Travel the Severn Valley Railway (BREATHTAKING) Through the Hedge at Kidderminster (2019)

[@svrdriver]

so glad you enjoyed your day it was fantastic weather I know I was your driver on 75069 that day

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Really? You were our driver? That is awesome.

[@stephenlittle7534]

As an old Trainspotter you did a Brilliant Job of being one too. Your camera work and the smiles on your faces said it all. A "BIG" THANK YOU GIRLS.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Thank you

[@DonaldF73]

The best part of this video was watching you both enjoying the great train ride

[@DonaldF73]

Thanks for the hart you both are =really great together

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Another heart- thank you

[@russcain69]

Land locked in Texas, your Narrowboat and through the Hedge experiences are the best Sunday morning escape! There needs to be a Texas sized "like" button for your vlogs.

[@stevegoodier1241]

If i could press the like button more than once i would, what a stunning line......to sum it up in one word i would say "lovely".

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@avrilcrisp5725]

I love the chugging of a steam train and the smell of the smoke. Glorious. What a lovely day out. Well done too on such beautiful clear camera work, its almost as if I was there.

[@tigerspook1]

Aren't Steam Trains so romantic, they're almost living things,... Loved the video, xxx

[@peterbuckley265]

LIKE MISS WINTER THOUGHT, WHO PASSED IN 1975, HAVING LIVED AT HAVENSTREET STATION COTTAGES AND PUT UP I AND A FRIEND AFTER THE VERY LAST BR STEAM TRAIN ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT SUNDAY 31 DEC 1966 WITH FISHBOURNE TO SHANKLINE AND BACK, SAID THE LOCO ANSWERED HER BY WHISTLING WHEN SHE SAID THEY SHOULD HAVE NOT CLOSED THE COWES LINE, WHEN WE WERE ON THE VERY LSAST TRAIN FROM RYDE TO COWES AND BACK VIA ONE OF THE 3 UIK MILL HILL STATIONS ON SUNDAY 21 FEB 1966.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

So glad you liked it.

[@tabs41]

Spent many happy weekends on Severn Valley Railway, my favourite station is Arley where you can walk down to the river for tea. We used to take a steam traction engine to Arley for the railway gala weekend.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Yes, I wanted to stop at Arley but there just wasn't enough time. Thanks for commenting please considering clicking the share button on this video- that helps us out tremendously.

[@jeremykamel9655]

Thanks for sharing your day with us! Jeremy from Seattle USA

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@eleanorchapple8772]

What a lovely video! The weather was lovely,the trains were monsters, the countryside perfect. I don't know why exactly but it brought Agatha Christie to mind. Maybe it was the posh carriage and the posh people!!! A gem of a day to remember.

[@marshlogue23]

Stunning! Beautiful! Thanks for taking me along. I will watch this one over and over.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@ablueizzpulley]

Best "Through the Hedge" so far. Still trying to wrap my head around sticking your head out of a bike......lol You both are just great, thanks for sharing your journey!

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Just a little joke lol

[@desmondsouthwell3529]

A pleasant trip in such very pleasant company. Thank you both. Such a pleasure to watch.

[@dhcrasher1]

Awww I've loved watching this Through the Hedge vlog, thank you both !!! The railway stations reminded me of the local one to me when I was little, going with my Mam to visit my Grandma on a Saturday...there was a sweetie machine, either on the platform or in the waiting room, where you turned a handle and got mini boxes of Toffets...the things you remember 😄 lol

[@MattBrunton1965]

You're usually smiling in your videos, but here you're both grinning ear to ear! charming upload ladies - who on earth could downvote this?

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Very true, it was a stunning day.

[@Marigold_Tearooms]

Thankyou so very much for this. Great nostalgic viewing. I’m from Worcester and now live in Australia and I miss the SVR greatly.

[@williamburke9744]

Just watch your video on this old train. 8/ 17/21 Excellent video. Love to see old trains come back to life. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.

[@hwjack]

I'm a relatively new subscriber and still catching up, hence being 8 months late with the comment 🙂. Loving the videos but couldn't let this one pass without a comment, imagine my surprise and delight to see this one on your channel, I was born, and grew up in Highley, now home to the engine house. I now live and work in Bridgnorth. That was the best mini documentary I have seen on the Seven Valley Railway, which is about to restart following the lockdown. Fantastic stuff ladies.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Glad you like them!

[@TheHannahRichards]

Oh Girls, that was the best Through the Hedge yet!! 😍😁 What a wonderful day and how romantic!! Thank you so much for sharing that with us :)) 😍💕😁👍

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Wow 'the best', we'll take it. Thanks for commenting please considering clicking the share button on this video- that helps us out tremendously.

[@jerriecook6908]

Thanks for taking us along! What a fun train trip. You'll think I'm crazy, but much of it made me think of Thomas the tank engine. My daughter loved Thomas. The first time I took her to see a real train she was frightened by the immense size of the train.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

The train is quite a monster really, and I think that is why it is so captivating. Like when you have to approach a plane on a tarmac. Thanks for commenting please considering clicking the share button on this video- that helps us out tremendously.

[@83dogwalker]

Spent 20 years until my (age limited !) retirement on the SVR and my last driving turn was on Taw Valley. Nice to see you enjoyed it as Heritage railways, like canals are all part of that important transport history of the UK. All due due enthusiastic volunteers keeping it alive

[@PaulUnderwood345]

Commuting into London on some of the tired dog eared carriages some years back, I recall the joy of getting a whole compartment all to yourself. :-)

[@christopherstube9473]

I have read in a lot of books about the old steam trains and their carriages but your video brings it alive and is full of eyecatching moments. Thanks for this.

[@thomasolsson8816]

Very nice video. Thanks for cheering it.

[@keithdurrant1750]

Awesome watch. Thank you for sharing your experience on the SVR, bringing back so many wonderful memories of a trip we had there in 2017.

[@johnallen148]

I really enjoyed the trip with you, thank you for taking me along with you ladies ,John x🚞

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@marvindebot3264]

"We have to open the door ourselves at the end of the line" LOL, yup. As Kath said, real carriages have the latch on the outside just like real schoolboys would never wait for a train to completely stop before decamping. And yet, somehow we lived . . . Great episode! So good to see Ana's enthusiasm at a new experience, you both look like you had a great day and you got a great loco for your fist steam ride, the West country are one heck of a loco. SVR is a wonderful place. PS: It's a compartment you are sitting in, the entire vehicle is a carriage but no doubt someone has pointed that out in the past year..

[@robertgaudry2826]

Extremely pleasant. Very tasty to look at. Also very well filmed. Precise, useful, charming, poetical. Thank you very much.

[@rogerbond7811]

Visited summer 2009 in the school holidays very busy as it was a wet day and we were standing in the corridor. When we went though the tunnel approaching Kidderminster it entertaining with the shouts as thick smoke came in the open windows and even between the floorboards in places. The tourist board should pay you for the "through the hedge" videos. Well done.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Was it standing room only in the school holidays? Oh wow.

[@acerone10]

The inclined car is like the one in Pittsburgh Pa USA. Rode a train like that in Germany. Love trains. Loved your trip, Thanks from NE Ohio USA.

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[@widdershins2687]

The butterfly was a train-nerd too! ... soooo much faster than a narrowboat ... reminds me of the trains I grew up with in OZ ... a long time ago. :D ... a bit of trivia - what you would call a compartment, we called, 'dogboxes'. ... What a wonderful 'Through The Hedge'!

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

SO glad you liked it, thanks for the extra info

[@lesliedickinson198]

A lovely video as I love the steam railway experience, its much like the narrowboats as its breathing life back into bygone eras. A loco like Taw Valley can cost upwards of 300k to restore when its boiler certificate runs out and a tender of coal costs upwards of 1k so bums on seats keep these places going. Long may these places as with canals survive

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

I didn't know the cost for the boiler, however I did feel that my rail ticket was value for money and a weekend pass would be even better. Thanks for commenting please considering clicking the share button on this video- that helps us out tremendously.

[@ceriedwards3]

Lovely, best through the hedge ever. I can smell the steam!

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

agree.

[@johnbrookes2196]

Ive been on the Severn Valley Railway a few times and its well worth the money. They used to do Santa specials nearer Christmas for the kids.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

It is well worth the money- you are right.

[@marilynnreiter7221]

Thanks for showing the train ride. Loved it! So different than us trains.

[@theatrepros]

Great video. I always look forward to your new stuff. The steam train stuff is fun. I particularly liked the bit where the worker was having so much trouble with the water fill.

[@BarneyLeith]

It's many years since I was on the Severn Valley Railway. Thank you for taking us along. It reminds me of the trains of my childhood in England's beautiful West Country -- the sounds and smell of the railway on a rural branch line to its terminus at a seaside resort.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Glad it held pleasant memories for you.

[@lynmoore8355]

omg wow I just did the steam train from mount barker to victor harbor in Adelaide Australia was just the best, if you get a chance to watch the Griff Rhys Jones Doco when he is his Australian tour I am on there woohoo lol i am the 6th episode footy and all and the steam train brilliant

[@theitkamp]

It looks like you ladies had an absolutely lovely day. I enjoy watching the Through the Hedge segments as the snow is falling. Very relaxing way to spend a Saturday morning.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

we did have a great day thanks.

[@stevewareing8525]

As "Through The Hedge" videos go that one was Epic! The look of pure enjoyment and delight on your faces was priceless, as you mentioned in the video a change of speed does alter ones perspective but though steam trains are faster than your narrow-boat they are just as enjoyable. More so than modern transport and the bonus is the smell of steam, smoke, oil and grease, it all adds to the experience like when you see and hear a narrow boat with a vintage engine. You just don't get that total sensation with modern transport.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

It was such a treat seeing the horizon and being up so high at times, and the noise of the steam train was so enchanting. Thanks for commenting please considering clicking the share button on this video- that helps us out tremendously.

[@jim52]

Love the old steam trains, my Dad was a fireman on the GWR during WW2 on ammunition trains going to Birmingham during the bombings!

[@brianfranks1477]

glad you had a wonderful day in bridgnorth and the SVR, im lucky enough to live in bridgnorth and visit the station quite often, shame i missed you , we also missed you at llangollen when you where moored up there ,

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Third times a charm maybe. lol. It is a lovely place Bridgnorth, we really enjoyed that stop.

[@joyeyoder4783]

I love steam trains! I get such a feeling of nostalgia. Thanks for sharing.

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[@andywilde1082]

Fantastic Video, all this is right on my doorstep and you video of it has certainly shown it in its best light and shown me things I never even noticed.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@livinglifeinthenorth8512]

Train trip looked wonderful! Looks like a must if we ever get over there! 😊

[@matthewgriffiths8423]

Been there many times as its quite local, A great day out

[@paulcaswell2813]

Good to see the Gresley magic working again. The teak carriages on your first run were LNER Gresley stock - superb things - and their running gear was very special too :-) Thanks for the post :-)

[@ianofsjkartwork]

Enjoyable vlog that a great way to spend your day.....thanks for sharing

[@benhancock1408]

Awesome RR footage. Steamers are my favorite.

[@UK_Guy_1971]

Just a bit information for you guy's Arley station is actually the station they filmed the British comedy oh Dr Beeching with the cast from Hi De Hi 😊

[@stephenjolly5829]

Thank you for a great video, every time I fly over to visit family who live in kidderminster we took the train, we went to the end on the line as you guys did and walking around the town and took the incline train as well, watching your video I was like i remember that sign and the look of the stations, thanks for bring back memories.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

So glad you liked it.

[@PNEKarl]

What an excellent day out. The railway is so neat and tidy. Those carriages look really comfortable. All the old infrastructure is a gem too. I'd love a visit.

[@joybeasley5363]

Love, love, love it! I miss being there so much. Thanks for reminding me how amazing it is. My soon to be Son in law’s Granddad is a station master at one of the small stations on the line. There is also a train there that my late Granddad drove for real way back in the day. On one of his ‘special’ birthdays many years ago he went to the SVR and the amazing people there took him up onto the footplate once again. He said it was the best Birthday ever! Sorry to ramble but thanks ladies for a super video.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

What what lovely memories, such a special place for you. Thanks for commenting please considering clicking the share button on this video- that helps us out tremendously.

[@patbowman6723]

I love trains, old and new. You ladies are having such a great experience. The train is lovely and the views even lovelier. thank you for sharing.

[@JessicaThomasAZ]

Thank you soooooo much for posting this wonderful video! Nancy and I thouroghly enjoyed it!!!!

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

very kind, thanks

[@mikegershon8528]

This was the best through the hedge so far. Wonderful journey!

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@buzzukfiftythree]

Greta video. Brought back lots of memories of my visit there in 2000.

[@britz3864]

Anybody remember the Golden Arrow? Gosh does this bring back memories from my childhood. I live in Canada now but my mom used to take me traveling in Britain on trains all the time when l was a child. Love them.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

I'm sorry I don't know the golden arrow, but thank you for coming through the hedge with us today.

[@maryanngriffin6428]

What a beautiful trip!

[@markrobedeau2223]

What a great thru the hedge. Loved seeing the steam train.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@peternysgerrig]

Great video. Thanks for sharing your trip with an old trainspotternerd.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Trainspotternerds of the world unite.

[@christinehammell6365]

Wow, that was amazing. A real revelation. Something else for my bucket list. Thanks for sharing girls xx

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

You are very welcome

[@marciajenkins819]

This was wonderful. Thanks for taking us along.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

You're welcome, thank you for attending. x

[@denisedeardo3966]

This was a great thru the hedge. So beautiful.

[@sylviapage8572]

That was an excellent video and I will add that to my bucket list. I love your through the hedge videos even when they are through the supermarket car park. Beautifully filmed and edited 😁 thanks.

[@Figure11_Home_and_Garden]

Really like the "Through the hedge" series

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@davidcutts2650]

A great video. Appreciate you sharing your lovely experience & the big smiles you both had. Being a train buff myself I was envious of your special day out. 🚂🚂. Some great shots too, 👍👍😎

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

It was a lovely day, so glad you liked it.

[@robertrawlings]

Hello well done you two as an avid builder of steam related vehicles its a real joy watching you enjoying such a beautiful day at a really wonderful station thanks very much .

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

So glad you liked it.

[@jayoneill1533]

“That’s such a tube ethic”, great line Annamarie, and it’s your best hair evah.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

lol- my hair.

[@michaelshelton462]

What a wonderful trip! Thank you for taking me with you! Your editing has hit another level!

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Kind of you to say

[@richardr1627]

This is a wonderful trip ... love trains

[@harleyjohnston9366]

Well done ladies we will go on the train next time we are in Kidderminster. Fantastic vlog, love your work.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

You won't be disappointed.

[@linn6980]

Your videos are all very interesting and love that you take the time panning and zooming, very artistic and easy on the eyes! If I lived in England I would live on a narrowboat! I have always been a boater water person, on Lake Superior and Great Lakes sailing USA mostly, so this suits me like a perfect cuppa tea!

[@jamesezekiel5728]

Thanks from a 'train nerd' here in the U.S. My wife and I have ridden on numerous steam train excursions here in the U.S. and really enjoyed your capturing of the British steam locos and fancy coaches. We are looking forward to more of your adventures 'Through The Hedge'! Toot! Toot!

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@AndyCreepy27]

This has been my favourite Through The Hedge by far! I really enjoyed this one, I'm a bit of a self confessed rail enthusiast myself and always love seeing steam in action 😊

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@sonicindustries227]

Yep been to all those towns many times over the years - fab vlog girls

[@peterg6224]

Thanks Girls for a lovely through the hedge, I love trains (steam) as I am in Aust. I did enjoy your shots of the Seven Valley.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@ae-ribae6426]

This was a great vlog and it brought up so many childhood memories!! What a lovely, romantic day.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

It was just so special and I can see why people say trains are romantic now. Thanks for commenting please considering clicking the share button on this video- that helps us out tremendously.

[@stephencb9234]

Excellent Through the Hedge. You share both my interests: canal boating and steam trains❤️ (though I did my trainspotting in the 80's with diesels and have some favourites - unfortunately most of those diesels locos have also been scrapped like nearly all the steam engines were!!). Well done to the preserved railway groups around the country that keep the history and atmosphere of times-gone-by alive👍

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Oh really- scrapped- that is sad.

[@michaelfisher6354]

Well that was a blast from the past, as I went there on a date with a (hoped for) girlfriend when I was 16 and living in Shrewsbury. That was ....oh at least 45 years ago and I loved the trains. She didn't - so we went our separate ways. Toot!!

[@martinward6066]

Wow what an awesome adventure u both had I'd love to go there

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@ColinBenbow]

Wonderful video, pleased you managed to film funicular rail at Bridgenorth

[@bluegram1389]

Thank you for a wonderful trip through the hedge this will be my most favorite so far.

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[@PupsandpawsNetRosie]

Fantastic! I really enjoyed this “through the hedge” episode. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@tomas5376]

Can’t thank you enough! My Dad worked for the Western Pacific during WWII and I got to frequently ride in the steam engines! I truly enjoyed your trip. Those trains are lovingly restored! Great videography too! Gracias amigas👍✌️😊🙏🏼🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

So glad you liked it, thank you for your kind words.

[@greenspiritarts]

Fabulous job ladies! Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for taking the time to make this video for us to be able to ride along with you… Just super! 😊💖

[@lorithorpe3502]

that was a really great vlog , i love steam trains , takes you back to your childhood , i love watching the scenery change while you're travelling . & i love the sounds of the diesel trains too .

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@whoopsydaisy6389]

Steam trains make me so happy. Thank you for sharing this adventure with us.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

So glad you liked it, Thank you for coming through the hedge with us.

[@davidsmith1620]

A wonderful Through The Hedge. Thanks for the ride!

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

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[@BAHATI1943]

Best through the hedge ever. Great videoing especially steam engine refuelling. Keep up the good work.

[@jillski4000]

Great vlog! Terrific ride.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Glad you liked it

[@mansnilsson4382]

We went to the 1940s weekend in 2018, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. SVR is one of the best heritage railways we've been to. Providing it still is possible to go to the UK after Brexit, we'll be back in 2021, on a hire boat. SVR is most definitely a stop on that cruise. We liked Highley the most, but Bridgnorth is not a bad second. We did not venture too far into town; the railway was very busy and occupied most of our attention. Oh, and a "train" is made up of the engine and the coaches. I think you talked about the engine as the "train". Just a minor nit. Thanks for making me remember that wonderful summer day.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Yes, it is a great journey isn't it.

[@MyNarrowboatVenture]

Excellent! What lovely weather you had. It’s many years since I journeyed on the Severn Valley and your video makes it tempting to revisit. Alan x

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Be tempted, you won't regret it. We had a lovely lovely day. If we had been there all weekend there is a weekend pass and I would have gone back all weekend. So many things to see and do.

[@MyNarrowboatVenture]

The Narrowboat Experience I’ll probably be tempted next year, as the main season is over. But you never know!

[@Bicyclehub]

Lovely video, very well filmed. It's amazing to see how train travel used to be. The carriages are beautifully restored. Thanks NE!

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

The carriages were lovely and the whole railway was so well looked after. Such a great day. Thanks for commenting please considering clicking the share button on this video- that helps us out tremendously.

[@cpl4]

If you get off at Arley and walk down and cross the footbridge over the Severn there is a lovely little tea room which is run by Arley Arboretum. The Arboretum itself is just up the hill from the tea room. A wonderful collection of trees and beautiful gardens with views over the Severn Valley. There is also St Peters church to see which is next to the Arboretum which once used to be part of the Arley Estate. Another great video guys! Loved it! 👍🏼

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

thank you for the extra information.

[@geoffreykail9129]

Great Railway photography!

[@denniscook7160]

Top class production, filming, editing Ladies. One of your best.

[@TheNarrowboatExperience]

Thank you, kind of you to say

[@MsVanorak]

I went the whole length non-stop with the newly built engine, Tornado. It was my first ride behind a steam engine and they just did straight there-and-back runs so that they could get some speed. Wow - not the creaky wooden carriages for that journey! It was lovely, in the Winter so they connected steam pipes and the carriages were warm, just lacking some pipe smoke to complete the atmosphere.

[@lizhaydon2250]

I love trains. Nifty video.

[@mikeholdaway2412]

Great stuff girls look forward to your next adventure. From New Zealand