Bluebell Railway Crossing

Image: © Peter Trimming Taken: 28 Dec 2019

South-east of Kingscote, the footpath climbs an embankment and crosses the line at this point. View towards Horsted Keynes. Between the previous photograph: Image] and this one, a little over two minutes had elapsed; however, much had happened. Sleeper steps brought the path up to rail level, and I could see that one, beyond the rails, was sloping away; being a damp day, I concluded that it might be slippery. I proceeded with caution, slipped and went flying, only to come crashing down on the sleepers. My camera was ejected from my hand and, as I lay groaning, I watched it fly through the air and land about six feet away from me. In a fair amount of pain, and hoping that I would only have severe bruising to my upper thigh, I retrieved my camera and sat on a sleeper to examine it. At this moment, three people appeared behind me; they had arrived to watch the train pass. Apart from a tiny mark on the body paint, the camera had survived the incident better than I had. Having assured the other walkers that I was fine, I took this picture and limped off, easing my way down the steep slope beside the railway embankment.

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