From a railway carriage #2

Passengers on Cholsey & Wallingford Railway's Santa Special are treated to a host of track-side festive symbols, including a snowman.

From a railway carriage

Passengers on Cholsey & Wallingford Railway's Santa Special are treated to a host of track-side festive symbols, and this particular hand-crafted greeting.

TS Morning Star of Revelation

Panorama of TS Morning Star of Revelation - saloon supplied by Panoramic Earth

Last Friday, I was lucky enough to be invited to form part of a volunteer crew to bring Morning Star back across the North Sea from Holland after an emergency engine refit. I was mocked as we waited for the minibus to take us to Dover for the ferry and the drive to the marina in Holland. A tripod? On a boat? Why?

For more information about The Morning Star Trust, visit their website.

Stop Look Listen

Listen to what the pictures don't show
Sound recording of lapwing/peewit/green plover courtesy of British Garden Birds