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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: What do you do when you can't go to the pub or social club?
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on: March 27, 2020, 14:32:41
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A 20L bag-in-a-box of Cotswold Cider No-Brainer is currently helping me through self-isolation (I appear to have coronavirus, but very mild symptoms so far at least). When I say "currently", I don't mean right now at 12.30pm. That would be decadent.
Surely the symptoms of coronavirus and the after-effects of 20l of Cotswold Cider are pretty much identical?  Get well soon - I hope it stays mild (you're in good company now Boris has it too...) |
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: What do you do when you can't go to the pub or social club?
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on: March 27, 2020, 09:31:03
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I prefer a smoother tasting single malt and my favourite is Cragganmore of which I have 2 in stock of which 1 has been in stock for at least 8 years besides the 12 years ageing of this classic malt before purchasing.
I'm at the more aggressive end of the scale and tucking into a very pleasant Port Charlotte 10, with emergency reserves of Laphroaig, Lagavulin etc. If things get too serious, I'll consider opening the Octomore  |
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Reopening of Kemble to Cirencester Branch Line (merged topic, ongoing discussion)
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on: January 27, 2020, 16:52:58
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After a fair while, an update: https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/18190465.plans-new-kemble-cirencester-railway-line-back-track/ Plans to build a new railway line from Kemble to Cirencester look to be back on track.
Fundraising for a £53,000 feasibility study had stalled but Cotswold District Council will now invest £13,000 to make up the shortfall.
Now the plan, which has been four years in the making, can be put into motion with the aim of unlocking Government funding from a £500m pot designed to reopen lines closed in the 1960s following the Beeching Report.
Cllr Mark Harris, who, with Cllr Tony Berry, has been involved with the Cirencester Community Railway since its inception, proposed a motion for the funding to be granted at a meeting of the full Council last week which was duly passed.
Cllr Harris said: “Being able to carry out this feasibility study is the first step in bringing forward the line which will be of tremendous benefit for commuters and tourists alike.
“It will also be a very light railway which will have minimal impact on the environment and encourage people to stop using their cars for commuting, so helping our commitment to combating climate change.”
It is intended to build a single-track line with passing places which will follow the old route as far as possible before terminating near the centre of Cirencester.
The service will then link in with the recently dualled line between Swindon and Kemble which in turn connects to London Paddington.
It is hoped that the new line will also provide a template for others in the Cotswolds, including Tetbury and Bourton.
For more information visit cirentrain.org.uk
'A template for Tetbury' - interesting. |
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Destination Board Fail
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on: November 25, 2019, 18:17:03
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It's not unknown for a rogue external and internal display to show a previous train and destination to what the rest show.
It was definitely a single rogue display: it was still showing Penzance when I got off and I also noticed that the one at the other end of the same carriage was showing correctly. |
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