Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 05:35 06 May 2025
 
* Ukraine drone attack shuts Moscow airports, says Russia
- Air traffic controllers at New York airport briefly lost contact with planes, union says
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM
14/05/25 - West Wiltshire RUG

On this day
6th May (1968)
Trains between Exeter and Plymouth via Okehampton withdrawn (*)
Train RunningCancelled
06/05/25 04:59 Swansea to London Paddington
05:56 Reading to Redhill
06/05/25 05:57 Swansea to London Paddington
06/05/25 06:54 Swansea to London Paddington
06/05/25 07:12 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
07:34 Redhill to Reading
06/05/25 07:43 Swansea to London Paddington
06/05/25 08:18 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 09:18 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 09:49 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
06/05/25 10:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 10:41 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
06/05/25 11:16 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 11:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
06/05/25 12:13 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 12:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
13:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 13:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
14:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 14:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
15:16 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
15:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
16:18 London Paddington to Carmarthen
16:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
17:18 London Paddington to Swansea
17:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
18:18 London Paddington to Swansea
19:18 London Paddington to Swansea
Short Run
06/05/25 05:40 Penzance to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 05:47 Exeter St Davids to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 05:53 Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 05:58 Westbury to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 06:01 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
06:02 Bristol Parkway to Carmarthen
06/05/25 06:28 Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
06:28 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
06/05/25 06:40 Penzance to Cardiff Central
06:42 Frome to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 06:44 Exeter St Davids to Cardiff Central
06:48 London Paddington to Carmarthen
06/05/25 06:57 Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
07:20 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 07:27 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
06/05/25 07:40 Penzance to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 08:00 Cardiff Central to Plymouth
06/05/25 08:19 Taunton to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 08:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 08:27 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
06/05/25 09:00 Cardiff Central to Penzance
09:21 Carmarthen to London Paddington
06/05/25 09:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 09:28 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
09:48 London Paddington to Carmarthen
06/05/25 10:00 Cardiff Central to Taunton
10:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
06/05/25 10:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
06/05/25 11:00 Cardiff Central to Penzance
11:27 Carmarthen to London Paddington
06/05/25 11:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
06/05/25 12:00 Cardiff Central to Taunton
06/05/25 12:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
06/05/25 13:00 Cardiff Central to Penzance
06/05/25 13:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
13:48 London Paddington to Carmarthen
06/05/25 14:00 Cardiff Central to Penzance
etc
•
PollsOpen and recent polls
Open to 08/05 09:07 Steam Excursion - or diesel excursion with a featured steam section?
Open to 07/05 09:27 Should train, bus and coach operators be required to accept cash
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
May 06, 2025, 05:50:32 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[143] Pilning Station - where are we, and looking at future options ...
[71] Closure of Bridport branch
[62] WW2 Spitfire emergency landing after losing power - May 2025
[49] Major rail disruption after blaze close to tracks between Newp...
[46] Taplow-Hassocks
[26] April across the South West - May bank holiday quiz
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > All across the Great Western territory > Buses and other ways to travel (Data Managers: Bus_Lady, VickiS) > A weired situation to find yourself in...
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: A weired situation to find yourself in...  (Read 2539 times)
Richard Fairhurst
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1285


View Profile Email
« on: June 30, 2019, 22:18:16 »
We took our boat up-river from Worcester to the wondrous Camp House Inn at Grimley yesterday. The Camp House sells very potent scrumpy of the sort that might have you seeing things, but I swear this was real:



A narrowboat missed the entrance to the lock cut and ended up on Bevere weir. A tug came up to try and pull him off (...stop sniggering at the back please) but was too deep-draughted to get close enough. There was some talk of a tractor towing the boat off today.
Logged
paul7575
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 5348


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2019, 12:46:21 »
What’s the signage like at the upstream end of Bevere Island please Richard?   How is it possible to miss the main channel coming down the river?

Paul
Logged
Richard Fairhurst
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1285


View Profile Email
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2019, 15:54:41 »
Signage is good. There are a couple of motorway-style advance direction signs (like the one in the pic), plus big poles in the river with (smallish) red signs on them instructing you to keep to the right.

If you weren't paying attention... I guess the weir channel is broad and, unusually, it has a bridge over it, which might mislead you into thinking it's the through navigation. But I believe Hereford & Worcester Fire Service described the skipper as being "in an intoxicated state"!
Logged
paul7575
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 5348


View Profile
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2019, 17:14:25 »
Quote from: Richard Fairhurst on July 01, 2019, 15:54:41
Signage is good. There are a couple of motorway-style advance direction signs (like the one in the pic), plus big poles in the river with (smallish) red signs on them instructing you to keep to the right.

If you weren't paying attention... I guess the weir channel is broad and, unusually, it has a bridge over it, which might mislead you into thinking it's the through navigation. But I believe Hereford & Worcester Fire Service described the skipper as being "in an intoxicated state"!
Thanks.  I’ve been down there back in 2006, and just couldn’t remember anywhere with a possibility of accidentally taking the wrong stream.  I suppose if the CRT▸ (Canal & River Trust, Critical Rail Temperature or Cathode Ray Tube, depending on context) or BW previously had any worries they’d have a string of buoys across there...

Paul
« Last Edit: July 01, 2019, 17:30:08 by paul7755 » Logged
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page