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11:20 Newquay to London Paddington
12:19 Exeter St Davids to Penzance
12:50 Penzance to Exeter St Davids
13:53 Paignton to Exmouth
14:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
14:07 Taunton to Cardiff Central
14:20 London Paddington to Oxford
14:22 Exeter St Davids to Plymouth
14:38 Bristol Temple Meads to Worcester Foregate Street
14:40 Paignton to Exmouth
14:47 Newquay to Par
14:58 Oxford to London Paddington
15:05 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
15:14 Exeter Central to Barnstaple
15:14 Swindon to Westbury
15:15 West Ealing to Greenford
15:18 Paignton to Exmouth
15:19 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
15:23 London Paddington to Oxford
15:25 Exmouth to Paignton
15:30 Greenford to West Ealing
15:34 Maidenhead to Marlow
15:45 West Ealing to Greenford
15:47 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
15:50 Penzance to Plymouth
15:58 Cardiff Central to Taunton
15:59 Oxford to London Paddington
16:00 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
16:00 Marlow to Maidenhead
16:00 Greenford to West Ealing
16:04 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
16:12 Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth
16:13 Bristol Temple Meads to Oxford
16:22 Par to Newquay
16:23 London Paddington to Oxford
16:23 Westbury to Swindon
16:26 Exmouth to Paignton
16:38 Plymouth to Penzance
16:39 Barnstaple to Exeter Central
16:46 Avonmouth to Weston-Super-Mare
16:47 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
16:52 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
16:55 Exmouth to Paignton
16:58 Cardiff Central to Taunton
17:00 Oxford to London Paddington
17:04 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
17:17 Paignton to Exmouth
17:23 London Paddington to Oxford
17:27 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
17:35 Swindon to Westbury
17:40 Newquay to Par
17:47 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
17:59 Oxford to London Paddington
18:08 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway
18:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach
18:18 Exeter Central to Barnstaple
18:19 Paignton to Exmouth
18:20 London Paddington to Oxford
18:34 Par to Newquay
18:35 Westbury to Swindon
18:50 Paignton to Exmouth
18:57 Oxford to London Paddington
18:57 Exmouth to Paignton
19:30 Penzance to Plymouth
19:38 Didcot Parkway to London Paddington
19:38 Newquay to Par
19:42 Barnstaple to Exeter Central
19:44 Swindon to Westbury
19:59 Oxford to London Paddington
20:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
20:01 Severn Beach to Bristol Temple Meads
20:03 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington
20:12 Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth
20:32 Par to Newquay
20:46 Avonmouth to Bristol Temple Meads
20:53 Paignton to Exmouth
21:07 Exeter Central to Bristol Temple Meads
21:24 Newquay to Plymouth
21:50 Plymouth to Exeter St Davids
22:25 Exmouth to Exeter St Davids
22:50 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway
23:06 Bristol Temple Meads to Frome
23:13 Exeter St Davids to Exmouth
23:28 London Paddington to Reading
23:50 Didcot Parkway to London Paddington
23:52 Exmouth to Exeter St Davids
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10:15 Penzance to London Paddington
12:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
13:09 Gloucester to Weymouth
13:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
14:08 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway
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« on: May 17, 2026, 22:56:33 »

I'm posting this here, in 'The Lighter Side' because ... well, it is in the lighthouse side. Wink

From YouTube, see '12 days working on Wolf Rock Lighthouse'

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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) 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 #1 on: May 18, 2026, 09:33:55 »

An adjacent reference, so slightly off topic.
In the same geographic area however,

I was fortunate enough to fly out to the Seven Stones Light many years ago during a routine maintenance visit.
Wasn't there to work, just a quick look around the ship itself.
My Father had designed her and she was built by the yard he worked for (Philip and Son at Dartmouth).
I worked at Landsend Radio, and we used to take several daily weather reports from the Stones to pass on to the Met Office.

The Wolf light must have been automated as I don't recall any communications from her.

Wolf light recently featured in the Saving Lives at Sea (BBC2, Series 10, Episode 10 when the Sennen and Penlee Lifeboats went out to the Wolf as a bulk carrier Mazarine grounded on the light.
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2026, 12:17:25 »

I've been subscribed to keeping_a_lighthouse since his second video. Excellent nascent channel.
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2026, 16:30:48 »

I've now expanded this topic's heading, as it has attracted some wider interest.

My personal memories are of Trevose Head in Cornwall, where we heard that foghorn overnight in our holiday caravan.  It never bothered me - it was just a safety feature in the distance, 'for those in peril on the sea'. Roll Eyes

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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2026, 19:55:53 »

Why did you have a foghorn in your holiday caravan?

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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2026, 20:00:33 »

Why did you have a foghorn in your holiday caravan?

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I can hear a Les Dawson mother-in-law joke in my head.
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« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2026, 20:15:25 »

I wish I'd never started this topic ... Roll Eyes
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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