Almost on home ground this time, a charter at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway with GWR 57xx 0-6-0PT 57xx no. 9682 (masquerading as 9789).

Got there for the 8am start – good breakfast and then a lot of hanging about.  It wasn’t until about 10.15am that we got the first run at Thame Junction.

On short winter’s days it just isn’t good enough to lose two and a quarter hours doing what should have been done for the 8am start.

If railways want to keep pushing up the prices of charters, so they need to be concious of the value they’re delivering.