Buckfastleigh Steam train

***Chocky*** · 23-03-2008, 02:49 PM

The age of steam
Taken on a day out to the Buckfastleigh butterfly farm and Otter sanctuary .

**andy b** · 23-03-2008, 03:35 PM

ah.... bringing back some lovely memories of a great family holiday, down in your lovely part of the world. as ive said in an earlier post, went to the butterfly/otter sanctuary and had a ride on the trains here. this railway is where my second oldest son graeme, who is 25 now , took his very first photograph. it was of the rest of our family on the station. he made a good first attempt, getting us all in the frame and central.

**Babs** · 23-03-2008, 03:40 PM

Hey Beryl, where have you been hiding these steam train piccies, great to see

***Chocky*** · 23-03-2008, 04:19 PM

Thanks all.

I took more of the trains then the butterflies I shrink to say

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Made a DVD slide show even. May upload it later in the second video section

**andy b** · 23-03-2008, 05:07 PM

well beryl, you made me go up into the loft and look at some old photographs....not a bad thing.. anyway, it was 1990 when i visited. i only had three boys then ( went onto to have our fourth son,two years later.)
these are two pictures taken off old photos. i looked at numbers on your trains to see it was the one we rode on but it was'nt!!
the thornbury castle train was just ''parked up'' we rode on the other. thats my young family at the side of the thornbury castle.

***Chocky*** · 23-03-2008, 05:31 PM

Lovely .
Wait until later tonight I'm just finishing my slide show video and will upload it later. I's Pete's doing not mine He started it

**Merlin** · 23-03-2008, 10:26 PM

Babs, Beryl, Andy (in no particular order) thanks a lot for sharing these excellent and exciting steam train pics......brilliant each and every one.

Pete.

23-03-2008, 05:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	well beryl, you made me go up into the loft and look at some old photographs....not a bad thing.. anyway, it was 1990 when i visited. i only had three boys then ( went onto to have our fourth son,two years later.) these are two pictures taken off old photos. i looked at numbers on your trains to see it was the one we rode on but it was'nt!! the thornbury castle train was just ''parked up'' we rode on the other. thats my young family at the side of the thornbury castle. Attached Thumbnails

23-03-2008, 03:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ah.... bringing back some lovely memories of a great family holiday, down in your lovely part of the world. as ive said in an earlier post, went to the butterfly/otter sanctuary and had a ride on the trains here. this railway is where my second oldest son graeme, who is 25 now , took his very first photograph. it was of the rest of our family on the station. he made a good first attempt, getting us all in the frame and central.

23-03-2008, 03:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Babs Founder Member Info Real name: Barbara Location: Greater Manchester Gallery: 14 Equipment: The equipment I use is a Canon 30D with Sigma 50-500mm lens. I also have a garden hide from which I take most of my pictures. Posts: 1,513 Join Date: Apr 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Hey Beryl, where have you been hiding these steam train piccies, great to see

23-03-2008, 10:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
Merlin Regular Member Info Real name: Pete Location: N W England Gallery: 6 Equipment: Nothing but my notebook which is one of the most important parts of birding. To go out without it (which I only ever did once) is like going out without your pants on. I've never understood why I responded to the 'Cameras and Equipment' question in this way because in reality I own a Leica Telescope with eyepieces, Zeiss Binoculars, and a Manfrotto Tripod all of which cost a positive fortune. Posts: 785 Join Date: Mar 2008 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Babs, Beryl, Andy (in no particular order) thanks a lot for sharing these excellent and exciting steam train pics......brilliant each and every one. Pete.

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