Bromley boy
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Head of Steam is lovely, but it’s the sort of place where it helps to have done a bit of background reading first. The museum is very much dedicated to the S&D, so it helps to have swatted up on the subject matter first to know what one is looking at.
As for Shildon, again a resounding yes. The museum itself personally I found a little dry, but Shildon as a whole is *very* well worth a visit, again to explore some of the relics in the wider town. There’s some suggested walking routes which are very well worth exploring. If this floats one’s boat Shildon could quite happily occupy a good day or even more.
Finally, for completeness a swift half in the George & Dragon in Yarm should also be done.
I can’t recommend this area enough, as you might gather! There’s plenty of railway relics, but unlike bandwagon stuff like the Flying Scotsman one has to know what one is looking for and where to look. Personally I find it more rewarding this way, and chances are when you stumble across something there won’t be hoards of people crawling all over it!
Thanks for this.
It is a great part of the world and one I’m intending to properly tick off this summer.
“Dry” sounds good to me! A great antidote to the “down with the kids” NRM .