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« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2025, 16:58:28 »
GBM, your grandson may even get to ride on an eventually reopened passenger train from Bristol to Portishead.  Wink

CfN.  Grin
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) 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.

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« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2025, 17:02:33 »
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« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2025, 19:11:20 »
Have you finalised an itinerary for the day?
I may well have some free time to catch up and say hello for some of the day. 
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« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2025, 20:00:30 »
Quote from: LiskeardRich on January 25, 2025, 19:11:20
Have you finalised an itinerary for the day?
I may well have some free time to catch up and say hello for some of the day. 

Ah ... the days are getting a bit longer and the trains are back  Grin ... and the Coffee Shop is not exploding all over the place.  Time to do some  more detailed planning with the tickets that I have bought in recent sales.  Just the one trip this month ...

06:32 MKM» (Melksham (Station code) - next trains) -> 06:41 TRO» (Trowbridge - next trains)
06:46 TRO -> 07:09 BTH» (Bath Spa - next trains)
07:24 BTH -> 11:40 PNZ

12:50 PNZ -> 13:27 TRU
14:02 TRU -> 14:30 SER
14:48 SER -> 14:58 SIV
16:03 SIV -> 16:15 SER
16:29 SER -> 16:38 PNZ

17:50 PNZ -> 22:25 CPM» (Chippenham - next trains)
22:46 CPM -> 22:55 MKM

And then exhausted on 29th.  Reminder to self to bring a flask of coffee.     3 stops each of over an hour - decision made not to try to make Falmouth as well.
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« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2025, 20:10:44 »
Your Bath to Penzance has a rather unusual calling pattern that’s caught my eye.
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« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2025, 00:34:19 »
Quote from: grahame on January 25, 2025, 20:00:30

... decision made not to try to make Falmouth as well.


That's a shame. Many years ago, member Ollie and I did a 'line bash' all the way down to Falmouth, which was absolutely great!  Fish and chips from a local shop for lunch, and we explored the historic Pendennis Castle. That was a really grand day out. Wink

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« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2025, 06:54:32 »
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Quote from: grahame on January 25, 2025, 20:00:30

... decision made not to try to make Falmouth as well.


That's a shame. Many years ago, member Ollie and I did a 'line bash' all the way down to Falmouth, which was absolutely great!  Fish and chips from a local shop for lunch, and we explored the historic Pendennis Castle. That was a really grand day out. Wink

CfN.  Smiley

Falmouth and Newquay are both worth a further trip - repeat of a previous trip to Falmouth and much more travel to come this year. I am looking forward to this being a year of public transport activities with "heritage" taking a noticeable but minority part of it.    Penzance to Truro is scheduled to be my HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) Swansong.

The whole is defensively timed to ensure that I get home safe ...
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« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2025, 09:07:17 »
Quote from: grahame on January 26, 2025, 06:54:32

Falmouth and Newquay are both worth a further trip - repeat of a previous trip to Falmouth and much more travel to come this year. I am looking forward to this being a year of public transport activities with "heritage" taking a noticeable but minority part of it.    Penzance to Truro is scheduled to be my HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) Swansong.

The whole is defensively timed to ensure that I get home safe ...
Foul weather today and tomorrow, easing slightly on Tuesday (but not much)!
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« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2025, 11:50:42 »
A bit long range, the current forecast for Tuesday in west Cornwall from our friends in Norway is currently sun, and a *lot* of fresh air from the north west.

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https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/hourly-table/2-2640377/United%20Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Penzance?i=2
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« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2025, 06:54:31 »
I'm on ... my second ... train.  Already getting a YES feeling that my next years are public transport based and not Town Council based.  Several really good colleagues in travel caught up with this morning and what a contrast to the environment at last night's council meeting from some of my "colleagues" there. 
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« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2025, 10:16:37 »
Apologies not able to join today. Things have arisen.

Hopefully the incident near Par doesn’t disrupt your plans too much- the line has been closed between par and St Austell all morning due to a police incident.
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« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2025, 10:32:02 »
Quote from: LiskeardRich on January 28, 2025, 10:16:37
Apologies not able to join today. Things have arisen.

Hopefully the incident near Par doesn’t disrupt your plans too much- the line has been closed between par and St Austell all morning due to a police incident.

Train cancelled onwards from Plymouth . - dropped back to a really old train following  Grin
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« Reply #27 on: January 28, 2025, 10:44:28 »
2C11 I presume then.   Cheesy

At least the Par issue is now resolved, but hopefully crew displacement doesn't cause any issues.
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« Reply #28 on: January 28, 2025, 11:16:13 »
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At least the Par issue is now resolved, but hopefully crew displacement doesn't cause any issues.

Looks like the 12:50 off of Penzance to Truro has crew that will have just booked on work it, and you're sat on the train that forms it, so that leg should be fine!
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« Reply #29 on: January 28, 2025, 18:19:19 »
Gave the extra round trip to Truro a miss - much of of reason was an HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) Swanson trip and I had already had one of those enforced on my by the changes at Plymouth
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