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LNER class B1 61306 Mayflower and LMS Jubilee class 45596 Bahamas make light work on Hemerdon Bank with the Steam Dreams to Cornwall day 4. The service was diesel hauled by the class 33 and 37 from Penzance to Plymouth where the two steam locomotives took over to continue back to London Victoria .

On the third day of Prince Charles and Camilla’s tour of the south west they visit Bideford but when they touched down in Bideford a traffic warden told him to move it . So while he was visiting the Burton Art Gallery and Camilla was off to the Children’s hospice in Fremington . Their helicopter then moved to the field next to my house to await Camilla’s return from the hospice . The helicopter...

Stanier Class 5MT 44871 tackles Hemerdon bank hauling The Royal Duchy from Par to Bristol Temple Meads with a little help from the class 47 on the back , although it did seem to stop pushing before the Black Five reached the top . Next we see her at Tiverton Parkway and then testing the auto focus at Pughams Farm .

70022 Tornado but really 70000 Britannia climbs steadily up towards Whiteball tunnel with English Riviera Express from Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear . We then see her emerging from Whiteball tunnel . For the return we went to see the climb back towards Whiteball but this time there was no steady climb , you could hear her from miles away . A great display !

46100 Royal Scot hauls the Saphos Trains English Riviera Express from Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return . First we see passing Rewe foot crossing to the sound of the newly installed audible warning equipment by Network Rail , lovely ! As the farmer had planted maize this year and I'm not 8 feet tall I had to go the field opposite to see 46100 passing down towards Stoke Canon . For th...

Richard Thompson brings his 70th birthday concert at the Royal Albert Hall to an end with family and friends singing Meet On The Ledge .

David Gilmour performs an old Pink Floyd song with Richard Thompson at Richard Thompson's 70th birthday concert at the Royal Albert Hall 30th September 2019 .

Loudon Wainwright and Richard Thompson at Richard Thompson 70th birthday concert at the Royal Albert Hall 30th September 2019 with Danny Thompson on bass .

Loudon Wainwright at Richard Thompson's 70th birthday concert at the Royal Albert Hall 30th September 2019 with Danny Thompson on bass and Dave Mattacks on drums .

60009 Union of South Africa hauls the last Torbay Express of 2019 and probably the last time 60009 will be seen in the South west as there are no more trips planned down here before she leaves the mainline and goes into retirement . Seen here at Stoke Canon on the way back to Bristol Temple Meads .

6233 Duchess of Sutherland charges up from Tiverton towards Whiteball tunnel with return Royal Duchy from Par in Cornwall to Bristol Temple Meads .

Sparrowhawk enjoying his lunch taken from the bird feeder in my garden .

Last song at the end of a great concert Saturday 25th May 2019

On day two of the The Great Britain XII 46233 departed Plymouth for Minehead on the West Somerset Railway . Just after leaving Plymouth Hemerdon bank awaited the Duchess and her crew and it was rather a challenge !

46233 Duchess of Sutherland , The Great Britain XII at Whiteball , 27th April 2019

Class 88 and 68 Doublehead The Springtime Cornishman To Penzance , 13th April 2019

The Class 50 Terminator - Phoenixed , 23rd March 2019

Kernow Warship D601 Ark Royal

Five Goes To Sherborne , 11th December 2018

60009 Union of South Africa at Whiteball , 1st December 2018

Bachmann H2 Class Atlantic 2421 South Foreland

Ivatt 41312 on the South Devon Railway , 8th October 2018

Flying Scotsman Double Header On The Devon Hills , 8th October 2018

Flying Scotsman Double Header Towards Whiteball , 4th October 2018

Is this The Last Ship To Be Built In Appledore ?

Problem Lima Motor

35028 Clan Line , The Last Torbay Express of 2018.

The Royal Duchy Runs Out of Coal Again , 2nd September , 2018

QJ Class , China Orient Express , 2002