Where was Finn today, 31st August 2025?

 
That looks very like a heritage railway to me.

As it was a Sunday, I'm assuming Finn was enjoying a day out somewhere in the SouthWest.

CfN. 

 
Heritage railway yes. South West no...

 
Highley.

 
Hmm.  

I know exactly where it is: that's why I didn't want to post the answer too soon, to give others the chance to 'guess'.

It depends on the definition of South West ... which I acknowledge was stretching it a bit.

I just wanted to give JayMac's topic a bit of a 'bump': it had been read by many, but no member had been drawn into offering even a suggestion.

CfN. 

 
I've done a bit of my 'digging' on the internet, and I found a previous image. To be fair, that gate is in far better condition now than it was then:



Well done, Finn! 

 

Correct.

(TL;DR Cricket bad, SVR good)

I spent the day at the Severn Valley Railway this last Sunday when I should have been at the One Day Cup, Worcs v Somerset at New Road, Worcester.

The previous Friday I had checked the WCCC website and their fixture visitor info webpage had said dogs would be allowed at this fixture. I phoned the ground too and a receptionist checked with someone higher up and also confirmed that yes, dogs would be allowed. So I bought my ticket, booked a hotel for the night before and the night after the match, and planned my travel.

On Saturday evening after driving up to Strensham Services and checking in to my hotel, I looked at the WCCC website again. The match visitor info page now said dogs NOT allowed for this fixture. On Sunday morning before checking out I called the ground. No answer.

I drove to the ground, parked up nearby, left Finn in the car and went to reception. They confirmed, no dogs. I spoke with the same lady who'd given me the incorrect information two days previously. There were fulsome apologies, but little real explanation beyond "competition rules" which appeared to me to be buck passing to the ECB. I hope to get a fuller explanation in reply to my complaint email. They also initially wouldn't refund my ticket cost saying incorrectly information given by the website and over the phone wasn't a valid reason to refund. That's despite me having paid extra for ticket protection. There must have been a change of heart by the end of the day as a refund was processed.

I'll be looking for some sort of gesture of goodwill from WCCC to recompense my costs for travel and accommodation. If they don't play ball(!) I'll consider a Consumer Rights small claim.

In the end the Severn Valley Railway was a good substitute to seeing Somerset get thrashed. And there was protection from the heavy rain that fell mid afternoon.

I may post a collection of pics and vids from the day on the SVR. I got haulage behind a Class 20, a Class 50, a GWR Pannier Tank and GWR 4900 Class 4930 Hagley Hall.