Another mini day out at Amerton, whith some more pictures, this time of their new-ish model railway.
(That isn’t it).
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Lakeside Miniature Railway – Southport
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.
Southport Model Railway Village
Telford Steam Railway, August 29th 2022
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
An Illustrated Guide to the Funicular Railways of Great Britain
The latest inductee to The Library of Cool is “An Illustrated Guide to the Funicular Railways of Great Britain” by Amy Bartle.
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All of Merseyrail in One Day
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.
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Amerton Railway Steam Gala, July 18th 2021
Its been about two years since our last visit to Amerton, so we went up there for the 2021 Steam Gala…
Pier Passport
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.
RAF Cosford Museum
Its been a bit of a sparse year for visiting places, what with the Covid-19 thing going on, but we did manage to get to the RAF Museum at Cosford.
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Great Orme Tramway
Working backwards in time as I reconstruct my old tripblog website, its time to look at The Great Orme Tramway, and our visit from September 2019.
