it was an insurance claim waiting to happen. I always warned the passengers before arriving there about the drop between the coach and the platform! Great video! Looking forward to some more. Try Menheniot , as a contender, served by a couple of direct Paddington to Penzance trains
@carilesli19 күн бұрын
Loved your video, thank you, Elgan.
@VisitingPiddlyStations19 күн бұрын
Thank you for your kind words!
@Katwalks8220 күн бұрын
Keep up the good work with these vids Elgan.. they really make me smile
@VisitingPiddlyStations19 күн бұрын
Thank you. I appreciate your words
@chrisbury463522 күн бұрын
Were you shit faced the whole time doing this video pal ? 😁
@alanhawley547325 күн бұрын
Keep em coming buddy x
@VisitingPiddlyStations25 күн бұрын
Thanks Al. Means a lot 😍
@harrierjames772725 күн бұрын
Is Finstock not piddlier? (Whether it has more passengers or not?)
@VisitingPiddlyStations25 күн бұрын
You are right! It is. But, you can't get to or from London to Finstock anymore. 😂
@callumgreen931726 күн бұрын
Brilliant video mate really enjoyed that 😀
@VisitingPiddlyStations25 күн бұрын
Appreciate it mate!
@EchoAlphaRomeo27 күн бұрын
Oooooooh
@VisitingPiddlyStations27 күн бұрын
Parp... Oooooh
@EchoAlphaRomeo26 күн бұрын
Oooooooh
@joinmeonthedarkside228 күн бұрын
close call or near miss ? hopefuuly no wdm needed
@VisitingPiddlyStations27 күн бұрын
Near miss. All safe
@chronicle-toxic840929 күн бұрын
Love it mate!
@VisitingPiddlyStations28 күн бұрын
Ha ta
@ajtizz30329 күн бұрын
Why not just get a cab 5 miles is ishy mishy missions my bro well done tho
@VisitingPiddlyStations28 күн бұрын
I'm a tight ass.. 😂 Cheers mate
@user-ws3zz3sl8n29 күн бұрын
Côt tro nesa😊
@user-ws3zz3sl8nАй бұрын
Lle ti cysgu heno
@VisitingPiddlyStationsАй бұрын
Mewn gwelu
@A-Trainspotter-From-BerkshireАй бұрын
Is that where a perfect misunderstanding occurred with a sliverlink 150?
@VisitingPiddlyStationsАй бұрын
That is correct! 😂
@NewRailBasherАй бұрын
Feeling your pain mate
@VisitingPiddlyStationsАй бұрын
Broken hearted this morning
@jonathanr-p6761Ай бұрын
Missing in action?
@VisitingPiddlyStationsАй бұрын
Still here!
@jonathanr-p6761Ай бұрын
@@VisitingPiddlyStations just missing on x
@VisitingPiddlyStationsАй бұрын
Yeah that place is a cesspit at the moment. Better to be away from it for my mental health
@mrkangaroo83Ай бұрын
Nice graphics! I've not flightsimmed in a long while myself and last time I did it, it was the mobile sim Infinite flight, visiting every capital city in the world in a TBM 850.
@VisitingPiddlyStationsАй бұрын
Superb idea. My PC is pushing it a bit now but seems to cope OK with MSFS
@mrkangaroo83Ай бұрын
A great video as per usual, I missed it when it was released as I've been busy with trips away! Beautiful scenery also, there's a nice pub in Newhey near the reservoir's, albeit it's Stage 10, not long after you start mind! I know it from the end of a hike with a hiking group a few months ago when we did a circular of the reservoirs there. Your video and Geowizard's straight line mission videos are giving me the drive to get back out hiking properly again as my back is well on the mend, I'll be sticking to some local I think they're called 'mental health green routes' promoted by Manchester City Council that I seen on a board near me at Chorlton Ees nature reserve to build up my hiking stamina 👍
@VisitingPiddlyStationsАй бұрын
Thank you for your kind words. Walking is sometimes what makes me happy so I highly recommend people to get out there and do it
@joinmeonthedarkside2Ай бұрын
Hi mate Have u ditched X ? Can't see your content of recent
@VisitingPiddlyStationsАй бұрын
Just for now mate. Done wonder for my mental health 👍
@joinmeonthedarkside2Ай бұрын
@elganthomas k brother... I ditched f book years ago , incognito on X and mute those that annoy lol
@its_an_oman2 ай бұрын
Got better weather than I did.. couldn't see 50 yards over Millstone Edge. Looks like you had a great day.
@Mappiman12 ай бұрын
Next stage for me - hoping to complete a few stages at the end of July and may get ahead of you. Great video, thanks for sharing.
@andyshearwood2 ай бұрын
A brilliant little video as always. definitely making me want to be back up and in the peninnes
@VisitingPiddlyStations2 ай бұрын
Thank you! After the last stage I didn't expect much but it still was special
@andyshearwood2 ай бұрын
@@VisitingPiddlyStations from what I remember there's some beautiful bits above Rochdale near the moors and if the walk goes near ramsbottom then equally nice there (and some great pubs)
@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire3 ай бұрын
Nice to have a bit of variation in videos, allows you to gain a new group of followers.
@thebrummierailenthusiasts53293 ай бұрын
0:38 that’s not connecting I didn’t hear the clicking sound
@thebrummierailenthusiasts53293 ай бұрын
Today the 153s are no longer working with the Stourbridge branch services
@Mappiman13 ай бұрын
Nice video - this is as far as I have made it and the best leg so far. Need to get back up North soon!
@VisitingPiddlyStations3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@its_an_oman3 ай бұрын
It's my favourite stage too, but you definitely need a clear day to do it. I did Stage 9 last Saturday but the weather was horrible. Will have to revisit that one. Stage 10 on Sat 11/5
@VisitingPiddlyStations3 ай бұрын
Absolutely you do. Especially up on the moors as there's simply no shelter from the weather!
@mrkangaroo833 ай бұрын
It's so picturesque! I'm looking forward to doing this eventually. I've had to put a pause to hiking the GM Ringway as I've done my back in, so I'm having to build up the stamina and strength in my back and legs again!
@VisitingPiddlyStations3 ай бұрын
Ahh no?! Look after yourself. The GM Ringway will wait! 😂
@andyshearwood3 ай бұрын
This may well be the best sections on the entire of the Ringway. It's interesting to see different parts around Greenfield too
@VisitingPiddlyStations3 ай бұрын
It got better and better the further I got. Well worth it
@croesoycymru4 ай бұрын
It's 174 years old this year - happy birthday once more to Denton Station, there's loads of history here if you know where to look for it 😄.
@VisitingPiddlyStations3 ай бұрын
I will have to go back to record a new episode now it is the Piddliest Station in the country!! -!
@moonkeele4 ай бұрын
For a challenge, get off the train at Upper Tyndrum, run like hell and try to reach Tyndrum Lower before the train. If you don't make it you'll be in for a long wait for the next one.
@VisitingPiddlyStations4 ай бұрын
That would be easy....running from lower to upper? Now that would be hard!!! haha
@alanhawley54734 ай бұрын
Keep up the great videos m8
@VisitingPiddlyStations4 ай бұрын
Cheers Our A
@jonathanr-p67614 ай бұрын
Great video once again
@VisitingPiddlyStations4 ай бұрын
Cheers! Appreciate it
@customtransport27774 ай бұрын
Funnily enough, I was just up in the Highlands on vacation earlier this week and passed by one of those stations on the way
@VisitingPiddlyStations4 ай бұрын
Fantastic! It's a wonderful part of the world which have plenty more Piddly Stations to explore!
@customtransport27774 ай бұрын
@@VisitingPiddlyStations One example of them I visited was Lochailort and also Banavie which is where the B&B I stayed in is located
@VisitingPiddlyStations4 ай бұрын
Ah brilliant. Two great Stations with Banavie the home of the line's signalling
@alexanderelliott30134 ай бұрын
I do love the piddly stations, Keep the great serious going Elgan. 😁
@VisitingPiddlyStations4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind words! Definitely more coming in 2024 😍
@mrkangaroo835 ай бұрын
Nice video. I'm looking forward to this as it's going to be my stage in two stages time. Also, yeah from Broadbottom the next couple of stages are long ones! But they'll be stunning for the scenery, I'm probably going to extend this stage to end at a bus stop in Mottram as it has frequent services for getting to/from Mottram, instead of Broadbottom just to make it a longer walk for myself!
@VisitingPiddlyStations5 ай бұрын
Thank you! Indeed it's probably the most strenuous of all legs the next two and I'll do both on separate days of course. Good luck and enjoy!
@andyshearwood5 ай бұрын
some absolutely gorgeous scenery around here. I'm looking forward to doing this walk when i move back next year
@VisitingPiddlyStations5 ай бұрын
So far 3 stunning stages! Something different every time The next stage gets a little more rugged! I hope enjoy it as much as I am
@davidroberts69775 ай бұрын
I want to backpack this in a week but suffer with bad anxiety and im autistic. Ive walked from Wigan the opposite way into Edgerton on it in a Day recently but sogns ate hard to follow finding camp spots is putting me off also 😅
@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire5 ай бұрын
You should do Smallbrook Junction on the isle of wight as a middly station.
@VisitingPiddlyStations5 ай бұрын
I was down on the IOW last year and didn't think about it.. But I'll add it to the list!
@user-gt2ud2gw9e5 ай бұрын
I shall put Frite sauce on my shopping list, when I go to Benelux next time. Heel bedankt.
@amancalleddavid41625 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this. Has given me inspiration to make a journey similar myself this summer.
@VisitingPiddlyStations5 ай бұрын
Thank you! Go for it! There's always a reason to travel!!
@user-gt2ud2gw9e5 ай бұрын
Yes, good adventure - well done, £40 in London, although I can get you that near where I live, but more into the suburbs. Excellent to break the journey. In any one day, you have time to also break at Brussels, but you'd need to arrange this with Eurostar. OR, just pay to Brussels, and continue afterwards with a local train.
@user-gt2ud2gw9e5 ай бұрын
Is that true "mooiste supermarkt van hele Nederland"? or is that just what they'd like to think? And is that why you went there? I've never heard about this famous sauce.
@VisitingPiddlyStations5 ай бұрын
Frite Saus is only found in the Benelux, mostly in NL but my god its good stuff!