What do you do when the sun is shining, the weather is warm but you're not feeling up to doing anything too strenuous? You head to Waiuku and ride the Glenbrook Steam Railway of course! It's been a glorious Easter weekend and not wanting to waste the sunshine before heading back to work again, we took a little drive down to Glenbrook where a bunch of volunteer train enthusiasts run rides on their lovingly restored steam locomotives. Having both been a little poorly lately, it seemed an ideal way to enjoy being outdoors without having to exert ourselves for once. The trains only run on selected days such as public holidays and for short blocks during summer so we were lucky to have picked such a great day for it. The drive south-west took around 30
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