Bressingham Gardens, and Building Progress, Brome, Suffolk - 26th August 2013

It's a nice day, it's a bank holiday weekend, and the annual season ticket is about to run out, so we head off to nearby Bressingham Steam Museum for another go of the gallopers, steam trains, a look at the restoration of a 1909 steam car, and a walk in the gardens. The gardens are somewhat like those of Alton Towers - tucked away, somewhat overshadowed by everything else, but well worth a look. A few days before, it's raining so there's nothing much else to do apart from eat a hotdog in the van down by The Mere, and afterwards there's a catch-up with the current state of the various extension and new-build works.

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Mount Street is closed due to a burst water main

Mount Street is closed due to a burst water main

Fred has a drink whilst he eats his sausage

A rain-spattered view of the Diss town sign

The gang in the van

Harry eats bread

Fred roams around the gardens of Bressingham

Adrian Bloom's garden in summer

A field of yellow flowers

The garden hut

Fred peers out from the bridge

Harry on the gallopers

Governor balls

The Robert Tidman of Norwich steam engine

Fred and Isobel spin round

Hand-drawn copper tubes in the steam car boiler

The River Waveney's old course

Fred pretends to be asleep on the steam train ride

Fred, Isobel and Harry play crazy golf

A dude puts the boiler back in to the steam car

Harry stumps about

Ruston the shunter trundles over

Twiddle-handle door of an old EMU

Wheel bogey built by BR Timken works

The brick base of the new garage appears

The side extension takes shape

Crushed concrete and a skip

Millie the Mooch has a sniff

Bricks appear near the pile of sand

The start of the garage wall

The back room is coming along nicely

Boris comes out for a look

The new back room

The side extension and garage

Shiny Cellotex

The back room takes shape

Boris sits around and watches

More shiny Cellotex goes up

A misty morning view as the scaffolding goes up