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« on: August 11, 2020, 15:03:15 »
It is rail related, honest m'lud, but where and what did I stumble on (eventually) yesterday when I had a day out on my bicycle?

This one might go quite quickly although it was something new to me.  Let's see.

Edit: Amended picture title as was a bit of give away.
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2020, 15:07:48 »
Quote from: johnneyw on August 11, 2020, 15:03:15
This one might go quite quickly ....

Especially considering your file name  Grin Grin
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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2020, 15:14:19 »
Quote from: grahame on August 11, 2020, 15:07:48
Quote from: johnneyw on August 11, 2020, 15:03:15
This one might go quite quickly ....

Especially considering your file name  Grin Grin

Yes, spotted that too, renamed it now.  Do you think anybody else noticed?   Embarrassed
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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2020, 15:26:21 »
Is it the dramway at Iron Acton?
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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2020, 15:50:21 »
Quote from: johnneyw on August 11, 2020, 15:14:19
Quote from: grahame on August 11, 2020, 15:07:48
Quote from: johnneyw on August 11, 2020, 15:03:15
This one might go quite quickly ....

Especially considering your file name  Grin Grin

Yes, spotted that too, renamed it now.  Do you think anybody else noticed?   Embarrassed

If they did, they are being very quiet and not spoiling it for others .... we have a lovely lot of members here.
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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2020, 16:16:27 »
Quote from: Bmblbzzz on August 11, 2020, 15:26:21
Is it the dramway at Iron Acton?

Not the dramway at Iron Acton.  That would have required me peddling a few more miles.
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« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2020, 16:18:59 »
Quote from: grahame on August 11, 2020, 15:50:21
Quote from: johnneyw on August 11, 2020, 15:14:19
Quote from: grahame on August 11, 2020, 15:07:48
Quote from: johnneyw on August 11, 2020, 15:03:15
This one might go quite quickly ....

Especially considering your file name  Grin Grin

Yes, spotted that too, renamed it now.  Do you think anybody else noticed?   Embarrassed

If they did, they are being very quiet and not spoiling it for others .... we have a lovely lot of members here.

Not entirely sure how I managed to get 2 "likes" there.😕

Edit: It seems to have been corrected now.
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« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2020, 21:18:02 »
Dramway in the Coalpit Heath area?

EDIT: I'll be more precise and say Ram Hill Colliery, Coalpit Heath.
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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2020, 22:09:37 »
Quote from: bignosemac on August 11, 2020, 21:18:02
Dramway in the Coalpit Heath area?

EDIT: I'll be more precise and say Ram Hill Colliery, Coalpit Heath.

Bang on. How come I've only lived in Bristol for nearly 50 years and only.now have discovered this industrial history gem?  Further down the Dramway you can still see the carved out sleepers holding down the rails  Bitterwell lake nearby is so an unexpected bit of history and now an underused public amenity.
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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2020, 22:13:22 »
Bitterwell Lake, wonder why it is under used, dont expect it to be fed from a well of bitter (beer).
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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2020, 22:20:54 »
A few fishermen and a family having a picnic but aside from that nothing like the post lockdown deluge you see elsewhere.
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« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2020, 10:20:28 »
Quote from: johnneyw on August 11, 2020, 22:09:37
Quote from: bignosemac on August 11, 2020, 21:18:02
Dramway in the Coalpit Heath area?

EDIT: I'll be more precise and say Ram Hill Colliery, Coalpit Heath.

Bang on. How come I've only lived in Bristol for nearly 50 years and only.now have discovered this industrial history gem?  Further down the Dramway you can still see the carved out sleepers holding down the rails  Bitterwell lake nearby is so an unexpected bit of history and now an underused public amenity.

That's actually the place I was thinking of! D'oh!  :facepalm:
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« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2020, 11:33:09 »
I was at one time entitled to free fishing at Biterwell Lake being a Westerleigh Parish Resident but lost the privaledge at one of boundary reviews since I moved here.
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