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« Reply #45 on: May 06, 2014, 12:11:35 »

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

Oh - Ashton Avenue Bridge!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton_Avenue_Bridge
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« Reply #46 on: May 06, 2014, 12:50:32 »

That's the one!

Possibly the only redeeming feature of the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) scheme is that this bridge, Grade II listed and currently at risk, will be thoroughly repaired.
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« Reply #47 on: May 06, 2014, 23:51:29 »

Possibly the only redeeming feature of the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) scheme is that this bridge, Grade II listed and currently at risk, will be thoroughly repaired.

Definitely the only redeeming feature ...  Roll Eyes Shocked Lips sealed
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« Reply #48 on: May 09, 2014, 22:06:53 »

How about this one:

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« Reply #49 on: May 09, 2014, 22:32:28 »

Well, it looks to be an ideal habitat for a squirrel - but I haven't a clue where it is!  Grin
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« Reply #50 on: May 10, 2014, 13:26:19 »

A clue: Looks like a bridge, but it's actually a tunnel...
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« Reply #51 on: May 10, 2014, 19:50:27 »

Hmm. Tongue

'A disused railway tunnel somewhere' still leaves a fair few possibilities.  (I'm assuming it's an old railway tunnel, not a canal tunnel, by the way).  Undecided
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« Reply #52 on: May 10, 2014, 20:16:16 »

It is a railway tunnel, in Bristol...
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« Reply #53 on: May 10, 2014, 20:19:10 »

'A disused railway tunnel somewhere' still leaves a fair few possibilities.

595 on the forgotten relics database
http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/database/index.html
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« Reply #54 on: May 10, 2014, 20:24:18 »

Well... I thought FT, N might have taken a punt at this one!

Sorry I'm late! Ashton Avenue Bridge it is, a shadow of its former glory, and soon to be the only improvement in a sh*tstorm of vandalism between Bemmy Bridge and Whitchurch Lane, as an excuse to build new roads.
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« Reply #55 on: May 10, 2014, 21:45:55 »

Red faces all round if you can't work out where it is...
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« Reply #56 on: May 12, 2014, 21:29:20 »

I now know the answer to the latest picture posted by Sciurus Vulgaris having been told it from the horse's (or rather, squirrel's) mouth.

Kicking myself as well because I considered posting what would have been the correct answer. I didn't, simply because I could find nothing online to confirm my suspicions.

I'll leave it to Red Squirrel to give any more clues should he feel it necessary.
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« Reply #57 on: May 12, 2014, 21:38:12 »

I now know the answer to the latest picture posted by Sciurus Vulgaris having been told it from the horse's (or rather, squirrel's) mouth.

Kicking myself as well because I considered posting what would have been the correct answer. I didn't, simply because I could find nothing online to confirm my suspicions.

I'll leave it to Red Squirrel to give any more clues should he feel it necessary.

Moi non plus. Ihave even photographed the same scene myself, albeit some years back. Nice to meet the bushy tailed creature himself tonight! As well as bobm and BNM.
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« Reply #58 on: May 13, 2014, 17:27:47 »

I did see one this morning, as it happens. He was sat on the platform with his little suitcase, clasping his ticket in his paws, and I said to myself "Squirrel Going on a Summer Holiday".
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« Reply #59 on: May 13, 2014, 19:32:36 »

I'm still trying to think of a suitably crypt-ic clue...
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