We had some heavy overnight rain but that wasn't going to change the fire risk level, amber. LSL had chosen to amend their original plan and...
Firstly, cracking shot! Secondly, it appears that I now have to send "appearance money" via Rachel Reeves, so I did. The bad news is that she...
If there was one thing we could rely on in the north west that was long wet winters, wet springs and wet summers, but times change. A couple of...
Thanks for the update Harry. I must admit to getting a bit confused about NR's fire risk mitigation measures, I thought that the amber (orange)...
I blame the horses or more properly the people who feed them, Oswald must explain himself. Since I purchased a drone, apart from the odd day it...
I couldn't get out yesterday for a "mini steam fix" - Tornado & coach heading south from Carnforth. Today was not quite a "maxi-fix" as I was...
Thanks Bryan. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a favourite of the Wistle family, Oswald Jnr still wears a faded old T-shirt on which is...
I wasn't able to watch Thursday's Dalesman as Mrs W and I were on a short break in N Yorkshire; a couple of rides on the NYMR, fish & chips in...
It was good to see that Tornado's performance on Thursday's Dalesman was much more in keeping with what we might expect from a big pacific. After...
Well, all in all a memorable week. On Monday it was Maisie's birthday, as much as any former stray can have an exact birthday, she was two. As...
Oswald’s birthday present just went up in flames - not literally I hasten to add, we’ve had enough of steam locos and fires for one year.
Just received an email from Saphos, the Edinburgh Summer Explorer on 18 June has been cancelled. "This decision has been made due to operational...
Yesterday was memorable . . . it rained! After a prolonged dry spell, just a few hours short of 4 weeks, we finally had some rain. At around 3pm...
She’s thinking of launching her own airline, Catair :Cat:
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