Great Western Coffee Shop

Probably one of the easiest "where was I today?" questions in a long time

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I don't know which former station it is, but I think the location is on the recently-electrified main line to Cardiff (from the style of masts and their bases) and with a clear view from South Wales over the Bristol Channel to north Somerset/Devon.

Pilning perchance?

It's going to be the vehicle loading ramp there shirley...

Along the old line to Redwick, near a cemetary, a lovely little surviving footpath gate crafted by a long-forgotten blacksmith.

Mark

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Also, in the hedge at the site of the level crossing at Pilning, some fairly hefty timberwork with iron castings, relics from one of the level crossing's gate posts and hinge mechanism. They may be there still.

Mark

The first picture is the stub that's left of the railway pier at New Passage.

Yes, of course!

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Mark A's hefty timber work is well hidden in the undergrowth, and there are a few fence lines around too.  The old bridge just to the north of Piling village remains in use with an 18 ton limit, but with signs of settlement on the footpath.

The station approach road looks in far better condition than many of Devon’s rural roads, where
reduced Govt. funding, heavier lorries and bigger agricultural vehicles together with the reduced quality of materials and standards of Contractors’ repairs, not helped by water/ frost ingress has resulted in tens of thousands of Potholes, that currently the Counties Highways Department can’t keep up with.  There are noticeably far fewer potholes in better funded Cornwall !

Driving around the Culm valley the other day was a nightmare with the numerous potholes camouflaged as puddles in the rain. Slow progress in order to avoid them where possible!