Sunday, 25 March 2012

From a Railway Carriage

I do love train journeys especially on steam trains. They remind me of when I was a child and went up to London with my parents with a steam train pulling us into Victoria Station. We had to remember to close the windows before the tunnels to avoid steam filling up the carriage. When Mr had a special birthday I booked up a trip on the Orient Express. We had a fabulous day and at each station and on route people were taking photos and enjoying seeing and hearing the train.
Well today I just felt like a train ride so we took off to the East Kent Railway (not a steam train).This a small heritage railway operated entirely by volunteers.   



 
Trains travel between Shepherdswell  and the  village of Eythorne, near Dover in Kent. 





 While we waited for the return train we took a sunlit woodland walk . Spring was  in the air and at our feet Wood Anemones and the leaves of the Bluebells .Ahhh  what a pleasure to walk in the woods and hear the birds singing . Bliss.
 
I'm linking with Karen at My Little Home and Garden for Sunlit Sunday.


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11 comments:

  1. Snap25 March 2012 at 23:12

    I love trains. This sounds like a marvelous day ... a little train travel, a walk in the woods, birds singing ... sounds perfect to me! Happy Sunday!

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  2. Grandma Barb's This and That25 March 2012 at 23:58

    Sounds like you had a relaxing day. I love walks in the woods. I have only rode on a train once, but I would love to again some day.

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  3. Clara 26 March 2012 at 00:47

    Oh I would love to travel by train. I'm listening to one in the background right now. Thank you for sharing.
    ~Clara

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  4. Tomoko26 March 2012 at 13:06

    I love trains. In your all photos I feel something nostalgic and warm. When I was a child my family traveled with a steam train! Thank you for sharing.
    RedRose Tomoko

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  5. scrumptious days26 March 2012 at 18:06

    Just looking at your photographs and reading your post ,feels like a great breath of relaxing fresh air :-) thank you.

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  6. Karen S Booth26 March 2012 at 20:33

    You have touched on one of my BIG loves, I ADORE old trains and train travel and was treated to a meal aboard the North York Moors Train a couple of years ago for my birthday! LOVE the photos and this post!
    Karen
    PS. I see they have my gin there, BOOTH's gin!

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  7. My Little Home and Garden27 March 2012 at 00:07

    That sounds like a terrific way to spend a day. Perhaps you'll head out for another woodland walk once the bluebells are blooming.

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  8. nilly27 March 2012 at 23:19

    This little line is news to me ! I must take a ride the next time we are in Kent. my grandfather used to man the signal box at Shepherdswell!

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  9. Annie Cholewa28 March 2012 at 15:58

    What a lovely way to spend a day, I just LOVE riding on trains :D

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  10. Helen Philipps29 March 2012 at 20:39

    Lovely! I love train rides too....and walks in the woods....soon they will be carpeted with blubells!
    Have a happy weekend.
    Helen x

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  11. NatureFootstep5 April 2012 at 23:50

    interresting little station. Sad enough those places are dissappearing nowadays. :(

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