Elevenses at last

11am and we leave Craven Arms on the Heart of Wales Line.

The train now has hot water for drinks. I make my way down to the buffet. There is a queue for the trolly serving drinks. Eventually I get two cups of tea and return to our carriage. I find that Christine has already got a drink! One of the crew has set up stall opposite us. He is using one of the newly-purchased kettles. It plugs into a socket in the luggage-rack behind us.

I'm pretty parched by now anyway so I don't mind polishing off both cups.

Stokesay Castle

The boiler has been repaired for the return journey so hot drinks are being served at the buffet. However one of the crew volunteers to fetch us some tea and save my legs.

Ludlow racecourse is deserted as we pass by and seems strangely eerie.

As we approach Stokesay Castle I catch a glimpse of a rabbit running into a barn.

A larger version of this photograph is at Out & About.