Sometime back if you remember I went with May to the Cotswold region to do some village hopping: Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow-on-the-Wold & Bourton-on-the-Water. We know that Cotswold is made up of many small villages, many of which are pretty inaccessible so when a kind passerby told us there is a mini Cotswold authentic steam "choo-choo" train that runs thru some of the villages, we were quite excited to read up more. And Saturday was the day we decided to give it a try - our Cotswold Adventure.
The steam locomotive; sign for Toddington Station
It was super a lot of travelling time! We took a train to Paddington station to take the national rail out to this place called Cheltenham Spa, which itself is part of the Cotswold. From there we had to take a bus to the city centre, and then from there, we took a local bus no 606 to Toddington to take the steam train called Gloustershire Warwickshire Railway which runs thru the villages Cheltenham, Winchcomb & Toddington. Pretty incredible considering we had baby Gerrard travelling with us and he was a darling throughout (well ok.. most of the time lah haha) and seriously we wondered if we were to get lost, we wouldn't know how to go back.
views of Cotswold along the way from the train; sheep grazing
funny looking tree trunk; ooh Lihui bought these Hummingbird cupcakes from Portobello Market.. 4 of them! After that we were all on a sugar overdose that day. No more sweets!
It was cute to take the steam train and there was a special Paddingon festival. We saw the cute bear making a special appearance at the railway station and kids all dashed to crowd around it. However I think Cynthia and the rest weren't too impressed by the highly anticipated train ride, but I thought the whole thing was quite interesting. Very old school. And we did pass by some Cotswold villages with nice sceneries altho Cynthia was saying she thought the trains would wind thru or at least go nearer to the villages instead of a bird's eye view kind of thing.
at the railway track at Winchcomb station; with one of the station master. These guys are all volunteers who want to keep this train going.
Another volunteer dressing up to promote their Christmas event; guess what the ladoes just did in 2min? Change baby Gerrard's diapers! And of coz he looks happy!
Volunteer kid; the steam train puffing black smoke
Paddington event so here's the star of the day!; Baby Gerrard happy with his Frankie Doodle balloon.
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The official website of this railway
http://www.gwsr.com/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire_Warwickshire_Railway
The steam locomotive; sign for Toddington Station
It was super a lot of travelling time! We took a train to Paddington station to take the national rail out to this place called Cheltenham Spa, which itself is part of the Cotswold. From there we had to take a bus to the city centre, and then from there, we took a local bus no 606 to Toddington to take the steam train called Gloustershire Warwickshire Railway which runs thru the villages Cheltenham, Winchcomb & Toddington. Pretty incredible considering we had baby Gerrard travelling with us and he was a darling throughout (well ok.. most of the time lah haha) and seriously we wondered if we were to get lost, we wouldn't know how to go back.
views of Cotswold along the way from the train; sheep grazing
funny looking tree trunk; ooh Lihui bought these Hummingbird cupcakes from Portobello Market.. 4 of them! After that we were all on a sugar overdose that day. No more sweets!
It was cute to take the steam train and there was a special Paddingon festival. We saw the cute bear making a special appearance at the railway station and kids all dashed to crowd around it. However I think Cynthia and the rest weren't too impressed by the highly anticipated train ride, but I thought the whole thing was quite interesting. Very old school. And we did pass by some Cotswold villages with nice sceneries altho Cynthia was saying she thought the trains would wind thru or at least go nearer to the villages instead of a bird's eye view kind of thing.
at the railway track at Winchcomb station; with one of the station master. These guys are all volunteers who want to keep this train going.
Another volunteer dressing up to promote their Christmas event; guess what the ladoes just did in 2min? Change baby Gerrard's diapers! And of coz he looks happy!
Volunteer kid; the steam train puffing black smoke
Paddington event so here's the star of the day!; Baby Gerrard happy with his Frankie Doodle balloon.
~~~
The official website of this railway
http://www.gwsr.com/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire_Warwickshire_Railway
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