Good morning! Good morning! Jörg and I got up quite early today, it's Sunday. And what
are we up to? We are taking a historic train trip today. Yes. Probably you can hear one
of the steam trains because this is called Spring Steam Gala, isn't it? Yeah, yes - the
Spring Steam Gala of the Severn Valley Railway. Yes. And we started in Bridgnorth in Shropshire
and we're going to Kidderminster - yes - in Worcestershire. And back again. Yes. And there
are different different trains so that's quite interesting I think. Yes.
So this is Bewdley station and all of the stations are historic so it's really nice.
I have to think of my Dad 'cause he used to work for the German Railways, Deutsche Bahn.
He would so love this. [Music]
They all look amazing. Yeah. Really looked after.
Gorgeous, really gorgeous. And I'm not that much into trains but I love all steam trains.
You know what this reminds me of? No. It reminds me of the series 'Shakespeare & Hathaway'.
Remember the the episode where - yeah with the trainspotters. Yes. Yes. The really obsessed
trainspotters which we aren't. And 'Shakespeare & Hathaway' is a detective series. Yeah, playing
in Stratford-upon-Avon. Yes. On the BBC. It's good entertainment. Yeah, exactly. Just when
you want to switch off it's perfect. Yeah. [Music] Which train are we taking now? You
don't know? I'll have to check. Well, I know for a fact it's a steam train. Yeah. But what
kind? There's there's one steam train which is called 'The Flying Pig'. No, we're not
taking that. I but I would love to take that. So the next train is called - it's the 479
Pendennis Castle. Pendennis Castle. And can we take 'The Flying Pig', 'Das Fliegende Schwein'?
I don't know. I'll have to have to check. I'd love to take that. Yeah. It's nice, yeah,
to call a train or steam steam train 'The Flying Pig'. Yes. And I must say like the
train we got from, uh, Bridgnorth to Bewdley Station - yeah - although it's old, I I think
it ran so smoothly. It was very nice. Yeah, really.
Train now standing at platform number 2, the 11.13 departure for Kidderminster Town. Platform
number 2 for Kidderminster Town. The next train to arrive at Platform number 1, the
11.15 departure for Highley and Arley only.
This is first class. That's first class? Ha, I'm Lady Mary. At least it's warm.
This reminds me so much of my childhood. My Dad worked for the Deutsche Bahn, we had kind
of a a little booklet and we could take I think 10 free train rides a year. And because
we have family in the North of Germany, we went there in summer when we had when we were
in school holidays and we travelled like this. I love this so much.
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Train now standing in platform number 1, the 11.15, departure for Highley and Arley only.
Highley and Arley only, platform number 1. So this is Kidderminster Train Station. It's
our very first time here. I love this. Yeah. No, it's not a magazine stand. They sell books.
Yeah. And also this. Look at this. This is like such a, so historic like, oh you can
buy snacks here and magazines.
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Stepping back in time. So this seems to be a very, that used to be a hotel. Yeah. Railway
Bell Hotel. What we forgot to mention is the distance between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster
- is 16 miles. Yeah so it's not that much. No, it an hour with 5 stops. Yeah. And because
the trains are slow, I would say - yeah - it's nice. It's so so nice. It's relaxing, very
relaxing. Yeah. And what I I think so many people do this. Like this morning we took
the first train. Yeah. It was what time was it? The first train. 8.30.
So yeah. And it was full. Yeah exactly. I said to Jörg 'let's start early because no
one will be there'. No, no but people just - how wrong was I - hop on and hop off. Yeah,
that's the nice thing. So when we entered entered the station here - yeah - a couple
went out, yeah, and just went to the next train to get back. Yeah, they didn't even
have a look around. Yeah. It's just, I don't know, I think if you're really mad about trains
- yeah - this is a dream. But also for I don't know it's just - yeah - it makes such a great
day out. It does. So we can really recommend this if you're looking for something that
you haven't done before. Yeah. So it's April and it's only nine degrees, that's why I have
my scarf like this. It always seems to literally call us. Tea rooms. Pretty sure we will have
a tea in there. So there's also the Railway Museum.
This is a very quirky tea room and a very quickly railway museum. This is really stepping
back in time. Yeah.
What's all this? I mean I like the red but I haven't got a clue what it is. Do you know?
No. Railway signals. Signals yeah.
I bet my Dad - switches and - my Dad would probably know this. He would know yeah. Yeah.
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So we're having tea here at the tea room in the museum. Yeah but there's also another
tea room. There's another one? In the station. B
But I think probably this one is the very quirky one, isn't it? Yes
So the tea room is over there.
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This is our train and we're going back to Highley. What kind of steam train is this?
We need to be quick. It's probably quite busy already, isn't it? We'll see. I don't know.
[Music]
Right, this time we have red. Yeah, and it's third class. This is third class? Yes. It
looks very same as the first. No. You can see that. Is is not as soft? You know what?
I prefer this. The other seat was so soft.
I'm totally fine with this by the way. There's a mirror. Seating is great. What more do you
want? First class. What's this?
That's the light switch. Oh yeah. I don't know. Just be careful.
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Those were the days - yeah - right? Yeah. Jörg just said - you can see the doors made
of wood. Yeah. They're more like furniture. It looks really nice. I think it's absolutely
stunning. Warm. Yeah. Really warm.
What happens in a tunnel? Agatha Christie. I don't know. A murder. This is what you did
for like the very first time when we, you're too blue. When we took the train, um, where
did we go? From Porthmadog or was it from Beddgelert in Wales? Beddgelert to Caernafon.
Yeah. Well, we didn't didn't make it to Caernafon. No - because the train - broke down. The engine
broke down. And Jörg did the same. There's a murder, there's a murder happening on the
train.
Look! Look! What's that? Look! This is like a, there are rhinos. This is like for cars
like driving around and see animals.
Actually. Jörg! So this is 'The Flying Pig'? Yeah. But we won't be on it. No.
[Music]
This is the low town of Bridgnorth. And as you can see there's the river Severn down
there and that splits Bridgnorth into low town - yeah - or where we are here, this is
high town. And there's a very lovely street with gorgeous houses just around the corner.
We really like this house. And as far as I remember this is the parsonage which would
make sense 'cause
this is Saint Mary's Church right next to it.
[Music] Did you see the train as well Jörg? One train?
I saw a lot of trains. And we can hear them. Yeah. So much fun. Yes, it is. It's a lot
of fun.
Okay, we have to wait. Okay, it's better now I think. Yeah. We also just said that we haven't
seen something like that in Germany. No, I can't think of any place where you can do
that. I'm pretty sure that there are steam trains. Yes, yes but I don't know any. No
and not that many. I think if you have a passion for trains this is amazing. Yeah. You will
love it. And even if you if you're not I mean we're not passionate but I think they are
beautiful. Yes. You just want to have some fun. Yeah, absolutely. So if you're looking
for something nice for a day out, you might consider that - yeah - so thank you so much
for watching as always even if this video will probably be a little bit shorter. We'll
see. There will be more to come so until next time and take care guys. Yeah. Bye. Bye. See
you soon. Bye bye.