Cornwall, UK: from Penzance to St Ives
From Penzance to St Ives in 3 days: enjoy!
UK: Spitfire Railtours Class 37 hauled The Kernow Explorer III railtour departs Penzance, Cornwall
Spitfire Railtours railtour 'The Kernow Explorer III' departs from Penzance on Saturday 25th June 2011. The tour ran from Birmingham International to Penzance & return to visit the town's annual 'Mazey Day' celebration.
The locomotives were supplied by Direct Rail Services DRS based in Carlisle.
Direct Rail Services (DRS) is a freight operating company created by British Nuclear Fuels Limited. The company started rail operations in 1995 using five heavily refurbished Class 20/3 diesel locomotives. Since then it has expanded greatly, and has acquired many more locomotives, most bought second-hand and subsequently refurbished. Ownership of DRS was transferred from BNFL to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority when the NDA was created on 1 April 2005, under the terms of the Energy Act 2004. DRS is the only remaining publicly owned rail freight company in the United Kingdom.
The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Also known as the English Electric Type 3, the Class was ordered as part of the British Rail modernisation plan.
The Class 37 became a familiar sight on many parts of the British Rail network, in particular forming the main motive power for Inter-City services in East Anglia and within Scotland. They also performed well on secondary and inter-regional services for many years. The Class 37s are known to some railway enthusiasts as Tractors, a nickname due to the agricultural sound of the diesel engine of the locomotive.
As part of the large scale dieselisation brought about by the British Rail modernisation plan a need was identified for a number of type 3 locomotives of power output 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) to 1,999 hp (1,491 kW). The design was for a general purpose locomotive and initially found service in British Rail's Eastern Region.
The class was designed for both passenger and freight work and was as much at home hauling heavy goods trains as it was on passenger services. Many of the original locomotives were fitted with boilers for steam heating. With the withdrawal of many Type 2 and Type 3 locomotives in the 1980s the 37s were selected as the standard Type 3 and many of the fleet were given a heavy overhaul to prolong their life into the 1990s and beyond. Some were fitted with electrical train heating (ETH) equipment in the 1980s to become the 37/4 sub-class, initially for use on the West Highland Line and Far North lines but later seeing use in north/mid Wales and occasionally the West Country.
Golowan (sometimes also Goluan or Gol-Jowan) is the Cornish language word for the Midsummer celebrations in Cornwall, UK: widespread prior to the late 19th century and most popular in the Penwith area and in particular Penzance and Newlyn. Since 1991 the Golowan festival in Penzance has revived many of these ancient customs and has grown to become a major arts and culture festival: its central event 'Mazey Day' now attracts tens of thousands of people to the Penzance area in late June.
Penzance ; Cornish: Pensans; also Penzans is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It is well known for being the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles (120 km) west of Plymouth and 300 miles (500 km) west-southwest of London. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay, the town faces south-east onto the English Channel, is bordered to the west by the fishing port of Newlyn.
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Pathfinder Tours is a railtour operating company operating in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1973 by Peter Watts, who organised a rail journey through British Rail from Severnside to the Cambrian coast. The company organises tours for both rail enthusiasts, and general tours to places of interest. After British Rail's demise the company operated in conjunction with several spot-hire companies, most notably E.W.S., FM Rail and Direct Rail Services, who provided locomotives, and Riviera Trains, who provided rolling stock.
This relationship was solidified in 2006, when Riviera Trains purchased the parent company of Pathfinder Tours. A new company named Pathfinder Tours (2006) Ltd was formed to continue operating railtours with the exclusive use of Riviera's supply of rolling stock. Although it will primarily use DB Schenker and Direct Rail Services locomotives, occasionally a preserved locomotive will be chartered from one of the major preservation organisations (notably the Class 40 Preservation Society, Diesel Traction Group or the Deltic Preservation Society). The company also acts as a booking agent for other companies such as A1 Trust and Torbay Express Ltd.
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GREAT BRITISH BUS JOURNEYS: Route 300 (Cornwall/Penwith Explorer)
Route 300 is an open-top bus service that serves the furthest western parts of Cornwall from April to September. The route starts and finishes in Penzance, operating in a circular direction both clockwise and anti-clockwise, taking in such locations as St Michael's Mount, St Ives, St Just, Land's End and Porthcurno.- the entire duration of the route in both directions lasts as long as three and a half hours.
This slideshow takes in all of the above locations plus numerous more that are taken in whilst riding the route in the anti-clockwise direction.
Pictures taken Saturday 16th June 2012.
MUSIC: Aerials - Airwaves
57315+57313 haul 'The Cornish Explorer' Chester - Penzance 30/04/2016 RETURN
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Cornwall time lapse compilation - Penzance / Penwith area - May 2017 (SELECT HD)
Cornwall time lapse around the Penzance area during a two week visit in may 2017 (BEST VIEWED IN 720HD OR 1080HD)
Gollowan Festival, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom, 23.06.2012
Annual Mazey Day parade through Penzance, apologies for shaking, was holding son too!
Penzance to Lands End Cornwall England by Bus 2015
PENZANCE CORNWALL April, 2015. This is about as far South on the mainland as you can go! And friends will ask if you did get to see it. Take the No1 First Kernow bus at Penzance to travel to Lands End via Sennen and the 1A to travel via Porthcurno. Get off at Porthcurno to visit Minack Theatre. Single lane roads make for very slow traffic!
A Trip To Penzance. Southwest England.
After spending nearly 3 years in Asia, it was time for a trip back to the motherland.
I should of went in summer.. doh.
Famous for its Pirates, Pasties, and Scrumpy Cider, Penzance is a historic port on the south facing shores of Mount’s Bay and has one of the mildest climates in the UK.
This quirky place is the most westerly town of significance in the UK, just 10 miles from Land’s End.
Penzance is famous for its old port, market, characterful pubs and for the mysterious grounds of St Michaels Mount which stands in the lush blue waters of Mounts Bay.
FACTS.
The word Penzance comes from the Cornish “pen sans” which means “holy headland”. Over a thousand years ago a chapel stood on the headland west of the harbour, giving the town its name.
The town’s most famous resident was chemist Sir Humphry Davy whose statue can be seen at the top of Market Jew Street. He invented the miner’s safety lamp (Davy lamp) among many other achievements.
Penzance hosts the unique Golowan Festival and Mazey Day celebrations each June. This pagan Celtic festival celebrates midsummer with bonfires, drunkenness and a highly unusual parade of colourful giants!
The Dolphin Inn, Penzance is thought to be the first place in Britain where tobacco was smoked. The inn accommodated Sir John Hawkins who first brought tobacco to England in 1564.
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St Ives, Penzance and West Cornwall
Poldark St Ives St Michaels Mount Lands End Penzance Newlyn Minnack Tate Mousehole Lands End Sennen
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1Z88 at Worle. The Cornish Explorer Railtour.
The peace and tranquillity at Worle is interrupted by the appearance of The Cornish Explorer Railtour – 1Z88 05:10 Chester to Penzance. The train is top and tailed by 57315 & 57313. Of interest is the third coach in Pullman livery. This is Car No.506 “Windermere” built Derby 1966. Saturday 30 April 2016.
67025 1Z59 Basingstoke - Penzance The Cornish Explorer arriving @ Plymouth 21.04.12
67025 appears from Mutley Tunnel with 1Z59 Basingstoke - Penzance The Cornish Explorer slowing to stop in Plymouth Station
71a Cornish Bus ride
Unless you try it you won't know what you are missing
St Senara's Church (The Mermaid Church), Zennor, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Exploring St Senara's Church (The Mermaid Church), Zennor, Cornwall. A rather splendid historical church on the north coast of Cornwall. Originally filmed and uploaded to The Bald Explorer group on Facebook.
The Bald Explorer Group is a group on Facebook that members can share videos and pictures of our wonderful isles, heritage places, churches, villages, our wonderful landscapes. Anyone can join and its run by a dedicated team who themselves joined as members. You don't have to upload anything yourself and we have many people who are unable to get out and about to explore this land themselves. The group already has many wonderful videos and pictures to share.
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Moving To Penzance Cornwall
madron to penzance
A ten minute top deck bus ride from the little village of Madron to Penzance in Cornwall, UK. I chat about life in Cornwall, the Mother Deity and point out sights along the way.
Penzance Cornwall UK.Chris Summerfield Photography
I took a trip from Plymouth to Penzance in Cornwall. I had been there many years before. So it was li,e starting again. I found tthe Pen Lee House and Gardens, with a gallery looking at the Newly school of artists. Google them. I then walked to Pen Lee point and light house. On the way back I got talking to local fish mongers in there store.
I manged to take a look at the Penlee park Open theater which operates there in the summer. I manged to check out the quay where the Isles of Scilly ferries leave from.
It is only just over 11 miles to Lands end so next time I will take my bike free on thevtrain and cycle there. A great place to visit.
Thanks to John from Falmouth for the music on the video.
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Exploring Cornwall - A walk round Mousehole and its Harbour
This is the last of my current videos exploring Cornwall, but I shall return. Today, Mark Sellwood and I explore the fabulous harbour and surround of Mousehole, a popular tourist resort and fishing village.
Mousehole is approximately 2.5 miles south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay. The village is in the civil parish of Penzance. An islet called St Clement's Isle lies about 280 yards offshore from the harbour entrance.
Mousehole lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
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The Cornish Explorer..58021..29/06/02
Pathfinders Cornish Explorer ran on the 29th June 2002 from Birmingham to Penzance with 58021 Hither Green Depot,the first and only Class 58 railtour into Cornwall,although due to Long Rock Depot switching the bone off after being told not to,it wasnt a Class 58 tour hauled OUT of Cornwall.47811 was borrowed and took us to Plymouth where 58021 was dumped in the sidings then 47811 went back to Penzance.The train was taken forward by 47737.
I joined the train at Stourbridge Junction
Penzance to Falmouth by Bus England - 2015
April 2015. We visited St Ives on a number 17 First Kernow Bus from Penzance. This is the short route via St Earth, Lelant & Carbis Bay. What a pleasant place to visit.