Oliver Cromwell in a hurry.

Oliver Cromwell in a hurry.

No not that Oliver Cromwell. This Oliver Cromwell is a steam locomotive hauling one of the ‘Cathedral Express’ trains that run from London to various cathedral cities in England throughout the year.

This was the ‘Norfolkman’ which runs from London Liverpool Street Station to Norwich in Norfolk and passed through our nearest station, Kelvedon, in Essex today at around 11:30 AM. So off we went to try and get some ‘visuals’.

Oliver Cromwell

I was busy trying to get a good still photograph, of which the above is the result and I had only a few seconds in which to do it because the train was travelling very fast, whilst Amanda took this short video which is on YouTube. After processing by YouTube the resolution is not as good as the original.

All that preparation for sixteen seconds of video.

In complete contrast Amanda photographed this Comma butterfly in our garden later in the day.

Comma butterfly

4 thoughts on “Oliver Cromwell in a hurry.

  1. The butterflies are beautiful!

    Have you ever gone on one of the cathedral train journeys? I have seen them advertised but have totally forgotten about them when in London.

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  2. I missed that report. So cool. The only problem I see is that you don’t have much time in the city. Train left at 12, returned at 5, I figure that gives you about 3 hours in Canterbury. However, I am sure the train ride, scenery and experience is worth it.

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  3. Yes you are right. That trip left only around 3 hours in Canterbury but the one we saw recently left London earlier at about 10:30 AM arriving in Norwich at about 12:30 PM. I can’t remember what time it left but I suspect it gave about 5 hours in Norwich which is more reasonable.

    You have to bear in mind that the train journey is supposed to be part of the experience.

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