Last year it was wet – not actually raining all the time, but the long grass in the fields was wet – so were we by the time we left. This year, rain was threatened, but held off for our visit.

*The Rhiw Valley Railway is a private 15″ railway, a few miles up the valley from Berriew in the Severn valleyn between Welshpool and Newtown – today’s visit was to the annual open day.