The weekend was great, we got down to Aylesbury about 8ish, after a fairly dire service station lasagne, checked in to the hotel and went and found a flat southern beer. I then did some accidental Ex bashing by posting on Facebook we were in Aylesbury, where Keir lives, at a wedding of one our old friends he wasn't invited too, ooops ( Read more... )

I had a very nice evening over at Beckys, and her fiancé is a really nice bloke, but I still think they might be rushing into things. Oh well, they are happy! They've now booked Byland abbey for their do ( Read more... )

The coaches we were riding round in on Saturday were actually kind of interesting, they were the Quad-Art set that have only been out a year, Sir Nigel Gresley's idea for London commuter trains, 4 articulated coaches, all compartmentalised slam door stock, the very first articulated sets and that is the only full set in preservation. The engine ( Read more... )

The other thing I did on Saturday was spend some time on the map Uncle Richard sent me to help Katrina find out where her ex brother-in-law and his wife died. Steels Creek, if anyone is interested. Her ex Mark had sent some emails back with further details, which were pretty grim. They weren't in their car as first thought, but apparently some ( Read more... )