 Hello, thank you for joining me. It's 7.30 in the morning. I'm at a campsite about a mile away from Skipton Today we're going to go on the staycation express It's the local train which runs over the Cesson Carlisle starts here at Skipton It runs to Appleby has a class 37 at the northern end and a class 47 at the southern end So I'm looking forward to a real good bit of diesel bashing, but first I've got to walk into Skipton It's about a miles walk along the canal So let's go along the canal to skipton station. I'm just leaving the campsite now The walk along the canal is going to be quite interesting. This leads to Liverpool canal. What do you like? How we exit it? We've got this swinging bridge here So whenever a boat wants to come along the bridge Pith it like this and let the boat through. I've got to carry on along there towards Skipton You can see the main one of the bypass roads of Skipton and the railway line It's over there. We can't quite see it So we're going to be travelling back in that direction when we get on the train So now I've got a very present walk for about a mile towards Skipton along the leading of the canal I've just come a couple of hundred yards along the canal This is the bypass bridge over the canal It's quite nice in a way. I just like how it sweeps across So if you have a look, it's quite a nice reflection too So we are 97 miles away from Liverpool and we're 30 and a quarter from Leeds Although here Leeds would be that way So that is how far we are. Obviously that's as the canal goes not as the crow flies And the railway line runs just over there And just going off in the distance it's pretty hard to see But that's where the line to Coln went which is keep talking about reopening I wish it would have happened so Skipton you'd have a direct line to Coln and down south towards Manchester I'm going to carry on that along the canal soon a bit to the station That was a very pleasant walk along the canal for about 20 minutes We're nearly at the station now with another swing bridge just here Taking people to the west across to that area of the town So this is where we leave the canal and the railway station is going to be just across the road So it's a bit like how it used to be. So it started off with canals and then we're moving on to trains Although it's not steam train, there we go. It says railway station And there is the railway station just across the road So we're going to go, we're going to get on the train I don't think the train has arrived yet so I'll film that ride thing And we're looking forward to this. This will be the first time though I've not done the Seton Carlisle on a steam train. I've only ever done it on rail trains I've never done it on a passenger train So that man wanted to be featured by the looks of it So yeah, I've never done it on a passenger train I've only ever done it on a steam train So here we are at Skipton station So my first diesel train on Seton Carlisle So here we are at Skipton station 158 has just arrived. I think the train we're going on will have been following this one down Seton Carlisle because it actually stables our Applebee overnight and see the EMU's which work the trains from here to Leeds It's nice with all the flowers hanging up, the hanging baskets and everything I just know just coming down here Over there is a train of wagons We must be going to Rye Stone, not Colliery, Quarry It's one of the CAF units, number 353-016 There is also a 66 or possibly a 59 up there But we've got time to walk up and have a look It's 333-005 So our train should be arriving very soon And then we're going to fresh on up to Seton Carlisle Let's see if we can come this far We'll walk to the end of the platform See that 66, look at that, that's really nice Power of flowers on the platform So the MSN Bolton Abbey railway ever extends to Skipton Their trains have come down the hill where those wagons are So maybe one day I'll be back here saying today we're going to Bolton Abbey But that's probably some way into the future Here's the 66, it's number 66-771 So from a more modern diesel I'm going to go back down there and wait for an old diesel class 37 Or actually be the 47 that brings the train in and then we'll be leaving behind the class 37 Train has arrived, we have a 47 at this end So this is going to be on the rear now This is 47-593 and I'll show you what's going to pass this spot Well away princesses, great price for me on the side Large logo livery Down the other end we've got class 37 in BR Green livery So we'll see more of that at the other end I just want to show you the carriages So these are the carriages which ran on the line from London to Norwich So the Great East, the main line up until actually earlier this year These are all first class carriages I used to travel up and down to Norwich in their latter days, quite a few times on the 90s or I never went in first class So today I'm going to get my first opportunity to travel first class because they're all first class carriages that gives more space for social distancing etc You might hear the yang-yang-yang-yang-yang of a class 66 just slightly visible above the wall So that's on a train down from Railstone quarry So let's go and find our seats Our class service is limited Actually, let's go and have a quick look We've still got 10 minutes before we go I'm going to show you the loco because there might be a lot of people at Applebee so it's pretty easy to show it to you here So this loco's in a must in an older livery It's got its pre-tops number so it's the 6th, 8th, 1st, 7th It's the three that would have sort of This is our class 7, let's go and take some to Applebee Now let's go and get on the train It's going to be a really nice day out I think it's a lovely day Sun shining At Applebee station quite a lot on Steam Charters' Watering but I've never ever actually been into Applebee Town Centre So I'm also looking forward to that So I know I'm in coach A So I'm going to get on and find my seat So, on we go So here we have I'm going to go and find my seat and sit down and enjoy the ride So here we are on the Staycation Express sitting in the X 1st Class Mark 3 carriages It's nice, it's very comfortable Still got the Greater Anglia Moquette on the seats so it provides a reminder of the carriages' former career and it's really nice and pleasant As for wearing a mask, I've taken my mask off They've said while you're sitting down at your seat you don't need to wear a mask, you need to wear it when moving about the train and it's both on station So that's why I'm not wearing a mask I'm now going to continue enjoying the ride and soon we'll be at Applebee where we can have a nice day exploring Applebee Just approaching Ribblehead Station and we're going to very soon pass over Ribblehead 5 which is just ahead of us as we pass over Ribblehead 5 and the station is just coming up now It'll be a very nice walk to do especially when there's trains running Just passed over Ribblehead 5 and it's just coming up in a moment It's the signal watch It's still on British Rail network but it must be quite a nice place to be if you're a signal man There's the foot bath which must be a really nice walk If I got too long here I just wonder if I'll come here on a train It's bleeding more signal Now it's bleeding more signal watch than the signal man's house so we can't carry on enjoying the journey now towards Applebee So we've arrived at Applebee behind the Class First 7 It looks like there's some signals in the train going out into the siding so when I watch the train go out into the siding then we're going to have a look down the town So here we are at Applebee the train's gone now headed back to Skipton with another load taking one lot of people on the trip to Skipton and then it'll bring another lot of people for sure today back to Applebee and then it'll go back to Skipton bring that lot back and then we'll get on it and head back to Skipton so here we are 10 minutes ago we should look up the road there though we're going to walk up there because up there is the site of the other Applebee station so what I'm going to do I'm going to run down that ramp there and I'll take you up to the other Applebee station and just walked up from Applebee station which is over there I just wanted to quickly show you the site of the other Applebee station this was a northeastern railways station at Applebee I've not been on it yet but it's something I'd like to do in the future to get to here I'm just seeing the road here is the track the track is actually there but it's been tarmacked over and here is the old Goodshed and the track is actually all through there all through the undergrowth but you can't see much so that was the other Applebee station and if we cross the road we can clearly see the track is still in situ so that does connect up with the settle in Carlisle via the sidings where the train we've just come up on went to so what I'm going to do I'm going to go back to the station now and see the train arrive again so I've seen where the other Applebee station was coming back to the current Applebee station there's a couple of things I want to show you here then I'm going to go and explore the town because I've always wanted to come to this town but I've been through it many times so I've never actually seen the town so the town centre is down quite a steep hill that way but before we go down there you can see the lovely railway station railway sleeper here's the quite nice little old fashioned Auckland lights are coming on old fashioned style waiting room now we'll go over the other side have a little look around there and then we'll go and look around the town we can go over the lovely old lattice footbridge the bridge is disappearing across the country but here the station is still fully accessible she's got a ramp each side and that's why they haven't got this so we're going to be soon heading off down the hill down now I've already seen the church at the bottom of the hill so I'll show you inside the station building we can go in thanks to the office quite nice things to have there's a nameplate Bishop Eric Tracy he was a railway photographer and he photographed many trains in steam days and into preservation on such a car railway there's an early scale they're weighing scales so I think now it's time plus to go and explore Appleby so it's not far now I'm going to head off down the hill to Appleby so let's go and explore the town just come down the hill from the station and found the river Eden Appleby town centre is where there's the church it's just over the bridge over there so we're going to walk over the bridge and have a look around the town centre see what there is to see there is the castle up on the hill I don't think we'll be going to the castle today because with the current times you have to pre-book a visit perhaps another time almost immediately we're on that bridge so we'll go up here over the bridge and we'll get a nice view here of the river Eden that's where I was the moment ago it's just a really beautiful river so the station is up up over there not a huge amount to see on that side it's a more wooded section of the river coming down here to take us into the town centre can do a really nice river side wall probably do that when I finish recording takes you around there you can go around the river that way and you can cross over and come back on the other side of the river I've always wanted to come down here to this part of like I said I've never left the station before so it's really nice to come down and explore the town centre see what they have to see and explore it really see what there is we're just coming to the main town centre now so here we are, here's the main market square castle is up there we've got this rather interesting building here which will take us through where the church is I'll let you see the church I'm not expecting it to be open but we can certainly see it from the outside and then I'm going to walk up over the hills to the castle down to the river so there we are there is the parish church of St Lawrence so now I'm going to walk to the top of the hill I'm going to go up over the hill and we're going to go down and find the river at a more quieter spot away from the town centre I've just come down this lane which took us down round the back of the castle and we come back to the river so there's the river I'm going to take you along here there's a jubilee bridge here which they built to take us across the river so we haven't got to go through that rather long forward and it also will provide us with very nice views over the river and then from there I'm going to find another way up that way back up to the station so that will have sort of been around the whole of Applebee wouldn't it so you can see it's a really beautiful sight here we've got a weir here, another weir there and that is a ford who can drive so just doing it unless you have a lard on either or a land rover and then you get a view looking downstream on the river even I think it's a very nice part of Applebee a bit out of the town a bit of a walk too but you know when you come on this trip you get a real good amount of time here in Applebee so it gives you the opportunity to really explore the town beyond the actual town itself so come down here, there's one thing I want to show you down here well I believe that building there is the old Bond Gate Mill and as you get off the bridge comes down to here and there you are, gets a view off the Jubilee Bridge there which is just hot there's a stone sculpture here there's a few of these along the river so I thought we'd just have a quick look at that and then I'm going to head back I'm going to follow the lane up that way and find a way back to the station so there's a big giant tether of a flower so I'm now going to head that way towards the station I've had a great day on the Staycation Express it's been a really nice trip really enjoyed exploring Applebee it's a very pleasant town by the river and now here we are back at Skipton so why not come up here and do this if you live in the area then obviously just come and book and have the ride or do what I did, travel up from the south and have a great day out on the Staycation Express or you can get on the Applebee come down to Skipton, have a day out in Skipton so there's really a lot of options here so as I said I've had a great day hope you enjoyed watching please do feel free to like, subscribe, comment I've got to now walk back along the canal back to the campsite so thank you very much for watching I'll charge services for a great day thanks very much, goodbye