On the tracks.

 Every year we have the van serviced, mot and what's called a habitation check where they check the safety etc of the gas and electric, check for damp and any issues that may arise with the living area. The hab check is not compulsory after the first three years but as ours is now 15 years old, things are needing replacing. This time they replaced quite a few seals, fixed the door catch for us, fixed the fridge lock although they do this every year as it invariably breaks at some point !

This gives us peace of mind but we always go away for a couple of nights to check it out  before embarking on a longer trip. Also, emptying out most of the contents so that they can scrabble around in the cupboards and under seats means that I can go through and take out anything that we don't use.

Our campsite of choice for the weekend this time was at Burrs country park, Bury, near Manchester,

The reason?

Good enough?

This is the east Lancashire Railway and we treated ourselves to the run around tickets so that we could hop on and off all day.

My love of steam is inherited from my father as we used to spend a lot of time together exploring abandoned and partially restored lines when I was a child.

I also like to find pattern and and texture when I'm out and about, a legacy of City and Guilds studies 😀

We travelled by steam and deseal, depending on which train we caught next , so sometimes the steaaam engine was passing us rather than pulling our train.

At some of the stations, we wandered around the small towns before moving on.

and at Bury, the admission to the transport museum was included with our tickets.

a good chance for us both to wander round with our cameras, first up was the colour red.

then grey

All too soon , it was time to head back to the van. We had caught the first train out and the last train back.

                                          

My next post will probably be about vehicles as well but I have been knitting a bit and will update you all soon xx.