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2016
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Gateway to the Highlands - Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following the old tracks of Britain's lost rail empire. In this episode, Julia begins the longest walk yet, a journey through the Highlands over territory with a history of clan conflict and links with folk hero Rob Roy. Many travellers avoided the area due ...
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Harbouring History - Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following the old tracks of Britain's lost rail empire. In this episode, Julia explores railway history in the backstreets of Weymouth. Tracing the route of a short Dorset line that once ran south from the town and across Chesil Beach and Portland, she learns abou...
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The Birth of Steam - Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following the old tracks of Britain's lost rail empire. In this episode, Julia visits Cornwall, where she traces a railway line that has not operated for 140 years. The tracks pass through Redruth, once a thriving area due to its tin and copper reserves, which ins...
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The Whisky Train - Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following the old tracks of Britain's lost rail empire. In this episode, Julia visits north-east Scotland to walk along the Speyside Way. The route, which runs between the villages of Craigellachie and Ballindalloch, was the path of a railway that served a remote ar...
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The Peak Express - Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following the old tracks of Britain's lost rail empire. In this episode, Julia offers an insight into industrial Britain as she walks along disused train lines across England, Scotland and Wales. She begins her journey in the heart of the Peak District with a walk a...
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Discovering Snowdonia - Julia Bradbury visits the picturesque Mawddach estuary in Snowdonia. Located between Dolgellau and the coastal resort of Barmouth, this area became a popular tourist destination in the 1860s thanks to the railway connecting it to England's major cities. Since the closure of the train line, the locat...
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