Our Life In Eryri / Snowdonia
Well hello to anyone who’s still visiting this little website of mine! I’m sorry I’ve been AWOL since November 2025. I’ve been focusing more on video content and social media, which means the blog has been rather neglected. So, a quick update on life. Since last November we’ve done some […]
Another place that’s fascinated me is Clipstone Headstocks. It’s somewhere I pass on the way to Centre Parcs and I always stop to take a photo. I don’t know why but I always feel drawn to it. It might be because they are world’s tallest headstocks, standing at an awe-inspiring […]
In order to honour Railway 200 (celebrating 200 years since the first ever railway service), a weekend of of train stuff was held at the Alstom works in Derby. Why “The Greatest Gathering”? Well it was exactly that…the greatest gathering of all things railways! Volunteering I had wanted to […]
I’m currently on a bit of a comedown after attending a wonderful weekend of filming at the Ffestiniog Railway*. On the weekend of 20-22nd June we were celebrating 70 years of preservation on the Ffestiniog Railway. As part of Moving Media Team I was filming most of it. So here’s […]
I was told that Isle of Man is railway heaven (more so than Eryri!) and let’s be honest, the main reason for my trip to the Isle of Man in 2024 was to visit the island’s many railways. With (at least) SIX different railways the island certainly is railway heaven! […]
Every year I start by thinking about the things I would like to do in that year. Gives me something to aim for and look forward to. I used to have two separate lists – one for railway stuff, and one for non railway stuff – but this year I’ve […]