VSOE

When was last time 34067 Tangmere pulled the
Orient express ?

 

Been watching Masterchef have we????

 

Yes think they should have shown Clan Line and i think the one they where on was diesel
hauled

 

Sounded suspiciously like a 67 powering up when the train was leaving Victoria...!

 

According to UK Steam - September 2007. I last saw it on a Canterbury VSOE run on 27 July 2007.
Des

 

Remember,you can either book the O.E.with or without steam.You have a choice in the price.
The train still runs with diesel most of the year even when Clan isn't available.

I think people get the impression it's only pulled by steam.See the company website to get a more accurate update.
I've been at Victoria when the steam leaves to be replaced by the diesel tour with other coaches.

 

BBC will claim editor rights!!!

Misleading to those not in the know about steam or not steam on vsoe trains.

 

Most of the television companies are run by the young (you are over the hill by 35) so what experience and knowledge do they have.Steam trains,what's that.
Actually,reminds you though of those old Hollywood movies,A DC3 takes off,a Junkers 52 in the air,and a Flying Boat Clipper coming into land,and we believed it.Whatever stock clips were laying around,join em up!.

Nothing changes.

 

And why should it change?

99.99% of those watching won't give a damn about continuity errors etc.

Why spend even more money trying to cater for a tiny minority of their audience?

Rather they spent it getting these so called cooks doing something that looks like the food you'd get stuck into after a hard day on the lineside etc. Lamb chops with new potatoes and green beans straight from the garden, like I had last night! Yummy!

Not this stuff where they end up wiping a trace of sauce around the plate to fill up all the bl..dy gaps!

 

I'm smiling ! painting pictures on the plate with sauce, empty feeling when you've eaten the over priced dish !
Give me solid English food anytime meat and veg with a steamed pud and custard for afters!

Brian

 

Ah new seasons lamb! Got me a small rolled West Country lamb shoulder for Tea tomorrow. New potatoes boiled then tossed in butter, and another large helping of runner beans from the garden. On a large plate that it will all fill. No gaps and no fancy painting the plate with the sauce!

 

Hmn, I take the mickey out of Mrs.V regularly but I NEVER make fun of of the meals that she puts in front of me. She's a good cook. We very rarely eat out, no point, we get good wholesome food at home (at a fraction of the cost of eating out). Friday evening we had Liver and onions with mash and veg. The liver cost 75p. :hungry:

 

..is that right,the food ISN'T actually cooked on board the train,I believe mentioned in the programme.?
Just kept warm.

Was it like this in the days of the Brighton Belle one wonders....

 

VSOE have kitchens at Stewarts Lane, so at least some of the cooking is done there and the food is presumably re-heated on the train. Does it matter, though, if the quality of the product is right? I dare say H & S comes into it - can't be good having pans of boiling water in a moving vehicle!

 

What did you do with the other bits of the poor little lamb "straight from the garden" then? Or is it like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1nxaQhsaaw

 

The BBC have stolen my idea!

I do like my lamb done so parts of it are still calling for it's mum. Crisp on the outside and close to raw in the center. And that's how it was tonight. And the fresh runner beans and gravy were superb, even if I say it myself!