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« Reply #30 on: April 24, 2014, 21:39:49 »

Call me a sentimental ol' soul...

Alright then...You're a sentimental ol' soul.


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« Reply #31 on: April 24, 2014, 22:15:42 »

I, too, am rather sentimental about the little furry people: that's partly why I posted this topic.  Embarrassed Roll Eyes
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« Reply #32 on: April 25, 2014, 03:10:01 »

Continuing the theme from the OP (Original Poster / topic starter). Another station caf^. But where?



I would also say, "Where's James?" but that's a bit obvious.  Cheesy
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« Reply #33 on: April 25, 2014, 20:48:09 »

I, too, am rather sentimental about the little furry people: that's partly why I posted this topic.  Embarrassed Roll Eyes
And there was me thinking we were talking about squirrels! Cheesy
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« Reply #34 on: April 25, 2014, 22:58:41 »

I, too, am rather sentimental about the little furry people: that's partly why I posted this topic.  Embarrassed Roll Eyes

What about these furry people then?.... again from the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

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Swindon water voles to be released in Hampshire river

The endangered mammals have been taken to a breeder in Devon and will be released in the River Meon in Hampshire in the summer


More than 60 endangered water voles captured on canals in Swindon are to be released into a river in Hampshire.

Keystone Ecology, under licence from Natural England, trapped voles on the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal and at Studley ahead of bank rebuilding work.

The voles were taken to a breeder in Devon and will be released into Hampshire's River Meon this summer.

Sarah Jackson, from Keystone, said no suitable sites were available nearby, making live capture "the last option".

The water vole is one of Britain's fastest-declining mammals but according to Ms Jackson, there are "too many" on the Wichelstowe stretch of canal in Swindon.

"There are lots of water voles in Wichelstowe and in the bad weather this winter, there were burrows popping up everywhere," she said.

"On a 560m (1,840ft) section of canal, we assumed a population of around 45 to 50 voles and caught around 40 animals - which is a decent number."

'Large scale reintroduction'
 

More than 100 traps baited with apple were set up along both banks of the Swindon canal at the beginning of April.

In weeks, 40 voles were captured, along with 20 more on an old section of canal running through Studley Grange.

 More than 100 traps baited with apple were set up along both banks of the canal in Swindon at the beginning of April
"All the animals have been taken to purpose-built holding facilities in Devon," said Ms Jackson.

"It's not ideal to transport them quite so far away but they are being incorporated into a large-scale reintroduction project for the species."

The voles, along with hundreds of others from across the UK (United Kingdom), are being reintroduced into the Meon Valley in Hampshire, where the mammal is considered "locally extinct".
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« Reply #35 on: April 28, 2014, 08:59:09 »

Just spotted him!

We may need more clues: Is this on a heritage line?
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« Reply #36 on: April 28, 2014, 15:39:18 »

Just spotted him!

We may need more clues: Is this on a heritage line?

No, but there is one close by.
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« Reply #37 on: April 28, 2014, 21:39:14 »

Is it the cafe located in the old signalbox at Totnes?
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« Reply #38 on: April 28, 2014, 21:53:07 »

Is it the cafe located in the old signalbox at Totnes?

Correct.

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A couple more pictures of the Caf^ in the old signal box at Totnes:




And one of the exterior:

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« Reply #39 on: April 28, 2014, 22:23:01 »

Well that had me foxed (geddit?)

How about this one?

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« Reply #40 on: May 02, 2014, 23:27:25 »

Well... I thought FT, N might have taken a punt at this one!
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« Reply #41 on: May 02, 2014, 23:29:54 »

Ooo, is it somewhere on the proposed route of Bristol's Bust Rabid Trans*it?
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« Reply #42 on: May 06, 2014, 10:26:15 »

It IS!

Would it help if I panned out a bit?

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« Reply #43 on: May 06, 2014, 11:37:14 »

Looks like a footbridge across the tidal course of the River Avon that's parallelish to (and to the south of) the feeder canal / Floating Harbour.
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« Reply #44 on: May 06, 2014, 12:05:21 »

Much more than a footbridge, and not parallel to the Feeder...
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