I take the train to Lostwithiel and walk beside the River Fowey alongside the former passenger line to the town of Fowey in Cornwall. #Lostwithiel #RiverFowey #TheFoweyLine
Ah, yes, well spotted! 👍I guess you mean it is not Diamond then? Sorry, I haven't watched any of the Jubilee celebrations, or attended anything. Is it Gold or Platinum? Why can't they just use the number of the years as a royal leader. Thanks for watching and commenting. It is much appreciated. Cheers, Paul 🙂
I have pinned your comment to add as a correction - perhaps someone can clarify the type of metal that equates to the number of years as a Queen? Thanks again, Paul 🙂👍
@@westcountrywanderings I didn't notice and would have probably made the same mistake as you Paul ! We didn't have any celebrations in our village here in North Wales and didn't watch anything on TV. We knew there was a Jubillee though :) Thanks again for this 👍
Thank you Faith! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, the medieval bridge crossing the River Fowey in Lostwithiel is beautiful isn't it? Amazing to think that it has survived all those years.
Hello Paul - greetings from Poland. That was a most enjoyable walk. The amble through Lostwithiel, and the photographs you took was superb. Coulson Park and the riverside walk were lovely. The historical and factual information about the Fowey Branch Line was very interesting. And that gigantic viaduct - Wow! Your video was superb with a lovely commentary to go with it. Thanks Nicole for your help and assistance.
Thank you Michael! I hope to come back to Cornwall once the majority of tourists have left for the season in September - too busy to film there at the moment!
Thank you 😊 You are very kind. Glad you liked the tour. I will probably go here with my daughter again, and continue our journey south to the sea. Thanks again, Paul 👍🙂
Thank you Stephen and Yhana. Yes, I think it has just celebrated its first year of existence - replacing an older iron bridge, which had become rusty. The medieval bridge is indeed a rare survivor - mainly 11th Cent, but with some arches added later. Yes the park (and nature reserve - of which I was previously unaware) is a lovely setting by the river. Thanks for watching and commenting, take care, Paul 👍🙂
Thank you Cathy! Yes, I think this was around the time of the late Queen's Jubilee that I filmed this last summer. One of the finest towns in Cornwall in my opinion. Thanks so much, take care, Paul.
Really nice place Paul, thanks for showing us around. I’ve kayaked the lower end of the Fowey estuary, very pretty. The photos of Lostwithiel were really good, your daughters very talented as are you 👍
Thank you Paul - that's very kind of you. Yes, I hope to return here to get to Golant, and do an (out of season) explore of Fowey. Yes, my daughter has only fairly recently got into photography; she loves it📷😊. Thanks for watching and commenting, Take Care, Paul 👍🙂
Thank you, yes, I thought that too. All of the tracks by the former Fowey platform have now been removed too since my last visit - maybe less China Clay traffic nowadays? Lovely new Fowey Viaduct thought - thought it looked smart! Thank you for watching and commenting. Take care, Paul 🙂👍
I had absolutely no knowledge about the medieval bridge A rare survivor indeed This forgotten corner of Cornwall features prominently in the novels of Daphne Du Maurier who lived nearby
Thank you Stephen - indeed it does! Daphne lived in four houses around the Fowey area at various times. 'The House on the Strand' (set in Twyardreath near Par) and 'Jamaica Inn' are two of my all time favourite books. It remains one of my favourite places in Cornwall (along with the Roseland Peninsula and The Lizard). Thank you so much for watching and commenting. 👍🙂 Take care, Paul
A passenger train did run between Lostwithiel and Fowey on that one line certainly in the early 1960's and so I presume in the '50's and before. It was a small steam engine train with, if I remember correctly, only one or two passenger cars. It pulled there from Lostwithiel and it pushed back as there was no turn turntable at either end. As a child I made the journey several times, passing through Golant which is about half way. I also walked from Lostwithiel to Fowey and back using the track, which runs by the river. Wonderful days.
That's a lovely memory to cherish! Thank you for sharing this. I seem to remember that GWR's (the current one, not the original) predecesors (possibly First Great Western, or Wales & West Trains) ran some specials at the end of 1990s, and early into this century from Lostwithiel to Fowey, when there was speculation that the line could reopen. The trains were massively over subscribed (you had to book in advance). The track is used by (almost) daily china clay trains to the port, and I think that they (the china clay company) objected to the line reopening for passengers. Thanks for watching and commenting, cheers, Paul.
@@westcountrywanderings I didn't want to write too much, but My brother and I rode in the cab a couple of times...on the plate, in the engine where the fire was stoked and fed by the fireman alongside the engine driver. No doubt they were not supposed to have us, but they did, and we were thrilled. Lostwithiel really was a very sleepy little town in the winter but, of course, was packed with through traffic from 'Furreners' as the old people called visitors from anywhere that was identifiable as non -Cornish. It was all very beautiful, and all very, very, behind the times. Clothing fashions were 3 years behind London...and there was a good reason for it...there was no contact...TV was a new thing and that was the only contact with the outside world...REALLY. Think about it. I am going to delete this in a day or so, as I wish to guard my privacy. Please write back, if you feel inclined to do so. It is 4:25 am where I am now, and I am going to bed. (old, and very retired.)
@@erepsekahs Wow! That was a priviliege indeed. Yes, I moved to Cornwall in the early 1980s, when I was in the RAF. I remember it was a bit like that then, but it changed rapidly by the end of the decade. My ex-wife was Cornish, and I remember her grandmother talking about growing up in the 1930s and 1940s in Cornwall in Redruth, and her showing me photos of those times - all so very, very different nowadays. I wish I had taken copies of those photos. Thanks again, take care, Paul.
Nice video Paul, but I think you need to issue a correction about what you said at 4:14
Ah, yes, well spotted! 👍I guess you mean it is not Diamond then? Sorry, I haven't watched any of the Jubilee celebrations, or attended anything. Is it Gold or Platinum? Why can't they just use the number of the years as a royal leader. Thanks for watching and commenting. It is much appreciated. Cheers, Paul 🙂
I have pinned your comment to add as a correction - perhaps someone can clarify the type of metal that equates to the number of years as a Queen? Thanks again, Paul 🙂👍
@@westcountrywanderings I haven't followed any of the proceedings either.
@@chrisbradley1192 I respect the Royal Family, but watching pageantry doesn't interest me. Thank you for replying 🙂👍
@@westcountrywanderings I didn't notice and would have probably made the same mistake as you Paul ! We didn't have any celebrations in our village here in North Wales and didn't watch anything on TV. We knew there was a Jubillee though :) Thanks again for this 👍
I love a viaduct & then the beautiful old bridge at Fowey comes along, you spoil us.
Thank you Faith! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, the medieval bridge crossing the River Fowey in Lostwithiel is beautiful isn't it? Amazing to think that it has survived all those years.
Lovely! Cheers for more awesome adventures! 🥂❤️✨
Thank you and thanks for watching 🙂👍
Hello Paul - greetings from Poland.
That was a most enjoyable walk. The amble through Lostwithiel, and the photographs you took was superb. Coulson Park and the riverside walk were lovely. The historical and factual information about the Fowey Branch Line was very interesting. And that gigantic viaduct - Wow! Your video was superb with a lovely commentary to go with it. Thanks Nicole for your help and assistance.
Thank you Michael! I hope to come back to Cornwall once the majority of tourists have left for the season in September - too busy to film there at the moment!
Loved this look around here Paul. Fowey is beautiful and you did a great tour, always so professional in your presentation. Brilliant 👏 ~ Anna
Thank you 😊 You are very kind. Glad you liked the tour. I will probably go here with my daughter again, and continue our journey south to the sea. Thanks again, Paul 👍🙂
Beautiful section of Cornwall Paul, the viaduct looked interesting and that old medieval bridge looked pretty cool too, stunning country park 😊
Thank you Stephen and Yhana. Yes, I think it has just celebrated its first year of existence - replacing an older iron bridge, which had become rusty. The medieval bridge is indeed a rare survivor - mainly 11th Cent, but with some arches added later. Yes the park (and nature reserve - of which I was previously unaware) is a lovely setting by the river. Thanks for watching and commenting, take care, Paul 👍🙂
What a lovely walk Paul and thanks to Nicole for some of the photos. I came across it by chance when looking at Lostwithiel videos. 🙂
Thank you Cathy! Yes, I think this was around the time of the late Queen's Jubilee that I filmed this last summer. One of the finest towns in Cornwall in my opinion. Thanks so much, take care, Paul.
Really nice place Paul, thanks for showing us around. I’ve kayaked the lower end of the Fowey estuary, very pretty. The photos of Lostwithiel were really good, your daughters very talented as are you 👍
Thank you Paul - that's very kind of you. Yes, I hope to return here to get to Golant, and do an (out of season) explore of Fowey. Yes, my daughter has only fairly recently got into photography; she loves it📷😊. Thanks for watching and commenting, Take Care, Paul 👍🙂
Lovely video, Paul, as usual, strange chair arrangements on that trackwork at the junction! Thanks for the video, keep 'em coming!
Thank you, yes, I thought that too. All of the tracks by the former Fowey platform have now been removed too since my last visit - maybe less China Clay traffic nowadays? Lovely new Fowey Viaduct thought - thought it looked smart! Thank you for watching and commenting. Take care, Paul 🙂👍
I had absolutely no knowledge
about the medieval bridge
A rare survivor indeed
This forgotten corner of Cornwall
features prominently in the novels
of Daphne Du Maurier who lived nearby
Thank you Stephen - indeed it does! Daphne lived in four houses around the Fowey area at various times. 'The House on the Strand' (set in Twyardreath near Par) and 'Jamaica Inn' are two of my all time favourite books. It remains one of my favourite places in Cornwall (along with the Roseland Peninsula and The Lizard). Thank you so much for watching and commenting. 👍🙂 Take care, Paul
Hi Paul enjoyed the video have a good week👌👌👌
Thank you Roy! Are you back from Jersey yet? Hope you are well, take care, Paul 👍🙂
@@westcountrywanderings hi Paul yes now home from a nice time in Jersey 👌
THANK YOU PAUL. REGARDS R.
Thank you Richard! Thanks for watching and supporting my channel, it is appreciated. 👍🙂Paul
A passenger train did run between Lostwithiel and Fowey on that one line certainly in the early 1960's and so I presume in the '50's and before. It was a small steam engine train with, if I remember correctly, only one or two passenger cars. It pulled there from Lostwithiel and it pushed back as there was no turn turntable at either end. As a child I made the journey several times, passing through Golant which is about half way. I also walked from Lostwithiel to Fowey and back using the track, which runs by the river. Wonderful days.
That's a lovely memory to cherish! Thank you for sharing this. I seem to remember that GWR's (the current one, not the original) predecesors (possibly First Great Western, or Wales & West Trains) ran some specials at the end of 1990s, and early into this century from Lostwithiel to Fowey, when there was speculation that the line could reopen. The trains were massively over subscribed (you had to book in advance). The track is used by (almost) daily china clay trains to the port, and I think that they (the china clay company) objected to the line reopening for passengers. Thanks for watching and commenting, cheers, Paul.
@@westcountrywanderings I didn't want to write too much, but My brother and I rode in the cab a couple of times...on the plate, in the engine where the fire was stoked and fed by the fireman alongside the engine driver. No doubt they were not supposed to have us, but they did, and we were thrilled. Lostwithiel really was a very sleepy little town in the winter but, of course, was packed with through traffic from 'Furreners' as the old people called visitors from anywhere that was identifiable as non -Cornish. It was all very beautiful, and all very, very, behind the times. Clothing fashions were 3 years behind London...and there was a good reason for it...there was no contact...TV was a new thing and that was the only contact with the outside world...REALLY. Think about it. I am going to delete this in a day or so, as I wish to guard my privacy. Please write back, if you feel inclined to do so. It is 4:25 am where I am now, and I am going to bed. (old, and very retired.)
@@erepsekahs Wow! That was a priviliege indeed. Yes, I moved to Cornwall in the early 1980s, when I was in the RAF. I remember it was a bit like that then, but it changed rapidly by the end of the decade. My ex-wife was Cornish, and I remember her grandmother talking about growing up in the 1930s and 1940s in Cornwall in Redruth, and her showing me photos of those times - all so very, very different nowadays. I wish I had taken copies of those photos. Thanks again, take care, Paul.
Was there a few weeks ago lovey little town
Yes, indeed it is. One of my favourite places in Cornwall - much quieter than others. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍 Cheers Paul 🙂
At spring tides you would be paddling under that bridge
hello i am new friend for life time
Hello. Good to meet you.