Sunday 14th April 2013
Today was Severn Valley Railway day! After a light
breakfast we set off for Bridgnorth just before 10am. We already had our
'Freedom of the Line' tickets as I had ordered them online at a reduced price.
Arriving at the station we easily found a parking space and then strolled up to
the station. As we had some time to kill before the train was due to leave we
took some photos, visited the shop and took some more photos!
We then found a
compartment carriage and settled ourselves down for the journey of just over an
hour.
The countryside rolled past, still looking very wintery,
with very few leaves on the trees but there were some primroses and daffies to
be seen. We also saw some very large pheasant,
horses, sheep and elephants!
Yes, elephants! We were surprised to say the least but then realised that we
were rolling past the safari park!
The end of the line was Kidderminster. Whist Hugh mooched round a book stall Penny and I settled ourselves on a bench under the station
canopy and started on our packed lunch. We had almost finished before Hugh
joined us! After a scrummy lunch we had a quick tour of the railway museum
where Hugh and Penny were able to have a play with some signals before
reboarding the train.
Once back on the train we chatted until the next stop
where Hugh alighted to visit the second hand book shop. Penny and I continued
on to the end of the line.
Penny and I then made our way back to the car and with 25 minutes
until the shops were due to shut I managed to find Sainsburys so that we could
do a bit of shopping. I also managed to find my way back to the station car
park where Penny and I read the paper whilst we waited for Hugh. I was quite pleased with my orienteering!
He eventually arrived at 4.45 and we returned to the
chalet. After a cup of tea I prepared our supper and we had a glass of wine before sitting down to watch our DVD of Death in Paradise.
A lovely, but tiring day!
5 comments:
Sounds like a very full day. Hugh must have been in his glory with all the train stuff. :)
Sounds like a great start to your holiday. Love the photo of the trunks, and I know a couple of folks who would have loved the train museums.
Trains with compartments are just the best - and combined with cages and bookshops, is there anything nicer? Really enjoyed your very atmospheric photos and glad it was such a good day for you all in different ways.
I always loved riding in the compartments, so nice. Sounds like a good day Wookie would like such a day.
Henry loved trains when he was little, and we really enjoyed the trips we took back then.
Rinda
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