Day trip to Weymouth

What better than a day at the seaside - Weymouth is less that 2 hours from Melksham by train, and it was a beautiful day. Thanks to First Great Western's "Group Save" ticket, we can make the trip at a sensible price.

Of course - there was the small issue of the first train from Melksham being at 19:50 on Sunday ... so

.... Steve brought his coach up to the station and gave us a lift to Westbury, where we joined the 09:00 departure.

The 09:00 was a lovely train - 4 coaches long, clean, appropriate stock for our party, smart, fast ... and quiet. You might be suprised at me reporting is as "quiet" ... but then it starts from Westbury, a town just half the size of Melksham, and has no connections from anywhere!

... and here are the respectable crowds leaving the station at Weymouth for a great day on the beach.

On the return trip, an overcrowded 3 car train that started a few minutes late, got further delayed by extra time taken at stations due to the traffic volume, and yet more delays because of faulty doors that closed like snails on the rear coach lead to an arrival in Westbury AFTER our ongoing connection should have left. We kinda-know these thing can happen, so I already had the re-assurance that the connection would be held ... but a broken down train in one of the platforms at Westbury lead to a very interesting few minutes when the conductor was told by the folks at Westbury that they might be breaking that promise. Me thinks this should be on my train site!

More pictures of Weymouth - see here
(written 2007-08-05 22:33:51)

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