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You had me worried Ron, I was afraid that you weren't venturing outside...what a relief you made it. Thanks for the nice visit, it's just what OVM needed, she's been upset because I don't take her swimming enough, apparently. Anyway, you took her mind off it, that is until the video started with all that water, thanks so much for the "trigger warning". It seems like only last year I was saying that I was giving the AC its annual test. Well today was the day for this year, it's on now and things are cooling down after a rather muggy day. I'll have to set a reminder to turn it off soon before the dog gets used to it and gets even more demanding. Have a good week Ron, sorry about the late submission, every day is starting to blend a bit...

Your garden looks beautiful Ron. What a lot of work someone is putting in to keep it so fresh and colourful. I keep telling my daughter how nice and perfumed those Nemesias are. Falling on deaf ears so far. The older sister hasn’t been far this week. Mostly chasing up appointments in the NHS and that’s quite challenging. The older sister also says don’t ever feel the pressure of having to reply to comments. We don’t want you to stop enjoying doing what you do because of the pressure. My finger tips are numb so I use a tipped stylus pen in my right hand but that’s mostly on the iPad. The film was very moving. A gathering of family and friends on boats like that to say goodbye is not something you see normally so thankyou very much for bringing this to us.

Good evening Ron. Late on parade this time after a lightning strike fried the electrics. In reality, just two programmes truly missed, The Archers and Parkinson’s Walks.

Hi Ron, Late to the party! Yesterday we had some business to attend to and were up early and got home just in time to watch the end of the Spain Vs Germany game. I really don't know if I want to watch England this evening, I never seem to enjoy it, but just occasionally something memorable happens, I always think of Archie Gemmels goal against the Dutch (ok not England but I always support the British national teams) which was not quite enough but it did them proud and that's all I really want. I wonder what Trev's going to say about today's intrusion, I don't know anyone with a gun and my only experience of weapons is making torpedoes. Perhaps if we point the torpedo tube upwards it might give him a surprise? Your garden is looking wonderful a real tribute to the head gardener (and no doubt to the efforts of the under gardener) well done to you both!! A wonderful tribute to Ben Selfe, amazing to see so many narrow boats on the move at the same time, it must have been quite chaotic at the docks. I fully understand your wariness with animals. I give them a wide berth. The goats that I mentioned were on the most impossible cliff side, but it never worries them. As for me I was halfway up a reservoir dam and some distance from them. To try and allay your fears this was a really safe, wide path which presented no danger and fully open for use but it doesn't really lead anywhere ...... although there is an interesting abandoned canal at the end not a navigable one I might add, dry as a bone anyway. I think the walking season is now at an end, yesterday the car indicated 37° mind you, on the way back, I did spot some chimneys on the horizon and made a detour to take them in!! Actually I have a chimney dilemma. We have a log burner and there is this sound coming from it as if a bird has fallen down it and can't get back up. Its not an easy job to get to it .... "Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke In this 'ole wide world there's no 'appier bloke" I wish I could help it, that would make me a happier bloke. Have a great weekend!!

I only could wish that I would be worthy of that level of respect that they had for Mr. Selfe whence I trundle off into that good night.

Mr Ron, to get such a tribute he must have been a wonderful character, of course these narrow boats the plodding and relentless freight carriers of their day, only overtaken by the railways yet still they have repurposed and survived. Hope for us yet then old chap. You are still reaching out to us with your film clips.

Good afternoon Ron! I am a bit blearly eyed staying up listening to the election results (I have done this since I was about 8 years old!!) on the radio (I am more of a radio than TV sort of person), so sorry for being late! Another lovely vlog, and thank you for the couple of mentions. Hmm - that's a dilemma over authenticity and being clean and shiny on heritage railways. I do remember when I filmed a train on one of the heritage lines that I often feature on my channel, and the coaches outside were dirty and authentic! The comments below the video weren't too kind!! I think most heritage visitors would prefer them to be clean and shiny, but as I like authenticity, I prefer it to look like they would have looked - maybe they should have an 'authentic' weekend once or twice a year, like they do with 1940s weekend (tomorrow on the SVR!) and Thomas The Tank Engine and the like. There's a thought for their marketing teams... Your cinema club on the Gloucester & Sharpness and Gloucester Docks was incredibly moving and quite beautiful. I think I had seen it before, but I think this included new footage, with different and very suitable and apt music to accompany it. Thank you! Great work Ron, Hope you have a good weekend and week, Take care, Paul

A fitting waterborne tribute. Thank you - looking forward to Bewdley next week.

Ron, you are going to have to learn foreign words. Toronto is pronounced Tronno. You see, over there they can't speak english properly!

Good morning Ron. The garden is looking grand. Its been a tricky year for growing and the slugs were real nightmare, guess it was all a wet weather. I can report Syd is getting out for his walks again as the calf has repaired. Mind you Im going to avoid starting the bikes for a while. Looking forward to the next SVR station . Stay safe Pete and Syd

Hello Ron - greetings from Poland. I decided to stay up and watch the UK general election results. I went to bed at 2am but was up again at 6am to see the end on Sky TVs presentaion. An unbeleivable result for Labour. Enough politics. Your garden looked fabulous - I'm very jealous. Our postage stamp at the back of house has lovingly been looked after by Mags. This summer is packed with colour, lovely smells and loads of raspberries. Update on the kittens - now 8 weeks old, growing like you wouldn't believe and are into and up to everything. I'm positive Mags has decided to keep them, which will mean 1 dog, 5 indoor cats, 3 kittens and 4 outside cats she feeds when they decide to use our terrace as a restaurant.

Aah! That was so moving, Ron! Thanks for that!

Love the garden shots. Lovely And the canal & boats too…

Amazing how neatly they park all those boats, Ron, great big things that are difficult to steer. I can't do that as neatly in my car!

Hi Ron. Sorry to be late watching this one, but worth waiting for. The collection of enamel signs, along with the stack of milk churns waiting for collection. Just as it used to be, back in the day. Quite a stretch for the signalman to exchange the tokens . I remember the hustle and bustle with the train at the platforms then the absolute peace before the next one arrives. A country station captured perfectly.

Ah yes the old Telford bridge. I don't even remember now when the road was switched to the new bridge. Nice to see that you can still access it on foot.

Great video Ron, thank you. Always impressed by the places you manage to gain access to! Ever hopeful that the GSWR will make it to Honeybourne in my lifetime.

Hi Ron. "More than a train journey"...I'll say, it looks like you had a perfect day for it. "One of them, whatever that is." What IS that niche for Ron? We've been having lots of rain here, which I don't mind since I don't have to pay to water the garden. OVM is not too pleased since even thunderless rain holds the possibility of thunder, so appropriate cover is taken. Add to the the Canada Day fireworks (which despite by-laws seem to leak over several days on either side) and I have my hands full with her. I'm not sure where I went wrong Ron, honestly. Thanks very much for a very nice day out. Having caught up on your videos, I think I'll entertain myself by streaming "The Railway Children". Have a good week Ron.

Hi Ron, as ever a really enjoyable video. The "Spencer Mineral Waters Bromsgrove" sign on the side of the building took me back to my youth 70 years ago. I lived near Bromsgrove and we got a weekly delivery of two bottles of their pop. It was always lemonade and orangeade . Non of this new fangled cola then! I suspect the sign came from somewhere else as Bromsgrove to Hampton Loade would have been a torturous journey. Seeing the exchange of tablets made me wonder what the signalmans life must have been like during a Salopian winter of yesteryear. Arms held high and rain running down the sleeves. But they were tough then just like their their buildings and trains. Please keep these memory maker videos coming. Regards Mo Johnson

A delightful study of my favourite SVR station. Many a happy day spent there on gala days. The footpath between here and Highley is a wonderful walk with the river on the left and railway the right.

Do you think you could do a severn bridge one (lydney side) I’ve been to and the tunnel is open and the station (minus buildings and signal box) is still there although a bit abandoned

Hampton Loade station mon amour! Lovely video, everything to love about England in the Summer. In these troubled times, a reminder of what is beautiful, enduring and gladdens the heart.

More happy memories Ron. What a gem Hampton Loade is. And you didn’t have to resist the sales coaches being closed. It was nice to see the coach from Barry Railways and still undergoing work. That has been there many years and gradually restored. Although railways were built for freight, the GWR really looked after their passengers too (not customers) having lit fires in the lovely waiting rooms instead of bus shelters with strange metal planks you are meant to perch on that we see so often now. I don’t know if you have tried out the new Worcester Parkway station but on the London platform there was no shelter at all and it’s quite high above the rest of the station. Not very pleasant on a wet windy day and there was no coffee shop but very posh loos. I wonder what anyone else thinks of it. Luckily I tried it on a nice warm day. Thank you 🌻

Lovely Ron, you are more than welcome to come on a tunnel visit one day if you fancy it, i test lights for some of the big companies so I can light these place up nicely.

Afternoon Ron, another railway architectural gem. I think all your male supporters on here would be allowed to use the gentlemen toilet don’t you? While your none supporters would have to go in the long grass. Only joking of course.

Good morning Ron and thank you for today's video. Hampton Loade is my favourite station on the SVR. The station itself is absolutely charming and couldn't be more representative of a country station back in the day. Even having the original entrance maintained as it would have been and other "outside" attention to detail enhances it even more. Regarding heritage railways in general, there is one aspect that I rarely see addressed, and that is the cosmetic condition of the locomotive and rolling stock. On heritage railways they are always presented in immaculate condition with gleaming paint and polished brasswork etc. Now, when I grew up in the steam era, unless you saw a locomotive that had just been outshopped from the works, they were generally grimy and showed, authentically, the effects of the hard working life that they led. So my question is, should we see at least one locomotive in that condition on our heritage railways to give a complete picture of how they used to be? I am just referring to the cosmetic condition here of course; the locomotive would be maintained to the high standard of performance and safety as it is now. In the model railway world where modellers produce exhibition layouts, there are quite often locomotives that are painted to represent an ageing engine in poor cosmetic condition to give that sense of authenticity: I would be interested to here Simon The Hairy Golfer's views on that one. I have raised this question with some of my colleagues on the Pontypool & Blaenavon Heritage Railway where I volunteer. There are mixed feelings but certainly some sympathy with my thoughts on this. So, what do other members of the PW family think? I would be very interested to hear your comments. Would it deter visitors, the lifeblood of the railway, who want to see immaculate engines for example? Could the same thoughts be applied to the quality of the stations which were also far from immaculate at times? Thanks again Ron for this week's offering and best wishes to you, Pauline and all of the PW family. Regards, Trev.

Mornin' Ron, what a great series this is, really enjoying watching. I liked the photo fade at the start, really well executed!! Lots and lots of interesting details to be seen. The Barry Railway carraige for example or the Royal Scott head board (or is it a tail board?) I don't have a photo of the Royal Scot on my shelf ..... its the real thing ............ well ok its the Hornby O Gauge versión anyway!! We have another cold front coming through so the temperatures have plunged today, if they stay that way then I might be able to get out over the weekend if not the sun is just too hot. On my last walk last weekend i surprised a family of mountain goats who looked at me very suspiciously and well they might I'm not sure I should have been where i was but in my defence I was simply following in the steps of a hiking guide book, nothing dangerous honest Ron!! Anyway have a great weekend .... I hope the weeds havent come back with avengance. Lets hope we hear from Trev. All the best

Lovely station. Makes me want to pay a visit!

Marvellous - all the sights, sounds and charm of a country station caught on video. Very enjoyable. Thank you.

Fascinating Filming - Plenty of Interesting References for us Rail Modellers Hi lighted here Ron, Many Thanks 🙌🏻

This really is a very enjoyable, and beautifully filmed series of videos, celebrating the authentic experience of typical rural branch line stations. Well done, Ron. Keep them coming. Ron.

Morning Ron. Another lovely walk round such a wonderful place. I could spend all day there. Makes me want to get some more railway stuff to put in the conservatory . I also have a pre 1930 GWR signal with the wooden arm in the workshop Stay safe .Pete

Morning Ron, what a wonderful station and you can see the amount of effort put in to make it that way. I shall have to do the same. But looking down the wobbly tracks I see their track laying isn't any better than mine!

Wow! That was a wonderful way to start the day! Thanks Rob!

Good Morning Ron - greetings from a very hot and sunny Poland Yes thanks old friend, I reaslly enjoyed this video. Beautiful location, peaceful, serene and a real treasure. It felt like I had walked back into yesteryear. Your camera skills were brilliant - didn't miss anything of interest.

Thank you Ron for taking me back here again. I recently picked up a copy of a book about the history of this line in a second hand bookshop. It was written by Sir Gerald Nabarro who was both the MP for Kidderminster (and latterly South Worcestershire) and President of the SVR. He was passionate about its restoration. Thank you for pointing out many details that I missed. With Sabrina nearby it makes for a very pretty area. I always love how the shape of the valley funnels the sounds of the trains. Have a good week. Take care, Paul

What a lovely place, Ron! It's treasures like this that make Britain such an endlessly interesting place to explore. Thanks for another great video, and an excellent choice of music.

Beautiful A lot of nice station details… thank you for posting this

So very serene. What a lovely day.

I’ve always known of this but not it’s where abouts and yet this line dispite being fully built never saw a train it never opened the rails were laid in the late 1880s and pulled in 1917

Hi Ron. Strange, I didn't see a bike helmet in that video...Ron...! I'm already missing the routine of work and you had to go and show me a cycling trip. Interesting that you also cycle on the wrong side...hmmm. There have been lots of thunder storms here over the past few days which has made it difficult for OVM, even balls don't seem to distract. Anyway, I'd better go and try to find something to keep me busy, thanks for a nice video visit as always Ron!

Hello Ron no adventures this week but thank you for the lovely memories brought back from Cornwall. We cycled that route many years ago and it’s by no means flat. I liked the nice sedate pace of your cycling as some vloggers on high speed bikes leave me feeling travel dizzy in my armchair and I could enjoy the scenery. Ooh that magnificent viaduct. That same holiday we decided to train and bike to my stay with my sister and family down in Delabole on a farm. Well we got to Bodmin Parkway ok then transferred to the steam railway as far as Wenford Bridge ( I think), then biked through the lanes. Not so easy to find your way through those leafy Cornish lanes with just an ordnance survey map although it looked straightforward at home in the planning. About 2 miles from Delabole we gave up and phoned for family assistance/ the cavalry in the form of my brother in law and then could see where we had gone wrong. Like one of your other subscribers said what a wonderful trip that would be by train all the way to Padstow. The primroses were so lovely too. Thank you again and looking forward to next week.

What a wonderful cycle trail. I believe it begins at Barnstaple, I remember spotting the sign at that point some years ago. That was a very pretty route you were cycling on, with all those primroses. I haven't ridden a bike for years and I'm not sure my balance would allow me to do so. Good to see the station at Wadebridge still almost intact. Great film, Ron. Thank you.

Canal at the bottom of my garden

Looks like a good day out Ron, take care.

Mornin' Ron, Always great to listen in to the comments. That must have been a mamouth trip for Marlyn, well done Big Sis!! Its a lovely walk along the camel trail or a lovely ride anyway. Good for you for getting back on your treader (I read in another comment today). The other day I was in one of these sportshops superstores (Decathlon) and saw one of these modern electric bikes at about 2500 euros. It did look good I must say but I dont think it would get up our hill many times. We were musing about the safety of these things yesterday as we came up to a mini roundabout where a young girl got knocked off her electric scooter. I didnt see it but apparently it happened at slow speeds so no apparent injuries (there was no need for her to be reversed over!!) luckliy she was wearing a helmet, often they don't. From what I see you dont have such great balance on these scooters compared to a bicycle. I definately wouldnt want one. I commiserate with you on the weather its been decidely cool and stormy down here too over the last few days. Lets hope it dries out for you soon All the best

Hello Ron, I was hoping to see Camels, but all I saw was a well informed polite codger on a bike with a bright orange hat. Your knees were like pistons to rival the first steam train in 1899 although you didn’t need coal. You should have attached a dog cart to your bike and then some of us less energetic people could have accompanied you. Best wishes from all your fans.

Wonderful cycle ride beside the Camel. Fresh air and car-free. The next best thing to doing the journey by rail. Looking forward to Hampton Lode explore next week.

Morning Ron. Gosh Is that your first bicycle film ? Ive ridden on the Camel trail but that was a long time ago. Mind you the Tarka Trail in Devon is a good explore too for anyone who's not travelled it. Lots to see and grand in the spring . Syd still being a menace ! Pete

Good morning Ron, I've watched the video twice and not seen a single camel. I think they should rename the trail.