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« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2026, 20:13:28 » |
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The weather forecast for Monday 20 April is good: no rain, partly sunny, temperature around 13 oc. CfN▸ .  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2026, 09:51:12 » |
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Do we have a plan 'A' for this activity please?
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« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2026, 12:09:37 » |
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Yes, Mark. Looking at the timetable for the X4, it runs every twenty minutes from the Bristol Bus Station. It stops in Pill, handy for the railway station there, and on Station Road in Sheepway - handy for what used to be the railway station there. I therefore suggest starting the excursion from Bristol Bus Station on the 10:00. That gets to the Anchor Inn in Pill at 10:25, enabling an exploration on foot there before resuming the X4 service onwards to Sheepway, and then Portishead at around lunchtime. Return journey is very flexible - every twenty minutes. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.
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« Reply #19 on: April 19, 2026, 12:27:51 » |
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I enjoyed the walk from the Sheepway bridge through the nature reserve (and a housing estate) to the site of the new station at Portishead, keeping to the right side of the line.
Well, I did it the other way round, but you know what I mean!
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Worth pointing out that the last couple of hundred metres of Sheepway as you approach old Portbury Station from Portishead are really nasty to walk along, with some blind bends and fairly fast traffic. Most motorists I met were very courteous, but one of two were on me before either party had much chance to react.
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« Reply #21 on: April 19, 2026, 21:51:28 » |
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Sorry, only just picked this up. I’m not free tomorrow, sadly, so won’t be able to join you. Look forward to your report!
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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« Reply #22 on: April 20, 2026, 10:21:23 » |
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*fx: searches this bus for orange hi-viz vests.
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« Reply #23 on: April 20, 2026, 11:48:36 » |
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Pill has provoded a variety of experiences but at the moment I'm trying to leave the place, so far unsuccessfully.
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« Reply #24 on: April 20, 2026, 12:19:04 » |
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I was at Portbury footbridge at 1037 awaiting the 1000 from Bristol bus station, but no-one got off, so I came home again...I now see it was my mistake for not reading the instructions clearly enough. Apologies and sorry I missed you all, in the hope it was more than three men and a dog....Rather more interestingly, I saw 2 Roro car carriers cross off Portishead (Cross? at the speed they were going I think both masters were furious!) and discovered using marinetraffic,com, that the outgoing one was bound for Port Said in Egypt. From Port Zed to Port Said!!
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« Reply #25 on: April 20, 2026, 13:39:55 » |
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By portishead it was one guy and a pork pie! Currently awIting an X10 to Yatton. This is a bit 'Mornington Crescent, the bus edition'...
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« Reply #26 on: April 20, 2026, 16:34:06 » |
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Yay! Severn Beach!
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« Reply #27 on: April 20, 2026, 21:41:03 » |
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Chris, hope you didn't miss this as a result of a mishap. Sometimes it's good when someone merely catalyses such an adventure.
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« Reply #28 on: April 21, 2026, 15:35:18 » |
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Yes, I'm sorry I missed out on that adventure, but we did have a mishap at home here. Reaching into the airing cupboard to get a towel for my shower, I discovered that the towels at the back were all soaking wet. Investigation revealed that the gas combi-boiler, mounted on the wall above the shelving, was leaking. Bowls were placed, soggy towels were hung up outside to dry, and we have a plumber arriving this afternoon to investigate the cause of this outage of water. CfN▸ .  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.
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« Reply #29 on: April 21, 2026, 16:46:01 » |
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The terrible panoramic photo below, with a distorted splayed foreground - it shows the site of the old station looking west towards Portishead from the station road bridge. The former about-to-be-demolished station house on the left, a bit of the bridge parapet in the foreground, and on the right, remains of the old steps to the up platform. The new station will be on the same site, initially a single platform (at the left of the photo) and an additional line through the station, while the existing line away from the 'live' platform face carries the freight services, with pointwork east of the station site before the two lines run parallel for some distance before diverging. The station house is due to come down in May. In the meantime, yesterday, there was a work site at the south end of the building that I assumed to be preparatory works for that, but it emerged that it was contractors for the national grid who were augering a new hole into the ground in preparation to replace the tall wooden pole that carried a number of services to various houses - including the station house itself, with an even larger one that they already had on site on the back of their wagon parked round the corner. The site of this pole will be within the site of the new drop off area for the station so it's not impossible that it will be one of the shortest lived electrical installations in the UK▸ . Plans and more for Pill station to be found on the North Somerset Council planning web site https://planning.n-somerset.gov.uk - and an application reference is 24/P/0749/DCW . Mark [Image from here is not available to guests][Image from here is not available to guests] |
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