Embrace the Adventure: Oxenhope & the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Embrace the Adventure: Oxenhope & the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Hello and a warm welcome to Dodger trips I’m Dodger and a very good morning to our first day first full day in this country C so it’s daylight and we can see outside now we can see the views so I’ll give you a glimpse it’s a bit of a gray day

So it’s still a little bit dark and overcast but there we are that’s the view out of the the the lounge window looking down on auction Hub the leaming leaming reservoir there to the left and apparently there’s a a foot path that goes down the fields

Here it takes you into the the village and we maybe be going on the Keith leworth Valley Railway today so join me will you all right so we’re braving the elements heavy rain all day today but at least you can see outside now this is the balcony and there’s a bench down

There which will be lovely in summer sitting out o and hope all down here and this is the side entrance the house you little table and chairs there right so we’re going to find this foot path and try and make our way down there somehow and then head to the

Station that’s the front of the new house beautiful West yire weather the girls are in front so there’s a sign post same foot path I think that’s that green one there on the post public front path yeah I can’t get down well unless you want to walk that

Track it’s going to be about 20 minutes that way no I don’t want to watch 20 minutes come in front of me then around on the grass bit though you walk on the grass hold on to granded if you those she’s running down it be if it won’t

Wet so is it oh my God got it gets it gets more less steep down I know she’s got 200 well did tell her muddy tracks it’ll get less steep it gets the less muddy it’ll be we got to come back this way well we don’t have to we do I’m

Not walking 20 M oh my God I don’t know if I can do it we’re going to have to go all the way I can’t do this wait there I’ll have to come back for you come on where’s it gone right come on get there L I’ll come

Back for you do you need my help possible you met out here oh come on it’s easy peasy right Plan B farm farm track at least it’s downhill yeah but it’s not coming back no not coming back let think if we get all the way down here and then we missed the

Train we’ll see you later on hopefully when we get into the station well I’m afraid I’m minus two the others the others couldn’t make it they decided it was a bit too too much to walk down that farm track into the village but it was literally only another 5 or 10 minutes

Walk after they left and turned back I was I was back down I’m down here and uh yeah I’m at oxen Hope Station so this is one end of the Keithley and worth Valley Railway and I’m hoping that there’s a steam train running which is what I’ve come for so

Hopefully looks like it’s well used the car Pack’s quite full here and there’s like a bit of an overflow car park again quite a few cars in there we got the Christmas lights up S on the chimney well I’ve never used this this Railway line before I know school kids come on

On trips quite often and of course it was this Railway line that was the backbone of the Railway children film a film that I’ve never seen in it in its entirety but I did see a fair bit of it this Christmas but here we are oxen hope so

I’ll buy my ticket and apparent there’s a waiting room maybe get a cup of coffee so we’ll see how you are ah see copies over there tickets I think this tick off the former waiting room where would to call hello could I have a return to how

To Keithley please yeah just one adult just one adult yes please 14 thank you thanks very much thank you than thank you thank you okay is it a group of you dress dressed up in the is it what is ites yeah yeah we’re home front it’s

Like the home is that what it’s called the home front home front home front right so is there an event on today that you’re traveling to no we’re just something different to do Christmas event s for the group and it makes the railway doesn’t it with you being dressed through all the passengers

That’s right oh yeah yeah Fair good number so I guess you do quite a bit of traveling during the summer when all these 1940s weekends about 300 of them all over well they’re always good are they they are yeah yeah how hour on this time because there’s some new uh some

Different people organizing it all right I’ve never been to the hour one I always go to Brig house cuz that’s near where I yes right well I go to that one as well yeah yeah yeah smashing I usually spend the Saturday morning there yeah yeah yeah yeah grassington is a good one

Grassington right yeah that’s a good one yeah yeah we’re a bit fixed with traveling you know so it’s not always so easy to get some places I’ll tell you what the best thing for you to do is yeah they’re all listed in Best of British magazine right the um April

Edition so first week in April go to John men’s CU they have Best of British does it have an is it does it have a website that I could look at probably does yes that’s easy to remember it’s £6 for Year all right for for the 12 my

Wife buys me for a Christmas present yeah and I get one every month I get a magazine every month okay and the April Edition has all the 40s week weekends in for the summer yes yeah starting in April right through to November oh really yeah so you’re right choice yeah

Yeah yeah oh yeah never been disappointed I’ll tell you what’s a good yorshire war time experience third weekend in August unsworth yes unworth number of times I’ve said I’ll take me lad we have a store there cuz I I sell 194 clothes and accessories all right ladies and gentle clothing and

Accessories yeah you know like shows uh Gators for um remember Gators yeah yeah the short Gators for for the shoes or for the boots boots boots yeah yeah you can wear the shoes as well yeah and uh ties uh caps like these triles cuz I go to sales all markets all over Place

Through winter time by buying stuff in so if you see something good you can get it for yourself or hang on to it a bit until you it sandwich is highly recommended all right I’m tryit remember when this was just a Wen shed This was oh I didn’t realize

There’s so much in here maybe catch this L it later on when I come back if it’s still yeah wow oh yeah remember that the British Railway sign there yeah yeah yeah classic Red Lion stands for Red Lion soldiers it stands for soldiers that’s

Why there there used to be a lot of pubs up and down saying Red Lion every time all right soldiers for meeting you I never knew anyway loveely you chat with you have a good day so the B sandwiches are being recommended so I’m going to give them a

Try hello your Bing sandwiches are being recommended to me so they’re all up in the warmers up there oh do you just help yourself is that how it works yeah and could I have a a cup of tea please yeah thank you are they are they all all these bags

Are they all baking sandwiches oh will it right please oh hallelujah oh maybe you can help me I’m looking for a bacon sandwich I’m got me glasses than thanks a lot for your help thank you oh you’re back behind the counter again I’m back here now I know

It’s not warming here today is it i’ been warming here since before boxing there 550 please thank you there’s no gas thr we got that all right so got a back and sandwich sting train behind me look like this is like old engine shed maybe or

The roof looks pretty fairly new W you but no doubt host sents is a stage on the end there maybe this is have Santa’s Gro as well here yeah good so few minutes yet half an hour before the train so I’m going to enjoy this this bacon Sun wood which is been

Recommended those cou of yach sh te yeah bacon sandwich I can recommend it as well now fabulous our outfit home through um we made up once a month every month the third Tuesday every month at Parkside Club what that see that one all um you know when you go over the

Bridge over the Railway Bridge you go step in I can I can picture where the railway station is right go past the railway station on the front of it there’s a new court where where the uh bik station used to be right go around turn right at that roundabout and you go

Over at Railway Bridge and then you climb up a state to get to Main Street just as you start climbing that Hill you turn off to the right go to end of that lane and you can only turn left it’s a bit a steep climb up cobbles and when

You get up those cobbles it’s on the right inside the first building you come to is a car big car or you can go up that state pill instead of going up man Street the road Bears around to the right and levels off and halfway on that road crossing and

Just at the Crossing cu the Cobble land goes down to the right it go down there so that’s would that be going past the park the park on the right is it on the right you go you go around the top side of the park on the uh on the t Road

And at the end of the park the last part Gates is a pedestrian Crossing where you look to F pool you got cobbles up to left place Bo you turn right down a long straight cob Lane and you go down there and it’s nearly at bottom at left hand

Side right and it’s Park Side club and uh Wheels a concert up stairs soon as you go in door go up stairs and we’re up there it’s the third third TOS every mon if you want to join us oh I won’t I won’t be joining cuz it’s don’t

Cost what what do you do there on that evening is it like come come people drop in and oh yeah just for a chat you know that’s right for a chat yeah yeah and then of course we go through any uh uh any 40s weekends we’re going to because

We usually go there uh I have um a de and then we put the sign up how all fruit and uh so are you do you have that set up at Bri house then well yeah do you yeah I to watch for you while oh no

We haven’t done it at Brig house cuz there hav haven’t been in a room I inquired last year oh really and the weren room for there no the thing is though you can’t leave out set up overnight you have to take it away and bring it back next day well I’ve often

Wondered about that you know everybody has to know that if Al’s left there it’s at your own risk yeah so um yeah there’s quite a lot of uh events we go to with the home there was about was in it I remember the magazine The Best of

British Best of British yeah and I’ll look up you know your name might even just see it if I look back at cuz I’m a member of like these photo groups you know that for bring out parties weekend pictures and things like that you may well be on one of the pictures

Well I used be he was the motor room but trailer at back we geing you know for set not just at Star but when we it just to demonstrate the clothing yeah it’s like a demonstration yeah so you can talk about the CL with my phone number oh right thank

You 19 poage stuff Mick right all right thanks M yeah you can call stick that in me wallet third Tuesday every month yeah yeah it’s quite early this time is it cuz the uh the second this Tuesday yeah all honestly because I don’t have a car and

All that I I’m very unlikely i’ travel over to you know just for like a Tuesday night more likely I’ll be I’ll it white white yeah so be I’ll be looking out for your Bri house oh yeah yeah or or if I get to any other you know any others

Even if come over to our this year well I’ll tell you where we are at hour the home guards at bottom cobbles Main Street okay and we’re right at the top of Main Street where the cobbles finish you turn left into um into a car par there was a ladi’s

Toil ladi’s toilet all right yeah have a little area there with a table like as I say I’m going to be going up there one of these days while we’re in Ox oh yeah yeah so I’ll be I’ll be in that area I’ll be to look to see exactly where you

Mean yeah and so know where to find the entrance car is right opposite I’ll I’ll be going I’ll be going coming by a bus you say Come on get off at the bus and just have a one about yeah well if you walk up the Main Street shops yeah and

It levels out at the top yeah be left in front of information office just you go down a bit of a hill there to right and there’s a fish shop there it’s a fish sh if you bear off to left B Cottages where cobbles finish at time time road yeah ladies

Toilet say yeah up to the left there’s an entrance to left that goes into car yeah ladi’s toilets are there just past the this to is like a Christmas tree on a bit of a garden thing right and that’s yeah I I’ll make sure I I check it out

Anyway when I’m up there it’s been a good few years since I’ve been to hour right so I’m going by memory you know but once on there you know it’ll all click in how are we doing for time for this are you getting the 1150 uh uh

11:40 11:40 yeah you’re going on yeah You’ got 11:30 train probably 11:30 right okay I’ll get finished to you right time for the train there’s the water tower it’s a lovely station building toilets looks like sometimes have a te room open here as well expecting this look how busy

They oh this to the bar look at this steam engine wonderful I always remember as a kid in the 1960s traveling by a steam train we used to better to wind the windows down like this one here look out we’ll get on here these cares to the next door please

Yeah seats the seat numbers on the back here any after this partition anything after that okay sorry that’s all right yes ex excuse me thank you s there we should be all right so I’m sh in the full length of the keithly and worth Valley Railway traveling from o to Keithley but there

Are stops at at how a I’m not sure if there’s another one as well but the thing that I always remember about steam trains he looking out of the window and seeing the steam from the locomotive coming coming past the Windows you’re getting this what happening here today on this

Train all memories from childhood I think the only other steam aware that I’ve been on since those days in the 1960s were the away I’ll see there’s any few people waiting to get on it Back time we get to Keith later Christmas decorations thanks not go down the front stairs engine off steam There so the engine’s being pulling the TR in Reverse you see the reflection of the fire in here the same engine has to be disconnected yeah they’re putting the lamps on the front so they’ll be checking the TR down the track reverse it drive p and go to the

Front of the train to pull it out of ke so looks better than modern day things out So it seems the uncuffing is been done it should be shortly be pulling away There he comes back to go to the front of the train it’s not just a steam it’s the noise everything that’s it so now have a little walk around Keith see what ke has to offer been a lot of years since I’ve been here I can’t remember anything about

It I know someone who used to I worked with someone who lived in ke and he didn’t have anything good to say about the place anyway I’ll met me all mind up just check for the time’s coming back want to be on the steam train coming back 225 444 225 4 45 225

445 yeah keth here we come here I come now minus two yeah that

In this travel vlog, there’s a celebration of 1940s weekends, I’ll walk to Oxenhope and travel on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, and it’s a beautiful journey, so join me. Will you?

Oxenhope is the first stop and its a pretty village set in the rolling hills of the Yorkshire countryside. There I meet 1940s enthusiasts, who are also travelling on the steam train to the West Yorkshire town of Keighley. I get up close to the locomotive and revel in the memories it evoked.

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