You Want Me to Speak Welsh AND Walk Backwards? - Episode 34, Day 56

You Want Me to Speak Welsh AND Walk Backwards? - Episode 34, Day 56 - Porthmadog to Chester

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7 жыл бұрын

It's the 1st July, and we're still in Wales ... ! And our day starts with a trip on the brilliant Ffestiniog Railway, and it links us between Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog before carrying to Holyhead, oh and some place too called St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave ...
With huge thanks to the Ffestiniog railway: www.festrail.co.uk/
Download the All The Stations theme tune from iTunes here: itunes.apple.com/gb/album/all... (other stores are available....)
Geoff and Vicki are visiting ALL 2,563 national railway stations in Britain - view the progress map and loads more information about the project on the website at: allthestations.co.uk/
ROUTE: Porthmadog, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Llandudno Junction, Llandudno, Llanfairpwll, Holyhead, Conwy, Chester

Пікірлер: 292

@roundel52 7 жыл бұрын

Just love the way Vicki bounces when she's happy about something. We should call her Tigger ! :D

@bluebanana9974 7 жыл бұрын

John Smith That's the name of my cat!

@SamSitar 7 жыл бұрын

+John Smith, Tigger Pipe sounds nice.

@catfish552 5 жыл бұрын

Geoff: "How charming are you finding the..." Vicki: *boing boing boing*

@Bachsoboe 7 жыл бұрын

I love Vicki's child like enthusiasm. It's lovely.

@murdelabop 7 жыл бұрын

Nigel Birmingham She's so cute you can't help but love her.

@DerekHartley 7 жыл бұрын

One of the biggest take homes from this series is not just that railways are awesome but so are the people of Britain. So many lovely people you've met along the way.

@charliemoir5591 7 жыл бұрын

the lady in the background at 2:05 must be going "Those chekey little sods!"

@LongHaulPilot 4 жыл бұрын

TrainSpottingWest Nope: Those spoiled sods with huge cameras they rich bruh

@raphaelnikolaus0486 7 жыл бұрын

These drone shots especially of the trains in the landscape are absolutely fantastic!

@danjcollier 7 жыл бұрын

The phrase Jeff/Geoff the guard said in German is "Also, Sie müssen jetzt einsteigen." and that is the polite or formal way of saying "Right, you must get on now."

@ny-infoblog 7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Collier And it was very good pronounced. Nearly accent-free.

@QemeH 3 жыл бұрын

The only tiny thing is that he added this "ja?" at the end, which seems to be a specifically british stereotype about german that I never quite understood...

@faheemrahman 7 жыл бұрын

I loved it how the full name of Llanfair PG couldn't fit across the screen.

@michaelwatson113 7 жыл бұрын

You've been on the road for some weeks now, and you've kept your unbridled enthusiasm. And you impart that joy to us through the videos. Good on you.

@SamSitar 7 жыл бұрын

how did they name get that long?

@SamSitar 7 жыл бұрын

they probably had fun typing it also.

@spicychickenwings-lc4rf 7 жыл бұрын

Sam Sitar llanfairpwllgwyngy means ST MARYS CHURCH IN THE HOLLOW BY THE WHITE HAZEL CLOSE TO THE RAPID WHIRLPOOL OF ST TYSILIO AND THE RED CAVE

@lawrencemartin8102 6 жыл бұрын

Faheem Rahman it actually doesn't take long to write llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobllllantysiliogogogoch

@airfoxtrot2006 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Yes next year should be all the heritage stations.

@captaincrystal4695 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Wales Scenery

@morusowenwilliams5795 5 жыл бұрын

CaptainCrystal4 because i live there i see the place as a shithole, but when i left to work in southwales, and then cameback up to northwales ‘caernarfonshire’ i realised how truly amazing it is

@Patricknoddy 2 жыл бұрын

I visited north Wales a few years ago and seeing your video brought back many happy memories of Conwy, Llandudno, Anglesey, and Snowdonia.

@FarlandHowe 7 жыл бұрын

He's blocking your shot. I have walked the walls around Conwy and there is one gap where you must come down as I recall. I walked it as a sleepless tourist from America about 10 years ago. It was amazing and wonderful. I will never forget it. Thank you for this wonderful journey you are allowing us to watch. I love trains.

@AllTheStations 7 жыл бұрын

Rob McCrain thanks Rob! We ❤️ you too! 😊

@markt1387 7 жыл бұрын

Addicted to this series now, love Geoff and Vicki's enthusiasm. Can't wait for the next installment.

@grahamgilmour3758 7 жыл бұрын

Just keeps getting better with every episode. I don't want them to end!

@grayman999 7 жыл бұрын

That was wonderful and the best All the Stations yet ..

@davidgordon8099 7 жыл бұрын

I think this maybe a contender for the best episode yet. What a great time you two seem to be having. Good luck on your epic travels.

@jonathandriver3415 7 жыл бұрын

Wow! Smiles all the way, really enjoyed this. Looking forward to @allthecastles

@TheNgandrew 7 жыл бұрын

Wales has very many beautiful parts, and your videos have shown quite a few. The scenery and towns on this video are just staggering. It has to be said that all of your videos are very interesting too, so keep up the good work.

@davekirwin 7 жыл бұрын

Another great video gang! Geoff the guard was great, more impressive drone footage, the wonderful scenery around Ffestiniog and Vicki's LlanfairPG was very impressive!

@mikebe2090 7 жыл бұрын

Loving every second of this wonderful journey of Britain railways & castles too. It's shows how accessible all these lovely places are by rail & Geoff & Vicky are the icing on the cake 💕👌🏻😀

@russellbeeker731 7 жыл бұрын

Nice surprise for my breakfast. I wasn't expecting to see a new video for a few days. Looks like Wales has left lasting memories with you two. All the best, and keep rolling.

@krnlg 5 жыл бұрын

This series really is excellent, I can't fault it! Well done both of you!

@IDeltic 7 жыл бұрын

That guy at the end, sitting behind you, taking a picture of you...

@stevebeal73 7 жыл бұрын

Another lovely film. Watching this, I was thinking how much scope there would be for making a feature film with the theme of All The Stations: the intrepid joint protagonists, their interplay, the wonderful photography, the great theme music, all the places visited and all the interesting people encountered. Yet the trickiest bit would be to capture the enthusiasm, freshness and fun feeling of all the episodes. I would say that the whole series is simply great as it is.

@isaac_mp4 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video as always!

@lewiscarty5517 6 жыл бұрын

I was at the Ffestiniog Railway in the summer in 2016 and kept watching the trains past by and it was fantastic to see them go by on my holiday.

@MrGreatplum 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing first class on the Ffestiniog - I am loving the excitement!

@arjenlaan4103 6 жыл бұрын

I can't get over how consistently great the production quality of these videos is, and how enjoyable they are to watch- and I don't even particularly care about trains that much (do about castles though, so those shots were a nice bonus ;-) )

@moritzl7065 7 жыл бұрын

In the winter the Ffestiniog railway closes and undergoes maintenance by volunteers. The railway society of my uni actually does volunteering trips every year as they have contact with the people there. After you guys finish all the stations that might be something fun to try out! They teach you how to repair it and everything!

@qwertyTRiG 4 жыл бұрын

Laurie's Mechanical Marvels might be interested to hear that.

@Matthew-it2jw 7 жыл бұрын

I travel on that North Wales coast line all the time and I got so excited when I saw you guys at Llandudno!

@ericshu7372 7 жыл бұрын

I always watch you guys. You are my favorite group.

@rjl1v07 7 жыл бұрын

You did such a great job of filming Welsh railways. Great work. Best Kickstarter project ever!

@AllTheStations 7 жыл бұрын

heh heh, cheers dude!

@CJonestheSteam72 7 жыл бұрын

So many great parts to this video, but Geoff's pronunciation of Llanfair Pg is priceless 😂

@grahamwalls9379 4 жыл бұрын

Vicky is a very pretty lady . So enjoy these videos , with the two of them & seeing different routes & places. Some I have been on myself .

@michaellee8410 7 жыл бұрын

Another great video, your enthusiasm is never ending. 9 3/4 again.

@gobears6487 7 жыл бұрын

Michael Lee 9 3/4 hooray!

@russellsawyer2742 7 жыл бұрын

The Ffestiniog is amazing! Glad you enjoyed it chaps

@stefanrogers9091 7 жыл бұрын

As someone with family connections with Ffestiniog I am so glad that you had time to visit

@sw01ller 4 жыл бұрын

I drive a train through that castle most weeks but ive never been round it!!! I need to get out more

@melanietuffen 7 жыл бұрын

Ah Holyhead, from where I emigrated to Ireland. Fantastic views on the train from Chester to the Port.

@OtterBee123 6 жыл бұрын

That train at the beginning is the most beautiful train I've ever seen

@marcdebruin2425 7 жыл бұрын

You're getting better all the time!

@cowscrazy 7 жыл бұрын

I want to do this railway on my holiday next year. All the Castles !!!

@morusowenwilliams5795 5 жыл бұрын

i live there and ive never been on the railway, we really dident want the railway to be reopened because it cut through our farms and the noise, tourism is a good thing for the economy but not for the welsh language

@missgfaulkner 7 жыл бұрын

Almost screamed when that dog appeared onscreen, IT'S SO FLUFFY!

@HARROW46 7 жыл бұрын

it just keeps getting better and better !!APPLAUSE!!

@scullytawoody4852 7 жыл бұрын

love the views from the train reminds me of the poppy line , which is the North Norfolk railway .

@ThomK-TBF-IRL 6 жыл бұрын

I've been on the Ffestiniog railway. It's an awesome ride. :3

@burkiwa 7 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence! Yesterday evening I watched the first episode of 'Full Steam Ahead' by the BBC on KZfaq and it was about this specific railway line.

@TravelJackJourneys158 7 жыл бұрын

another fantastic video All of the Little Trains of Wales are fantastic

@DougPaulley 7 жыл бұрын

it looks like you had a really terrible day 😀 I love those lines.

@w0033944 7 жыл бұрын

Holyhead was an important station in the steam era, as there were frequent Euston - Holyhead boat trains which had a fairly high status on the LMS and were lengthy, hence the overall canopy and platform length.

@robertlittle3997 7 жыл бұрын

just watched the video amazing yet again

@Sabrinajaine 6 жыл бұрын

Aww Matt's such a nice guy. Also the bloke at the end definitely took a picture of you haha

@MidtownSkyport 7 жыл бұрын

6:13 I thought that was a model railway at first! great shot

@MatthewK421 7 жыл бұрын

I TOOK DAT TRAIN (3rd July) As a return journey from The camp site to Porthmadog. Nice one, Geoff

@Novice-Otaku 7 жыл бұрын

Best episode so far!

@ChrisKitVeedubber 7 жыл бұрын

I cannot believe it, you were exactly where we were passing by on our charity roadtrip - Kernow2 from Newquay in Cornwall up to Blackpool round the Welsh coast. If we'd known about you guys doing this would have messaged to meet up.

@harleancarpenter8043 4 жыл бұрын

Vicki's pronunciation was great. Yes, Geoff, catch up time, big time. Had a full name platform ticket from Llanfair PG about, err, 45 years ago, lol

@emmettbyrne9835 5 жыл бұрын

The North Wales line is amazing 😍

@petersheil641 5 жыл бұрын

Love the video series. I was looking for the ones between this (day 56) and day 66 as my closest station (New Southgate) was done on day 62 I think...if I understand the map information correctly.

@qwertyTRiG 7 жыл бұрын

Holyhead station has only three platforms, but is spread out over a very large area. Only Platform 2 is in the impressive train shed. Platform 3 lies just outside it, and Platform 1 (used by the direct trains to London Euston) is in a different area altogether. The signs from Platform 1 to the ferry bring you up the platform, through a large empty concourse, and back down Platform 2. You're much better off going down Platform 1 to the bridge, which brings you over water to the ferryport. The signs predate the bridge.

@patrickmeyer2802 7 жыл бұрын

Nice to see that little double articulated loco in good working order. They are usually confined to museums these days.

@Darren79 7 жыл бұрын

Conwy is a lovely place (with a great beach if the weather is hot - I went in 2003 during the heatwave). Some of the walk around the walls is not good if you don't like heights as there's sometimes no barrier and its a sheer drop into someone's back garden:)

@siuoleht 6 жыл бұрын

I just love how at 8:45 the full name of Llanfair PG doesn’t fit on the screen properly!

@heha9752 7 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! I'm from the US and I'm a huge fan of both of your videos! I was actually just in Bangor the day you had come,I wish I had gotten to meet both of you :(

@morusowenwilliams5795 5 жыл бұрын

George Frey bangor is i shithole i live therr

@Stettafire 2 жыл бұрын

@@morusowenwilliams5795 Dude, shut the hell up. All you ever do is say everywhere is a shithole. Go back to under your rock

@malcolmhindes9258 7 жыл бұрын

So near and yet so far. When you were in Porthmadog you should have visited the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, just next to the main line station. It has the best tea rooms - yes TEA - in Wales! We got a brief glimpse at the end of Day 55.

@RevGear99 7 жыл бұрын

'Castle Time'. That sounds like a great name for your new channel. Where do I subscribe?

@SamSitar 7 жыл бұрын

i want to watch it as well.

@Northerner_Transport_Hub 5 жыл бұрын

12:49 omg that dog is amazingly cute

@jmas1070 6 жыл бұрын

Loved this video, despite the fact that you didn't show my favorite Anglesey station, Rhosneigr.

@eey-bee 7 жыл бұрын

Ay, familiar territory! Shame (but also understandable) that you didn't get time/a chance to check out both Menai and Britannia Bridge. Excellent bit of history there. The interesting sandwich that is Bangor station is good fun too, but again totally understand the time constraints.

@olliemelville1684 7 жыл бұрын

Great video as always! Disappointed not to see Chester in there though! Also Chester has a Castle

@chrisporter7872 5 жыл бұрын

Been to Wrexham General since Wrexham FC are next door to the Station and stayed in the Premier Inn across the road. Also been to Holyhead for the Ferry to Ireland. Nice to see the Ferry Treminal in daylight. Just the night Ferry does not have foot passengers. :-)

@6yjjk 7 жыл бұрын

I used to live not far from Runcorn East, so that announcement at the end takes me back! I could probably still reel off all the stops. Got the train out to Llandudno regularly. Once as we pulled out of Llandudno Junction and got that spectacular view of Conwy Castle, some teenager piped up: "That's well old, they should knock it down!"

@chriggle1 5 жыл бұрын

I can say F off in Welsh 😝

@Stettafire 2 жыл бұрын

@@chriggle1 I can call you a c* in Welsh also 🙄

@obel15k 7 жыл бұрын

Great video and the Ffestiniog Railway looks amazing. A few years ago my birthday treat was a Statesman Rail day return trip from Hull to Blaenau which should have included a short journey on the Ffestiniog. Problems with Selby swing bridge caused us to get diverted, and the delay meant that we missed our slot on the single track from Llandudno Junction and so couldn't do the Ffestiniog. A few hours at Betws-y-Coed was the only consolation.

@raddad3166 6 ай бұрын

Guys,I'm new to your channel. Love your video,however its called Con-we & not Conway. Diolch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@gerrit8098 7 жыл бұрын

when i was on vacation in the UK, getting to betws y coed both ways i had to wait at llandudno junction for like a bit more than an hour each way but it was worth it cuz i love trains and i got to see a steam train pulling some pullman cars!

@jonathancook4022 7 жыл бұрын

I visirted this castle on a 2001 school trip - remember it well!!! I think a very very primative 3D simulation of it was also released on either Microsoft Encarta or some other BBC equivalent.

@marthaanderson2656 7 жыл бұрын

between live feeds on facebook and bonus videos, it is sort of starting to feel like "Groundhog Day". i am sure you feel it too when staying at the generic hotels. Were'nt we at this station last week??? Another great video!

@danieledwards5313 4 жыл бұрын

Oh the amount of times I have been on the lovely Ffestiniog railway

@marsgal42 7 жыл бұрын

An important city in the U.S.A. was founded as (translated from Spanish) The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula. Long since shortened to The Angels, but in Spanish, so Los Angeles.

@SamSitar 7 жыл бұрын

Laura, so nice that we have an american version of Llanfair PGW.

@davidthorne7712 7 жыл бұрын

Loved seeing the Malamute at 12:48

@princecomputergames 7 жыл бұрын

OMG Cute wales train the intro one.

@isaac_fuller_ 4 жыл бұрын

Betws-Y-Coed is my favourite station in Wales! You should've stopped there

@itzjadencr3202 5 жыл бұрын

You should go to the Swindon & Cricklade Railway

@louispoche4312 7 жыл бұрын

12:35 sweet

@Inkyminkyzizwoz 6 жыл бұрын

At first glance it looks like it has 58 letters, but technically it's less than that because certain pairs of letters such as LL count as single letters in Welsh. It's shown in timetables as simply 'Llanfairpwll', so the longest station name in the country that's in official use is Rhoose Cardiff International Airport

@studiosnch 7 жыл бұрын

Jeff saying "Sie müssen jetzt einsteigen" is just so cute. Not even the train conductors here (either in DB, ÖBB, or SBB) do this now. They're just like, "Ähm, Fahrkarte? Tickets?" Also the Llanfair PG name not fitting the screen got me.

@ericjamieson 6 жыл бұрын

Would you perhaps, describe the old fashioned formal German as... quaint?

@xlipsyalicex 6 жыл бұрын

chepstow is another one where the walls go round the town you have the main castle then the walls continue round my firned in her old house actually had the castle wall in the back of her garden is was amazing

@nnmmnmmnmnnm 7 жыл бұрын

Touching sadness at Hollyhead.

@damianknight8064 7 жыл бұрын

eh up Geoff was lovely

@carmeenamack 3 жыл бұрын

Matt was a sound bloke innit. Top lad.

@Nige031077 4 жыл бұрын

I often wonder if the makers of All the Stations ever watched Treasure Hunt (back in the early '80's), as I am getting a bit of a 'hurry Annie' (as in Anneka Rice).

@Nige031077 4 жыл бұрын

Also there was a Camera crew, a man named Geoff, and some lovely scenery (and not just shots of Anneka's bottom as some people would claim), as she would run around looking for clues with the aid of a helicopter. ☺

@meltrain 6 жыл бұрын

You were just in time to be on a train pulled by the Earl Of Merioneth (the green loco from the Ffestiniog Railway), because that loco will be permanently taken out of service from April 8th onwards.

@camotech1314 4 ай бұрын

Vicki driving a steam train, that would be awesome 😮

@llwyde1104 4 жыл бұрын

Da iawn Vicki !!

@terryscott4670 7 жыл бұрын

FYI Bruce, the guard on the Arriva train at Llanfair PG, also volunteers on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways

@geoffreyatherton4224 7 жыл бұрын

Yep! Fully paid up "Chuffernutter" we have quite number of professional mainline guards.

@andrewholloway231 7 жыл бұрын

Yep, the Great Little Trains of Wales.

@railnut21 7 жыл бұрын

Fun fact the arriva guard at Long name station also volunteers at the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway as a guard as well.

@geoffreyatherton4224 7 жыл бұрын

Well spotted.

@TheWacoKid1963 5 жыл бұрын

Been to Porthmadog but never did the railway, Instead I done the two slate mine tours and Snowdonia mountain railway, It's a strange feeling riding the Snowdonia trains, Sort of shake shake shake lol

@barvdw 7 жыл бұрын

Lucky bastards, we had to change to a bus at Blaenau for engeneering. Great video! I'm quite sure the hat of that first Ffestiniog employee is an old SNCB/NMBS station master. I should have had one, but never worked outside, so they thought it wasn't necessary :(

@geoffreyatherton4224 7 жыл бұрын

Correct. Gift from a visitor.

@starlinguk 7 жыл бұрын

I live fairly close to the station, but not close enough to see the trains. So when I smell a steam engine I tweet Ian from Lancaster Station to ask him which train it was...