Butterley

[River Lin]

Hi all.
Driving back from Doncaster tomorrow pm nudge nudge. Never been to Butterley and I notice they have a Static Day on their timetable. Will there be enough to see to support a detour from the M1. Will a cafe also be open?
David.

[MDLR]

Hi all.
Driving back from Doncaster tomorrow pm nudge nudge. Never been to Butterley and I notice they have a Static Day on their timetable. Will there be enough to see to support a detour from the M1?

God, yes! To see all the worthwhile stuff you'd be better going to the main site at Swanwick Junction https://www.google.com/maps/@53.0621046 ... a=!3m1!1e3
approaching it from the Coach Road by the caravan park (off the bottom right hand corner of the picture above - don't know why it won't appear as a url but if you cut and paste it, it'll work). Otherwise it's about 3/4 of a mile's walk along the top of the cutting side from Butterley - NOT reccomended at this time of year!

Will a cafe also be open?

No - but if you want to run on the garden railway at Butterley I'll be happy to unlock it for you and brew a hot drink or two, (Incidentally, this applies to ANY Forum member who wants to drop in).

[River Lin]

Hi Brian.
Thanks for the offer but we will be driving up to doncaster to visit Roundhouse and then finding a bit of lunch before driving back downduring the pm so cannot guarantee any timings. We were just looking for somewhere to stop off for a coffee if we had time but thanks again. If it is ok I might pm you for a visit in the near future. We are members of the Northamptonshire group and have spoken to you before at Martin Smith's line.
David.

[MDLR]

No problem!

[dizzysteamer]

Hi Brian
After the show we spent a day there and travelled up to the main area, very impressive site indeed I was hoping to see somebody there as we were very eager to run our new purchase but never mind we had a look around and will be back later this year.
I took the opportunity to drop my little mss engine on the track for a photo whilst there.
I did try to say Hi to you at the show but you seemed to have a lot of attention at the time .
Looking for word to next years show now.
Caption could read ( All the way from Cornwall and nobody is home)


We have nothing like this back home If we where closer we would be volunteers for sure

Steph

[MDLR]

Yes - that was rather a stressful day!

We'll have to try again........................