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And, just for a change, another Swiss holiday #7
Day 6 Good evening from a wet Lauterbrunnen. Our first wet day but we only got wet walking back from station to hotel. Today we travelled via Interlaken, Bern and Fribourg to Neuchatel. Where we took the funicular and trolleybus … Continue reading
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And, just for a change, another Swiss holiday #6
Meanwhile, back in Earlswood, it was a boiling hot afternoon, and perhaps not ideal for playing trains. However, we got a large circuit up and running, including Paul’s modules – then had a little rest. Though no-one (except Phil) could … Continue reading
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And, just for a change, another Swiss holiday #5
Day 4 Left hotel this morning in heavy drizzle but within a few hours it turned into another hot day. We travelled by train via Interlaken to Meiringen. From there we took postbus over the Grimsel Pass, where we had … Continue reading
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And, just for a change, another Swiss holiday #4
Allan’s views on, and photos of, the Swiss Vapour Parc…. Had a trip over to Swiss Vapour Parc (This is the correct spelling Jon), which is at La Bouveret on Lake Geneva. Turned out to be a hot sunny day. … Continue reading
And, just for a change, another Swiss holiday #3
The next instalment – Day 3…. Following last night’s thunderstorms it was slightly colder this morning. Today we went to Swiss Vapour Park in Le Bouveret on the south east corner of Lake Geneva. We travelled out by train changing … Continue reading
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And, just for a change, another Swiss holiday #2
A little more from Allan on their trip on the BRB (edited with Allan’s photos and added text that got lost first time around)…. Was just another day on the Breinze Rothorn Bahn. On Monday had a wonderful trip up … Continue reading
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And, just for a change, another Swiss holiday #1
Well, the Bartlett’s have done Berlin, so it’s time for Allan and Ron to head for the hills of Switzerland. You can almost set your watch by them. So, I’ll ease back into the blog with their holiday reports. We … Continue reading
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Hello Kitty?!?
It’s a bit boring going back to the LNER, isn’t it? What we need is ‘Hello Kitty’ on the WCML!! And the train crew dressed in character….. Read about it here. No doubt Kato will make one soon!
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Berlin – a boat trip
Next day, it was time to take to the water, for a 3 hour boat trip. This was a circular route along one of Berlin’s canals, and back along the River Spree. If you go to Berlin, totally recommended – … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 20 June 2018
A quiet evening with just the six punters, but everyone had brought some trains to run. Derek was having a Longmoor Military Railway evening, I had some new Dapol coaches, and Paul, surprisingly, had a number of bullet trains. Dereks’ … Continue reading
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