'The Great Britain XI' - Day Three | Edinburgh - Inverness
Day Three of the epic voyage, as the GB headed further into Scotland along the highland mainline to Inverness. With the day starting early at Edinburgh, B1 1264 headed the train over the Forth Bridge and onwards to Perth where 45699 'Galatea' was attached for the run over Drumochter Summit.
The duo made a fine spectacle on Britains highest mainline and were accompanied by superb weather all the way to Inverness where the stop over was for the night.
Again little to no disruption, and the tour run to plan as it has done so far. Day four will entail the 80 odd mile Kyle of Lochalsh line, one of the most spectacular for scenery. Hope you enjoy!
THE GREAT BRITAIN XI 20/04/18
Day two of The Great Britain XI railtour sees SR Merchant Navy Class 35018 British India Line with ten on at Coniston Cold running slightly early as the Arcow Stone Train unfortunately appears into view
35018, 45690 & 45699 on full power; The Great Britain XI 20-04-2018
The Great Britain is back for its 11th year, only this time the routing was altered considerably compared to the previous 10. This, the second day of the 9 day steam hauled tour of Great Britain would see the say begin at Scarborough with haulage from 60103 'Flying Scotsman' as far as York. From there up to Carlisle the reins were taken over by 35018 'British India Line' which made this tour pretty much unmissable.
The departure time from Scarborough of 0915 meant that by the time the tour reached Gargrave it was coming up to 1300. Arriving with 45 minutes to spare, as the first ones there, we were able to take the prime spot at the end of the up platform. With a considerable amount of slack up the Aire Valley, 35018 was getting earlier and earlier and running around 7 minutes early the MN roared past Gargrave with a nice blast of the whistle as it passed by making easy work of the gradient towards Hellifield.
The early running and the Hellifield water stop gave us plenty of time to reach our favourite Settle & Carlisle vantage point; Helwith Bridge. A slightly different angle had to be employed for this one to avoid getting in anyone else's shot but the basic shot is still the same. Now running a few minutes down, 35018 thundered across the river Ribble and along the short level section and then again making noticeably easy work of the long drag up to Blea Moor. It's easy to forget because of the long history of Bullied locos slipping and sliding up stiff gradients that Merchant Navies are class 8 locomotives and this certainly showed on the dry rails on this afternoon; indeed, we later heard from another person that 35018 had passed Horton in Ribblesdale at 45mph...
At Carlisle, another loco change took place with 35018 making way for a rare pairing of Jubilee's 45690 & 45699 for the run over Beattock to Edinburgh. By now it was past 1700 and the tour was booked for a long stop in the loop at Lockerbie so rather than go all way up onto Beattock Bank (which was the original plan) we stayed a bit closer to Carlisle and headed up to Quintinshill, barely a mile over the border into Scotland and the scene of Britain's worst ever railway disaster in 1915. The jubilees set off from Carlisle on time at 1719 and made good time on the flat section up to Gretna Junction, eventually roaring beneath the overbridge at the northern end of Quintinshill loops exactly on time at around 1735. Even though the gradient is only 1 in 200, the pair were still making a considerable racket and accelerating hard which made the long trip up there very much worthwile...
Abertarff House
Abertarff House, built in 1593, is the oldest secular building in Inverness. It was once a merchant's home and also that of a provost. There is a chimneypiece marriage lintel dated 1681 in one of the ground floor rooms. Presently, only two rooms are open to the public. National Trust for Scotland property.
Inverness Farmers Market
The Inverness Farmers Market is a bi-monthly event where local merchants and vendors come together to sell produce, seafood, plants, crafts and other unique items. They meet the first and third Saturdays of every month at the Inverness City Hall located in Inverness Florida.
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Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
Stirling is a city in central Scotland. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its merchants and tradesmen, the bridge and the port. Located on the River Forth, Stirling is the administrative centre for the Stirling council area, and is traditionally the county town of Stirlingshire. Proverbially it is the strategically important Gateway to the Highlands. It has been said that Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together. Similarly he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland is often quoted. Stirling's key position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth, made it a focal point for travel north or south. When Stirling was temporarily under Anglo-Saxon sway, according to a 9th-century legend, it was attacked by Danish invaders. The sound of a wolf roused a sentry, however, who alerted his garrison, which forced a Viking retreat. This led to the wolf being adopted as a symbol of the town as is shown on the 1511 Stirling Jug. The area is today known as Wolfcraig. Even today the wolf appears with a goshawk on the council's coat of arms along with the recently chosen motto: Steadfast as the Rock. Once the capital of Scotland, Stirling is visually dominated by Stirling Castle. Stirling also has a medieval parish church, the Church of the Holy Rude, where, on 29 July 1567, the infant James VI was anointed King of Scots by the Bishop of Orkney with the service concluding after a sermon by John Knox. The poet King was educated by George Buchanan and grew up in Stirling. He was later also crowned King of England and Ireland on 25 July 1603, bringing closer the countries of the United Kingdom. Modern Stirling is a centre for local government, higher education, tourism, retail, and industry. The mid-2012 census estimate for the population of the city is 36,440; the wider Stirling council area has a population of about 93,750. One of the principal royal strongholds of the Kingdom of Scotland, Stirling was created a royal burgh by King David I in 1130. In 2002, as part of Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee, Stirling was granted city status.
60103 'Flying Scotsman' | 'The Great Britain XI' [Day 1] | 19.04.2018
April 19th 2018 would see the kick-off of The Railway Touring Company's annual 9-day steam hauled railtour, travelling the length and breath of Britain; The Great Britain 11, travelling to desinations such as Scarborough, Glasgow, Kyle of Localsh, Grange-over-sands and Cardiff to name a few.
And what better way to kick off Day 1 of 9 from London Kings Cross to Scarborough (via Royston, March and Lincoln), with the World's most famous, in a gorgeous ray of sunshine... seen at Bygrave Foot Crossing in Baldock, is LNER A3 Pacific 60103 'Flying Scotsman', also acting as it's first excursion of the year, tucking into the 1 in 197(?) gradient toward Ashwell and Morden.
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'The Great Britain XI' - Day Four | Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh
Day Four of the adventure and it was time for 1264 to go solo over the Kyle of Lochalsh line.
With the weather lacking its sunnier side, it made conditions tricky for the loco on such a steeply graded line... Or so you might think! A fine run was had all the way to the Kyle, with little to no issues for the B1 on the classes debut on the route.
With the main road running parallel to the line, it gave the opportunity for many a shot to be had and as a result the return of the trip will feature in a future video ;) Hope you enjoy!
Merchant Navy Class 35018 British India Line at York Park And Ride on the Great Britain XI 20/04/18
Date Filmed: Friday 20th April 2018
Operator: West Coast Railway Company
Service: 1Z65 Scarborough - Carlisle
Locomotive: SR Merchant Navy Class
Type: 35018 British India Line
Coaching Stock: BR Mark 1s
Depot: Jesson Way, 10A Carnforth
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Great Britain XI 21st April 2018 Day 3 entering The Highlands. Filmed above Balsporran B&B and at Dalwhinnie Station.
The Great Britain XI - A3 No. 60103 + Merchant Navy No. 35018 in Yorkshire - 19th & 20th Apr 2018
This video shows The Great Britain XI rail tour on days one and two in Yorkshire with LNER A3 pacific No. 60103 'Flying Scotsman' and Rebuilt Merchant Navy Pacific No. 35018 'British Indian Line' the steam locos in charge.
Day one (19th April 2018) shows A3 60103 passing through York station on its run from London Kings Cross to Scarborough with the steam loco showing returning to York the next day on day 2 (20th April 2018) before 35018 took over at Holgate Siding south of York station. The Merchant Navy class is shown passing York on its way to Holgate Sidings to relieve 60103 then at Leeds arriving and departing before speeding through Apperley Bridge on the line between Leeds and Skipton.
Thanks for watching and please feel free to comment. Allan.
60103 'Flying Scotsman' Draws the Curtains of 'The Great Britain XII' | 05.05.2019
Bringing home Day 9 of the Railway Touring Company's annual 'The Great Britain XII', having travelled the length and breadth of the country over the last week, would see the ever-popular LNER A3 60103 'Flying Scotsman' run from Scarborough to London Paddington (later Reading), via the Midland Mainline to Derby, before traversing the outer Birmingham junctions to reach Tyseley, Banbury and Oxford - but later in the journey, would prove to be a bit too popular...
Having waited at Leamington Spa for almost 4 hours for Scotsman's passing, she is first seen climbing up the gradient through the station on the middle road just over 2 1/2 hours late, due to a broken rail in the Sheffield area, regular stops being taken en-route due to a rumoured faulty water injector cone, and trespassers on the Derby - Birmingham section of the line, who when confronted by the driver of a CrossCountry stopper in front of the excursion, refused to leave the lineside, resulting in all trains having to run at caution through the affected section of track, until the steam crew were able to shoe them away. Read more about it here:
With the trip losing more time further south it ventured, being looped at various stations to get out of the way of other traffic, the decision was taken upon the crew to have WCR Class 37 668 run light engine from Southall depot, to Hinksey Yard (Oxford), to pilot the 'Scotsman' and it's train, seen passing Radley just under 3 hours late, to Reading where the tour would then terminate, some 29 miles short of the anticipated finish line. A dramatic end to what seemed to be a challenging run for the crews and signallers.
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Urquhart castle tour - Inverness
Urquhart Castle sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, 21 kilometres south-west of Inverness and 2 kilometres east of the village of Drumnadrochit.
‘The Jacobite’ Fort William to Mallaig 16/10/19
Great Britain XI day 3 and Forth Circle Railtours through Fife 21-4-18
Two steam hauled rail tours through Fife.
Firstly B1 61264 passes through Markinch station with the day 3 Edinburgh to Inverness leg of the Great Britain Rail Tour and then later Jubilee class 45690 Leander passes Burntisland beach and Cowdenbeath with the morning run of the Forth Cirle Excursion.
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Our Holiday Trip to UK ... Sweet Memories.......
Dubai to London Day 1: Paddington - London Big Bus Tour - St Paul Cathedral - Tower of London - Tower Bridge - Hay's Galleria - The Shard
London Day 2: Buckingham Palace - The Mall - St James Park - Churchill War Rooms - Westminster Abbey - Thames River Cruises - London Eye - Trafalgar Square - Piccadilly Circus
London Day 3: Madame Tussauds - Baker Street - Sherlock Homes Museum - King Cross to Edinburgh Waverley by Virgin Trains
Edinburgh & Glasgow Day 4: Glasgow Cathedral - George Square - Buchanan Street - Kelvingrove Museum - Kelvin River banks - University of Glasgow - Edinburgh Castle - Royal Mile - Holyroodh House palace - Calton Hill - Edinburgh Dinner
Highland Day 5: Loch Lomond - The Luss Village - Glencoe - Nevis Range Mountain Fort William - Fort Augustus - Uraghart Castle - Loch Ness - Inverness
Highland Day 6: Inverness - Aviemore - Cairngorms National Park Mountain Train - Blair Athol Distillery Whisky Tasting - Pitlochery - Stirling Castle - Edinburgh
Edinburgh to Lake District Day 7: Gretna Green - Old Black Smith Shop - Castlerigg Stone Circle - Keswick City - Dove Cottage (William Wordsworth House -Grasmere) - Grasmere Ginger Bread Shop - Windermere Lake Cruise - Lakeside Haverthwaite Steam Engine Train ride - Oxenholme - London Euston
London Day 8: British Museum - National Gallery - Trafalgar Square - Leicester Square - M&M
London Day 9: National History Museum - Science Museum - Albert Hall - Hyde Park - Diana Memorial Fountain - Marble Arch - Oxford Street - M&M Leicester Square
London Day 10: Kensington Palace & Garden - Hyde Park - Travel to Dubai
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Places to see in ( Tain - UK )
Places to see in ( Tain - UK )
Tain is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The Gaelic name, Baile Dubhthaich, means 'Duthac's town', after a local saint also known as Duthus.
Tain railway station is on the Far North Line. The station is unmanned; in its heyday it had 30 staff. The station was opened by the Highland Railway on 1 January 1864. From 1 January 1923, the station was owned by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. Then in 1949 the British railways were nationalised as British Railways. When the railways were privatised the station became part of ScotRail.
Notable buildings in the town include Tain Tolbooth and St Duthus Collegiate Church. The town also has a local history museum, Tain Through Time, and the Glenmorangie distillery. Tain has two primary schools -Craighill (pupils - 274, April 2011) and Knockbreck (pupils - just under 120, April 2011) - and a secondary school called Tain Royal Academy with 500 pupils in summer 2014.
Tain was granted its first royal charter in 1066, making it Scotland's oldest Royal Burgh, commemorated in 1966 with the opening of the Rose Garden by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The 1066 charter, granted by King Malcolm III, confirmed Tain as a sanctuary, where people could claim the protection of the church, and an immunity, in which resident merchants and traders were exempt from certain taxes. These led to the development of the town.
Little is known of earlier history although the town owed much of its importance to Duthac. He was an early Christian figure, perhaps 8th or 9th century, whose shrine had become so important by 1066 that it resulted in the royal charter. The ruined chapel near the mouth of the river was said to have been built on the site of his birth. Duthac became an official saint in 1419 and by the late Middle Ages his shrine was an important places of pilgrimage in Scotland. King James IV came at least once a year throughout his reign to achieve both spiritual and political aims.
A leading landowning family of the area, the Clan Munro, provided political and religious figures to the town, including the dissenter Rev John Munro of Tain (died ca. 1630). The early Duthac Chapel was the center of a sanctuary. Fugitives were by tradition given sanctuary in several square miles marked by boundary stones. During the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his wife and daughter to the sanctuary for safety. The sanctuary was violated and they were captured by forces loyal to William II, Earl of Ross who handed them over to Edward I of England The women were taken to England and kept prisoner for several years.
Tain was a parliamentary burgh, combined with Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall and Wick in the Northern Burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. Cromarty was added to the list in 1832.
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Black 5 no.45212 with a RYTC tour 'The Great Britain XI' Day Nine - Friday 27th April 2018
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Once again in 2018 The Railway Touring Company along with West Coast Railway Company undertook the epic annual 'Great Britain' rail tour, this the 11th running. As the name suggests a multi-day tour of Britain by steam train! This year running from Thursday 19th April to Friday 27th April using seven steam locos and taking in Scarborough, Edinburgh, Inverness, Kyle, Grange-over-Sands, Cardiff and Swanage and many more points in between!
In a change from previous years the last two days included the south of England which opened up the possibilities of a chase for myself. As much as I would of loved to have followed Thursdays leg Cardiff-Bristol-Weymouth-Swanage I could not make it however Friday's final day looked promising, Swanage-Southampton-Fareham-Guildford-London Victoria. The first east bound steam on the Hamble line for 11 years and the heavy gradients of the Portsmouth Direct, all behind A4 no.60009 'Union of South Africa' in the twilight of its career.
So onto Friday 27th April 2018 and Day 9 of 'The Great Britain XI and whilst the route remained the same 60009 was failed with firebox issues before the tour left Kings Cross so Black 5 no.45212 stepped in, and with load 11 a Class 37 was needed to provide assistance at the rear.
We start at Beaulieu Road as 45212 coasts through running early. Next its the water stop at Southampton Goods loop and some close ups followed by the departure from the car park at the west end of Southampton Central Station. A 27 minute pathing stop just outside St Denys allowed me to get ahead to the station and we see 45212 cross over and take the Hamble line, by my reckoning the first east bound steam for 11 years via Hamble. The winding route allowed me to take the motorway and get ahead again, this time to Liss and the 1 in 80 climb to Liphook. I went for the field just south of Forest Road level crossing, alas a signal problem brought 45212 to a halt just outside the station but after a 15 minute delay we see 45212 charge through in the pouring rain with the 37 at the rear assisting to help recover time. Finally its Milford, originally I was going to go to the bridge north of Guildford but with the poor weather I decided shelter was needed, alas it was a no-show really as 45212 coasts through. All in all a good chase and I hope the passengers had a great holiday. Big thank you to all the people who put this tour together!
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[4K] Edinburgh, Scotland (2019) Evening Walking tour of City Centre
If you're wondering what Edinburgh nightlife is like, then join us for this virtual city evening walk in Scotland's capital city.
We start our 4K walk on Waverley Bridge, just next to the Edinburgh Waverley railway station. We cross into Cockburn Street, a great street to visit for some of the best Edinburgh restaurants, bars and independent shops, including every Harry Potter fan's favourite, Museum Context, with it's film and book related items.
We emerge out onto the High Street that forms part of the Royal Mile. We loop around South Bridge and Blair Street to take in the restaurants of Hunter Square before rejoining our walk along the Royal Mile.
Passing the Adam Smith Monument and the Mercat Cross, we walk around Parliament Square behind St Gile's Cathedral before rejoining the High Street and Lawnmarket.
In front of the Hub (a grand Victorian spired building,) we turn down Upper Bow to join Victoria Street, which in turn leads us to the bustling Grassmarket - lined with more busy Edinburgh pubs and bars.
We end our walk with a drink in the Fiddler's Arms on King's Stables Road.
0:04 Edinburgh Waverley railway station
1:50 Cockburn Street - cafes, pubs and the Harry Potter shop Museum Context
7:50 Hunter Square
9:00 Back on the Royal Mile
11:10 Adam Smith Monument
11:26 Mercat Cross and St Gile's Cathedral
12:20 Parliament Square
17:17 Upper Bow
18:12 Victoria Street
18:45 The Boy Wizard Harry Potter shop
20:20 Grassmarket - full of fine Edinburgh restaurants and pubs
25:15 Fiddler's Arms pub
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