A day with Thomas

On 13th April 2009, Easter Monday, we went to the Watercress Line where they were holding ‘A day with Thomas’.

It was a fantastic day out, with lots to do for the kids, but also an impressive amount of what I’d call ‘old school geekery’, with Lord Nelson and Bitterne running the full line with 6 carriages each, as many as the platforms could handle.

I was very impressed with how accurate Thomas appeared to be. I was expecting any old train with a face on, but he did seem to be very similar to the character. There were a few more trains moving around, including Diesel, Percy (with Toad) and Daisy.

The best part was the random announcements of “And the sun… continues… to shine!”. All announcers should do that every so often.

Highly recommended as a day out.