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All across the Great Western territory / Introductions and chat / Welcomes and timetables
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on: October 31, 2013, 13:50:09
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Um, that's two topics actually.... I'm new at this posting thing so please bear with me.
Thank you guys, for your welcoming replies to my first post!
Timetables make me go cross eyed. Does anyone else suffer from this affliction? Anyway, because I'm too lazy to read the appropriate timetable for my required journey I thought I'd just do a quick post and see whether anyone is kind enough to reply with perhaps just a theoretical answer for now. My daughter and her partner live in Southville, Bristol and I'm wondering whether, when the new services are up and running next month, I'll be able to reach Bristol Temple Meads from Melksham (or is there a nearer station?). Next question - trains are so relaxing to travel on, how does one avoid missing the required station on account of being asleep?! I suppose it's a case of setting the alarm on my mobile 'phone. Thanks very much for all your help with the timetables and suggestions folks. I shall of course be taking Echo with me on the train (my bearded collie babe) so I'm not sure how I thought I might sleep on the train!
I haven't worked out yet how to add just part of a quote from another post (sorry, I'm an IT dinosaur) but will reply here to bignosemac by saying I need to go to Exeter Road in Southville to visit my daughter & family, so if you can make a suggestion as to where would be the closest place to alight from the train, that would be really helpful, thanks.
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All across the Great Western territory / Introductions and chat / Hiya! Is there room for another newbie?
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on: October 31, 2013, 10:16:43
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Hi folks, I have been reading with some interest and a degree of gleeful anticipation, of the new train services which will start in December, from Melksham station. I have been looking at ways of weaning my lifestyle away from my little metal box on wheels, to something a little more environmentally friendly. I haven't bought a senior citizens railcard yet, but maybe that will be an idea if I start to travel by train regularly.
My real love of trains lies with steam (and I'm pleased to note, reading some of the blogs, that I'm not the only fan of 'real trains'!). I guess it's in my genes, as my great-grandfather was an engine driver on the LMS▸ Royal Scot, and another great-grandfather was a guardsman on the same service. My grandfather (son of the guardsman) wanted to work on the trains on his return from WW1, but unfortunately the injuries he sustained in that gruesome conflict left him having to undertake the less arduous duties of a booking office clerk.
Enough for now, I hope I will soon master this posting business and be able to join in with some of the topics abounding on this site.
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