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Title: Farmer Wink takes first trip to London and first train journey Post by: grahame on July 24, 2014, 06:13:21 http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-leisure/lincolnshire-celebrity-farmer-wink-takes-first-trip-to-london-and-first-train-journey-at-age-64-1-6195353
Quote Lincolnshire Celebrity Farmer Wink takes first trip to London and first train journey at age 64 Today is a day to remember for Lincolnshire^s own ^Farmer Wink^, as he makes a first-ever rail journey for a capital day out by train. The 64-year old from Minting, real name Robert Carlton, became a local celebrity after making regular appearances on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, discussing everything from agricultural matters to preserving the county^s traditional dialect. During a live radio broadcast from the Lincolnshire County Show last month, the countryman confessed to presenter William Wright that he^d never set foot on a train in his life ^ and had only ever been to London on the back of a potato lorry. Inspired by his story, the radio station and East Coast Trains teamed up to whisk ^Farmer Wink^ to London in First Class style on-board this morning^s 7.20am train direct from Lincoln to London King^s Cross, for a packed day in the big city. Lest we forget - many of our users are new to rail travel, and that's especially the case for some TransWilts passengers / journeys. Title: Re: Farmer Wink takes first trip to London and first train journey Post by: TaplowGreen on July 24, 2014, 12:43:26 http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-leisure/lincolnshire-celebrity-farmer-wink-takes-first-trip-to-london-and-first-train-journey-at-age-64-1-6195353 Quote Lincolnshire Celebrity Farmer Wink takes first trip to London and first train journey at age 64 Today is a day to remember for Lincolnshire^s own ^Farmer Wink^, as he makes a first-ever rail journey for a capital day out by train. The 64-year old from Minting, real name Robert Carlton, became a local celebrity after making regular appearances on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, discussing everything from agricultural matters to preserving the county^s traditional dialect. During a live radio broadcast from the Lincolnshire County Show last month, the countryman confessed to presenter William Wright that he^d never set foot on a train in his life ^ and had only ever been to London on the back of a potato lorry. Inspired by his story, the radio station and East Coast Trains teamed up to whisk ^Farmer Wink^ to London in First Class style on-board this morning^s 7.20am train direct from Lincoln to London King^s Cross, for a packed day in the big city. Lest we forget - many of our users are new to rail travel, and that's especially the case for some TransWilts passengers / journeys. ............or as he referred to it, the Iron Horse :D Title: Re: Farmer Wink takes first trip to London and first train journey Post by: JayMac on July 24, 2014, 22:57:50 Lest we forget - many of our users are new to rail travel, and that's especially the case for some TransWilts passengers / journeys. There's probably some sort of pun there about following in the farmer's footsteps. Perhaps calling them Winkers... Sorry, couldn't resist. :P ;) ;D This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |