Abandoned Stations & Petulant Landowners | Speyside Way Part 1: Aviemore to Ballindalloch

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 ONE OF A MILDY INTERESTING NEW SERIES

[@vincentwalsh2480]

I have just discovered your channel and I am really enjoying it! I really enjoy your humor and the love of history that you show. Please keep up the amazing work!

[@goldenretriever6261]

me too

[@utetopia1620]

I'm the same!

[@RichardMigneron]

LMFAO ".. you shouldn't be allowed out in public on your own !" And later on (2m42) "...coincidentally the kind of person that Frances is beginning to regret going on a 5-day hike with !"

[@Mirandorl]

The interpersonal friction element is hilarious. And this is just Part 1 ... is Tim Traveller in a shallow grave somewhere in the Scottish hills by Part 5? I'm hooked!

[@misterjdodd]

I think you give Frances too little credit - she strike me as very capable and organised. Perhaps buried vertically, nice and deep, with an endangered species planted on top? 😜

[@ivanj.conway9919]

Ahh, I'm sure she loved your company. You seem like the type of fellow who would be a delight to be around. My Best. Out.

[@ELS-tone]

I thought he said “space-highway” but I guess “speyside way” is cool too

[@Ulysses_S_Grant_18]

Oh well

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

emmett stone, I salute you. P.s I heard “space hideaway” Which sounds flipping awesome 🙂🐿 You could take the highway to the hideaway. Ooooooh yeahhhhhh!! That’s a song right there

[@philvanderlaan5942]

No space highway is on the Time Traveler This channel is the Tim traveler

[@neelix139]

Greetings Tim I found your KZbin channel fascinating as a Australian retired gentleman I do enjoy watching a lot of KZbin stuff recently I came across your channel bathbut I fascinated. by your railway walks .so you keep up the good work and enjoy your KZbin channel thank you very much Tim. Jeff Melbourne Australia

[@TheTimTraveller]

Ah cheers Jeff!

[@CuriousEchidna]

Comfortingly calm and interesting. Good videos Tim, even the ones that I have no right being interested in are pleasant. The music is always a fun little easier egg to the content and I love trying to identify the shockingly familiar tunes out of context.

[@justarandum7959]

Aww she was soooooo lovely

[@ronniejohnston2176]

Hi Guy's. Great Video. You were asking why a railway would be placed in such a remote area. The main reason for these railways was to transport the whisky and fish to the south. All these lines would meet up at Aviemore for the transportaion to the south and England. Most of these lines were very profitable, however it was thought that figures had been manipulated to show a loss, thus allowing Dr Beeching deciding to close them.

[@TheTimTraveller]

Cheers Ronald! Yeah what surprised me on that first day is that between Boat of Garten and Grantown-on-Spey you have not one but two old railways going up the same remote valley. One was ok but two seemed mad! But yes by the time we walked the next section up to Craigellachie, past 6 or 7 distilleries, we figured out that whisky might have something to do with it :D. If you're interested you can watch part two here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmK3goypq96Ma8U

[@SynchroScore]

@@TheTimTraveller It should also never be forgotten that Beeching was appointed by Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport and also managing director of a very large road-building company, who later fled to Monaco to avoid prosecution for tax fraud.

[@MrMonero]

Great video guys. Thanks 😊

[@kirstygunn9149]

We have an old track like this in our town that was part of the old steam railway ,it starts at the station pub (that that is now an undertakers) and gos across the old parts of the town, behind the "new" hospital ,up past the fire station, behind the Catholic college then across the road and up past two more schools past a small wood and ends in a housing estate. It's a nice mile and a half walk and a quick way to get In to town if you want to walk or go by bike.

[@GreenJimll]

Blimey, that description sounds exactly like Loughborough: one of the three railway lines and stations it once had. Only two left now and one is a heritage line. The one that matches that description has just had a Lidl built over what was the terminus station.

[@biomechanical_penguin]

Lovely mini series!!

[@TheTimTraveller]

Ah thanks biomechanicalpenguin!

[@gaius_enceladus]

Beautiful countryside!

[@toco789]

Tim, you should check out Hadlow Station in Willaston (Wirral). Lovely preserved station with signal box, track, and crossing gates

[@Steroumel]

Great one! Can't wait to watch the next one! :D Your humour is so subtle but so funny :P

[@TheTimTraveller]

Ah cheers Steroumel! I'll try and upload it in the next couple of weeks

[@MicrobyteAlan]

HELLO, watching again. It came up on my recommendations. Who am I to argue. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@Gmackematix]

I enjoyed the rocking version of the One Man And His Dog theme.

[@alexmclauchlan8507]

You can still see the track bed of the GNSR diverting off from the strathspey railway

[@TrigonixZeNW]

Nice and Interesting video :)

[@plymouthmechanic3423]

Pity they took away the railroad track. Especially by the stations. I would like to have one of those stations as house...

[@Monty13Transport]

BOAT OF GARTEN!!!!!!!!!!! I was there yesterday on the Royal Scotsman train.

[@abzzeus]

Whisky is the reason for the line

[@SamanthaCoolBeans]

loving the choice of background music on your videos Tim

[@ThegrandtravelNerd]

❤️ I like this place I'm from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and I walk paths alot

[@mittfh]

Crowdale Station: Antiques Roadshow theme!

[@JasperJanssen]

*nearly*. I feel like it was subtly altered to avoid copyright strikes.

[@prjndigo]

One hundred years ago there weren't highways and trucks to move things.

[@chipworrell6025]

You should bring Francis to North Carolina and let her stroll the Appalachian trail some. You could stand on top of the highest and second highest mountains east of the Rockies in one afternoon if you drive the Blue Ridge Parkway.

[@rabokarabekian409]

Sure, come on over, as long as you're not Islamic or Arabic o r look or sound Arabic or Mexican or look or sound Mexican or don't talk "Merican or look too dark back in our rural areas or didn't bring a loaded gun just in case you need to defend yer rights. If yer ok, you can drive right on up to a whole bunch of stuff. Ee ain't big on leg use here 'cept for sum fitness lunatics.

[@chipworrell6025]

@@rabokarabekian409 dont reckon you've ever been here, have you. Dogpatch and anecdotes do not offer a honest account of southern Appalachia dude.

[@nigeldepledge3790]

"I wonder if there's somewhere we can get a drink around here..." 🤣🤣🤣

[@nobody.no-one]

Iam now on marathon to watch yours

[@K-o-R]

Antiques -Road- Railshow.

[@sleepysummercat1554]

Your voice is so serious here 🤣🤣 very different than recent video,today your voice more friendly

[@SiVlog1989]

Ian Hislop, of Private Eye and Have I Got News For You fame, summer up part of the reason why in his "off the rails," documentary: "The system [railways] had evolved without a plan, built by railway barons, who's overriding concern was making a quick buck. Even if it meant duplicating lines of constructing routes that were unsustainable in the long term. Public service was usually the last thing on their minds, trains were designed for profit,"

[@PeetPeeet]

You should do Wales next - snowdon railway and Brecon railway

[@ZGryphon]

Cromdale! I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it... ... sorry, I just... I couldn't resist.

[@DrGenestealer]

Poor bunny, looks like it has myxomatosis with swollen eyes. Probably why I didn't run away.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Brilliant video and what a great ambition to walk all the National Trails! How far has she got?

[@TheTimTraveller]

Cheers Henry! I think she's done 6 or 7 so far

[@MrGreatplum]

I hope she’s filming them!

[@MrGreatplum]

Can’t believe it wasn’t raining - are you sure you were in Scotland?

[@TheTimTraveller]

Well I only got my camera out when it wasn't raining. At this point you may wish to note that this is a 5 minute video about a 2 day walk

[@BryonLape]

Scotland in August, so of course it is coats and hats.

[@philmus1]

Why? Answer, Whisky. there were far more distilleries in Speyside, many have closed. The railways served them, not passengers

[@TheDizastarmaster]

Way hay just saw Lhanbryde on the map!Beware in cromdale

[@robmorris7667]

I think if you remember railways were not about people but coal more and goods then you can work out why most railways were built :)

[@SievertSchreiber]

My kind of humor!

[@MrAndrewFarrow]

Humour.

[@SievertSchreiber]

Andrew Farrow Pardon my mistake. English is not my native language.

[@Soonjai]

@@SievertSchreiber Both ways of writing it are correct, you used the US-American variant of the word while Andrew used the UK / British variant.

[@outerheaven8797]

One of the reasons for building a railway there is there were lots of whiskey distilleries. "Strathspey Railway (GNoSR) - Wikipedia" en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_(GNoSR)

[@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire]

At 3:23, there's an old trespassing sign from 1909 that says that the penalty for trespassing is 40 shillings. Since there are 20 shilling to the pound, why did they not just say 2 pounds?

[@rabokarabekian409]

40 is scarier than 2

[@albertbatfinder5240]

No one could afford pounds in those days.

[@mrrobotnica]

You need stabilisation. Would make your videos so much better. Otherwise enjoy the exponential rise in your subscriber base. Very enjoyable channel. Greetings from Asia.

[@albertbatfinder5240]

They tried stabilising Tim but he didn’t take to it, so they put him out to pasture instead. Hasn’t been seen since.

[@rotordave81]

Hi - I didn't catch the bit with the petulant landowners - what happened?

[@hamishweir5631]

Interestingly, you can actually drive along the old route in train simulator: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZvNZ2yMe6eid6c

[@joskleijne9344]

This reminds me of the historic railway in Eys, southern Limburg. You should definitely go there! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuid-Limburgse_Stoomtrein_Maatschappij

[@eekee6034]

3:48 What do you mean, narrow and uneven? I've cycled far narrower than that and almost as uneven on bikes that aren't even really meant to leave the road, much. I suppose I'm another person who shouldn't be allowed out alone, but I live on my own so there's no-one to stop me.

[@Corkedwolf43771]

Why do you use both kilometers and Miles to explain distance?

[@NautyCat]

Because he knows that both US-Americans and everyone else watch his videos.

[@OenopionOenopion]

When I saw Tim's friend, I thought that he might have a new girlfriend. Alas, then I noticed that the video was 3.5 year old, and she does not appear in any recent videos.

[@venusalien5153]

How much is a Scottish Shilling? Google says 40 Shillings is = to 1 USD. So, the fine is a dollar? Like??

[@benholroyd5221]

There were 20 shillings to an old £. The old £ transferred as is, so that's £2 which = $2.58 Scottish Shillings are as far as I'm aware worth the same as English Shillings.

[@chrishartley1210]

That's not a useful way to look at it. At the time the local weekly minimum wage would have been about 15 shillings and that was probably a 60 hour working week or thereabouts. So it's about 160 hours work. Multiply that by the current minimum hourly rate and you get the true scale of the fine.

[@K-o-R]

​@@chrishartley1210 Just north of £1,300, or just shy of $1,700.

[@chrishartley1210]

@@K-o-R Currently yes, but I deliberately didn't put any figures on it so it is relevant for other wage rates eg for the future or other economies.

[@andylindsaytunes]

He said "the space I'd weigh", but never once in the video weighed a space.

[@Banglish123]

It was all rabbit rabbit rabbit she didn't let you get a word in edgewise

[@allymac1314]

FYI, it's pronounced Craig-EL-achay. Good video though :)

[@paulsmart5199]

You beat me to it, his pronunciation was bowf.

[@eggballo4490]

I want it to be a Railway again.

[@ARCANEmateCLAN]

She's bare fit, literally

[@comewalkwithme3490]

Forty Shillings? I'm not paying forty shillings to any bozo! :P

[@CCoburn3]

Francis is CUTE! I can see why you went walking with her.

[@satyapriyanath2061]

francis is just so beautiful

[@patrickeh696]

I didn't see any petulant landowners

[@extrastuff9463]

3:35 with the route diversion and barbed wire part is probably what that referred to

[@dougscott3089]

Its pronounced "Craig ell ackie"

[@Brinta3]

Frances is beautiful.

[@lookiloo4665]

Is there any way Frances has instagram or other social media? She is so cute, I would like to follow her, just to hear her speaking sometimes

[@boomerrob9223]

That sounds kinda creepy... Just sayin'.

[@lookiloo4665]

@@boomerrob9223 Are you familiar with the purpose of Instagram and other social media?

[@boomerrob9223]

@@lookiloo4665 is it for stalking?

[@ARCANEmateCLAN]

10/10 would bang

[@johnmccarron]

You are so bloody boring with negative comments, wont get a job with the tourist board.

[@pyrho1]

I disagree. Tim is very entertaining.

[@patrickeh696]

I didn't see any petulant landowners