Welcome to the Trouble on the Watermeadow Line Website.

Thanks for visiting my site. I am Simon Hall, the author of a series of children’s books centred around Tom and Holly and their adventures aboard heritage trains up and down the country.

After the success of my first book, Trouble on the Watermeadow Line, I have been continuing to write further books in the series, and my fifth, “The portal of time and Strawberry Line“ is now available.

Taking an autumnal holiday break, Holly, Tom, Pip the cat and Boo the toy giraffe (along, of course with their ever-patient Mum and Dad) are looking forward to a quiet steam train journey starting at Cranmore in Somerset. Nestled deep in the Mendip Hills are the East Somerset Railway and the famous Cheddar Caves but also the infamous prison at Shepton Mallet. Yet little did the children know that the magicians from stories past have a new quest for them to undertake.

They must travel back in time on the Strawberry Line and board the dastardly Bertie Von Trotter’s circus train. Will the family find the four portals of time the magicians have told them about? Will the circus animals evade the dreadful Von Trotter and get back to their homes in Africa and India? And will the family ever cycle the Strawberry Line as it is today and arrive home in time for tea?

Keep your eyes peeled for dates and my latest news!

February 15 16 17 18 19 - Watercress Line - Alresford Station - Magic of Locomotion'
March 8 9 - BlueBell Railway - Sheffield Park Station - Bluey & Bingo
April 17 18 19 - Watercress Line - Alresford Station - EasterBunny
May 3 4 5 - Swanage Railway - Swanage Station - Bluey & Bingo
May 24 25 26 - East Somerset Railway - Cranmore Station - Meet the author
June 14 15 - Watercress Line - Ropley Station - Retro Wheels
June 21 & 21 - Swanage Railway - Harmans Cross Village Hall - Meet the Authorand a Bear from Peru who likes marmalade
June 27 28 29 - Swanage Railway - Swanage Station - Road to Rail
July 5 6 - Bluebell Railway - Kingscote Station - Reptiles
August 2 3 - Bluebell Railway - Kingscote Station - Enchanted
August 9 10 11 - Shepton Mallet Jail - Meet the author
August 13 14 - East Somerset Railway - Cranmore Station - Meet the author
August 15 16 20 - Cheddar Caves - Meet the author
August 22 23 24 - Watercress Line - Ropley Station - Bluey & Bingo
September 13 14 - Watercress Line - Alresford Station - Engineering
September 26 27 28 - Swanage Railway - Swanage Station - Meet the Authorand a Bear from Peru who likes marmalade
October 4 5 - Bluebell Railway - Sheffield Park - Fireman Sam
October 25 - East Somerset Railway - Cranmore Station - Halloween
October 28 29 30 31 - Watercress Line - Sheffield Park - Wizard Week

November 1 - Gravesend Model Railway Northfleet school, Hall Road DA11 8AQ Kent
November 29 - East Somerset Railway - Cranmore station Waiting Room - Xmas Special
December 20 21 - Watercress Line - Alresford Station - Xmas Special