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After a few days of not being able to access my Fotopic website, and then finding out that they had gone into liquidation, I then spent some time evaluating all the other web hosting companies, in the end I chose Photium. Wether I made the right choice only time will tell, but up to now I have been quite impressed, especially with there customer support. Then came the task of uploading photographs and adding captions, which is still ongoing. The website went live on the 24/03/11.

Seeing as the Jacobite was now running twice daily Wednesday - Friday, I decided to spend a few days on the Fort William to Mallaig line. And an excellent few days it was !
Highly recommended 'The Grog and Gruel' in Fort William, Good food and some excellent guest beers.

A quick skive away from work for a hour to see Black 5 No 45305 climbing Miles Platting bank with the Railway Touring Company's 'Coast to Coast'

An excellent day with excellent weather up at the NYMR's Spring Gala celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Whitby - Pickering line. Many thanks to Dave Tibbets for carrying out my PTS course.

An unsual vistor in the North West was GWR Castle No 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe with Vintage Trains charter The Red Rose from Tyseley to Blackburn. Photographs taken at Miles Platting (with ladders) and at Copy Pit.

An excellent day was had in the Dee Valley in glorious weather, Many thanks for Rick for pointing me in the direction of previously unknown locations.

I was looking foward to photographing 34067 Tangmere on 02/04/11 around the Manchester area as Tangmere has now been declared unavailable, Ian Rileys Black 5 No 44871 has now stepped in. On the outward leg I will be going up to Mossley and Frodsham Viaduct and on the return leg Miles Platting and New Mills Junction.