Awdur: Rebecca

Flying Scotsman, Blue Peter and Sir Nigel Gresley
Heritage Railways

The Greatest Gathering

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 […]

Snaefell Mountain Railway car at Laxey
Isle of Man

Isle of Man Heritage Railways

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! […]

Falkirk Wheel & Kelpies
Diweddariadau Bywyd

2025 Bucket List

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 […]

Moduro

F1 2025 – China

Another live blog-along! I actually got up at 6.30am to see this one live!  Qualifying Results So here’s how the starting grid looks like: Pole: Piastri (McLaren) 2nd: Russell (Mercedes) 3rd: Norris (McLaren) Predictions Here are our predictions for this race: Husband: 18 cars to finish with Piastri, Norris, Russell […]

Moduro

F1 2025 – Australia

Oh well I’ve not written about Formula 1 for absolutely ages! Very quick background… first watched F1 at the end of 2008 with my (now) husband. 2009 was the first proper season and I became a Mark Webber fan. Watched it rather religiously whilst he was driving and have struggled […]