shredder1
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Great stuff, glad you enjoyed it, yes I managed to do everything I set out to do, it was a very enjoyable trip, Im just planning for an Irish trip now starting at the end of the month, I still need a few lines over there
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Devon and Cornwall (Day 1). Wednesday 30th September 2026.
I had only been back from my Czech Republic trip for 7 days, before I was off again, but with my son this time. He had booked a week for us in a house in Bude, a place I took him to as a child back in the early 1990s, and each day we were to explore a different town driving down as far as Penzance and the Lizard, he was doing the driving. For my part I wanted to explore a few railways in the area and also check out what was left of the railways and remains of the Atlantic Coast Express routes. My son isn’t a rail enthusiast, but didn’t mind dropping me off at a few places while he went exploring further afield, so it worked out well for both of us.
I set off from Manchester, driving down to my son`s house in the Fens, a 3-hour drive for me, but because I was taking a few things with me, it was better than struggling on the train, although I’m not a great fan of long drives these days. On arriving in the region, I usually call in at the Nene Valley Railway at Wansford. The Danish tank locomotive, 656, was in the yard in steam under test and also one of the bookshops was open, so I spent an hour on site, before I continued to my sons.
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I had only been back from my Czech Republic trip for 7 days, before I was off again, but with my son this time. He had booked a week for us in a house in Bude, a place I took him to as a child back in the early 1990s, and each day we were to explore a different town driving down as far as Penzance and the Lizard, he was doing the driving. For my part I wanted to explore a few railways in the area and also check out what was left of the railways and remains of the Atlantic Coast Express routes. My son isn’t a rail enthusiast, but didn’t mind dropping me off at a few places while he went exploring further afield, so it worked out well for both of us.
I set off from Manchester, driving down to my son`s house in the Fens, a 3-hour drive for me, but because I was taking a few things with me, it was better than struggling on the train, although I’m not a great fan of long drives these days. On arriving in the region, I usually call in at the Nene Valley Railway at Wansford. The Danish tank locomotive, 656, was in the yard in steam under test and also one of the bookshops was open, so I spent an hour on site, before I continued to my sons.
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Devon and Cornwall (Day 2). Thursday 1st October 2026.
I had only been back from my Czech Republic trip for 7 days, before I was off again, but with my son this time. He had booked a week for us in a house in Bude, a place I took him to as a child back in the early 1990s, and each day we were to explore a different town driving down as far as Penzance and the Lizard, he was doing the driving. For my part I wanted to explore a few railways in the area and also check out what was left of the railways and remains of the Atlantic Coast Express routes. My son isn’t a rail enthusiast, but didn’t mind dropping me off at a few places while he went exploring further afield, so it worked out well for both of us.
I had a free day at my son`s, so decided to drive over to Whittlesea on the Hereward line. The weather was glorious and I settled down on one of the level crossings in the area, which proved to be quite busy for the few hours I was there. Locomotives passing were 66749, 66020, 60026, and 66106. I later drove over the Railworld in Peterborough and was just in time to see a special coming off the Hereward Line at Peterborough East junction, with two-tone green liveried D1935 and Intercity liveried 47593 to the rear.
Finally, I visited Trains4you in Fengate, a great model railway shop, which appears to be much cheaper than the shops I use in my own area of North Manchester.
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I had only been back from my Czech Republic trip for 7 days, before I was off again, but with my son this time. He had booked a week for us in a house in Bude, a place I took him to as a child back in the early 1990s, and each day we were to explore a different town driving down as far as Penzance and the Lizard, he was doing the driving. For my part I wanted to explore a few railways in the area and also check out what was left of the railways and remains of the Atlantic Coast Express routes. My son isn’t a rail enthusiast, but didn’t mind dropping me off at a few places while he went exploring further afield, so it worked out well for both of us.
I had a free day at my son`s, so decided to drive over to Whittlesea on the Hereward line. The weather was glorious and I settled down on one of the level crossings in the area, which proved to be quite busy for the few hours I was there. Locomotives passing were 66749, 66020, 60026, and 66106. I later drove over the Railworld in Peterborough and was just in time to see a special coming off the Hereward Line at Peterborough East junction, with two-tone green liveried D1935 and Intercity liveried 47593 to the rear.
Finally, I visited Trains4you in Fengate, a great model railway shop, which appears to be much cheaper than the shops I use in my own area of North Manchester.
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Devon and Cornwall, (Day 3). Saturday 3rd October 2026.
I had only been back from my Czech Republic trip for 7 days, before I was off again, but with my son this time. He had booked a week for us in a house in Bude, a place I took him to as a child back in the early 1990s, and each day we were to explore a different town driving down as far as Penzance and the Lizard, he was doing the driving. For my part I wanted to explore a few railways in the area and also check out what was left of the railways and remains of the Atlantic Coast Express routes. My son isn’t a rail enthusiast, but didn’t mind dropping me off at a few places while he went exploring further afield, so it worked out well for both of us.
On the Friday morning, we drove down to Bude from the Fens, a drive of just under 6 hours, my son was doing the driving all week though, as I had left my car at his house in the Fens. After doing some shopping for the week, we retired to our accommodation for the night, a beautiful house just a five-minute walk from the beach and town.
The next day however, we decided to spend exploring Bude. We took breakfast in the town, called at a few shops, took Layla, (my son`s dachshund), to the beach, visited the excellent museum, which had plenty of railwayana and a model of Bude railway station and one of the Bude Canal incline planes and sand sidings, and I also spent some time on the Bude Canal and sea lock, a fascinating piece of engineering.
We spent a full day around Bude, such a shame it’s no longer rail connected and it use to be one of the destinations of the Atlantic Coast Express.
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I had only been back from my Czech Republic trip for 7 days, before I was off again, but with my son this time. He had booked a week for us in a house in Bude, a place I took him to as a child back in the early 1990s, and each day we were to explore a different town driving down as far as Penzance and the Lizard, he was doing the driving. For my part I wanted to explore a few railways in the area and also check out what was left of the railways and remains of the Atlantic Coast Express routes. My son isn’t a rail enthusiast, but didn’t mind dropping me off at a few places while he went exploring further afield, so it worked out well for both of us.
On the Friday morning, we drove down to Bude from the Fens, a drive of just under 6 hours, my son was doing the driving all week though, as I had left my car at his house in the Fens. After doing some shopping for the week, we retired to our accommodation for the night, a beautiful house just a five-minute walk from the beach and town.
The next day however, we decided to spend exploring Bude. We took breakfast in the town, called at a few shops, took Layla, (my son`s dachshund), to the beach, visited the excellent museum, which had plenty of railwayana and a model of Bude railway station and one of the Bude Canal incline planes and sand sidings, and I also spent some time on the Bude Canal and sea lock, a fascinating piece of engineering.
We spent a full day around Bude, such a shame it’s no longer rail connected and it use to be one of the destinations of the Atlantic Coast Express.
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Devon and Cornwall, (Day 4). Sunday 4th October 2026.
I had only been back from my Czech Republic trip for 7 days, before I was off again, but with my son this time. He had booked a week for us in a house in Bude, a place I took him to as a child back in the early 1990s, and each day we were to explore a different town driving down as far as Penzance and the Lizard, he was doing the driving. For my part I wanted to explore a few railways in the area and also check out what was left of the railways and remains of the Atlantic Coast Express routes. My son isn’t a rail enthusiast, but didn’t mind dropping me off at a few places while he went exploring further afield, so it worked out well for both of us.
Sunday morning and I had finally got to visit the Lynton and Barnstable Railway; it was the first time I had been up there since the preservationists opened this section of the railway again. I had read so much about the original railway over the years and did visit the region back in the 1980s, when I had a ride on the funicular and visited station house at Lynton, in fact the gentleman who owned the house at the time invited me into his house and garden, and shown me the section of track and petrol locomotive he had in his garden, he had kept a lot of it in its original format.
My son dropped me off at Woody Bay, but then made his way to see Lynmouth and had a ride on the funicular, it would have been nice to revisit the funicular, but my son was keen to see Lynmouth and didn’t want to hang around Woody Bay. He did pick me up a few hours later though and we drove further down the line and explored the station buildings at Blackmoor Gate, which is now a public house with added buildings.
We later drove to Chelfham to see the magnificent viaduct and renovated station site, and what an amazing job they have done. I believe this group intends to build the railway north towards Woody Bay, but its some time away yet I feel. The society at Chelfham however, had done a great job on the site, restoring the original station buildings and even installed a signalling system, and additionally laid a few yards of track with waggons. Nice to see so much history of the line being brought back to life, especially when you consider it was closed in 1935.
After a great day exploring the old Lynton and Barnstable Railway, my son drove us back to our holiday home in Bude, it had been an interesting and full day for both of us, and we slept well that night.
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I had only been back from my Czech Republic trip for 7 days, before I was off again, but with my son this time. He had booked a week for us in a house in Bude, a place I took him to as a child back in the early 1990s, and each day we were to explore a different town driving down as far as Penzance and the Lizard, he was doing the driving. For my part I wanted to explore a few railways in the area and also check out what was left of the railways and remains of the Atlantic Coast Express routes. My son isn’t a rail enthusiast, but didn’t mind dropping me off at a few places while he went exploring further afield, so it worked out well for both of us.
Sunday morning and I had finally got to visit the Lynton and Barnstable Railway; it was the first time I had been up there since the preservationists opened this section of the railway again. I had read so much about the original railway over the years and did visit the region back in the 1980s, when I had a ride on the funicular and visited station house at Lynton, in fact the gentleman who owned the house at the time invited me into his house and garden, and shown me the section of track and petrol locomotive he had in his garden, he had kept a lot of it in its original format.
My son dropped me off at Woody Bay, but then made his way to see Lynmouth and had a ride on the funicular, it would have been nice to revisit the funicular, but my son was keen to see Lynmouth and didn’t want to hang around Woody Bay. He did pick me up a few hours later though and we drove further down the line and explored the station buildings at Blackmoor Gate, which is now a public house with added buildings.
We later drove to Chelfham to see the magnificent viaduct and renovated station site, and what an amazing job they have done. I believe this group intends to build the railway north towards Woody Bay, but its some time away yet I feel. The society at Chelfham however, had done a great job on the site, restoring the original station buildings and even installed a signalling system, and additionally laid a few yards of track with waggons. Nice to see so much history of the line being brought back to life, especially when you consider it was closed in 1935.
After a great day exploring the old Lynton and Barnstable Railway, my son drove us back to our holiday home in Bude, it had been an interesting and full day for both of us, and we slept well that night.
The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
The only steam railway in the UK where passengers travel in Victorian railway carriages designed in the 1890s.
www.lynton-rail.co.uk
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