It’s cold up north!
Threlkeld Gala
© Geoff’s Rail Diaries 2018
Geoff’s Rail Diaries
28 July 2018
It doesn’t always work out this way! We were
due in Edinburgh on the Sunday morning, after
an overnight stay in Moffat - same weekend as
the gala at Threlkeld quarry, near Keswick in
the Lake District. We’d have time to kill, all
being well…
A friend had been to Threlkeld the previous
day, for a photo charter - “30C - no
steam visible”. A day after his visit, following our
long warm and dry spell, the temperature on the
A66 was 11C - and it was raining. Jumper and
waterproof jacket! I think we were lucky - the rain
was easing to a drizzle as we arrived, and within
half-an-hour it had stopped. We even had some
sunshine - for about five minutes - and steam!
Resident Bagnall “Sir Tom” was in the company
of four visiting steam locomotives - “Max” and
“Sragi No. 1” from Statfold, and “P C Allen”
and “Rishra” from Leighton Buzzard. We never
saw Rishra - I think she was up at the top of the
line - but enjoyed the company of the
others. It’s fun here - we’ll have to watch out for
next year’s gala - see if was can fit it into another of
our trips to the frozen north!
Link: Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum
