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| Beeching v Marples In "Railway History and related topics" [370581/31386/55] Posted by CyclingSid at 14:06, 5th January 2026 |      |
Interesting article in the i newspaper series on "Who broke Britain". [Behind a paywall] https://inews.co.uk/opinion/why-are-trains-bad-blame-ernest-marples-4118302
After the protests about the opening of the M1 and other impositions on the poor old motorists (I think they have been suffering since the man with red flag) the author identifies the different financing models for roads and public transport.
| Trip Report: 29/12/2025 - 02/01/2026 New Year In Yorkshire In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [370580/31385/51] Posted by Bob_Blakey at 13:57, 5th January 2026 | |
29/12/25 - Exeter To Pontefract
DIG 0843 (OT)>EXD 0856 (OT) : 2T10 EXM>PGN : 2 x 150/2 (4 Cars)
EXD 0916 (OT)>PAD 1131 (1136) : 1A76 PNZ>PAD : 1 x 803/0 (9 Cars)
TfL» Underground Paddington > King's Cross St. Pancras (H&C Line)
KGX 1310 (OT)>WKF 1507 (1509) : 1D16 KGX>LDS : 1 x 801/1 (5 Cars)
WKF 1542>PFM 1605 : 2A21 LDS>KNO (Cancelled - Traction Equipment Failure)
Tickets: DIG>PAD Senior Railcard Advance Single £30.76, Railcard TfL Underground £1.85, KGX>WKF Senior Railcard Advance Single 1st Class £46.40, WKF>PFM Senior Railcard Anytime Single £2.70
2T10 very lightly loaded. Tickets but not Railcards checked during the SJP stop.
1A76 was fairly well loaded. Tickets but not Railcards were checked in the Bruton/Frome area by a TM who was following the refreshment trolley along the train! Service basically ran as scheduled until Langley after which time was lost, due to ‘congestion’, resulting in a 5 minute delay reaching PAD. Of note was a delay approaching RDG when 1A76 was held to allow the 14 late 1L12 from Carmarthen to cross to P11 in front of us. It would surely have been easier to run 1L12 into P10 and 1A76 into P11 to avoid the conflict. I would guess the hand of ARS was involved but due to the wait time at RDG 1A76 was still able to depart on time.
1D16 was very busy presumably as a result of it being a 5 car Azuma. I don’t know if it was a 9 or 10 car service before the recent ‘more services’ timetable change. Tickets but not Railcards checked shortly after departure from KGX. After an almost completely on time journey arrival into WKF was slightly delayed waiting for the late running 1E40 XC RDG>LDS service to clear the platform.
2A21 was cancelled when the allocated 158/8 2 Car unit failed completely shortly after leaving LDS. For good measure it blocked the line to WKF for quite a while.We decided to take a taxi to Pontefract. The next service to PFM was 2A23 LDS>KNO which would have got us to our destination at 1705 but was delayed until 1747 so I have submitted a Delay Replay claim to Northern on that basis.
30/12/25 - A Day Out At The NRM
It seems to have changed it's name to just the Railway Museum. Surprisingly busy perhaps because Flying Scotsman was present. Much changed since my previous visit.
02/01/26 - Pontefract to Exeter
PFM 1145 (1146)>WKF 1210 (1212) : 2A10 KNO>LDS : 1 x 158/8 (2 Cars)
WKF 1222 (1225)>KGX 1423 (1427) : 1A19 BDQ>KGX : 1 x IC225 (6 Cars)
TfL» Underground King's Cross St. Pancras>Paddington (Circle Line)
PAD 1552 (OT)>EXD 1815 (1821) : 1C88 PAD>PNZ : 1 x 803/0 (9 Cars)
EXD 1847 (OT)>DIG 1859 (OT) : 2F29 PGM>EXM : 1 x 150/2 (2 Cars)
Tickets: PFM>KGX Senior Railcard Advance Single £20.70, Railcard TfL Underground £1.85, PAD>DIG Senior Railcard Advance Single £40.25
We were a little worried about the connection from PFM to WKF as the service was provided by the same 158 unit that had failed us on the previous Monday!
1A19 was very well loaded. It left LDS a couple of minutes late, lost a little more time on the run to DON and then failed to make up any of the delay on the rest of the journey arriving at KGX 6 down.
I posted elsewhere in this forum that 1C88 was very lightly loaded - a single 150 unit would probably have sufficed! It ran as booked to RDG where it waited for a scheduled 9 minutes. I assume this was to get the train past an engineering closure in a convenient way as it was routed via the Relief Line between Airport Junction & Slough. Time was then lost following a late running NBY service and also by slow running past the location of the suspected Up Line track defect. Not for the first time the annoyance of cr*p scheduling at EXD saw 1C88 booked to arrive at 1815 (actual 1821) with 2F28 to Exmouth leaving at 1818 thereby failing the minimum connection rule. The holding of the BNP connection was apparently a completely different scenario. I refuse to believe that GWR, the DfT and/or GBR couldn’t sort this nonsense out.
There were no ticket / railcard checks on either of the local services.
| Re: Earley Station In "South Western services" [370579/31384/42] Posted by CyclingSid at 13:56, 5th January 2026 | |
Another "Earley" branch, off the Paddington main line, to Earley power station; https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Earley_Power_Station. The opening of which was at about the same time as the Burghfield ordnance factory https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1077758&resourceID=19191. Presumably to ensure there was enough power for wartime production in the Reading area.
| Re: PeeCam, PooCam In "The Lighter Side" [370578/31381/30] Posted by CyclingSid at 13:41, 5th January 2026 | |
From the title you had me seriously worried that this was another of your seasonal picture contests.
| Re: Binned sausage rolls served to rail passengers In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [370577/31380/51] Posted by ChrisB at 11:53, 5th January 2026 | |
Hmm.
At no stage in this BBC report, nor associated local news reports, is there any explanation as to why those sausage rolls had been consigned to the food waste bin.
If they were 'outside date', no excuses - even homeless charities wouldn't want them.
At no stage in this BBC report, nor associated local news reports, is there any explanation as to why those sausage rolls had been consigned to the food waste bin.
If they were 'outside date', no excuses - even homeless charities wouldn't want them.
That question is a smokescreen - the employee took them out of the bin. Full stop. Unhygienic, surely, means that even if made same day, contact with anything unhygienic means they were unusable?
| Re: Weather updates from across the UK and implications for infrastructure - 2026 In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [370576/31355/51] Posted by ChrisB at 11:49, 5th January 2026 Already liked by PrestburyRoad | |
From the BBC
includes.....
ScotRail said "route proving" was under way on Monday morning but some services are unlikely to operate until Monday afternoon.
The operator said services along the Highland Main Line, between Inverness and Perth, was running.
But those between Aberdeen and Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness and the Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh/Wick routes were likely to be affected, it said.
Network Rail, which maintains the infrastructure, said trains could not run safely in snow depths exceeding 30cm (12ins) unless fitted with snow ploughs.
Appealing for patience, its route director Ross Moran said: "Safety of our passengers and our colleagues is our top priority.
"We'll only reopen lines and return to normal operations once we're confident it's safe to do so".
Network Rail posted this image of the line at Achnasheen on Sunday to explain why the Kyle of Lochalsh line was closed.
The operator said services along the Highland Main Line, between Inverness and Perth, was running.
But those between Aberdeen and Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness and the Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh/Wick routes were likely to be affected, it said.
Network Rail, which maintains the infrastructure, said trains could not run safely in snow depths exceeding 30cm (12ins) unless fitted with snow ploughs.
Appealing for patience, its route director Ross Moran said: "Safety of our passengers and our colleagues is our top priority.
"We'll only reopen lines and return to normal operations once we're confident it's safe to do so".
Network Rail posted this image of the line at Achnasheen on Sunday to explain why the Kyle of Lochalsh line was closed.
And again, From another BBC page
Network Rail, which looks after rail infrastructure, said heavy snow had seen snowplough locomotives dispatched in areas such as Kintore in Aberdeenshire as well as further north on the line to Wick.
One of its snowploughs encountered drifts up to 1.2m (4ft) deep near Laurencekirk.
Train operator ScotRail said it would be unable to resume some services until Monday afternoon.
Aberdeen – Dundee, Aberdeen – Inverness and Inverness – Wick/Thurso and Kyle of Lochalsh routes were most likely to be affected.
Service delivery director Mark Ilderton said: "Safety is our number one priority so it's very important we make sure all routes that have been affected by the heavy snowfall and low temperatures are safe before we run any passenger services."
The railway tracks were barely visible at Insch in Aberdeenshire
The Far North Line locomotive stopped at Helmsdale on the way to Wick
One of its snowploughs encountered drifts up to 1.2m (4ft) deep near Laurencekirk.
Train operator ScotRail said it would be unable to resume some services until Monday afternoon.
Aberdeen – Dundee, Aberdeen – Inverness and Inverness – Wick/Thurso and Kyle of Lochalsh routes were most likely to be affected.
Service delivery director Mark Ilderton said: "Safety is our number one priority so it's very important we make sure all routes that have been affected by the heavy snowfall and low temperatures are safe before we run any passenger services."
The railway tracks were barely visible at Insch in Aberdeenshire
The Far North Line locomotive stopped at Helmsdale on the way to Wick
| Re: Looe Branch Line - timetables, cancellations, engineering work, closures and incidents In "Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall" [370575/569/25] Posted by plymothian at 10:50, 5th January 2026 | |
Line to remain closed until at least the end of 07/01/26
| Re: Earley Station In "South Western services" [370574/31384/42] Posted by stuving at 10:45, 5th January 2026 Already liked by Mark A | |
Ah, regarding the long footbridge, we have this. (There's a tender out for its replacement.)
https://rdg.today/earley-bridge-tender-launched/
Mark
https://rdg.today/earley-bridge-tender-launched/
Mark
It may be logical for WBC to call this footviaduct (it's a bit long for a bridge) their "Earley station footbridge". But it's not Earley station's "Earley station footbridge". That's a much more modest affair - only one span rather than eight.
I note that the existing one has those worst-of-both-worlds stepped ramps (or ramped steps). I think those are now deprecated, so I wonder what they will be replaced with.
| Re: New Year's Day - journey log and "State of transport" observations In "Introductions and chat" [370573/31379/1] Posted by IndustryInsider at 10:34, 5th January 2026 | |
Station staff at Chippenham did not (and it was implied cannot) use a local taxi themselves - taxis need to be book, authorised centrally as I sorta-understood it. However, he was Chippenham based (may work from there for Bath Taxis?) It was, thank goodness, a much much shorter wait, and one that was better informed and more friendly, than would have been a wait at Trowbridge with just a help point.
The contract for supplying taxis for GWR changed at the end of last year, which might explain any changes to the taxi procurement process.
| Re: Earley Station In "South Western services" [370572/31384/42] Posted by bobm at 10:05, 5th January 2026 Already liked by Mark A | |
For many years Earley station was my nearest connection to the railway.
The dual carriageway opened in 1974 and was then known as the A329M. Its opening was delayed by a year after some workmen were killed a short distance from the station when the bridge over the River Loddon collapsed. That was the first time I remember seeing something local on the television news. As a further aside the road was renamed the A3290 in the 1980s when a bus lane was installed to assist the opening of the nearby park and ride. Evidently in those days you could not have a bus lane on a motorway. The part of the road north east of the park and ride remains known as the A329M. Prior to the bridge and road being built there was a foot crossing to the left of the main station building at Earley.
There were two oil depots at Earley run by Shell. The original one was built on the north side of the line but when the motorway was constructed it was moved to the south side. Access to it was, in later years, via a ground frame after the signalbox at the station closed in 1973.
The oil terminal closed in 1988 and a housing estate built on the site.
| Re: Earley Station In "South Western services" [370571/31384/42] Posted by Mark A at 08:12, 5th January 2026 | |
Ah, regarding the long footbridge, we have this. (There's a tender out for its replacement.)
https://rdg.today/earley-bridge-tender-launched/
Mark
| Re: Looe Branch Line - timetables, cancellations, engineering work, closures and incidents In "Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall" [370570/569/25] Posted by a-driver at 08:10, 5th January 2026 | |
The entire day's service on Monday now showing as cancelled on Journeycheck.
Divers have found defects with structures inspected, severity unknown.
| Earley Station In "South Western services" [370569/31384/42] Posted by Mark A at 07:59, 5th January 2026 | |
The now vanished oil terminal at Earley - does anyone know its history - when it opened, when it closed, what it served, why there's a very lengthy footbridge that crosses the station and the dual carriageway to the north (and when that was built...), it would be good to know anything about the activities there - apart from circumstances surrounding the discovery of radioactive contamination on the land after the site was redeveloped that is.
Mark
| Re: Point to point passenger numbers since the pandemic In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [370568/31376/51] Posted by grahame at 05:36, 5th January 2026 Already liked by IndustryInsider | |
The Origin and Destination data is now available for National Rail Stations at the Coffee Shop
For example - Newton Abbott (NTA) ... https://www.passenger.chat/NTA.html - change the 3 letter code to your station or navigate through the data using links on the table row and column links
Here are some examples - looking at the Elizabeth Line effect
https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/MAI.html?limit=10&sortby=6
https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/TAP.html?limit=10&sortby=6
https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/CWX.html?limit=10&sortby=6
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| Britain's Favourite Railway Stations - Channel 4, from 8th January 2026 In "Media about railways, and other means of transport" [370567/31383/49] Posted by grahame at 05:05, 5th January 2026 Already liked by Western Pathfinder | |
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-favourite-railway-stations
Si King, Siddy Holloway and Damion Burrows explore the extraordinary stations that take us beyond catching a train to the hidden worlds where heritage, technology and community converge
| Re: West Wiltshire Ramblers - walks from Stations In "Diary - what's happening when?" [370566/31347/34] Posted by grahame at 22:31, 4th January 2026 | |
Taormina?
Yep ... lovely place and a random discovery at the top of the hill. So GLAD I wasn't on a tour party but rather could wander around for a couple of hours
| Re: West Wiltshire Ramblers - walks from Stations In "Diary - what's happening when?" [370565/31347/34] Posted by eightonedee at 22:17, 4th January 2026 | |
Taormina?
| Re: West Wiltshire Ramblers - walks from Stations In "Diary - what's happening when?" [370564/31347/34] Posted by grahame at 22:09, 4th January 2026 | |
2 and 5. Dawlish.
All five at the same place - or within a very short distance.
| Re: New Year's Day - journey log and "State of transport" observations In "Introductions and chat" [370563/31379/1] Posted by grahame at 22:06, 4th January 2026 Already liked by Phil | |
Another taxi arrived, this time a local Chippenham one ordered by the GWR central team, and after checking that it was after 17:50, us three passengers got in and we were taken to Melksham - arrival 18:14 at the station.
That's interesting... when I got stranded at Westbury last year I was told that a policy decision had been made to only use Bath Taxis for replacement rail services. It often used to be the case that the station staff would call local (mainly Westbury or Trowbridge) taxi companies for runs to Melksham (and beyond), but apparently Bath Taxis were the only company they were now allowed to book. Which meant a muchlonger wait for us passengers stuck at Westbury.
Sounds like that ruling has been rescinded now if Chippenham staff can use local services. Or maybe it's unique to Westbury?
Station staff at Chippenham did not (and it was implied cannot) use a local taxi themselves - taxis need to be book, authorised centrally as I sorta-understood it. However, he was Chippenham based (may work from there for Bath Taxis?) It was, thank goodness, a much much shorter wait, and one that was better informed and more friendly, than would have been a wait at Trowbridge with just a help point.
| Re: New Year's Day - journey log and "State of transport" observations In "Introductions and chat" [370561/31379/1] Posted by Phil at 21:27, 4th January 2026 | |
Another taxi arrived, this time a local Chippenham one ordered by the GWR central team, and after checking that it was after 17:50, us three passengers got in and we were taken to Melksham - arrival 18:14 at the station.
That's interesting... when I got stranded at Westbury last year I was told that a policy decision had been made to only use Bath Taxis for replacement rail services. It often used to be the case that the station staff would call local (mainly Westbury or Trowbridge) taxi companies for runs to Melksham (and beyond), but apparently Bath Taxis were the only company they were now allowed to book. Which meant a much longer wait for us passengers stuck at Westbury.
Sounds like that ruling has been rescinded now if Chippenham staff can use local services. Or maybe it's unique to Westbury?
| Re: West Wiltshire Ramblers - walks from Stations In "Diary - what's happening when?" [370560/31347/34] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:19, 4th January 2026 | |
2 and 5. Dawlish.
| Re: Travel disruption likely after weather warnings issued for Devon & Cornwall In "Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall" [370559/31263/25] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:15, 4th January 2026 | |
I really don't want to labour the point, because those of our members and guests in Devon and Cornwall will be very aware of the local conditions, but here is a weather news report, from the BBC:
Travel warnings as snow and ice predicted in Devon and Cornwall
A snowy scene near Liskeard in Cornwall
A yellow warning for ice and snow is in place across Devon and Cornwall, and is scheduled to last until Tuesday.
The Met Office warned of scattered sleet and snow showers, and icy patches which may cause some travel disruption on Sunday, Monday and into Tuesday morning. Another school is closed because of a heating failure.
The ice, sleet and snow warnings start at 12:00 GMT on Sunday and run continuously until 11:00 on Tuesday.
Some roads and rail journeys are likely to be affected and there is an increased risk of injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.
People are also advised there are also likely to be some icy patches on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.
Devon County Council said gritters were out across the county, external and would be out again early on Monday.
Cornwall Council urged people to travel carefully and allow extra time for their journeys.
St Luke's Church of England School in Exeter is closed on Monday because of a heating failure, and Ashwater Primary School and Halwill Primary School in Beaworthy are opening at 10:00 GMT to give time to travel due to the icy conditions forecast.
Details of school closures are published on this Devon County Council page.
Four Plymouth churches have opened their doors to the homeless due to the drop in temperatures.
Project 58:7, launched by Path and charity Transforming Plymouth Together, sees the city centre churches transformed into warm shelters until March. The scheme, funded by the Rank Foundation, offers hot drinks, clean bedding and specialist support.
Victoria Allen, Path chief executive, said: "We see every day the fear, exhaustion and worsening health that comes from trying to survive on the streets. Project 58:7 is a compassionate and practical response, giving people not only a safe night's sleep but the chance to stabilise, feel valued, and begin moving forward."
A snowy scene near Liskeard in Cornwall
A yellow warning for ice and snow is in place across Devon and Cornwall, and is scheduled to last until Tuesday.
The Met Office warned of scattered sleet and snow showers, and icy patches which may cause some travel disruption on Sunday, Monday and into Tuesday morning. Another school is closed because of a heating failure.
The ice, sleet and snow warnings start at 12:00 GMT on Sunday and run continuously until 11:00 on Tuesday.
Some roads and rail journeys are likely to be affected and there is an increased risk of injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.
People are also advised there are also likely to be some icy patches on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.
Devon County Council said gritters were out across the county, external and would be out again early on Monday.
Cornwall Council urged people to travel carefully and allow extra time for their journeys.
St Luke's Church of England School in Exeter is closed on Monday because of a heating failure, and Ashwater Primary School and Halwill Primary School in Beaworthy are opening at 10:00 GMT to give time to travel due to the icy conditions forecast.
Details of school closures are published on this Devon County Council page.
Four Plymouth churches have opened their doors to the homeless due to the drop in temperatures.
Project 58:7, launched by Path and charity Transforming Plymouth Together, sees the city centre churches transformed into warm shelters until March. The scheme, funded by the Rank Foundation, offers hot drinks, clean bedding and specialist support.
Victoria Allen, Path chief executive, said: "We see every day the fear, exhaustion and worsening health that comes from trying to survive on the streets. Project 58:7 is a compassionate and practical response, giving people not only a safe night's sleep but the chance to stabilise, feel valued, and begin moving forward."
Please, be aware, and be careful out there.
| Re: West Wiltshire Ramblers - walks from Stations In "Diary - what's happening when?" [370558/31347/34] Posted by grahame at 20:59, 4th January 2026 | |
By way of further explanation, I don't enjoy being on the Town-type tour-guided walks that stop for a talk about as it might be each of the seven crescents - in fact, In so unenjoy that I have few picture of them, but here is one:
I much prefer to see places, and perhaps less of them but more to my taste, on my own or with just one or two like minded people:
| Re: Coffee Shop forum 'Calendar' facility In "Diary - what's happening when?" [370555/31382/34] Posted by grahame at 20:02, 4th January 2026 | |
You may have noticed that I've been rather more active there recently.
Simply because, while adding details of dates and events to my paper A4 desk diary and wall calendar (both of which were very welcome Christmas presents!), I noted that our forum's facility there is rather woefully underused.
That's another of the things I'll be working on: please do feel encouraged to add anything relevant there, for the benefit of all our members and guests.
Simply because, while adding details of dates and events to my paper A4 desk diary and wall calendar (both of which were very welcome Christmas presents!), I noted that our forum's facility there is rather woefully underused.
That's another of the things I'll be working on: please do feel encouraged to add anything relevant there, for the benefit of all our members and guests.
YES PLEASE ... and signed in member may add an event and please do so! So - if there's
* A public transport event in the area
* An activity that it's natural to go to by train or bus
* A date for a consultation or bargain related to our areas of activity
* A rail or bus completions, crowd fund, law change, service change or anything else relevant
... please feel not only free but encouraged to add them.
I have just extended the calendar end date to 31st December 2029
| Re: Weather updates from across the UK and implications for infrastructure - 2026 In "The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom" [370554/31355/51] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:01, 4th January 2026 | |
An update, from the BBC:
Mother and daughter named as sea tragedy victims
Grace Keeling and Sarah Keeling went into the sea off the East Yorkshire coast on Friday with passer-by Mark Ratcliffe
A man who died trying to save two people from the sea in East Yorkshire on Friday was attempting to rescue a mother and her teenage daughter, Humberside police said.
Officers said 67-year-old Mark Ratcliffe entered the water at Withernsea to try and save 45-year-old Sarah Keeling and 15-year-old Grace Keeling.
In a tribute, Mr Ratcliffe's family said he was "a true selfless hero with a heart of gold, who was so cruelly taken trying to save others".
Police said the bodies of Sarah Keeling and Mark Ratcliffe were recovered on Friday evening, and officers were still searching to locate Grace.
Mr Ratcliffe's family said: "So many lives are now shattered that you're gone. You were loved by so many people, and we will all miss you forever. A loving husband, father, son, brother and the best grandad anybody could ever wish for. Sleep tight, we love you, we miss you."
Mr Ratcliffe's son, in a Facebook post, thanked the RNLI, HM coastguards and the emergency services who had done "all they could" and worked tirelessly and relentlessly in awful weather conditions. "Bye Dad, I miss you and I will never forget the true hero and role model you were," he wrote.
Police said both families were being supported by specially trained officers.
(BBC article continues)
Grace Keeling and Sarah Keeling went into the sea off the East Yorkshire coast on Friday with passer-by Mark Ratcliffe
A man who died trying to save two people from the sea in East Yorkshire on Friday was attempting to rescue a mother and her teenage daughter, Humberside police said.
Officers said 67-year-old Mark Ratcliffe entered the water at Withernsea to try and save 45-year-old Sarah Keeling and 15-year-old Grace Keeling.
In a tribute, Mr Ratcliffe's family said he was "a true selfless hero with a heart of gold, who was so cruelly taken trying to save others".
Police said the bodies of Sarah Keeling and Mark Ratcliffe were recovered on Friday evening, and officers were still searching to locate Grace.
Mr Ratcliffe's family said: "So many lives are now shattered that you're gone. You were loved by so many people, and we will all miss you forever. A loving husband, father, son, brother and the best grandad anybody could ever wish for. Sleep tight, we love you, we miss you."
Mr Ratcliffe's son, in a Facebook post, thanked the RNLI, HM coastguards and the emergency services who had done "all they could" and worked tirelessly and relentlessly in awful weather conditions. "Bye Dad, I miss you and I will never forget the true hero and role model you were," he wrote.
Police said both families were being supported by specially trained officers.
(BBC article continues)
| Coffee Shop forum 'Calendar' facility In "Diary - what's happening when?" [370553/31382/34] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:39, 4th January 2026 | |
You may have noticed that I've been rather more active there recently.
Simply because, while adding details of dates and events to my paper A4 desk diary and wall calendar (both of which were very welcome Christmas presents!), I noted that our forum's facility there is rather woefully underused.
That's another of the things I'll be working on: please do feel encouraged to add anything relevant there, for the benefit of all our members and guests.
