Borders Steam Train Trip - Part 5

And back to Tweedbank

The Steam Train and Me

I even got to take a seat on the drivers seat and look around

Steaming!

The Steam Train and Mum.

The same driver from earlier

Afternoon tree in the First Class section of the train

Some nice views of the borders as we headed back to Edinburgh

Speeding along

Some window views from our seats

An old lady re-living the days of her youth...

Back at base in Edinburgh Waverley

And off it went...

End of our tale.

Borders Steam Train Trip - Part 4

For this part please follow this link to a previous post 

http://beresfordphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/autumn-in-borders-abbotsford-house.html

Some information about Abbotsford House-

Abbotsford House is a historic country house and was formerly the residence of the historical novelist and poet - Sir Walter Scott. 

He was born in 1771 in the his Presbyterian family's third floor flat on College Wynd in the Old Town of Edinburgh. As a child he had polio. Some of his well known works include - Rob Roy, the Lady of the Lake and The Old Mortality. Throughout his life he accumulated debts and even when he died he still had these. In September 1832 he died in unexplained circumstances at his home in Abbotsford. 

This house remains today as one of the most famous houses in the world.

Take a look at my photos on the above link to see the Gardens of this marvelous house.

Borders Steam Train Trip - Part 3

And we arrived at Tweedbank Station...

The Driver?

Us

A few close ups of the Steam Train

And then off we went on a bus to Abbotsford House.