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Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Ulverston to Ravenglass (BBC Two Thursday 25 May 2023)
Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Ulverston to Ravenglass airs Thursday 25 May 2023 on BBC Two.
Michael Portillo is in Cumbria, taking in one of the most breathtaking coastal railway journeys in the United Kingdom.
He boards a small boat with a lifelong fan of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons in Ulverston. Michael looks into the scrap heaps in Barrow-in-Furness that were created when iron ore was refined into products like ships, trains and railway tracks.
Michael climbs Black Combe from Silecroft to follow a world-class endurance athlete as she runs and navigates her way across the fells. The delightful Ravenglass and Eskdale heritage railway, which he reaches after pushing north, is a welcome sight.
Season 2 Episode 4
Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Ulverston to Ravenglass airs Thursday 25 May 2023 at 6.30pm on BBC Two
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