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Skye

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A trip to Skye – via the refurbished museum at Summerlee and Cromarty. The weather on the island was not at its best, with gales, some heavy rain and general dampness, but also one or two brighter spells.

Summerlee: Glasgow tram no 1017
Summerlee tram 1017

Cromarty harbour
Cromarty   Cromarty Invader

Staffin Island (complete with “The Hut on Staffin Island”)
The hut on Staffin Island

River Conon
River Conon

Camas Mor – Rainbow’s end
Rainbow's end

Mist in the Quiraing
Quiraing mist

More from Camas Mor
Cruising

Later that evening…
Low light on the Little Minch   After sunset, Camas Mor

Treaslane River
Peaty water 1

Cramond (on the banks of the Forth, near Edinburgh – we’re on our way home again)
Cramond Island   Cramond

Evesham’s Gala

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The 15” gauge Evesham Vale Light Railway held a special “Weekend of Steam” event on the 3rd and 4th of July – we thought we’d better go and have a look. Stars of the show would be Welsh atlantics “Count Louis” of Fairbourne fame, and “John” from the Rhyl Miniature Railway. A “Rail Diaries” page is taking shape, in the meantime here are a couple of tasters.

The Amerton Gala

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Jennie in the fields   Max at Amerton   Paddy

A pleasant afternoon at Amerton – in the company of five 2’ gauge steam locomotives, contra-rotating on the circular(ish) line, between Stafford and Uttoxeter. Resident “Isabel” is back in action – along with vertical-boilered “Paddy”, Wrens “Jennie” and “Peter Pan”, and “Max”, the O&K 0-6-0 from Statfold. A super little railway – especially when the sun shines like it did today.

A “Rail Diaries” page will appear before too long…

Wightwick

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Wightwick Wightwick Wightwick Manor is a relatively modern house (National Trust) – but a good subject for the camera on this afternoon of bright sunshine and clear blue skies (between the clouds, that is). Hard to believe we’re less than 3 miles from the centre of Wolverhampton…

Warm weather on the Wenlock Edge

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Early PurpleWenlock Edge view At last! The car told me it was 82 degrees in the old money – about 27.5C – as we drove the short distance home. It had certainly been hot in the sunshine, though most of our walk was pleasantly cool amongst the trees. Still plenty of bluebells, and a fair smattering of early purple orchids. The air seemed too clear for settled warm weather though, and the forecast is for a cool down over the coming week

The other Manchester tramway

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196 Heaton Park Manchester had a tramway many years ago, long before Metrolink – sadly it closed as long ago as 1949. A tiny fragment remains, and is active, in Heaton Park, in Manchester’s northern suburbs. Visit “Heaton Park Tramway” on “Geoff’s Rail Diaries” for the usual illustrated account of this short visit (on a day when many of the northern steam railways seemed to be running trains with faces…)