Robert was full of joy the morning we looked out of our AirBnB in Llangollen to see these trains passing by. You can read the full story here.

Seeing traditional railway signals always makes me smile as Robert had the upper part of one in our garden. The semaphore arm has now gone to a good home but the finial (pointing ceramic bit on top) I still have. It makes an unusual feature in my garden.

By the way it might be our penultimate day of ‘Simply Red‘ but I am still going to remind everyone that your main photograph must be square! 

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  10. Lovely to revisit that post with you (and now I have visions of Welsh Kings zipping about the hills on motorbikes!) The memories we hold in our blogs are so precious. A way to bring Robert close, though I suspect he’s always looking over your shoulder.

    What strikes me now, looking at the photos, is that Hunstanton is a long way from Wales. They are such lovely trains and beautifully restored xx

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    1. Brings back very happy memories that post, and also sadness that Covid got in the way of us returning.

      and yes we thought the same about Hunstanton – not sure I’d want to travel the 200ish miles on these trains from Llangollen to there. Real boneshakers!

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        2. Especially those big old steam engines right down to the sleek very fast trains in Europe are more than boy attractions. Perhaps not to the same level of excitement with girls…..

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    1. No it’s a normal track, but it is a heritage railway. They’ve extended it since we visited, so there are now 10 miles to travel along

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