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That BIG TRAIN Guy
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I chose to collect bigger model trains than most sensible people would choose, - hence the channel name!
Large scale model trains, real trains and anything related. Reviews, try-outs, instructionals, observations and in time... building an ambitious Garden Railroad.
Hi, I'm Simon from Weston-super-Mare in South West England. As a small boy I gained great interest in steam railways, real and model alike, and dreamed of one day building an outdoor model railway of my own. My interests soon focused on American steam trains, (in particular the Rio Grande narrow gauge!) From the start of 2020 I have been collecting F Scale (1:20.3 scale) models and have set up a basic temporary track in my current garden. As soon as I find a house with a big enough garden, I will be documenting the process of building a proper model railroad, based on the D&RGW.
Please SUBSCRIBE. There is so much to come!
Plus, I sometimes work as a fireman on the West Somerset Railway!
Large scale model trains, real trains and anything related. Reviews, try-outs, instructionals, observations and in time... building an ambitious Garden Railroad.
Hi, I'm Simon from Weston-super-Mare in South West England. As a small boy I gained great interest in steam railways, real and model alike, and dreamed of one day building an outdoor model railway of my own. My interests soon focused on American steam trains, (in particular the Rio Grande narrow gauge!) From the start of 2020 I have been collecting F Scale (1:20.3 scale) models and have set up a basic temporary track in my current garden. As soon as I find a house with a big enough garden, I will be documenting the process of building a proper model railroad, based on the D&RGW.
Please SUBSCRIBE. There is so much to come!
Plus, I sometimes work as a fireman on the West Somerset Railway!
Visiting David Munns' Garden Railway
A group meet for the G Scale Society, hosted by David and Teresa Munns in Somerton, Somerset. June 22nd, 2024.
David and Teresa have created a very beautiful garden railway at their home in Somerton. Several members of the G Scale Society met to admire it, and some brought their own trains to run. These were a mix of DCC track power, battery power and even live steam. We had a good few hours of running, without too many crashes!
Big thanks to David and Teresa for having us.
Find out about the G Scale Society via this link. Learn about the hobby and make friends:
gscalesociety.com/
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David and Teresa have created a very beautiful garden railway at their home in Somerton. Several members of the G Scale Society met to admire it, and some brought their own trains to run. These were a mix of DCC track power, battery power and even live steam. We had a good few hours of running, without too many crashes!
Big thanks to David and Teresa for having us.
Find out about the G Scale Society via this link. Learn about the hobby and make friends:
gscalesociety.com/
Please SUBSCRIBE to this channel: Model trains, real trains, international adventures and fun stuff.
Every subscriber helps, so thank you every one of you!
For extra content find me on...
INSTAGRAM: @that.big.train.guy
FACEBOOK: ThatBIGTRAINGuy
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12: Durango & Silverton Railroad - A MUST ride!!!!
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The Grande Tour Episode 12. Day 7: 15th July 2023 Voted USA Today's No.1 best scenic train ride in the country, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is an incredibly special rail experience. The route being one of only two preserved sections of the old Denver & Rio Grande Western's narrow gauge network (the other being the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad), the Durango & Silverton is w...
11: Tracing A Railroad Legend | Historic & Beautiful Rio Grande Southern Revisited
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The Grande Tour Episode 11. Day 6: 14th July 2023 Trains haven't run since 1951, but let's take the journey again. An AMAZING journey tracing a true legend of railroad history. I follow the 160 mile long path of the Rio Grande Southern from Ridgway to Durango through the stunningly beautiful San Juan Mountains. I see remnants along the way such and depot station buildings, trestles and water to...
10: (Stunningly Beautiful) OURAY, Colorado - Do NOT do what I did!
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The Grande Tour Episode 10. Day 5: 13th July 2023 The FOURTH video from this day: Having travelled from Grand Junction (Episode 7), hopped over to Cimarron Canyon Rail Exhibit (Episode 8) and had a guided tour of Ridgway Railroad Museum (Episode 9), here I am arriving in the beautiful town of OURAY. Billed as "The Switzerland of America", this is town is surrounded by Alpine natural beauty and ...
9: Ridgway Railroad Museum, Colorado - Historic Beauty Preserved!
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The Grande Tour Episode 9. Day 5: 13th July 2023 HUGE thanks to volunteer Larry for coming to meet me a show me around! Please visit and support the museum: www.ridgwayrailroadmuseum.org/ The second supplement to Episode 7 where I followed the Rio Grande from Grand Junction, to Montrose, to Ridgway and to Ouray; Here I share my visit to the Ridgway Railroad Museum, personally shown around by vo...
8: Cimarron Canyon Rail Exhibit - Colorado
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The Grande Tour Episode 8. Day 5: 13th July 2023 A supplement to Episode 7 where I followed the Rio Grande from Grand Junction, to Montrose, to Ridgway and to Ouray, here I took a side-step from Montrose to visit Cimarron Canyon where a locomotive and cars is displayed on a bridge as a memorial to the old railroad. A beautiful monument. Following from this video will be: - Ep. 9: Ridgway Railro...
Weston-super-Mare Model Railway Show - 2024
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Held on Sunday 14th January, 2024, at the new venue of Priory School it's the Weston-super-Mare Model Railway Show. The annual event is organised by Burnham & District Model Railway Club: bdmrc.co.uk/14-january-2024-exhibition/ I attended and exhibited as part of the G Scale Society: gscalesociety.com/ Exhibits: - Moors View - N Scale - Bishops Street Yard - OO Scale - Thiswaye - O Scale - Penm...
7: Grand Junction to Ouray, Colorado - Historic Railroad Sites
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The Grande Tour Episode 7. Day 5: 13th July 2023 Tracing Rio Grande history, we start in Grand Junction and view the historic station building AND see the California Zephyr run through. Then, I drive South following the direction of the Rio Grande branch to Montrose where tracks still run to, (this is where Standard Gauge ended). Onwards from Montrose which was once the Narrow Gauge line to Rid...
6: Marysvale UT to Grand Junction CO - EPIC VIEWS!
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The Grande Tour Episode 6. Day 4: 12th July 2023 Leaving Caboose Village, Big Rock Candy Mountain Resort, I follow the way of the old Rio Grande "Marysvale Branch" up as far as Salina, then head East to leave Utah and cross into Colorado, and on to Grand Junction. Along the way I see some amazing scenery at various rest areas on the I-70, and I also drive through the equally epic and scary 'Col...
5: BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN - Railroad History from Caboose Village
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5: BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN - Railroad History from Caboose Village
4: Ely NV to Big Rock Candy Mountain (Caboose Village) UT - Highway 50
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4: Ely NV to Big Rock Candy Mountain (Caboose Village) UT - Highway 50
BBQ Pork Steak Ciabatta - 'On The Shovel'
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BBQ Pork Steak Ciabatta - 'On The Shovel'
3: Nevada Northern Railway - A GREAT historic train ride
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3: Nevada Northern Railway - A GREAT historic train ride
2: Driving Salt Lake City UT to Ely NV - Interesting stuff!
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2: Driving Salt Lake City UT to Ely NV - Interesting stuff!
1: Historic Train Stations - Salt Lake City, Utah. Epic trip begins!!!
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1: Historic Train Stations - Salt Lake City, Utah. Epic trip begins!!!
GORGEOUS! Brecon Mountain Railway, Wales, with Baldwin locomotives
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GORGEOUS! Brecon Mountain Railway, Wales, with Baldwin locomotives
Disneyland Trains and more from 1996 - Rollercoaster ride!
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Disneyland Trains and more from 1996 - Rollercoaster ride!
Accucraft Window Problem - How I Fixed Mine
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Accucraft Window Problem - How I Fixed Mine
Flying Scotsman - 'The Royal Duchy' through Weston-super-Mare 30th April 2023
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Flying Scotsman - 'The Royal Duchy' through Weston-super-Mare 30th April 2023
Bristol Model Railway Exhibition - 2023
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Bristol Model Railway Exhibition - 2023
Accucraft Switcher Non-runner FIXED ..... FINALLY!!!!!
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Accucraft Switcher Non-runner FIXED ..... FINALLY!!!!!
Nailsea Model Railway Exhibition - 25th March 2023
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Nailsea Model Railway Exhibition - 25th March 2023
Weston-super-Mare Model Railway Show - Jan 15 2023
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Weston-super-Mare Model Railway Show - Jan 15 2023
1000 Subscriber Special!!! - Outtakes and Future Plans
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1000 Subscriber Special!!! - Outtakes and Future Plans
Winterlights to Norton Fitzwarren - West Somerset Railway 21/12/22
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Winterlights to Norton Fitzwarren - West Somerset Railway 21/12/22
Christmas Train Party 2022 - (Santa has a thing about coal!!!)
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Christmas Train Party 2022 - (Santa has a thing about coal!!!)
Rio Grande rule book from 1940 - (surprisingly vague 🤔)
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Rio Grande rule book from 1940 - (surprisingly vague 🤔)
This video rekindled my memory of 1982 when myself, wife, and my five children took this flight. The cars were different but the locomotives are the same. It was a lovely trip back then and this video served as a great refresher. Thank you!
Really well made layout. Made me quite homesick.. All the best from.a very wet and windy western Norway !
It's lovely, isn't it? Ohhhh no, we don't want you feeling homesick! It has been on/off wet and windy here too this week.
That trail was sketchy. Great video !
Yeah, the actual official path was slanted and gravelly, so my unofficial "path" didn't seem much different. 😂 Thank you!
Absolutely fantastic. I had thought one day of doing what you did here but know I will never get the chance . Thank you for fulfilling my bucket list item !
I'm very pleased to take you there. Thank you!
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Are you going to post your Cumbres & Toltec trip ? We went last year and I posted several on my youtube channel. Thanks again !
@@rileydog362 Yes, when I get around to it. I have 11 or 12 more videos from this trip (now over a year ago!) with other videos inbetween. Nice! I'll try and see yours.
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Looking forward to it .
@rileydog362 Great. Me too! 😂
I’m the 88th like! 🙂 Hi Simon. Happy to be part of your subscribers! 🙂 I loved the celebration music! It felt so triumphant!! 😂😍👏🏼🎉 The party hat: yeeees!! The apple: yeeeeesss!!! Great job. Congrats! The silliness at end was cute! 🙂
@@MysChad Haha!!! Thank you so much 😁 I'm glad to have you with me too. I'm actually very close to 2000 now 👀
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Yes! Very nice! Great job Simon. Congrats on being super close to 2000!! 🙂😍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I hope to get there one day!! 🥵🥵🥵 I loved how your 1000th was right beside you at the pub! How cool! 🙂
@@MysChad Thank you so much. Oh you'll get there. Just keep making, learning and improving. You'll get there 👍👍👍
Beautiful video Simon!! 😍 Really enjoyed it! The trains are SO cute!! What fancy toys!!! 😍❤️ The garden is gorgeous. What a dream to have a whole train track backyard like that!!! 😍😍😍 I love the different angles you captured. Gorgeous made video. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 And that dog! 😘🥰❤️
Thanks! Yes, this kind of thing was the reason I started my channel, - to encourage this hobby. What a great example this is?!? 🥰 I have the ideas for my own, but I need to move house to somewhere with a bigger space first. Oh and yes, the dog is so cute! I've forgotten her name. Molly? Lilly? Not sure. Thank you so much 😁👍
Hello Simon, a very nice garden railway, great locomotives and trains that ran on the layout. Thank you for showing it and have a nice week. Best regards Wolfgang
It's a really lovely railway and garden. Thanks Wolfgang! All the best to you too. 👍
It's very nice indeed. Re the steamer, I still have a problem with them speeding up and slowing down Yes a bit of steam looks good but for me it does not offset the releastic benefits of the Electric ones, especially with modern sound cards.
Yes, true. They are hard to control, and often hard to run at a scale speed. Most are capable with practice. I'll hopefully see how I get on with mine soon. Thank you!
I bet it was just right down at Norton...filled a gap 🚂😊👌
Definitely did the job 🥪👍
Great clip
Thanks Steve!
I have one of the real original 1888 rio grade southern narrow gauge railroad spikes
Oh wow! That's nice to have. I was tempted to pinch the tie I spotted in the bushes at Rico, but try getting that on the plane! I do have a spike from the Chili Line that someone sent me, and also a Jeffrey spike but we don't know where that one came from.
Thanks for showing us this beautiful garden railway Simon. I wish I could be a member and ride on it too.
I'm glad I can share it. Are there no similar clubs in your area?
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy there is. They have one outdoor layout. However, their meeting timings match exactly when I have to bring Félix to his gymnastics. Though I have operated on it a couple of times and they consider me a member. ☺️
@@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Ah, well that's something. At least you're meeting new people without the help of a group, like Michael for example 👍
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy indeed.
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy my channel has been brilliant at meeting people
Such a great well put together layout especially for live steam. Thanks for Simon for sharing 😎👍
It's very nice, isn't it? Thanks Dave!
Cooooooool railroad! Gracias🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks Tomas! 👍
What a well thought out railway !! Love the supersonic steamer !!!
Haha! You mean, you managed to spot it???
Love the style of this video! Great to hear everyone had a nice time. Something is just right about running trains with tea, coffee, and cake to compliment!
I quite agree. Just not the same without the tea, coffee and cakes. Thank you!
What a gem of a place! Such a lovely layout, tons of details and nice garden to boot! Very interesting trains and rolling stock to watch, grabbed a few ideas from watching. Great video, thanks.
It's very nicely done indeed. Cheers Steve!
Great video! Always have enjoyed watching someone else’s garden RR. Cheers!
It's a key part of the hobby, I feel. Thanks Ken!
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Hope you are well. Haven’t seen much of you.
@@kenshores9900 I'm not too bad thanks. Just busy between full time work (and being knackered as a result of), life chores and faff, playing in a band, being sociable with friends and family, working on a real steam railway sometimes..... I really barely have time for videos, let alone work on models. Ah well. It's all fun. I hope you're well too Ken. Cheers!
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Wgen do you sleep? If I accomplish one task a day, I feel I have had a successful day. Best wishes!
Really very pretty garden railway. Thanks for sharing this great vid simon!
I'm glad I can share. Thanks Everett!
Look forward to watching this later! 🚂
Excellent 👍
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Watched a loved the video and setup!! Great shots 👍🏼🚂
@@TRAINBUILDER I'm glad I could share it with others. Thank you!
Fun video. But I really had hoped to see your new live steamer running.
So did I. As I say in this video, it came with issues. Issues mean repairs. Repairs mean time. Time I barely have any. Hopefully I'll do something with it soon. Thanks!
Is the steam locomotive that you purchased a Big Boy? That would be cool.
Ha! Noooo. I'm not sure I've ever seen a live steam Big Boy. Nope, it's a C-18. A lovely thing, but needs some repairs first as quality control at the factory was not paying attention.
The garden looks in scale to the gauge of the train. Nice water feature also.
It's very nicely done, isn't it.
This is one fantastic looking garden railroad.
Well done garden, and well done layout. Thanks for putting this together Simon
I'm very glad to share it. Thanks Dave!
Stunning trains. Stunning garden. Stunning folks. Fantastic Simon. The Sandy River stole the show at the end. Great video mate👍
Yes I think it did steal the show, (and cause a couple of crashes 😂). Thabks David 👍
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy All part of the fun.😃
David Munn and his Wife have created a beautiful Garden Railway. While the Trains were nice to watch, it seemed they were running a little too fast at times. Thank you for sharing your experience of this outdoor railroad.
Ha! Yes, it turned into a bit of a race track at times. Lovely none the less. Thank you!
You're welcome.
Love that White Pass train. I used to live in Skagway, Alaska and have ridden it many times.
Oh wow. That's on my list to do one day!
If you listen really close to that first passenger engine I SWEAR it sounds like "Where's your ticket where's your ticket where's your ticket"!
😂😂😂 I think you might be right!
Wonderful photography of a beautiful garden layout! Thanks for posting Simon!
I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
Love the home built rail systems! Especially those with real snow removal equipment, flanges and rotary blowers. I must admit one of my favorites is Rod Stewart's, which he built the majority of it himself. Check it out if you haven't already!
Oh yes I've seen pictures of Rod's railroad. He said a few years ago that he was making a film about it. I'm still waiting! I know a year or two ago he moved back to the UK, and the railroad was packed up and shipped. I'm yet to see anything of it from the UK. Anyway, it looks an amazing layout!
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Yeah I myself have been waiting for the film. Truly amazing with all the Skyscrapers and buildings it is pretty incredible! If not mistaken he basically only needed help with was the wiring. Very Cool!
@@Charles53412 Yes, I believe he built the layout with the help of a couple of friends, but Rod's talent was in the buildings. He'd have a second hotel room when on tour (specially requested to have good ventilation) so he could work on his sky scrapers.
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Yeah I heard much the same. It is really cool to see what some entertainers find to do to break the monotony in order to relax, especially those with hobbies such as this.
A lovely garden and some great footage
Thanks very much!
is that Peco pointwork?
I don't think so. Peco are a smaller code rail. I'm pretty sure those are LGB.
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy 332gauge, ok.
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy ok so 332. I am running 250, and now moved to Peco because of the price, and wish I had before....tbh.
Impressive
Nice, eh?
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy indeed
Hi big train guy! 🙂 Beautiful vid! I subscribed! 🙂 In my “Montreal” vid, I share a glimpse of an old train. I know nothing about it! 🤣 We were on the highway, it caught my eyes, recorded it. 😍
@@MysChad Ah, fantastic! Thank you. Nice to have you here. I'll look up that video! Simon
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Thanks Simon! 🙂💕 Nice to interact with you here! 🙂
What day were you on that train
@@Av0idL2jinx 15th July, 2023. Details in the description 😊
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy 😊thanks
Thanks so much - I SO enjoy going through all these tracking the D&RG and RGS videos. You've created some wonderful footage!
@@haworth7 Thank you. That mean a lot to me. Just taking so long to work through it all, (over a year now!) Lot's more to come 😉
Wow, what a beautiful locomotive!
@@johnlazar7582 Rather nice, isn't it. 😊
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy It sure is Simon. 😊
Show us a long video; I hate these little nibbles!
@@kevinholland4156 Well, my "proper" videos take a very long time to make. I work full time, life chores, play in a band, volunteer on a steam railway, friends and family..... I have very little time for producing videos. A little quick thing like this takes about 5 mins. A little something that's interesting/fun, inbetween my proper videos. And these do really help to draw people in to see my proper videos too. Thanks 😊👍
Awesome! Massive power restrained, tamed and put to work!
Indeed. Quite a noisy thing. In fact, my driver and I were quite happy after it left: all that ticking, clicking, whooshing and then..... peace 😊😂
Ohhhh😃😃😃😍😍😍 Sorry lost for words. Awesome Simon👍
Rather nice, eh? Thanks David! 👍
I think you have found my heaven 🤩
Oh it's definitely some kind of heaven. Beautiful.
The great little train, for the life of me I never understood why they call it the Brecon Mountain Railway, it's in Merthyr Tydfil, it doesn't go to Brecon, and even if it did it would still be the Merthyr Mountain Railway, after all, Brecon compared to Merthyr is a tiny little town, Merthyr Historically is one of the most Historical towns in the world.
A lovely railway indeed. The name,... ummmm. Well it's built on what was the Brecon & Merthyr Railway, so historically it has the connection with the town of Brecon. But I'm sure it now refers to the fact it is in the Brecon Beacons mountain range. As long as I've known of it, I've always thought of it as the railway in the Brecon mountains. I don't think I've even considered there being a town of Brecon. Haha! Like the Snowdon Mountain Railway. It climbs the mountain of Snowdon. I think if Brecon the same way.
Would love to see this one day, its on the bucket list. Where abouts in England are you from? I am from Thanet.
I hope you manage it! Ah over to the East? I'm the other side. Weston-super-Mare.
We rode this about the same time you did! We stayed in Dolores (the town with the silver train engine). Videos and pictures just don't do the views justice!
@@unklemoose Oh fantastic! How was Dolores as somewhere to stay? Have you seen my previous video where I stop there? You're right. The views look amazing in picture, but it's nothing compared to being there. I feel it's my spiritual home, of sorts.
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy it's on my watch list. There's a beautiful rv park a couple miles farther down the road, right on the river. Beautiful place!
@@unklemooseBeautiful. My whole two week trip was pretty rushed. I'd love to have more time just to explore and absorb these places more. Someday!
You are so fortunate to be working on a steamer! The sandwich looks great too!
I love it. Thank you!
That's my kind of gourmet food :)
On my list of things to do someday. Cheers!
I hope you get the chance soon!
Still better than the ones i made on 85
Haha! I remember. Maybe yours cooked better, but at least my sandwich stayed complete 😂
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy haha rub it in ay lol I can confidentially say i had 1 successfully one lol I know there are many ways to cook on an engine Eggs on the brake ejector Sausages on the lubricantor pipes Corn in the blow down
@@laaityThat's true. I quite fancy baking in the smoke box 🤔
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy i dont think anything would survive if your powering down the line If you're just sitting there or shunting, i reckon it should work I mean im sure you saw what hyce did Funny story I heard a story where a guy was getting ready to make food on the engine while powering down the main He put his spade with boere worse on it near the hell door, got sucked in. Idk what he was thinking lol I don't even think the shovel would've survived long enough lol
Haha! Oh yes, I remember on Top Gear they cooked for Jeremy Clarkson on Tornado while speeding the express (for some reason!) That flew up towards the chimney 😂
Yum. Are you bringing sandwiches to York in September. No problem if you cant.🤣