A model build underway for the Hornby Collector's Club saw us going up to the Lake District, to the area around Burneside to get some pictures to accompany the final article.
First stop, the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, to get some pictures of this little machine, the Simplex shunter "Rachel". This formerly worked on the tramway which served the James Cropper paper mill, here in...
...Burneside. The tramway ran down the road on the right of this picture.
In places, the remains of the tramway survives, such as this stretch which is now a driveway approaching these houses.
Bits of the railway survive under the tarmac and gravel.
The village itself is quite pretty, but yet again the weather was appalling. This is actually the third visit done here in the last few years to get pics of the tramway, and it's been pouring it down each time.
The mainline station, such as it is.
Leaving the village, the course of the tramway is visible as the footpath beside the road.
Having followed the path as far as possible, the bad weather saw us abandoning the shoot in favour of a bowl of hot soup and a brew with some friends of ours from Uni days, who live in Ambleside.
With the weather clearing after lunch, we took a stroll up the hill above the town with one of our friends.
Nice views from near the top.
The weather was closing in again so we decided to knock it on the head, and walk back down to the house.
All in all, not a bad trip- shame about the weather, but we got the shots we needed for the article. There'll be more on the model when it's published, but here's a teaser of the finished build inspired by the Burneside tramway;
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