September Gala photos by Nigel Thompson

Gala photos from Nigel Thompson

1. A rare photo of your reporter's Vauxhall Astra in the overflow car park as CHARLES WYTOCK passes.



2. ISAAC on the goods train on Saturday.

3. CHARLES WYTOCK on the goods on Sunday.

4. BLANCHE climbing to Woody Bay.

5. AXE on the "Driver for a Fiver" waits in the loading dock as L&B Chairman (and AXE's driver for the day) Peter Miles takes a break.

6. Sunday morning: BLANCHE on shed being readied for service.

7. Four green engines on shed raising steam in the watery sunlight of an Autumn Sunday morning.

8. BLANCHE stands in the up platform at Woody Bay.

9. A 1939 Morgan Series 1 posing at the restored platform at Chelfham - before it became too busy.

Words and photos Nigel Thompson