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« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2014, 07:16:25 » |
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Another success for bignosemac!
It is indeed part of the Midland & South Western Junction Railway. Specifically the Westlecot Road bridge a short distance from the old Swindon Town station heading towards Rushey Platt.
I had been meaning to pop there for a while and Chris from Nailsea's earlier photo inspired me to go on Thursday afternoon as the fog cleared. Despite being close to the hustle and bustle of Old Town it is in a deep cutting and you are not aware of all the day to day life going on above you.
I plan to go back in the summer when conditions underfoot are a little better. It is used as a cycleway and it's a wee bit muddy in places however you can walk westwards for quite a distance until you cross a stretch of the restored Wilts & Berks Canal and ultimately the GW▸ mainline just past the Running Horse bridge.
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« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2014, 10:13:16 » |
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I've walked that section with an old schoolfriend and her dogs. And seen it from the bus heading to Okus. No use of Google Earth this time, just an inspired guess after your clue for it being east nor' east of Nailsea! Continuing the theme. Where's this?  |
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« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2014, 19:54:34 » |
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« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2014, 20:05:03 » |
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Indeed Chris. Thanks for resisting the urge to answer. Let's see of anyone can guess this location, which is west sou' west from bobm's picture.
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« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2014, 20:07:13 » |
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Meanwhile I am disqualifying myself for a different reason. Will explain when the picture is identified....  |
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JayMac
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« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2014, 20:59:13 » |
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Time for a clue then. This location is where one, formerly closed - now reopened, line crosses a closed line. The histories of both lines are intertwined. |
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« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2014, 22:07:30 » |
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Watchet; where the Taunton to Minehead (now WSR) line crosses over the old West Somerset Mineral Railway.
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« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2014, 22:20:56 » |
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Watchet; where the Taunton to Minehead (now WSR) line crosses over the old West Somerset Mineral Railway.
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« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2014, 23:15:59 » |
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I think I like "where was I today ..." .. try this one, photograph still not dry. Oh - wait - that was the old way.  |
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« Reply #24 on: March 17, 2014, 13:58:51 » |
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I suspect I made that rather too hard and the picture was very fuzzy as we dashed past early yesterday afternoon. You may recall from another thread that I travelled to Glasgow yesterday, getting in to Central at 21:13
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« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2014, 18:16:09 » |
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I suspect I made that rather too hard and the picture was very fuzzy as we dashed past early yesterday afternoon. You may recall from another thread that I travelled to Glasgow yesterday, getting in to Central at 21:13
OK ... It's Lacock Halt - newly cut back undergrowth has exposed the old platform. |
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« Reply #26 on: March 22, 2014, 01:34:18 » |
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Wow! Thanks for posting that one, grahame - I didn't know anything about Lacock Halt, and having done a bit of looking around on the internet, even wikipedia doesn't have much detailed information to offer.  Now it's my turn again: I'd like to think that this one will be a real tester, because I nearly missed it myself - and I knew what I was looking for!  |
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« Reply #27 on: March 22, 2014, 10:32:28 » |
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Is it the WC▸ &PR▸ ?
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« Reply #28 on: March 22, 2014, 12:40:32 » |
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Moor lane, Walton-in-Gordano ?
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« Reply #29 on: March 22, 2014, 15:24:30 » |
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Mercedes Sprinter? |
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