Great Coastal Railway Journeys
Ulverston to Ravenglass
Season 2 Episode 4 of 20
Michael Portillo travels though Cumbria, setting sail in a small craft on Lake Windermere with a lifelong devotee of Arthur Ransome's children's books Swallows and Amazons. At Barrow-in-Furness, Michael investigates the mountains of scrap left behind as iron ore was turned into ships, trains and railway tracks, and discovers researchers are exploring how slagbanks could contribute to reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Great Coastal Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday HD at 8:30 PM, Wednesday 26 February. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Tom Richardson
Director
Alison Kreps
Series Editor
John Comerford
Executive Producer