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« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2014, 15:24:42 » |
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Hmm... rather feebly, I hoped that might act as a big of a red herring!
Caf^ Loco would be a perfect location for a remake of Brief Encounter, I reckon.
Anyway it was nice to be up and about in the Land of the Lower Quads this morning. I am all for modernisation, don't get me wrong, but there's something about the clunk of a signal board and the tinkle of a bell that just seems... right, somehow.
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« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2014, 16:05:57 » |
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Hmm... rather feebly, I hoped that might act as a big of a red herring!
The big giveaway for me was the London Midland Class 172 seen through the windows. |
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« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2014, 16:11:42 » |
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And there was me thinking it was doing a good job of hiding the running-in boards!
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« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2014, 16:36:05 » |
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And there was I, thinking of that famous/infamous squirrel from Springwatch a while back....that rather grabbed all the attention in the background  |
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« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2014, 00:00:14 » |
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Out and about again: Anyone know where I was this time?  |
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« Reply #20 on: April 18, 2014, 01:25:45 » |
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Bristol Airport Western Apron Extension (work site entrance).
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« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2014, 01:36:47 » |
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Eh?? Where's the railway level crossing in that particular site?? |
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #22 on: April 18, 2014, 07:34:33 » |
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Well, now it's not late at night, it's obviously not Bristol Airport!
It's across the north-west chord at Filton. What Volker Fitzpatrick are doing there, I have no idea, nor how anyone would get there to enter the site that way.
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« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2014, 07:46:07 » |
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... it must be for the Filton Triangle (aka Stoke Gifford) IEP▸ depot, or its access roads.
(adds) ... and so it is; and this is the site entrance. Site access is from the A38, across the north-west chord and "quadrant", under the Filton-Patchway line, and into the big triangle where the depot goes.
I can see why it's not most in lists of in rail improvements - it's nothing to do with Network Rail. Agility/Hitachi are building it, and their customers will be TOCs▸ (and/or DfT» ). That still doesn't explain why Volker Fitzpatrick don't list it as one of their projects, but I guess that's their business.
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« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2014, 07:49:34 » |
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stuving is correct.
Essentially it is the start of the access road to the Stoke Gifford IEP▸ depot - or will be. Can anyone confirm whether Volker Fitzpatrick are involved in constructing this?
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« Reply #25 on: April 18, 2014, 09:35:46 » |
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stuving is correct.
Essentially it is the start of the access road to the Stoke Gifford IEP▸ depot - or will be. Can anyone confirm whether Volker Fitzpatrick are involved in constructing this?
Sorry - missed your post (new page) while finishing mine. VP themselves seem a bit coy about it, but they certainly are the division of the orange army involved. For example they are the main interlocutors at liaison meetings with the locals, though that's named the
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« Reply #26 on: April 23, 2014, 18:26:47 » |
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With a nod towards one of our members on the Coffee Shop forum - from the BBC» : Norfolk red squirrel 'supermum' stuns Pensthorpe wardens Tortoiseshell (right) has given birth to three kittens in her latest litterA red squirrel at a conservation centre in Norfolk has stunned wardens by producing her 48th kitten in six years, despite having lost her first partner.The seven-year-old, part of the East Anglian Red Squirrel Group (EARSG) at Pensthorpe, has given birth to three kittens in her first litter of 2014. Wardens feared the squirrel, know as Tortoiseshell, would never breed again when her partner died two years ago. Chrissie Kelley from EARSG said she is a "wonder-mum" doing a "fantastic job".  The kittens first venture from the drey after six to seven weeksTortoiseshell and her former partner Tweedledum were considered one of the most successful breeding pairs in the Pensthorpe Conservation Trust's history. When he died in 2012 there was concern she might never breed again. Her latest litter, which is beginning to venture from the drey, has two males and one female. Ms Kelley, the trust's head of species management, said: "Tortoiseshell is simply a 'wonder-mum' of the squirrel world. She's been a consistently good breeder and is a fantastic mother to litter upon litter of her young. At seven years old she's doing a fantastic job - we're thrilled that she's managed to breed once again after losing her first partner. Red squirrels only survive in a handful of locations in the UK▸ , which is why we're so fortunate to have successful breeding pairs here." Tortoiseshell and her new partner Bryn are one of two active breeding pairs at Pensthorpe. Janet Wickens, of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, said the high number of kittens showed the mother was "obviously not stressed and enjoying life". |
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« Reply #27 on: April 23, 2014, 19:38:32 » |
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Bit of a babe though, that Tortoiseshell...
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« Reply #28 on: April 23, 2014, 20:56:14 » |
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Oh, that is just so cute. Call me a sentimental ol' soul, but I do love the day to end with a happy fluffy bunny story - or in this case, an equally happy, fluffy squirrel. And in Norfolk, too. Bootiful.
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« Reply #29 on: April 23, 2014, 22:18:24 » |
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