On 27th October paid my annual visit to tonbridge for the RHTT's but this year everything was really in the wrong place in the yard with loco's stabled under the bridge but did still manage to get two sets out working plus plenty of GBRF 66's around as well
Friday 13th October is meant to be unlucky but not for me as having a weekend in Paignton saw the opportunity to do some Sea Wall shots so chose Teignmouth and with a Castle set that was meant to run empty to Laira being utilised for a shortage of IET's meant i got two on the wall and then on the evening the set was used to cover some Exmouth-Paignton turns as far as exeter St Davids
On 12th October 2023 had a day in London with a couple of friends but to get there i met one of them at Tiverton Parkway so did an IET to Bridgwater to get 2C05 with 43155/029 on it as its booked to avoid Weston SM then once in London our first surprise was 47727 not reporting on anything and so our luck continued all day including GBRF and Freightliner drivers crawling so the Units could clear for us
On 29th September had gen that ROG had a move from the SVR so got up to catch it at Stourbridge Junction on my way to the SVR gala and then getting a text asking me what was on Bridgwater flask made a change of evening plans seeing all the years i have done the Valley i have never got 6M63/6M67 in the area
On 19th September 2023 had a day in London with some friends but as you will see it wasn't all about trains but part of the plan was to stop of at Westbury on the way home to get the last Cross Country HST as none of us had ever got one there before
September starts with a visit to Dean Forest gala but while there i managed one mainline shot