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« on: August 18, 2017, 11:33:26 » |
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I was rather surprised to see this poster on the shelter at Pilning, advertising the wonderful excursions that can be made from the station.  I wonder how many people take up the suggestions? |
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« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2017, 11:42:08 » |
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I don't think I've ever fancied fish and chips that time of day and I once spent two and a half hours in Gloucester. Far too long for my liking...  I guess advertising the fact you can return to Severn Beach might draw in a little extra custom? |
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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2017, 12:05:08 » |
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I don't think I've ever fancied fish and chips that time of day and I once spent two and a half hours in Gloucester. Far too long for my liking... I guess advertising the fact you can return to Severn Beach might draw in a little extra custom? Doesn't look like official GWR▸ publicity - but good on them. Not sure if this was done in the past; 5 years are and there would have been more (though different) possibilities, and perhaps more passenger numbers ... Went through Pilning on Wednesday morning ... nothing remained on the open platform of the footbridge; any replacement would be build from scratch. |
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« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2017, 13:52:27 » |
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I'm sure it's not an official GWR▸ poster. The font's wrong apart from anything else!
@Industry Insider: Gloucester is a lovely city! It's not all the Eastgate Centre!
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« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2017, 13:53:14 » |
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Edited first post to reduce the size of the image.
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« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2017, 14:57:06 » |
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@Industry Insider: Gloucester is a lovely city! It's not all the Eastgate Centre!
I certainly didn't see many nice bits. Just wanted a few nice pubs and a nice restaurant. We wandered out to the Quay area where there were a couple of chain type pubs and restaurants but really struggled to find anywhere nice, eventually settling for a Thai not too far from the station. |
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« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2017, 16:52:58 » |
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@Industry Insider: Gloucester is a lovely city! It's not all the Eastgate Centre!
I certainly didn't see many nice bits. Just wanted a few nice pubs and a nice restaurant. We wandered out to the Quay area where there were a couple of chain type pubs and restaurants but really struggled to find anywhere nice, eventually settling for a Thai not too far from the station. Around the immediate area surrounding the cathedral is not so bad as I recall. |
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« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2017, 17:31:50 » |
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There is a 1045 from Pilning eastbound this Sunday as a result of a request from the organiser if a local event. Good to see GWR▸ respond positively to it.
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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2017, 20:36:02 » |
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There is a 1045 from Pilning eastbound this Sunday as a result of a request from the organiser if a local event. Good to see GWR▸ respond positively to it.
.... OK until the driver forgets to stop !!!! |
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« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2017, 08:59:07 » |
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Fish n Chips at 10.30am?
And having to wait at Severn Tunnel Junction for around 40 minutes on most journey suggestions is less than ideal. Not much to do but trainspotting.
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« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2017, 10:30:48 » |
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@Industry Insider: Gloucester is a lovely city! It's not all the Eastgate Centre!
I certainly didn't see many nice bits. Just wanted a few nice pubs and a nice restaurant. We wandered out to the Quay area where there were a couple of chain type pubs and restaurants but really struggled to find anywhere nice, eventually settling for a Thai not too far from the station. Dreadful rugby club too...............fans in the Shed the closest you will find to a rugby equivalent of Millwall, always been the same. |
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« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2017, 12:06:08 » |
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Signs as you enter the city say "Welcome to Gloucester, the home of world class rugby". At least as you come in from Tewkesbury, so into Kingsholm, I've not noticed it coming in from the south.
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« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2017, 15:01:22 » |
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There is a 1045 from Pilning eastbound this Sunday as a result of a request from the organiser if a local event. Good to see GWR▸ respond positively to it.
.... OK until the driver forgets to stop !!!! It seems 25 people joined the service, so well worth making the additional call. |
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« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2017, 17:12:12 » |
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There is a 1045 from Pilning eastbound this Sunday as a result of a request from the organiser if a local event. Good to see GWR▸ respond positively to it.
.... OK until the driver forgets to stop !!!! It seems 25 people joined the service, so well worth making the additional call. Ooh, were did you go? |
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« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2017, 17:36:37 » |
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It seems 25 people joined the service, so well worth making the additional call.
Ooh, were did you go? [/quote] I was travelling further afield on that morning, but the fosbr website reports that some made the journey to the much more intensively used station at Dilton Marsh. |
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