Ayup! Welcome out on another explore!
I am back in Staffordshire, and I am joined by my fellow travellers, Phil and Ande.
Today we’re cycling the former North Staffordshire Railway from the town of Leek, past the stunning Rudyard Lake, and on to the village of Rushton.
There are plenty of remains if you look for them. Including a large number that have been repurposed to become part of a Morrisons supermarket!
There are bridges, tunnels, stations, narrow gauge railways, canals, and all sorts of other amazing historical nuggets on this explore.
From Stanley Matthews, to English Channel swimmers, tightrope walkers and even the writer of The Jungle Book. They all link in to this stunning landscape with their own historical connections.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I hope you do too.
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19 Comments
Does Phil ever go home,he's always out with other "Urban Ex" folk! Lol
Hello Gareth my friend.Greetings from switzerland.
Nice video
Gareth, that seemed to be a fun trek. I'm sure the bikes make it a bit easier to get between remains and important locations. BTW, that narrow gage line seemed awfully narrow, more like a kiddie train ride like at a theme park. Standard narrow gage in the US is typically 3'6" vs 4' 8.5". However, some are smaller, like the one in your trek.
04:20…..Is one becoming Northernised ? 'Owt' …from where are you picking up this dialect 😄
Awesome video hope you all well ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for another great tour of the lost gems of the Victorian age Gareth , keep on truckin !
It's Rushton not Rushdon – my great uncle lived there for 85+ years.. not an ounce of phone signal
Great video Gareth and pal's..I lost my first and only Drone at Church Rock Cemetery in Nottingham…still there..gutted, whilst making a video for my YouTube Channel 😂😂😂
Keep up the Fascinating work all. Thank you ❤❤
Such joy watching your trips out with the boys, our past held so much superb history ❤👌🏼
Thank you for producing this fantastic video of my local area….. genually appreciate it. I'll give it a share 👍
Quality video as always Gaz, was nice to see a few familiar images included too! If you need anymore for future content you’re more than welcome.
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One thing I learned in acting classes: the British talk more toward the front of their mouths/articulators; the Americans, more toward the back (we’re ‘lazier’). Ye British men’s speech – charmed, I’m sure (no really, I am charmed; though not mesmerized into a stupor 😉
Perfect end to the ride with a pub in the background!
It's my birthday tomorrow.
Hayup Gareth that big stone block structure behind Phil’s head at 12.36, has it got steps to it? Is it an air valve for the reservoir to canal to reduce the blup blup blupping as water rushes out at a rate? as it appears to be inline with the canal estuary at 14.18 is that an overture, kinda like a sump valve or air breather to smooth out the flow, like when you turn a Gerry fuel can on its side or better still if you turn a Gerry can so that the spout is at the back it’ll vent itself as the outlet is higher than the liquid an you get a smooth pour as with any can actually, I was thinking all that lolloping water otherwise would speed up erosion. Great film as ever what a place.
Caught up on the recent ones for now. Great fun work guys.
The station was renamed in 1926 Cliffe Park Station then Cliffe Park Halt by the LMS as it served as access to the Cliffe Park Hall which had gone back into being a let after being a golf course since 1903 before it eventually become a youth hostel in 1933 as well as access to Lee House, Cliffe Cottage, the boat houses and the various Tree Plantations around the end of the lake. Fanny Bostock for the longest time owned cliffe park hall and had a court order to block leasure activities on the lake. (I work on the railway, The current owners of Lee house still pop over every now and again from the top were as cliffe park hall is derlict)