JUNE UPDATE

June has been a hectic month.  We've had several schools visit us, a film crew arrived at short notice to do some filming for a new BBC programme, I've been asked not to publish photos though until the programme airs in September.

We then had two weekends of A Day Out With Thomas

The weather was a bit damp the first Saturday but that didn't stop visitors coming to see Thomas, Daisy, Mavis, Trevor and of course, Sir Topham Hatt who made sure everyone behaved.  New for this year was a 7 1/4" Toby who looked very cute.

The four days were a great success, and seeing the faces of some of the children as they saw Thomas made it all worthwhile



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