The Sandwich Paradox - Episode 8, Day 12 - Bromley South to Canterbury West
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ค. 2017
- It's Thursday 18th May and Geoff and Vicki venture out again to complete the rest of the Kent stations. There's a castle in Dover, we find out what noise Javelin trains make, a brilliant level crossing, and for the first time on the trip, the weather is not the best ...
See Tom's Scott video at the same level crossing: • The Level Crossing You...
Have a look at our website to see our progress map, and loads more information about the trip: www.allthestations.co.uk
ROUTE: Bromley South, Sittinbourne, Sheerness-on-Sea, Sittingbourne, Dover Priory, Sandwich, Folkestone, Ashford International, Canterbury West, Ramsgate, Margate, Faversham, Canterbury West
I've just realised how RIDICULOUSLY excited Vicki is going to be when you get to Conwy.
I'm eating a sandwich and watching Geoff and Vicki it a sandwich at Sandwich Station. It doesn't get better than that :))
Worth Noting that Vicki appears to have entered the city via Canterbury East (They left via West). Few things for in case you guys ever come back:
- We cave a Castle! It's a few minutes walk from Canterbury East.
- On the opposing platform to the one you departed form (West) you can lean over the wall and see an additional line that travels adjacent to the line, then disappears into the bushes - this is the remaining track from the once great 'Crab And Winkle' line which connected Canterbury West to Whitstable. You can actually walk the route, and see the remaining tunnels and trenches where the tracks were!
- We also (Had) a Canterbury South Station, but it's now just a station house with a path.
- In answer to Vicki's question - the Cathedral started construction in 1070, so in 52 years it will be 1000 years old!
- Next time come in the Summer on a clear day, we've so many gorgeous gardens to see in the Summer!
All the Castles. Presented by Vicki. Go for it!
I would watch that for sure
It's my day off and I'm still sitting around in my pyjamas watching these videos. It's 2 in the afternoon. Thanks for sharing on youtube!
Geoff and Vicky, there's a self operated level crossing very similar to the one you visited except with swing gates, near Collingham station in Notts on the line from Newark to Lincoln. You can walk to it from Collingham station along a footpath and through a couple of fields in about 15 mins. Love the series.
That thumbnail... :D "Aaaaaagh it's a train!" That expression is just amazing!
Also: firsNO DON'T SAY IT
loved the hand operated crossing
Glad to see you liked Ramsgate!
and a HUGE thumbs up to Mark @ Dover Priory
Best episode so far 👍🏼
And great compliment to the video editors behind the scenes. Good work!
Dave came appropriately dressed. Thanks all the Kents.
All the castles... next year's project methinks...
CompletelyCr all over europe or only in the uk?
Probably only Great Britain, unfortunately...
Next year's project? Project 2018-2020 ;-)
What about All the Cathedrals?! BeNeLux, France and Germany as well as Spain!. Interrail for the win! Brisk four week trip. Cologne, Münster, Barcelona, Paris - all the Cathedrals!
I doubt Vicki could keep getting sabbaticals.
Ah that's where the crossing is! Great to see Tom Scott's video is linked :-)
Well done. Love all the frames of the station facades and other historic railroad structures.
Vicky did some good clips of Canterbury. It's more than just the stations sometimes.
that crossing :o TOM SCOTT!!!
Yes!!!
Husband Rob has driven double decker buses many times through the Westgate Towers!
Dave, spot on the word is 'reassuring....' Like the NHS, warm beer and drizzle.....living abroad , missing blighty...
That hand pumped level crossing was awesome. It's this sort of detail that makes these videos for me - a bit like the 'secrets of...' ones.
We have nothing, so good, like your train lines, here in bluddy cold Canada.......Love over a single sandwich....yes?
Geoff if you wanted to see another abandoned station go to Folkestone harbour and see the abandoned station, it's really interesting.
I now live in the USA but I was born in Margate and Grandparents lived in Ramsgate both have a special place in my heart and have always wanted to retire to Ramsgate :)
Worked for a US pharmaceutical company back in the '80's and for their 25 year anniversary in the UK they hired the Orient Express carriages from Maidenhead to Torquay return, though it was diesel traction rather than steam. Meal on the train was brilliant and spent the day at the Torquay Grand Hotel.
Strewth, that hand operated crossing is prehistoric 🤪
Ramsgate is the home of a pleasure boat called Sundowner, which belonged to 2nd Officer Lightoller of the Titanic, who sailed it over to Dunkirk in 1940.
all the castles, that may be a good idea lol
Excellent video! The series is epic so far well done everyone.
4:26 - The Ham Sandwich sign: www.google.com/maps/@51.2382141,1.3342839,3a,20.2y,348.67h,83.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smpDin7xLL5HOclG2QKuoeA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en
Just having a good time going through these. Thanks
Enjoying the adventure. Thanks
Great video - some things on hear I've seen a few times before but lovely this sheds new light on things.
I find it a bit scary that the opposite barrier wasn't fully raised when you crossed.
My mum used to manage the buffets at Canterbury West and Ramsgate stations back in the Traveller's Fare days - Maxpax tea a speciality and her cheese sandwiches were never stale!
Is it only the Kent trains that make 'whoo whoo whoo' as they are leaving the station? It made me feel at home!
As a Canterbury man, it's so nice to look at your trip around all of the Kent stations :)
th-cam.com/users/shortss5RACwG2h-E?si=ceIxaur8IHaEGTOl
Canterbury, so beautiful. On my bucket list 👍🏻
I used to cross over that level crossing on my way to work! Always by foot though, which is why I never noticed that sign. Its quite a way from the station so well done for going to see it. I cant wait for you to visit my current commute. Much less scenic though.
GREAT VIDEO, THANKS!
There is a level crossing on the inverness to Thurso line where there is basically no level crossing or light and you have to drive up to it, look both ways and then cross!
I'm following this from Toronto in Canada; but it was in Canterbury in 2008 that I had my most thrilling transit moment ever -- at the advice of someone, I sat in the front seat on the top deck of a bus going through the West Gate in Canterbury. You were *convinced* that the roof was going to peel right off the bus, and quite possibly the side walls too. It didn't, of course, the bus drivers are much too competent, but that's the impression given.
if you like churches and arches that buses used to go under you'll love Beverley up in Yorkshire. Beverley Minster is an amazing church that was used by the film crews for Victoria and Charles III as a substitute for Westminster and North Bar is such a small arch that special buses, nicknamed 'Beverley Buses' where built with a curved roof so that they could just fit. Beverley is also home to the oldest public secondary school in the world, Beverley Grammar School, founded 700AD and school of many famous people including Ken Annakin and Paul Robinson. Hope you do your Beverley when you get to Yorkshire, it really is a wonderful town that I am proud to call home.
JWB_Gamer I love Beverly and the Wolds. I didn't grow up there but my family has roots going way back in the East Riding. Driving up Garoby feels like coming home.
Thanks for stopping at "my" station! The only reason I adopted Sandwich is it's edible.
Being Australian, this is probably one of the few videos I'll recognise due to visiting Canterbury a couple of years ago
Kudos to Dan on the editing for this episode!
I have seen the Ham Sandwich sign! I was amazed when I was on holiday with my family a few years ago and saw it
I'm glad you came to my home town of Ramsgate and were impressed with our lovely station. I think you would have enjoyed Ramsgate Royal Harbour which has some interesting railway past, including the underground railway and a station and turntable on the sea front.
That Only Fools and Horses mural at 7:28 is superb! A fitting tribute to the legendary 1989 episode 'The Jolly Boys Outing'. Pity that Margate has gone so downhill since...
390h8er But it's coming back up again...
Love that crossing! Can't imagine it'd be fun to do after a long day at work though lol
All the Bus Stations ? All the Seaports? All the Airports? All the Sandwiches ??
cowscrazy all the operators, all the teas
count me in on All The Sandwiches.....
cowscrazy all the sandwiches would take forever, the possibilities are endless
all the schools but then people will think he's a paedophile
Fab video thanks guys
Five lines of English, and seven in French, just proves that some people are very expressive. Reminds me of a 'sight gag' in The Two Doctors, where a sign in Spanish consisting of about three or four words gets translated into two in English, and simply says Keep out. ☺
There is a Sandwich Shop in Sandwich it is right in the town centre tho.
the episodes are getting 'big bang theory' style names!
I started watching the Manchester stations out of a mild interest but quickly fell down the rabbit hole. What surprised me about these first videos is I know a few of these such as Bromley Newhaven and paddock wood for starters but my visits there were fleeting and long ago. Paddock wood was a disastrous failed tryst for example. Love these. Mrs R thinks I'm mad but I have to apprentice myself on all the Manchester stations soon, only I'm walking the coast as well
Fun Fact: Between Dover Priory and Ramsgate the main-ish stock for the line is the Javelin, although at peak times Electrostars run as well.
P. S: The Javelin on that line also does a full loop around the line from St Pancras to St Pancras via Dover, Ramsgate and Faversham.
You could probably class it as "the express". Other trains only go up to London Victoria.
Plus... the Javelin uses the High Speed line to and from St Pancras (ticket costs a bit more for the privilege!) :)
Neil Wood You could use it as the world's nerdiest chat-up line.
Nah.... that knowledge would get me nowhere.
Great to see the Belmond British Pullman go through.
*Hand up* I am 100% ready to back a kickstarter for AllTheCastles.
all the castles would be awesome!
The special train you saw is actually kinda common. They always run out to somewhere like Canterbury.
There is also a push gate on the Dover- Ramsgate Line. Which also has javelins.
I've been to Sheerness station to catch an Olau Line ferry to Vlissingen in the 1990s. I remember it was quite a long way to pull my large suitcase with two little wheels in one end from the station to the ferry terminal. The station looked pretty much the same from outside as on your video.
Loved how went to Margate with the piano music was quite sad really, as felt like dedicating what used to be like, fairground pleausre town, sadly gone to blitz but felt like a tribute when ended scenes of Margate
Sandwich station is a bit of a walk from the town centre where The Sandwich Shop is.
Also in the town centre is the delightfully named "No Name Street"
No Name Street only got its name about 10 years ago. Before that it was simply a street with no name.
Such a shame it was raining! The clip at 6:26 "We're at Folkestone" is actually of Ashford International rather than Folkestone Central.
Came here to say this but someone beat me to it... by 6 years
I remember the BR sandwiches from my 'grand tour' of the network way back in the early 70-ies. But I knew I was in the UK when my fellow ferry passengers went straight for the Harwich PQ station buffet to get "chip butties", a very strange sight indeed for a Dutch 15 year old raised on bread with cheese or chocolate sprinkles ;)
I forgot to mention that we arrived at about 06:00 in the morning, the ferry was from the Dutch SMZ (Sealink did the other half) and they did serve a 'full' brekkie of sorts but it was looked upon with a mixture of pitty and loathing. Funny how some scenes are firmly set in the mind.
fab double act ... !!
Didn't expect to see Tom's video linked!
Well, Geoff and Tom have worked together before. I believe there were concurrent videos of the new power tunnels under London in particular.
If I'm not mistaken, he made a video on Sheerness as well about a sunken munitions supply ship
Also, I heard that when Londonist were planning to do a video on the Sightlines of St Paul's, Tom, completely unaware of that, made one himself. So Londonist had to write emails to Tom explaining that they're not just stealing his content :D
All the Stations, All the Cathedrals, All the Castles.
Geoff, you've given me some inspiration to do my own journey idea. Go on every UK TOCs longest service in terms of distance, not time. Some only come at certain times on certain days such as the Arriva Trains Wales services as Saturday services which are the 12:30 and 14:30 from Manchester Piccadilly to Pembroke Dock on a Class 175 or 158 for almost 8 hours. Also those pullman services font cost hundreds of pounds, I've checked the other week and more like thousands lol.
Interesting and entertaining episode; probably the best one yet. Nice editing, too. Shame about the weather, though!
Great Video, Had to laugh at 6:26 we are at Folkestone (cuts to shot of Ashford International) :-)
Really enjoying the videos. Looking forward to when you're in my neck of the woods, Gloucestershire. Let me know if you want a tour around Gloucester Cathedral
Ahh finally found video of you guys going through some Kent stations. I live near Ramsgate and use South Eastern it'd a so so type of service.
Sittingbourne is a decent station go to see my friends in Medway a lot.
Dover Priory is the train you don't wanna be on if your going back to Thanet 😂 make sure your in front 4 carriages as rear 4 go to Dover lol.
You went past where I live though, Sandwich is a lovely place check out the river :)
Folkestone has a nice station great scenery on way into station
Yayyy you end up at Ramsgate finally! My hometown ❤️❤️
Margate bit of a shit hole but not bad. Dreamland it's saving grace ❤️❤️
Whitstable lovely station used to work in the town
Never knew you had to operate the crossing at Canterbury West! 😳
Canterbury Cathedral great place and the city itself is fantastic!
I recognise Dave nice chap :)
Thanks Geoff for a fantastic video.
Yess you came to Dover
Still watch all the stations!
If your doing all the castles then Colchester castle better be on the list.
Also at some point soon the Tornado will be traveling between Colchester Town and Walton on the Naze. Just a heads up for when you do that area
When I went on holiday to go camping in Canterbury, we went to Sandwich and saw that sign and made the exact same joke. Sandwich is a great place but never knew it had a train station.
All the Castles must happen! 😀
I was on my way from Brasov to Sinaia in Romania on this very day, also by train. Shabby and slow, but bang on schedule!
I wouldn't be able to go to all these places and not actually see them! Two minutes on the Isle of Sheppey? Deserves at least a few hours :-)
My Dad's family vacationed at Whitstable.
Beautiful piano composition at 7:23 :)
Tom Scott has been to that exact crossing!
As a local citizen I can tell you that double decker buses STILL go through the Westgate Towers!
6:58 Thanks for the seagull. Donno why I like them so much though? 😂😀
That crossing is in Whitehall road Canterbury just by the marshes there is another interesting crossing at Chartham which you dont see many of these days
I can't wait until you guys do all the stations-Enfield as that use to be the town I lived in before moving to the US
Ryan M hope you get to see the station you want, but remember they can't show all of them on video (or every video would be about 11 seconds of each station and nothing else!)
Great piano version of the theme!!
I think Vicki asked Bill Bailey to do that. He's awesome at improvisation :)
The village of Ham is literally just down the road from Sandwich.
The cathedral can't be that old. It can't be finished there's still scaffolding on it.
I'm guessing that's a joke but as someone that comes from near Canterbury I just wanna say that Canterbury Cathedral was built in 1070, just 4 years after William the Conqueror became king, is a site of pilgrimage for those living in the UK and was the site of the murder of Thomas Beckett which led to King Henry II to build the large Keep and main Bailey of Dover Castle as mentioned earlier in the video, the king even hand built a chapel near the top of the Keep to honour the late Archbishop in an act of guilt for accidentally ordering his murder.
Bro….I’m playing assassins creed and that cathedral is already standing …only catching renovations. Don’t disrespect history that took a century to build
My Sandwich paradox is that I have a customer there who have a number of buildings on a huge business park. Whenever I'm there, I'm never working in the one building with a cash cafeteria as opposed to all the others with cashless vending. So I NEVER get a sandwich in Sandwich.
07:21 awesome remix!
Yes, Dover Castle still looks the same since I was there about 30 years ago. Been there, Done that :)
It had a massive upgrade in the late 2000s so whilst its exterior remains largely the same, the interiors and the amount of things to do has greatly increased (in non covid times of course) and I'd definitely recommend
5:42 NICE CATCH!
A shop bearing the sign "The Original Sandwich" would seem to be both obvious and irresistible to many.
Hammer. 👍 The level crossing is extraordinary. Or: how to confuse a german 😁 Never seen a thing like that.
Watching your videos makes me feel as if I should be drinking a weak lemon drink at a time of my choosing.
Have you considered a lens skirt/lens shroud for shooting scenery from train windows? It would probably remove all of the reflections.
There is a gate like that between Martin mill and Walmer, in the same area of Kent, along Coldblow, you just push the gate open.
Yeah, it's still in regular use as far as I know
Canterbury West and Canterbury East are terribly named. They are almost exactly in line along a north-south... line. Also, getting across the track around Canterbury West is _way_ harder than it should be. Google Earth lies when it implies there is a footbridge - it's just that (admittedly impressive) signal box. The two stations are also _completely_ separate; you have to go quite some way in either direction before you can change onto a train that will reach the other station.
Might be a place there at Sandwich to have a rememberance place for Douglas Adams as one of the caracters in the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is the sandwichmaker.