title The Bure Valley Railway, Aylsham, Norfolk - 26th May 2013 intro It's Day Two of the birthday weekend, and this time we're on the railway-in-miniature that is the Bure Valley Railway. From Wroxham it's a leisurely 45 minute ride on the narrow-gauge railway through and to Nosher's old stomping ground (for 6 months) of Buxton, Brampton and Aylsham. There, we eat a picnic before the return journey and a poke around the signal box back at Wroxham. imgp1297 In the morning, Isobel and the boys go for a swing imgp1301 Harry swings around imgp1305 Fred has a swing too imgp1308 Isobel roams around imgp1309 Fred in the grounds of the hotel imgp1314 The engine driver on "Blickling Hall" imgp1317 The mini train waits at the platform imgp1320 Harry and Isobel in the carriage imgp1325 Harry gets up for a stomp around imgp1327 Fred, Harry and Isobel imgp1330 A yellow field of oilseed rape imgp1333 We pass the other train imgp1334 A carriage with a "5" on it imgp1335 At Aylsham, there's a dove on the tracks imgp1337 A miniature diesel, 2nd Air Division USAAF imgp1340 The Blickling Hall steams up imgp1343 Cool engine sheds at Aylsham imgp1345 Metal-working machinery imgp1347 The engineering sheds at Aylsham Station imgp1359 One or two buckets, and a pile of coal imgp1360 Stacks of nice new sleepers imgp1361 Some bit of derelict train imgp1366 Cows mooch about in the Bure Valley near Buxton imgp1369 The river valley near Brampton imgp1371 A view along the tracks imgp1373 Some dude leans on an engine imgp1374 Crowds pile off the train imgp1377 The Blickling Hall back at Wroxham imgp1380 The engine spins on a turntable imgp1385 A noticeboard imgp1386 The engine "Blickling Hall" imgp1391 The train steams off on another trip imgp1392 Isobel, Harry and Fred at the station imgp1394 The view from the signal box imgp1396 Fred looks at signal levers imgp1399 Isobel chats to the boys imgp1404 Fred behind the signal levers imgp1409 A volunteer lets Fred have a go imgp1411 Fred has a go imgp1412 Harry thinks it's hysterical running around imgp1414 Fred gets a bit more instruction imgp1419 The diesel engine comes in imgp1427 The Wroxham signal box