Getting Knotted
Posted in Railways on 11th April 2009
Thanks to the Easter Holiday weekend, we get a brief period of grace from the otherwise seemingly never-ending road and rail works here in the south west. Of course the real reason is that in a contracting economy, there is expected to be an exodus of stressed and financially restricted...
Spring, Diesel and Rail Replacement Buses
Posted in Railways on 4th April 2009
Due to the frenzied mileage gathering start to my year alongside a fairly busy schedule of railtours, I've not made it to a couple of interesting diesel galas in the first months of the year. But with the line closed between here and Bristol, getting anywhere was going to be...
The Cwm and Go(ne)
Posted in Railways on 28th March 2009
I didn't seem to have been asleep for more than a few moments when I woke. I pottered carefully around the hotel room, trying to avoid the creaky floorboards as I prepared to depart. Despite the fairly good weather yesterday, the morning was drizzly and cold, and I was amazed...