There's something about that wee wind turbine on the platform and the remoteness of the location that makes me think this could be in the Australian Outback somewhere! Oh, and I remember the friendly dogs there :)
@I_hate_Vegemite Жыл бұрын
Agreed. I was thinking the railway station at Cook, South Australia about halfway between Adelaide and Perth on the Indian Pacific railway line. Not many people, not many passengers, but plenty of big freight trains. Similarly barren landscape but arid desert instead of this heath/tundra environment.
@joetemple2817 Жыл бұрын
Reminded me of the film Bad Day at Blackrock. Great video, 0:15 0:18
@dougie6886 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I see you have a fan in Steve marsh.
@DaveyPalmer1 Жыл бұрын
It's so remote I was half expecting Clint Eastwood to appear and say to a gang of soldiers "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"
@christinehodge360810 ай бұрын
The water looks so clear , and the sky is so blue,
@steve-marsh Жыл бұрын
Whenever I see scenery like this, it's like it's calling me :) Fantastic to see Scott, cheers!
@allano937 Жыл бұрын
Hi steve. I follow your own videos. Corrour is a fantasic place to visit. I camp there close to the spot where Renton from trainspotting does his " its shit to be scottish " rant. Staff at the station house are fantatastic. if your looking to research this , please look at the channel, " all the stations". they did a day working there.
@GarethWilleygmcGareth Жыл бұрын
The backpack man was Peter ghost from Peter's Rock. :P
@neilfromcork Жыл бұрын
No, his name was William and he took a flying leap from Leum Uiellem... 🤪
@t0naka1 Жыл бұрын
I stayed at the Loch Ossian Youth Hostel and enjoyed the 10-mile hill walk to Rannoch fifty years ago. Only three persons I met and said Hello on the way. Hail from Japan!
@Paradice4Life Жыл бұрын
The views look incredible. Incredible place.
@graemetaylor4149 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked on the railway and lived at Corrour for several years - that would have been the late 1920's / early 1930's. The railway cottages were demolished many years ago. My grandmother always said it was a "comforting" place to stay and not at all lonely.
@dlanodsknib Жыл бұрын
I love the remoteness of parts of Scotland. Sometimes it can be humourous. 50 years ago I was walking part of the way between Loch Ness and Fort William. I went up to the top of a small hill. Nothing around in any direction for miles - but on the top of that hill was a red telephone box! 🤣
@ReardontheRed Жыл бұрын
Memories! I stayed at the Loch Ossian YH in Aug 1975 - it looks exactly the same today ! There was definitely no shop at the station and I distinctly remember being advised by the warden at the hostel not to eat our dinner out by the loch for fear of been eaten alive by the midges. Even in those days the morning train to London always stopped there as well as the sleeper. Great video!
@jamesbradshaw4675 Жыл бұрын
Amazing scenery 👌
@robhines4537 Жыл бұрын
You nailed it Scott, your best video yet, really enjoyed watching very inspiring and interesting. Thanks
@paulbertram3610 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for including the little youth hostel in your video, I have fond memories of staying the night there while doing a cycling tour of west Scotland when I was 13. I'm 52 next week😀.
@missjones97376 ай бұрын
Your video's are so soothing. Going through a lot and this is helping.
@zenithslocos Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for taking the time to do them for us.
@markwaite5265 Жыл бұрын
Great video again Scott! I was fortunate enough to stay in the signal box last October. I'd caught the Caledonian Sleeper, walked around the Loch - the village of Corrour is at the far end roughly 4 miles from the station - then caught the afternoon train to Fort William. Spent the following day on the Jacobite to Mallaig and back before catching the ScotRail service back to Corrour. Dinner in that dining room, logs fires, stories with fellow travellers before retiring and up early for the 8:30 service back to Glasgow. A bucket list item ticked. I have to say the staff were outstanding, very welcoming, very accommodating and even packed me off with a coffee and haggis and egg roll - for the journey back to the big city!!
@arthurerickson5162 Жыл бұрын
@MarkWaite Nice! Sounds like a great day.
@mikestephens5622 Жыл бұрын
Great to see you do a longer video, and fully immerse yourself in the subject. You clearly loved the scenery. Very often, Corrour is covered in snow, while Rannoch and Mallaig are bathed in sunshine, so you really had a good day. Really enjoyed everything about this film. 😊
@gdwnet Жыл бұрын
and this is why I'm subscribed, talk about off the beaten track and what a gorgeous place. I've been to fort william and surrounding areas. You really should check out Glenfinnan - that place is stunning.
@allanwilliment1029 Жыл бұрын
A fantastic video Scott😊I'm from New Zealand. Brings back happy memories of the West Highland line, when I first visited Scotland in early 1989. I travelled on it from Mallaig to Fort William, then on to Glasgow Queen St the next day. That was after taking a ferry from Armadale Isle of Skye. Before that I had taken a bus, from where the ferry came across from Kyle of Lochalsh. That was back in the days of "Over the Sea to Skye"😊
@markedwards6147 Жыл бұрын
Such an amazing video, Well done for treating us all to such sheer magnificent scenery, it is a terrific way to help us all relax 😄
@BarnieCowan8 ай бұрын
Fantastic video Scott. Thanks so much for showing us such a magnificent and remote area of Scotland. I really enjoy your vlogs and have just found you from Steve Marsh vlog which I fell into a couple of months ago.
@brianperrie3960 Жыл бұрын
That was a really good video. The scenery was epic, the diction, superb and the content, informative. The quality of the filming was spot-on. I have to say that was an enjoyable half hour and I am looking forward to your next little jaunt.🙂
@philliphurley5341 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful scenery. Your videos are always extremely interesting.
@malcolmscott8588 Жыл бұрын
There's a thumbs up for the dogs 🐕 really enjoyed the video so peaceful up there
@michaelbruchas6663 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@PlanesTrainsEverything Жыл бұрын
Thanks Michael. I appreciate your support.
@johnybravo3566 Жыл бұрын
What an amazing location, Scott! Really enjoyed the views and the interesting station.
@minimalistinlife Жыл бұрын
I really like these videos. Also bought the book Will read it on a train This summer.
@claresherman2278 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed that. Thank you.
@maevecrowley8210 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant and beautiful, thanks
@jimcrawford5039 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic ! Great video.
@johnwyldbore73 Жыл бұрын
Another brilliant video Scott, I’m mesmerised by the Highlands and Corrour in particular. The remoteness and bleakness of the landscape makes it such an amazing place and it’s only really accessible by rail. Keep this type of video on the go please! 😀👍🏻👍🏻
@billycrawford6080 Жыл бұрын
Loving your vids Scott. I was at the station 3 weeks ago. Was drawn to your channel because I am a bus driver and fellow Scotsman ,now living down south in Cambridge. Great stuff and looking forward to seeing many more of your videos. 👍
@navmantogo Жыл бұрын
Many years ago I used to go to Corrour and camp near the hostel and fish in the Loch. It was a Deltic diesel that pulled the carriages back then, it was a magical place and by the look of it still is. Great video.
@f1brianm Жыл бұрын
Great video Scott! One of your best. You managed to keep me glued for 31 minutes, with the beautiful landscape and the disappearing red-rucksack-man!
@lordpitnolen2196 Жыл бұрын
I noticed your cold temperature gauge in operation, your nose showning red ;-) Thanks, Scott, for making these very informative videos from all over.
@benyhone Жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this video, Scott. I completed the West Highland Way in August and wanted to stop at Corrour on the train back to Glasgow from Fort William but time didn’t permit. Thanks for this video; it has justified a day trip (or an overnight in the signal box trip) to do a bit of walking and enjoy the hospitality.
@john07973 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic place for a memorial stone. Great video thanks 👍
@JohninRosc Жыл бұрын
Great video as always Scott. It's like a lunar landscape.
@sueKay Жыл бұрын
Visiting Corrour station is on my to-do list this summer. Next time you're passing by Loch Long on the train keep your eyes peeled for whales - Last year I saw a pod of three of them from the train at the very part of the loch that's in your video!
@janetmackinnon3411 Жыл бұрын
Wow!
@hi-tech55 Жыл бұрын
Great video Scott. I felt at peace on the other end of my phone. I can only imagine what it’s like in reality. It’s up there on my list. My connections with Scotland are dwindling, my family have either passed on or moved down south. It used to be my base camp. It won’t deter me from making the trip though.
@DaveyPalmer1 Жыл бұрын
That was awesome Scott. What a fabulous part of the world.
@wayneeschbank2895 Жыл бұрын
Scott thank you for the trip and walks to nowhere what a wounder county side and the lakes and streams are or some clean clear water. look forward to your next adventure
@leonb2637 Жыл бұрын
I have traveled by rental car in the Western Highlands region of Scotland in June 1986 and in 1993. It is indeed blessed with wild and beautiful scenery.
@tanyabassett828710 ай бұрын
Beautiful place 😊
@lookoutleo3 ай бұрын
Argo is what the estates use to cover that ground and your lucky to go early in the year because the midgies are brutal in summer , this year theyve been mental . August their was 280mm rain in oban :) spring is best in the highlands , thanks for sharing your cool travels
@voxley19 Жыл бұрын
I have climbed three Munros from Corrour. Its a fantastic place.
@kenmaxwell790 Жыл бұрын
Another excellent video Scott. Best wishes from Sydney Australia.
@brianbrown8845 Жыл бұрын
Cracking video Scott.
@shadowtale13 Жыл бұрын
Always love your content Scott. Gorgeous scenery up there! Extra thumbs up for the dogs lol
@tmt4773 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, you are also an entertaining man!
@geoffreygreene5551 Жыл бұрын
"Never walk alone on the moors." I was thinking that while watching YOU!
@robertofraser101 Жыл бұрын
Ah nothing like unspoilt beauty and sound of silence remote station certainly plenty passengers nice one cheers scott
@Zombiejimful Жыл бұрын
awesome video many thanks
@MrScottdjb89 Жыл бұрын
Great video, amazing views 👍
@naumannolaf8429 Жыл бұрын
Ein sehr interessantes Video, danke dafür. Gruß aus Augsburg.
@vivellasmum9 ай бұрын
Beautiful place, well done for the walking, didn't look easy for some of it with the water!
@christophernoble6810 Жыл бұрын
Back in the 1980s the crew change took place here. The passing loop looks pretty rusty now. Amazing place, and this video highlights that. Keep up the good work Scott.
@stevef9530 Жыл бұрын
One autumn inthe early 90s I caught the sleeper up to Dalwhinnie with my brother and a couple of mates, and walked up into the Ben Alder range. We slept in a bothy, and continued in the morning across the tops, and down to Corrour just as dusk was coming on. Happily, our timing was good, and the sight of the Fort William to Glasgow train coming out of the near darkness was a wonderful thing. Tea and cake all round! That was a great weekend, the memory of it is still vivid when many have blurred with time passing.
@Phanson08 Жыл бұрын
What a nice video and a nice area! I like your style of long video - it doesn't feel rushed at all!
@P_A_MC Жыл бұрын
Been watching you for a few years now from the other side of the world. Was home in Glasgow and bounced through Queen Street station for the last month. So disappointed I never saw you and had the chance to say hello. Too late, back in the sweltering south east Asia.
@spektrum33 Жыл бұрын
That kind of train trip wold suit me as I like out of the way places , silence can be a great way to recharge yourself 😊
@stevenmc4446 Жыл бұрын
the scenery was absolutely fantastic
@dariusdeboer5498 Жыл бұрын
I love the poem on the plaque.
@smithy527110 ай бұрын
Hi Scott, wow bloody wow my friend, corrour looks stunning.... Coming to wild camp responsively early April with my Son and I'm excited. Absolutely remote a few trains a day , and I think possibly no trains on a Sunday . Our plan is a weekend at corrour and 3/4 days on the Isle of Arran. Few hours in Edinburgh and accommodation in Glasgow. Great great video, got to love those dogs . Update .... the train is booked yay Cheers buddy
@Sarand69 Жыл бұрын
Hey Scott really enjoy your videos
@paulhoughton5266 Жыл бұрын
That was a cracking good film, will add to my to do list
@murringo9 Жыл бұрын
Added to the bucket list!
@davidmcmanus2464 Жыл бұрын
Scott should visit the UKs least visited railway stations to add to the low numbers using them
@adrianbenn7250 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Scott..I always enjoy your posts 😊
@garthlyon Жыл бұрын
Inspirational scenery! It could be Montana. Let me see if I can get there this year...
@Scotrailboy2 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video scott as normal 😊😊
@jacobparker6460 Жыл бұрын
Great video, Really want to do this myself now such a beautiful area. Would defo take a tent just incase haha!
@clawscrab3497 Жыл бұрын
That is the biggest cup of coffee i've ever seen. Hope it tasted nice :)
@alejandrayalanbowman367 Жыл бұрын
Hi Scott from Spain. When i was very much younger my explorations would be at a much lower level, in fact at sea level and I would make my way over the uncharted territory of the salt marshes off the East coast of Essex and if one wasn't careful one could drop through the sea lavender into a rill and find oneself in very sticky mud as one tried to see over the sides of the rill.
@annewhite8465 Жыл бұрын
You know you're in Scotland when you come across a swamp at a 45 degree angle. LOL! Great vid.
@Ian-Steele Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the fascinating trip to Corrour. It looks lovely in weather like that, but I bet it could be a bit wild on a wet and windy day. I would have been tempted to go back for more coffee and cake 😂
@spiders-tours Жыл бұрын
All I can think is that the backpack man went off to do the somewhat tricky geocache (no spoilers) which is over towards the bridge. What he did after that - who knows! Great scenery and always worth a visit.
@Lost_scotsman Жыл бұрын
Nice video. Love how peaceful it is. Where do the Station/café staff come in from, or do they live on site?
@peterdnreynolds777 Жыл бұрын
Another great vlog. Beautiful scenery on the route and around the station too
@damienfenton3880 Жыл бұрын
This is a great video Scott! One of my favourites on your channel. Thanks.
@alanlake5220 Жыл бұрын
I stayed in the hotel @1.19 very nice it was too. Ardgarten Hotel, and you could see the trains in the distance .
@ianraymond5686 Жыл бұрын
Your video brought back many memories! I often used to head up to Corrour, getting the night sleeper both ways and staying at the Hostel for a few nights. By the way, would heartily recommend staying there; it might be basic, but was well worth it - on nights with a clear sky the stars can be spectacular. The hostel also used to keep a "run round the lake in under an hour" log book - only for fun, I was too honest with my 1:03... 🙄 The walk around Loch Ossian even if you don't run it is quite easy, or some magnificent munros to bag around the area (but yes, usually squelchy on the lower reaches). If the day dawned with the weather set, in the hostel warden used to let us stay in for the day - or there was always a day trip to the Fort, by train of course! I must get back there again...
@blackmask38 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant video.enjoyed every minute. thank you'
@michaelbruchas6663 Жыл бұрын
First heard of this station from Geoff Marshall. Now have seen about 5 stories on it. Want to visit and stay overnight!
@terranceparsons5185 Жыл бұрын
Same here. Didn't Geoff and Vicki stay overnight?
@TheWellnessLawyer Жыл бұрын
Love all the pups joining you.
@thisweekmetaverse Жыл бұрын
Was due to go on Saturday to do this very thing but trapped a nerve in my back and bed bound instead :( I will get there eventually
@sniffer321 Жыл бұрын
I went there last year. so peaceful, I'm in love with the place. I will probably go back later on in the year.
@debsmostexcellentadventure5353 Жыл бұрын
Happy sunday,loved the video and your channel,have a lovely week ahead fan debs xx..............
@teresahill6356 Жыл бұрын
So Beautiful thank you
@jackmason4374 Жыл бұрын
As for the coffee/cake dilemma I would have had before and after the train 😂
@paulgaughan3575 Жыл бұрын
Cracking video thank you 😊
@kateturnbull9085 Жыл бұрын
Fabulous video. We went through there from Fort William after doing the West Highland Way last April. The Caledonian Sleeper was ‘parked up’ at Corrour
@mikestraveldiary Жыл бұрын
What a stunning a place 😍
@mojoich2736 Жыл бұрын
Corrour to Rannoch is about 5:30 at a good pace
@paulandrews4551 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video from an awesome place , love your commentary and as a dog lover the videos of the dogs as well , i have seen a video where a couple stayed at the signal box and videoed their experience to , yes it was worth staying there , hope to get there one day , keep up the great work you do , cheers
@D3bblicious Жыл бұрын
That’s proberly the US Military probs flying over. They have a very distinct noise. I’m in Greenock and can hear them flying over sometimes.
@jamessmith6402 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Scott that was a brilliant video 👍
@Michael-wr1yy Жыл бұрын
Great video i now know what i missed it was raining so hard when i visited so took cover in the Station House and ate my way though until the last train arrived 30 mins late...to say we were getting a bit jitterey is an understatement. Lol. The dogs did get some of my cake.....still it was a great day out and stunning scenery on the way up from Queens Street.
@traintrambus Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video.
@gerardvanteeffelen84378 ай бұрын
Corrour is also used for the 1986 Dutch film ' De Wisselwachter' (The Pointsman)
@andycleaver9135 Жыл бұрын
I stayed in the accommodation in Sep 2019 - fantastic experience even if the weather threw everything it could at us😂