Having enjoyed my day trip to Swanage by steam train, my ticket also allowed entry into the “Road to Rail Steam Fair”, it was right next door to the park and ride car park. I got there just in time to catch the last two steam engines making their way around the arena. Such heavyContinue reading “Road to Rail Steam Fair”
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A bit more steam!
I got back to Swanage railway station in time to catch the 1:30pm diesel train to the other end of the line. It’s a preserved railway that is 9.5 miles long, and is about a half hour ride. In a strange turn of events the younger diesel engine had broken down, so the much olderContinue reading “A bit more steam!”
… to Swanage
I’ve just had a long weekend off work. Friday I decided to get myself off to the seaside town of Swanage and there is only one way to arrive in style! Give or take about 6 miles inland is a park and ride for the “Swanage Steam Railway” a preserved railway. I hopped on theContinue reading “… to Swanage”
Swanage Railway Wide!
Once upon a time when Agfa Vista was £1 a roll in Poundland, (in fact when anything was still £1 in Poundland – but don’t get me started on that!) and before the Pentax ME Super was serviced, I made a visit to the Swanage Steam Railway. Back then I was also into the ideaContinue reading “Swanage Railway Wide!”
Armistice Day
Several years ago I visited Bodiam Castle in Kent. I arrived by steam train! One of the exhibits at the Bodiam Station was the “Cavell Van” (above). It’s a luggage van which had carried the body of Edith Cavell, a nurse executed in 1915 for helping Allied service personnel escape occupied Belgium. What I didn’tContinue reading “Armistice Day”
Onto Dawlish Warren
Having walked the entire length of the seafront in Dawlish on a glorious sunny October day, I continued on, passing behind Langstone Rock. The Langstone rock field (above) is just the other side of the rock. A haven for sea life that likes tidal rock pools. It is here that the sea wall and theContinue reading “Onto Dawlish Warren”
Dawlish: Sea Wall
Once I’d finished my quick walk around the town of Dawlish, I walked along the sea wall. It’s recently been completely re-built due to storm damage, and very impressive it is! The photo above is taken from the narrow old pier that juts out into the sea (below). From the same spot you can makeContinue reading “Dawlish: Sea Wall”
Exeter: River Walk
I was staying a short walk from the village of Starcross, on the river Exe. This has a train stop on the rail route that runs from Exeter, down along the side of the Exe Estuary, sometimes right on the very edge – more to come on that! Above the Class 166 DMU no 207Continue reading “Exeter: River Walk”
Teignmouth #2
The end of my last post about Teignmouth found me at the end of the pier, losing £1’s worth of 2ps in an arcade machine. I won a few back, but then fed them into the greedy machine, so I left no richer than when I arrived, not that I expected to! I continued on.Continue reading “Teignmouth #2”
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