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NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑18 Oct 2018, 15:04 More picture of Yesterday....
Bit of disruption on the Great Western Railway

One of these high-speed Class 802 train's was on a test run around 10pm Tuesday, running from London to Bristol depot when it ripped into the overhead wires, bringing them down.


Ahh well, it's a message not to get rid of the HSTs on the GWR...

Last time I travelled to Somerset by train I rode a Class 800 to Swindon and hated the bloody horrible thing... On my way home I rode an HST from Westbury to Paddington and the difference was unbelievable... The little Class 156 I the rode from Swindon to Frome was much nicer!

The HST is by far the better train... Despite being well over 40 years old it rides better, is more comfy and much roomier and airier....

And it sounds lovely :D

These new Hitatchi trains are not proving very popular... The North Pole is the best place for the horrid things...
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And onto happier subjects...

Yesterday at our bike club cafe stop I bagged these shots of us being a bit silly... This one in particular I rather like...
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And we did a coupe of 'Mug Shots'....
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This place got a mention on the Birmingham history site yesterday, apparently owned by a relative of one of the contributors, think Network Rail could run it?

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Gibbo2286 wrote: ↑19 Oct 2018, 10:12 think Network Rail could run it?

http://www.isle-abbotts.org.uk/aboutia/ ... lway.html



Ummmm, NR might but maybe best not let Northern Rail or Govia Thameslink anywhere near it... :twisted: :lol:
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Clagfest 8-) :-D :twisted:
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We've all got cameras of some description. Here in Northumberland we have a beautiful autumn day, hopefuly the same across the UK and beyond.........

Come on...last of the autumn wine......lets have a flurry of POTD contributions today...

and if you are anywhere near Devon or Jersey....get to those AA boxes...your FCF needs you!!!

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Best I can do today - so far - is my parkrun venue :)
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CitroJim wrote: ↑20 Oct 2018, 11:37 Best I can do today - so far - is my parkrun venue :)


Thanks Jim, just back from a jaunt out in the Scottish Borders so I'll clag something up quick hopefully to add to the small flurry you have started and maybe pull in a few more contributions over the weekend.:-D

Scotland laid out before us, clothed beautifully in mist!
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Just in case 2 POTD's dont constitute a "flurry" here's another. The scene constantly changes character with the lighting. I had hoped to catch "Scott's View" in a blaze of fiery Autumn colours from the trees flanking the banks of the Tweed, but the lighting wasn't right for that. What we did have was a dramatic brooding sky over the Eildon Hills with shafts of light illuminating certain parts of the view.

Worth a few clicks of the shutter any time of the day/ year.
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑20 Oct 2018, 09:58 We've all got cameras of some description. Here in Northumberland we have a beautiful autumn day, hopefuly the same across the UK and beyond.........

Come on...last of the autumn wine......lets have a flurry of POTD contributions today...


The challenge is still laid down...join in if you can...its not that difficult!

Here's my pick of the bunch from the gathering of Triumphs I came across today....

and for me a surprising choice amongst the bright 70's colours which I love, a bit of 1960's class
1966 Triumph 2000 in dark blue
1966 Triumph 2000 in dark blue
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Here are a few classics of my own
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This is what happens every year with my old neighbours two trees, nobody is prepared to help themselves to a few very good apples, they lie here and rot or the sheep get in and clear them up.
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We have a huge Bramley tree but we have to pick the apples to give away! The grandkids help.

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I reckon you could get a quite a few of trailer loads of excess apples/pears/plums from any community, you certainly could from our little corner of Northumberland. Community juicing or maybe cider making has not yet taken off, although many years ago I rememberJack Hargreaves and his cronies probably down Hampshire/Dorset way doing a bit of communal pressing at harvest time :-D

Watched the video quite recently on dailymotion which has a lot of his old programmes on it.

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And here is the link, the cider making it starts at about 8 mins in.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22fvp8

if you like the New Forest and country life Jack’s programmes are absolute gems

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