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Title: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: JayMac on July 31, 2017, 22:45:56 Somewhere very rural.
(https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B8VBuNEcQ7EgellFLXFkZTdrT00) Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: johnneyw on July 31, 2017, 22:50:19 WW2 tank traps along the bank? Part of the inland defence line against invasion? Somerset was part of that I think. Old stretch of the SDR?
Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on July 31, 2017, 22:51:05 Chaffcombe. ;)
Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: Western Pathfinder on July 31, 2017, 23:04:47 At a guess I would say that's not Taunton . ;D
Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: JayMac on July 31, 2017, 23:05:07 Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: stuving on July 31, 2017, 23:19:48 It looks very like Donyatt Halt ... but not quite this year.
Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: JayMac on July 31, 2017, 23:24:05 At a guess I would say that's not Taunton . ;D Hmmm. Tank traps? Taunton...? Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: johnneyw on July 31, 2017, 23:27:50 Somewhere on the limestone trail?
Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on July 31, 2017, 23:34:54 As stuving said - it's Donyatt Halt. :)
Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: johnneyw on July 31, 2017, 23:36:03 Or Binegar?
Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: JayMac on July 31, 2017, 23:37:39 It looks very like Donyatt Halt ... but not quite this year. Bingo. And very much earlier this evening. Not far from Chaffcombe, CfN. Was that a deliberate wrong answer? And the mentions of tank traps and Taunton were very apposite. Donyatt Halt was on the Taunton Stop Line (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton_Stop_Line). A couple more pictures of this very rural Halt, now on a cycle route. I waited as long as I could for that signal to drop. Not sure when the next train is due. :P (https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B8VBuNEcQ7Egd1hqb2xjV1FKN2c) (https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B8VBuNEcQ7EgX3lPbjJJTmktc2c) Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: stuving on July 31, 2017, 23:46:56 Ah, so that brick shelter is newer than the wooden one in the publicity and Google pictures - it looks much older in the first image. Presumably it's harder to vandalise, too.
See also http://www.british-heritage-railways.co.uk/donyatt.html and http://www.british-heritage-railways.co.uk/StopLineWay_web_leaflet_final.pdf Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: JayMac on July 31, 2017, 23:53:31 Ah, so that brick shelter is newer than the wooden one in the publicity and Google pictures - it looks much older in the first image. Presumably it's harder to vandalise, too. That new shelter is awaiting a roof. Looks as though weathered bricks were used. (https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B8VBuNEcQ7EgVzRXZkJZclM4NjQ) Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: bradshaw on August 01, 2017, 07:14:16 I came across this article which might be of interest.
https://www.viewnews.co.uk/campaign-launched-rescue-doreen-arson-hit-donyatt-halt/ Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: SandTEngineer on August 01, 2017, 08:46:50 You would have a VERY LONG wait for that signal to drop as its a fixed distant that never shows clear, but you can pass it in the caution position without getting a FORM 1... :P
....and I should add that its in a much better condition than some of (actually, most of) those 'looked after' by NR... ::) Title: Re: Where was I this evening? 31/07/2017 Post by: Oxonhutch on August 01, 2017, 10:19:57 [GWR pedant]Of course the finial ball should have been painted yellow[/GWR pedant]
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