Hi Allan Looks like you had some great days out and of course the visit to the shed by Anthony & Joyce . Well done of fixing Britannia as it’s a good looking loco. Cheers Kev
That was a nice tour around North Wales. I spent many a great night in Llangollen with Joe and Joan Forkin. when we first went there we stayed at the Star next to the fire station. Joe was refurbishing The Prince of Wales, but that did not have any rooms for let. So we stayed in The Grapes Hotel. A group from Stort Vally Auto Club were Marshalling on the RAC Rally as it was called then. It did not matter where our next stage was we would always go and see Joe and Joan. I am glad that you have repaired Brittania and that she runs well. I have a Split chassis B1 and the plastic axles have split and they are the early round pin type. Quathering is going to be a bundle of fun. Martin. (Thailand)
RAC Rally now your going back a it..lol..Am sure Joe & Joan are missing you..lol Any way all good fun was had by all and thank you Martin for looking in.
Thanks very much Alan for replying to my comment. Like the work you are doing so l subscribe to your channel to improve mine to get some great ideas. Thanks DD.
Alan this was a very enjoyable video to watch indeed and it was nice to see Anthony and Joyce in the video too when they visited you and the layout in the shed I continue to enjoy watching your videos Alan carry on being awesome keep up the good work take care and stay safe
hey allan, wales looks like such a great place, so much to see and do, looks like you had a brilliant time with Anthony & Joyce, and you got to drive a loco you lucky bugger🚂🚂😊😊really enjoyed the video. thanks for sharing allan you stay safe & well. kind regards rick @laytonjunctionjnr🚂🚂🚂🚂👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊
Haven't had a chance to watch the video yet, but to any asking... Joyce and I were blown away by the day with Allan and family. We had the most beautful time and are grateful and overwhelmed by his family and generosity. It was a PERFECT time. What Allan and Babs shared with us was AMAZING. Thank you! Also, nice to see the Brittania running and look at you running an 08. WOW!
It was our pleasure to give you some great memories .Totally enjoyed the whole day with you guys. Just enjoy the rest of your trip and you fall in love with York as they say the best is yet to come. Enjoy.
Hi Allan, loved the video, wondered were you got to :) What a great time you all had and now can put a face to the voice of your granddaughter :) HaHa could clearly see the concentration with you at the controls of the 08. Catch up with you soon all the best Peter
Hi Allan, great video looks like you all had a good time, Anthony & Joyce will have a lot to talk about when they get back home, All the best to you & your family, & the same to Anthony & Joyce enjoy your holiday. TONY [ GRIFFIN STATION ].
Nice to see you getting out and about with your friends. I hope the weather was okay, and you avoided the rain. Hopefully when you got home, you were able to enjoy a nice slice of home made fruit and nut cake, with a cup of tea. I am am glad you were able to get the Britannica sorted out. I do admire your level of patience. Toodle Pip.
I was honoured too, to do my bit for Anthony and Joyce here in South Wales. A lovely couple. Nice to see 70000 all fixed and running again too. Great stuff. All the best Allan.
Brilliant video Allan. I am hoping to see Anthony and Joyce Friday morning at sunny Wigan. I believe the Electric Mountain is being demolished, great shame. The lady in the loco cab is Joanne Crompton, she is usually at East Lancs Railway at Bury where I am often found.
i did not know about Electric Mountain is being demolished ...WOW... Nice to know the young lady gets about on the railways..lol.. Thank you Philip for looking in.
Nice to see you entertaining friends from across the pond and a very nice tour of north Wales we’re up in north Wales in September I’d like to call in if possible to see your layout if that’s ok with you we’re going down to Dover way in July and going to call in to see Alan in the loft cheers Al
Yes come and see me if possible let me know closer to the time for address . It will be really nice to see you Alan.And Alan in dover would love to see you am sure he keeps trying to get me go down there. lol. We had a fun time and a big thank you Alan for stopping by.
Hi Allan. You lucky man driving the 08 Shunter. Looks like you all had a great time out and about. I enjoyed this video mate. Regards Alan in Dover :o)
Hi ya Allan. Nice job on the Britannia. Lots of respect for your effort. Great to see her running again. Thanks for taking us along on the tour. I loved all the aircraft. And of course all the trains. That’s so cool you got to drive the 08. I have one in blue, n scale. You must have been thrilled. It seems as though Anthony and Joyce enjoyed themselves. Very enjoyable to see them at Dragon Junction. Thanks for sharing. Keep enjoying your warmer weather. See ya next time.
Hi Allan, Super video lots of different things get you driving an 08 well done doing 00 bill repairs and she worked great giving us a trip around north Wales super and looking after our visitors from America and giving them a good time. Are you coming to York on Wednesday still hoping myself to come by train and have been told that my trains will run we will see!!! Cheers Robert.
It does not look like at this point i wont make it to York i just hope you can.It`s a great day out and it`s right next door to the station. if it all goes well say hi from me ill thinking of you having fun..They are great people to get on with. So thank you for looking in Robert.
A great video Allan sadly I won't be one of the lucky few that will get to meet them both but glad you all had a great time ,them linkages are tricky to do but I find them therapeutic to fit lol glad it's running again though
Sounds like you had a lot of fun mate. Great video as always Allan. By the way as you are a good friend. I thought I would ask if you are looking into buying any Hornby Class 60's? Because if so, I am going to be selling on most of mine off and my examples are mostly detailed with painted buffers. Let me know is there is any particular liveries that you want. I have the GWR Class 60 as 60081 that might be of interest. I will be packing in the model railway hobby for the time being as I am taking on an all new career hence the offer. Not completely given up on model trains and I will be keeping 6 models but I have some exciting times for the future. All the best mate. Ash.
Hi Ash. Shame your pulling away from model trains but if needs must. A big thank you on the offer on the Class 60 ill give that some thought it would be lovely to have a class 60 in fleet. Ill have a word with the wife on that, she's the banker lol.. What sort of price was you looking for for the loco. So a very big thank you for stopping by and looking in on or fun day outs and our friends from the USA . Thank you Ash and stay safe and have fun.
Great film Allan, great to see Britannia back up and running. Looks like you have some fun on your trip out and driving a Gronk. Anthony & Joyce seemed to enjoy there visit as well, I've been to many of the places you took them on my trip to North Wales so know it is a beautiful part of the country and plenty to see.
Oh mate, sooo jealous. I so wish I could have met them but my health wont play. Fabulous video, I know Anthony loves his history. Stay safe mate, Ill catch you on the next one
Great video Allan. I've got lots of similar photos at the Eden camp, it is good but my dog couldn't cope with the submarine hut. North Wales in half a day, crickey it took you that long lol. The Dodge's looked like they enjoyed it. Atb Andy
When you know n.wales like i do it`s easy really. But they got to see the best bits.and we had a bit of fun in the shed . Lots of laughs. i did enjoyed Eden Camp all good fun . Thank you Andy.
Thank you Tony .The air museum is just the A64 before you get to Eden Camp .It`s not a big one but they have some good planes there.`it`s on the map York Air Museum.
Great video there Alan - you have done a lot of stuff from museums to trains. I once did a steam driving course and found it quite nerve racking even though I was supervised by the driver and fireman. I soon found out that trains don't stop like motor cars! lol The Eden Park looks a great place to visit and is certainly on my bucket list of things to do next time I visit North Yorkshire. Cheers Malcolm
Thank you Malcolm and yes Eden park is good and the air museum is not far from Eden park just off the A64. Like you said trains don't stop like a cars. but good fun to do.
Hi Allan. Just think if the Britannia was in N gauge! Have you previously introduced us to Anthony and Joyce? Did you sing "Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)"? How are your algorithms (are you still using the cream - I know how painful they can be [LOL])? It was great to see your day out with your friends.
hi allan , yes its ticket only due to high demand , they are doing 10 till 1 and 1 till 4 tickets for the later still available from drs , good luck pal , kind regards , john
So glad you got the Britannia valve gear sorted out, it's a pig of a job no matter who's doing it. I know plenty of my cohorts would have done a motorhead half way through, kicked the drum kit over, punched the producer and walked out... You did good.
Top man...you looked after them superbly....what a great day👍
Hi Allan
Looks like you had some great days out and of course the visit to the shed by Anthony & Joyce .
Well done of fixing Britannia as it’s a good looking loco.
Cheers Kev
Thank you Kevin.
That was a nice tour around North Wales. I spent many a great night in Llangollen with Joe and Joan Forkin. when we first went there we stayed at the Star next to the fire station. Joe was refurbishing The Prince of Wales, but that did not have any rooms for let. So we stayed in The Grapes Hotel. A group from Stort Vally Auto Club were Marshalling on the RAC Rally as it was called then. It did not matter where our next stage was we would always go and see Joe and Joan. I am glad that you have repaired Brittania and that she runs well. I have a Split chassis B1 and the plastic axles have split and they are the early round pin type. Quathering is going to be a bundle of fun. Martin. (Thailand)
RAC Rally now your going back a it..lol..Am sure Joe & Joan are missing you..lol
Any way all good fun was had by all and thank you Martin for looking in.
Nice video Alan hope you are well.Lots going on thanks for sharing DD.
Thanks very much Alan for replying to my comment. Like the work you are doing so l subscribe to your channel to improve mine to get some great ideas. Thanks DD.
Alan this was a very enjoyable video to watch indeed and it was nice to see Anthony and Joyce in the video too when they visited you and the layout in the shed I continue to enjoy watching your videos Alan carry on being awesome keep up the good work take care and stay safe
Thank you so much Simon..
@@lord-al-2024 your welcome
hey allan,
wales looks like such a great place, so much to see and do, looks like you had a brilliant time with Anthony & Joyce, and you got to drive a loco you lucky bugger🚂🚂😊😊really enjoyed the video.
thanks for sharing allan you stay safe & well.
kind regards rick @laytonjunctionjnr🚂🚂🚂🚂👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊
Yes Rick Wales is lovely place to explore .A little bit of every think.
Haven't had a chance to watch the video yet, but to any asking... Joyce and I were blown away by the day with Allan and family. We had the most beautful time and are grateful and overwhelmed by his family and generosity. It was a PERFECT time. What Allan and Babs shared with us was AMAZING. Thank you! Also, nice to see the Brittania running and look at you running an 08. WOW!
It was our pleasure to give you some great memories .Totally enjoyed the whole day with you guys.
Just enjoy the rest of your trip and you fall in love with York as they say the best is yet to come. Enjoy.
Hi Allan, loved the video, wondered were you got to :) What a great time you all had and now can put a face to the voice of your granddaughter :) HaHa could clearly see the concentration with you at the controls of the 08.
Catch up with you soon all the best Peter
Thank you Peter with the 08 if they let me drive it again i would be a lot quicker...lol...it was fun .Just had a very busy 3 weeks..as you seen .
Nice one Al i enjoyed watching that,Wales is a beautiful part of the World.
Thank you Michael.
Great video Alan. Good to see you getting out and about with your visitors. Good job on the Britannia too. Thanks for sharing. Roy.
Thank you so much Roy.
Hi Allan, great video looks like you all had a good time, Anthony & Joyce will have a lot to talk about when they get back home, All the best to you & your family, & the same to Anthony & Joyce enjoy your holiday. TONY [ GRIFFIN STATION ].
Thank you Tony for your lovely comment.
Hi Allan great watch and so glad you got to spend some quality time enjoying time out from layouts etc.. All the best mate..
Thank you Chris. Loads of fun Chris.
Excellent video thankyou
Thank you Mark
Nice to see you getting out and about with your friends. I hope the weather was okay, and you avoided the rain. Hopefully when you got home, you were able to enjoy a nice slice of home made fruit and nut cake, with a cup of tea. I am am glad you were able to get the Britannica sorted out. I do admire your level of patience. Toodle Pip.
Yes Alan all was good on our little trips out and plenty of tea.
goodvid of you meeting anthony and joyce keep up the good vid thanks lee
Hope you had some with them Lee and they enjoyed liverpool football club.
I was honoured too, to do my bit for Anthony and Joyce here in South Wales. A lovely couple. Nice to see 70000 all fixed and running again too. Great stuff. All the best Allan.
Thank you Tim. and for looking after them in South Wales
Allan, you really got me going,
You got me so, I don't know what I'm doing.😀
There you Kelly all good fun.
Totally agree with Eden Camp, took the children there a few times, must be 25 years ago. Highly recommend the place.
It`s lovely place for history . i had some fun there.
Nice one Allan, really enjoyed that, looks like you had a great time, cheers for now mate, John
Thank you John. Was a very busy time and we all had some great fun.
Dead chuffed to drive a Diesel, two birds with 1 stone, love it Allan.
Thank you.
Hi Allan great video was at Eden camp great place 🚂🚂🚂
Yes very surprising good .i enjoyed it .very clean well laid out and lots of history.
What a lovely video Alen from start to finish, nice to see the family on the days out.
Thank you Paul.
Brilliant video Allan. I am hoping to see Anthony and Joyce Friday morning at sunny Wigan. I believe the Electric Mountain is being demolished, great shame. The lady in the loco cab is Joanne Crompton, she is usually at East Lancs Railway at Bury where I am often found.
i did not know about Electric Mountain is being demolished ...WOW...
Nice to know the young lady gets about on the railways..lol..
Thank you Philip for looking in.
Superb. I bet your guests now know a full welsh breakfast. 👍
Am sure they do now..lol..
Clearly a lot of fun. Driving an 08, get you… Good to see. Glad you enjoyed the time with your visitors
Really good fun John we all enjoyed the day and the weather was good for us.
Nice to see you entertaining friends from across the pond and a very nice tour of north Wales we’re up in north Wales in September I’d like to call in if possible to see your layout if that’s ok with you we’re going down to Dover way in July and going to call in to see Alan in the loft cheers Al
Yes come and see me if possible let me know closer to the time for address .
It will be really nice to see you Alan.And Alan in dover would love to see you am sure he keeps trying to get me go down there. lol.
We had a fun time and a big thank you Alan for stopping by.
Hi Allan. You lucky man driving the 08 Shunter. Looks like you all had a great time out and about. I enjoyed this video mate. Regards Alan in Dover :o)
Fab time Alan .Thank you for stopping by.
Great Video Allan.. always good to see a little bit of another country on what they have to offer when deciding to take a vacation to North Whales..
Sure is i did what i could for them cheers John.
Hi ya Allan. Nice job on the Britannia. Lots of respect for your effort. Great to see her running again. Thanks for taking us along on the tour. I loved all the aircraft. And of course all the trains. That’s so cool you got to drive the 08. I have one in blue, n scale. You must have been thrilled. It seems as though Anthony and Joyce enjoyed themselves. Very enjoyable to see them at Dragon Junction. Thanks for sharing. Keep enjoying your warmer weather. See ya next time.
Thank you Norman . Had a very busy 3 weeks and Anthony and Joyce They were totally blown away. .By all the sights and the Mountains and valleys
Hi Allan,
Super video lots of different things get you driving an 08 well done doing 00 bill repairs and she worked great giving us a trip around north Wales super and looking after our visitors from America and giving them a good time. Are you coming to York on Wednesday still hoping myself to come by train and have been told that my trains will run we will see!!!
Cheers Robert.
It does not look like at this point i wont make it to York i just hope you can.It`s a great day out and it`s right next door to the station.
if it all goes well say hi from me ill thinking of you having fun..They are great people to get on with.
So thank you for looking in Robert.
A great video Allan sadly I won't be one of the lucky few that will get to meet them both but glad you all had a great time ,them linkages are tricky to do but I find them therapeutic to fit lol glad it's running again though
Thank you Brian. We had a fab time .
Sounds like you had a lot of fun mate. Great video as always Allan. By the way as you are a good friend. I thought I would ask if you are looking into buying any Hornby Class 60's? Because if so, I am going to be selling on most of mine off and my examples are mostly detailed with painted buffers. Let me know is there is any particular liveries that you want. I have the GWR Class 60 as 60081 that might be of interest. I will be packing in the model railway hobby for the time being as I am taking on an all new career hence the offer. Not completely given up on model trains and I will be keeping 6 models but I have some exciting times for the future. All the best mate. Ash.
Hi Ash. Shame your pulling away from model trains but if needs must. A big thank you on the offer on the Class 60 ill give that some thought it would be lovely to have a class 60 in fleet. Ill have a word with the wife on that, she's the banker lol..
What sort of price was you looking for for the loco.
So a very big thank you for stopping by and looking in on or fun day outs and our friends from the USA .
Thank you Ash and stay safe and have fun.
Great film Allan, great to see Britannia back up and running. Looks like you have some fun on your trip out and driving a Gronk. Anthony & Joyce seemed to enjoy there visit as well, I've been to many of the places you took them on my trip to North Wales so know it is a beautiful part of the country and plenty to see.
Thank you Robin for stopping by and we did some fun and laughs..
wonderful video
Thank you
Oh mate, sooo jealous. I so wish I could have met them but my health wont play. Fabulous video, I know Anthony loves his history. Stay safe mate, Ill catch you on the next one
Thank you.
Great video Allan. I've got lots of similar photos at the Eden camp, it is good but my dog couldn't cope with the submarine hut. North Wales in half a day, crickey it took you that long lol. The Dodge's looked like they enjoyed it. Atb Andy
When you know n.wales like i do it`s easy really. But they got to see the best bits.and we had a bit of fun in the shed . Lots of laughs.
i did enjoyed Eden Camp all good fun .
Thank you Andy.
Nice and I got my blood and custard cosches too
Nice one .They are dam good coaches to have
Great video, Al. the aircraft museum looks Fab, where is it....stay safe buddy Tony
Thank you Tony .The air museum is just the A64 before you get to Eden Camp .It`s not a big one but they have some good planes there.`it`s on the map York Air Museum.
Cheer's for that. you might have to remind me when i go up north again, lol..cheer's Tony
Great video there Alan - you have done a lot of stuff from museums to trains. I once did a steam driving course and found it quite nerve racking even though I was supervised by the driver and fireman. I soon found out that trains don't stop like motor cars! lol The Eden Park looks a great place to visit and is certainly on my bucket list of things to do next time I visit North Yorkshire. Cheers Malcolm
Thank you Malcolm and yes Eden park is good and the air museum is not far from Eden park just off the A64. Like you said trains don't stop like a cars. but good fun to do.
great video allan
Thank you Luke.
@@lord-al-2024 no problem check out some of my recent locomotive reviews
Hi Allan. Just think if the Britannia was in N gauge! Have you previously introduced us to Anthony and Joyce? Did you sing "Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)"? How are your algorithms (are you still using the cream - I know how painful they can be [LOL])? It was great to see your day out with your friends.
Yes it was ver enjoyable day with them lots of laughs and fun. Cheers Paul.
brilliant fun allan , what its all about , you going to the drs charity day at crewe allan
Thank you and not sure is it ticket only.?.
hi allan , yes its ticket only due to high demand , they are doing 10 till 1 and 1 till 4 tickets for the later still available from drs , good luck pal , kind regards , john
@@wellensj Thank you so much for the info . ill look it up Cheers John.
So glad you got the Britannia valve gear sorted out, it's a pig of a job no matter who's doing it. I know plenty of my cohorts would have done a motorhead half way through, kicked the drum kit over, punched the producer and walked out... You did good.
Thank you for looking in and i know what you mean..lol..
Ok, now you can start and stop the 08. How do you stear it?
You talk to the driver next to you.. lol...
@@lord-al-2024 ha, ha.
hmmm a shed layout, sounds good!
anthany should have had a box wagon to get signed from all the people who he meets here in the uk
Dam good idea never thought of that .
It's our charley miss that laugh already