Shortly before our arrival to London we had our wake up call with complimentry tea. From here I was off to have a look round before my lunch time train back to Plymouth. I was tired but needed to make the most of it. I thought I would head to the GOBLIN line to try and nab my final LO 172. Again it wasn't working. So off to Barking for some breakfast in the Wetherspoons by the station. By now I was so tired I didn't really know what I wanted to do. I still had 3 and half hours. So a strange route to Paddington was taken. Barking - West Ham - Stratford - Liverpool Street - Paddington. I then thought I would bash units from here because at least i was at the correct terminus. I saw a few Turbos that I didn't need but in the end got on one so i could pass Acton. I was hoping the return would produce a winner but it didn't. Ah well.
I found my train back to Plymouth and got on. Again not a winner (those last four are proving hard to see let alone ride!).
But what a fantastic few days away. It felt like a long time since I was in East Anglia. But new route everywhere. I had travelled both the east coast and west coast mainlines and lots of winning units and locos for sight and haualge.
Up next? A cheeky trip to London for a few hours and then The Ousing Dove railtour. After my solid start to the year it's been nearly a month since I have been on a train again now! Yearly total of miles stands at 26,359.
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