The tourist office advised us to take a mainline train from Grange Over Sands for the fabulous views along the route to Ravenglass and then switch to the steam train line.
The Ravenglass & Eskdale railway is one of the oldest and
longest narrow gauge railways in England known affectionately as La’al ratty
meaning little railway in olde Cumbrian dialect.
There is a small railway museum with several engines and details the history of the railway.
It was such a beautiful day we sat in an open carriage for the 45
minute journey to Dalegarth at the foot of the Scafell mountain range travelling through beautiful scenery.
We walked from the station to the small village of Boot which has
a couple of pubs and a mill which is unfortunately closed for renovations.
When we got back to Ravenglass we walked around to the mainline
trains and only had to wait 10 minutes for a train.
The train was late arriving and when it did come it was obvious
there was something wrong. The conductor
told us that there was a problem with the gearbox and the train was limping
along to Barrow where the engineers would look at it and decide if the train
should continue or not.
We arrived in
Barrow and they announced the train would not be continuing so we had to get
off that train and wait about half an hour for another train to take us back to
Grange. We didnt get back to Grange until about 8pm that evening. A long day but a really enjoyable day.
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| Museum at Ravenglass |
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| the turntable to turn the engine around for the return journey |
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