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Streaking Twixt Bath and Bristol
Each year with Christmas approaching, Bath has its Christmas Market, this attracts visitors from far and wide having travelled by both road and rail. Not for the first time I ventured from Porthcawl to capture the majesty of a steam working in a delightful situation. The down-side of such a jaunt is all the traffic encountered whilst trying to get home, with traffic problems in Bath, Bristol and on the M4 around both Newport and Cardiff!
The Railway Touring Company organised an excursion that departed from Poole at 06.50 on 30 November 2017 with a choice of destinations (Bath or Bristol), it was originally booked for 60009, but UK Steam Info reported that the A4 was 'unavailable,' the substitute was ex-LMS 'Black 5' number 45212, an engine I remember well from my spotting days around the Manchester area in the mid-1960s. In glorious conditions of wall to wall sunshine and close to freezing temperatures the excursion is seen near to the village of Newton St Loe, between Bath and Bristol. (This image has had a few fellow photographers removed on Photoshop - wonderful invention!)
Streaking Twixt Bath and Bristol
Each year with Christmas approaching, Bath has its Christmas Market, this attracts visitors from far and wide having travelled by both road and rail. Not for the first time I ventured from Porthcawl to capture the majesty of a steam working in a delightful situation. The down-side of such a jaunt is all the traffic encountered whilst trying to get home, with traffic problems in Bath, Bristol and on the M4 around both Newport and Cardiff!
The Railway Touring Company organised an excursion that departed from Poole at 06.50 on 30 November 2017 with a choice of destinations (Bath or Bristol), it was originally booked for 60009, but UK Steam Info reported that the A4 was 'unavailable,' the substitute was ex-LMS 'Black 5' number 45212, an engine I remember well from my spotting days around the Manchester area in the mid-1960s. In glorious conditions of wall to wall sunshine and close to freezing temperatures the excursion is seen near to the village of Newton St Loe, between Bath and Bristol. (This image has had a few fellow photographers removed on Photoshop - wonderful invention!)