Trifter

Not far from our home is the Brampton Valley Way a fourteen mile long linear park providing a lovely rural walk along the route of the old railway line between Northampton and Market Harborough in Leicestershire. The route is flat and is ideal for walkers and for cyclists.

The route has the added attraction of running alongside the Northampton and Lamport Railway so my husband has plenty to keep him interested. The line closed in 1981, several years later the preserved railway opend and it has gradually grown since that time.  

I like to visit the railway too, but my husband and I are interested in different aspects of railway history, I am interested in freight transport and I like railway architecture. On our last walk we saw a very nice newly painted coal truck, but my favourites were all in need of some serious tender loving care, a horsebox, a cattle wagon and a very sad looking newspaper van.

I enjoy taking photos from unusual angles and I like the fact that I can walk at track level and I am able to see bits of the under carriage that would normally be hidden from sight by the platform, I am not sure that photos of bogies and controls are of interest to many people, but I have to admit to being boring!

It is good to get out and walk in the countryside, it blows your cares away, it gives you time to talk and to just enjoy being together. I always feel better after a long walk.

Please take a look at my other railway articles

Travel Back in Time on The North Norfolk Railway

Discover The Beauty of Norfolk on The Bittern Line

The Sleeper Train to Penzance

Railway Memories

Adlestrop – Reflections on a Favourite Poem