So away goes Alastair and I settle down to wait for the ballast.
Three quarters of an hour later it's raining and this is the most exciting
thing I've seen in that time. 43 161/063 take the 08:38 Euston to Holyhead
away.
101 683 sits in the bay platform alongside thunderbird 47 705
Guy Fawkes so I jump aboard. This is the 12:00 to Manchester Airport
via Crewe.