Tag Archives: Steam Train
Euro 2024 Match day 1 – Germany v Scotland
As I did in 2016 & 2021 I will be blogging on every match day with some pictures from the countries in football opposition. Hosts Germany kick things off today against Scotland. Germany I visited the fairytale like Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria around 20 years ago. We drove from Munich through a snowstorm. Tricky conditions […]
Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Highlands of Scotland
I first traversed the 21 arched Glenfinnan Viaduct in the late nineties, long before the magnificent structure was brought to mainstream attention through the marvellous Harry Potter films. I travelled on the Jacobite steam train back then, something that I repeated in 2009. From the train the pictures were not great, no matter how far […]
Sunday Photo – Sunflowers, Kent, UK
I took this picture through the window of a steam train in the Kent countryside yesterday. The trip was on the Kent & East Sussex steam train from Tenterden to Bodiam.
Train Delay At Reigate
Mrs Wilbur was travelling home from Reigate in Surrey today when the all too familiar announcement came across the tannoy that scheduled trains were being delayed. “What is it this time?” she thought to herself, “Staff shortages, signal problems, leaves on the track?” For once it was a good reason – The Flying Scotsman, that […]
