Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Rail


No, not Tolsta station - although it might be if the wigs get their way in village when the windmill starts producing money. Or, when it starts turning actually. ! No, it's somewhere else. The name escapes me - Londinnium perhaps - yes, that's that big pointy building here. The Big Pointy Building I shouldn't wonder. Mr Crofter has it in mind to build one of those  - when he has fed the animules. But not before.

There was meant to be a railway here on the island - to move fish across the island or peat, or something anyway. Yes, I trhink it was peat - to use in the distillery not for whisky but oil - or paraffin ! Yes paraffin. Fair near poisoned the locals by all accounts and it really didn't have stations with guards flags and er,,, trains.

Pity, because I like trains. Mostly. When there's room to sit down and there's not some cackling crone or over-Irn-Brued yob shouting at all and sundry.

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