Here in Great Britain, we have a long history concerning trains and locomotives, starting originally in the Victorian era and precipitating immense changes to the built environment whilst calling time on the canals and waterways which had transported goods during the Industrial Revolution.

Fuelled by coal, coke, water, steam and nostalgia, the long missed days of steam locomotives, with their well oiled mechanics, noise and smoky funnels are revered by a enthusiastic following, started by today’s great-grandfathers and passed down through the generations.

Introduction

Over this 2011/12 festive season, in the media overview of developments in gadget technology, there was word about clever things called believe it or not, NaviBot, iRoomBa and Neato to name just a few. Reading more about them on a website that shall not be named and particularly the customer reviews and comments, made me guffaw laughing and immediately the following sprang to mind .....

This is one of the several tales in "More Tiny Tails From The Ginger Nuts" self published in 2014.

I designed all the illustrations but have failed to colour them all.