I Shall Not Be Lured Into This Trap - Episode 21, Day 34 - Spondon to Market Rasen

[@andrewholloway231]

Superb interview with the train dispatcher. Superb. Well done.

[@theroamingtofu9628]

6:13 'Welcome to Hinckley for the best of everything!' Sign on the left says 'except for loading'

[@adamtoms761]

Hinckley is my home town and this made me immensely happy.

[@OfficialBobCorp]

Hello! This is Bob. Thanks for letting me get involved in the project, I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes from here. I actually should have got an earlier train that day and therefore would have completely missed you guys, but I'm much more glad I got the later train instead! :)

[@maplady572]

BobCorp 23 likes Bob, looks like you have a fan club going there! 😆

[@EwanMarshall]

Legroom on trains, better than planes right?

[@arfski]

Not on the Crosscountry Turbostar trains, but otherwise spot on!

[@camotech1314]

Bob the builder? 😮

[@maxbryson9419]

Can’t wait for lockdown to be over so I can do a mini train journey round the uk, inspired by this. I’ll call it “some of the stations” 🤣🤣.

[@DeKat-84]

Your comment has inspired me to start planning my own weekend "A Few of the Stations" 😀😆

[@russellbeeker731]

Another great way to start the day in Alexandria, Va. With yesterday's shooting and the fire in London, this was a nice reprive from all the terrible news. Thanks you two, be safe, and keep up the great work.

[@gavcarter90]

Thanks for discovering Hinckley, which i live in, and sponsored :) there are still a few Hosier factories around the town, used to be such a pretty town until a redevelopment in the 1970 saw an end to alot of old beautiful buildings, Also the home of Triumph, and the Hansom Cab :)

[@davidbisping5000]

Geoff & Vicki, congrats on getting yourselves a mention in The Daily Mail

[@AllTheStations]

David Bisping Again? They already mentioned us a couple of weeks ago ...

[@bockersjv]

All The Stations The telegraph and guardian too in the last few days.

[@arfski]

Oh, isn't a mention in The Heil Mail actually a bad thing?!

[@Brettski_1234]

Southern Cross Station, a main station in Melbourne, Australia also has A and B for most long distance platforms, one even has a S for South as well

[@ThisIsARubbishName]

Brett Watkins yup! "attention, vline customers. the 14:30 service to Wendouree is now boarding at platform 1" ...or 16S.... it's okay though unless you have to leg it to another city connection.

[@Brettski_1234]

ThisIsARubbishName platform 8 is the one with S, not a bad platform, better than B which is down far end

[@张申杭]

Wow, I did not notice that before

[@stikibunn]

Vicki seems to always have the most fun adventures and interesting facts!

[@chrisblunt7627]

Only discovered ATS yesterday - Love it. I'm from the Hinckley area and didn't know about the connection to Luddism. Castle Street does indeed run past the site of a former motte and bailey castle, part of the moat (now duck pond) is visible. There is also a museum that covers a lot of hosiery manufacturing, and Hinckley is where the Hansom cab was developed. Hinckley is a short distance to Market Bosworth, and the famed site of the Battle of Bosworth where Richard III met his end. There is also a nice preserved railway running from Shackerstone.

[@dananddanfilms]

I would like to make it known that contrary to the end credits, this video was actually edited by me. I just forgot to change the name. D'oh, etc

[@AllTheStations]

dananddanfilms it's ok Dan, I don't blame you, I blame Dan.

[@Ciaran100]

I think you forgot to change Bloxwich North to visited status the map on the website. As as far as I am aware, every train stopping at Bloxwich also serves Bloxwich north.

[@donaloflynn]

You spelled Vicki wrong Dan!

[@bockersjv]

There’s a great idea…. All the Heritage Stations, although I fear it could cause Vicki to go into quaint meltdown. These videos as so good and a wonderful interlude to my day. I feel the Summer of 2017 will be marked by this series and many, like me, will be bereft when it hits the buffers for the final time. Love today's outtakes. Vickis expression when Geoff is not ready...priceless 😄

[@maplady572]

John Vocking I feel like that too! I was also bereft last summer when Trainspotting Live finished its all too brief run!

[@bradwilliams426]

Love the interviews of travelers/locals! Please continue to incorporate them as you progress on the journey?!

[@jamesfoz]

Love how Vicky's accent goes all rural when she says 'Luddite'

[@shadytube84]

Market Rasen.. where the UK’s largest magnitude earthquake was recorded I believe…. On a side note, I wanna know what Geoff gets up too when ‘Vicki Explores’..? I wonder if he is off looking for the local brass house!!!

[@katie1880]

Hello from Peterborough, Canada!

[@ComplexHowell]

hello from peterborough, UK!

[@andrewholloway231]

The interview with Karen. I enjoyed that and very professional. Well done.

[@airfoxtrot2006]

Loving the adventure! I bet next time its "AllTheHeritageStations"

[@maplady572]

Mark Jones I really hope so! Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire have some great ones, not to mention Somerset, Norfolk. ...I will be happy to help a Kickstarter if they do it!! 😆

[@SM-Flyers]

I am waiting for "AllTheQuaintStations"

[@londonismyzipcode4671]

No, remember, all the castles

[@PeterGrant]

What about 'all the other stations'? Excuses to visit all the metro type systems around, as well as heritage and narrow gauge lines.

[@spamwarrior8469]

No, It's Some of the Stations!

[@queeninprogress1449]

Yes! I finally found the episode when you went to Spalding! 🤣 You are right, it’s flat and there are lots of wind farms in Lincolnshire!

[@DerekHartley]

Gosh, both the town I was born in, Burton-On-Trent and my current local station, Birmingham all in the same video!

[@Leonard_Smith]

Who would have thought that from this visit to Hinckley would come the epic that is known as "Vicki Explores"? Surely a favourite for a stop off on the book signing tour later this year?

[@gobears6487]

Great stuff as ever... love the final clip... and noticed that Geoff edited this one!!! Giving Dan & Will the day off? Well done Geoff. Especially the way you made yourself disappear at the end there. Clever. 🤓

[@AllTheStations]

gobears6487 Dan edited this one. In the same way that one of the videos on my channel says it was edited by Dan, it wasn't it was by me. There's a template credit slide with all three names in, and sometimes the wrong name gets left in. Oops!

[@gobears6487]

+All The Stations :-) :-) :-)

[@buksi6342]

But was it Dan or Dan?

[@ElGrandeBanana]

In the Netherlands, the central station of Dordrecht has A and B platforms that are actively used. Its because it is not only an important through station for intercities and international trains to Belgium and France, but also the terminus for local trains for both the southern and the central bit of the country. (these local trains will arrive and depart at the same time, so people can hop over to the next local bit) This often leads to comical situations where a train will ride into the station next to platform 1a, after which people will get off from their seats and start walking with the train. But then the train switches towards platform 2b in the middle of the station, suddenly riding away from all those people who had just gotten up. I have often done this in my sleepy early morning commute.

[@zoikkeli]

Okay, I know it isn't fair to compare Spondon or Derbyshire to Finland, but: Next passenger station from Tampere (largest inland town in Nordics) northbound on main line is Parkano. The station is about 4 miles northeast from the town itself, in the middle of woods, AND was not originally intended to serve passengers at all (in the 1970s), cutting the town off rail network. Before that, there was a station on a crossing line (between Pori on the west coast of Finland, and Haapamäki, a big railway crossing and town by mercy of Finnish National Railways) near the town centre.

[@cephalopod7300]

Kiitos. If you do an All The Stations series for Finland I would definitely watch it 🇫🇮

[@sunnyd8585]

Vicki is very cute when she’s excited.

[@greensidemags]

You guys got a shout out on Heart radio this morning on the Jenni Falkner show.

[@ZGryphon]

Eight breweries and a Marmite factory? They ought to call it Yeastborough.

[@vincentalexander2985]

Nice to see you finished your vid in Market Rasen, I'm a big fan of both railways and horse racing. I'm currently three quarters of the way to visiting all the racecourses in Britain.

[@deltic1964]

Great Heritage Railways In Derbyshire

[@the3yamyams]

Loving this journey so far. Typical for me to be off work the day you passed through New Street, but glad you got to speak to Pete, great bloke, knows the job well and good to work with. All the best for the rest of the trip, Ash

[@petermiller6895]

Ash, check your work emails chap.

[@the3yamyams]

Peter Miller have done and you have mail. well if the email server is working that is. Ash

[@stephenmcculley7]

Also in Derbyshire although not a railway, the National Tramway Museum is based at Crich, Near Matlock. Definitely well worht a visit.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

And Spondon had (still has?) a massive cellophane factory. All the cellophane for the packaging of vinyl records (do you remember vinyl?) came from Spondon.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Oh, and on the Marmite thing? I hate it unless I have it in a very particular way - very lightly dotted on cheese on toast. Then it's yum!

[@thestargateking]

All the heritage railways

[@JohnTalbot-k6xi]

Good Stuff (!!) like the use of the sound track definitely a different pace. Vicki has a notable flare as a Docent bringing background and interest to the filming locations seems as if she is a member of the grand teaching staff connecting the audience to the adventure. Makes the production values pop (!!) Keep up the good work …

[@TheMicksterdee]

Market Rasen originally was built with an overall roof over the platforms and main lines. The roof was removed early during World War 2 so that the iron could be used to aid the war effort.

[@sturmtigerking4263]

So you did do Hinckley narborough and wigston

[@markwright349]

Pete is a dream !!!

[@lewis72]

Hinckley is near Nuneaton, which is about 8-10 miles North of Coventry. I stayed in Hinckley for my first job having moved back from Austria... MASSIVE downer !!

[@maplady572]

You have sold Hinckley to me, now planning a day trip! I wonder how many towns will see an increase in visitors/revenue as a result of your project?

[@phwayne]

Liking some of the new editing styles and music. Well done.

[@mikebe2090]

Love the end "good morning" I'm not ready! oh! 😂😂😂😂

[@RemyGriffinTrans]

I love Peterborough, can’t wait to see family there again x

[@danielrice9201]

Loved this series also love marmite vicky

[@FelloniusWizard]

Silly me, every time they are at a smaller station, I wait for Percy or Thomas to pass through. Well well, I can dream, can't I? :-)

[@jakegtr]

FelloniusWizard That'll happen at Chappel& Wakes Colne

[@FelloniusWizard]

Mr Jake83! You saved this Thursday!

[@rebelandchief]

Home town Hinckley! Castle street has dramatically changed, but is still brilliant!

[@lewis72]

Cambridge has A & B platforms with trains coming in away from the platform and then coming in half way along its length, if that makes sense. Well, it certainly did before they built the island platform.

[@mgroot]

Several of the bigger stations in the Netherlands also have A & B platforms

[@scullytawoody4852]

once again a great video as always ☺

[@motta9784]

All the stations - heritage addition!

[@thotsmahogany7268]

Yas you better represent Peterborough

[@twfy861]

Vicky loves Derbyshire - am proud! :-) there's just one bit you haven't explored yet the Hope Valley line which crosses the Peak District - I hope you will like the views there!

[@BillLeach123]

twfy861 There used to be a folk train which ran on the Hope Valley line with live music on board, calling at pubs along the line. It would be great if All The Stations could ride on that!

[@flyingbananatree5661]

The birth of Vicki Explores! ❤️

[@chrisstokes5051]

Burton on Trent. All the beers. Also my hometown 😁

[@petekernow1]

A woman of taste, Vicki! Geoff will probably applaud the sentiments of "Ma'amite - One Loves or One Hates" on KZbin! Thanks for hours of good entertainment.

[@DavidShepheard]

I noticed, in the background, that the footbridge at Spondon seemed to extend off into a mini-jungle suggesting that there used to be another two tracks there. Did you two explore the abandoned platform?

[@Darren79]

Market Rasen is looked after by an adoption group - a man who lived in the station house was appalled by the state of the unstaffed station so started tidying it up (removing graffiti etc) and soon others joined him, adding flowers and the artwork etc. Lovely idea. All the Heritage Railways!!:)

[@JeSuisRene]

Alas, Vicki Explores is born.

[@everyone06]

Thanks for doing Burton on Trent it's also home to Burton Albion FC

[@TransportGeekery]

the best thing about Spalding is the immense art deco watertower!

[@chrishuban5985]

Wonderful video!! When are you estimating on making your trip to Thurso? Keep up the wonderful work! Cheers

[@stevebeal73]

A lovely video.

[@ntimmington]

hey @all the stations, at Hinckley, my home town, you forgot to visit the castle

[@张申杭]

Lincoln x3 now

[@jellyphant104]

You should've gone further into hinkley. The arts college there has the front wall that changes colours. Plus. No Narborough love :-(

[@finleygamble3163]

Shame there was no narborough

[@pingpongpung]

2:08, you get on the train before letting people off. Is that normal in the UK?

[@cephalopod7300]

This is frowned upon

[@jamierawlings8392]

I missed you again! I live round the corner from spondon station

[@ChrisInTheNorth]

Back to Peterborough and Lincoln again - I wonder what the most visited station will be on this adventure (btw I loathe marmite, the devil's food)

[@nightveil4464]

Countryside England looks so pretty. I would love to live there.

[@andylinton2798]

Edited by Geoff! Nice job! I especially like the use of the incidental music. Oh, and is it "Castle's Street", or "Castle Street"? Or both, or either?

[@ToddHendry]

Triumph in Hinkley?

[@SamSitar]

one train station in philadelphia has A and B sections for each platform.

[@JeSuisRene]

Was this the first use of the “Vicki Explores” postcard?

[@marthaanderson2656]

there is a blurring between the live facebook events and these delay full story vids. Was wondering why you were going back to Market Rasen. ... it keeps catching me out.

[@SiVlog1989]

Hinckley is very close to the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) test track

[@multiplio2924]

8:48 - that pan! :D

[@AidanMmusic96]

How did Vicky never manage to come to Birmingham New Street?!

[@cephalopod7300]

Yes, so many journeys across the middle of the country involve a change at New Street. I'm glad they've done the place up a bit.

[@IceDaemon]

So many places, so little time.

[@MinecowplaysMC]

I'm so annoyed! I can't find Saturday 10th of June.. that's when you did my local station. There's the Friday before and the Tuesday afterward. I'm so disappointed :(

[@AllTheStations]

hello! are you one of our Kickstarter backers?

[@markiangooley]

Over a year after this was shot, I arrived at the station in Lincoln after a rainstorm to find several inches of water on the floor...

[@tobiasjenkins2427]

YOU NEED TO GO TO LEICESTER AS IT A VERY OLD HISTORY STATION THEN SHORT WALK TO HAYMARKET BUS STATION THEN 1 BUS TO LEICESTER NORTH STATION TO VIST THE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY LEICESTER NORTH TO LOUGHBOROUGH GREAT CENTRAL THEN SHORT WALK TO LOUGHBOROUGH MIDLAND STN

[@alexjudah8384]

Hi Geoff have you done the West Coastway line between Portsmouth and Brighton?

[@AllTheStations]

Alex Judah Please look at our website (as per the description) at www.allthestations.co.uk/

[@alexjudah8384]

All The Stations thank you and good luck with the rest of your journey

[@Stephen.Bingham]

I suspect I’m not the only person who has been literally sent to Coventry after mixing up an A/B platform at Birmingham New Street?!

[@GoldenNuggetTeam]

NOOOO, I Was On The Leicester Line Between Coleshill Parkway And Leicester 7 Hours Later Than You Guys Were ;( ;(

[@azog23]

Hinkley is also where the Triumph motorcycle factory is.

[@jsma9999]

Geoff all need tea otherwise Srew up happens. But Love the trip Hope to see make Scotland

[@nitramretep]

Mon dieu! No visit to the Marmite factory? How does Hinkley rate a visit! Oh well great video as usual, thanks.

[@daleatkins5100]

in bermingam that is now tornados

[@sjgow]

Geoff was a ghost all along?!

[@ianmcclavin]

Stephen Gower No, just a quick way of getting to the Isle of Wight

[@Scotty_England_UK_Trains1994]

To Vicki Pipe, the next time you stop at BURTON-ON-TRENT, you must visit the NATIONAL BREWERY MUSEUM, or CLAYMILLS VICTORIAN PUMPING STATION

[@flare2000x]

"nice paintings" shows a man sitting on the track about to get run over by a train

[@danielhanley-thurkettle8904]

Hello I would like to meet you I am from Ipswich have you been there

[@cephalopod7300]

Ipswich has a station, therefore they've been there

[@mikecowen6507]

Wait. Vicky or Vicki? Ms. Pipe, what say you?

[@DerekHartley]

I've always thought it was the -i version.

[@mikecowen6507]

DerekHartley As did I based on Geoff's own comments in the past. I believe the source of the present confusion is explained below where Dan (or is it Dan?) mis-credited Geoff as this episode's editor.

[@Gmackematix]

Spondon calling to the faraway towns...

[@cephalopod7300]

Next train is declared And level crossing come down

[@unitpanel]

Geoff or Vic, have you guys tried Aussie Vegemite?? Personally I hate Vegemite which kind of makes me un-Australian but it is an acquired taste to be honest??

[@mrbestmadness4114]

I go to the school in market rasen,de Aston

[@nigelwyn]

It has just struck me that Jeff sounds like Jeremy Vine.

[@sarotrains8828]

when are you going to do Hampton Court

[@AllTheStations]

on the day that we get around to doing it

[@kieran.drumming4339]

when are you coming to hull

[@AllTheStations]

on the day that they get the train there!

[@andrewholloway231]

8:25 In the days of silent movies, you would be hand-cranking the camera, as you are demonstrating so well here. Then again, maybe wrong ...