Cardiff Let Off Steam
On 30 May 2015, Cardiff Circle President, Bro John Edwards, made his first social event a trip on the West Somerset Railway. 28 Brothers, ladies, children, friends and 1 dog departed Bishop’s Lydeard station bound for Minehead After a pleasant train journey through the beautiful Somerset countryside and a short walk on arrival, a very enjoyable lunch was taken at a local restaurant in Minehead. This was followed by a stroll along the esplanade taking in the sea air and gazing across the Channel back to Cardiff. The day was rounded off by a return trip to Bishop’s Lydeard pulled by the Dunster Castle Express. Much reminiscing was done by those old enough to remember when a trip by steam train was as commonplace as today’s trips on diesel and electric trains.
We are on the way
Getting up a head of steam
How did we ever get there with Bros John Worthington & Mark Johnson on the footplate?
Some of the group before boarding for the return journey
Circle President John Edwards behind wife Gina (red cardigan) with the group safely back at Bishop’s Lydeard
D7017 & Bro Bernard Adshead – both made in Manchester
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