Great photos btw.

Looks like you guys had great fun :D I was sorta following the events through Gemma. (If we ever get a subsim meet in Sydney, I'd be up for that)

And now a general assortment of pics:

http://i.imgur.com/thBOT8P.jpg
8am on a Sunday morning at Saxmundham station, the most life around was the local cat hunting in the trackside undergrowth.

http://i.imgur.com/7SilwNx.jpg?1
The obstacle course to get off the train.

http://i.imgur.com/Kqwbz7p.jpg
Traditional York Minster shot. Taken the day before the bigwigs met regarding women bishops.

http://i.imgur.com/KcbdQEG.jpg
China Railways 'Confederation class' or KF

http://i.imgur.com/AJz483R.jpg
City class 'City of Truro' alledgedly the first locomotive in the world to break 100mph, but sadly done without a dynamometer car so the record was not officially broken until Flying Scotsman took it in 1934, some thirty years later.

http://i.imgur.com/GeKNZOm.jpg
A proper 'Charlie', Bulleids Q1 freight locomotive, nicknamed 'Charlies' and 'Coffee pots' because of their unusual shape, they were designed to be cheap to build, light-weight (to run on most loading gauges), easy to maintain and powerful despite their weight.

http://i.imgur.com/Dpjz8ad.jpg
An overview of the main hall at the National Railway Museum

http://i.imgur.com/JYIv4qG.jpg
Another shot of the main hall, showing the red streamlined 'Coronation' class 'Duchess of Hamilton'. The LMS's response to the LNERs streamlined A4s, they were more powerful but inferior in design, resulting in the streamlining being removed on all of the locomotives from 1946.

http://i.imgur.com/fSy356X.jpg
Another Stephensons Rocket replica, this one a fully working steaming version.

http://i.imgur.com/7CO029B.jpg
Beauty shot of the river Ouse.

And now for the Air Museum:

http://i.imgur.com/B1ptKhH.jpg
The impressive Handley Page Victor, converted from a bomber to a tanker

http://i.imgur.com/CplaUpX.jpg
The Banana or as Jim would call it, the Brick (to me though, Bricks are F4s)

http://i.imgur.com/Ws1TLrZ.jpg
The French Dassault Mirage III, a nice looking aircraft this one, first time I'd seen it.

http://i.imgur.com/AUwv0zn.jpg
Another first, the Eastchurch Kitten, cute little thing, probably piloted by midgets...

http://i.imgur.com/7k0migH.jpg
The infamous Hurri, in the same sort of condition that the Lolwaffles (or Royal Air Farce) would return to base in.

http://i.imgur.com/AIpTb1r.jpg
Another Banana, freshly cleaned and in good condition compared to its stable-mates

http://i.imgur.com/VFvfZ0n.jpg
A model of the Anti-radiation missile 'Martel', I'd heard the name mentioned a few times (in Wargame: Airland battle and Red Dragon) but never seen one before

http://i.imgur.com/JQONqBz.jpg
The Halifax bomber 'Friday the 13th' with two strange looking gentlemen nearby...

http://i.imgur.com/CxoFJdt.jpg
The pride and joy of the Lolwaffles, the Bf-109 G6!!

http://i.imgur.com/vTEbdkK.jpg
A Mosquito, undergoing repair and restoration, and looking very good for it.

http://i.imgur.com/nfl7nzb.jpg
This was originally mis-ID'd as a Challenger Mk I, but on inspecting the model on my desk and a quick google search, I've discovered that this is, in fact, the ubiquitous Chieftain...in fact, the very first Chieftain, the prototype. Either which way, a very nice battle tank.

http://i.imgur.com/fvHIR4G.jpg
The front desk of the recon Canberra cockpit.

http://i.imgur.com/H5I9xvz.jpg
Nice little bit of history this. The catapult used by Barnes Wallis to test the models of his bouncing bomb at Teddington, and actually used in the famous film 'The Dam Busters'

http://i.imgur.com/e0AVkgU.jpg
And finally a bit of older history, a statue to Roman Emperor Constantine who was proclaimed Emperor in York in 306AD.

Nice pics, and thanks for the 'gentlemen' comment.

I don't know about you but I'm shattered and in need of lots of non-alcohic fluids and an early night.

Don't want to be doing Jim's job tonight. :o

Jim's pockets were quite a few pounds lighter when he left the shop. Should be a couple. Should be a couple of new additions to his aircraft collection thread soon.

Thank you for the pics. Enjoyed them all, especially the steam locomotives.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMAG0230.jpg
Anze administering the schnapps to Jim's head.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMAG0228.jpg
The effect was instant.

One place I have always wanted to go to but never got around to.

I believe they have the signal gantry from Southampton Central station which is quite unique.

Anze is currntly doing 450 kts over Dunkirk at 35k'. :D

Fueled by schnapps no doubt.

You used a tracker or just guessed ??

Flight radar 24. Took a screen shot too.

Yeah ???
Where is it :)


Proved to myself I can handle the miles, I can handle the beer, I can find my way around a major metropolis and I can walk from Whitehall to Mile end.
In the end, I have just only one regret :-?