 Hello, thank you for joining me today. I'm out for a walk along the Basing Stoke Canal It's another episode of Miniature Railway Britain and we're going to the Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway So we are currently in Frimley. It's a really nice section of canal Woodland on one side Residential on the other but before we get to the railway we have to cross the southwestern main line and the way We're going to cross it is well. It's not that obvious look ahead. Well firstly Lady looks like she's having a nice time On one of those paddled boards anyway the railway to leave it or not is actually here This is an aqueduct which takes the base in Stoke Canal over the southwestern main line So I've been under this aqueduct many times. I've never been over it before certainly not on the boat So if we have a look down here What could we have railway line? So what looks like four little tunnels is So it's like a squared shape kind of bridge And I think it's classed as a bridge rather than the tunnels. It's not bored and then it takes a angled way across It's also a bridge for cars as well. I don't know how long it's a train come So I'm not sure if I'm necessarily going to wait for a train, but there we are look with the bridge And that's the number with 31 miles and 55 change expect from Waterloo So that's south way to main line that is looking towards Basing Stoke and that way kind of hidden by trees Looking towards London. Let's have a look and see if we can see a bit more of the railway. There you go Nice cutting and then feels a bit strange return and here we are here is the canal So we're now going to we get to his not really obvious at all that you're crossing the railway But we are right now walking over to southwestern main line and then just through the trees there is The and the railway line so those trees weren't there a bit more obvious that we were currently Walking along above railway line what I'm going to do. I'm going to now continue along to the road I can see a road bridge. So to get an overview of this aqueduct I'm gonna go around to the road bridge and then we can have a look and then I'll continue back to the canal We'll follow all the canal till we get to Froon Lodge, which really I've just taken a slight detour up the road to where the road crosses the southwestern main line Just so we can have a look at the aqueduct see what it looks like from this view whether we'll see a train I'm not sure. There you are. That's the aqueduct just there So that's where we were a moment ago. I'm gonna head back this way back to the canal We're gonna go and look for the railway line Just come about a quarter of a mile along the canal And I think we're nearly at the railway because I can hear the sounds of whistles So I'll go down here You just hear a train pulling in in front of me It becomes very obvious when we get here So if you wanted to bring your car a bit closer in Cook Park here I believe it's a paint display, but I wanted to make a bit of a walk out today So if we get to this is a very nice setting so this is the station So it looks like pools in here you get off and it runs forward to the station on the corner So let's just go and have a little look Interestingly there's the engine shed here. There's like a branch line running right across here And joining up with the main system So let's just have a look around the corner and see what we can see So yeah, look it says Frimly large miniature relics. This must be the steaming base where they steam the locos up at the beginning of the day If we go to here This is the arrival station. So when you finish your ride you get off at this two-track station here There's also a race track. That's just got onto the bridge. Well, not much is happening I don't think the race tracks running today So perhaps one day we'll come back and have a ride on that as a shorter line. So you can see the two tracks coming in here That's your Your race tracks. I believe both lines do a circuit the race track does a smaller circuit So we get on that station there Frimly Lodge this station here is Parkside I wonder if we'll find any others so I'm gonna do now. I'm gonna join the queue there I'm gonna buy my ticket. We're gonna go for a ride on the Frimly Lodge miniature railway Just wanted to go to see the sector We're all tripped behind that loco, which just slipped a bit as she's departing another steam loco here, northeastern loco And then there's a Hudson diesel over there, which isn't out and there's a couple of other smaller diesel's out What we're gonna do now, we're gonna go for a walk on the line side and The canal side We're just gonna walk up and have a little look at some of the other aspects of the railway and See how it's developed everything. Well, this is we'll just go along the canal for long I know come back down to here get quite a good view of the whole station throat. So Stand here. You can see there's three platforms. So we came out the furthest platform And you've got two platforms here And then they all go off into one line eventually which forms the big loop Oh sounds like that steam loco is gonna go out. So we better watch that and Then we'll see what else there is Come forward you can also see the racetrack. So it's a much shorter ride just goes round there. Yeah, let's watch this go I'll see about this track. So there's another steam-haul train departs I think we'll see that as we walk around. So I was just saying that is the racetrack So it's much shorter ride just literally as a loop here. There's also a junction here and there's a Ground level line which follows the racetrack round. So You can just see just there another train. That's the line coming back So they're very short little loop. So there is that if I don't they ever run passion to trains there But technically you could do short journeys. Now, what we'll do. Let's have a look And walk along the canal. So the railway runs very close to the canal Not quite as close to the cross city line in Birmingham runs to the canal, but still Probably the closest miniature away I've seen to a canal. I might be asking one or two others that run closer So the railway has been here since 1988 they built the kilometer of track, which we had a trip on The racetrack was added in about 2012 So you can just see you look through the woods So what we'll do we saw when we were on the train there was another station called Tom's Hulk So what we'll do we'll walk up there and we'll just visit that station and then as I walk back I'll get some line-side shots because it will make some quite nice places for line-siding as I saw from the woods It's very pleasant though along here on this wooded canal The canal dates back to the late 1700s or building it's obviously long before the railways to go back to the southwest The main line where we first saw the canal Obviously that aqueduct wouldn't have been there. So they must have had to have closed the canal to build the railway all those years ago come up here and This is quite a nice bit of to walk along and walk down into the woods. We can walk beside The long double track section. No doubt. We'll see a few trains as we go There are some official crossings. We'll cross at one of them. Hold it, there's a steam locomotive coming by That was the one we had a ride on. The steam's whistling there because there is a level crossing there We'll continue to walk through the woods. We'll cross the track at another level crossing and I do want to go to this other station. I saw it was called Tom's Holt. So I just want to say I've set foot there That's why we're walking this way. It's a funny place here It's a bit of woodland between the canal and the minute to railway then on the other side There's a bigger park. I can see people having barbecues there that kind of thing So it's not a place you can come and you know just have a picnic Let's go down here. I want to get back beside Railway line again in the hope a train would come. It is all fully signalled as we can see if we come down to just beneath this oak tree You can see a signal. It's green. So when a train passes it will go red or red. Yeah, there's also a yellow aspect in the middle So if it's green it means the next section is clear But if it's yellow then like that signal you might just be able to see there Is yellow then the next section after that won't be clear. So that means basically start to slow it down You can smell people having barbecues. It sounds a bit greedy, but it does make you hungry when you can smell a barbeque And you're not actually going to it. Anyway, it's a public park and there are barbecues. Oh, I can hear a steam train coming Let's go and hippie that north-eastern one. Let's watch that one go by See if people enjoying the rides and waving which is always nice to see people enjoying a trip on the minute to railway Including the adults, not just the children. You do go to some sometimes You say to say the adults, you know, they don't seem to want to go on one. They just want to send the children I think yeah, you don't know what you're missing. I just think, you know, always enjoy a trip on a minute to railway I can't, you know, I don't ever really understand why people don't want to go But anyway, here they all look like they were really enjoying it. Oh, look, here's one of those crossings here So there's the Basingstoke canal Through the trees here there is a crossing It says beware of trains. I think we're going aware of the trains We're going both ways. It doesn't appear to be anything coming So that's looking down the main line. I actually want to stay on this side So we're going to go back across. If you look here though, this is like the apex where the two tracks split to form that large loop So Tom's Holt must be up there. It's quite good. I think this is up a bit of a hill So what I'll do is on my way back to the station I don't think I can get a lift back because trains don't seem to stop at Tom's Holt And what I'll do is I shall walk back and I'll stop at some of these key points And do a bit of line siding because I always enjoy line siding Whether it's on a minute to railway or a standard gauge railway Talking of standard gauge railways, we are very close to another standard gauge railway Not the south-west of the main line, but the line from Ashvale up to Ascot Via places like Bagshot and Canberley. It's got to be literally just over there Haven't heard any trains so I had a quick check and unfortunately it's replacing buses today So we won't actually be seeing any trains on that line but we are very close to it And also not that far from there is the line that goes from Reading down towards Gatwick Airport So there's a lot of railways in this area They're also used to be, I think it's called the Canberley and Surrey borders minute to railway I think it was a 10 and a quarter inch gauge railway That was in this area that closed a long time ago Maybe one day we'll do a video on what's left of that if we can find anything Anyway this is Tom's Holt here So we can just sit here now and wait for a train to pass through We just see it come through so I'm just going to sit and wait and see what comes along I've had a great time here today at the Frimley Lodge minute to railway It's a very pleasant walk along beside the canal What I'm going to do now though is I'm going to make my way back If you'd like to come visit this railway, probably the nearest station is Farmburn North There is a railway station at Frimley but I think the one at Farmburn North is probably slightly nearer So do come visit this railway, it's a really pleasant railway in a pleasant park we've seen So thank you very much for watching Please do feel free to like, subscribe and comment from the Frimley Lodge minute to railway Goodbye