This time last week I was just about leaving the hotel to attend Narrow Gauge South and my island adventure lay ahead of me, looking back just under a week later and it’s pleasant and calming to remember the sunny day spent riding the rails beyond some other shores…“Thrum Ttt Thrum Ttt Thrum Ttt Thrum Ttt”It took a moment to register as we boarded the train at Smallbrook Junction, but the austerity in service was priming the brake system for departure. The sound that must have accompanied so many childhood summer holidays, today just witnessed by our handful of passengers and the bluebells in the woods. Rattling off down towards Haven Street my stresses and anxiety quickly took a back seat, there is no better place than aboard a train, stood by an open window…I love a good steam engine shed for inspiration - Haven Street did not disappoint… weathered steam locomotives, a clutter but not untidy, repurposed rolling stock as sheds, a lovely warmth in sunshine - whilst we waited to press…
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