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  Norfolk - Boats, Trains & Seaside  It was straight to  Sheringham station for our ride on the North Norfolk steam railway to Holt. It wasn’t long before we heard our beautiful old steam train huffing and puffing its way down the track into the station. We hopped on board and took our seats in the old fashioned carriages then purchased some drinks and snacks for our journey along the scenic Norfolk coast. The train pushed on down the track to Holt whistling as it went and steam billowing past our windows.  We took in some fantastic sea views and before we knew it we had arrived at Holt station. As soon as we had disembarked, we spent some time checking out the model railway exhibitions on show and also the fascinating railway museum. Some purchases were made from the gift shop then we sat outside and enjoyed some lunch in the sun.  It was then time to catch the train back to Sheringham and decided to have a walk down to the sea front checking out the quirky...

  Steam Railways in Yorkshire  An amazing morning was spent at the National Railway Museum. Once inside, we looked at the huge steam locomotives. The oldest being the ‘Rocket’ which was the first ever steam train.  We learnt that this year is the 100 th  anniversary of the steam locomotive the ‘Flying Scotsman’, which was the first steam locomotive to reach 100 miles per hour in the year 1934. The museum in celebration of this, were providing a virtual tour of the train. We all wore special headsets and stepped into the virtual world. Here we got to experience station platforms, people dressed from that period, and were given a history of the development of the train. We were even taken through the train engine itself, feeling the heat from the coals,forced through the tubes which then came out as steam.  We headed to the famous Wensleydale Cheese Factory to learn about how cheese is made. We went straight into the tasting area where we sampled the many differen...