All dressed up and somewhere to go – Stanhope polished to within an inch of its life and with Penrhyn couplers fitted, ready to head back to Penrhyn for next weekend’s jolly.
Hopefully it will emerge from Penrhyn afterwards in a slightly better state than when it left previously.
Meanwhile, the Hudswell is home from Leighton Buzzard and licking its wounds slightly; all things considered, it performed admirably on what is almost certainly England’s most demanding narrow gauge railway.
