Brunel enjoys a good read.

EVEN engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel enjoys a good read of the Echo.

Reader Vivien Rosalind Nicholls, from Amesbury Road, Penylan, Cardiff, spotted the famous engineer at Newton Abbot Museum while on holiday and kindly popped a copy of the Echo in his pocket.

Mr Brunel was keen to catch up with the news in South Wales as he helped to transform Cardiff into a coal-shipping hub and his works also include bridges, viaducts and railway lines originally constructed as part of the Taff Vale and South Wales railways, which still operate as part of today's rail system.

"I'm also at the museum in a mock-up of John Lethbridge's diving engine perfected in 1720," said Vivien. "His one-man submarine was used for wreck salvage and made him a wealthy 'silver fisher'. It is a cider barrel."

Other keen Echo readers Paul, Desi and Eugene Irwin, all from Cardiff, were snapped catching up with the news while in Central Park, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Adrian and Wendy Knight, of Wembley Road, Canton, Cardiff, had their picture taken with their favourite newspaper in Capri, Italy.

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Paul, Desi and Eugene Irwin enjoy the Echo in Bulgaria Isambard Kingdom Brunel catches up with the Echo thanks to Vivien Rosalind Nicholls, of Penylan, pictured below left Adrian and Wendy Knight, of Canton, in Sorrento, Italy