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« on: May 06, 2022, 18:30:41 »
I have spent part of my first week of retirement taking a short break with some of my old birding friends, somewhere in England.

This morning we were at this rail-related site  - where is it?
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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2022, 20:19:01 »
The old Bridgewater branch of the S&D▸ (Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway), possibly Ham Wall or Catcott
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2022, 20:52:36 »
No, but I can see how you got there!
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2022, 21:01:17 »
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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2022, 10:05:35 »
Sorry, no
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« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2022, 10:46:46 »
Quote from: eightonedee on May 06, 2022, 20:52:36
No, but I can see how you got there!

That is exceptionally clever. I see no rail lines, no car park, no bus stop, no bicycle - must have been on foot. ;Dß
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« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2022, 11:29:13 »
I took a look at https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/best-birdwatching-spots-uk/ for clues, and of those the geography looks totally wrong for six out of seven.  As a guess, I suspect you were in East Anglia.
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« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2022, 16:16:02 »
Correct Grahame!
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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2022, 08:07:26 »
I've never been there, but as no-one else has had a guess, maybe somewhere near Berney Arms?
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« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2022, 08:19:53 »
Narborough Rail Trail?
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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2022, 14:39:02 »
Froome is closer geographically, Bradshaw to the characteristic of the site, but still "no" and "no"!
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« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2022, 15:52:12 »
Quote from: eightonedee on May 09, 2022, 14:39:02
Froome is closer geographically, Bradshaw to the characteristic of the site, but still "no" and "no"!

Ramsey Fen?
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