Welsh Honeymoon (Read 7,085 times)

[heroicmuse]

Why do I have my doubts that Lillith's train broke down by coincidence? Grr. Well, Sydney and Ceri will put her in her place, hopefully.

Loved the tour of the sheds until a certain person interrupted. LOL. Great chapter André DiMera!

[mae00]

I am loving this tour Andre! Well - except Lillith.

[Kpatch]

The better question is what is Lillith still doing there? LOL. Great chapter.

[fluffysmom]

I liked seeing all of the engines.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 12

PENDRE SHEDS
CERI: Umm...excuse me?
LILLITH: Oh, come on. It'll be fun! The three of us, and all of these beautiful engines! I'll have to come with you.
Jerry reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, which was buzzing.
JERRY: Hello?
Pause.
JERRY: Yes, yes, she's right here with me.
Pause.
JERRY: Just brought in Tom Rolt with St. Cadfan.
Pause.
JERRY: Burst safety valve. Of all days.
Pause.
JERRY: Right now? Are you sure?
Pause.
JERRY: All right. I'll tell her. Cheers.
Jerry hung up his phone.
JERRY: That was Manager. Says he tried to ring you, but your phone was shut off.
LILLITH: Must've run out of batteries earlier.
JERRY: Quite. Anyway, he wants you to take Alf up and spread some weedkiller along by Quarry Siding.
LILLITH: Right now?
JERRY: Yep. Good luck.
Lillith rolled her eyes.
LILLITH: Great. Well, I'll see you later, Ceri.
CERI: Maybe.
Lillith walked over to Alf, started him up, and left.
JERRY: Didn't have the heart to tell her we'd already seen all the engines before she even arrived.
SYDNEY: That was actually the manager, though, right?
JERRY: Oh, yeah. And he really did want Lillith to take Alf to spray the weedkiller.
CERI: Glad to hear that.
JERRY: Yeah. She's all right. Just a bit overeager.
CERI: You can say that again. Anyway, thank you for the tour, Jerry.
JERRY: My pleasure. Anything else you want to see while you're here?
SYDNEY: No, I think that's it. Unless you can think of anything, Ceri.
CERI: Well, we've pretty much seen all there is to see.
SYDNEY: All right.
JERRY: Right. I'll take you back up to Wharf Station in Midlander.
SYDNEY: Thanks!
Jerry and the girls walked over to the small green diesel. Jerry started it up. The girls got in, and Midlander started off.

TYWYN WHARF
Quite soon, they arrived back at the top station.
JERRY: Here we are, then.
SYDNEY: Thanks again, Jerry.
JERRY: Glad you enjoyed yourselves. Hope you have a fun rest of your stay here.
CERI: We will. Thanks.
The girls shook hands with Jerry one last time, then got out of Midlander and took a moment to look at the station. Sydney took Ceri's hand.
SYDNEY: You good?
Ceri nodded.
CERI: There's a lot of memories connected to this place. Good memories.
SYDNEY: I can imagine. It was a lot of fun!
CERI: Yeah.
SYDNEY: Gotta say, I think Dolgoch may be my favorite, as well.
CERI: She is beautiful, isn't she?
SYDNEY: Not as beautiful as you.
Sydney and Ceri kissed.
CERI: Come on. You wanna go for a swim?
SYDNEY: I like the sound of that!
The girls walked back to the car.

[heroicmuse]

YAY! Lilith got what she deserved LOL. Now maybe she'll be busy with that weedkiller and leave the girls alone for the rest of their honeymoon.

Looking forward to the swim and whatever else they are going to do next. Great chapter André DiMera.

[Kpatch]

Bye Lillith. LOL.

[mae00]

Hahaha! I had a feeling I was gonna like Jerry.

[fluffysmom]

Good job Jerry!

[André DiMera]

Chapter 13

CAR
SYDNEY: The harbor?
CERI: Yep. Porthmadog Harbour. Top station of the Ffestiniog Railway, and main terminus of the Welsh Highland Railway. One narrow gauge, and one standard gauge.
SYDNEY: Nice!
The car stopped as they pulled into the parking lot.
SYDNEY: I just gotta say, I am loving this trip.
CERI: Yeah?
SYDNEY: Yeah. It's amazing. I love being here. I love Wales! And I love that I get to see it all with you.
CERI: I love it, too.
Sydney and Ceri kissed.
SYDNEY: Come on.

PORTHMADOG HARBOUR – PORTHMADOG, WALES
The girls got out.
SYDNEY: So, Ffestiniog is the narrow gauge one, right?
Ceri nodded.
CERI: It's just smaller in gauge than the Talyllyn by about three inches.
SYDNEY: And, this is right by the sea.
CERI: Yes.
SYDNEY: So, you said these two are famous for something. What are they famous for?
CERI: Welsh Highland is famous for its Garratt locomotives.
Ceri pointed to a large locomotive on one side of the station.
CERI: Like that.
SYDNEY: Cool!
CERI: Meanwhile, Ffestiniog is famous for two things. Number one, the double fairlie locomotives.
SYDNEY: The what?
CERI: Imagine a steam locomotive, but with a second steam locomotive conjoined to its cab, facing the other way.
SYDNEY: Ah.
CERI: If we see one, which I'm sure we will, I'll point it out to you.
SYDNEY: Okay.
CERI: Now, the other thing the Ffestiniog is famous for, is that.
Ceri pointed out a smaller engine, with a tender, on the other side of the station. The two walked up to it.
CERI: This is Prince. Formerly “The Prince”. The oldest operating narrow gauge steam locomotive in the world.
SYDNEY: Whoa! It's beautiful!
CERI: He's the younger brother of Princess, who was built just the year before him.
SYDNEY: So, wouldn't Princess be the oldest narrow gauge engine in the world?
CERI: She would, but she's not in running condition. She's on static display in a bar called Spooner's. Feel like lunch?
SYDNEY: Totally!
CERI: Well, we can see her first, then. From what I've been told, Spooner's is a great place to eat. We'll see Princess, and then ride behind one of her brothers.
SYDNEY: You mean she has more?
CERI: On this railway, she has three brothers in total. Prince, Welsh Pony and Palmerston. I'm hoping for either Welsh Pony or Prince, because neither were in service last time dad took us here.
The girls went into Spooner's, which was part of the Harbour Station, and walked up to a beautiful steam locomotive. Princess was identical to Prince in almost every way. However, instead of being red, Princess was deep brown.
SYDNEY: I don't know what's more beautiful, her or Prince.
CERI: They're both as beautiful as each other, to me. Last time she ran was about three years ago. They were having a special celebration for all four locomotives of this type, and brought Princess back into service. But, now she's back here.
SYDNEY: That's kinda sad. Still, it's nice that we get to see her.
CERI: Yeah. So, ready for lunch?
SYDNEY: Definitely!

[heroicmuse]

Oh wow what an awesome stop on their trip! That locomotive being named Prince kind of got to me because of the singer Prince's death, though of course the names have nothing to do with each other.

Great chapter André DiMera. Looking forward to their lunch and the rest of the trip!

[mae00]

Great chapter Andre. I'm bookmarking this story so I know exactly where to go when/if I get to visit Wales

[Kpatch]

Fun seeing the sights!

[fluffysmom]

Sometimes I feel like Ceri is saying a final goodbye to the engines and to special places in Wales as though she doesn't plan to return.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 14

BLAENAU FFESTINIOG
The girls had gotten out of the train at the other end of the line, and were now looking around at things while Prince was being watered and turned around.
SYDNEY: And yet another example of how beautiful Wales is.
CERI: Yeah. Did you see the sheep along line earlier?
SYDNEY: Yep. Then again, I've seen a lot of sheep.
CERI: That's one of Wales' biggest defining attributes. Sheep are our main livestock.
SYDNEY: That's cool. They look fluffy.
Ceri nodded. Prince's whistle blew.
SYDNEY: Guess we should get back to our train.
CERI: Yep.
Sydney and Ceri kissed.

PORTHMADOG HARBOUR
A little while later, the train returned to the top station. The girls walked over to the front of the train.
CERI: So long, Prince. Thanks for a good ride.
The girls then walked over to the other side of the station, just as one of the Garratts pulled in.
SYDNEY: And now, the Welsh Highland Railway.
The girls got their tickets and got onboard.

CAR
After the ride was over, and they were done looking around, the girls got back in the car and they started off.
CERI: So, ready to climb a mountain tomorrow?
SYDNEY: By train? Totally!
CERI: I know that this seems kind of like a Wales by rail kind of tour. But, there will be other stuff, I promise.
SYDNEY: Hey, I'm just having fun being with you. This place...it's like it's magical. Besides, we have done other stuff. On the way out here, you showed me those castle runes.
Ceri nodded.
CERI: And there was Dolgoch Falls.
SYDNEY: Oh, I could never forget Dolgoch Falls. Though, I think we saw more of the bedroom than anything at Dolgoch.
CERI: True. It was pretty amazing, though.
SYDNEY: It was definitely amazing! I love you.
CERI: I love you.
Sydney and Ceri squeezed each other's hand.
CERI: And now, it's off to Yr Wyddfa.
SYDNEY: Okay...let me see if I've got this right. “Yr” is “mount”.
CERI: That's right. Looks like that Welsh to English dictionary is paying off.
SYDNEY: It definitely is! So, what's “Wyddfa”?
CERI: “Wyddfa” is the name for one of the highest mountains in Wales, as well as the railway that climbs it. In English, it trainslates to Snowdon.
SYDNEY: Okay. So, in English, it would be the Snowdon Mountain Railway.
CERI: Yep.
SYDNEY: All right. Let me see if I've got this...Rheilffordd Yr Wyddfa.
CERI: Perfect!
SYDNEY: Thanks.
CERI: You're getting really good at this. Let me tell you, Welsh is not an easy language, but you're learning it really well!
SYDNEY: Thank you. I love everything about Wales. Especially you.
Sydney kissed Ceri on the cheek.