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Question: Where shall we meet next year?  (Voting closed: December 27, 2021, 05:10:00)
1. Penrhyndeudraeth - Site of former explosives factory - 4 (7%)
2. Paddington - Location of Rainbow Train picture - 4 (7%)
3. Pwllheli - Location of modern map - 6 (10.5%)
4. Pembroke Dock - At the end of this line - 2 (3.5%)
5. Portland, Maine - A Steam Train Trip - 1 (1.8%)
6. Poole - Where this ceramic piece comes from - 5 (8.8%)
7. Portree - A Beautiful Village - 3 (5.3%)
8. Portishead - Where a railway may return - 6 (10.5%)
9. Porlock Weir - Where the bus takes you - 4 (7%)
10. Plockton - Location of historic map - 3 (5.3%)
11. Pilning - Watching the trains go by - 2 (3.5%)
12. Portway Parkway - Opening of a new station? - 2 (3.5%)
13. Paris - A European Capital - 1 (1.8%)
14. Portsoy - Trains long since gone - 1 (1.8%)
15. Penryn - A long platform, or two - 4 (7%)
16. Patney and Chirton - Only the public footpath remains - 0 (0%)
17. Pyongyang - Morning announcement - 0 (0%)
18. Phuket - Far from the railway - 0 (0%)
19. Penn Central, New York - A long way from home, under ground - 1 (1.8%)
20. Porthcawl - Day at the seaside - 1 (1.8%)
21. Peterborough - Come by train and watch trains head off to all points of the compass - 1 (1.8%)
22. Pleasure Beach, Blackpool - Rails in loops - 2 (3.5%)
23. Plym Bridge - Heritage train trip within our region - 3 (5.3%)
24. Pole (north) - The real one, or more likely the London one? - 1 (1.8%)
Total Voters: 12

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« Reply #45 on: December 25, 2021, 13:34:26 »
I had the wrong country for number 5 after all! I may make it to number 22 next year, as I believe a further wedding in the family is being planned. My niece this time, the one with the cautionary tale on 999 - What's Your Emergency? about Blackpool. I shall stay at a different hotel.
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« Reply #46 on: December 26, 2021, 11:29:11 »
Bump - voting remains open until 5 a.m. tomorrow (27th December 2021) at http://www.passenger.chat/25797 for you to vote on which of these are your "top ten" to visit next year.  Just a fun and forward looking vote - but don't leave it late unless there are queues at the polls from 4 a.m. ...

Quote from: grahame on December 25, 2021, 05:18:45
1 Penrhyndeudraeth - Ellendune
2 Paddington - brooklea
3 Pwllheli - stuving
4 Pembroke Dock - Hafren
5 Portland, Maine - brooklea   
6 Poole - brooklea
7 Portree - PhilWakely
8 Portishead - johnneyw
9 Porlock Weir - bradshaw
10 Plockton - stuving
11 Pilning - lympstone_commuter
12 Portway Parkway - Red Squirrel
13 Paris - eightonedee
14 Portsoy - TonyK
15 Penryn - Sulis John
16 Patney and Chirton - RA
17 Pyongyang - PhilWakely
18 Phuket - stuving
19 Penn Station, New York - stuving
20 Porthcawl - RichT54
21 Peterborough - ellendune
22 Pleasure Beach, Blackpool - OxonHutch
23 Plym Bridge - PhilWakely
24 Pole (the north one) Oxonhutch

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« Reply #47 on: December 27, 2021, 08:54:29 »
Thanks for a bit of fun on Christmas Eve identifying these places, and to anyone around on Chrismas day (70 members) and Boxing Day (86 members) to vote. 

Top two destinations for 2022 - with half the voters fancying both of them:
Pwllheli
Portishead
Third place to
Poole

With 4 votes each: Penrhyndeudraeth, Paddington, Porlock Weir, Penryn
With 3 votes each: Portree, Plockton, Plym Bridge

I really fancy a visit to the Cambrian line to Pwllheli ... (sure, I voted that way) and don't be surprised to find pictures from there in the next year, almost certainly pre-alerted with an invite to meet up / join me there. It's a lovely trip and lets us take in Penhelig, Penrhyndeudraeth and Porthmadog along the way.
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