Great writeup with your weekend relaxation and the all important nostalgia well documented, a very enjoyable read. Thanks
Very much appreciated and glad you liked it
Great writeup with your weekend relaxation and the all important nostalgia well documented, a very enjoyable read. Thanks
There's not a lot more I can add to the above comments really Mr Cowley apart from commending you for a thoroughly enjoyable report with some nice shots there, I must say that 33/14 combo looks really bizarre, not done a Severn Valley Gala since October 1990, so perhaps the one before your first visit?
Thanks Mr Bridge. That's interesting that you went in 1990. Can you remember what was there that year?
One thing I remember is that there were pretty much no buildings on the brand new platform at Kidderminster.
What a splendid trip and what a trooper Mrs C is! You and the black and white hairy guy are very lucky! It's years and years since I went on the Severn Valley but I remember a late afternoon trip in a light alcoholic haze in the autumn sunshine. Later I remember wondering whether the castle walls at Bridgnorth really were leaning or whether it was just a state of mind!
Great little read that mate. Chin chin.
Feel your pain with admin! Sounds like a pleasent little evening getting plesently sozzled and relaxing. Im not and dont ever want to be a parent but Im told that whilst the teens can be a stressful time they bring many pleasures too and this little writeup proves that as they can be trusted/are clearly grown up enough to go for a pub dinner and to ride home sensibly on the train whilst mummy and daddy get pished. Thanks as ever for sharing.
Another super (intoxicating) read there Mr Cowley, hope you weren't slurring too much whilst chatting to CJ at the bar
That was a good day out mate. I do like the West Somerset Railway. I've done it a few times and had some good locos on the line, including a pair of class 31s on a charter which I think came from Barking.
I also travelled through to Minehead from Bristol TM on 158855 when it was a Wessex Trains unit and it went there to get named.
Nice photos too mate.
Sounds like some awesome trips recently, oops to the fail to log the 150 though!
I need that platform at Norton Fitzwarren too, and I'm glad the GWR steam didn't disappoint. Ouch to the lad getting stuff in his eye, that's not pleasant!
Sounded like a good day out Mr C
Nice post about the West Somerset Railway! You mention "a real feeling of a seaside holiday route". Yup, it was exactly that and in my childhood days so many years ago I can recall getting into serious trouble because my father had hired a beach hut just outside Minehead for the annual summer holiday and I spent most of the time at the back of the hut watching the steam trains and getting filthy instead of gazing out to sea like a proper family! Happy days indeed!
Another great read mate. Refering to what you said about diesels being driven in a reserved way, the East Lancs Railway is really good when it comes to getting a bit of thrash. I was there a few years back at a diesel gala and the drivers were coasting at times until they got to tunnels or cuttings and then revving the engine right up so you got the full effect of the sound. Probably not entirely healthy for the loco but as long as they are still able to keep them running.