David Todd Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Today, 1220 bursting out of Shakespeare Tunnel, into the Elephant grass of Samphire Hoe, heading West. DSC_0017 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) Am sure I had seen a post from someone,about helicopter photos, in this month's edition of , Rail, magazine, I got the last one in WH Smifs,Dover today, 2 double page spread photos and one single, I would say from about 500 feet. Edited January 21, 2017 by David Todd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Interesting how gabions have become everyone's favourite masonry material. Often appears in Grand Designs ... even on infill houses in London! dh 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 A friend of mine works for the environment agency. They use them a lot. Moving big blocks of concrete around is not easy when in the wilds on the edge of a worn out river bank. An empty cage is easily managed and the filling can be moved to location in small manageable loads. Brick at a time if need be. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2017 Interesting how gabions have become everyone's favourite masonry material. Often appears in Grand Designs ... even on infill houses in London! dh I used three in my back garden although they now lie behind a retaining wall - which has the gabions still doing most of the retaining (and I do have one leftover should anyone need one ) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwich station Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Here's one for you all, photo by Greame Walker. You can ponder it,while I get the 1245 bus out to Shakey Cliff, for your beach photos. image.jpeg Do you know when this pic was taken Dave? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwich station Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Hmm. P1610938 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr You'll have to pull all the track up in the yard if you want to use that bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 You'll have to pull all the track up in the yard if you want to use that bridge. Ha, A Sunday Spoiler, eh ! No, in my world the Seawall washout, did not happen, the old footbridge was due to be replaced by NR 2017/18. Well, when I started the layout and researched the the Dover area, the era was going to be late 80s- present day. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Do you know when this pic was taken Dave? A few railway photos pop up on the Dover History Pages on Facebook , run by Paul Wells. Think the author said 89/90. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Looking through the recent photos, there is no sign of the derelict breakwater which used to be visible. Has it become covered by sand or was it removed at some stage? Thanks Dave If you mean this, it is still there, on the waters edge in these photos. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold unravelled Posted January 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2017 If you mean this, it is still there, on the waters edge in these photos. image.jpeg image.jpeg That's the one, it seems a lot less prominent now, possibly some of it was removed. It's difficult to tell from the photos, but has the sand level risen since the rock armour has been placed? The botttom flight and last landing of the beach steps seemed to disappear quite quickly, but that might have been because they were constructed in an excavation below beach level. Thanks Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 That's the one, it seems a lot less prominent now, possibly some of it was removed. It's difficult to tell from the photos, but has the sand level risen since the rock armour has been placed? The botttom flight and last landing of the beach steps seemed to disappear quite quickly, but that might have been because they were constructed in an excavation below beach level. Thanks Dave The beach appears to be a few metres higher than it was immediately after the wash-out; this isn't unusual there, however. If there's a storm, with high tides and strong winds coming from a particular direction, then it can just as quickly disappear again, which is where the rock-armour comes in. When the train-ferry still operated, I was a regular visitor to Dover Beach; sometimes, the shingle was so high, it was easy to photograph all the wagons in the sidings, Then I'd go back a few days later, and the top of the wall would be above my head. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Today, P1630261 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630253 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630252 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630245 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630184 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr A bit foggy. P1630181 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630179 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Weather was a bit better in Dover (and Lyminge) than further inland; I went to Canterbury show this afternoon, and there was thick fog, with about 100 yard visibility. Didn't stop some idiots having no lights on at all. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Today, P1630261 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630253 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630252 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630245 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630184 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr A bit foggy. P1630181 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630179 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr Does that mean the Russians have been through, on their way back? J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Does that mean the Russians have been through, on their way back? J No J, the yellow ball in my photos, maybe, mis- guided, ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 No J, the yellow ball in my photos, maybe, mis- guided, ? Ahh! I stand corrected, I wasn't aware that Polaris was visible in that direction. J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Ahh! I stand corrected, I wasn't aware that Polaris was visible in that direction. J You can start to worry, when, you see the sun rise in the West. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Ahh! I stand corrected, I wasn't aware that Polaris was visible in that direction. J Trident, even. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted January 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2017 Trident, even. That could be from any direction.......... Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Simon Lee Posted January 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2017 Do you know when this pic was taken Dave? Photo taken February 1981, (appears on the DIsused Stations website) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Finally, the normal, 66s have been taken off this service, you cannot give a specific time, 1130/1230, but,today,it did not turnaround in Priory,as I expected. P1630428 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630432 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630431 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 A couple of hours, today. DSC_0180 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0181 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0183 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0187 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0189 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0198 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0202 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 DSC_0205 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0214 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0220 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0228 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0232 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr DSC_0233 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630284 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 P1630286 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630290 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630297 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630300 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630304 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630313 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630319 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1630321 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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