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« on: August 07, 2019, 16:31:16 »
Where was Red Squirrel last weekend?  Ans: Porkway Partway, Bmblbzzz
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« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2019, 16:59:19 »
Nesting in some vegetation?
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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2019, 17:15:47 »
Quote from: patch38 on August 07, 2019, 16:59:19
Nesting in some vegetation?

... or at least, from the perspective, up a tree.
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« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2019, 17:19:22 »
Not on a train! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! Stuving! Let me be!

I was standing by my bike...
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« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2019, 17:24:15 »
Sampling the track-side nuts to be served in the future Portishead buffet?
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« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2019, 18:00:31 »
No. These tracks are in regular use...
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« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2019, 18:10:29 »
Are there four tracks there now?

Quote from: Red Squirrel on August 07, 2019, 17:19:22
Not on a train! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! Stuving! Let me be!

I was standing by my bike...

But surely nowhere near Coatdyke?
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« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2019, 18:13:21 »
Avon Valley Railway ?.
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« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2019, 18:25:03 »
Complete guess: Foxfield?
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« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2019, 18:37:26 »
I can see that a clue might be in order: a time machine would almost certainly help identify this location...
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« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2019, 19:29:06 »
sounds like Cardiff then. Line to Merthyr?
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« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2019, 20:08:29 »
A time machine might reveal a station at this location...
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« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2019, 20:15:39 »
Holt?
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« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2019, 20:19:50 »
Quote from: Reginald25 on August 07, 2019, 20:15:39
Holt?

Lorks...

See those buildings in the distance, to the left of the bush in the centre of the picture? They're on the other side of some water.
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« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2019, 20:36:14 »
Yes, I had the impression they were. I've no idea where it is though. Are we to infer there's an HG Wells connection?
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