For Crying Out Loud Scotland! - Episode 56, Day 102 - Corrour to Inverness

It's the 16th August, and having stayed the night at Corrour we head north to Fort William, and then get the boat over to Skye, meet local Mark who talks Gaelic to us, and then gives us a ride to the Kyle of Lochalsh, so we can get the train to Inverness.
Oh. And there's the matter of a small viaduct at Glennfinann too ...
Mark also taught Geoff the various ways you can say "All The Stations" in Gaelic too, that's in a separate video here: • Video
Website: www.allthestations.co.uk/
ROUTE: Corrour - Fort William - Glennfinnan - Mallaig - boat to Skye - Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness

[@cameronamoils6915]

This is true for every episode, but I just want to emphasise again how much I'm enjoying this series. A great railway and travel documentary that would give Michael Portillo a run for his money. Beautifully shot as always, but of course it wouldn't be the same without the two great hosts who guide us through each step of this adventure. I think I can say this on behalf of most people watching: thank you for embarking on this trip for us.

[@priestland1]

What I find totally mind blowing is if this series, All the Stations, had been produced by the BBC, the only difference would be cost. Production values would be little different, but the number of hours produced must equate to millions of pounds in BBC budgeting terms.

[@neatodd]

Easy way to tell it's not the BBC - If it had been the BBC there would be a constant music track.

[@keithspillett7312]

neatodd if it was BBC, there would be half a carriage full of crew. Has the series suffered without? Has it hell - 21st century documentary filmmaking at its blistering best 😀🍾🎥

[@tomsmith5584]

Keith Spillett And a voice-over narrator trying to add dramatic tension to every scene.

[@clocloandpip]

TheSharkLord by the south you mean London, south west still only have pacers, we only just get over 2 carriages

[@m20newell]

They would probably, like you, also forget to mention that Transpennine Express has the youngest fleet in Britain, and that hundreds of new carriages for Scotrail, Northern, Transpennine and Merseyrail are on order.

[@Yaaayishere]

When the guard on the Caledonian Sleeper asked where you were travelling to you should have said.........all the stations!

[@adolflenin4973]

Innit!

[@intercity4319]

The viaduct shot, absolutely beautiful, whoever got that oh my god you legend.

[@AllTheStations]

Geoff uses a REEEALLY long selfie stick that extends many feet into the air.

[@maplady572]

Nerdy Mr Nardy and that folks, is what we call GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY FOR THE BACKERS! (OK shouty PB moment over).😀

[@michaelwei9423]

I was doing the trip Glasgow - Mallaig - Kyle - Inverness about two weeks earlier and I was enjoying the Kyle of Lochalsh line completly with sunny weather. Showing your trip in 2021 brings back beautiful memories...

[@TudorSmith]

I'm loving revisitng these Scotland episodes.

[@paulkennedy8701]

4:54 Amazing shot of the viaduct. You must have the longest selfie-stick ever.

[@jeffducklin4909]

Drone

[@EM81YT]

Jeff Ducklin joke

[@neobe195]

Jeff Ducklin r/wooooosh

[@paulkennedy8701]

@Clifford Quiney Who are you calling a drone?!

[@craig.bryant]

The trains, the ferry, the scenery, the people, Geoff and Vicki, Scotland, the weather. Best episode yet. PS piano music hits you right in the feels

[@keithballard7721]

Vicki s face at the start when Geoff asks about a birthday present. ...priceless. She has such an expressive face.

[@benchociej2435]

The music for this whole series deserves an award. Spectacular.

[@AdeSwat]

My missus and I have enjoyed this series better than most TV programmes...we've religiously been watching the latest episodes over dinner! If you guys don't get snapped up by the BBC for a series, I'll be really surprised. Great job Geoff and Vicky.

[@neilburns8869]

You definitely came prepared for a typical Scottish summer. The Glenfinnan Viaduct is one of most beautiful sights in the whole of Scotland if not the UK.

[@davekirwin]

Oh that drone shot of the Jacobite on the Glenfinnan is wonderful, superb work.

[@spark_6710]

What a view at the end !!! 😍💕

[@wefounddove]

I'm going on the Jacobite Stream Train for my birthday in December and seeing it in this video has made me unbelievably exciting! I'm glad you enjoyed Scotland, I have lived here for 20 years for and it still amazes me!

[@chloemoore2367]

Love corrur wish to go there dream station lovely commenta

[@51StPi]

I liked this film so much I forgot to press like until I watched it again, cheerio!

[@leqin]

I get the impression that Vicki is falling in love with Scotland.

[@stevehallam0850]

Even more stunning. Ace dronage!

[@scottmcphee2076]

I rode the train from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. This video brought back some good memories.

[@JHarris533]

You probably know this by now but one of the viaducts you crossed in this episode (Loch nan Uamh Viaduct) before Arisaig has now got a plaque on it commemorating a dead working horse and cart which fell into a collumn during construction and the workers just left it and encased it in concrete. it was local legends for decades but only proved at the turn of the century.

[@DerekHartley]

That drone shot. I know there are dozens of other people saying the same thing, but there aren't enough words to say how wonderful and fortuitously timed that drone shot was.

[@AndreiTupolev]

I've got it, what Geoff and Vicki can do next! All the Nations! They visit ever single country on earth and Vicki rates them for quaintness. And castles.

[@kacperkrakowski]

AndreiTupolev Even North Korea

[@Srananbloke]

And the local Pacers ofcourse!

[@ala0284]

I think they may struggle to find castles in Nauru and the Maldives 😀

[@allanm6246]

Sadly there are a few nations that are just too dangerous to step foot in.

[@matthewlewis2072]

Errrr...maybe...wars?

[@AvGeekLucky]

3:24 There's a steam train and you're getting a taxi, is something wrong with you two? 4:55 OK, I take that back!

[@philipsmith6181]

It just proves that with care man can improve nature. Without the viaduct it would just be another glen. With it, the scene is spectacular.

[@m1klgordon]

You missed Achnashellach station. Perhaps because it's a request stop? Maybe you'll visit on the request stop vlogs? But hey, what you and Vicki achieved is wonderful. Thank you.

[@manfredwilliams9762]

I'm loving these Scottish episodes. The Highlands are so beautiful, even when it rains.

[@hjalfi]

...which is a good thing given how much it does so! (One of the places I grew up was Lochcarron. That line is very special.)

[@briand1102]

Brilliant in every way - Scotland is such a beautiful country even when the weather isn't the best.

[@ianmcclavin]

Brian_D Yes, you always "take your chances" with the weather up there!! Fortunately I've done both the West Highland Line and the Kyle Line in brilliant sunshine, I had to have several attempts though!!

[@neobe195]

Ian Mcclavin if you take the west highland line in the winter, the snow is amazing between rannoch and corrour. I live in Fort William and have to travel every year. It’s beautiful.

[@franp.4676]

Last year I took the train from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh and I totally recommend it, astonishing throughout the whole 2 and a half hour of the journey. And I was especially lucky to get a sunny day and see all the landscape in autumn colours.

[@TheFrozenSaint]

That drone shot over the viaduct was something to behold. Splendid work showing it off in all its grandeur!

[@lachd2261]

Amazing footage in this episode - great job guys

[@villevirtanen00]

This might be the best of the whole series. Fantastic!

[@TheUphillracer]

The best episode of the best documentary series in the history of the audio-visual arts, and all on the lowest of all budgets!

[@lee9655]

The Kyle Of Lochalsh line in Febuary is so stunning, snow covers all over the mountains and it's like I was transported to Canada, it's my favourite train journey so far.

[@petermc7098]

Hello There, this is a great video, it looks like a very scenic route, thank you for sharing this, it's much appreciated, I am glad you had a good time and that you both enjoyed yourselves. Cheers Peter :)

[@TheNgandrew]

Staggeringly beautiful scenery. Another fantastic video! Well done!

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

Great Ambassadors for Scottish Tourist Board. Fantastic journey of Great Britain.

[@grayman999]

Beautiful scenery and it just gets better and better !

[@martenkats6915]

Fantastisch video again! Can't believe this is going to end soon...

[@Nooticus]

One of the best episodes so far! Loved it!

[@JobberE69]

Aye, no doubt...best video of the series! The drone shot of the viaduct, the scenery...it brings me back a wonderful bunch of awesome memories from my road trips around Scotland!! :-) Thanks guys for the amazing documentary! ^-^

[@keithflockhart]

Another fantastic video. That drone shot was just brilliant

[@cprtrain]

Spectacular scenes. Well done!

[@davefour-real1615]

Good stuff. Thank you for doing this for the benefit of all. A++ Centuries ago I trod those paths too.

[@JohnTalbot-k6xi]

Dan: immediately saw your cutting style, great work… audio track matched beautifully. Your mastery gave the show robustness and richer content. Remarkable Package (!!)

[@stancrouch9642]

Hate to see this series move toward the end run. Thank you for sharing your adventure with the world. Looking forward to even better things in the future.

[@deejayholliday]

Incredible scenery throughout. The shot and drone footage of Glenfinnan Viaduct were astounding. And I saw 45212 on its way to Grosmont last week.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Scotland is mind blowing! Love the drone shot 5:11

[@radiogoodguy6287]

All the scenery is beautiful. Especially the viaduct scene. Scotland is a beautiful country. While serving in the U.S. Navy I spent some time in the country.

[@Supermunch2000]

Vicki's comment at the end is spot on.

[@herbertvonzinderneuf8547]

I cannot for the life of me work out why I find this so fascinating.

[@roberthorwood4276]

You are right Geoff that's beautiful and your them music on the piano accompanies it very well, I could wath/list to that all day, well done and thank you :-)

[@tobys_transport_videos]

Hello Geoff and Vicki from an Australian "trainspotter" !!! I'm so looking forward to seeing all this first-hand in August! Thanks for your #allthescottishstations series - it's a big help to my planning!!! :-) :-)

[@JoshBosh84]

Spot the jakey on the bicycle, can of open stella in hand.

[@TheLondonguy]

Just awesome relaxing videos, keep up the great work

[@stanchandler5393]

Corrour is a special place. Lovely walk or run [when younger] round Loch Ossian, but be careful of nearby bogs [I know and was left wearing a pair of Scottish boxers on the station.

[@rubyait]

Brilliant video.

[@SimonLanghof]

I recognized so much of the scenery from my trip three months ago. It felt like it was yesterday :)

[@MrGreatplum]

Glorious - it's stunning even in rubbish weather! (We were up in Scotland that week and the weather was sometimes 'trying') but it didn't matter!

[@jwuertz7101]

Gorgeous even on a grey day! I hold hope I can still get to Scotland.

[@FarlandHowe]

When I was on the line to Kyle 10 years ago, it was rainy too. Its probably been raining ever since. 🙂 loved that journey as an American tourist to Skye. Most beautiful rail line over there. Rob

[@OtterBee123]

Corrour definitely deserved The Ultimate Tick. Absolutely beautiful.

[@xXPyrophorusXx]

The episode I was waiting for, I knew it would be the best. My wife and I will go-her grandfather was a highlander.

[@j.j.foster7002]

Great episode! The steam train on the viaduct is the winning scene, but, then, I like steam and engineering.

[@camperp195]

Absolutely brilliant,am loving this,i just want to get off at one of the stations and disappear into the wilderness,my soul needs it!

[@wierdalien1]

This might literally be the best cold open of them all

[@mikebe2090]

Just when you think it can't get any better 😉 when I'm next in Uk I'll have to take the train to Scotland 👍the stations are so beautiful

[@maplady572]

Just gorgeous!

[@neilburns8869]

Funny that you should mention about the Caramel Wafers because my cousin has returned to the UK this summer from Bangkok, Thailand. He left about 13 years ago to go work in China but managed to get a job working at a school in Bangkok and he met a Thai woman who he married and has now separated from but joining him in Scotland is their 7 year old daughter Ellie and she's just getting used to the UK and Scotland but of course what's one of her favourite things? You've guessed it, Tunnocks Caramel Wafers. So, I can understand Geoff's reaction to Vicky's suggestion about the taxi driver helping himself to their TCWs.

[@andrewholloway231]

4:54, the drone shot of the series. The Jacobite on the Glenfinnan. That's what I wanted to see. Well done guys, well done!

[@JISJ1964]

You said it was the most scenic line in the UK, my favourite scenic line is the one from Abertawe/ Swansea to Porthladd Abergwaun/ Fishguard Harbour. That dry landscape is fantastic.

[@villevirtanen00]

This is so good. Could have been even longer shot sequences, loved it.

[@gibbo9089]

Blown away!

[@ronleitch7788]

I actually visited all these lines a few years ago while covering Scotland on a Freedom of Scotland ticket! You’re quite right to say that the scenery is ‘spectacular’, although I enjoyed slightly better weather conditions than your goodselves!

[@pauldevey8628]

OMGosh! You truly do live in a Green and Pleasant Land

[@whackingbadge]

Love, love, LOVED it! Would've liked to have seen more request stops though. Surprised someone got on at Lochluichart. I would've thought Duncraig or Attadale would've been more likely to be stopped at than Lochluichart. Considering the castle and gardens.

[@stephenmurray5684]

OMG !! Even on a grey wet day the scenery you shot was stunning !! It is easy to see why Vicky is lost for (intelligible) words !!

[@leona_devon]

Steam train over the viaduct, just beautifully stunning, well done.

[@malcolmphillips294]

Long dark winter evenings … mainstream tv not very entertaining … so nice to dip back into “All the stations”

[@YoshiKaleb]

Would recommend doing the Kyle line in autumn if yous get a chance, the colours of Achnashellach Forest for example are just gorgeous 💘

[@jakebahulse894]

I would really love the sheet music for your theme tune, it's amazing!! If you ever come to stoke and they have the station pianos I could play it as you arrive 🤣🤣🤣

[@jonathancombe9991]

Really lovely video. I've travelled most of the line to Wick/Thurso but never done any of the lines in the North West of Scotland. It's clear I've been missing out! It looks such a wonderful journey that I must do it. Interesting diversion over to Skye, too. I do find that sleeper service quite interesting. A through train from London but it suddenly becomes a local service once it gets into northern Scotland. I do wonder, is this line the only one you can get directly on a train in London all year round that stops somewhere by request? The only other ones I can think of are the summer-only London Paddington to Pembroke services which I think also stop by request at some of the smaller stations like Saundersfoot.

[@Georges_equine_trains]

I've seen the Kyle of lochalsh-Inverness line in the sun when I did a train trip with my dad

[@melanietuffen]

This is in serious competition with the Cambrian coastline as my favourite video

[@neilburns8869]

Interesting to see the Ye Old Virgin Trains colours on the last carriage.

[@radarskiy]

The cut in the middle of the pan at Skye was pretty good.

[@mikenkatechandler5243]

you guys im crying atm wow.........

[@stanislavkostarnov2157]

such a pity we no longer have the only railway in the Hebrides (a 3-stop run single track, micro-gauge, Craignour Ferry Terminal to Duart-Castle Gardens)

[@andrewholloway231]

Oh yes, the Glenfinnan viaduct. Fantastic.

[@AdeSwat]

Freeze frame at Stromferry and you can see the house we stayed in recently with a whole load of my family. A truly stunning area. Plockton, which you can see briefly on the journey, was amazing and so quaint, and you can rent the railway station building as a guest house!

[@martinjolly8351]

I might have to #haveanadventure to Kyle of Localsh. Brilliant, beautiful. Thank you.

[@AlanFredPipes]

Two of the most scenic rail journeys in Britain - in one day!

[@memofromessex]

Ive done both the Ft William to Mallaig and the Localsh to Inverness, and I think the former just edges it in beauty. It may be down the fact I've done the Localsh line more than a dozen times. I've also had to be picked up at Inverness by my dad because of flooding and/or rock falls!

[@RoulinBrooks]

That conductor at the beginning asking if they had tickets and where they were going. You'd think everyone working for the British rail system would know who Geoff and Vicki are at this point. Also, Geoff on that short platform at the end: "Do we have a few minutes here?" You know that Geoff was just itching to whip out his . . . . tape measure.

[@dansmith4601]

6:15 you should have filmed the banavie swing bridge. Whenever a boat is coming down the canal and needs to pass under the bridge, the controller has to call scotrail and see if there is a train coming. In addition, it has a 5mph speed limit. A tv show called the biggest little railway is airing on channel 4 in 2018

[@dalriadaskillen]

Alba can’t stop being beautiful Vicki. Even in dreich weather.

[@nigelkthomas9501]

I was there on 13/Aug/2017! Only missed you by two or three days! If only I’d known! 😰

[@oliverbrelsford5472]

'I..I.. It's a Class 73!' This proves you ARE a trainspotter Geoff.

[@rhianc7347]

This is on my top 5 best episodes. Watching the series for a third time

[@alanratcliffe7714]

Hi Geoff, &vicki, are you doing a book on all the stations ? I for one would buy it, what a great concept you did,