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Was it only me that noted the HST appeared to depart Inverness with white lights showing to rear, or was it actually arriving and the film was reversed?
Was it only me that noted the HST appeared to depart Inverness with white lights showing to rear, or was it actually arriving and the film was reversed?
Should have been more like 6,500,000.Thought the figure of 6500 rivets in the Forth Rail bridge was a bit low
Should have been more like 6,500,000.
I concluded it was a straightforward repeat despite not being marked as such. I recalled lots of it too.Tonight's episode... Spain... I am sure I've seen about 90% of what was in it before in a different documentary under a different title...?
I concluded it was a straightforward repeat despite not being marked as such. I recalled lots of it too.
I had a similar experience ... I thought, hasn't Chris Tarrant or Tony Robinson done this trip already? - without realising I must have watched the exact same programme before.I need to get my memory seen to then!
Right... OK... so I may as well not bother with the rest of the series?
Just to add to the confusion ... in my TV listings mag, this Friday's programme, about a luxury train in South Africa (presumably the Blue Train) is shown as episode 2 of 10, despite being the 3rd one shown. It's also not shown as being a repeat - so was last week's Spanish repeat a one-off and the rest of the series is new?
Isn't that the same train that Tony Robinson travelled on, in the Americas sector of his Around the World series a few weeks ago?Next week's episode (C5 - Friday 22nd May 2020 at 8.00 p.m.) is listed as being Series 2 - Episode 3 of 10 and features the El Chepe train travelling across Northern Mexico from Chihuahua to the Pacific. Narrator is once again Bill Nighy.
Well it wasn't the Blue Train, it followed a Rovos Rail trip from Pretoria to Durban, and I don't think I'd seen it before. The route passed close to where friends of mine live, and I think I'd have remembered that. Overall, pleasant watching in a laid back sort of way, with a nice side diversion to a steam line I hadn't heard of before.Just to add to the confusion ... in my TV listings mag, this Friday's programme, about a luxury train in South Africa (presumably the Blue Train) is shown as episode 2 of 10, despite being the 3rd one shown. It's also not shown as being a repeat - so was last week's Spanish repeat a one-off and the rest of the series is new?
This week's episode of "The World's Most Scenic Journeys" (Channel 5, Friday 5th June 2020, 8.00 p.m.) is a trip aboard New Zealand's Northern Explorer (A traverse of the North Island from Auckland to Wellington). Vast landscapes, some lush green and others volcanic. And marvellous viaducts. Enjoy!
N.B. This episode is number 5 of ten in Series Two.
I have just watched that, it was excellent, it was interesting to note that the areas around Auckland and Wellington, plus parts in the centre seemed to have overhead electric wiring and other parts did not. The train looked very smart and well used. I think, apart from that route, the only other mainline long distance train routes in New Zealand are from Christchurch to Picton and Christchurch to Graymouth. I have done the latter and also the Southerner from Christchurch to Dunedin which now is a freight line only I think.This week's episode of "The World's Most Scenic Journeys" (Channel 5, Friday 5th June 2020, 8.00 p.m.) is a trip aboard New Zealand's Northern Explorer (A traverse of the North Island from Auckland to Wellington). Vast landscapes, some lush green and others volcanic. And marvellous viaducts. Enjoy!
N.B. This episode is number 5 of ten in Series Two.
That's correct. The upcoming episode of "The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" next Friday (Channel 5, Friday 12th June 2020, 8.00 p.m.) is a 600 mile journey through scenic Finland (forests, frozen lakes, etc.) from Helsinki in the South to Kemijärvi in Lapland. The train trip calls at Rovaniemi on Northern Finland, the "official" home of Father Christmas.I think it about a line in Finland next week.
Yes I shall look forward to that. I did stay in Helsinki once, years ago, there was a steam train of the Sunday morning that departed from the main station in Helsinki. (Also featured in a 1960s Micheal Caine Film) the train went into the country side for about 2-3 hours each way to a town begining with an H , picking up passengers enroute, there was a glassworks nearby the trackside where you were dropped off.That's correct. The upcoming episode of "The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" next Friday (Channel 5, Friday 12th June 2020, 8.00 p.m.) is a 600 mile journey through scenic Finland (forests, frozen lakes, etc.) from Helsinki in the South to Kemijärvi in Lapland. The train trip calls at Rovaniemi on Northern Finland, the "official" home of Father Christmas.