Saturday, 31 October 2015

Giants of Steam (Bluebell Railway)

Hello everyone

I hope you are all ok.

Sorry I've not been in touch for a while but after I came back from a week in Wales I've been too busy to go out and about on railways. 

Today though I went to the Bluebell Railway where they were having a 'Giants of Steam' event. 

They had an engine called Cheltenham and an A4 class locomotive called Bittern running there. They had goods trains running and lots of other engines running service trains. The shed for the new locomotive (called Atlantic) was also open so I had a look around that. 

There was so much to see and do I don't think I actually got around everything.

Because I love A4s I had a round trip in the observation coach behind Bittern (for a £1 per trip supplement) which was brilliant. After tomorrow Bittern will need lots of boiler work doing so this could be the last time for a while that it runs. 

There were lots of people everywhere today but I still had an amazing day. 

The event runs tomorrow as well so if you are in the area why not pop in to the Bluebell Railway. 

I'm looking forward to my next adventure already. 

Speak to you again soon

Lots of love
Ben
Ready to go in the observation coach