Once again we took to the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal). Again from Norbury Wharf, and again on a Dayboat Hire. This time, we had Valiant, another on of the 29′ dayboats.
There are two differences about this trip: 1) We went North, and, 2) Norbury Wharf let me have the boat for free…
Another mini day out at Amerton, whith some more pictures, this time of their new-ish model railway.
(That isn’t it).
Just a collection of photos from our visit to the National Railway Museum in July.
At the end of April we found ourselves in Southport, and due to careful planning and “getting lost”, I managed to get us to the Lakeside Miniature Railway.
And I made a video.
A rare August Bank Holiday Monday off work, no rain, and a nice afternoon at a heritage railway that, despite being about 40 minutes away from my house, I’d never heard of until this year.
Choo Choo
The latest inductee to The Library of Cool is “An Illustrated Guide to the Funicular Railways of Great Britain” by Amy Bartle.
Continue reading An Illustrated Guide to the Funicular Railways of Great Britain
A while ago, 2017 to be exact, I started working on a plan to visit every Merseyrail Terminus in one day, passing through every station at least once. Originally I planned to start and finish at Southport, while on holiday, but plans changed and I was going to try again in April 2020. Then Covid hit.
Continue reading All of Merseyrail in One Day
Its been about two years since our last visit to Amerton, so we went up there for the 2021 Steam Gala…
My new passport arrived in the post today. I will not be using is to travel to exotic foreign destinations, for this in my Pier Passport: a handy guide to the seaside piers of the UK.
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