Saturday 1st July 1989 "The Snowdonian"
To set the scene for this day trip, myself & my fellow Crompton bashers were having a bit of a lean time of it. Our beloved Pompey's had finished in May 1988 and even the booked 33/1 turns on the Waterloo - Salisbury's had finished on 14th May 1989. All we had to look forward too each week was one booked turn, a 33/1 diagram Saturday Only doing two return trips between Weymouth & Bristol - meagre fare and not easy to get to as I still lived in Kent at the time! I was looking for something a bit different when I came across a leaflet from the Bournemouth Rail Travel Association (BRTA), run by Anthony Stone. Their bread and butter was running trips from the South Coast up to London for things like Christmas shopping, theatre breaks & days out in the Capital. Mr Stone did, however, like to venture further afield and arranged some cracking trips. Here is the brochure / booking form I picked up. The 1st July just happened to be my Birthday! I needed to do a bit of diggi...