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

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.

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

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?

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".

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 😊

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.

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

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

You'll never complain about having to fill your water tank again :D

"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..

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. :-)

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.

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!

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.

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!!

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.

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.

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 :)) 😍💕😁👍

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.

I grew up with a railway in our back yard in Wisconsin (USA) and we would pick up loose coal from the tracks that would fall off the trains as they went down the tracks.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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'!

Everyone is chuffed 💭💭to bits in the comments 😉

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.

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 :-)

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

This US railfan in bad health and poverty sure appreciates y'all doing this.

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.

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

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

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👍

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.

Wowzers! Idyllic. Quint essentially English. What could be better than actually being bonafide time travellers. Aa a nation, in fact, as a planet weve lost so much in the constant need for speed and convenience. You cant help but look through rose spectacles when we look to the past when it was all so simple. On a more personal note i dont think ive enjoyed a vlog of yours more than that, the look of sheer glee on your faces had me smiling along with you, and in turn brightened an otherwise very dull day. C M & H. Xxx

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.

Really like the "Through the hedge" series

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

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

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

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

yes Annamarie you are what we say it England are train spotter as thats what it is called here, the carriage you were in from Bridgenorth to Highley they were our best carriages in the days on the early electric and diesel trains as you didn't have passengers walking past you and knocking into you while you were sat down as that corridor was designed to make it easier to walk down the train and easier for the passengers sitting down and quietness if you dint want a lot of noise from people talking, also the idea of the corridor was so that if someone is carrying hot drinks from the buffet car then they wouldn't spill it on seated passenger whenever the train jolted, I prefer these carriages more than the carriages we have on the modern trains as they seem to be more cramped than those of the corridor carriages at least you weren't cramped in and easier to vacate the train, I wish these carriages were still being used today as I actually hate today carriages I feel claustrophobic in them and with having a disability they dont help whereas these carriages in the video would help at least with the compartments they only seated 6-8 passengers in each compartment and had room to stretch out your legs a little bit where todays carriages dont except for the table seats

Annamarie you have the best bride ever! She wants to go to steam engine museums and the like! Looked my whole life for a partner like that and alas never found one, Cath is a real keeper...do you fellas like steam and vintage fairs too? This was a truly great video, loved it...many thanks...

Awesome!

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.

Fantastic!

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.

Through the Hedge seems like it's a show about you guys exploring while you're mooring.

oh my how awesome!

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 ,

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.

that's just fantastic!

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.

Love the ride

A great Through the Hedge .

What a beautiful trip!

This is a wonderful trip ... love trains

Awesome video. Thanx

This was a great thru the hedge. So beautiful.

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

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

A wonderful video thank you.

Awesome train 🚂

train spotter love this blog thanks

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.

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!

Great Railway photography!

Awesome vlog Ladies. I enjoyed this one very much. Cheers Tony

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

I am a train nut, or at least I used to be one. I took my fiance' later wife' on the many inter-urban electric and midwest steam trains all over the central part of the United States. Currently we live near a living history museum in the midst of a national park which also has a historic railway serving the Cleveland and Akron Ohio area. Your trip brought back many memories of how we took our 4 children on these wonderful train tours. Let us know if you are ever in the States, we'd be delighted to arrange an adventure for you. Were your trains coal fired ? I couldn't tell. With the windows open you can smell and sometimes feel the wonderful sparks floating through the air.

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

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.

I love trains. Nifty video.

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

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! 😊💖

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

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.

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

A wonderful Through The Hedge. Thanks for the ride!

Great vlog! Terrific ride.

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

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

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.

Its 70 minutes "we brought snacks" 🤣😂 loved that video so much

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.

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

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

AnnaMarie, I recall that you had tea on the Llangollen steam railway, but with no tickets to be had you couldn't roll on down the track ☹️. I know this because my wife and I vacationed in Llangollen and Shropshire, rode the steam train and the hired a narrowboat for a week this past June. Fantastic! We decided on that area after seeing your vlog (Cruising the Cut & Minimalist - all great). Who knows, Kidderminster might be next. Love your vlogs. Thank you both. Stephen

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

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

Very nice video. Thanks for cheering it.

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

This was wonderful. Thanks for taking us along.

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

Lots of memories just came flooding back, as a very small boy, my grandad was a wheel tapper at Manchester and we used to go and see him. Great vlog as always x

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

Awesome RR footage. Steamers are my favorite.