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Re: Portishead Line - possible meeting of forum members to explore the route?

« Reply #30 on: April 21, 2026, 16:48:17 »

Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on April 21, 2026, 15:35:18

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^▸ . Roll Eyes

Drat: sorry it changed your plans. If it turns out to have been the condensate pipe, please send it my regards. Hope it's not got to more than the towels.

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Re: Portishead Line - possible meeting of forum members to explore the route?

« Reply #31 on: April 21, 2026, 17:13:22 »

Our excellent local plumber has visited, investigated and diagnosed the problem: failure of a plastic component, which needs replacement. He will source one tomorrow and return to fit it: good news, it's just a £20 or £30 cost for the item. Meanwhile, on his advice, we have placed an even larger bowl underneath the boiler to collect the ~~flipping~~ dripping water. Roll Eyes

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Re: Portishead Line - possible meeting of forum members to explore the route?

« Reply #32 on: April 22, 2026, 01:02:02 »

Actually, I thought our local tame (professionally qualified) plumber was, as ever, very conservative in his pricing, at about £20, plus a bit for labour. Bearing in mind that the latest headline figure for the re-opening of the Portishead line to passengers is now projected to cost just some £200,000,000. Shocked

I can personally recommend him to anyone in the Nailsea & Backwell area who may need a plumber. Wink


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Re: Portishead Line - possible meeting of forum members to explore the route?

« Reply #33 on: April 22, 2026, 13:55:32 »

Or about 75 million a mile.. which somehow makes it even more staggering. Are the rails being gold plated, and the Bat Ritz's and Newt Hiltons serving afternoon tea ??


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