There's Someone Looking At Me - Episode 18, Day 31 - St Pancras to Skegness

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2017
  • It's Tuesday 6th June, and bad weather causes grey skies, plenty of rain, and a cancelled train. But Geoff & Vicki battle on to find a dead king, Nottingham's trams, and the lights of Skegvegas. Oh, and did we mention the rain too?
    View the progress map and loads more information about the project on the website at: allthestations.co.uk/stationlist/
    ROUTE: St Pancras. Kettering, Leicester, Nottingham, Skegness

ความคิดเห็น • 211

  • @bradbel
    @bradbel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Vicki: "The market opened in 1204" Geoff looks at his watch and says: "That means it's only been opened for an hour." Very good Geoff.

  • @applefanXXX
    @applefanXXX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    "The market opened in 1204. Thats a long time to have a market"
    "Well its only quarter past 1 now, its only been open an hour"
    Very witty Geoff...

  • @michaelwatson113
    @michaelwatson113 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Sooo English. The weather. The pubs. The history. The delayed trains. The lush countryside. And Geoff and Victoria.

    • @neobe195
      @neobe195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The dynamic duo.

  • @jonathancook4022
    @jonathancook4022 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    What an absurd, but delightfully fresh excuse for 'not cleaning things'

  • @bockersjv
    @bockersjv 7 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    After a night of political chaos we welcome the warm comforting embrace of another excellent All the Stations video. A blustery episode to brighten my day.

    • @londonismyzipcode4671
      @londonismyzipcode4671 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      John Vocking oh, the PM elections in the U.K. Must be miserable for you guys.

    • @londonismyzipcode4671
      @londonismyzipcode4671 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TheRyanHund I'm from America, I don't really know what I'm talking about

    • @UTubeThePatient
      @UTubeThePatient 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't forget we political types were out in that weather on Mon and Tues! (Stop cheering out there.) Yes, I WAS impressed with the tram/canal shot as you seem to have so little time at each town.

  • @transparentlemon
    @transparentlemon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    5:57 That was one of our trams! I'm very proud of Nottingham's tramway and I think we are very lucky to have one. I'd say we have the 2nd best tramway in the uk (next to manchester because theirs is bigger)

    • @jamie_j0h
      @jamie_j0h 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Transparent Lemon Sheffield is great too, just very under subsidised😂

  • @KasabianFan44
    @KasabianFan44 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    2:13 oh dear Geoff xD

  • @Match2100
    @Match2100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Now there's the Britain I always imagine, grey and dreary!

  • @DanLoudShirts
    @DanLoudShirts 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    that look at the camera after the Thomas Cook sponsorship reference!

    • @Roblilley999
      @Roblilley999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Possibly knowing now best not to be sponsored by Thomas Cook

    • @joesos
      @joesos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Robert Lilley ha!

  • @badlyfilmedproductionspres8022
    @badlyfilmedproductionspres8022 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Leicester station has some good signs about its history and it a wonderful building

  • @trainmaniacstudios8216
    @trainmaniacstudios8216 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Its a real pity about the weather, Skegness is great when the sun is shining. Great job at trying to get the best out of the day guys :)

  • @DTPORT5723
    @DTPORT5723 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Another good ep you two! Good work on trying to stay optimistic inspite of the problems, most delays and gone-wrongs never happen on a sunny day!

  • @airfoxtrot2006
    @airfoxtrot2006 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video guys! Really enjoying the adventure.

  • @ambivalent_hoax
    @ambivalent_hoax 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As I settle into bed on a winter's night, it's such a nice finish to the day seeing the next instalment of this series. :-)

    • @cathallawlor989
      @cathallawlor989 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ian Anthony well you are describing somewhere like New Zealand

    • @ElectricMotive
      @ElectricMotive 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      very rainy in sydney

    • @palmeriain
      @palmeriain 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      An overcast and chilly Masterton, New Zealand

  • @carguy9767
    @carguy9767 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing as always

  • @MorrisTart
    @MorrisTart 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You two are such heroes!

  • @andylinton2798
    @andylinton2798 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Note from the Pronunciation Police: "Ye", as in "Ye Olde Shippe" is correctly pronounced "the". Because until a long time ago the th sound was denoted by Y.

    • @catfish552
      @catfish552 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More accurately, the sound was written as the latter þ, called thorn, which looked very similar to y in some fonts, but fell out of use eventually.

    • @thomasmann9216
      @thomasmann9216 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah. We know.

  • @andyb5637
    @andyb5637 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love Skegness but it always rains when I visit too. ☔

  • @LeePorte
    @LeePorte 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I've parked on the space where Richard III was found. Wonder how much he was charged?

  • @the801azuma
    @the801azuma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At East Midlands Parkway, the thing out the window was a power station

  • @JJ-Malone
    @JJ-Malone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thomas cook actually died in Leicester, He wasn't actually from there.
    First Thomas Cook package tour was from Leicester to Loughborough (My home town).

  • @ianmcclavin
    @ianmcclavin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've been to Corby (not trying to rub it in!!). Corby in the rain - you're not missing much, hopefully it'll be brighter on your return. The cooling towers at East Midlands Parkway always turned a few heads even before they opened the station there!

  • @thepvporg
    @thepvporg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Shame you didn't jump on the Tram from Nottingham Station in to the centre and slab square as it is called locally, the old market square is the original location for the Nottingham Goose Fair. The current location for the fair is on the Forest Recreation Ground, also accessible by Tram, about a 5 minute journey.

    • @thepvporg
      @thepvporg 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ham Street but they said 45 minutes when coming out the BBC offices.

  • @Darren79
    @Darren79 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah, another lovely soothing video to get lost inside:)

  • @GenialHarryGrout
    @GenialHarryGrout 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So much for the direct service between Skegness and London which was promised in about 2010 but didn't happen. I know this because I had my 15 minutes of fame on the local news when this was being reported and was the reason for the refurbishment of Skegness station.

  • @olivergoodacre
    @olivergoodacre 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay, Loughborough! I reckon that whoever sponsored that station must be pretty awesome, and oh, so handsome! ;-)

  • @dylanlcreser
    @dylanlcreser 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can't believe you came to my home town of Kettering!!!!!

    • @dylanlcreser
      @dylanlcreser 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, but they got off!

    • @charliecahill7252
      @charliecahill7252 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can't believe I missed them at Wellingborough!

    • @rjc0234
      @rjc0234 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am so proud the train was also insanely delayed in Kettering. getting that realistic East Midlands train service.

  • @BritainsRailways
    @BritainsRailways 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Video

  • @ianwyj1
    @ianwyj1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:25 Trivia - the y in Ye was originally a separate character in the alphabet (þ) that eventually dropped out of use. It's form slowly evolved to resemble a y, but it was pronounced like a 'th, so 'ye olde' would have been correctly pronounced as 'the olde'.

  • @ritchiehunt1904
    @ritchiehunt1904 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    you stopped at Kettering, where I used to live, and now I live in Skeg-vegas, great job guys

  • @azog23
    @azog23 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Pacer spotting tip: they don't have bogies.

  • @whodewawhybot
    @whodewawhybot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "It's only been open an hour!" :: I Lol'ed.

  • @steved8193
    @steved8193 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sorry for the storm, my fault, I was getting my decking re-laid and re-varnished.

  • @lcmortensen
    @lcmortensen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Tip for Vicky: Pacer train numbers start with 14, Sprinter train numbers numbers start with 15.

    • @matthewalbery8827
      @matthewalbery8827 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Presumably different types of train are maintained at different types of depots, you won't find 'Pacers' that far south(?) I have a cold spot in my heart for 158s, feel cramped the 150s have a much better layout, but maybe reduced capacity.

    • @neobe195
      @neobe195 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Matthew Albery I prefer 156. They are very loud but nice to sit on going through the highlands.

  • @angusstewart6655
    @angusstewart6655 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I want the old music

  • @peteryoung1902
    @peteryoung1902 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Weather wise, Tuesday was awful. You both looked cold, hard to believe it's June. Enjoyed your video.

  • @GTRider69
    @GTRider69 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm glad I'm not the only one that finds that the use of your train is delayed due to inclement weather funny.

  • @CaalamusTube
    @CaalamusTube 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    The editing was really nice in this one√

  • @paulbishop6091
    @paulbishop6091 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are my heroes

  • @BrickLeafTale
    @BrickLeafTale 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    good video 😀

  • @skegnas4948
    @skegnas4948 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seeing the inn in Nottingham reminded me of a pub in St Albans that I remember was argued to be the oldest in the country (from what I heard there was one other that disputed its claim and I can't remember if it was the one you went to here) called Ye Olde Fighting Cocks down by the Abbey (lovely building that you should visit if you get the chance, Vicki, it's got the 2nd longest nave in the country I think) and Verulamium Park (got some nice remnants of the Roman wall there). Their website says ~793AD but the Telegraph has it as possibly dating back to 973AD (apparently the first licence they have is from the 18th century which is why it's disputed). I think the general idea in the area is that it does date back that long, which doesn't really surprise me given the buildings and institutions that have survived this long in St Albans itself (the oldest school in Hertfordshire, for example - ~948AD). Anyway, I'll stop rambling on about St Albans and pubs now, just thought it was an interesting tidbit!
    Great video and series, always love seeing there's a new one out! :-)

  • @IainG81
    @IainG81 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's like the sad ending to EastEnders or Neighbours at the start 😀

  • @sambull8237
    @sambull8237 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big up Market Harborough! #Hometown

  • @harshberry9
    @harshberry9 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hi the series is great keep it up. I love when you show a map of the areas you are going to on your phone. 4:34. Can you please do more of that? Either as a full map at the start of the video or just as you do during the video.

    • @AllTheStations
      @AllTheStations  7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      great feedback Harshil, noted!

    • @gobears6487
      @gobears6487 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      agree ATS, liked that too! veey cool shot

    • @gobears6487
      @gobears6487 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +gobears6487 or very*! doh

    • @PNEKarl
      @PNEKarl 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes please. A great idea. Does anyone have a link to the map app I could use on my PC. I don't own a smart-phone.

    • @LeoStarrenburg
      @LeoStarrenburg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      www.projectmapping.co.uk/ I use their www.projectmapping.co.uk/Resources/TOCs%20AS%20v26%20June%202017.pdf map.

  • @pcharliep61
    @pcharliep61 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think you have a great channel. Today I noticed that Victoria waves like the Queen :) By the way if you are sick of the rain send it down our way Victoria, Australia we down here can always use more rain :)

  • @DansoIce
    @DansoIce 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you know some crazy stuff happened when the intro is the slow sad music...

  • @annother3350
    @annother3350 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Incidentally, that statue was the first Richard the third ever to be polished

  • @The_Untitled
    @The_Untitled 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can't believe that I was within 100 meters of the legend with my house directly next one of the stations on the Nottingham - Skegness line. Only I moved here 2 years ago god dammit. Buy hey I live somewhere Geoff Marshall has been close to

  • @emmo999
    @emmo999 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    East Midlands Parkway is next to Ratcliffe on Soar power station

  • @ChrisInTheNorth
    @ChrisInTheNorth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Vicki's rather winsome 'All The Stations' announcement just before the theme tune

    • @ianmcclavin
      @ianmcclavin 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ChrisInTheNorth I noticed they used one of the alternative arrangements of the theme tune for the first time. Slow arrangement because it rained, and you had a cancellation?

    • @obel15k
      @obel15k 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the downbeat version of the theme tune, maybe reflecting the initial mood of the day.

  • @bachtehude2437
    @bachtehude2437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RIP Thomas Cook

  • @bobbobless522
    @bobbobless522 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Olde Trip to Jerusalem. great watering hole and food.

  • @harrystrains3227
    @harrystrains3227 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    When Vicki said a sprinter the train was actually a super sprinter train. Sprinters are formed of class 150s,class 153s,class 155s and class 156s. Super Sprinters are class 158s and class 159s

  • @trainzandtrombones
    @trainzandtrombones 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:14 "We should've got Thomas Cook to sponsor us" *sly look to the camera*

  • @sophiegeppert
    @sophiegeppert 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Geoff I live in Kettering! (yes trains to Corby are always bad!)

  • @borderlands6606
    @borderlands6606 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Skegness Jolly Fisherman began life as a railway marketing character to promote travel to the town.

  • @adamwilderspin7854
    @adamwilderspin7854 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    You went to my station Nottingham! (but not the closest to me, Hucknall is)

  • @finlaywishart8664
    @finlaywishart8664 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    arrrg you did Nottingham and I cant belive I missed you

  • @lukenixon1663
    @lukenixon1663 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    ay! u came to kettering, my home town! I tried to meet u there and see u but didnt get there in time!

  • @davekirwin
    @davekirwin 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    The cooling towers belong to Ratcliffe Power Station.
    "You are using that shot" - hahaha!

  • @AlonsoRules
    @AlonsoRules 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Re Thomas Cook - don't forget Thomas Cook Airlines - the name is printed in huge writing on the plane

  • @benh2807
    @benh2807 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love these videos. One point though. There is also an 'oldest pub' in St Albans (The Fighting Cocks), and also one in Chiddingfold, Surrey, called the Crown... I think that's what it's called. Don't ask me which the oldest one is, just pointing out that more than one pub makes that claim. Apologies for bring pedantic, but then I must be a bit of a geeky type to be addicted to this series right?

    • @TheMan377-vr2mx
      @TheMan377-vr2mx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Chiddingfold! Been past there on my way to Littlehampton

  • @lonelymelon6623
    @lonelymelon6623 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:54 Best excuse ever!

  • @staples294
    @staples294 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my station Loughborough :D

  • @brian9731
    @brian9731 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Skegness is a long way from pretty much everywhere.

    • @thomasgibbons5082
      @thomasgibbons5082 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats lincolnshire for you i would know bc j libe there

  • @Finley_Stuff
    @Finley_Stuff ปีที่แล้ว

    Geoff: Vicki, is it a pacer or a sprinter?
    Vicki: (Level crossing barrier raising noises)
    Vicki: Spirnter

  • @jacobbaer785
    @jacobbaer785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:43 It's really windy!

  • @LoganSpooner
    @LoganSpooner 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in Nottingham and if you have a train at Platform 2, you need to have around 5 minutes if you want to walk

  • @KEITHMU
    @KEITHMU 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I prefer the original theme music

  • @brian9731
    @brian9731 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    There are many "oldest inns in England". Another is the Bingley Arms in Bardsey between Leeds and Wetherby. It claims to date back to 953AD and has real priest holes (from a somewhat later period) up its chimney. www.bingleyarms.com/gallery-1617.html
    Unfortunately, it doesn't have a railway running anywhere near it (and I don't think it ever has done), so you're not going to see it on your trip.

    • @brian9731
      @brian9731 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I stand corrected in that point.

  • @ellieaquitrain
    @ellieaquitrain 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cheeky royal wave from Queen Victoria at 6:38

  • @DavidShepheard
    @DavidShepheard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why is Vicki "V Pipe" in the credits?
    Shouldn't her name contain All The Letters?

  • @CS_22
    @CS_22 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah! Leicester my home town, How was it? Very rainy like always

  • @floridmonkey2723
    @floridmonkey2723 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rip, that shot sounds kinda cool.

  • @vulorb
    @vulorb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Vegas 👍✌️

  • @rockystrains8891
    @rockystrains8891 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nottingham my home town

  • @williamPearcewill
    @williamPearcewill 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    i live near kettering and corby and the corby train is frequently canncelled or delayed

  • @duckydashcam751
    @duckydashcam751 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    when you go back through Nottingham to Bulwell and Hucknall, you can catch the tram which runs parallel to the train line. would you do that like you did in London?

  • @wildrhyrhy1974
    @wildrhyrhy1974 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    NOOO I WAS IN NOTTINGHAM THE SAME DAY YOU WERE THERE

  • @practicallyfamous
    @practicallyfamous 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What happened to Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth and the Cromer lines?

    • @LeoStarrenburg
      @LeoStarrenburg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ditto ! Looking forward to see Brundall again ;)

    • @munglejoela
      @munglejoela 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes was looking forward to seeing my home patch!

    • @munglejoela
      @munglejoela 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Robbie Glow That's where I live! :-)

  • @davidhobbies7712
    @davidhobbies7712 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video what are you guys doing next ?

  • @howdidthishappen9789
    @howdidthishappen9789 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Do you think you could do a Nottingham trams transmission?

  • @marblesjn
    @marblesjn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Before I watched this I thought Vicki Geoff and some trains. What could possibly go wrong.

  • @Trockenshampooleopard
    @Trockenshampooleopard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder whether there is a train from Nottingham to Skegness (or vice versa) that stops at all three least used stations on the way (Bottesford, Elton & Orston, Havenhouse). Follow-up: are there any services calling at more than three least used stations?

  • @velocityep8254
    @velocityep8254 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I told you Thameslink would be late when I met you at penge ;)

  • @johnkellett7797
    @johnkellett7797 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you make it to Corby? Is now a two track line rather than single with a four track line from Kettering to Bedford, better service, apparently, when completed but no new stations.

  • @charliecahill7252
    @charliecahill7252 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I WAS AT KETTERING TODAY AND I TOOK THAT TRAIN

  • @teecefamilykent
    @teecefamilykent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awww poor Viicki.

  • @peterscandlyn
    @peterscandlyn 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ahhhh, it's a tough job but someone's gotta.....

  • @madhatter1964
    @madhatter1964 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you need a lift to or from Corby in the future let me know .

  • @mavizs
    @mavizs 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:21 That's an Express Sprinter but Sprinter is also right

  • @dannyread8506
    @dannyread8506 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    The cooling tower is part of Radcliffe power station.

  • @pippinrocks
    @pippinrocks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So what’s the difference between a pacer and a sprinter?

  • @JamesTheBell1
    @JamesTheBell1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very clever post-credits bit!

  • @lrp_745
    @lrp_745 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    cool

  • @MrBook123456
    @MrBook123456 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ​👍​👍​👍​👍

  • @HamTransitHistory
    @HamTransitHistory 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:56 that is the right spot, that is where KR3 was found, the excavation was caught on Google streetview www.google.ca/maps/@52.6339717,-1.1366492,3a,22.2y,67.09h,88.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZ5QiGwDUgYDcNA2STAGhPg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

  • @Jamesclass37
    @Jamesclass37 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you get a pacer or sprinter theme tune please! This is a recurring theme.

  • @MartinIbert
    @MartinIbert 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, is that a Fitbit tracker that Vicki taps at 6:29?

  • @baitcommajail
    @baitcommajail 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the Very Special Opening Music. When was that arrangement put together? Did you KNOW you were going to want a downbeat version from the get-go, or was it a last-minute-emergency call to the composer?

    • @AllTheStations
      @AllTheStations  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      we've had remixes planned from the start. there's more to come! :-D