The Bure Valley Railway

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April: Family Outing

07 Apr 2006 | Comment

Even the Grandparents enjoyed it! We met up at Aylsham, took the train down to Coltishall, walked down to Wroxham and caught the train back to Aylsham. This was on a minimal service, too, where only one train was running, making two trips in each direction.

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