Family
and friends gathered to wish Chris all the best!
Candles lit – Happy Birthday!
Birthday Girl!
The cake!
The
weather held fair for the weekend and a small group took the Audlem
Lass ferry up to Audlem for the music festival.
On the ferry with Poppy and Dan up from London and Cassandra and
Jorge over from Lisbon, Portugal
Song of the Waterways – as seen from the ferry
This
last week, we have been stopping at Telford to continue Chris' 60th
celebrations.
We
visited an old favourite, the Severn Valley Railway, in the rain. It
didn't dampen our spirits though as we travelled behind the Large
Prairie Great Western Railway 5164. This is a Collett designed
medium size tank engine for branch lines, rated as 4MT.
Setting off from Bridgenorth – a steamy affair!
5164 at Kettering Station
Not a steam loco – though a resplendent historic diesel D8059 –
from about 1967?
One
of 20 such Diesel-Electric locos in preservation.
True steam enthusiast?
On
the way back from Telford, we stopped over at Ironbridge, the
picturesque village that heralded the start of the industrial
revolution.
The famous iron bridge – the first iron bridge in the world to be made of cast iron – opened in 1781
Ironbridge
Tourists via Telford!
Looking across the River Severn (with plenty of water flowing)
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