Sunday, June 4, 2000
The Plan:
visit Ravenglass
Railway
Reality:
Happy 40th Richard!
drizzle
0600 wake up
0800 Breakfast: grapefruit, OJ, toast, fried egg, bacon, sausage
0910 (21)Carlisle -> Leeds 1207 through the Eden Valley
0952 in Appleby, Mom notices ad for Worth Valley Steam RR, from
Keighley
the Eden valley is quite scenic
1139 alight in Keighley, see steam train 3 platforms over, go there
1140 next train 1210, tickets £6.00 each or £10.00
if you want to take in all
the splendor of "Thomas the tank engine
day"
1140.1 £6.00 thank you
1210 (22)begin ride to Oxenhope
1236 pass Bronte Caravan Park (yes, those Brontes)
1240 Oxenhope
1255 (23)begin return descent
1330 arrive Keighley conveniently after 1325 and 1329 trains to
Carlisle have passed
1351 (24)Keighley -> Bradford Forster Square 1413
1448 (25)Bradford Forster Square -> Shipley 1454
1514 (26)Shipley -> Lancaster 1645
1707 (27)Lancaster -> Carlisle 1808
1810 Albert's in Lakes Court Hotel: fish and chips, lemonade
1850 walk back to #31, cold and windy
finish "The Red Lamp"
