lunchtime at the bluebell railway

it is lucky for me that my current round takes me past the bluebell railway as i go from ockenden manor to ashdown park

i took my half-hour break at horsted keynes station, paying this feller a whole pound for my platform ticket

money well spent !

i was just in time to see the arrival and departure of two lovely old steam trains

loose change at horsted keynes

 

good advice

 

Sssssss !

 

the train now arriving at platform two ...

 

i suppose its some kind of pump thingy

 

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quietly hauling her train up the hill from horsted station

if she isn't an old templecombe stalwart, i'll eat my anorak !

 

southern region coffin carrier

 

horsted keynes hospitality ... a tempting coal fire but it was time to get back to work

 

red enough for two

 

battersea power station

on my way home i stopped to take a picture of the power station from queenstown road just below chelsea bridge

then i decided to cycle up to hyde park ....

 

chelsea bridge lamp stand

 

pump house chimbley ... slightly cross-eyed

 

smoking or non-smoking ?

 

non-allergenic felines in sloane street

 

mythical party people at edinburgh gate

 

the albert memorial ... who said taste had anything to do with it ?

 

... count the golden angels

 

queen's gate ... red-leaded & ready for painting

i'd love to have seen the foundry that made these gates ... & met the workers

they must have taken huge satisfaction from the job

 

i wanted to go home and fetch my paints