Today's outing took me a 72 mile drive across the Border, to Stanhope, for a 5-mile ride on a steam train to Wolsingham, from where I began my hike.

The train runs along the floor of Weardale.

Crossing and re-crossing the river several times along the route.

Its great where a kilt can take you.

Kilted on the footplate. A Union Kilt on board a Welsh railway engine.

A final view of 6619, an 0-6-2 tank engine originally built for the Great Western Railway for service in South Wales.