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United Reformed Church !! URC runs out of steam!!
United Reformed Church !! URC runs out of steam!!
| !! URC runs out of steam!! |
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| Written by Alison Reed Richards |
| Saturday, 29 January 2011 08:50 |
Monday 13 th December should have been a Friday-if you are of a superstitious disposition. Members and friends from the URC set out in convoy from Townsend House, dressed to kill (or at least keep warm), armed with torches, flasks of mulled cider & wine, baskets of mince pies, into the freezing fog of early evening. We were rendezvousing with the Carol Train at Bishop’s Lydeard @ 6:30pm. The fog combined with the steam from the locomotive to darken and dampen the evening and coupled with the 1950’s style of the station it all felt like an Agatha Christie ‘murder/mystery’.  In lusty voice we joined –with great non-conformist gusto-with the orchestra to sing carols on the platform before climbing aboard and embarking on our journey to Williton Station. Fuelled now by our festive nibbles and throats lubricated with spices and wine we disembarked at the delightful station-wonderful roaring coal fire in the waiting room- and waited under a now clear starry sky for the sister train from Minehead to arrive. And waited. And waited.Unfortunately the train from Minehead had been delayed at Watchet; someone had been taken ill and an ambulance called before their journey could be resumed. Once arrived we watched, with the children in our group, as the great steaming engines uncoupled from their respective trains, travelled the brief distances to ‘points’ that enabled their changing lines and re-coupled with the alternative train. A smooth operation. Hop on board and off we go! But –we waited. And we waited. A sheepish Guard appeared. The locomotive had run out of steam! Solution? Not being near an overhead water tank we were waiting for the Fire Brigade to arrive and fill us up! Time scale dependant on what else the fire service was doing on a freezing, foggy night in rural Somerset! Not to be discouraged-although it was very cold- we sang a few more carols, ate the crumbs, drained the dregs from the flasks and eventually rolled home about an hour & a half later than expected. Did we enjoy ourselves? You bet we did 
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