The city of a million Shaun the Sheep.
A city built on slavery and sea trade.
And now it turns out that there is an historic connection as a strand of the family originated there in the 1800s before a move to that London.
This jet set lifestyle is something a person could get used to - although replacing the word 'jet' with 'train' reflects the reality.
This train set lifestyle is something a person could get used to - on second thoughts that doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
Anyway, it was all very enjoyable and good fun. And there was even enough time to see that wonder of the age by Mr Brunel, the SS Great Britain, the first ship to combine a propeller and an iron hull. Well worth going to visit - you wouldn't get me going to Australia or crossing the Atlantic in a vessel like that, no chance, and not just because of the numerous rust-holes in the iron hull.
Here's the railway station in a view from platform 3 while waiting for the iron horse to take us home.
Panoramic pictures are always bothersome when there is limited screen acreage. However, one click on the image below will reveal all - never mind the quality, feel the width.
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