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Steam trains and castles, oh my

July 22, 2010 By Ying 5 Comments

Hello friends,

I’m in England with my family! Now that we’ve all adjusted to local time, we’re tourist-ing it up. We began with a steam-train expedition on the East Lancashire Railway, which was perfect on a rainy day:

The weather helped towards a Victorian atmosphere.

It was a diesel engine on the way out but we came back by steam.
I kept waiting for a heavily laden tea-trolley to trundle past.
Waiting for a heavily laden tea-trolley to trundle by.

The East Lancs Railway is run primarily by volunteers – especially impressive when you realize that it runs every weekend throughout the year, with extra trains in the holiday season.

A couple of days later, we went to the newly restored Clitheroe Castle. The last time I was there, it was still a ruin.

Clitheroe Castle
The castle keep dates to Norman times.
The museum entrance - a bit of a jolt, when you round the corner.

Today, I’m in London. More anon.

Filed Under: General News Tagged With: travels, UK

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  1. Ari says

    July 22, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    London looks amazing! Have fun 🙂

  2. Ying says

    July 23, 2010 at 6:36 am

    Don’t worry, I am, Ari. 😉 And I’ll post about London next week.

  3. Irish says

    July 23, 2010 at 11:10 am

    That steam train looks like so much fun! I’ll have to look into it the next time I find myself in England.

  4. Becky Earl says

    July 26, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    Welcome to my neck of the woods, i’m a couple of hours away from London, but absolutely love it there, wish i had more time to go. hope your having a fantastic time. Have you seen the London Eye yet? if not you should go it’s breath-taking. 😀

  5. Ying says

    July 26, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    Thanks, Becky! I was in London a couple of days ago but didn’t have time for the Eye. Next time for sure.

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