Post by taffy1967 on Aug 2, 2009 1:31:39 GMT 1
We went on a family trip yesterday (well, Friday) up to Kidderminster to take a trip on an an old steam engine on the Severn Valley Railway.
We've been a few times over the years, because I'm also something of a railway buff (and I'm ashamed to say that yes, I was a trainspotter when I was a kid).
Anyway we love it there and there's now a new museum building too, that houses several gleaming behemoths. It's a bit like the motor museum at Beaulieu, but for train locomotives.
I also have a liking for classic preserved 1960's diesel locomotives too and they've got several beauties there.
I'll post up a few snaps when I've got around to uploading them to Photobucket.
Right I'll bore you no more, but the day was made all the more incredible because of a certain incident that happened whilst we were having a picnic behind the station at Bridgnorth.
Basically a wasp flew up Marie's (my misses) trouser leg and stung her. She thought that was that, but no after checking the sting and sitting back down, the wasp was still up her trouser leg and so she got up and starting running to the nearest toilet shrieking a bit like a mad woman.
We were a bit shocked and embarrassed at first, because people were looking and she was shrieking, running and saying 'oh my god, I've got a wasp up my trousers' etc.
I'd brought my video camera, but alas I wasn't quick enough to get it out and the worst bit is the nearest toilet happened to be the gents and so Marie was seen running into the gents pulling down her trousers to release the wasp.
Anyway I haven't laughed so much in ages (neither have our kids). But Marie nearly died of shame and we were kicking ourselves for not capturing it on video as it would have made an hysterical YouTube video.
Or we could have made a bit of cash on the 'you've Been Framed' TV show lol.
Oh and luckily there were no men using the urinals when she steamed into the loo and dropped them.
;D
Anyway, all things considered I may buy this film for Marie next Xmas: -
We've been a few times over the years, because I'm also something of a railway buff (and I'm ashamed to say that yes, I was a trainspotter when I was a kid).
Anyway we love it there and there's now a new museum building too, that houses several gleaming behemoths. It's a bit like the motor museum at Beaulieu, but for train locomotives.
I also have a liking for classic preserved 1960's diesel locomotives too and they've got several beauties there.
I'll post up a few snaps when I've got around to uploading them to Photobucket.
Right I'll bore you no more, but the day was made all the more incredible because of a certain incident that happened whilst we were having a picnic behind the station at Bridgnorth.
Basically a wasp flew up Marie's (my misses) trouser leg and stung her. She thought that was that, but no after checking the sting and sitting back down, the wasp was still up her trouser leg and so she got up and starting running to the nearest toilet shrieking a bit like a mad woman.
We were a bit shocked and embarrassed at first, because people were looking and she was shrieking, running and saying 'oh my god, I've got a wasp up my trousers' etc.
I'd brought my video camera, but alas I wasn't quick enough to get it out and the worst bit is the nearest toilet happened to be the gents and so Marie was seen running into the gents pulling down her trousers to release the wasp.
Anyway I haven't laughed so much in ages (neither have our kids). But Marie nearly died of shame and we were kicking ourselves for not capturing it on video as it would have made an hysterical YouTube video.
Or we could have made a bit of cash on the 'you've Been Framed' TV show lol.
Oh and luckily there were no men using the urinals when she steamed into the loo and dropped them.
;D
Anyway, all things considered I may buy this film for Marie next Xmas: -
