Blimey! 

I should have let Finn answer, after all. 

 
I took one driving test, in the early 1980s, on manual cars. Passed.

That has covered me for all of my driving since then - cars (manual and automatic) in the UK and overseas, provisional motor cycle, and grocery delivery vans.


Before I retired, I drove Mercedes Sprinter delivery vans - which were all manual. If there was snow, the fleet was grounded, for safety concerns. I remember one occasion, when I had offered to make the very last delivery of that evening to a remote customer, before the snow really arrived. I pulled out of a junction onto the A38 at the top of Redhill (very near Bristol Airport, which had already closed due to the weather) at walking speed - and the van slid sideways on the compacted snow and ice.

No problem: there was no other traffic - they couldn't get up Redhill in those conditions.  I was just laughing to myself in the cab that I'd managed to get a Mercedes Sprinter van to go sideways. 

 

Sorry Chris, you - along with JayMac earlier today - are actually incorrect! I'll be there later this week 

 
Due to its very distinctive architecture, it's got to be Wemyss Bay railway station.

The terminus of the Inverclyde Line, with a connection to the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal.

(CalMac being one of my pet topics. )  CfN. 

 
...which is a neat trick for a CVT

 
Ok, I think I'm getting confused - when I said above:
thinking about it, it was a link to another site, not an attach.

Apologies - next time I'll just cross my fingers and post

 
The Yaris can be set into manual mode if needed and then use the select lever to shift up or down one ratio at a time

 
Attached images do not show in the preview. That's just how it is.

 
Sure, but presumably it would still be good to understand why the attach didn't work? Speaking as a software developer

 

Go ahead!  Finn is still recovering from being pampered at the cricket today 

 
Personally, I prefer to include a link to an image on an external site when I post an item.

It then appears, as an image, in context, within my post.  CfN. 

 
(Forgot to say that image size <2MB.)

 
yes because I did it as a link to an external hosting site in the end, as the attach didn't appear to be working.

 
I can see those pesky ducks

 
...in this post: https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=29726.msg365715#msg365715

I did the Additional Options / Choose File, and the filename was displayed as the chosen file (a .png). But the picture didn't show up in the preview (unlike that one the other day that did appear in the preview but not in the posted post due to some software issue that Graham spotted).

I didn't want to risk posting it without the pic, so uploaded it elsewhere and supplied a link. But shouldn't the attach option have worked?

 

18:03 bus running very late ... so I caught the daily x69 to Bradford-on-Avon at 18:05. The 18:21 train from there to Trowbridge was 8 minutes late, so managed to catch that - at the venue just before 18:40. 

Getting home may be interesting - GWR say that they are running rail replacement buses, so we will see.

 

I recognize where you were - but I wondered whether Finn is still allowed to reply first?

CfN. 

 

...and even that got delayed...

 
Fair point, ChrisB.

I was never going win this one, so I've now amended the heading of this topic, yet again.

That is my final answer. CfN.

 
Way back in the Summer of 2018, I purchased an 8 in 15 Freedom of Scotland rover and managed to travel over most of the rural (and not so rural) lines. I am currently north of the border again, attempting to travel over the rest (bar some of the Glasgow suburban lines)

Whilst enjoying the wonders of Wifi for the moment, I thought I'd post this now. I may not be so lucky over the next few days!

So, where was I today (17/09/25)?

Oh, by the way JayMac is barred from this as he and I have been messaging each other during the day!

 
I still prefer manuals especially if poor weather such as snow

 
2nd 271 of the day, although the first one was due to a senior moment - was one mile into the 1.6 to Melksham station when I realised I'd left my laptop at home. After retracing my steps, rather than repeating the initial mile I caught the bus to Bath - the nearest bus stop is only about 100m from my front door. It's a useful option to have as a backup.

This evening's refund of just over £5 will nearly cover my morning lapse as well.

 

OK - down on the bus at 18:03 from Melksham (x34) and will try the rail replacement service to get me home

 
I legged it to BTM so I could catch the 16:47 Warminster service instead of my normal 17:00 Paddington, allowing me to catch the 17:15 271 bus from Bath to Melksham instead of the cancelled Chippenham-Melksham train. The infrequency of said trains fortunately means that the refund is sufficient to cover the bus cost

 
Is that some Vulcan footwear? 

 

Or you could if the train hadn't broken down!!

 

 
I will be getting the 18:03 bus from Melksham Market Place to the West Wilts meeting ... see how I do on return for the 21:22.