Will, I’m pretty astonished by your rather immature response. On a public forum, everyone has their right to their views. I’ve had mine criticised many times even on here, but I choose not to get offended, and to learn from it.
Whatever you think of the E&BASR as a volunteer or member as you presumably are, if visitors (the railway’s main purpose for existing) are offering the opinion of 433N, then maybe the railway needs to take a look in the mirror, because if visitors don’t find it interesting, they won’t come back. 20 minutes each way on a steam train with very little else on offer isn’t much good when anyone who doesn’t live in the Skipton or Grassington area will have travelled nearly double that to get there.
Finally, different heritage railways get slammed on here all the time. Wensleydale for example has taken a hell of a battering from many (including me) over the last 18 months on these pages but the operators are working really hard now to transform it, and the opinions expressed here mor recently have reflected that. It’s not just a forum-wide vendetta against your railway.
As I said before, please don’t misunderstand me: I want this to be fantastic attraction. I have so many happy memories of days at Embsay as a kid. I want to feel excit3d to go back, but right now it just isn’t like that. I do wish them all the very best however.