12th March 2005

The unmistakeable location of Blue Anchor. At 14.55 large-logo Class 50 no. 50049 "Defiance" arrives with the support coach for GWR King no. 6024, the 5X50 Minehead to Bishops Lydeard. The tokens are about to be exchanged with the signalman. The Pathfinder Railtour excursion had arrived behind the ex-GWR 4-6-0 with 50049 on the rear, and the fifty was repositioning back to the southern end of the line, ready for the return. I rushed ahead and caught up with it again leaving Williton....