I'd forgotten I had these, and am posting them now as I was reminded about them during a discussion about fandom with Dr Duffett. I need to explain to him that we can be fans of 'things' and have parasocial interaction with them just like characters in a TV show. The Isle of Man Steam Railway trains are like family pets in our family. Dad even has ( Read more... )

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It's taken me five years living in this part of the world to realise that a £12 rail ticket will take me up to the north Norfolk coast in an hour and a half. You can also break you journey so it's possible to visit various places on the line and then jump back on to travel to somewhere else ( Read more... )

Because of planned engineering works my travelling to London took an hour extra and went via Cambridge and into Kings Cross. Having not been there for over a year I'd not seen the new Departures Concourse and was thoroughly impressed. Have some pictures.


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