Evening all. Today saw me me paying yet another visit to the Severn Valley Railway, this time with Jenny's cousin Alec, on proberly what can be described as the wettest day possible for August... lol.. The day started as with most my trips out with a 6am wake up... oh what fun...lol.
Having travelled to Lichfield by bus to meet Alec before catching the train into Birmingham via the Cross City Line and then changing trains to Smethwick and eventually arriving at Kidderminster a little later than first intended (10:00)... oh well never mind...lol... We purchased tickets for Severn Valley before wandering down the high street to the nearby model shop "Footplate". See their website here for opening times.
After a quick look round the model shop it was time to head back to the station to catch the 11:20 Kidderminster-Bridgnorth Severn Valley Railway Service hauled by 2857. With the typical journey via Bewdley, Arley, Highley and Hampton Loade, we eventually arrived at Bridgnorth in rather soggy conditions... So much for a British summer... lol...On our arrival at Bridgnorth, 41306 could be seen on platform 2 awaiting the road to depart.
A quick exit from the train saw us standing in the rain on the footbridge filming 41306 as she departed at the head of a Footplate experience course duty. Soon it was time to bolt into the gift shop to get dry before getting a quick photo of the various engines seen resting in the yard.
Soon it was time to catch the train back down the line, stopping off briefly at Highley for a late lunch in the Engine House for an hour before catching 1501 back to Kidderminster, at this point the weather really had turned British and we decided to call it a day at around 4pm. On arrival back in Kidderminster a quick visit to the Railway museum before returning to the model shop where we BOTH ended up biting the bullet and buying something... Oh my poor wallet.. nah.. on this rare occasion, didn't cost too much. lol.
Soon it was time to catch the train home... yet another fantastic day.. Cheers all..Jake...
