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Ian Smith
United Kingdom
Registrace 26. 05. 2019
A channel dedicated to the celebration of travel and transport! I focus on modern day travel and also like to delve into historical travel too.
Join me as I discover interesting places as I simultaneously attempt to travel on every UK railway route - every station and every stretch of track!
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Join me as I discover interesting places as I simultaneously attempt to travel on every UK railway route - every station and every stretch of track!
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Ravenscar - Amazing Abandoned Railway Tunnel & Station | Disused Railway Lines
The Ravenscar Railway Tunnel is a hidden gem from 'The Town That Never Was'. In this film I explore the disused railway line between Scarborough and Whitby and focus on Ravenscar (known as the town that never was) and its railway station which was axed by Beeching in the 1960s and its impressive abandoned tunnel that a lot of people don't know about.
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Exploring Unusual Places on Forge Valley Railway Line Part 2 | Disused Railways UK
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Welcome to the 2nd part of a 3 part series exploring some UK disused railways and old train lines. The old railway stations in this episode are along the disused Forge Valley Line that used to run between Scarborough and Pickering, in North Yorkshire. During this episode I visit 2 lost Railway stations - Wykeham and Sawdon, which serviced the village of Brompton by Sawdon. There's also some old...
FOUND...A HIDDEN BRIDGE on The Forge Valley Railway Line | Disused Railways UK
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Welcome to the first part of a 3 part series exploring the old railway stations of The Forge Valley line one of many disused railways in the UK. This episode I travel along the old railway line called The Forge Valley Line that used to run between Scarborough and Pickering, in North Yorkshire. During Part 1 I begin my journey along the disused railway stations of The Forge Valley line at Seamer...
1st Heavier Than Air Flying Machine | Sir George Cayley Glider | Flight Invention History
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Flight invention and the history of the first aircraft started thanks to Sir George Cayley, known as the 'Father of Aviation' who developed one of the first flying machines. In fact his Cayley Gilder was the world's first aircraft capable of heavier than air flight - a successful human glider. Sir George Cayley lived in Brompton by Sawdon in North Yorkshire and it was in the fields here where t...
Funicular! UK's Oldest Cliff Lift: Scarborough History... Funicular Railway
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Funiculars are fun and in Scarborough on the Yorkshire Coast there is the oldest cliff lift funicular railway in the country. Transporting thousands of people each year the funicular was opened in 1875 a feat of superb Victorian engineering. Scarborough was the country's first ever seaside resort. I covered some of that history in the previous video to this one You can check that out by clickin...
Scarborough History: How Scarborough Became The First Seaside Resort UK
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A short video about Scarborough's history and how it became the first seaside resort in the UK thanks to the discovery of natural spring found close to the South Bay beach. But that isn't where the story ends, Scarborough eventually turned into one of the most popular holiday destinations in the 19th and 20th centuries thanks to the development of the seafront area, starting with the famous spa...
Longest Railway Bench Scarborough | Yorkshire Railways | Old Railway Stations.
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Scarborough is an old British railway station and has the honour of having The World's Longest Railway bench! It can be found at Scarborough Railway Station and measures 139 metres! The Victorian bench has been refurbished fairly recently. Each of the 2500 railway stations has something that makes them a little different, unique even. And at Scarborough train station it's the long bench at the ...
The shortest of three tunnels, but has an impressive curve. Sandsend tunnel is much more interesting, accessed by Kettlenes tunnel. czcams.com/video/Lx0FyBCI4xU/video.htmlsi=GyQU8M7DhOyqY9ho
Nothing more than a glider. The aircraft we use today is thank to the Wright brothers.
The Wright brothers used Cayley's work. Without it they'd still be on the ground.
The first to ever fly a heavier than air powered machine was the Brazilian Alberto Santos Dumont, in 23rd Oct 1906 in front of a crowd of people at the Bagatele field in Paris, not the Wright Brothers who claimed they flew before in the middle of nowhere with only one of their assistants as a "witness" and a picture that came up after the Dumont flight!
We should remember that during Cayley's lifetime, the notion of flying machines was pure fantasy. Naturally, his family, part of the aristocracy, would want to avoid ridicule at all costs. No doubt, Sjr George was battling headwinds on many fronts.
Where's the third video from snation to pickering
Gustav Whitehead was the first to fly in America. Buile a replica and fly it.
So do you have some proof that Cayley actually flew in gliding flight? I have only seen a video of a replica launching as a kite, and crashing as a kite.
How about some pictures of the actual place he had that boy and his coachman actually flew? And some pictures of his home and places would be good.
Yeah walked through it when I was doing NVQ with NT there
Why did Wright bothers not just put an engine in this
Most engines of the day (typically early car engines) were either too heavy to be fitted onto aircraft, lacking in power, or both. Hiram Maxim, inventor of the machine gun, tried to build his own triplane with a powerful engine. It was capable of short hops but was ultimately underwhelming. The Wright Brothers were unsuccessful with conventional engines because they were too heavy for their gliders, so they had Charles Taylor build a custom engine.
Nice video liked it
Thank you. Much appreciated
The first man who flew was called Diego MarĂn. A Spaniard who invented a machine heavier than air in the 18th century that flew 300 meters
Thank you - I had never heard of Diego Marin before. That's really interesting.
Great video, many thanks. Looking forward to the rest of the videos.
Thank you. I get heartily sick of people who believe the Wright Brothers were the first. No one ever mentions that they studied George Cayleyâs scientific findings on aerodynamic lift and drag. Years and years before the Wright brothers built their first glider.
They were this is a glider. Not an engine airplane that the weight brothers made.
dear ian i love your work and your face ,could you please do another video because your work is outstanding lots of love yours sincerely me xx
Would be nice time travel with him and show where we are ⊠he would cry for sure
Great video ! Very curious to see the field and incline of the slope. Derek Piggot flew a replica of Caley's glider for a BBC programme back in 1973. It can be seen on a Dutch youtube ; "caley 1853". Derek call the control "tiller" more an "influencer"! No wonder the coachman got the fright of his life.
Hi Ian. Great vlog have seen a few of yours. Just an idea. Old stations that are now b&b, it may be worth contacting the owners and ask if they could alow you to vlog on the old platform, it's business for them as well,
Really enjoyed this. Curious abt well known and hidden gems in England...i know so little abt monuments, history, stories, etc. It is the best way to learn (2nd best to actually traveling there).
Excellent thank you
Thank you đđŒ
My grandad was signalman at Ravenscar station in WW2. Later he was signalman at Market Weighton and lived at Shiptonthorpe (londesborough) Railway station after the york to hull closure up until 2005. He once told me stories of how he could hear Hull being bombed all the way from Ravenscar and how a WW2 plane crashed into Ravenscar cliff when he was at work. Very scary. My Grandma used to work at Ravenhall. I will have to check out the tunnel someday
Wow theyâre amazing stories. Quite scary too. Never heard about a plane crashing there, that is terrifying.
THERE IS ANOTHER TRAM LIFT ON THE SOUTH BAY NEXT TO SALMONELA TOWERS THE GRAND HOTEL TAKES YOU DOWN TO THE BEACH OR UP TO THE TOWN.
EPIC! A great docu-video. Looking forward to part 3...
Many thanks; really enjoyed. Even better when I followed your route on street view with a 2nd laptop. You got yourself another SUB :-) Now on to part 2...
Thank you. I do plan to get out to do part 3 soon.
They have the exact same tile map at 1:46 in the National Railway Museum in York too
I never realised there were two of these in Scarborough. I only knew about the one next to Grand Hotel further up
Theyâre used to be 5 in scarborough at one point. Only 2 in action now.
There is a house on Carr Lane which was on the side of the line before the secret bridge. The owners have cut the full length of their hedge in the shape of a steam engine and carriages. It looks very good.
That's my friend's house
Great introduction to the Man who is known now as the Father of Aviation Sir George Cayley. I am obsessed with flying as he was, recently ordered a book about him and his achievements. Glad to see the place that Sir George Cayley used to fly his first Glider. Thanks for the video
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it
If i had a quid for every time i'd been on that i'd have about 50 quid :P I love Scarborough!
Yes George Cayley, The true father of aviation:-)
czcams.com/video/-MSZUux4eTk/video.html i don't think so
A very nice informative film. I enjoyed watching it. I hope some abandoned railways will be put to use again.
Thank you so much. Yes itâs be good to see some of these old lines reopened.
They're had been proposals to re-open railway lines which alot of them fell victim to the Beeching Axe
In the 1930s the LNER also looked at extending the platforms of the stations on the line between Scarborough and Loftus to reduce delays during the summer months as trains had to make 2 stops at each station due to trains being longer than the platforms, but nothing happened as the cost of the work far exceeded the revenue generated by the line. Around the same time they also looked at the Darlington to Saltburn line which was also suffering from delays. Marske station got longer platforms and Redcar Central got as second platform as revenue from the line was sufficient to cover the cost in a reasonable timeframe.
That concrete block was the footings for the waiting shelter on the Whitby bound platform. You can just mak it out in the pictures of Ravenscar station on the Disused Dtations website.
Thanks for the info, that's really useful
You should look at the beaches up the coast at Seaton Carew bus station I'm pretty sure the longest I've seen in England indeed the world!The Scarborough to Whitby line was actually Scarborough to Middlesbrough and still exists in part the section Boulby to Middlesbrough still exists but is freight only to Saltburn and it has a disused station with the platforms intact at I think Brotton or Skelton can't remember which.
Thanks for the information. I plan to explore north or whitby but need to do some research. đđŒ
Great channel mate đđ». Loving your content and just subbed đđ».
Thanks so much, really appreciate it. Iâve got plans for quite a few more videos coming soon. đđŒ
Yorkshire also has the oldest operating water balance cliff railway a little further up the coast at Saltburn. Scarborough started out as a water balance lift, but was converted to electricity for its reopening in 1947.
Iâm planning on doing a video about the Saltburn cliff lift at some point too.
@@iansmithtravels whilst you're up there, if time and weather permits I'd recommend taking the footpath behind the Ship Inn in Old Saltburn (it's part of the Cleveland Way) to the top of Hunt Cliff and around to the fan house beside the railway for the ironstone mine at Hunt Cliff. The mine closed in 1906 and is one of the more visible relics of the ironstone mines in East Cleveland. Or there's always the the incline up to the Rosedale Branch which closed in the late 1920s.
Iâll look into that thanks for the tip. Not an area I know amazingly well but I do love Saltburn.
@@iansmithtravels I was lucky enough to be born there and grew up in Marske, where Captain Cook's father is buried in the cliff top cemetery.
@@iansmithtravels dont come soon its closed for the rest of the year. Some sort of a bug going round, not in the lift thats OK it just the humans.
You're correct about why the names are different to the closest village names. The NER did this in many places to stop passengers being directed to the wrong train.
The coachman who took the first flight resigned on landing and left Cayley's employment.
Thanks for this, I didnât know that or come across it during my research đđŒ Iâd have probably done the same đ
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His other invention, the tension wheel, had probably a greater influence on the world.
Yes, probably worth another video in its own right too đđŒ
@@iansmithtravels yes please!
What about the caterpillar track and the allotment system which he also pioneered?
@@emperorbruce1551 didn't know about that.
His other invention, the tension wheel, had probably a greater influence on the world.
I am so happy I found your YT channel. Amazing content đ
Thanks so much, really appreciate your comment đđŒ
It was never a church as such - it was effectively a mortuary to place the deceased before burial, and could hold a small committal service if necessary. Access can be arranged through the local C of E parish churches.
Thanks for the information, I never knew that đđŒ
Did you know that Ravenscar had an abandoned railway tunnel?
Yes. Went there in 2000 took pics đthis need reopening as apart of a walk
Agreed thatâd be brilliant if it could ever happen.
Yes, George Cayley was the pioneer of aviation. I don't believe that the European had nothing to do before Wright brothers.
The Wrights devoured everything they could find out aviation, including the lift/drag data on aerofoil sections, coming out of Europe. They built their first gliders using this data and discovered that there was do nothing wrong with the data, leading them to invent the first wind tunnel in America (I can't recall if someone in Europe already had one). The European data had come from the use of whirling arm rigs, which gave misleading results. It was this scientific approach that gave them the first controllable powered aircraft. However, they did impinge on a little known British patent in their methods of roll control. This patent was so forgotten that the inventor and his family had also forgotten it.
This is awesome to see as it's where some of my ancestors lived.
Thanks for the comment glad you appreciated it. đđŒ
Stumbled upon your video when looking for info on the Scarborough to Pickering old railway which I didn't really know existed. We live in East Ayton and I knew there was a station in West Ayton but just hadn't really thought too much about the line it served. Definitely found this very interesting and we're going to do the walk from Wykeham to Brompton and see the little church! Looking forward to part 3 now! Thank you
Hi thanks very much for the kind comment. Yeah it's an interesting line. I haven't filmed part 3 yet, but will be going out soon to do it, so hopefully won't be too long before its up.
That was really interesting. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Would love to see that church in miniature!
Thanks đđŒ Itâs an interesting place.
Thanks for watching, donât forget it hit âlikeâ and watch Part 2...out on May 10th 2021
Sat there while I was on the scoff
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@@iansmithtravels no scoff in that
fantastic content subscribed :)
Thankyou very much, really appreciate it.
czcams.com/video/pieMMTp3HuU/video.html new upload out now. Different mode of transport but hope you enjoy.