Excursion:
Settle & Carlisle Steam Journey - Featuring the Princess ElizabethDeparture Date:
Sun 08/08/2021Departs from:
GlasgowDeparture Time (Approximately):
11:38Return Time (Approximately):
22:43Excursion Info:
A wonderful steam hauled journey on one of the greatest lines in Great Britain featured on Channel 5's "World's most scenic railway journeys"
The Northern Belle will steam majestically off towards the spectacular 72-mile Settle-Carlisle line. Painstakingly hewn out of the North Pennine moors and Yorkshire Dales during the 1870s by an army of 6,000 navvies, this has been voted number two in a list of “The World’s 10 Greatest Train Journeys”.
“Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder, Shovelling white steam over her shoulder” (to quote W H Auden’s famous “Night Mail poem), we will race through picturesque Appleby before working hard to reach the top of Ais Gill (1,169ft, 356m). Then the Northern Belle drops down to Garsdale until eventually – “Snorting noisily as she passes, Silent miles of wind-bent grasses” – she steams into Settle.
On the way, we will have plunged through 14 tunnels, including the 1.5mile (2404m) long Blea Moor Tunnel, and crossed 22 viaducts, notably the magnificent 24-arch, quarter-mile (402m) long and 104ft (32m) high one at Ribblehead.
Finally after reaching the pretty little town of Hellifield, we head west through Blackburn and back to Carnforth in the south lakes.
Our Steam trip may be almost over, but we will have memories to last a lifetime.
The journey will be steam hauled from Carlisle - Settle - Hellifield - Preston- Carnforth.
The Settle & Carlisle Steam Journey Includes
• Spectacular scenic journey by steam over the Settle & Carlisle
• Sparkling Bellini
• Delightful brunch on the outward journey
• Morning coffee and tea
• Time to explore Carlisle at leisure and time to take a photograph of the engine
• Champagne reception back on board the Northern Belle
• Sumptuous Five-course dinner: British seasonal table d’hote menu including an award winning cheese board
• A specially selected bottle of wine per couple to accompany your meal
• Tea, coffee and petit fours
Please note that the prices listed are from prices, and may change. All dates are subject to availability. Discounts are available for groups of four or more.
You may share a table with other participants. A guaranteed table for 2 people can sometimes be reserved at an extra cost (generally £150 per couple), please request this in the form opposite.
The train is not suitable for wheelchair users. A wheelchair can be stored on board (if foldable), but can't be used on the train. Please note: Train tickets are dispatched 5-7 days prior to departure.
