Mid-Hants Railway the Watercress Line - Volunteer With Us






Just love this video. Make sure you turn the sound up and just enjoy being on the footplate. It was made by one of our volunteers on the Watercress line and it just shows how wonderful these magnificent steam trains really are. We are hoping to have one made for the countryman coaches. This is where I volunteer either behind the bar or waitressing, however we all do what ever is necessary or needed to keep everything running smoothly. 

I wonder if my Fitbit will really register the distance travelled when working on the train. I may confuse the hell out of it by selecting 'map my walk' and seeing just how many miles I walk when waitressing on a Sunday lunch on the train whilst travelling up and down the track. Did you know all the food on the countryman dining is cooked in a tiny kitchen on the train? From the soup to the coffee it is all cooked in the tiniest of places. I must add the meat is roasted at the station canteen but finished off on the train, but that is the only exception.

As I type my fitbit is charging attached to my laptop, and I now begrudge waking anywhere, even round the house without it. I am nearly as obsessed with it as my Husband is. However he is certainly focused, he has done at least 10k steps a day since the start of the year without fail. One day he walked around the house for over an hour just to make his steps up to 10k for the day bless him. As my fitbit is now charged I can get on with my day prepping for my next exhibition 'The Emsworth Art Trail'.

Love and Light Peeps
dbee x

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