Wrington & Redhill
Mothers' Union
Trip to Minehead by West Somerset Railway - page 2
Wednesday, 20th June, 2001

Even in a shelter on the prom you couldn't escape the photographers ...
... and it was no use trying to melt into the background outside the Red Lion ...
... where sooner or later most people pass by ...
... having, perhaps, visited St Peter's on the Quay
And so back on the train, for a cream (or plain) tea - according to where you sat - and the ministrations of the line's universal uncle ...
.... who managed, by a combination of patter worthy of Will Hay, and the promise of riches beyond avarice (well, £1,000 actually), to ensure none of his passengers left without buying raffle tickets - all in a good cause ....
... a cause devoted to preserving such magnificent beasts as this one, which had turned up at Bishop's Lydeard while we'd been away