The White Rose, 60103 Flying Scotsman, 18/06/2016.

Filmed at Swayfield:

 

And at a quiet St Neots


John

 

The return on an overcast evening but fabulous sound from the Gresley A3 climbing Gamston Bank after the water stop at Retford.

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60103 at Arlesey. Main camera stopped filming for some reason so grafted on a bit of mobile phone footage to complete the sequence.

 

What became of the crowds of spectators?

 

Finally got myself a decent shot of the Scotsman climbing Gamston Bank on the return leg of the White Rose ! Enjoy =)

 

My footage of 60103 at New Zealand Bridge, Sandy from last night. Found out about this halfway through filming the Belmond in London yesterday, so rushed home straight after 'Lord Dowding' left Victoria, for my spare battery and off I went to Sandy. Had the bridge to myself and parents for an hour beforehand, and 2 minutes til pass time, a father and son with their dog came along, running up the bridge as she came along making tapping noises which my mic very kindly picked up... All part of the fun haha. Enjoy.

 

Filmed at Little Heck

 

Had to go to E Beds then to London for an all night London Bus Charter so toolk the opportunity to see Scotty. First shot passing Sandy at about ten past nine, second is the ECS on the North London Line at Brondesbury. As I was leaving the last location had an interesting conversation with a young lady on the platform, "That didn't look like an ordinary train was it something special?" "Yes it was Flying Scotsman." "What's that." "Have you never heard of Flying Scotsman?" "No never." Hmmm.

 

I was behind the curve on this one. Thought it was steam only north of Newark

 

It was on the outbound but the return leg fell somewhat under the radar, as many of stations south of Newark looked quiet ! To be honest it all made for a nice change of pace.

 

I think the key to it was itwasn't featured in the media and very few non enthusiasts were out, let's hope all the hype is over

 

Sometimes I wonder if some people are on the same planet.... She,s not the first I've heard of saying that ,though this week !

 

Believe it or not some people actually have lives!

 

I think if she asked me a similar question about something in her 'world', the answer from me could be the same

 

I hope you don't mean sex,drink and rock n roll, they are forbidden,although sex can be steamy or so Ive been told and a tender behind can also be useful lol

 

I have been hopeing for a southbound run in daylight for a long time. Unfortunatly that didn't quite work out but I caught her on Digswell Viaduct.....complete with horse and moon!

IMG_4247b by Owen Chapman, on Flickr

IMG_4253 by Owen Chapman, on Flickr

 

Heres a little bit of advice babes

 

Last time I was there, Sandy was most definitely on the same planet as the rest of Bedfordshire so I guess the young lady is too.

 

It wasn't at Sandy it was Brondesbury, not sure if that part of London is on the same planet. The best thing about most of the whole place now is any of the routes out.