Peppercorn A1 Pacific Tornado.

30/12/2008.Never before in my life have I ever been so proud of people I have never met. That all changed today when I took myself off to the National Railway Museum in York,to have a look for myself at this wonderful piece of machinery in real life,its a credit to all the people who were involved in this awesome project.

There was a documentry on BBC on Christmas Eve at 11am.,it was called Absolutely Chuffed The Men Who Built A Steam Engine and was very good.

I will remind all my fans out there that I am not a steam buff or train spotter,but this steam engine has grabbed my interest big time.

Peppercorn A1 Pacific Tornado.

Watch That Tree.

Theres a lot to be said for just ramming into another vehicle if its smaller than the one you are driving when maddies pull out in front of you. This Stagecoach bus swerved to avoid hitting a car which pulled out in front of him,lost control and ended up embeded in a tree.
The driver had to be cut from the vehicle and had no recollection of what had happened. Luckily the bus was fitted with CCTV and the whole thing was recorded.
The other driver has never been traced.

Edinburgh Trams

Love or hate the idea of trams in our capital,its happening.
This is a full size model which is in central bus depot Annandale Street.