Watercress 1

Oh the joy of playing with really grown up Meccano!

Here on the Watercress Line there's more cast iron than you can shake a spigot at. There are also more splendidly turned out volunteers than I expected.


We had a splendidly sedate amble from Alresford to Alton and back. These days it seems positively slow, but in the late 1860s it was a rare thing to travel at the speed of a galloping horse.


... More watercress tomorrow

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