well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[MrWolf]

This one still guards a bridge near where we live.

[NHY 581]

16 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

For some reason, I am thinking of a road in open fens, tramway down one verge, a road junction on the opposite side guarded by a disused pillbox. Telephone poles down the other verge and very little else. 

 

My intention is that there be very little by way of anything really.....except flatness.....

 

Rob. 

[MrWolf]

1 minute ago, NHY 581 said:

 

My intention is that there be very little by way of anything really.....except flatness.....

 

Rob. 

 

Sounds like my first marriage.

[MrWolf]

We had pulled into a field to watch an owl who clearly didn't know what time it was. 

Flatness

Silence 

Telephone poles sinking into the boggy field.

 

Yet we were about as far from the fens as you can get.

 

There's a road to the left of the hedge. All it needs is a GER tram and a couple of fruit vans.

 

Edited November 17, 2020 by MrWolf
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[teaky]

I wonder if Your Sheepyness can explain this apparent contradiction?

 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/94613-the-sheep-chronicles-the-final-frontier-these-are-the-continuing-adventures-of-norman-lockhart-connoisseur-of-traditional-british-breakfasts-and-fine-cream-teas-chapter-5-outwool-dipping-a-hoof-into-an-ex-great-eastern-backwater/&do=findComment&comment=2326433

[MrWolf]

Oh dear, there'll be talk of buses before you know it.

[Gilbert]

10 minutes ago, teaky said:

I wonder if Your Sheepyness can explain this apparent contradiction?

 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/94613-the-sheep-chronicles-the-final-frontier-these-are-the-continuing-adventures-of-norman-lockhart-connoisseur-of-traditional-british-breakfasts-and-fine-cream-teas-chapter-5-outwool-dipping-a-hoof-into-an-ex-great-eastern-backwater/&do=findComment&comment=2326433

That was his evil twin brother....

[teaky]

Just now, Gilbert said:

That was his evil twin brother....

You mean there's two of him?! 

[Gilbert]

6 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Oh dear, there'll be talk of buses before you know it.

Glad to be of service...

[Gilbert]

1 minute ago, teaky said:

You mean there's two of him?! 

Yeah - I reckon they swap at shows - no one person can talk for that long....

[MrWolf]

17 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

Glad to be of service...

 

Acceptable style of bus. Anything more modern will result in an air strike. 

[chuffinghell]

26 minutes ago, teaky said:

You mean there's two of him?! 

 

Not really its a Bruce Wayne/Batman kinda thing, you'll never see them both in the same room together

[MrWolf]

Why do they still paint modern buses red?

Because if it was white it would be a fridge.

 

 

[Gilbert]

6 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

 

Acceptable style of bus. Anything more modern will result in an air strike. 

Exactly what I thought.....good opportunity for a race with Mavis......

[MrWolf]

And it was @chuffinghell who started the "If Batman had a bus" hypothesis, although I was guilty of posting this on Warren Branch as an acceptable bridge ornament.

 

You may think that I have taken things OT, but ask yourselves, what replaced trams? Is a tram not a halfway house betwixt train and bus?

And who amongst us has just confessed to buying a tram?

 

Case dismissed.

 

 

Edited November 17, 2020 by MrWolf
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[NHY 581]

On 03/06/2016 at 10:37, NHY 581 said:

 

As appealing as Toby is we will not be having any of that Great Eastern stuff on here thank you very much.

 

 

Harrumph.

 

Oops......I mean, Ahem. 

 

I am not in a position to confirm or deny whether or not I find myself in a position to recall or otherwise the above remark, attributed in the first part to myself and seemingly added to this thread in the second part by someone or in fact anyone who may or may not have been myself. 

 

I hope that provides a degree of clarity. 

Edited November 17, 2020 by NHY 581

[NHY 581]

Not keen on buses...........I'm getting to like trams though.......

[chuffinghell]

Looking forward to seeing it after you have performed your weathering magic

[bgman]

12 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Ahem. 

 

I am not in a position to confirm or deny whether I am in a position to recall or otherwise the above remark, attributed in the first part to myself and seemingly added to this thread in the second part. 

 

I hope that provides clarity. 

 

Absolutely....I will continue to follow your every word Rob !

 

 

 

[MrWolf]

6 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Not keen on buses...........I'm getting to like trams though.......

 

Trams are good.

 

Please be aware that I am referring specifically to "proper" trams, either steam powered sheds or electric powered summerhouses held together with enamel signs. 

Recent imposters with pile ointment liveries will not be tolerated.

[NHY 581]

Technically of course, the J70 is an 0.6.0T so not a tram at all..........simply an engine that is used, intended or adapted for use on a tramway. 

 

I shall have time this evening to have a good look over this latest addition. First impressions are this is a lovely model. 

 

One will not be enough. 

 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

BTW, what colour do we think the bell should be......? 

[MrWolf]

One is never enough. You need at least two for a W&U layout. 

 

I have at least five GWR Dean Goods.

 

Some of them even work!

[Captain Kernow]

So it's not the Wisbech & Upwool Tramway, then?

 

[MrWolf]

The possibilities are seemingly endless if we follow this sheep related logic. I think we should have a sweepstake on what comes next. An Austerity saddle tank - Woolwich arsenal. One of those strange LNWR 0-4-2 PTs, Eweston Goods.