点评:My husband loves steam railways! He also loves Christmas food (don't we all!)
So when he came across an item on his phone, about eating Christmas lunch on a Steam Train at Buckfastleigh, he suggested that we go! When he had a closer look, he couldn't find any empty seats. I had a look and found 2 vacant seats and just booked them.
When we got there, we found that I had booked the Pullman coach!
We were shown to our seats by the Pullman staff, in their replica Pullman uniforms, greeted with a cocktail 🍹 and then the journey was underway!
We learnt about the coach we were on (LYDIA was apparently Winston Churchill's favourite coach, for discussing tactics with Eisenhower and King George VI, during WW2) while we travelled to Staverton (and back, twice) eating an absolutely delicious 3 course meal.
The experience was fantastic and the staff (on the train and at the station) were wonderful.
I will be back next year!!
翻译:我丈夫超爱蒸汽火车!他也超爱圣诞美食(谁不爱呢!)
所以,当他在手机上看到一条关于在巴克法斯特利(Buckfastleigh)的蒸汽火车上享用圣诞午餐的信息时,他提议我们去!他仔细查看了一下,发现一个空位都没有。我看了看,找到了两个空位,就直接订了。
到了之后,我们发现我订的是普尔曼车厢!
身着普尔曼制服的工作人员领我们入座,还奉上了一杯鸡尾酒🍹,然后旅程就开始了!
在前往斯塔弗顿(Staverton)(来回两次)的途中,我们享用了一顿美味的三道菜大餐,还了解到我们乘坐的这节车厢(莉迪亚号,据说是温斯顿·丘吉尔在二战期间最喜欢的车厢,他曾在这里与艾森豪威尔和乔治六世国王讨论战术)。
这次体验太棒了,火车上和车站的工作人员都非常热情友好。
明年我还会再来!!