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Where To Stream Great Coastal Railway Journeys Season 2 Episode 4

Ulverston to Ravenglass

Michael Portillo is in Cumbria, enjoying one of the most spectacular coastal railway journeys in Britain. In Ulverston, he sets sail in a small craft with a lifelong devotee of Arthur Ransome's 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. From Silecroft, Michael hikes up Black Combe to join a champion endurance athlete as she navigates and runs across the fells. Pressing north,...