Visiting Bristol? - We Try The Latest VILLAGE HOTEL Bristol, UK
The Village Hotel Bristol opened in December 2018 in Filton which is near Cribbs Causeway shopping mall and a short drive from Bristol city centre.
The hotel is moderately priced and is a popular choice for business customers in the week and visitors to the South West on the weekend. The hotel features a really big and well-equipped gym and pool which is popular with locals. You can see the big advert for the gym on the front of the striking black Village Hotel building.
I managed to film some of the gym but unfortunately, there were people in the pool so I couldn’t really film that area.
The hotel features a big open plan bar/restaurant with some quirky artwork and of course, it is Bristol, so it does have some Banksy. The lobby also has a Starbucks.
We stayed in a Club Room which is the same size as the standard rooms but features Sky TV and a Dyson hairdryer. The rooms are full of tech with lots of USB plugs, Chromecast and Amazon Echo.
One of the quirky things is the ‘see through’ bathroom which turns opaque at a touch of a button (apart from the door). This may not be the best if you have to share a room with someone you don’t know that well.
The hotel is close to the M32 and the M4 M5 junction, Filton was where the
Concorde was built and the hotel is close to the big aerospace companies which include BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and Airbus.
I went into Bristol city centre on the train which only takes 14 minutes. The nearest station is a 10-minute walk away (Patchway), there is only a train every hour so check the timetables.
* We stayed at the Village Hotel as part of a press trip, Mel was attending the Bristol Fashion Week event at the Cribbs Causeway Mall. Somehow, I (Mr W) wasn’t invited to the fashion event despite being a style icon!
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‘Visiting Bristol? - We Try The Latest VILLAGE HOTEL Bristol’ - Filmed April 2019
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Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Ribblehead Viaduct
Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Ribblehead Viaduct
The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle-Carlisle Railway across Batty Moss in the valley of the River Ribble at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. The viaduct, built by the Midland Railway, is 28 miles (45 km) north-west of Skipton and 26 miles (42 km) south-east of Kendal. It is a Grade II* listed structure.
The land underneath and around the viaduct is a scheduled ancient monument. The remains of the construction camp and navvy settlements (Batty Wife Hole, Sebastopol, and Belgravia) are located there. The viaduct was designed by engineer John Sydney Crossley. The first stone was laid on 12 October 1870 and the last in 1874. One thousand navvies built the viaduct and established shanty towns on the moors for themselves and their families. They named the towns after Crimean War victories, well-to-do districts of London and biblical names. There were smallpox epidemics and deaths from industrial accidents. Around one hundred navvies were killed during its construction. There are around 200 burials of men, women, and children in the graveyard at Chapel-le-Dale dating from the time of its construction. The church has a memorial to the railway workers.
Ribblehead Viaduct is 440 yards (400 m) long, and 104 feet (32 m) above the valley floor at its highest point. It is made up of twenty-four arches of 45 feet (14 m) span, with foundations 25 feet (7.6 m) deep. Every 6th pier is 50% thicker to mitigate against complete collapse should any pier fail. The north end of the viaduct is 13 feet (4.0 m) higher in elevation than the south end leading to a gradient of 1:100. 1.5 million bricks were used in the construction and some of the limestone blocks weigh 8 tons each.
Ribblehead Viaduct is the longest on the Settle-Carlisle Railway. Ribblehead railway station is less than half a mile to the south and to the north is the Blea Moor Tunnel, the longest tunnel on line. It is near the foot of Whernside. The Settle-Carlisle Line is one of three north-south main lines, along with the West Coast Main Line through Penrith and the East Coast Main Line via Newcastle. British Rail attempted to close the line in the 1980s, citing the reason that the viaduct was unsafe and would be expensive to repair.
In 2016 the line and viaduct carries seven passenger trains from Leeds to Carlisle per day in each direction,[17] plus periodic long distance excursions, many hauled by steam locomotives. Regular diesel-hauled heavy freight trains also use the route to help reduce congestion on the West Coast Main Line. Colas Rail operate a timber train most Friday afternoons which passes over the Viaduct when it departs its yard opposite Ribblehead railway station
( Yorkshire - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Yorkshire . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Yorkshire - UK
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The Bristol Port Cruise Terminal
Bristol Cruise Terminal is the maritime gateway of the South West.
The location is second to none with excellent, uncongested motorway and rail access directly at the Port and unrivalled quality and variety of excursions within 90 minutes.
All cruise embarkation takes place at Avonmouth Docks with fast, easy access from the M4 and M5 Motorways, high security and on-site parking.
Sevierville, Tennessee’s Fall Foliage Driving Tour
Leaf Your Cares Behind: The grandeur of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is at its finest when the leaves turn in the fall. During that time, many visitors seek the spectacular views of the surrounding mountains and foothills to avoid traffic jams and discover other points of interest. An alternative route with plenty of foliage, interesting attractions, and photo opportunities as well as pockets of local history begins in Sevierville. Find out more about Smoky Mountain Harvest Fest at Fall.VisitSevierville.com.
The Great Britain II. 45407 and 45231 to Edinburgh
The Great Britain II Railtour on April 12th saw 45407 and 45231 hauling the leg from Inverness to Edinburgh via Aberdeen and Dundee. Included is my final shot of the tour at Wormit. One of my best shots ever. The wreath on 45407 is beleived to be a tribute to Bernerd Staite, mainline steam pioneer who passed away on April 10th.
Special thanks go to David and Peter Oldham for the trip up north.
Southall Train Station
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London Paddington to Oxford 12 May 2015
A snippet from a ride from London Paddington station to Oxford on 12 May 2015, in a first class car on First Great Western. Not much to see except some countryside, but the sound of the train is relaxing.
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WCML Trains 2019 DIRFT, 7th May 'Eight Locos In Eighty!'
A short visit to Nortoft Lane, DIRFT for several freight workings(plus three STP workings for my May highlights movie - one of which you can see here), with Biffa 66783 on the car train being the highlight. There's also DB red 66035 shunting alongside the Eddie Stobart warehouse and four Freightliner workings with Class 66's and double-headed Class 90's.
Filmed on 7th May 2019.
North West & Midlands (16-10-2015)
Starting at Water Orton, where the highlight has to be 47830 passing with two barrier vehicles, we then head over to the WCML and after brief stops at Atherstone & Polesworth we head to Colwich wjere we see 47786 passing with the ECS for a charter the following day. After a few minutes at a footbridge just south of the station we then head to the station itself, where as well as the usual freight trafic there is the highlight of 47818 passing light loco and also 68004 on a short freight.
Trains At, Bristol Temple Meads GWML 16/12/18
In this video we are seen at Bristol Temple Meads.
Bristol Temple Meads is located on the Great Western Main Line with branches off to Severn Beach and most major destinations,
Today here at Bristol Temple Meads services are seen by : Cross Country,Great Western Railway and South West Trains.
In my opinion at the time of the visit to Bristol it wasn’t at its best and could have been better however due to engineering works in several areas caused an impact on the services serving Bristol today. Engineering works between Standish Junction and Yate saw Cross Country diverting via the Dean Forest Line to Newport and then over to Bristol Parkway for reversal and then proceeding into Bristol Temple Meads on Normal Line of Route. Secondly due to another lot of engineering works Great Western Railway were unable to provide services between Bristol Parkway and Swindon due to being unable to reach London Paddington via this route so this saw South Wales services cross over to Temple Meads and then towards Bath Spa where even normal Bristol to Paddington services had to divert via the Berk and Hants line to Reading and then latterly no service between Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour also limited the services towards Westbury. Nevertheless despite all the improvement works taking place it still made for an interesting session here today. The layout of this station is easier and far more accesible than most. The views in either direction are great but the thing that makes me come here the most is the sheer amount of variety this station has to offer not to mention the architecture design of the station itself. I would recommend a visit here as you won’t regret it . The main type of train in the session is dominated by IET's with a small selection of HST's Voyagers and other DMU's. As ever i shall be returning here in the near future.
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