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« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2014, 19:27:49 » |
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I don't know where this Pensford viaduct is, but once I'm mobile again, will have to go and take a look, if you'll give us a clue as to where it is, please! (Well, ok, so it's somewhere near Bristol - need another clue!)
The village of Pensford is on the A37 between Bristol and Shepton Mallet. One way to get there is by using the First Bus service 376 from Bristol Bus Station to Wells/Street. This service runs every half hour and calls at the foot of the station approach at Bristol Temple Meads. Combined through train and bus fares are available to Wells. For example, an Off Peak Day Return from Melksham to Wells Bus will cost you ^17.10 (^11.30 with a Railcard). The Anytime Day Return is just 10p (5p) more. You can use these tickets and stop short in Pensford. |
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« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2014, 19:43:53 » |
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Here is a real beauty of a viaduct - probable my favourite; used to be GWR▸ , but not FGW▸ .  I love the spectacular scenery, the closeness of nature and the ability to feel the bridge under your feet and the rumble of trains as they go over. Must get back there this summer .. |
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« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2014, 21:37:03 » |
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Oh, I am loving all these photos! grahame, is that viaduct (aquaduct?!) the one at Bideford? Just a guess, and I'm not confident it's a good one... If I'm right, it's very close to the road bridge. bobm, thank you, more piccies of my favourite views-from-a-steam-train!  Trying to remember the name of the loch, at the head of which is the monument. I could cheat, and look on my map....  BNM, thank you very much for your itinerary suggestion for visiting Pensford, which means I can do this without having to wait until I'm able to drive again, and I'm sure it's an excursion Echo would enjoy, too. |
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« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2014, 23:00:26 » |
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Erm ... I'm sorry that I have to rein in your enthusiasm slightly, Cynthia, but please note that getting to the Pensford viaduct is not quite so simple.  Firstly, the structure itself is 'private property', with no public right of access. Secondly, while the viaduct is at the far end of the old railway station in Pensford, that whole Station Approach is now a private housing development - and the residents are understandably a bit tetchy about ramblers apparently thinking they have the right to trample through gardens, trying to get a closer view of the viaduct. Indeed, my own photo of the distant viaduct, featured earlier in this topic, was actually taken on private property.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensford_Viaduct  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2014, 23:09:30 » |
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Oh, I am loving all these photos! grahame, is that viaduct (aquaduct?!) the one at Bideford? Just a guess, and I'm not confident it's a good one... If I'm right, it's very close to the road bridge.
For the avoidance of doubt Grahame's photo is Barmouth/Morfa Mawddach on the Cambrian Coast line |
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« Reply #22 on: April 13, 2014, 20:40:05 » |
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grahame, thanks for the timely reminder, and just as I thought I'd got rid of nightmares about falling into a sinkhole, I shall be having brand new ones about being stuck in a catchpit/caught in a tunnel collapse etc etc......  Anyway, I have far too great a sense of self preservation to go taking risks in my quest for hidden bits of industrial archeology! |
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« Reply #23 on: April 15, 2014, 23:16:02 » |
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... and, with renewed apologies for the rather ropey quality of my previous picture, here are a couple of rather better photos of the Pensford Viaduct (taken today from a site on the public highway, this time! )   I do think it's inspiring - not least because it's still there! |
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« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2014, 10:30:31 » |
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I do think it's inspiring - not least because it's still there! Yes... it could so easily have gone the way of this one; an object lesson in why it's always a good idea to stand back when people are demolishing things! |
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« Reply #25 on: April 16, 2014, 20:36:08 » |
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Very nice photograph, CfN, thanks for posting that. Still prefer the Glenfinnan viaduct though!
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