HS2 - South Heath to Wendover | 13th January 2024

In this video I follow the route from the North Portal at South Heath, all the way to Ellesborough Road at Wendover.

[@666gregor]

Keep up the good work Karl 🙂

[@KarlVaughan]

Thanks, will do!

[@AlexanderWright1]

It's hard to work out where the line of the railway is going to be in all that mud!

[@KarlVaughan]

You're not wrong there.

[@cargy930]

Great video as always Karl. Thanks for your dedication to recording the changes. It's a shame that there are those who are so completely bogged-down in their politics and tribalism that they're blind to the quality of the engineering involved, and the skills of the men and women who accomplish it.

[@KarlVaughan]

Cheers. I don't mind the other comments, as long as people are watching the videos. Talking of that, I've been doing these HS2 ones for quite a while now and I've had the idea of doing some videos showing what has changed since I started. Maybe four or five videos focusing on each section. It might take a while though but will be worth doing.

[@martininnes2585]

The work and expertise for me is not in question. Absolutely world class. As for the videos. I struggle to get a bearing to relate to. I live in Bishopstone Aylesbury. The line will run between Bishopstone and Walton Court housing estate around five fields in total; and I can see the route from and work my back garden. But the camera mainly follows the work sites and does not show the worksites and route in relation to local communities. Bishopstone and Walton Court is the area between the route that is being built - but is not shown in any video. Just the works. Other than the fields the route being taken. So great videos from a building perspective and less so from a community impact perspective; but that maybe what the videos are aiming to achieve. Perhaps if the Videos were to start from a local landmark and edge into the sites some perspective could be gained. To me - the videos are being by made by an employee on site showing the works only. Please keep them coming though even though I have no idea as to where they fit into my community.

[@KarlVaughan]

Thanks for the comment. I'm a bit confused though - you say you can't see Walton Court in any of my videos? In the most recent video showing the route from Thame Valley Viaduct to Stoke Mandeville it is clearly visible on the approach to Oxford Road. You can see the whole landscape in front of you. I even mention Walton Court a few times in other videos when it appears on screen. Have you seen those?

[@chrisjw37]

What a horrendous mess, we live locally, and everyone here is disgusted at the destruction, planting saplings takes 200 years to replace the destroyed trees and all the saplings planted have died as there was no maintenance. Plant and forget is not a viable plan.

[@chrisjw37]

Why are the works at Wendover and Waddesdon a kilometre wide?

[@KarlVaughan]

They're not that wide. Probably between 150 and 200m at the most.

[@oldfailedgamer]

Fucking waste of money

[@ionardlegras]

What would you rather have spent it on that meets future demand between London and the North for the next 100 years? A 12-lane M40?