Latest Cotswolds Podcast Episodes
Living our Heritage
Up Front & Steaming podcast - March 14, 2024 00:30 - 32 minutesThis week we are going to look at the bigger picture of heritage railways in the UK. And who better to talk to than Steve Oates, the chief executive of the heritage railway association which is the UK-wide trade body representing heritage railways, tramways, cliff railways, museums and rolling s...
The Forgotten Standard
Up Front & Steaming podcast - February 23, 2024 10:28 - 42 minutesWhat’s it like to take a rusting wreck and turn it into a shiny new fully working steam locomotive. Today we talk to Ian Crowder who is part of the team on the project to bring back to life a Standard Class 4 2-6-0 locomotive. The team are based at Toddington on the Gloucestershire & Warwickshi...
Coming soon on Up Front & Steaming
Up Front & Steaming podcast - February 09, 2024 10:24 - 3 minutesUp Front & Steaming, the heritage steam railway podcast is launching a new series starting February 2024. Series Three brings you five new episodes, giving an insight into the people who volunteer, work and enjoy heritage railways. In the UK, Heritage Railways employ 4,000 people, with anothe...
On the main: Great Central
Up Front & Steaming podcast - December 14, 2023 00:30 - 30 minutesToday we talk with Malcolm Holmes, the General Manager of the Great Central Railway which is currently Britain's only double track mainline heritage railway, with over five miles of working double track, period signalling, locomotives and rolling stock. It runs for eight miles in total from...
Flying with the Scotsman
Up Front & Steaming podcast - November 17, 2023 00:30 - 27 minutesHave you ever wondered what it really like on the footplate of the Flying Scotsman, the iconic 100 year old steam locomotive, at speed? today we talk to Andy Simpson, who has driven and fired the Scotsman on many occasions. Andy, an engineer by trade works for Riley’s, the engineering firm in Bu...
Making The Scotsman fly
Up Front & Steaming podcast - October 19, 2023 00:30 - 29 minutesToday is about a National Treasure, no, not Sir David Attenborough but The Flying Scotsman, Yes, The Flying Scotsman was only a bright and shiny 3 year old steam locomotive when Sir David was born. In Part One, we talk to the man that knows the Flying Scotsman very well, Anthony Coulls Se...
Making The Scotsman fly, Part 1
Up Front & Steaming podcast - October 19, 2023 00:30 - 29 minutesToday is about a National Treasure, no, not Sir David Attenborough but The Flying Scotsman, Yes, The Flying Scotsman was only a bright and shiny 3 year old steam locomotive when Sir David was born. In Part One, we talk to the man that knows the Flying Scotsman very well, Anthony Coulls Se...
Coming soon on Up Front & Steaming
Up Front & Steaming podcast - September 05, 2023 00:30 - 2 minutesWelcome to Up Front & Steaming the heritage steam railway podcast. We are now back from our summer break and I just wanted to tell you about some of the exciting episodes you can look forward to. Coming up, we are up front and steaming with the Flying Scotsman on its centenary tour. In another ...
Episode 102 - ☀️⏰ ⛈️ An early morning after a storm
Bobs Garden - June 13, 2023 06:00 - 11 minutesIt’s 5.30AM, join me for the best part of the day. Even the trees seem more relaxed at this hour it is beautiful.
Episode 101 - who’s eating the strawberries
Bobs Garden - June 08, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutesI find out who’s eating my fruit and I moan about the mess I made digging trenches. A lovely morning
Episode 100 - Bobs Bombsite! Mini Excavator arrives!
Bobs Garden - June 01, 2023 08:00 - 6 minutesI’m back on the garden which looks more like a bombsite thanks to a week with a mini excavator.
Episode 99 - Seedling disaster and the kittens are born
Bobs Garden - May 23, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutesI’ve lost some seedlings because I didn’t pay close enough attention. On the other hand we have five new kittens! Miaow. Weeding today and there’s a digger coming…. Your twice weekly visit to a Cotswold garden is here. Ten minutes, zone out. #slowpodcast
🌱😻 Seedling disaster and the kittens are born
Bobs Garden - May 23, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutesI’ve lost some seedlings because I didn’t pay close enough attention. On the other hand we have five new kittens! Miaow. Weeding today and there’s a digger coming…. Your twice weekly visit to a Cotswold garden is here. Ten minutes, zone out. #slowpodcast
Episode 98 - Twilight Deer Spotting and Shoutouts!
Bobs Garden - May 18, 2023 20:00 - 17 minutesTonight I do the first shoutouts thank you so much to everyone who listens I hope you continue to tolerate my ramblings. We spot deer and I talk more mowing whilst on a wander round the field with a Baileys.
Episode 97 - Kittens on their way!
Bobs Garden - May 16, 2023 06:00 - 12 minutesA lovely morning on the allotment with the ducks the chickens and masses and masses of growth. One of our “kittens” who isn’t really a kitten anymore is having babies of her own. The sun is out and it’s blue skies. Good morning.
Episode 96 - 🦆 Meet the ducks!
Bobs Garden - May 11, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutesThe weather has warmed up and everything green is growing ridiculously quickly. A quick recap this Thursday morning and we're off the races with season 3 of the podcast!
Coming round the mountain, with Paul Lewin
Up Front & Steaming podcast - April 28, 2023 00:30 - 35 minutesIn this second episode of series two, we get out on the tracks and speak to Paul Lewin, Director & General Manager of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway, the longest heritage railway in the UK. He tells us the story of the line, the scale of the operation, how the 25-mile derelict Welsh H...
On the right side of the tracks
Up Front & Steaming podcast - February 24, 2023 15:33 - 33 minutesIn this first episode of series two, we talk with Mel Holley, the editor of Trackside, The Journal of Railway Preservation, he is certainly a man in the know when it comes to heritage railways. Mel talks how heritage railways are more than just steam locomotives but is coal running out? He also ...
Up Front & Steaming Trailer series 2
Up Front & Steaming podcast - February 10, 2023 00:30 - 3 minutesUp Front & Steaming is podcast channel all about heritage steam railways. In each episode you will hear the joy, passion, fun and nostalgia shared by the thousands of people that volunteer and work for the 200 heritage railways in the UK, plus the delight of millions who ride on heritage railway...
Episode 95 - 🐓 Welcome to Monday. It’s cold again 🥶
Bobs Garden - February 06, 2023 08:00 - 14 minutesCold frosty bright, cannot get any better! Welcome to Monday morning !
Episode 94 - 🐓 The new chicken shed
Bobs Garden - February 03, 2023 08:00 - 11 minutesIt’s the first morning at the new chicken shed. The hens are discombobulated and so am I. You can see the build here instagram.com/bobsdotgarden. Please go have a look and subscribe. ❤️
Episode 93 - the joy of logs
Bobs Garden - January 24, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutesI love logging. The process of felling, chopping and splitting your logs for your fire is one I find extremely cathartic! Join me this morning in the logshed!
Episode 92 - Season 3 Begins!
Bobs Garden - January 16, 2023 17:00 - 10 minutesGood morning! Back for season 3, so full of potential. Will there be Purple Sprouting? Will there be sprouts at all! Chickens back in full effect!
Episode 91 - We’re back in chicken lockdown
Bobs Garden - November 08, 2022 08:00 - 15 minutesDEFRA have imposed chicken lockdown again thanks to the bird flu outbreak. It was windy last night and I lost some glass in the greenhouse. Coffee this morning and I’m still in the yellow sleeping bag.
Episode 90 - Stick your cock in the oven
Bobs Garden - October 27, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutesWe’ve got a cockerel. Hello it has been a while, a friend offered me his cockerel and I thought why not. Cockadoodledoo!
Episode 89 - How to deal with hens when it's 40 degrees!
Bobs Garden - July 29, 2022 08:00 - 12 minutesThis is from last week when for about 24 hours the garden morphed into the Kalahari. Very hot indeed. Lovely!
Episode 88 - Why self improvement can get knotted
Bobs Garden - July 15, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutesGOOD EVENING. An evening stroll around the house tonight, not brought you much evening content of late but it’s a lovely time to be out after dusk after such a hot day. I go off on a traditional rant. It’s back to basics. Wade in.
Episode 88 - Why self improvement can get knotted
Bobs Garden - July 15, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutesGOOD EVENING. An evening stroll around the house tonight, not brought you much evening content of late but it’s a lovely time to be out after dusk after such a hot day. I go off on a traditional rant. It’s back to basics. Wade in.
Episode 87 - Grasshopper or Crickets in the meadow
Bobs Garden - July 13, 2022 21:00 - 12 minutesMorning everyone, listen to the grasshoppers making a racket or are the crickets? I’m in the meadow drinking a coffee out of my mug and taking you for a walk. Wake up!
Episode 86 - Here's how I deal with broody hens
Bobs Garden - July 06, 2022 09:00 - 9 minutesAn abnormally lively podcast. Take pleasure listening to the hens peck away at their feeder and find out how I manage a broody bird. Mid-podcast I find out we have red mite in the coop and I plan a trip to see the chicken experts. Obviously I also have a moan, today about my health. Enjoy!
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