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« on: July 29, 2023, 06:42:55 » |
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For August ... each day I'll be telling people about a destination they can visit on a FoSS Rover. Most of my pictures are ones I've taken away from the station (to help promote to a wider audience) and that may make "Where's this" surprisingly hard for those of us who just pass through on trains. Try these for the first week. 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  |
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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2023, 08:07:04 » |
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3 Sherborne from just outside the Abbey looking toward the Almshouses on the right.
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2023, 09:25:05 » |
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This is good stuff, grahame! After doing a bit of research into Brewery Square (No. 5), I am planning a day out in Dorchester. I may even swing by Weymouth Avenue.
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2023, 09:32:39 » |
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6. Salisbury.
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
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« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2023, 09:54:32 » |
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Three of the first week identified, and four to go. Twenty four more prepped.  |
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2023, 10:35:42 » |
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4. Two Tunnels path, Bath
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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2023, 10:53:52 » |
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No.2 looks like Severn Beach to me. I think the old boating lake (when SB▸ was an actual holiday resort) was where the grassland to the right of the picture is. An interpretation board in the station shows where everything was, including the Blue Lagoon swimming lido and a host of other delights. A couple of the shops had these in leaflet format too.
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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2023, 10:57:12 » |
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1 looks like the Grand Western Canal, presumably near Tiverton Parkway. I think I can see one of the canal's characteristic "slow down at bridges" towpath signs before the bridge.
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« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2023, 11:01:58 » |
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Just number 7 to identify in this first series.
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« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2023, 12:01:59 » |
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7. Bargate, Southampton.
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« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2023, 12:12:46 » |
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7. Bargate, Southampton.
I thought for a moment you had a terrible cold, JayMac! Reminds me of a story my dad once told. At school, his class was asked to write an essay about 'What I did during the Easter Holidays'. One of his classmates wrote: "This Easter we had a family holiday in Margate, and you can't get much easter than that." |
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« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2023, 12:38:48 » |
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Maple Grove bridge having been a pedestal for watching the trains, and later for watching the dismal work of filling the cutting and burying the tunnel portal, in 2010 it again became a pedestal for watching as the tunnel portal was exhumed. There were even a few tears, and the phrase "I never thought I'd see that again" was heard. After ten years, the original lighting was past its best and in both tunnels it's just been replaced, so, a good time to visit. Mark  |
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