Thanks for your comment. I'll bear those suggestions in mind on a future trip to the Isle of Man. I was intending to do the Horse Tramway on my last day in Douglas, but it was pouring with rain and I needed to dry out my things in the hotel room having cycled there from Peel. I'm always happy to leave something for another visit!

@@Clivestravelandtrains And there's a museum at Port Erin for the Isle of Man Steam Railway. Anything you want to know about the railway, it's all there.

Thanks Frank - we're hardened to the weather in this country. If we didn't go out when it rains, we would hardly ever go out!

Thanks for your comment. The Explore Wales rail rover is valid on the Carmarthen-Aberystwyth bus, and I was tempted to do that, however my desire to travel on the Heart of Wales line prevailed. I thought Carmarthen would be a pleasant enough town to stay in.

@@Clivestravelandtrains Yes, I'm planning the Heart of Wales, too. I last travelled on it around 1978!

Thanks for your comment. I've complained to ScotRail about the nature of the timetable cuts, but they tend to ignore complaints now. From Glasgow/Ayr it's virtually impossible to visit Stranraer for the day unless you only want to spend 8 minutes there 12.57-13.05.

@@Clivestravelandtrains I'm at the Stranraer end, we only have the 7:04 (glasgow)and the 13:05 (Ayr) trains, we mean to have more from think the second week of July but that didn't happen due to the strikes

@@AdamHinckley It's annoying isn't it - at my local station (Lenzie) all the through trains to Edinburgh have been taken off, so we now have to wait nearly half an hour at Croy instead.

@@Clivestravelandtrains yeah, it's getting annoying, I was thinking of getting the train to girvan when they returned but I can't because of what's going on, where I am is forgotten part of Scotland, government has promised to upgrade to trunk roads in the region but they never done it, they are more interested in independence than anything else

Thanks for your message, I really enjoy hearing these memories which my films sometimes evoke.

The dates are correct. The station was added to an existing railway line. Drumfrochar is the name of the locality where the accident happened.

Thanks for your comment. I hope your walk from Westbury wasn't interrupted by bulls and vipers!

Thanks for your comment. I didn't have lunch at Platform One as they didn't have a good range on offer. I went to Café la Strada in the town centre, which was very good. Wonderful ice cream to finish!

Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for your comment. I did indeed go into Frome, and my bank statement shows that I had lunch at a place called Café la Strada which is on the corner of the little street with a water course running down the middle. The first three street scenes in my film were all taken by me, I added the screenshot from National Geographic because I felt the caption was very positive, and I did so leaving the credit to NG visible. I would have spent more time taking photos and maybe a movie, but my time was marred by a fault at the TSB cash machine whereby it processed my withdrawal but failed to deliver any cash! When I went into the TSB they were unhelpful, saying I had to raise a challenge through my own bank. I then discovered that there is indeed a Nationwide in Frome, down the hill a bit, so I had to go in there and spend time sorting it all out. This episode meant I wasn't in a positive frame of mind for a while. However, you are right, Frome is a delightful little place and having sampled it, I would consider spending more time there when I finally get round to exploring Somerset and its cider a bit more! By the way, if I use photos from other sources in my films, I normally display a credit. I know a lot of KZbinrs don't.

LOL German State Railways operate some of the "privatised" train companies!

Thanks Frank - yes there are plenty of cafés there!

Thanks for your comment - I enjoyed doing it!

Thanks for your comment. It's handy that hotel rooms now have kettles etc., so we can equip ourselves thus!

Thanks for your comment.

Thanks Frank - I've already started on the next instalment of my trip away last week, you will see where I went from Westbury.

Thanks for that information

Thanks for your comment. I've never been to Ayr races yet

Thanks for sharing your memories

Thanks for your memories, great times!

Thanks for your comment. The rail fares in Britain are a minefield, especially for the unwary. For me the advantage of Rail Sail was that it has the status of an open ticket and I could travel on any train I liked, and change the return date if I wanted. I sometimes travel on open tickets for the flexibility you get, even though they are dearer than non-changeable non-refundable tickets.

Thanks for your comment. It always pleases me when my films invoke such happy memories.

Thanks for your comment, in a way the Isle of Man is stuck in a time-warp. Old trains, cheap beer (about £3.50 a pint!) and paper banknotes. May be a reason why people like to live there in spite of the isolation of being on an island.

Thanks for your comment. Beofre commiting yourself check the Steam Packet website as some of the ferries from Liverpool are hi-speed ferries which are more susceptible to bad weather. We've had a weird summer with winter type storms this year, don't know if it's going to become typical with climate change. At least if you go from Liverpool you have the advantage of being in a city and not so vulnerable to connections not working. Like I say in this film, travel is not without anxiety and that's part fo the fun of travel - always having a Plan B. I have a video on my channel about Plan B!

That's an interesting comment, as my observation was that if they introduce a bigger ship which clearly has more people and vehicles on board, then the port handling processes need to be reviewed in line with that. I was quite surprised when watching the loading at Douglas (on the return journey) that a large number of cars were required to reverse over the linkspan onto the ferry. Observation of behaviour on single-track roads (of which we have a lot in Scotland!) would tell you that many drivers struggle to drive backwards. At Heysham the process for foot-passengers reclaiming checked baggage was utterly chaotic. I pointed this out in a letter of complaint to Steam Packet, but my reply was the usual bland corporate cut-and-paste rubbish we are used to now.

Thanks for your comment, as always!

Bill Shankly's words were:- "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that." Regarding the guy on Girvan platform telling me he was an Arsenal supporter, I have no idea why he suddenly came out with that when we weren't even talking about football. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for your comment. I love it when my films generate a local response! I am sorry to have missed you, but the relief guy was quite friendly anyway. The explanation about Bishopstone fills a gap in my knowledge. I will be passing by again as soon as I can work out a schedule to go to Stranraer, given the small number of trains in the temporary timetable.

@@Clivestravelandtrains yeah, very poor for midweek, probably your best bet to go to stranraer is a sunday to be honest, the only midweek train is just a turnaround

Thanks for your comment. Some like music, some don't - you can't please all of the people etc. At least everyone has a volume control and on/off toggle on their device!

Thanks for your comment. I'll check out the Martyrs' Tomb date. I did notice the Buckie on the top shelf, it gets everywhere!

Thanks for your comment. I was thinking of stations with name beginning Manchester. Should have included Manchester Airport I suppose!

Sometimes when I wake up at weekends I look at Realtime Trains to see if there's anything interesting coming through my two local stations (Stepps and Lenzie) that day. I saw there was a "loco-hauled express" coming through Stepps, and when I checked the train's schedule I decided to make a day out and go to Garelochhead. I didn't know it was the Midland Pullman until someone else on the station told me. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for your comment Iain. Did you catch the glimpse of yourself as the Pullman came in? It was good chatting there.

Oh yes. Fame at last 😂​@@Clivestravelandtrains

Thanks Frank, I appreciate that.

Thanks for your comment. I like it when my films evoke such memories.

There's a caption at 4:24 saying that the signal box is being restored. It houses the levers that operate the points and semaphore signals, although the signalman is based in the former ticket office.

Thanks for your comment. Unlikely in my lifetime!

Thanks for your comment. The ScotRail painting gang have been busy with Troon and Ayr in recent weeks. Troon needs to be ready for the golfing Open on 14th July!

The reason is actually because all staff were tied up with the fire at the station hotel building, so we could actually get our trains back up and running 😊

@@bbsmumma8630 Thanks for that explanation.

Thanks for your comment. I'd guessed that, in relation to Bishopstone, but couldn't see a connection with Stow. I've used Stow a few times.

@@Clivestravelandtrains was thinking maybe Stow is what Girvan used to look like?

@@TransportGeekery I've only found one picture of the old Girvan station on-line, on the Railscot website, which wasn't particularly good as it focussed on a locomotive + traincrew. I couldn't see any likeness with Stow, even checking old pictures of Stow on the Disused Stations website. The G&SWR had a grand and distinctive style of station architecture.

Thanks for your comment. I might do another film on the location of Stranraer station.

Yes, I really love it. Thanks for your comment

Thanks for your comment. That's why I explained it in front of a bi-lingual sign!

@@Clivestravelandtrains Thanks! It’s quite common in Gaelic for a town to have the Inbhir but the English just being named after the river - Thurso/Inbhir Theòrsa, Wick/Inbhir Ùige. Sometimes Inbhir Lìobhainn for Leven too.

​@@AlasdairMacCaluim Inbhir Aìr too!

@@robertfoulkes1832 Tha thu ceart - dhiochuimhnich mi mu dheidhinn sin! Yes - you're right - I'd forgotton about that one :)

Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for your comment. I made a note to do a wee bit more research into that.