St Andrew's Bellringers Outing to Sussex

6 September 2003

Pauline, Philip, Barry and Stephen at St Margaret's church, West Hoathly

Craig enjoying the view

The view from a corner of the churchyard would have been quite extensive on a less hazy day

After lunch, anxious moments at Kingscote station on the Bluebell Railway as we wait for the ticket office to open.

Our train waiting to take us south to Sheffield Park

British Railways Class 4 Tank locomotive No.80151 is the newest Brighton-built locomotive in preservation, having been built in 1957. It returned to steam on the Bluebell Railway in October 2001, after rescue from Barry scrapyard, and many years of repair, initially at Chappel & Wakes Colne.

Kingscote is currently the northern terminus of the Bluebell, until the extension to East Grinstead is completed.

Jane waiting at the central station of Horsted Keynes

The other platforms at Horsted Keynes await the northbound train from Sheffield Park

The signalman and the driver of the train from Sheffield Park exchange tokens

St Andrew and St Mary, Fletching

Tom, Craig, Stephen, Jane, Barry, Alan, Sheila, Merry, Pauline, Philip, John, Philip, Irena and Patrick, with Lucy behind the camera, at the church without dedication at East Hoathly

East Hoathly bathed for a few seconds of sunshine before the clouds came in and the rain started

The east window at East Hoathly

Philip, Barry, Patrick and Pauline

John, Irena and Patrick