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« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2025, 16:58:28 » |
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GBM, your grandson may even get to ride on an eventually reopened passenger train from Bristol to Portishead.  CfN.  |
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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 #16 on: January 23, 2025, 17:02:33 » |
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« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2025, 19:11:20 » |
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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 » |
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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 ... 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» -> 06:41 TRO» 06:46 TRO -> 07:09 BTH» 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» 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 » |
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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 » |
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... 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. CfN.  |
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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.
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« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2025, 06:54:32 » |
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... 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. CfN. 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▸ 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 » |
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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▸ Swansong.
The whole is defensively timed to ensure that I get home safe ...
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« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2025, 06:54:31 » |
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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 » |
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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 » |
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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 #27 on: January 28, 2025, 10:44:28 » |
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2C11 I presume then.  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.
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« Reply #29 on: January 28, 2025, 18:19:19 » |
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