Yesterday I visited Wales. I drove to one of my favourite towns, Llangollen, only to find that there were NO parking spaces at all!!!
There was a very good reason for this, there is a Steel, Steam and Stars Festival in progress.
The main feature of the festival is a collection of restored mainline steam locomotives, which has attracted a huge number of fans.
I managed to get a couple of photos as well as some photos of scaled down, passenger hauling steam Locos.
I drove to the end of the line at Carrog, and managed to get some video of a steam train in action.
Fully working miniature steam loco.
Steam Loco "Morayshire" at Carrog Station.
The trains run on around 7 miles of track from LLangollen to Carrog, where the loco is detached and re-connected at the rear of the train, for the return journey.
I then drove to an intermediate station where I took some video.
Unfortunately, the only way to get video on to here is via youtube, so that will have to wait.
This is a piccy of the station.
Waiting for a train.
I then drove to Betws-y-Coed where I had a belated pub lunch here...
Food was exceptional but pricey, beer was welcome!
All in all I thoroughly enjoyed my day out.
*As usual, clicky biggy*
That mini steam locomitive is awesome looking.
Posted by: Retired navy CPO | 04/29/2009 at 02:58 PM