(car engine whirring)
Hey.
We're at Paddington. (laughing)
I can't believe we're doing this.
I feel a little nauseous.
We're actually doing this.
What was that, Will?
Make sure you're always got the mic on,
on the right setting.
Has that got a battery in it?
You need to make sure you've always,
the lights always on before you start recording, Geoff.
What would be your video tips, Dan?
Yeah, definitely make sure there's audio,
that is useful when you're making a film.
And make sure it's in focus, preferably not on your face.
Smile. Do you want to
be in the video? Yeah.
Matt is taking a picture of us.
I know!
(all laughing)
Now what's exciting is that I've got my friend Dan,
obviously to edit some of the videos.
So you're one of the two video editors for the project.
I am.
And the lucky thing is that on days
that you're not available,
you're gonna get Dan to edit the video, is that right?
Yeah, there's gonna be plenty of occasions
where I'm maybe not able to do the day's work
and I've got someone else who's very similar to me
in style and the way they work to step in, so yeah.
And actually, we have an exclusive clip earlier,
Dan didn't realise I was filming,
when Dan was chatting to Dan about what they thought about
the project, so we've snuck this bit of the archives
and we've got this on camera.
So Dan will be helping me with the editing, aren't you?
Yeah, course I will.
And it should be a lot of fun.
Hopefully it'll be exactly what Geoff wants, so.
Martin's turned up.
Today we're going to the least used station in,
it's the Swale, you remember Swale, right?
Martin did.
Now Martin, Martin owns a drone.
You're gonna go to various points in the country,
which may just coincide with when we're there
and get some-- That is the plan.
And get some drone shots.
So what drone locations are you thinking of?
Barmouth Bridge.
Barmouth Bridge which is on the west coast of Wales.
Ribblehead Viaduct.
Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle,
it will be stunning, yep.
The Isle of Wight.
(gasps) Isle of Wight, come to the steam trains
at Smallbrook Junction, that'd be cool.
You're not doing the steam trains!
But we have got a stop at Smallbrook Junction.
(announcer on mic echoing)
Don't break my new camera!
I'll try not to.
It's gotta be good luck, right?
It's good luck.
Paddington, he's a traveller. Like when sailors
used to go out on a voyage,
they used to have a trophy or a statue or something,
and they used to touch it before they went out to sea.
So maybe by touching Paddington Bear--
Rub his nose.
We'll rub his nose. (laughs)
Do we have any marmalade sandwiches?
Under his hat he's got a marmalade sandwich.
Do you want your ticket?
Let's get sandwiches.
Do you want your ticket by the way?
Oh yeah.
The ticket let's your into the first class lounge.
Hey, how are you?
I'm very well thank you.
My girlfriend's in the lounge,
we are allowed in the lounge on our tickets, right?
Yeah, absolutely.
So we're in H, which is this one.
H, which is that one, and what number are you?
So, do you need to tick us off?
I'm assuming we're in the same berth.
Ooh, H.
H20, ah lovely.
Is that good, do you need to tick us off
on the list?
Yep, I'll tick you, fantastic
Do you have our names on your list?
I have, yes.
That's me.
There you are, brilliant stuff.
So we're in coach Hm right at the back,
and up to D, which is their refurbished one,
are all the sleepers cars, coach C is where you can sit
and have your meal and a drink,
that's the dining car for sleeper berth only.
B and A here, which we're going past now,
are for the plebs, if you've just paid for a seat.
And I'm speaking up 'cause we've now got to
the front of the train.
And this is it, this is the first loco
that we're gonna take you on our journey.
She is loud man!
Woo.
(door clunks closed)
We'll see you in about 12 weeks time then.
We're right at the back.
We're right at the back of the train.
21, oh my god.
Am I 22?
It's a little bit tiny.
It's not, it's quite-- Whats in here?
What have you got, what have you got?
I don't know.
You've go stuff already.
Oh, you got a lot of GWL pouch.
That's so cool!
What is it?
It's like a little soap.
Okay.
A little tin of something, hold on, what is it?
Let's have a look.
(laughs) You get a little towelette?
Maybe lip balm or something.
It is like when you fly on a plane you get
an in flight magazine, but you get an in flight--
A little face cloth.
You are so sleeping on the top bunk by the way.
I thought the dining car would be good for breakfast,
but not I'm wondering if breakfast in bed,
do you think we can change our minds?
What's happening on the top bunk?
Learning about 1920's jazz age.
We have left Paddington.
We have!
That was it.
Do you wanna go check out the lounge car?
Let me put my shoes on.
This is carriage D.
Okay. This is the refurbished one.
No, no, brand new she said, brand new.
Well, the interesting fact is that apparently
this carriage was found left sort of rusting in a field,
abandoned, and they rescued it and salvaged it
and they've upgraded it,
so in this whole set, this is the one,
this is a nice sort of--
I all ready like the carpet.
Good carpet, it's prototype carriage
where you've got hotel style key, sliding,
credit card door things.
The first tea of the trip on the Night Riviera. (laughs)
I can't, I can't count,
if I counted the number of tea's, that would be,
I can't do it.
Let's take it as red that tea will be drunk
on a daily basis, and tea is good, yes?
Yes. (laughs)
It's just gone 25 past three in the morning
and we're at Exeter, I set my alarm.
You've got the board with the trains
that leave here until 4:11,
so it sits here at Exeter, St Davids for about an hour.
Apparently there's a driver and conductor changeover.
And the crew, so there's a driver, there's a conductor,
but there's a crew of three, three crew,
including the nice lady we spoke to earlier,
she said they work 17 hour shifts.
So she started at 3:00 PM yesterday,
I'm tryna do three plus 17, so that's 3:00 AM now
and she's come up from Penzance I think,
and then they take the train up
and then they take a train back down.
So 17 hour shift.
That's a long stint.
So I'm just gonna see what's here in Exeter.
Not a lot by the look of it.
I've come right down to the back of the train,
I just walked past my cabin where Vicky is asleep right,
and there's the back of the train,
there's another couple of trains parked to the side of us,
and I wanted to see because quite a few people told us,
when we did the level crossing at Lincoln,
everybody said, "Hey, check out the level crossing at Exeter
"because it goes across about six tracks."
And I can see it here.
Now, we're gonna come back here at the daytime
at some point, but I just wanted to come
and see the level crossing at night.
I really should be asleep, but I'm not. (laughs)
Oh yeah.
Level crossing goes across about six tracks.
It's just a level crossing.
(door clunks closed)
(door clicks open)
We're at the back of the train, so we were in coach H,
we're literally the last coach at the back,
which means if I look out the window here,
Vicky you've gotta come see this,
you can just literally,
you can look out the back of the train.
(laughs) It's really good.
It's like being in the drivers seat but in reverse.
That's really cool.
Why's that so, I don't know why that's so exciting,
I've never done that before. (laughs)
Wow.
Take the camera, take the camera.
I guess we leave it open.
The train now goes into Long Rock depot
where the cleaners come on board
and they do the linen and stuff,
and the staff get to check out.
Yeah, it's raining, the weather really,
really quite grim in Penzance.
(laughs) Welcome to Penzance.