Lake District April 2016
The first walking trip of 2016, as we had done the best part of nothing during the winter months. Staying at Bram Cragg Farm lodges again, we arrived on the Saturday to rain, sleet and hail. This continued overnight and into Sunday, so Sunday lunch was taken at the Horse & Farrier in nearby Threlkeld, followed by an afternoon in Keswick dodging the rain.
It did clear up some, and the pictures below are taken from the lodge looking out to Helvellyn and its snow capped top.
Looking out in the opposite direction towards Blencathra after some snow/sleet that lightly dusted the fells.
A few days later at the lodges and things had brightened up, and the lambs were in abundance everywhere we went, including the fields adjacent to Bram Cragg lodges.
Some more views out from the lodges later in the week when the weather had improved.
Calf How Lodge....
5th April - York Railway Museum
A rainy few days on a mid-week break near York, we decide to visit the National Railway Museum. Its free entry, though car parking was I think about £9.
Some classic Diesel-electric locomotives, below is a class 31, that was often seen hauling freight around the OK in the 80s and early 90s.
Below a huge Chinese steam loco....
One of my favourite locomotives... Class 55, better known as the "Deltic".
We were lucky enough to be able to visit the footplate of the "Flying Scotsman". There was a long queue but it was worth the wait.
Then we backtracked to the Deltic and had a sit in the cab....
The Mallard is still there, though not in the main hall now...
It was busy.....
Class 87 - Electric Locomotive, often seen in the 80s wiping down the West Coast Main Line.
Grimsby & Cleethorpes, like been back at home.....
Japanese Bullet Train.....
