| Since I was at the Tanfield Railway Steam Gala on Saturday 17th, I could only attend the Stephenson Railway Museum show on Sunday. I'd originally planned to take the Dodge and camp over, but the site has very little space free, and virtually nothing suitable to camp on. As a result, I decided to go to the steam gala for one day and to Stephenson for a day in the Jeep. |
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| Due to the limited space, there were only a few displays, but there were several re-enactors. My Jeep was the only one there to start with, but another turned up later. There was also an Austin Cambridge and a BSA bike. |
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| There was live music across the day and dance teachers doing demonstration dancing and getting the public involved too. One of the displays in the museum, depicted a horse drawn coal wagon. This type of coal transport began at Tanfield Railway almost 300 years ago and was the dawn of the world's railways. It was this type of railway that ran across the bottom of our garden many years ago. |
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| The railway has about one and three quarter miles of track heading South East from the museum. We took a ride later in the afternoon. |
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