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We quite often get one of these elaborate send offs at our local church. The horses behaved impeccably, the horsewoman very much in control and very experienced. The bagpipes played Amazing Grace, all done extremely well. Great way to go. The Mono touch seemed appropriate. RIP whoever they were.

Have visited Venice about 3 or 4 times now, one of those places
you just have to visit before you die. Probably one of the best
places on earth.

Not very often you see a Gresley A4 in Lime Street
An old RAW file that has now found the light of day

A recent sort out of some old prints produced this which has been scanned in.
Taken with my old Yashica TL Electro SLR. The King Arthur Class Sir Lamiel
races past Abergele Box in 1989. Not really the digital quality you can achieve
nowadays and not sure if the signal box is still operational or decommissioned.

Can't beat the noise that the steam makes when it breaks the rim of a bridge or tunnel. If you have never seen a steam engine come belting through the station, you need to experience it,
A number of people have asked me how to find out where to see these Steam Trains, so for those interested the following site gives all the Mainline Steam excursions for 2012

www.uksteam.info/tours/trs12.htm