0:00:21 > 0:00:25During the 19th century, the steam engine was used for everything
0:00:25 > 0:00:31from driving machinery and mills to propelling ships across the sea,
0:00:31 > 0:00:37from lifting coal from the depths of the earth, to powering great locomotives.
0:00:39 > 0:00:45One man changed all of that with the invention of a new steam engine,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48that was to revolutionise the supply of power.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52The steam turbine was invented by Charles Parsons.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57It had a great impact on the home, on transport and the workplace.
0:01:00 > 0:01:07When Parsons was at university, the Industrial Revolution was in full flow
0:01:07 > 0:01:11powered by great steam engines of one form or another,
0:01:11 > 0:01:16a lot of them driven by bevelled cogwheels and shafting.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19The noise was horrific!
0:01:25 > 0:01:28I had a friend, who's now deceased,
0:01:28 > 0:01:35who was the chief engineer for a textile firm called Vantona.
0:01:35 > 0:01:41He used to tell me tales about when he repaired steam engines.
0:01:41 > 0:01:47Put yourself in the picture. It's the middle of the night, about three o'clock in the morning.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50They think they've solved the problem with this steam engine,
0:01:50 > 0:01:56which had lots of bevelled gearing in its transmission to different parts of the works.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00They decided to give it a run. They started it up and the noise!
0:02:00 > 0:02:07Clong, ding, dong, dong, dong! Outside the mill gates, there were about 20 people,
0:02:07 > 0:02:14who'd been woken up by the noise and thought it was seven o'clock, time to got to work. Incredible!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17This, of course, lead to...
0:02:17 > 0:02:23the quest to find something that didn't make as much noise.
0:02:23 > 0:02:30The answer to that was electricity, which changed the way machinery, like this, was driven.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Up to this time, belts, pulleys and gears where the only way
0:02:35 > 0:02:40to take the energy and deliver it to a machine some distance away.
0:02:40 > 0:02:48The coming of electricity meant energy could be delivered directly and silently to the machine.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51But electricity didn't make steam redundant.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58'The mass supply of electricity was made possible by steam.'
0:02:58 > 0:03:05Most of the electricity generated in Great Britain comes from power stations, like this.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07And, of course, the steam turbine.
0:03:07 > 0:03:13In 1888, Charles Parsons installed his first ever steam turbine
0:03:13 > 0:03:18in Forth Franks power station in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
0:03:18 > 0:03:24It was the forerunner of many more. The steam turbine is still used.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28This is Eggborough power station in East Yorkshire.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32It's fired on pulverised coal, that means crushed coal.
0:03:32 > 0:03:38It produces 5% of Great Britain's demand for electricity.
0:03:38 > 0:03:44Just one power station! That's lots of electric, 5% for all of Great Britain!
0:03:44 > 0:03:51These cooling towers are 380 feet high and 200 feet across the base.
0:03:51 > 0:03:58Have you ever wondered why they need to be so large? There's a very good reason.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Let's have a look inside.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12The cooling water from the turbines enters into pipes a few feet below.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18The warm water going down creates warmth inside this great chamber.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22The cold air rushes in through the gap,
0:04:22 > 0:04:28cools the water and then it's sent back to the power station condensers.
0:04:28 > 0:04:34The heat and steam from the cooling towers can be seen 15 miles away.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39The stuff coming out of the top is quite harmless.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45It turns into dew and floats away. It doesn't do any harm to anybody.
0:04:45 > 0:04:52The coal arrives by train. There's a thousand tonnes on every load. When it arrives,
0:04:52 > 0:04:59it's taken to the conveyor belts at the back and pulverised into a fine powder.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Coal dust is highly inflammable. As soon as it goes into the boiler,
0:05:03 > 0:05:08it explodes with ferocity and generates lots of heat.
0:05:08 > 0:05:14At peak periods, when everybody's turning their cookers and electric fires on,
0:05:14 > 0:05:18it burns 800 tonnes an hour.
0:05:18 > 0:05:24I'm in one of the great boilers. It's incredible, like a cathedral.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29Down at the bottom, there's a great boiler full of water.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35It's connected to the top drum by thousands of yards of tubing.
0:05:35 > 0:05:42When it's going, it contains a pressure of 2,500 lbs per square inch.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48When the coal dust blasts through the nozzles, these are the burners,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51in the middle there's a great fireball.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54It impinges on the pipes, which are full of water.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59When it gets higher up, it turns to steam at that great pressure.
0:06:02 > 0:06:09Here we are in the turbine hall, where there are four separate turbines and generators.
0:06:11 > 0:06:18Steam enters the turbine through nozzles around the perimeter of the blades inside the casing.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22When it comes out, it expands and turns the rotors.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27They use every available ounce of pressure that's in it.
0:06:27 > 0:06:33Really...it hasn't changes much since 1884,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37when Mr Parsons first designed it.
0:06:38 > 0:06:45It revolves at 3,000 revolutions per minute and turns the shaft that works the generator.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50This is really a big electromagnet, that generates the electricity.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55Even in this modern nuclear power station in Lancashire,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58steam is still at the heart of the process.
0:06:58 > 0:07:05The main difference between a coal fired and nuclear station is the fuel.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10The nuclear station uses uranium contained in metal fuel rods,
0:07:10 > 0:07:15to heat the water that makes steam to turn the turbines.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Although nearly all of industry is powered by electricity today,
0:07:23 > 0:07:28there are still a few businesses who do things the traditional way.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Like this little brewery, tucked away in rural Oxfordshire.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Here, at Hook Norton Brewery, steam is alive and well.
0:07:38 > 0:07:44They use a combination of steam power and years of expertise in the brewing trade,
0:07:44 > 0:07:48to produce prize-winning ales and stout.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Beer's still brewed here, using the traditional methods,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57in this beautiful building erected in 1899.
0:07:57 > 0:08:04This is it, the main power plant, with a steam engine made 104 years ago,
0:08:04 > 0:08:10by Buxton & Thornley at Burton-on-Trent, especially for the brewing business.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14It works all the plant by a system of line shafting and bevel gears
0:08:14 > 0:08:18and comb clutches to every floor in the place.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23Over here is James Clark, whose family has run this brewery
0:08:23 > 0:08:29for five generations. He's going to explain a bit about it to me.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32As a brewery, we have an abundance of steam.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37We've got two oil-fired boilers, so we're using some of that steam.
0:08:37 > 0:08:43Ideas of combined heat and power plants for climate change levy aren't particularly new.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I'd rather see equipment like this working, than just there for show.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53- That's what this does, it's there to work.- It's lovely that!
0:08:56 > 0:09:02- What's going on here? - In here's today's brew, at the end of its boiling process.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05The energy supplied by the steam runs the engine.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08It's the basis of beer, it's not been fermented yet.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- We've added hops, which you can smell.- Oh, yes!
0:09:11 > 0:09:17This will be run out into another vessel, where we'll remove the solid hop material,
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- ready for its cooling process. - I had an uncle who made hop bitters.
0:09:21 > 0:09:27He went to a brewery for the spent hops. It was right good stuff.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31It wasn't alcoholic though. You never got drunk!
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- I'm not sure about that! - Well, I never did!
0:09:39 > 0:09:45The gristmill is another example of original machinery,
0:09:45 > 0:09:50still in daily use in the brewing process and still driven by steam.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55The mill breaks open the malt grain, so the flavour comes out in the brew.
0:09:58 > 0:10:04At the end of the process, the engine pumps the brew to the top floor for cooling.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11This is our work pump, again driven by the steam-engine.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14The main crank is at the top and there's a bank of three pumps.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17The work we saw boiling in the copper earlier,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21has been run into these hop vats. The hops are being strained out,
0:10:21 > 0:10:25and the work's being pumped nearly to the top of the brewery again.
0:10:25 > 0:10:32Not many people have seen under the counter in a pub, but the tackle there is similar.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- When you say a pint, please... - That's the same design.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39The positive displacement pump is gentle on the liquid it moves.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Thank you.
0:10:59 > 0:11:05Here we are, drinking a sample of the end product, brewed by steam power.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Mmmm...very nice that!
0:11:12 > 0:11:16There aren't many steam-engines sill earning their living,
0:11:16 > 0:11:21like the one at Hook Norton. Hundreds have been scraped,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25but some have been saved and are now museum exhibits.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31This is the National Railway Museum in York, where they have some some of the most famous locomotives
0:11:31 > 0:11:35in railway history. The A4 Pacifics were built by Sir Nigel Gresley.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39When they first appeared in the mid-1930s,
0:11:39 > 0:11:43their revolutionary design caused a sensation.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Mallard was one of the many A4 Class steam locomotives
0:11:48 > 0:11:51built by Gresley for the London and Northeastern Railway.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55With its wonderful streamlining, it went very fast.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00From up the east coast, from London to Edinburgh, non-stop.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05The first of Nigel Gresley's A4 Pacifics
0:12:05 > 0:12:08left Doncaster Works in 1935,
0:12:08 > 0:12:12and it wasn't long before a major problem manifested itself.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17It went so fast, the braking system of the period wasn't any good.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company had to redesign the whole braking system.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28Gresley decided it would be a good opportunity to push the locomotive to its limit
0:12:28 > 0:12:33and recapture the speed record from the LMS people.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Also, to get the world speed record back off the Germans.
0:12:40 > 0:12:47It must of been exciting in 1938 when the driver and the fireman climbed on board.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Mallard left Grantham, heading towards Peterborough,
0:12:54 > 0:12:59with six coaches and a dynamometer car to register the speed and power.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04They reached the unbelievable speed of 126 miles an hour.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07It must've been exciting going that fast!
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I bet it was shaking everywhere!
0:13:12 > 0:13:17I remember listening to the recording of the driver, after the event.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24'At the top, I gave Mallard a lift and she jumped to it like a live thing!
0:13:24 > 0:13:28'After three miles the speed meter in my cab showed 107 miles an hour.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32'Before I knew it, the needle was at 116 and we'd got the record.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36'Go on, old girl, I thought. We can do better than this!
0:13:36 > 0:13:41'I nursed her and shot through Little Bytham at 123 miles an hour.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46'124...125...126 miles per hour.'
0:13:46 > 0:13:51'126! The fastest speed of a steam locomotive in the world!
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Mallard now has pride of place in the museum.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00It's the biggest collection of railway locomotives in the land.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04The biggest collection of steamrollers and traction engines that I know of,
0:14:04 > 0:14:10is also in a museum at Thursford in Norfolk. One I've known a long time.
0:14:10 > 0:14:17At about 15 years old, I found out from people who'd travelled further than I had,
0:14:17 > 0:14:22that hidden away in a place called Thursford in Norfolk
0:14:22 > 0:14:28there was a gentleman with a field full of steam engines. Incredible!
0:14:28 > 0:14:35Everyone said he was mad because he bought them 40 years ago for £25.00 each.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39That's all they were worth. Some of them got cut up for less.
0:14:39 > 0:14:47The man who collected all these was named George Cushing. He collected 45 engines,
0:14:47 > 0:14:54nearly one of every type of traction engine and portable engine you could have.
0:14:56 > 0:15:03This one, I know for a fact, is one of Mr Cushing's favourites, the Aveling & Porter.
0:15:03 > 0:15:10Thomas Aveling did a great deal for the development of the traction engine.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13After the Aveling, is a Burrell. Like the Avelings,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17they were like country blacksmiths in Thetford.
0:15:17 > 0:15:23It makes you wonder how they constructed these, in a village hidden away, in Norfolk.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26It's amazing!
0:15:26 > 0:15:33All of them, each individual person who... The beginnings of the firms, were village blacksmiths.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Er...then, of course, they developed and developed
0:15:37 > 0:15:40into quite big engineering concerns.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44They made hundreds of these things right up until the 1930s,
0:15:44 > 0:15:48when the death knell were here.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50They didn't really have a long life,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54not as long as the actual steam locomotive.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58This is what's known as a Savage centre engine.
0:15:58 > 0:16:04The engine was placed in the centre of a great roundabout. They built the roundabout round it.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08It's interesting because this is thought to be
0:16:08 > 0:16:11the second oldest of its type in existence.
0:16:11 > 0:16:17Lots of nice embelishments on it and looks very pretty, doesn't it?!
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Mr Cushing bought 'em
0:16:20 > 0:16:22because he really loved them.
0:16:22 > 0:16:28He realised what a shame it would be if they all got chopped up.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32I did have the pleasure of meeting him.
0:16:32 > 0:16:39I'm afraid to say he's just passed on at the old age of nearly 99, he were only a week short.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Whatever he did, he deserves a lot of recognition
0:16:42 > 0:16:46for saving these magnificent pieces of machinery.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49He never saw the end of his dream
0:16:49 > 0:16:55because there's another 30 outside that have not been done up!
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Hopefully someday they will be.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Nearly all Aveling & Porters, you know.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16That's one just like mine at home.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Literally dozens of 'em, in't there, everywhere?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Incredible place!
0:17:29 > 0:17:31To get all this running again
0:17:31 > 0:17:36would take thousands and thousands of man hours.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Fortunately, plenty are still running,
0:17:39 > 0:17:43kept alive by enthusiasts like these.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47They've gathered for a steam fair in Camborne.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- Hello, how are you?- I'm all right.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- How's your tractor?- Very well.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56This is one of the oldest Aveling & Porter tractors
0:17:56 > 0:17:59converted into a steam roller, in't it?!
0:17:59 > 0:18:05- That's right.- My mate here is going to convert it back to a tractor.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Somebody said the other day it'll look nicer
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- when you re-do the paint work!- Arrgh!
0:18:15 > 0:18:21- Who gave you a passport to come here! Long time no see.- It's been ten bloody years.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Indeed!- Or more than that. - Absolutely.
0:18:24 > 0:18:30- How's your Mclaren going?- Fine. - How many tons does it weigh?- 22.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- They made quite a few.- They did.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37This is the only Mclaren engine this size left in the world.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43It's through enthusiasts' dedication, that historic steam engines are kept alive and in steam.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48There are more than 50 steam railways around the country,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50all run by enthusiasts.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56One I found interesting is the Tanfield railway, near Newcastle.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01One of the interesting things is that here,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04you can see the history of the railways -
0:19:04 > 0:19:07from the earliest horse-drawn wagonways -
0:19:07 > 0:19:11to the modern industrial locos like this one,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14built by Robert Stevenson and Co in the 1940s,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18more than 100 years after they built Rockets.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- The guest of honour!- Thank you!
0:19:21 > 0:19:27Today the Tanfield Railway is run by a group of dedicated enthusiasts.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- We're here to get steam up.- Aye, we'll have a go.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Here, at the Marley Hill engine sheds,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40they've built up a grand collection of industrial locomotives
0:19:40 > 0:19:44from shut-down power stations and defunct coal mines.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01How many locomotives have you got on your railway?
0:20:01 > 0:20:06- I believe there are 54... - Blumming 'eck, that's a lot!
0:20:06 > 0:20:13..of one shape or another. In various degrees of working or not.
0:20:13 > 0:20:19How many wagons would this pull, when it were performing proper?
0:20:19 > 0:20:23It would think nothing of 25 coal hoppers,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26going in and out of collieries.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- A few hundred ton then?- Oh, yes. 15,000 ton on this one.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33It's a lot of weight, in't it?
0:20:33 > 0:20:38- You can get more fire in them than what we've got now.- Oh, aye.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40But a lot more noise!
0:20:40 > 0:20:45- It runs very sweet, doesn't it!? Nice engine.- It is a nice engine.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Squealing flanges!
0:21:11 > 0:21:18This is the Causey Arch, the oldest surviving railway bridge in the world.
0:21:18 > 0:21:24It was built in 1725-26, by a group of coal owners,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28who called themselves the Grand Allies.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Nobody had built an arch that big in 1725.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35They used Roman technology for a guide
0:21:35 > 0:21:39and it was years before anybody built another one as big as this.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44The man who built it, Sir Mr Wood, had a panic attack near the end.
0:21:44 > 0:21:52Before it was completed, it's reputed that he jumped off and never saw it finished!
0:21:52 > 0:21:57It was feared the wagons of coal going over might have collapsed it.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02As many as 900 wagons a day went over this bridge full of coal.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- How's the water level?- It's canny.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17We need the water to go over here.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Before you go down the hill you need plenty of water.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23We don't want to drop the flow down!
0:22:27 > 0:22:32- It's quite a hill we're going down. - It is indeed.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- We could freewheel down here!- Aye!
0:22:40 > 0:22:45At a time when Stevenson was building lots of locomotives,
0:22:45 > 0:22:50this railway was still running on wooden tracks and horse propelled.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55It wasn't until the 1840s that steam was introduced here
0:22:55 > 0:23:01and then it wasn't locomotives, but three stationary winding engines.
0:23:01 > 0:23:07All that remains of one of them is this rather sad hole in the ground.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Once here there was an engine room, with a winding engine
0:23:12 > 0:23:16and a great chimney and a resevoir for the boilers.
0:23:16 > 0:23:23Then finally, in 1881 I think, they finally got steam locomotives.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Apparently, they hauled the coal up and down during the week,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30bricks and all sorts of other materials,
0:23:30 > 0:23:34but on Saturdays the passengers could have a ride on...
0:23:34 > 0:23:38the paying public, in the same wagons that brought the coal.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55There were quite a few railways like this, here in the north-east,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57including one from South Shields,
0:23:57 > 0:24:02that was known as the Marsden Rattler by the locals!
0:24:02 > 0:24:07In a way, steam has now become a bit of a holiday attraction,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09something for a day out.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Or if you come up here to Scotland, more like a week out...
0:24:13 > 0:24:18if you take a cruise on this lovely steamer, the Vic 32.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30You're encouraged to have a go at everything. You might shovel coal,
0:24:30 > 0:24:35or help to raise the anchor before you set sail to explore
0:24:35 > 0:24:39the lochs and islands off the west coast of Scotland.
0:24:39 > 0:24:46This boat was built in Yorkshire in 1942 and is based on the Clyde Puffer.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49They didn't have a condensor.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53The exhaust steam went up the chimney and helped to draw the fire.
0:24:53 > 0:24:59It was really designed for inshore delivery boats, around Britain.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03They delivered all sorts of stuff.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07When we were out in the loch, I talked to Nick Walker, the owner.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11He told me the boat used to deliver ammunition during the War.
0:25:11 > 0:25:18- It's an inshore craft.- What did it do after its days of carrying ammunition?
0:25:18 > 0:25:24She was laid up at a naval dock yard, then sent to the scrap yard...
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- Ooo 'eck.- ..at Inverkeithing.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30We have Keith Tominberg, who owned the Island of Eigg,
0:25:30 > 0:25:32to thank for rescuing it.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37My wife and I have spent the last 25 years restoring it, taking people on holiday.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42It's a lot of people's dream to put to sea on a steam-driven ship.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Absolutely. It's a dream come true.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Now, let's go down below and look at the engine.
0:25:52 > 0:25:59This is the engine. It's a compound which means it uses the steam twice.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03It is typical of a boat of this sort of style.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08The steam is firstly used in the high-pressure cylinder,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12then it's exhausted into an intermediate chamber,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15and then into a low-pressure cylinder.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20This equalises the pressure on the torque on the crank shafts.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23After that, it's exhausted into the condensor,
0:26:23 > 0:26:28which is then condensed back into water and used over and over again.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33The seafaring machine cannot take water out of the ocean,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35it's very bad for boilers.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39I've noticed that the pressure is dropping a bit,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I'll put some coals on the fire
0:26:41 > 0:26:46in case the captain up top shouts down for more steam!
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I'll get on with that then!
0:27:02 > 0:27:06I'd rather be on this than one of them plastic things!
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Now I've got steam up, he's gonna let me have a go at the steering.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Keep in close to this shore, you've got to come in closer.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23You're safer because there are rocks all around here.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27If you come in starboard a bit, because we're clear of that ridge.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- That's right-hand side, "starboard"?- Yes.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Come to starboard slowly and follow this shore.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Look out for red lobster pots.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40If you see one have a look for another, they're always in pairs.
0:27:40 > 0:27:45- We don't want the rope wrapped round our prop.- Yeah.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Then he put me to work on a bit of steeplejacking.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54WHISTLES BLOWS
0:27:54 > 0:27:58There's no better way to see this lovely Scottish scenery,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00It's magic!
0:28:00 > 0:28:06I wish I'd lived in the days when you could travel like this all the time.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13Steam is more than just enthusiasm or nostalgia.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Steam power was developed here in Britain -
0:28:17 > 0:28:21one of our unique contributions to history.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23It's a great credit
0:28:23 > 0:28:29to all the dedicated enthusiasts we've seen in this series,
0:28:29 > 0:28:34that such an important part of our heritage has been kept alive.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42Subtitles by Deltha Mcleod and Claire Benstead BBC Broadcast - 2003
0:28:42 > 0:28:45E-mail us at: subtitling@bbc.co.uk