Sorry, what, do Patreons get a delay repay refund @tpfx89 ?
Excellent, I'll be waiting for my £1.50.
Don't say that! I've got a couple of patrons now haha. As it stands it's currently uploading to my host so I think I've gotten away with it!
This week we're paying a visit to a Cumbrian field 13 years ago, it's covering Greyrigg.
Not as far as I'm aware, but I had a brief issue logging into my hosting service so maybe linked? Glad you got it though!Was there an issue with Apple podcasts today? I was looking forward to listening while baking this afternoon, but my phone said the podcasts were "temporarily unavailable"? Thankfully, I was wble to listen through YT.
Well I hope it was enjoyed, well in so far as you can enjoy this subject matter.Brilliant, thanks again, I look forward to it.
Well I hope it was enjoyed, well in so far as you can enjoy this subject matter.
That was the area I was trying to improve thai time round so I'm glad it came across!Edit: thanks again, well worth a listen. I particularly liked the use of music in this one
Thanks Malc, As ever I appreciate the feedback. Just to gently challenge back though you have raised this once previously. The entirety of the intro, with the welcome, Patreon pitch, update about the youtube channel and letting people know there was some more content available was only 2 minutes and 6 seconds long, and that's including a plug for another podcast which is just starting out. I don't particularly think that it's unreasonable considering there is another 57 and a half minutes of the episode afterward, and especially considering your advice to keep it to a minute or two.What an excellent podcast. I opted to listen via YouTube and have subbed to remind me when any content comes out rather than just the podcasts - The short updates and fillers just add to the interest. I must say the production quality of the latest episode is very polished and of a high standard, with the music adding to the mood of the scene you are describing. What made this episode special and one to stand out from the rest is the connection to the individuals on the train, some of which lost their lives. The description you gave, the purpose for their journey and the way events unfolded drew me in to the drama...Just brilliant.
If I was to comment on one thing that I find distracting is the constant shout out to patreon members, etc at the beginning which for me would be better off at the end of the podcast rather than the beginning... OK you can skip through them, but the first five minutes of the last episode came over to me as a sales pitch to promote patreon, merchandise and other media. I understand why people use platforms for raising funds, and if it's something that is needed at the start then possibly reduce it to just a minute or two... I still give the post cast 10/10 though
I also noted one of the comments was to include images from news reports etc in the Youtube version... but for me it then becomes a video and not a podcast, and takes more work.. I like the format, and I'm sure anyone wanting to see such images can google the subject of each episodes....
Thanks Malc, As ever I appreciate the feedback. Just to gently challenge back though you have raised this once previously. The entirety of the intro, with the welcome, Patreon pitch, update about the youtube channel and letting people know there was some more content available was only 2 minutes and 6 seconds long, and that's including a plug for another podcast which is just starting out. I don't particularly think that it's unreasonable considering there is another 57 and a half minutes of the episode afterward, and especially considering your advice to keep it to a minute or two.
People are more than welcome to skip it and I'm sure people do, and I know I'm never going to make megabucks doing this but if people want to kick in funds so that I can buy a better microphone, or take the weight off hosting and software then I'm glad of it. If I put that at the end then it will probably get missed, and I think that's evidenced by the fact that I tend to do a callback to it in the credits/outro and you haven't seemed to have noticed.
As ever please feel free to come back with feedback in the future and I'm glad you're still enjoying the podcast!
Yes, from the earliest days of railways, accidents have been investigated by serving or retired officers from the Railway Operating Divison of the Royal Engineers (now Royal Corps of Transport) on behalf of the Board of Trade and later the Ministry of Transport. Nowadays, accidents are investigated by the Rail Accident Investigatation Branch, which has a staff of full-time professional accident investigators under the leadership of Simon French, the Government's Chief Inspector of Railways. If you are interested in reading accident reports, they can be obtained from the gov.uk website and you can set up a mobile alert so that you will be automatically notified when a new report or statistical analysis is published.Interesting that all the investigators mentioned so far in the podcast seem to be a major this or lieutenant colonel that. Did the rail accident investigation units have a policy or preference for appointing ex military only to these roles?
And of course I think everyone is already pretty certain I have this feature set up!they can be obtained from the gov.uk website and you can set up a mobile alert so that you will be automatically notified when a new report or statistical analysis is published.
Have you uploaded to youtube ? - haven't received any notification, and when browsing the channel it's not there yet.