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Today’s plan was to ride the Steam Trains on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR)<\/a><\/strong> as they had their Autumn Showcase<\/strong> special event running. As well as special steam engines running, they also opened up some of the engine sheds and workshops behind the scenes to the paying public.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We discovered that there was racing at Cheltenham today and as Callum’s Halls of Residence at Pittville was a stones throw away, it scuppered our original plan of picking Callum up, parking at the Racecourse and catching the Steam Train there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plan B meant an earlier start … picking Callum up from University at 9am. There was light rain when we left Buckland which quickly lifted. The road to Cheltenham took us back through Winchcombe. With narrow roads and cars parked either side of the road, you were gliding passed cars with mere inches to spare, especially when a 40 ft arctic is coming the other way. You can spot the locals … They don’t slow down for any vehicle! However, the views coming down Cleeve Hill looking over the racecourse and Cheltenham were stunning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we had a little time, we dropped Callum’s luggage back at the cottage then headed back to Toddington as this seemed to have a decent size car park and a fair bit to see on site. This was just 5 minutes down the road from Buckland Court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First challenge was parking the car. One chap in hi-vis, trying to decide where to park everyone in an empty car park. He took an age, deliberating where to park each car and no rhyme or reason to his logic. The traffic was backing up out towards the road. We were parked up against the fence …given where he’d parked other cars, we weren’t sure if we’d get back out until others leave!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First priority was breakfast in the station cafe. Afterwards, we had a wander around the platforms whilst waiting for the trains. We decided to head to Cheltenham first on a diesel hauled train. We would then get the steam train back from Cheltenham right the way up to Broadway. From Broadway, back down to Winchcombe and then back up to Toddington. Or that was our initial plan. We left Callum in charge of reading the timetable.<\/p>\n\n\n

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