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Having recovered from the exertions of ‘3 peaks by rail’ and caught up on my sleep, I’ve been spending the past couple of days editing the 1000s of pictures from the three days to get them out to the Railway Children asap so that they’re available for publicity purposes. Some have already bee used in a short video on Facebook. With that job done I’ve been concentrating on what happens next. In my case, that’s heading down to London tomorrow as I’ll be based in the capital for the next few days for a series of events.

Tomorrow I’m attending the Siemens press lunch before heading off to update library shots of the capital’s railways. On Wednesday I’ll be visiting one of the main HS2 railways construction sites in West London, whilst Thursday will see me visiting several other HS2 sites, this time in Northants. They’re of special interest as this will be the first time a press trip has visited them. After that I’ll be heading back to Southport for a while as I have a couple of articles to write as well as attend to family matters.

So, with all this going on, expect several rolling blogs to appear, starting tomorrow.

In the meantime, here’s a few pictures from the madness of the 3 peaks…

It’s 04:00 on Friday morning and 57311 waits to pick up walkers returning from their climb up Snowdon at Bangor.
Our special train was double-headed on ‘lil Ratty’
Our lead loco, ‘Whillan Beck’ on the turntable at Dalegarth.
Climbing Scafell on the Friday when the conditions were brutal.
Our fabulous on-board team pose for a picture on the return from Scotland. They’re a mix of new and long-standing volunteers.
Journey’s end for me this year. 45118 stands at Preston.

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Cheers,

Paul