Bertie the Bus TB
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Owner:
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PapaDochka
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Released:
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
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Origin:
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Montana, United States
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Travel to England, starting with London, then travel about the UK in search of the mythical island of Sodor!
Please post pictures as able of Bertie's travels.
Thanks!
Bertie, as some of you may know, is from the island of Sodor.
Now we're really not sure exactely where Sodor is, but we do know it's over in the UK somewhere. :)
For those of you who don't know who Bertie is, he's from the Thomas The Tank Engine stories, written over 50 years ago by an Anglican clergyman, the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, as a way of entertaining his young son Christopher as he recovered, in isolation, from scarlet fever.
Christopher demanded that he be told the stories again and again and, in the way of small children, corrected his father whenever inconsistencies crept into the retold stories. In self defense the Rev. Awdry wrote the first stories down on available scraps of paper. To add to the story telling, the Rev. Awdry drew simple pictures of steam locomotives on the paper along with the stories.
As the stories developed, the location and other features of fictional railway system emerged. Many stories were based on actual happenings on British Railways and its predecessors.
At the insistance of the Reverand's wife, the stories were were eventualy published, and eventually made into a very popular childrens television programme.
My daughter loves the books, and she thought this would be a cool idea for a travel bug!
Bertie's passport and International drivers license are up to date and he's ready to travel!
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