On 4/10/2018 i got picked up by a friend to spend 3 days at the Fifty Funds 50's at 50 golden jubilee gala on leaving Weston in the mist we discussed what we would do & as we got further north the mist cleared so it was decided to do linesidee until lunchtime then check in to our hotel then have some time bashing but as the sun came out we were lineside a bit longer
Day two of the gala 5/10/2018 up early as Glorious was booked to do one full line run on the first train from Kidderminster & as i wanted a few shots before going for the bash & meeting up with another friend that had driven up for the day we headed off so that i could also get another shot i wanted to do of Thunderer & Valiant together which i hadn't done since 1991 & the Valiant Thunderer tour & while spending some time at Highley we visited the Engine House to see a display of original Hoover nameplates
Day 3 of the gala 6/10/2018 & being a Saturday you can guess the weather had changed so it was a day for bashing & things weren't going to plan as Glorious couldn't be started so the standby loco 40106 was used to cover the start of the diagram but this did mean a quick plan change led to it being done early in the day instead of around lunchtime which by then it had dried up enough to get out with the camera for a while around Kidderminster