A Visit To The Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway - 11/11/17
After arriving at the station via a previously unknown National Express service between Hull and Cleethorpes (it goes to London) and a quick hop on a local Stagecoach, I purchased an All Day Ticket at Lakeside Station and went to the platform where the coaching stock was being prepared. Unusually, this was a train formed of just four coaches and the reason was made clear when the train's loco for the day came down from the shed - Effie making a rare appearance... At least it was for me! I made myself known to the driver who remembered me from past visits and to the guard who seemed friendly indeed. Departure was prompt at 10:50 from Platform 3 (1 and 2 are OOU most of the time and used for storing coaching stock and only really used when there are major events on) for the first run of the day to Kingsway. We stopped at the loco sheds though to allow a small party of people to get off there to work on engines and other items. Upon restarting, it was discovered Ef