Great Western Steam

Apologies to emyjane - I just changed the blip I uploaded earlier.

I can't help myself, I have a bit of a thing about steam engines. So when I heard one whistling at lunchtime today, and S kindly went on-line and established that the Weymouth Seaside Express would be coming back through Dorchester West at 1823, hauled by Great Western Railway 5029 Nunney Castle, I knew I had to go and see it.

Unfortunately at 1820 we were still eating so I excused myself and headed out. As I shut the front door I could hear a steam engine chuffing laboriously up the incline from Weymouth. It's a two-minute walk to the bridge at the end of the road, but I ran most of it and got there in time to see a plume of smoke go under the bridge and emerge the other side. Heedless of traffic I raced across the road and fired up the camera to catch this shot as it retreated.

The other picture was of Portland Harbour, but wasn't great.