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Title: Emma, the Community Rail Owl Post by: grahame 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/ (http://www.wellho.net/pix/IMG_8303.jpg) Emma - The Community Rail Owl Quote About the owl Emma the Community Rail Owl has been created to celebrate GWR’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. Title: Re: Emma, the Community Rail Owl Post by: Red Squirrel 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! This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |