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Wednesday 22 August – Poppyline Visit Complete

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Posted by: knightrider45 Wednesday 22nd August 2007, 11:46pm

I checked my blog about half six – seven O’clock this morning, and then when I checked it again later on this afternoon after getting back home, I found Eddy2Socks was going to the same place as us and I’d missed him!

Sorry E2S - I would have looked really hard for you if I'd known you were going! Our trains probably passed each other along the track!

Well, we left home this morning at 9.15, complete with our Australian guests, arriving at Sheringham in time for the 10.30 train trip to Holt.

Fantastic old steam train. Brilliant - my first time ever on one. The rain was virtually constant all the time we were there and the train, being the first run of the day, was cold and damp. We didn't mind.

From holt, we caught the Holt Hopper, and old Routemaster Red double decker bus (see photo attached to this blog) that took us from Holt station into Holt town centre, at which point it was absolutely teeming down, so we didn't do much walking around Holt as we'd planned to. Ended up having another pub dinner (Lunch in Norfolk) at the Feathers.

Then we caught the Hopper bus back to Holt station and caught the 1.30 steam train back to Sheringham after a long photo session.

The station staff - all volunteers I understand - were brilliant and helpful all along. The only gripe I've got about the day- besides the rain - and missing E2S and Sam - is that we had a noisy family in the same carriage as us, with a crying baby that wouldn't shut up for the whole journey.

Today was really poignant in one respect as it was the Mother In Laws birthday so we made it a special occasion all round. The train ride was a treat for us from our cousins, and we went halves on the dinner. A perfect day set in the fourties or fifties. Brilliant.

Tomorrow my wife, her mother and her cousin are seeing a chap in Bury St Edmunds who's made amazing progress with the wifes family tree. I've helped a little as well because my wife and her cousin - who are related through the same grandmother - have relatives who were in the workhouse. After staying up to almost 1am this morning, I found a company that sells all workhouse records - and I've brought a copy for them so they can try and fill in the gaps in the family tree. Amazing value for just £6 something for the Kensington Workhouse records covering 20 years!

I can't wait to get my life sorted out so I can start on mine.

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