This year we learnt of Britt Allcroft's passing which took place in December last year. We have her to thank for the televised adaptations of the Thomas the Tank Engine stories. Without her input Thomas wouldn't be the huge brand that it is today and many lives, including my own, would be shockingly different.
All At Sea was one of her favourite episodes, which she and David Mitton also worked on from the ground up. So this was the story I chose to do a reading of to pay tribute to someone who showed many of us the magic in this world of talking trains.
Rest in peace, Britt Allcroft.