Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Well, it's a beautiful evening here at the End of the World as We Know It. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Funnily enough I just had a look myself. Mainly at the news section, then had a little peep at the cameras. This is a nice view. Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Hopefully it will all survive this crisis and return to normal one day! Brian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 It really was a glorious day today. One benefit of the reduction in air travel is that the skies are clear and quiet. Haven't seen them this clear since that Icelandic volcano in 2010... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Just glorious again... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Cheese Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) On 26/03/2020 at 17:54, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: Just glorious again... Beautiful area, we've been coming down every September since 2005 or so, initially for the beer festival at Minehead station but latterly we've made our own entertainment using the train to make a day of visiting Quantock Brewery and the farm deli next door, returning to Pebbles Tavern and a curry in the Spice Merchant at Watchet then finishing with a pub crawl at Minehead as we have friends recently moved there who go to places we never knew existed previously. We normally stay on the Home Farm camp site at Blue Anchor (hope it survives this current bother) and try to fit a couple of walks in to Minehead and somewhat precariously when dark and drunk returning over the cliffs from Watchet... a real shame the Blue Anchor pub has had to shut owing to cliff erosion, and the Smugglers hasn't been the same since Simon left...even if he did have allegedly iffy political views he was a bloody good landlord and charity fundraiser. I know the beer festival fell victim to the peculiarities of the ex-station mistress at Minehead but now she is gone (Hurrah!) hopefully the WSR and CAMRA can reconcile their differences and get the event back in place next year all being well...I'm sure the local B&B's and eateries will be in agreement. PS: Sorry if the last bit is slightly ranty. PPS: Even sorrier if the ex-station mistress is your wife etc Edited March 30, 2020 by Bert Cheese Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 yet another glorious evening, as the rails gently rust in the salt air Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 The rails rust, and the sun beats down on the slumbering station waiting for a train that never arrives... The best Easter weather in years, it must be agonising for all our heritage lines. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 59 minutes ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: The rails rust, and the sun beats down on the slumbering station waiting for a train that never arrives... The best Easter weather in years, it must be agonising for all our heritage lines. At least they got the railway ready before the lockdown - there were big holes in the line for a couple of months. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted April 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 11, 2020 32 minutes ago, woodenhead said: At least they got the railway ready before the lockdown - there were big holes in the line for a couple of months. ………….and sadly, big holes in the budget. Hope that can be sorted. P 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platform 1 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 The rain in Williton falls mainly on the train (with apologies to Henry Higgins)... Looks like the spider likes it too 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 The water in Majorca don't taste like what it oughta. I've been looking in. A bit of tidying up but I've not seen anything significant happening. Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 The birds are taking over Blue Anchor... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 And they dont look like rusty rails either ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 Just now, Ray M said: And they dont look like rusty rails either ? It's wet - the tracks are very rusty and very overgrown in some places too. Bishops Lydeard today: Blue Anchor now it is dry again 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Although some lines are going to open, the cash shortage still exists and will there be enough tickets sold soon enough to keep going? Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 June... July... It's like the ghost of Beeching 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Yes. But if you look at the website they are now able to start removing weeds and doing maintenance. Which they weren't allowed to do until the last week or so. http://cgibin.wsr.org.uk/cgi-bin/snap.cgi?h=Snapshot&p=2020/07/032 Bishops Lydeard is all freshly painted. Saw a bloke doing it the other day. Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Just saw this pop up 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Early morning shot showing the nearly cleared trackbed at Blue Anchor. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Clear tracks and the weeders have just gone into the station building. Jason 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 There's some Open Day thing going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted July 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2020 20 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: There's some Open Day thing going on. http://www.wsr.org.uk/news.htm#2099 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 First train runs on new socially distanced West Somerset 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 There was an 09 going up and down yesterday. Then the pair of 33s which moved the Quantock Belle. I'm surprised there hasn't been more movements, mainly to stop stock seizing up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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