Number two on the railway journey through England was the North Yorks Moors railway which starts in Pickering and makes it way north towards Whitby. It was great we were with Rachel, Claudio and the boys and visited the station that was used for Hogsmeade in Harry Potter - very exciting!
Our third railway was a disused line between Robin Hoods Bay to Whitby. A nice 8.5 mile walk along a cinder track with good views of the sea and we saw hares, butterflies and a poor rabbit with mycimatosis (that is definitely spelt wrong!)
Our most recent trip was today when we travelled on the North Norfolk Railway from Holt to Sherringham to see Gill, Ken and Roxy Dog. It was a short trip but a fantastic one. At Holt station we brought our tickets one adult and one old person ticket. They were proper old fashioned card tickets. The engine was a gleaming black one and you could see the coal store. It looked like something out of the Railway Children! The route is along the coast and you can see windmills out at sea and the old ones on the coast.
Shiny Engine with driver, coal man and coal!
Windmills old and new
View from the train.
After a fantastic day with Gill and Ken we arrived at Holt and made our way home via The Three Swallows, the pub down the road, to watch the Olympics and look for the Barn Owl that flies accross the field in front of where we are staying. No Barn Owl this evening but a gorgeous sunset.
No comments:
Post a Comment