Hello! I've been watching your videos for 4 years, I think, I'd never taken notice that Vicki is from Norwich. Silly me. This I'm going to comment here has little to do with the video's content but it's got me quite nostalgic. *STORY TIME* I'm from Argentina. Back in 2000 I was studying English at a local school and I got the chance to meet an English guy who'd came to my country (following her Argentinian girlfriend) and was teaching there. He happened to be from Norwich, a place I'd never heard of before and one he loved more than anything. He would talk endlesslessly about his beloved city, describing it to me, sending me postcards whenever he could go back for the holidays. Exactly 15 years later I was able to make a dream come true: go to the UK! And of course I went to visit my now friend who was living back in Norwich. I took a train from London - the 1h 50m one, ha - and spent lovely 3 days walking around that beautiful city. *END OF STORY TIME*

MAN is it good to hear the All The Stations theme song again!

Does anyone else cheer right up when that theme tune starts?

06:58 TEU is Twenty foot Equivalent Unit. A twenty foot long shipping container is one TEU. A forty foot long shipping container is two TEU. The capacity of a container vessel is quoted in TEU.

Geoff: good with trains, rubbish at boats

11:39 It's the fort that counts!

Fun fact: there is one single parliamentary train, departing Harwich Int'l at 7:50 every morning and arrives at Cambridge at 9:42. It then departs Cambridge at 19:47 and arrive at Harwich Int'l at 21:45. A lot of Cambridge students used to take this train to catch the sleeper ferry to Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and beyond. Although night ferry gradually fell out of existance (only the one to Netherlands run today), the train remains.

An August 1972 early evening found me in Liverpoolstreet station waiting for my train to Harwich PQ and the nightferry to Hoek van Holland. My total amount of cash and/or travellers cheques after two weeks travelling with BR across the length and breath of the UK was nought, my supper beeing a very tasty Mars bar. Luckily my ferry ticket came with a breakfast voucher (¡¡¡ Yeah !!!). Good times and good memories ;) A couple of decades later I travelled on a genuine Thumper from Norwich to Great Yarmouth, now there's not many people that can say that I think.

"From Norwich,it's the train of the week!""

TEU: Twenty Foot Equivalent unit, so a 45 foot (13.7 Meters) container is usually a 2-TEU, so if the ship is rated 20,000 TEU's, it can max out at 10,000 2-TEU containers.

Doesn't get any better than a Geoff and Vicki video! 👍✔😊 Loved this! 💕

Ahh yay, London to Norwich by Class 90 - one of my favourite journeys!! The old coaches are still super comfy and it's a lovely journey :)

TEU = Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit. Container Shipping was invented in New Jersey, USA. I really enjoy your videos! Thank You!

I have said it before on a few of your videos that you are both great ambassadors, not just for the railways, but branching out a bit with Victoria, into the history of places around the railway. The mention of the Dutch attempted invasions reminds me that Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey (Up the Ites), has a Victory celebration once a year.

I'm slightly disappointed there was no end tag after the music!

Amazing that the Greater Anglia train didn't break down between Diss and Stowmarket like usual.

Otterly marvellous!

Im from felixstowe and to see you guys there and showing it off on youtube makes me so happy, im a bus driver for first buses in ipswich so if your ever down this way again feel free to get in touch, love all your channels great watch everytime

David Explores! TEU = Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit, ie a container which goes on lorry, train or a ship! Just confuse though most containers are actually 40ft long instead (ie a 2 TEU)

well, I suppose its the fort that counts

NSE electro-mechanical clock at 0:27!!

TEU stands for Twentyfoot Equivalent Unit. Shipping containers come in 20ft or 40ft long sizes and we use this term for pricing. A 40ft is 2 TEU's for example. I own a shipping company but it's interesting to pass on information. The world's biggest ship has about 22000 TEU capacity.

Chelmsford (on the line)! Fun facts... 1. One of newest cities in UK 2. Has one of the smallest cathedrals 3. May have the busiest 2 station platform in the whole of the UK 4. May have a second station

You can see the top of the cranes at Felixstowe when standing on top of the Lavenham Church tower which as the crow flies is about 25 miles.

I remember staying in Harwich for a week. One day we decided to take the ferry to Felixstowe, and went to the pier. We were told the boats were cancelled because the sea was too rough. A couple of days later we tried again, and this time we made the crossing to Felixtowe and back. This was about 50 years ago . Sounds like some things never change.

Just so good to hear that tune again :)

What is funny is that its called the 90 to Norwich, it takes 90 minutes, and the carriages are pulled by class 90's :)

0:52 is really making me excited to watch the video!

I bet you’ll be devastated to see the Class 90 Intercity stocks go when the Class 745 12-Car Flirts comes into service before the end of this year. And yes Greater Anglia have started using the Class 755 Bi-mode on the Ipswich-Felixstowe.

In England there are some other similar short cut ferries which shave 10 or more miles off the alternative road connection. They range from a rowing boat (for which you stand at quayside and ring a ships bell) to the likes of Bournemouth - Swanage where the local frequent double deck bus actually rides on the ferry. In rough weather, the driver has to wait for a suitable break between waves in order to board the bus, complete with onboard passengers gripping on. Scotland, of-course, is an entirely different world in this subject, where a single bus route can actually include two ferry crossings at different points along its route, and again - actually ON the ferry.

00:51 Teaser Clip 4 Here? Yes, I'd like one of those, please.

I guess not having the boat ride was the outtake? Miss your funny bit at the end!

My god, that first train was so noisy

I recommend your viewers to this free "sailing tour". The day I crossed, the tiny ferry had to skillfully manoeuver between three massive container ships all on the move at the same time, towering high above us!!!!!! At Harwich, there is a nice ferryside cafe by the old historic quarter of Harwich, while you wait for your dep. And on the Suffolk side, stagecoach 77 deps. shortly after each ferry arrival to take you via Felixstowe seaside to its station.

I've used the Felixstowe/Harwich ferry a few times (cycle from Ipswich to Felixstowe; cross with the ferry; then cycle back from Harwich) and even when it is running, it's not always obvious where to board in Felixstowe...and not always from the same exact place!

'It's really damp and windy' - yes, welcome to felixstowe 😁

I liked an impromtu Vicky explores. Thank You.

TEU stands for Twenty-foot equivalent, meaning it’s the number of containers (each of 20ft) that it can carry.

Please do give it another try coming to Harwich i live there and work on the pier the ferry goes from be great to see you guys 😀😀😀

What a let down-not being able to use the ferry even thought you had paid for it. Never mind the vicki explores was a nice impromptu excursion.

I was hoping you’d do this. I’ve taken it on the Harwich-Felixstowe joirney and was amused by the hi-tec docking method. (For context the boat crashes into the beach) There’s a two-per-day parlimentary train from Lowestoft-Harwich international (that way in the morning and the return in the evening) that you might want to go on (it’s the only train to use the north curve of the manningtree junction)

6:01 "How long is a piece of string?" - that's obvious... It is twice as long as from the middle to one end! I heard that someone in Australia came up with the answer of 'Just over 9 meters long' after conducting a survey of people & averaging their answers...

Hi guys, I recommend the Gravesend to Tilbury ferry as a great link between South eastern and C2C services. It is the last public crossing of the Thames before it goes out to sea. Would make a great video

The Otter would be lighter, as we all know 'ot-air rises.

All The Stations is back! I like ferries, I ride the Staten Island Ferry when I have the opportunity because it’s free and has a nice view of NY harbor and the Statue of Liberty. Vicki Explores is a great series. Norwich is nice

Welcome to all the 90s Norwich 90 and class 90s

Vicki is delightful

Nice Video👍👍👍👍 And the best: Slam doors...😍

Rewatching the video, for those from else where, when two two plays local rivals play the are called Derbys, Rangers v Celtic football matches are called the Old Firm Derby. Many fans called Norwich City against Ipswich Town the Old Farm Derby! It is a sort of friendly insult.

Was looking for Harwich in the original All the Stations! Good to see

Shame about the ferry, but the impromptu Vicky Explores of Landguard Fort was a big positive. I'm going to have to add that to my visit list.

Im so happy he went to my childhood. I live in ipswich and on saturdays go to felixstowe this is amazing

Funny thing is, that had you reached Harwich, you would have been just a few kms from Hoek van Holland. It says so on the traffic signs in Hoek van Holland!

I think the ferry only runs April to 3rd November but not to worry, still an adventure and its the trains that count!

If the boat isn't running don't they run a replacement bus service...

Teaser Clip 4 omg remeber ages ago when you said you'd leave that in one day :)

The twenty-foot equivalent unit (often TEU or teu) is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals. It is based on the volume of a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box which can be easily transferred between different modes of transportation, such as ships, trains and trucks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-foot_equivalent_unit

Thought that Vicki was from King's Lynn.

Trash Free norwich, Seem's sad without the class 37's trashing about. :( Still miss them. 6:18 I love them, I love it when they do a 156 and 153 service in the summer will be missed. 5:33 That's just two 755's coupled up, 745's are at Mid Norfolk Railway right now, Yes the ''Choo Choo's''..

5:49 ...and the first 4-car 755s are running there now, but no 3-car yet.

You could get from Norwich to Liverpool Street in 90 mins back in 1994, as I often did. It too just had the one stop at Ipswich.

Happy days, the All The Stations signature tune .... and other modes of transport.

2:59 Also know as "The Old Farm" … like "The Old Firm" in Glasgow … Geddit?

If you're doing ferries from Harwich, you should try the Dutch Flyer!

Going through my hometown too.. God old Ipswich 🎉

Crikey, those mk.3 sets don't half creak; very familiar sound which I don't miss one iota.

That was more of a Geoff Expounds rather than a Geoff Explores.

TEU = Twenty foot equivalent [standard shipping containers are mostly forty foot in length with some twenty footers too]

Thing is the boat can only go when the tides are below a certain level, otherwise it is unsafe. I have been caught in the same situation before, getting there to find the boat couldn't run... There's not a lot the skipper can do about the weather. As regards alternative arrangements, it is a small private business so they are limited to the service they provide. Next time go in mid-summer when the weather is much better.

I'd never heard of the Battle of Landguard Fort. I've looked it up thanks to this video, and it turns out to be one of UK's most important victories. The Dutch had already wooped the Royal Navy in the Medway, and stolen it's best ships. If the Dutch had then managed to storm this fort they would have had a safe anchorage to blocked London from, and the humiliating defeat and, economic collapse that would probably have followed, would have made the British Empire .unlikely at best

seen a good few of the former GA 90s in Manchester with Freightliner

Is it Ipswich or Bolton? There's a pet shop with a Dead parrot somewhere there...

If you make it to Harwich quite a historic town, among other things to see, (light ship light houses couple of small museums, the original home of the captain of the Mayflower ) you should visit the ridoubt partner Fort to landguard Fort and bigger.

At 10:13 I was waiting for the 'Its really windy' excerpt from Ireland

What a hard time, so easy to catch the ferry opposite direction from Harwich , Same with trains

Fun fact: When Wallis Simpson was divorcing Ernest so she could marry King Edward VIII, the hearing was at Ipswich Assizes. She rented a villa at Felixstowe and was bored out of her mind for a fortnight.

Norwich-Ipswich rivalry is mainly because Norwich City represent Norfolk and Ipswich Town represent Suffolk and for some reason we have our own East Anglian version of the Yorkshire/Lancashire fight (just with less history of fighting).

6:22 that's not a train, it's a million rivets on wheels.

Great video! Enjoy Norwich in 90 while you can with a class 90. Sorry to hear the boat didn't run but at least you got to visit the fort!

The carriages of the train to Norwich sound incredibly squeaky.

If anyone wants to try the Norwich 90, the best obe to try is the 17:00 It is an awkward time (Most people finish work at 17:00) so it's always quiet or cancelled due to a train fault. If you happen to live in Harwich and work in Ipswich then the Norwich 90 means that your train times after 17:00 are 17:09 then 18:22, not what you'd call a service really. 😞

The rivalry is due to Norfolk (North folk) versus Suffolk (South folk). And also just being the two closest teams to each other that are usually in the same division.

I think the boat was run by the company Chris Grayling gave the ferry contract to. You know, the one that has never operated a ferry in its life and took its Ts and Cs from a pizza delivery company...

Wow again harwich gets shafted, this time by our foot ferry. A shame as I'm sure that harwich has a little to offer, for one thing there are lovely railway posters in the pier hotel, and theres the old railway boat pier, not generally accessible to the public due to trinity house but the lift / hoist building is still prominently on the harwich skyline. We also have the redoubt fort and beacon hill forts to explore.

I fort it was almost identical to the Fort in Eastbourne. As for the invisible ferry. When you go to Harwich, if it runs that day, then just get a last minute return trip. 🤔☺️

I love the retro Network South-East platform clocks at Liverpool St

The ferry to Harwich comes in at the bottom of the extremely steep shingle beach. Presumably depending on the state of the tide. When I used it, although I'd booked, and spoken to the booking office, I was very concerned about whether it would arrive, and where! Particularly as I was booked on the ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland and probably no other way of getting to Harwich in the time available, apart from a very expensive taxi. Well worth trying again - preferably in the summer ☀️. I'd like to know where the ferry Quay at Harwich scores on Vicki's quaintometer. From a post on FB I see they've upgraded the boat from the one I remember 🏴‍☠️

I spotted 'Teaser Clip 4 Here'!

I commend the correct use of the Original All The Stations GB Theme.

Bummer on the ferry. The fort was nice though. You would think they would let you know the ferry was cancelled though. Good thing you didn't depend on it during the craziness of All The Stations.

Hi Geoff love your videos, can't wait for more Vicki explores.

Next time, please can you show the viewers the facade of Norwich Thorpe Station, it’s a lovely beautiful.

teu - twenty foot equivalent unit - twenty foot container MSC Venice isn't a huge container vessel - she can only carry 15,908 TEU's. The largest container vessel in the world - MSC GULSUN can fit 23,756 TEU's. She was in Felixstowe 2 months ago.

What do tourists think about having to pull the window down, pop their head and one arm out, to turn the handle to open the door?

teu = Twenty foot Equivalent Unit, so every 20-feet container is 1 teu, a 40-feet container is 2 teu,...

Just checked our Database, the MSC Venice has a capacity of 16652 TEU, pretty big but biggest is 21413

3:14 Geoff checks watch, nearly elbows Vicki in the face! Vicki bends her head backwards Matrix-style to avoid getting hit. Geoff doesn't even notice.

TEU stands for 20 foot Equivalent unit So basically 1 TEU is a 20ft container And 2 TEU is either 2 20fts or 1 40ft Container What a great vid for me features one of my Vessels for the company I work for Trains especially class 90s (I MIGHT NOT) And the town where I’m from 😃

You were riding a class 90 on the Norwich 90 the train suits the route!

The ferry probably wasn't running because of the weather. I tried to take the ferry from Harwich to Felixstowe once, and planned to get the one at 3ish I think, but I asked at the Tourist Information, and they said that the ferry wasn't running, because it had started to rain; the weather had been fine for the rest of the day though!