Ben B Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 I was hoping to get over to Porthmadog to at least see the loco for that weekend and visit for the special event, but I suspect that may get scrapped anyway now given the announcements last night. Hard to make out exactly what the policy is for North Wales, or if the 'avoid non-essential travel' also applies to Snowdonia. I suspect Drakeford would rather just close the border anyway at this point as a precaution for the whole country. At least I got to see "Welsh Pony" during the summer... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Traxson Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ben B said: Hard to make out exactly what the policy is for North Wales, or if the 'avoid non-essential travel' also applies to Snowdonia. I suspect Drakeford would rather just close the border anyway at this point as a precaution for the whole country. At least I got to see "Welsh Pony" during the summer... I too suspect he would and being purely selfish, as I live here, I more than half agree with him having seen some of the visitors behaviour. But the reality, of course, is that without border posts, walls or dykes, and with country lanes everywhere that cross the border, plus the economic effect of no visitors to the area, it's just not feasible despite what some of the Welsh Nationalists think. I'll stop at that as I could be construed as straying into politics. Besides which I'm just about to go up to Tan y Bwlch tea rooms for my dinner break! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 To stop myself getting political as well, I'd also say how welcome the tea room at Tanybwlch is- they seemed to be doing a good trade from people dropping-in as well as train passengers. On the days we weren't riding the Ffestiniog, we'd try and call in for a brew when we had chance. The scones are amazing 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 naming ceremony today, what ever the discussion was about final livery, it has kept the purple 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) The Isengard website gives the colour as dark chocolate. Possibly two names for the same colour; not unusual in railway paints. The money we put into those little envelopes on the trains was well spent. http://www.isengard.co.uk/images/JPEGS/Welsh Pony_F&WHR8-10-20.jpg Edited October 12, 2020 by Ohmisterporter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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