My friend Glenda Larke is in the UK at the moment. Today she had cause to drive through Somerset (very wisely not stopping along the way). During her journey she discovered evidence that Somerset is about to enter the 19th Century. Yes, we are going to get steam trains! Here’s proof.

Goodness only know how something that heavy will manage on the wooden trackways that connect the villages in the cider swamps, but doubtless the government has some cunning plan in mind.