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There are some who call me... Tim
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« on: July 24, 2024, 11:58:40 » |
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No clues to begin with:  |
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2024, 12:08:41 » |
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Backing off (or coming onto a stand).
Suspect backing off somewhere.
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Personal opinion only. Writings not representative of any union, collective, management or employer. (Think that absolves me...........)  |
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ChrisB
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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2024, 12:14:07 » |
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Hmm. the 'Bus Stopping' sign is illuminated, suggesting it's coming in?
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Red Squirrel
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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2024, 12:51:46 » |
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OK, so some answers:
* The operator is NOT Stagecoach;
* This is one of three vehicles leaving this location, all at pretty much the same time;
* The 'Bus Stopping' sign was not illuminated. In fact no-one rang the bell at any point during the journey.
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« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2024, 13:02:10 » |
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So it's a rail replacement bus, somewhere.
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« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2024, 13:24:10 » |
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A golf special in the Troon area?
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Red Squirrel
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« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2024, 13:26:07 » |
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A golf special in the Troon area?
I like your thinking, but no. It is (as PrestburyRoad suggested) a rail replacement bus service. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2024, 14:05:48 » |
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Newport ,Chepstow Caldecott possibly.
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Red Squirrel
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« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2024, 14:21:18 » |
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Newport ,Chepstow Caldecott possibly.
No. Time for another clue: The bus substitution involved a long section on the A1. |
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Mark A
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« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2024, 15:30:51 » |
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Talk of rail replacement buses reminds me of the unwelcome view from one of the top deck front seats of a rail replacement bus between Bath and Bristol way back in June 2009. Humungous congestion on the Keynsham bypass. Can't recall if the cause was an accident or road works that coincided with the line closure, but even at a distance of 15 years, that view immediately flashed before my eyes. We were there some time. Mark  |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2024, 15:50:22 » |
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Yes, that's the Keynsham 'by-pass' on the A4. Tell me about it.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2024, 17:02:42 » |
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Between St Neots and Bedford?
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Mark A
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« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2024, 17:18:12 » |
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Sorry for the distressing photo. If anyone needs to know about one-time proposed road schemes, a borehole search can be revealing. They're to be found, mapped out, on this British Geological Society web site. The intention for for a Saltford bypass that would have joined the Keynsham bypass with the A4 at Twerton Fork, Bath has left a clear trace, with the ghost of a plan for Pucklechurch to Ilminster running north east to south west across the route too. (Boreholes are clickable and you can then often discover dates, purpose and if very lucky, a borehole record...) Mark
https://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex/home.html?layer=BGSBoreholes |
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ChrisB
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« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2024, 18:24:59 » |
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Sorry Mark - was Red Squirrel down this hole then?
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