Jan Ford's World

Tuesday, 1st November 2011 The programme for guests allowed for viewing the Offering of Alms at the local monastery followed by a river t...

Monday, 31st October 2011 The 'Road to Mandalay' had moored midstream during the night but around 6.0 a.m. she continued north. I...

Sunday, 30th October 2011 I didn't sleep too badly but that was probably due to the mild sedative the Doctor had prescribed. I was up...

Saturday, 29th October 2011 The view from the restaurant terrace was still hazy as I took an early breakfast before leaving Mount Popa Re...

After the exertions of Thursday, I'd planned to stay in the resort on Friday. But Kyaw was keen to help so, when I said I intended to d...

Wednesday 26th October 2011 The aircraft to Yangon was a Thai A330 with 2+2+2 seating in business class. We boarded on time and then sa...

We boarded the Eva Air 777-300ER on time but the aircraft was about one hour late pushing back. I'm afraid no announcement was made bu...

Another journey starts! I'm returning to Burma (which we should now call the Union of Myanmar) for a short cruise on that magical rive...

The Battlefield Line ran their final Thomas events of the year on the 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th October 2011. A view from the footplate of...

Jan Ford talks about the history of Brewood Hall. On the 13th October 2011, around 40 members of the local branch of the National Associ...

On the 8th October 2011 I lost my dog Tai to the inoperable tumour that had been growing for the last four years. There's an earlier...

In the early 1960s, I was a regular visitor to a number of signal boxes in the West Midlands and there's a series of posts about my exp...

The London and North Western Railway called itself 'The Premier Line' for some years. The railway could not be accused of false mod...

Clockwise from left front: Phil, Mick, Ian, Dave, John, Keith. My friend Phil arranged for Keith to give a slideshow on 18th March 2011 t...

Jan at the summit of Hyana Picchu, Machu Picchu in 2005. In applying for a Russian visa for my trip in 2011, I had to list the countrie...

Thomas waits patiently as passengers board the train. The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester (MOSI) first ran 'A Day Out w...

Mike and 3803 ready to come 'off shed' at Shackerstone. Former Great Western 2-8-0 locomotive number 3803 has been a popular per...

The Steaming Bays at Chelmsford The 2011 'Lionsmeet' was held on Saturday, 30th July at the Chelmsford Society of Model Engineer...