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Steam’s
up at Exbury Gardens
Saturday & Sunday, October 4th and 5th
Visitors to Exbury’s sixth annual Steam in the Gardens
in October will have the chance to ride behind Mariloo, the gleaming
new steam engine named by Her Majesty the Queen earlier this
year.
“Her Majesty not only named Mariloo, she rode on the footplate and managed
to enjoy a day with us at Exbury without anyone realising who she was,” said
railway foreman Ian Wilson. “She really enjoyed herself and we were delighted
to have our new engine honoured in this way.”
Exbury’s annual ‘Steam in the Gardens’ is reckoned
to be the most family-friendly gathering of steam engines and
memorabilia in the south.
From full size traction engines to miniature road vehicles, the
Gardens, on the banks of the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, will
be alive to the sound and evocative smell of steam.
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Steam in the
Gardens takes place on the weekend of
October 4 and 5
from 10am to 5.30pm
All visitors to the Gardens can
enjoy it at no extra charge.
The Gardens are open daily from 10.00am-5.30pm. For more information, please
visit www.exbury.co.uk
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Enthusiasts will find
model layouts in the engine shed while Exbury’s own steam
engines, Mariloo, Rosemary and Naomi, will be on duty to take
visitors on the scenic ride from Exbury Central through Summer
Lane Garden and into the north-east part of the main Garden.
“There will be steam engines of all sorts here over the weekend, lots of
demonstrations and plenty for people to see and do.
“And, even if steam engines don’t excite you, the Gardens are looking
wonderful as the autumn colour develops,” said Ian Wilson, Foreman of Exbury’s
Light Railway.
All visitors to the Gardens will be able to enjoy the exhibition of spectacular ‘Diamond
Lilies’, the sparkling collection of Nerine sarniensis displayed under
special lighting in the Five Arrows Gallery, alongside a show of detailed watercolour
paintings of wild mushrooms and fungi by artist Peter Thwaites. |
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