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« Reply #165 on: August 16, 2024, 21:40:04 »

I've decided to take the train from Taunton to Warminster tomorrow. Not driving means I can have a beer or two in one of the village pubs along the Imberbus route.

Without Finn as it's forecast warm and he'll struggle with a long day out. He's an OAG now! He'll keep Mumsy company instead.
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« Reply #166 on: August 17, 2024, 07:17:29 »

I've decided to take the train from Taunton to Warminster tomorrow. Not driving means I can have a beer or two in one of the village pubs along the Imberbus route.

Without Finn as it's forecast warm and he'll struggle with a long day out. He's an OAG now! He'll keep Mumsy company instead.


May see you somewhere there ...  our local train operator is a none-operator again this morning and the way for me to Imber is going to be by bus all the way and not just half the way.
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« Reply #167 on: August 17, 2024, 07:20:56 »

Good news there is a full service operating on the Cardiff-Portsmouth’s today.
However there are three diagrams running short formed according to JC/RTT» (Real Time Trains - website) so some trains may be a bit cozy onboard.

There are a small handful of cancellations on the Bristol-Salisbury stoppers in the morning/early afternoon.
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« Reply #168 on: August 17, 2024, 08:36:52 »

Lovely day for it.
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« Reply #169 on: August 17, 2024, 09:02:27 »

I'm now drivng to Warminster. And Finn will be coming along. I had a late night cleaning up after a drain blockage caused a bathroom flood. Plumber call out to rod and jet the outside drains.

With back flow the stuff coming up from the shower drain wasn't pretty!
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« Reply #170 on: August 17, 2024, 12:11:59 »

Busy.
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« Reply #171 on: August 17, 2024, 16:29:32 »

There are a small handful of cancellations on the Bristol-Salisbury stoppers in the morning/early afternoon.
The number of cancellations has increased to include the afternoon and evening sadly, so the Cardiff-Portsmouth’s will be taking the strain this evening for the journeys home.
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« Reply #172 on: August 17, 2024, 20:22:45 »

A superb day - personally not so much about all these buses but about the people.   Anyway - here are a few pictures that don't have an excess of people in them

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« Reply #173 on: August 17, 2024, 20:45:45 »

It was more about the buses than the people for me! Although I did have a nice chat with Chris Nix from the London Transport Museum. He's one of the presenters of the 'Hidden London Hangouts' YouTube channel, as well as a contributor/historian/producer for UKTV's 'Secrets of the London Underground'. His day job is Director of Content at the London Transport Museum.



I have dozens of bus pictures and videos from the day. I'll be putting together a YouTube video over the coming days and will post it here. In the meantime here's a nice pair of Bristols to gawp at. Wink
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« Reply #174 on: August 17, 2024, 20:47:59 »

The one on the left would lose marks for not lining up the destination blind properly.

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« Reply #175 on: August 17, 2024, 21:41:30 »

Question that's bugging me. One of the Imberbus destinations is Tilshead. How is that pronounced? is it "Tils head" or "Til Shed"  Huh

Heard both today.
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« Reply #176 on: August 17, 2024, 22:05:17 »

Question that's bugging me. One of the Imberbus destinations is Tilshead. How is that pronounced? is it "Tils head" or "Til Shed"  Huh

Heard both today.

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« Reply #177 on: August 18, 2024, 07:12:41 »

To complete the story here of yesterday - people and places picture (not just buses!)

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« Reply #178 on: August 19, 2024, 17:35:44 »

To complete the story here of yesterday ...........

..........not quite ! GWR (Great Western Railway) seemed to be doing their best (again !) to "support" this fun day out. Almost total cancellation of the "local" Bristol - Salisbury trains on Saturday. According to RTT» (Real Time Trains - website), 12 cancellations from 1340 to c.o.p.
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