Peterborough North

[St Enodoc]

Recount please! I think there were two, possibly even two-and-a-half, votes for TW's place.

[Mallard60022]

In the old days York Goods Shed Buildings and Yard on the right as you enter the Station. These days....ummmm, Drax.

[great northern]

10 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

Recount please! I think there were two, possibly even two-and-a-half, votes for TW's place.

I have recounted, as requested. Yours was an unequivocal vote for TW's house. The other vote which mentioned that area was from Clive, and as is his wont, was perhaps more of an observational flavour than an actual vote.  It also creates doubt as to the actual location, as there is mention of a scout hut. Having visited Sir's abode many times, I know that there is no such thing there. I also doubt that TW would ever claim that either his house or, if he had one, his scout hut, would begin to compare in architectural merit with either St Wulfram's or the Cathedral.

 

All in all, and with my retired lawyer's hat on, I have no hesitation in declaring the original count valid. And you were only being naughty anyway.

[Flying Fox 34F]

Staying with the church, York Minster as you head out of York Station

 

Paul

[LNER4479]

Point of order, Mr Adjudicator - can you actually see Lincoln cathedral from the ECML as you speed along, presumably somewhere between Newark and Retford? If you can, my apologies - I shall have to look out on the left hand side (southbound) more keenly next time I'm on a train (currently of indeterminate type) on that stretch. I might even have some signals with me on that occasion?

 

Meanwhile - Donny to Darlo. Now my favourite sight, being a north country lad and fond of hills, is about 20 miles north of York, where, after 200 miles of flatness, at last some 'ills appear! My vote therefore goes to the sight (on a good day) of the North Yorks Moors escarpment in that area and specifically the Kilburn white horse near Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe (longest hyphenated place name in England)

Edited May 12, 2021 by LNER4479

[Market65]

It’s York Minster for me. It’s always good to see it as it comes into view. Such a lovely old building going back so many centuries. But, I just wish to add, that Beverley also has a Minster, so if you ever do Hull to Scarborough, that’s something to consider.

 

Rob.

[St Enodoc]

38 minutes ago, great northern said:

I have recounted, as requested. Yours was an unequivocal vote for TW's house. The other vote which mentioned that area was from Clive, and as is his wont, was perhaps more of an observational flavour than an actual vote.  It also creates doubt as to the actual location, as there is mention of a scout hut. Having visited Sir's abode many times, I know that there is no such thing there. I also doubt that TW would ever claim that either his house or, if he had one, his scout hut, would begin to compare in architectural merit with either St Wulfram's or the Cathedral.

 

All in all, and with my retired lawyer's hat on, I have no hesitation in declaring the original count valid. And you were only being naughty anyway.

Fair enough! Jonathan @jwealleans also alluded to it, although I couldn't decide whether he was voting for the house or the Mallard sign, hence my comment about half a vote!

Edited May 12, 2021 by St Enodoc

[St Enodoc]

I'm with Graham. Kilburn White Horse please (although if sights in general rather than scenery were allowed I'd probably pick Drax, one of my old haunts when I was based at Holbeck).

Edited May 12, 2021 by St Enodoc

[great northern]

17 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

Point of order, Mr Adjudicator - can you actually see Lincoln cathedral from the ECML as you speed along, presumably somewhere between Newark and Retford? If you can, my apologies - I shall have to look out on the left hand side (southbound) more keenly next time I'm on a train (currently of indeterminate type) on that stretch. I might even have some signals with me on that occasion?

 

Meanwhile - Donny to Darlo. Now my favourite sight, being a north country lad and fond of hills, is about 20 miles north of York, where, after 200 miles of flatness, at last some 'ills appear! My vote therefore goes to the sight (on a good day) of the North Yorks Moors escarpment in that area and specifically the Kilburn white horse near Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe (longest hyphenated place name in England)

Yes, the Cathedral is visible, particularly on a clear day. There aren't many hills looking that way until you get to the Wolds, so it very much dominates the horizon for miles around.The hill it stands on is steep. I can vouch for that.

[LNER4479]

4 minutes ago, great northern said:

Yes, the Cathedral is visible, particularly on a clear day. There aren't many hills looking that way until you get to the Wolds, so it very much dominates the horizon for miles around.The hill it stands on is steep. I can vouch for that.

Indeed - I too have walked up that little slope a couple of times.

 

OK - eyes will be peeled a little more keenly next time, then. Every day's a school day.

[Welly]

18 minutes ago, great northern said:

Yes, the Cathedral is visible, particularly on a clear day. There aren't many hills looking that way until you get to the Wolds, so it very much dominates the horizon for miles around.The hill it stands on is steep. I can vouch for that.

My mate was on a heavily delayed National Express coach on his way to Lincoln to stay with me one weekend many many years ago, he told me that he saw the cathedral well lit up in the dark and thought to himself,"Blimey, Lincoln's a big place!" So he was about to step off the coach when he spotted a sign saying "Newark" and stepped back in after checking with the driver!

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, great northern said:

Yes, the Cathedral is visible, particularly on a clear day. There aren't many hills looking that way until you get to the Wolds, so it very much dominates the horizon for miles around.The hill it stands on is steep. I can vouch for that.

I have never got to the Cathedral via the steep hill from Central Station, there is a magnet that pulls me into B&M models every time I go that way.

[31A]

1 hour ago, LNER4479 said:

Indeed - I too have walked up that little slope a couple of times.

 

OK - eyes will be peeled a little more keenly next time, then. Every day's a school day.

 

Always seems to be easier to see it when going south; look to the left and forward somewhere around Askham Tunnel / Tuxford! 

[31A]

The windmill near Colton Junction - nearly home then!

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.9384267,-1.0268112,8719m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

 

 

 

[LNER4479]

2 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

... there is a magnet that pulls me into B&M models every time I go that way.

I've also suffered from the same malaise - a right Aladdin's cave that place.

Edited May 12, 2021 by LNER4479

[Welly]

44 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

Sadly no longer there. I used to suffer from the same malaise - a right Aladdin's cave was that place.

What? I was outside that shop this morning and there was no indication that it has closed permanently.

[FarrMan]

3 hours ago, great northern said:

Yes, the Cathedral is visible, particularly on a clear day. There aren't many hills looking that way until you get to the Wolds, so it very much dominates the horizon for miles around.The hill it stands on is steep. I can vouch for that.

That may be why the street name is 'Steep Hill'.

 

Lloyd

[LNER4479]

 

10 minutes ago, Welly said:

What? I was outside that shop this morning and there was no indication that it has closed permanently.

In which case, I sincerely apologise and have altered my post accordingly.

 

I must be confusing it with somewhere else, then? Good news for my legs then next time I'm there ...

[figworthy]

Another vote for the section through the Vale Of Mowbray, with views across to the North Yorkshire Moors.  The white horse is as good a single landmark as any.

 

Adrian

[Jon4470]

As the vote is for the “ most eagerly anticipated sight”..... it has to be Tesco at Askham Bar ( outskirts of York)...... it means that I’m nearly home

[great northern]

A Claud at Platform 6 makes a lovely sight, even if it is the wrong one.

 

 

[Metropolitan H]

York Minster gets my vote.

 

Regards

Chris H

[great northern]

The flow of late afternoon departures from KX is now over, and the evening shift hasn't started, so this 02 gets to run through on the main. Destination is New England as usual, as the signal shows.

 

 

[Mallard60022]

Anyone that can 'see' Lincoln Cathedral from the ECML ls having a laugh. Yes, something lumpy and a bit square looking on the horizon on a hill, but come on, if you didn't know it was there would you know what it was unless told? I lodge a protest for that. The lovely church at  Claypole, Northern Rubber at Retford, the Viaduct at Bawtry, you can 'see' those and recognise what they are, but Lincoln Cathedral. Come on Ref, they are havin a larf.

 

[great northern]

17 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

Anyone that can 'see' Lincoln Cathedral from the ECML ls having a laugh. Yes, something lumpy and a bit square looking on the horizon on a hill, but come on, if you didn't know it was there would you know what it was unless told? I lodge a protest for that. The lovely church at  Claypole, Northern Rubber at Retford, the Viaduct at Bawtry, you can 'see' those and recognise what they are, but Lincoln Cathedral. Come on Ref, they are havin a larf.

 

Easily seen on a clear day though Phil. I take your point that if you know what it is your mind's eye will see that, whereas if you don't it might not, but it is in view, and if my memory is on track, I believe the little book the LNER/BR put out for travellers on the ECML, does mention it as one of the sights to look out for.