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« on: July 13, 2018, 15:20:35 »
Following research after reading a post in the "And Also" members only board about a bird at Padington, I present

https://minervasowls.org/owls/emma/


Emma - The Community Rail Owl

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About the owl Emma the Community Rail Owl has been created to celebrate GWR▸ (Great Western Railway)’s community rail partnership, which involves local communities in their railway through station adoptions, promotions and educational projects

About the sponsor GWR's community rail partnerships work to involve local communities in their railway through station adoptions, promotions and educational projects in Devon & Cornwall, the Transwiltsroute, the Severn Beach Line, the North Downs Line, the route via Salisbury to Southampton and the Heart of Wessex Line from Bristol to Weymouth.
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2018, 11:27:38 »
Thanks for that grahame. Indirectly (the Packhorse has sponsored an owl), it led me to this heartwarming tale: https://packhorsebath.co.uk/our-story/save-packhorse-story/

It did not die, but slept...

I have a circular walk that I go on from time to time, starting at Combe Hay and following the route of Camerton Branch and the Somerset Coal Canal to Midford, and then back over the hill via South Stoke. I'm rather looking forward to doing it again soon now I know that the Packhorse has, at last, reopened!
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