Things have been very busy since the last chance I had to write any entries for this blog. I started out on Wednesday by meeting up at London Victoria where we then headed to Paington in Devon on the Torbay Express which is a First Great Western train and then took a ride to Kingswear on the Paington and Dartmouth steam railway--this one was in one of only two pullman observation cars in the UK and back to Paington. We then headed off to Plymouth via Newton Abbot where we then connected to a branch line up to Gunnislake and back which completed every line west of Exeter. The evening wrapped up on Wednesday with a train to Exeter St. Davids. On Thursday Dennis and I started out the day by taking two branch lines out of Exeter. The first line went to Exmouth and the second up to Barnstable. Once we finished those lines, the next journey was to Bristol (Temple Meads) where we stopped off for a spot of lunch and then took a branch line to a place called Severn Beach and back.We then decided that we would head just over the border into southern Wales to a place called Newport where we then changed trains on to Birmingham.
I have been on my own so far today and the first run of the day was from Birmingham to Leicester. This was so that I could then connect to a train heading up to Sheffield. I then rode the local tram two stops into the city centre and grabbed a bit of lunch before heading back toward Birmingham. Not sure yet what the rest of the day will hold as it depends on when I get into Birmingham and then I plan to head on to London.
Photos can be seen at the following:
May 21 https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomreiser/sets/72157644848879943/
May 22 https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomreiser/sets/72157644385800668/
May 23 https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomreiser/sets/72157644753346646/
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