Project 365 2022 Week 14-16 Day 93 – 113 The Easter holiday adventures when I wasn’t working and a trip to York for a few days too and a 54th birthday. Sunday 3rd April – Day 93 A day of doing jobs at home. My nephew turned 20 today, strange to think that the year…Continue reading Project 365 2022 Week 14-16
Tag: North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Top Steam Train Adventures across the UK
My son has been mad about steam trains for as long as I can remember. With him having a December birthday we spent a number of years celebrating his birthday with a trip to see Father Christmas on a heritage railway line. Holidays have often involved steam train excursions too, so I thought it was…Continue reading Top Steam Train Adventures across the UK
An update on my reluctant reader
Whenever I look at the recommended reading list from school for a child in Year Four, if I’m honest, I just want to cry. I feel defeated as a parent, and as a book lover. I just haven’t been able to visualise my nearly nine-year old son ever getting to the point where he’ll be…Continue reading An update on my reluctant reader
Exploring Whitby #CountryKids
Back in tail end of August you may remember that we had spent a long weekend in York. Monkey has been fascinated by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway since watching Yorkshire Steam on Tav with Daddy P. We’d promised to take him on a train journey and as luck would have it we’d timed our…Continue reading Exploring Whitby #CountryKids
Meeting Sir Nigel Gresley
When I was a little girl my Dad had his Hornby train set all laid out in our garage. He could stand in the middle of the layout and run a few different trains at the same time. If my brother and I had been very good we might be allowed to take the controls,…Continue reading Meeting Sir Nigel Gresley
The B&W Photography Project Week 62
The B&W Photography Project Week 62 with PODCast and this week I’m stepping back in time, to a time when there would be a newsagents on a railway platform. W H Smith don’t seem to have the same stranglehold they did over newsagents stores, that they did in my childhood. Their first train station kiosk opened in Euston…Continue reading The B&W Photography Project Week 62