as on the evening 0f the 24th With a week off from 23/04/2017 me & Pauline spent it near Clunderwen in Pembrokeshire & i had said its ok no trains or lorries west of Swansea but how wrong was I, as on the evening of the 24th i noticed a Margam-Robestone running so we had a walk to the bridge just down the road from our campsite to wait ages for it to appear but with the Pembroke Dk line closed there was plenty of ECS workings to Clarbeston Rd to reverse
ON 25/-4/2017 with gen that there was 4 PW trains from Westbury to Whitland for work on the Pembroke Dk branch decided to have a day around Carmarthen so started with the first one arriving Hendy-gwyn (Whitland) before heading to Carmarthen & even got 2Q08 running around 24hrs late as well & then wanted to do the returning PW's in some different palces but managed to missed one as the first one ran late & the others all followed it out in quick succession but a good day seeing theres nothing west of Swansea
On 27/04/2017 and after visiting the Gwili Railway i had a trip to Milford Haven & back this was my first visit since 40057 on an F&W railtour had taken me here back in the days before i got a camera then in the evening popped out for the Murco's
On the 28/04/2017 & the day i came home from Pembrokeshire i went out before packing up to do 6B13 the furthest west i have done it so far
On 19/04/2017 i originally was heading for Basingstoke for a pair of 73's on a test train until the night before when i learnt that the Colas 67's would be around & Caroline was out on the GWML so it was another day in the Thames Valley but not all went tomplan was delayed for 45 minutes outside Bath on 1A04 to start with so had to to go to Radley for Caroline then get to Maidenhead for the Rail Operation drag while the Colas 67's were losing time i decided on going to Swindon for them before heading back to Didcot which turned out to be a mistake as the GBRF MOD from Marchwood ran but not via Didcot but through Swindon after i had left
On 31/03/2017 stayed a few nights in Crawley so i could attend the Bluebell Railways gala so on the evening had a walk around a park & found a bridge so did a few 377's
On 30/03/2017 used up the last of my First tickets from 2016/2017 with a trip to Reading knowing there was a DRS ecs from Eastleigh-Burton but did stop off at Swindon on the way to get Colas newest loco at the time 70812
On 18/03/2017 met up with some friends for a meal before having a couple of hours on Taunton station for some PW trains
On 02/03/2017 had another day out this time not many STP's put in so went to Basingstoke before trying Bramley for the first time then back to Reading West for some stone trains & plenty of traction variety on this trip even a few of the GWR celebrity HST's