Watercress line diesel gala 11-13 July 2025

I actually thought that for a gala the timekeeping was generally excellent, despite a signalling issue at Ropley requiring trains to be flagged through manually for a while. Even had a couple of trains arrive a minute or so early!
Attributable I think to sensible station dwell and/or turn round times and some slick work by crews in attaching and detaching locos.
So credit definitely due there to those responsible and a lesson that could be learnt by a few other gala organisers!
The hydraulics were also the stars for me and yes, the noise and acceleration of the Warship following the token exchange at Ropley on the non-stop run was something very special!
An excellent day all round and hopefully the next 2 days will go equally well.