What a wonderful walk of discoveries, of lost railways, roman roads & rediscoveries of personal history. Thanks for great photos old & new, of bridges, maps & a Hornby model.

Hi Paul, a very good watch, you can't beat a treasure hunt looking for your past. Enjoyed it very much. Take care. Ron

Hello Paul. Yes it is always fun to step back in time and remember where we've been. How landscapes have changed and and how we have changed. Very interesting walk. I really enjoyed it. It made me think about the special places in my life from long ago that I must get back to.Thank you.👍

Thank you for a fascinating and very informative video of a railway with military connections. Very enjoyable. As one of the comments below mentions, Westmoor Flag was built for the owner of the Foxley estate, which became a military camp in WW2 - perhaps giving the 'Flag', additional significance.

I joined the RAF as a Boy Entrant in 1962 and did my 18 months training as a Clk Progress there. I recall seeing the trains go by whilst playing sport on the camp. Up until Christmas 1962 Boy Entrants, about 500 of us, were marched to Credenhill Railway station when going home on block leave where several trains awaited to take us to Hereford Station and onwards. Later in my career I returned there as an trade Instructor in 1983. At thst time I don't recall any sidings on or near the camp that were used for GST Training exercises. The exercise training area was At Morton on Lugg which was an RAOC depot which had railway sidings and wagons that were used for exercises both by the RAF GST courses and also the SAS. I now live in Credenhill and I can tell you that Stirling Lines is still within the bounds of RAF Hereford. A field to the east has been procured by the MOD and is currently used by contractors doing development work on the camp. The large green hangars that you saw were there int RAF days but they were completely reclad by the Army. The Roman road that you were on ran from Worcester to Magnis which is now roughly the route of the A4103. I hope this is of some use to you, Cheers.

Cheers for posting enjoyed this ATB Lee over in longlevens

Thanks for sharing Have a good time

What a superb adventure, on my home patch, too. Roman walls and your 'signpost' shot at 1:19. The hedge behind the post conceals a long length of the Magnis town wall, about three courses in height. Westmoor was a 'flag station' built for the convenience of the Davenports, owners of Foxley estate on whose land it stands (and still does). A flag had to be shown if the train was required to stop. The building is unchanged and was still occupied in 2017 (my last visit). At 18:20 you showed the access to the trackbed, followed by a view across a field. You remarked that there was no sign of the railway, but if you cross that field keeping the hedge on your right you come to an unspoiled trackbed that takes you to Moorhampton ( and past the Flag station ). There is a lot of railway evidence beyond there all the way to Hay and beyond and some of the trackbed is accessible. The station at Kinnersley is almost complete and there is a large goods shed at Eardisley, converted to housing. Eardisley station building is now at Welshpool on the narrow gauge railway there. The Time Team dig of 2005 was centred on NT's The Weir garden, very close to Magnis. There are walls there and a bridge abutment to a possible river crossing. Sorry about the lack of railway evidence - 3 of the mileposts from that line are in my back garden.

I remember The Hooligans coming to Credenhill to play Diplomat Protection with us. Didn't know The Rock Apes were there too...

hi Paul another nice video ,and hope you having a good week 👌👌

Hello Paul - greetings from Poland A very interesting video. Beautifully photographed with your ususal excellent commentary. Superb history especially as it concerned you in person. What's left of the railway we explored isn't unexpected. At least those bridges will be a testament to those incredible Victorian builders, who with only picks shovels and wheelbarrows, drove the line across this wonderful Herefordshire countryside.

Another interesting video, Paul thankyou for that .

2.2k ..Hi Paul hope alls well with you , yet another enjoyable but informative vid that shows off more out of the way parts of this glorious country and this time with reflections of your past ..... for me personally I loved it ahd look forward to more of the same !!! A bit more info on the canal you mentioned would be great .... even if only a short . Thank you for the time and effort you so obviously put in to your content ..... its appreciated by many im sure

I did my GST1 there in 1984, although I did trade training and 2 other courses at Hereford. Our GST1 was supposedly at Moreton on Lugg but could have been anywhere after the trauma of it.

Hi Paul, great intro, a very clever bit of editting👌👌. I thought for a moment Berwick on Tweed might be another case but the border is just north, the local football team do play in the Scottish leagues though. Even the Vatican has its own station!! What a great memory you have for all those details, it's a rare skill. Perfectly narrated the whole time. I think in the end you were able to identify where you were back in 1986, I hope so. From what you say it has changed an awful lot. Some nice bridges on display including one providing cover for a picnic table. Great place for lunch, surprised you didn't find one of the Ron's there or maybe Trev😅😅. This walk really did have it all, canals, railways, bridges, Roman roads, quarries, lakes and a great personal story. I came across a very short clip of lynton funicular railway this week I was looking for a clip of The Royal Scott at Butlins on some very old VHS , just need to find a way to get into onto MP4, no sign of the Scott yet!! Great video well done!!

Hi Paul, does this help with time team. This programme went out in 2008. Three county sites and a Hereford museum will appear on Time Team this Monday evening (May 19). The Channel 4 programme has been uncovering the secrets of iron age hillforts in the UK, for a special edition titled Swords, Skulls and Strongholds. The compilers literally had a field day in Herefordshire, which has more hill forts than any other county. Archaeologists made superb finds at Croft Ambrey and Sutton Walls, uncovering early iron tools and a grinder. Time Team presenter, Phil Harding, and Judy Stevenson, of Herefordshire’s museum service, will discuss the items during the episode at 9pm. The producers came to Herefordshire last September to coincide with excavations at Credenhill Park Wood, site of one of the largest hillforts in the country. The dig, overseen by Peter Dorling, of Herefordshire Archaeology, revealed new evidence on the Iron Age occupation of the site, and confirmed that occupation continued under Roman Rule.

Stirling Lines, named after the founder of the Special Air Service - David Stirling

Another really enjoyable video. I had to watch it twice because there was so much information! But your narration is so measured & precise- if it were me there would be a lot of ermings and aarhings! It is so good to listen to. I think you were satisfied that you had found the site of your guard duties with all that cruel sleep deprivation! I think the SAS are experts in that sort of thing so I gather that the RAF were influenced by their methods. I must admit I wonder what they are up to with those large cranes at the Stirling Lines site. And it was interesting to find the small Roman town & the Roman road too. A bonus when we were just looking at the old railway route! Thanks Paul!

I was at ,RAF Hereford around the same sort of time as you ,Paul . Maybe you knew my instructor on , S and STS. Corporal Steve Madden ?