It all started in January 1982 when as a 13 year old I was inflicted with which my long suffering wife would later call my (train brain)
My house back then was a stone's throw away from the Hope Valley line at Dore west junction nr Sheffield.. I could see the numbers from my bedroom window in the winter..and became (some would say obsessed) with the local railway..
Almost daily visits to my local station on my bike to meet other senseless people around the same age.. there was something always going on at Dore station..I then progressed to the main station at Sheffield.. then as always one thing leads to another and you start to ride behind them and become a basher..