BeenThere-DoneThat Blog

A blog about life and travel in Great Britain

Browsing Posts published in September, 2008

Ghost bird

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A grey day

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At the end of last week we were thinking of going away this week, because of the weather forecast, but by Saturday the forecast was changing again and we decided not to risk it. I’m glad we didn’t go as yesterday and today is grey, overcast, gloomy and not at all warm. During the weekend, [...]

Oliver Cromwell in a hurry.

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No not that Oliver Cromwell. This Oliver Cromwell is a steam locomotive hauling one of the ‘Cathedral Express’ trains that run from London to various cathedral cities in England throughout the year. This was the ‘Norfolkman’ which runs from London Liverpool Street Station to Norwich in Norfolk and passed through our nearest station, Kelvedon, in [...]

In my previous post I mentioned, regarding our trip to Burrington Combe, that I started caving there as a youngster (ish). I was around 27 when I used to go there with a friend and this is a photograph of that friend in one of the Burrington Combe caves. I'm the one behind the camera. [...]