Great Coastal Railway Journeys Season 2 Episode 10 - Grimsby to Humberston Fitties

Airdate: 2023-May-29

Episode summary:

Michael Portillo has reached Lincolnshire, where his coastal railway journey from Middlesbrough ends. In Grimsby, he investigates an important new stage in the town's history - as a maintenance base for some of the largest wind farms in the world.In neighbouring Cleethorpes, Michael is excited to ride on the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway, pulled by a miniature steam locomotive, and on the shores of the mighty Humber estuary, Michael meets the Humber King, who holds the record for swimming across the Humber.From Cleethorpes, Michael makes for a curious and wild stretch of coastline at Humberston. At Young's, he learns how half of all scampi produced in the UK is made – and tries it himself.

About Great Coastal Railway Journeys series:

Michael Portillo embarks on railway adventures around the coasts of the British Isles.