There's a joke, not fit for publication, the punch line of which is... no, I can't.

Stop "B" is used by the 6 and 7 services to Kingswood and Staple Hill. It is outside what used to be C&A, for those who remember Clemens and August's clothes shop.

As said before, the longest stretch this will be needed for is just out of Swindon to Bristol Parkway, then to the depot a mile away.


Aye, ye cannae beat the laws o' physics!

The same buses are used on the number 1 and 2 routes in Bristol, where they quickly lost that "showroom" smell. I use them quite a lot - the 1 route gives me a 5-minute ^1 alternative to a 30-minute walk to Temple Meads. They are nice, although I haven't got used to the engine stopping at rest, even though my car does the same. The wifi works, but is a bit wobbly, and the passenger information system is reasonably accurate and helpful.

Potentially embarrassingly for MetroBust they exceed the minimum requirement for the proposed new ^265 million white elephant, with the exception of the second door. What was touted as a great step forward will be last year's model by the time it starts running.

I bought my first one in January, and quickly transferred my previously knowledge from film days to the new technology. Now for the rest, which is taking time, although it is fun. The shop I bought the camera from offered me a course at a fee. I declined, because without the need to buy film or pay for processing, I can take 500 pictures of my wheelie bin until I get it right.

Personally, I no longer use it.


By accident or by design, it's a very nice photo, and shows the power of the modern digital camera. The big aperture gives a sharpness to the locomotive, with the focus softening towards the rear of the train.

It also demonstrates the ability of the photographer to frame the picture nicely and make the best of the fleeting moment he is presented with!

Don't start!

Ha! All I had to do was to click the little "+" sign next to the date, and I'm back in the room! I must have clicked the little "-" sign one time.

I boought my mother her first one on hearing this.

I was dissuaded from buying one for myself in advance, then presented with one on my recent seminal birthday. I was glad to see that the discount applied to that also.

   

(Apologies if there is a real Isambard Walkwell)

I buy through GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway)'s site, no matter which operator I am travelling with, and thus get Nectar points. These alone are not to be sniffed at, as my wife has just demonstrated during a "doubling up" period in the shops, coming home with all manner of decent swag paid for largely in accrued points.

I then pay for my ticket with my Santander 123 credit card, which gives me 3% cash back on, for example, my first class ticket from Bristol Temple Meads to Crediton (£6.60 with my newly-acquired Senior Railcard). Other cash-back credit cards are available (I have three others for where Santander isn't the best deal), and probably a cash-bach for west of the Severn Tunnel.

I love a bargain!

Just watching, nothing to say.

No problems on what remains of the rail service from BRI^» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains) so far today.

The injuries will likely be more serious as people would have been standing, getting ready to disembark. Hopefully, all are now on the way to full recovery.


I thought it had been removed, rather than broken. If it still works, tell me where I find it!

Well, bugamy.