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Title: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: Red Squirrel on September 14, 2019, 13:05:37 Since BNM got grahame's recent quiz rather quickly, here's one from me. No clues to start with.
(https://zemblanity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wwrs20190914.jpg) Title: Re: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: johnneyw on September 14, 2019, 16:03:46 Hmmm, what looks like a foot/cycle path on an old railway embankment with an access to what appears to be a rather empty car park with perhaps just one vehicle in sight. The Squirrelmobile?
A bit of a gradient on what I take is the old railway embankment. Somewhere along Linear Park, Bath? Title: Re: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: Red Squirrel on September 15, 2019, 12:33:16 Hmmm, what looks like a foot/cycle path on an old railway embankment with an access to what appears to be a rather empty car park with perhaps just one vehicle in sight. The Squirrelmobile? Actually I has standing astride the Squirrelmobile as I took the photo. The parking area is a small one for local residents. A bit of a gradient on what I take is the old railway embankment. Somewhere along Linear Park, Bath? Not S&D, and not Bath. The old railway was single track running over the bridge uphill from left to right. Title: Re: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: johnneyw on September 15, 2019, 15:08:28 ....... running over the bridge uphill from left to right. Uphill, L to R? It looks the other way in the photo. Optical illusion? It also looks as steep a gradient as a normal railway can cope with. Hilly, wooded perhaps and old railway lines? Sort of describes the Forest of Dean? Title: Re: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: JayMac on September 15, 2019, 15:25:41 Are we in the Mangotsfield area?
Title: Re: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: Red Squirrel on September 15, 2019, 15:42:39 ....... running over the bridge uphill from left to right. Uphill, L to R? It looks the other way in the photo. Optical illusion? It also looks as steep a gradient as a normal railway can cope with. Hilly, wooded perhaps and old railway lines? Sort of describes the Forest of Dean? It was a 1 in 60 gradient. I agree that it looks the other way round, but trains going up hill passed from left to right over this bridge. Despite appearances, it's a suburban location. Are we in the Mangotsfield area? Not really. The line was part of the GWR network. According to Google, it's about 12.3km from Mangotsfield Station by bicycle; you could cover a decent chunk of the route on off-road paths along former railway lines... Title: Re: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: johnneyw on September 15, 2019, 16:29:08 Sticking my neck out, Bristol to Bath Railway Path at Saltford?
Edit: Oops, just reread the clue and the railway path in question wasn't GWR so back to drawing board. Title: Re: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: martyjon on September 15, 2019, 16:35:18 Somewhere on the former North Somerset line from Frome to North Somerset Junction in the Stockwood area cos that's the only closed GWR network single line I can think of 12.3 Km from Mangotsfield in a suburban area, now prove otherwise !!!!
Title: Re: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: bradshaw on September 15, 2019, 18:13:55 Whitchurch cyclepath, north end?
Title: Re: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: martyjon on September 15, 2019, 18:25:21 Whitchurch cyclepath, north end? Isn't that the same as Stockwood cylclepath south end ? :-\ Title: Re: Where was Red Squirrel 14/9/2019 Post by: Red Squirrel on September 15, 2019, 18:54:59 Somewhere on the former North Somerset line from Frome to North Somerset Junction in the Stockwood area cos that's the only closed GWR network single line I can think of 12.3 Km from Mangotsfield in a suburban area, now prove otherwise !!!! Yup, that's it! Near Davids Road; go through the arch to get to Sturminster Road. There were no trees here in 1968 or thereabouts, when a young squirrel scrambled up onto the embankment and skipped along the sleeper impressions in the ballast, wondering where the track had gone... I did however find this: (https://zemblanity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190915_184533.jpg) If I live long enough to see the B&NS reinstated as part of a link between Bristol and Bournemouth, I promise I'll let them have it back. 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 |