RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) A bit late on here but it was an early start for the trip to Canterbury to set up the layout then after a quick drink at the apres show social it was to the hotel in the city centre and then into The Foundry brewery and pub where we stayed trying most of their brews till it was time to go get some ZZZZZZ's. At 02.30 there was a party going on nbelow us after a large group of night clubbers came back to the hotel. Staff broke up the noise, so we were glad that we had some beers that were over 8% in the brewery to help us get back to sleep!! Woke up gone 7am which is just unheard of for me. So got up get ready breakfast and another day at the show. Plenty of rmwebbers ot talk to at the show. Now back home and upped my pledge on the Kickstarter Pendolino site for a final push but at least its going ahead under Rapido whatever theo utcome of the kickstarter. Oh, and a final point that I am glad that I wasn't on the train from London to home last night as it was all pear shaped again with signal problems aroung Redhill / Gatwick. Lets see what tomorrows train journeys entail!! Edited January 18, 2015 by roundhouse 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Did I post yesterday? Can't remember! Wasn't that drunk at our staff night out either....honest. Today I have mostly been freezing to death at Groudle, but we had a very productive day - lifting track preparing for a relay. NHN in the yellow hiviz, that looks suspiciously ex-Police. No idea how that happened... .but I suspect my old Inspector is still looking for it. ggr 1.jpg ggr 2.jpg ggr 3.jpg ggr 4.jpg Neil, love the way you have a chap in the first photo kneeling down and weathering the track. It's true attention to detail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2015 Has anyone tried this? Rail Maze - Free Puzzle games are great fun and a good source of free gaming. In Rail Mail you build a railroad quickly out of square tiles. The free version is surprisingly packed, and a good way to pass the time. There is a 69p version with extras though, if you really like it. <snipped pic> It's from the Apple/Mac store. There used to be an arcade version of this, with the very strange name of Goo Tan Go Tan (or similar) - it was good fun, that was back in the early 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2015 Neil, love the way you have a chap in the first photo kneeling down and weathering the track. It's true attention to detail! Must have an enormous bottle of ink and sacks of powder to do that! Hat, Coat, Cricket boots..... Gone! :-) Baz PS you lot should all be in bed..excepting expectant fathers and people in a time zone other than good old GMT! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2015 Evening all, and goodnight everyone. Might have a trip to Cardiff tomorrow if the weather isn't too bad and might take Mrs Stationmaster if her cold has improved got a bit better or otherwise retreated. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Did I post yesterday? Can't remember! Wasn't that drunk at our staff night out either....honest. Today I have mostly been freezing to death at Groudle, but we had a very productive day - lifting track preparing for a relay. NHN in the yellow hiviz, that looks suspiciously ex-Police. No idea how that happened... .but I suspect my old Inspector is still looking for it. Remindes me of a Cobham bus rally, the local law had put out no-waiting cones most of witch were branded for other forces. If you cant trust the police not to "borrow" things who can you Night all 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railsquid Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 PS you lot should all be in bed..excepting expectant fathers and people in a time zone other than good old GMT! As both apply to me I am allowed to post at any time It's looking like this will take a while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelintrev Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Morning all, Still dark out side here, lets hope we all survive whatever the week throws at us, be good, stay safe, Trev. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Morning All, It is another pretty chilly morning in this part of the world. I have arrived at work early as my wife is off on a business trip to Bremen, and I dropped her off at the station just before six. When I got to work, the car park barrier refused to open, which necessitated a rather difficult manoeuvre to back out on to the main road again. One of my colleagues had the same problem, so it doesn't seem to be limited to me. That should get quite interesting when more people start to arrive later on. Oh well - not must else to report, so time for a coffee! have a good day everyone... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Morning all. The temperature has climbed to just above zero here but at least there is no wind or rain. The trains are reported to be behaving themselves but will find out what the reality is in a while. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2015 Morning. Migraine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2015 Good morning all, Very frosty start and 0oC. It should be a cold,dry day with some sunny spells I have to take the car to the garage this morning as it has developed an intermittent OSF indicator fault. We think it's water causing a bad contact as it usually happens when it's wet. The very nice man there has said it shouldn't take long.......... Have a good one, Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I'm shocked and stunned. The train's on time and somewhere to sit. Hope everyone else has a good journey this morning 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2015 Morning Debs, Hope you're well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Morning all. Off to sample the delights of East Coast rail in an hour or so. I think work have accidentally provided me with First Class tickets! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Debs. Posted January 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2015 Morning Debs, Hope you're well. Thank you, Bob.......wishing you and all ER`s a lovely day. 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Must have an enormous bottle of ink and sacks of powder to do that! I'm guessing they keep the ink in the large green rectangular tank seen behind the chap. They've even installed a pipe to help him. LOL 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Has anyone tried this? Rail Maze - Free Puzzle games are great fun and a good source of free gaming. In Rail Mail you build a railroad quickly out of square tiles. The free version is surprisingly packed, and a good way to pass the time. There is a 69p version with extras though, if you really like it. It's from the Apple/Mac store. Never heard of this, but I had a bizarre fixation with Chris Sawyer's Transport Tycoon Deluxe that lasted into my 30s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Good morning all, Very frosty start and 0oC. It should be a cold,dry day with some sunny spells I have to take the car to the garage this morning as it has developed an intermittent OSF indicator fault. We think it's water causing a bad contact as it usually happens when it's wet. The very nice man there has said it shouldn't take long.......... Have a good one, Bob. Good luck with the car, Bob. My local garage is excellent and seem to fix most things quickly. Just as well, as their labour charge is around £30/min. Just getting light here. I think it might be dampish. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2015 Good morning everyone! I hope you are all suitably refreshed and ready for Monday! Nice to see a post from Debs this am, hope everyone's travel goes well,ECML First Class = free breakfast and WiFi (which may or may not be a good thing...) Have a great day! Baz 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2015 Morning. Dry and cold enough to have to scrape ice off the car this morning. Accidents on the main routes to London look as if Aditi's journey to work will be slow. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) I'm shocked and stunned. The train's on time and somewhere to sit. Hope everyone else has a good journey this morning Our train left Redhill much on time and was doing rather well till we got just past New Cross Gate. About 10 late into LBG so not too bad considering what has been happening of late. Both the VIC and Bedford service before our trian were wedged but luckily we did get soem of thelast seats on ours.It appears that people are abandoning the trains from our station to LBG as there are fewer people waiting for this train. We now have a policy that no beers in London if our trian home in the evening is running just in case it all goes pear shaped after that. So sorry to the pubs in the area if your takings are down!! However if things are already up creek we may well be adjourning to a pub. Edited January 19, 2015 by roundhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Dry, cold and clear mauve-ish skies in Edinburgh. I'm now on my train and heading for London. And bizarrely the office have put me in 1st class. Only downside is I'm facing away from direction of travel. I used to feel queasy if I did that, see how I manage today. I have a meeting at the Welsh Govt office at Victoria tomorrow morning. Trains would have been touch and go without any delays so instead I'm travelling today and staying over. So thought I'd make the most of it, travel early today and take the afternoon off and visit a few things I've never done before. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2015 Morning all Orange weather alerts in place for adjacent departments Orne and Mayenne, with icy roads. The Orne starts about 4 km from here. We may get snow flurries today, and snow on Wednesday. A fun week beckons, then! Good to have a virtual visit from the blonde with the woolly hat and the lovely dogs. More, please Miss! Put a DCC chip in a Bulleid Pacific yesterday. Not difficult but my radio throttle was doing odd things, which hampered testing. Must investigate further when the barn warms up a bit. Hope your week proceeds in an orderly fashion. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) When I got to work, the car park barrier refused to open, which necessitated a rather difficult manoeuvre to back out on to the main road again. Better that you can't get in than can't get out after work - that happened once at my workplace where staff could only park in the evening, and it failed at 8 pm which was the official finish time - the barrier was made of aluminium, and a concerted effort managed to bend it back so that the trapped cars could get out. Morning All Cold here but not, perhaps as cold as predicted by the Daily Depress who as ever are predicting the end of the world weather-wise. When I walked Lily, there was no ice and the roads appeared to be OK. Got to go into town soon, so will try to get on again later. Just hope that the bus is running well - doubtful as it does a school run to Kirkby Lonsdale, then runs empty to Ingleton, and as the service from there is pretty poor (only five buses a day) there is a concession whereby the concessionary passes can be used before 9.30 on certain sections of the route. So it runs quite late, and is also usually quite busy - a bit like the trains to LBG at the mo. Good to see Debs is back with us - hope you're on the mend. Regards to All Stewart Edited January 19, 2015 by 45156 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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