Great British Railway Journeys

7:10 AM to 7:35 AM
Tuesday 1 July
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Criccieth to Caernarfon

Season 9 Episode 15 of 15

In picturesque Snowdonia, Michael Portillo braves the fastest zip line in the world - stretching 1,500 feet across a vast slate quarry as he begins the last leg of his journey to Caernarfon. En route, he also visits the home of British mountaineering, Pen y Gwryd, to hear how an Edwardian journalist and poet created a climbing community, which grew to include men who would conquer Everest in the 1950s

Great British Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 7:10 AM, Tuesday 1 July. (Subtitles.)
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Michael Portillo
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Joseph Cunningham
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Alison Kreps
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