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Journey by Journey / London to the West / Re: Dawlish Sea Wall
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on: February 16, 2021, 12:37:44
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The east-facing section of Devon coast from the Exe estuary south to Start Point has always faced a battle with the elements, which it invariably loses. Anyone wanting to understand this should read the history of Hallsands, where the original village was completely wiped out by a succession of storms during the first years of the 20th century, with waves sometimes breaking right over its houses. Eventually the last buildings were lost in 1917, and a new village built inland. That village is now on the coast, and will face the same battles.
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All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Train noise
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on: February 10, 2021, 11:39:13
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There's a hotel in Rzeszów, Poland, directly opposite the station. You can't hear the trains at all. But all night long there are announcements: "Bing bong! The next train from platform 4 will be the 23.42 InterCity service to Warsaw, calling at Largetown, Smalltown, Middletown and Yellow Haystack. This train will depart in 30 minutes." "Bing bong! The next train from platform 3 will be the 23.51 local service to Sandomierz, calling at Stoneville, Woodville, Churchton, Rockborough, Woody Glade, Jadwiga Central, Jadwiga North, Jadwiga Airport, Lech Poznan, Lech's Hut, Lech's Field, Lech's Stream, Lech's Bridge, Lech's Bridge Junction, Lech's Bridge Steelworks (North), Lech's Bridge Steelworks (South) (by prior arrangement only), Vladivar, Bisongrass, Wolf's Fang, Sandomierz Lesser, Sandomierz Greater and Sandomierz. This train will depart in 30 minutes." "Bing bong! The next train from platform 4 will be the 23.42 InterCity service to Warsaw, calling at Largetown, Smalltown, Middletown and Yellow Haystack. This train will depart in 20 minutes."
Just be thankful it's not in Wales ... "Bing bong! The next train from platform 4 will be the 23.42 InterCity service to Warsaw, calling at Largetown, Smalltown, Middletown and Yellow Haystack. This train will depart in 30 minutes." "Bing bong! Y trên nesaf o blatfform 4 fydd y gwasanaeth Inter42 23.42 i Warsaw, gan alw yn Largetown, Smalltown, Middletown a Yellow Haystack. Bydd y trên hwn yn gadael mewn 30 munud.""Bing bong! The next train from platform 3 will be the 23.51 local service to Sandomierz, calling at Stoneville, Woodville, Churchton, Rockborough, Woody Glade, Jadwiga Central, Jadwiga North, Jadwiga Airport, Lech Poznan, Lech's Hut, Lech's Field, Lech's Stream, Lech's Bridge, Lech's Bridge Junction, Lech's Bridge Steelworks (North), Lech's Bridge Steelworks (South) (by prior arrangement only), Vladivar, Bisongrass, Wolf's Fang, Sandomierz Lesser, Sandomierz Greater and Sandomierz. This train will depart in 30 minutes." "Bing bong! Y trên nesaf o blatfform 3 fydd y gwasanaeth lleol 23.51 i Sandomierz, gan alw yn Stoneville, Woodville, Churchton, Rockborough, Woody Glade, Jadwiga Central, Jadwiga North, Maes Awyr Jadwiga, Lech Poznan, Lech's Hut, Lech's Field, Ffrwd Lech, Pont Lech, Cyffordd Lech's Bridge, Gwaith Dur Lech's Bridge (Gogledd), Gwaith Dur Lech's Bridge (De) (trwy drefniant ymlaen llaw yn unig), Vladivar, Bisongrass, Wolf's Fang, Sandomierz Lesser, Sandomierz Greater a Sandomierz. Bydd y trên hwn yn gadael i mewn 30 munud. ""Bing bong! The next train from platform 4 will be the 23.42 InterCity service to Warsaw, calling at Largetown, Smalltown, Middletown and Yellow Haystack. This train will depart in 20 minutes." "Bing bong! Y trên nesaf o blatfform 4 fydd y gwasanaeth Inter42 23.42 i Warsaw, gan alw yn Largetown, Smalltown, Middletown a Yellow Haystack. Bydd y trên hwn yn gadael mewn 20 munud."... lovely places, by the way! Surely Largetown and Smalltown would be announced as Tref-fawr and Tref-fach. Incidentally, the former would soon become Trevor, which is where the name can derive from.
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Wednesday - looking forward to this summer or next
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on: February 04, 2021, 18:51:31
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The photo of the seagull on the train roof reminds me of my visit to Mevagissey some years ago, when I saw a car parked at the harbour that was completely covered with gull shit. I was astonished as no others were like that, until I looked up the lamp post it was parked next to, and saw a gull with an evil grin perched on top.
The photo below that I assume is Nailsea and Backwell. If so, travelling through there at this time of year you can almost guarantee to see some good sized floods in the fields from there to Yatton, often being enjoyed by a range of birds, with the vista of the Mendips behind them. One of the many things I miss from making no train journeys.
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: On train catering - light hearted options to the West Country
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on: December 30, 2020, 13:30:28
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Thereby proving that DMU▸ steaks are inferior to HST▸ steaks No - I don't think that's totally fare. It's not a loss of product quality as the years move forward, but rather the availability of many exciting new and competing products and ways of presenting them on the train. In the older days, food was restricted in availability especially during travel of what could be kept fresh(ish) and edible and we were looking at root veg, maturing meat and curly sandwiches. In addition these days, offerings can include fresh fish, salads, sushi ... As a veggie, I would certainly hope it isn't included in the fare. You could of course have been referring to the steak being rare, but I suspect you were actually referring to it not being fair.
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Six new stations between Cardiff and Severn Tunnel - proposal
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on: December 17, 2020, 20:25:42
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Bit slow to come to this thread, but I see grahame was in naughty schoolboy mode when he translated Horfield as 'Maes Butain'...
I'm reminded of Adge Cutler's 'Bristol Song', with its line 'All the girls in Horfield, are quite respectable really'. This kind of thing was considered amusing in the 1970s.
Anyway, from my researches, and oddly enough all things considered, a better translation would be 'Tir Agored Budr', though FoSBR» would have it as 'Ffordd Gwnstabl'
Indeed, though the actual derivation of Hor isn't much better, as it meant 'dirty' and probably meant the area was always muddy.
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Another advent picture quiz, December 16th
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on: December 17, 2020, 17:52:44
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O Yes, well done. It's Bolton Abbey station on the Embasy and Bolton Abbey Steam railway (not the Wensleydale which is near Northallerton). When we visited, we were shown in the boxes at Embasy and Bolton Abbey by very friendly but knowledgable volunteers. Les well known than the Worth Valley Railway it's still a good one.
Hopefully B will be identified soon. Its further North than Embasy at a very famous heritage site with several railways not interconnected and starts with B! The railways have all been built from scratch there, they aren't authentic routes. Other guided transport as well. I've practically identified it now. Something in that should give a clue to F as well.
B is presumably Beamish in county Durham.
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Are these the extremes? Advent quiz, 15th December 2020
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on: December 15, 2020, 11:55:38
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2. Shortest and longest platforms?
That's what I was thinking of. Past contenders for longest have been Manchester Victoria / Exchange, and Colchester; examples tend to have some sort of mid-platform break - others please help / fill me in. Similary for shortest, I wonder how long the staff platform for Wimbledon EMU▸ depot is / was .... I was thinking longest/shortest, but when I looked up a picture of Conon Bridge, it looked longer than Dilton Marsh's to me.
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