Riding the Breakfast Train
Sep. 28th, 2024 04:11 pmFinally got round to using my christmas present, of first class travel on a steam train with breakfast. Didn't actually book until after wedding, and by that point, the service was fully booked all summer, but we booked for late September. I was delighted to wake up to a lovely sunny autumn day.
Felt we should dress up for it.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
flickums was resplendent in her 40's dress and hat, while I wore a pin striped suit and bowler hat. I really need to lose weight. Could barely squeeze into this suit.
The Embsay and Bolton Abbey steam railway. is not a million miles away but did require a reasonable drive so we set off early. As it turned out this was far too early, so we stopped at McDonalds for a coffee and a Coke. "Are you going to a wedding?" asked the girl at McDonalds. She seemed disappointed that we weren't.
So we arrived after a windy drive down a narrow country lane, got to the station and found that the Virgin Experience voucher had given us the wrong station. Fortunately the right station was only a 10 minute drive away, although I could have avoided a tedious narrow road drive. Good job we were early. Still had plenty of time to admire the train. An L&YR class 27 0-6-0 tender locomotive in Black British Rail livery. Apparently on loan from the East Lancashire railway. While we were admiring the train, people admired our outfits.
So we boarded. The waiter liked that we dressed up and we got talking about cosplay. Nice chap. It's a shame he was working since I could have chatted to him all day. So, we were served a breakfast. It was rather nice. And we set off, through the Yorkshire countryside, where we saw many sheep, and, after a short trip were back to the station we'd originally stopped at. We had a short time to look around. Many people admired our outfits.
Considered getting a book - a Christmas railway mystery - but decided i didn't want to carry it around so would but it at the giftshop in Bolton Abbey station.
So we got back on the train. Went on a ride back to the start. The waitress also said she liked our outfits. Got off. A few more people admired our outfits. Went to the gift shop to buy a book. It was closed. Ooops. Oh well, at least we know the way to the other station. Drove back there to buy the book.
Flickums had the terribly clever idea of finding a farm shop so we set off again down Yorkshire's windy roads to get there. There was some consternation as a big coach needed to get past a big tanker truck. Still, they manged it after some negotiation and we carried on. Feel I overspent at the farm shop, but this is something I tend to do at these palces. Curse me for being a foodie!
So that was a find way to spend a mornign and afternoon. Weather was great. It's a shame we were the only people to dressup but at least we got lots of admiring comments from strangers.
Felt we should dress up for it.
flickums was resplendent in her 40's dress and hat, while I wore a pin striped suit and bowler hat. I really need to lose weight. Could barely squeeze into this suit. The Embsay and Bolton Abbey steam railway. is not a million miles away but did require a reasonable drive so we set off early. As it turned out this was far too early, so we stopped at McDonalds for a coffee and a Coke. "Are you going to a wedding?" asked the girl at McDonalds. She seemed disappointed that we weren't.
So we arrived after a windy drive down a narrow country lane, got to the station and found that the Virgin Experience voucher had given us the wrong station. Fortunately the right station was only a 10 minute drive away, although I could have avoided a tedious narrow road drive. Good job we were early. Still had plenty of time to admire the train. An L&YR class 27 0-6-0 tender locomotive in Black British Rail livery. Apparently on loan from the East Lancashire railway. While we were admiring the train, people admired our outfits.
So we boarded. The waiter liked that we dressed up and we got talking about cosplay. Nice chap. It's a shame he was working since I could have chatted to him all day. So, we were served a breakfast. It was rather nice. And we set off, through the Yorkshire countryside, where we saw many sheep, and, after a short trip were back to the station we'd originally stopped at. We had a short time to look around. Many people admired our outfits.
Considered getting a book - a Christmas railway mystery - but decided i didn't want to carry it around so would but it at the giftshop in Bolton Abbey station.
So we got back on the train. Went on a ride back to the start. The waitress also said she liked our outfits. Got off. A few more people admired our outfits. Went to the gift shop to buy a book. It was closed. Ooops. Oh well, at least we know the way to the other station. Drove back there to buy the book.
Flickums had the terribly clever idea of finding a farm shop so we set off again down Yorkshire's windy roads to get there. There was some consternation as a big coach needed to get past a big tanker truck. Still, they manged it after some negotiation and we carried on. Feel I overspent at the farm shop, but this is something I tend to do at these palces. Curse me for being a foodie!
So that was a find way to spend a mornign and afternoon. Weather was great. It's a shame we were the only people to dressup but at least we got lots of admiring comments from strangers.
