my name is francis bourgeois, and i've taken on the challenge to travel from the southern coast of englandmy passion with the world. train horn blows. he laughs. what a legend! i have 5.4 million followers in total. it's been a pretty wackyjourney. train horn blows. as the uk prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the world's first passenger railway, i've decided to only use trains made here. horn honks along the way, i'll cross some stunning landscapes and meet people whose lives have been transformed by the great british railway. horn blows. i wanted to bring us down this slimyjetty here cos i wanted to show off portsmouth harbour station. as you come in, you feel like you're on land, but actually, it's an old pier, and this used to function as a freight boat pier in the mid—1800s. i'm starting my rail adventure on england's southern coastline, passing through london, the midlands, into the yorkshire dales, then crossing scotland, up through the highlands, and hopefully making it