Great British Railway Journeys · SEASON 7
Carlisle to Penrith
Episode 1 · 2016-01-04

- Documentary
Episode overview
Carlisle to Penrith Joining the cracker packers of Carlisle on the factory floor, Michael really takes the biscuit as he investigates the Victorian appetite for the custard cream on his new journey through north-west Britain. Braving a perilous descent into the only operational slate mine in England, Michael discovers a miniature railway which once hauled slate to the surface. Following in the footsteps of Victorian miners on their way to work, he steps out gingerly on to what is now Britain's only Via Ferrata - a terrifying tightrope challenge 300 feet above the Borrowdale Valley.
30 minutes
Season 7 episodes
1. Carlisle to Penrith2016-01-04
2. Windermere to Carnforth2016-01-05
3. Preston to Swinton2016-01-06
4. St Helens to Knutsford2016-01-07
5. Ashley to Alton2016-01-08
6. Dover to Lewes2016-01-11
7. Newhaven to Worthing2016-01-12
8. Littlehampton to Beaulieu2016-01-13
9. Lymington Town to Exmouth2016-01-14
10. Plymouth to Porthcurno2016-01-15
11. Birmingham to Worcester2016-01-18
12. Redditch to Gloucester2016-01-19
13. Stroud to Bath2016-01-20
14. Bristol to Glastonbury2016-01-21
15. Bridgewater to Dartmouth2016-01-22
16. Ashford to Sevenoaks2016-01-25
17. East Grinstead to Guildford2016-01-26
18. Woking to Walton-on-Thames2016-01-28
19. Hampton Court to Teddington2016-01-29
20. Egham to Henley-on-Thames2016-01-29