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« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2013, 08:25:19 »
Quote from: bignosemac on January 15, 2013, 07:08:00
2. Stroud

Indeed ... and that just leaves the name of the place in picture 7 ... correctly identified as the north end of the Forth Bridge;  it's "North Queensferry" - the name that's also applied to the station at the north end of the bridge.
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« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2013, 08:35:17 »
Complete journey those weeks ...

Melksham to Weymouth / Portland and back (by road; no suitable trains)
Melksham - Cheltenham Spa - Birmingham New Street - Edinburgh Waverley - Perth.
Perth - Stirling - Haymarket - Preston - Blackpool North.
Blackpool North - Manchester Piccadilly - Cheltenham Spa - Melksham
Melksham to Worcester and back (by road, no suitable trains)

And if you've watched Four in a Bed on TV▸ (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context), you probably thought it was all done by road  Grin - we're on Eplsodes 1 to 5 of the current series 4 ... if you missed it, links and watch again via http://www.channel4.com/programmes/four-in-a-bed/episode-guide/series-4 .
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« Reply #17 on: June 29, 2014, 13:06:48 »
Quote from: grahame on January 14, 2013, 19:12:27
Quote from: rogerw on January 14, 2013, 19:07:17
Is 8 Perth (the Dundee platforms)?

Yes, it is ... September was that mad month which we started with a trip to Portland, then recored for "Four in a Bed" in Crieff, Blackpool, Melksham and Worcester in that order.   And I'm proud to say we covered most of the mileage by train.

Our trip (the "Four in a Bed" show) repeats from 14:45 on More 4 this afternoon.

I will be very interested to review my words about the Melksham Train service from a time before we knew we had achieved an improvement.
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« Reply #18 on: June 29, 2014, 15:55:45 »
I would be interested it learn if it creates another spike in visits to your website....
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« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2014, 01:31:49 »
Quote from: bobm on June 29, 2014, 15:55:45
I would be interested it learn if it creates another spike in visits to your website....



392 visits in the day (graph above shows it hour by hour).   Up from a maximum of 26 per day over the previous 4 weeks.   The normal low volume of visitors is not necessarily a worry;  if we're full some nights each week then we've got the balance roughly right.
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