St. Marc’s Square


Here is Eddie standing in front of the pigeons on Piazza San Marc, or in english St. Marc’s Square. There were lots of pigeons, Eddie said that the tourists would drop food for them. I always thought of them as flying vermin.

Empty seat


As the trip progressed through the canals of Venice, Eddie got fed up of the attempts of Grandma to throw him off so when she wasn’t looking he pushed her overboard. Here is Eddie showing the empty seat after she has been thrown overboard.

Silly photo time


I don’t know whether it is a being on holiday or just grandma’s desire to have a silly photo in every european country, but like the face of wonder picture we took in Salzburg, we were able to get a similar picture in Venice.

Nice hotel


The hotel we stayed at in Venice was the Carlton Executive hotel. The rooms were very nice. Eddie got to share with Teresa whilst Sarah shared with Grandma. He normally has to sleep on a shelf, so sharing a bed with Teresa was luxury for him.

Our roving reporter


As Craig wasn’t able to go to Venice with Teresa’s mum, Sarah and Teresa I decided to stay home with him. I sent my roving reporter and brother, Eddie with them to Venice to report on everything they did. Here he is sitting on Sarah’s lap.

Its HOT


Here is Craig’s train. The chilren loved to look down the tunnel at the train, although I don’t think they realised how hot they can be. They are actual working steam trains, so they get very very hot.

Don’t blink!


Even though it doesn’t look like it, this is an action shot. The loco is about to fall off the track onto the ground, and the wagon between the loco and the second wagon has already fallen off the train on the other side of the wall. They were one of the first trains to run and the track must have had some debris left on the line.

The train is heading towards your head!


There were lots and lots of children at the Brambleton open day. The children enjoyed gathering at the bridges to see the trains coming through the tunnel, but what they didn’t realise was that trains go in both directions. When we took this photo there was a train heading straight toward the boy in green’s head and his father was calling out his name very loudly. He thankfully lifted his head before the train collided with it.

CRASH! BANG! WALLOP!


There was an accident at the open day and of course Craig had to be involved. He was driving his train past another on a passing loop after a train has ran out of fuel. He had clearance and was heading around when another train came at full speed down the hill towards him. He had no way of avoiding the train and a collision occured. There was minimal damage, but everyone in involved was extremely embarassed.

BIG crowds


The weather was great and the turnout was amazing. There were lots of families and lots of children at the open day. The numbers haven’t been confirmed, but the Brambleton open day went very well.

Casey Jones


The Brambleton public open day was really neat. Craig was driving one of his trains whilst Teresa, Sarah and me came along to watch. Sarah and I dressed up in a casey jones train drivers outfits.