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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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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The West - but NOT trains in the West / Re: A seed is sown? BLM in peace in Melksham.
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on: December 11, 2020, 08:44:26
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In the week when it was reported that four people have been charged with criminal damage for their part in removing a statue in central Bristol, it looks like an earlier attempt to rewrite history may be rectified. Residents of Steep Street, renamed 'Colston Street' in Victorian times when the 'cult of Colston' was at its height, have asked the city council if the original name can be restored. Meanwhile, the possibility of reverting 'Colston Avenue' to its old name 'St Augustine's Back' is also being considered... If Colston Street reverts back to Steep Street, then St Michaels Hill, which it effectively leads to, should be renamed Very Steep Hill, just to emphasise how much steeper it is! |
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