Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 ....The BTF 'Blue Pullman' film contains various angles on the landscapes shown in your pictures. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) ''Days when you know why...'' Just this morning... standing right next to King 6023 at Didcot as it made a shunt move from the demonstration line back onto the shed, what a beautiful machine it is, the fact that we're able to still see such things is reason enough to be grateful... and driving home via a long detour through the Cotswolds was a sheer delight, even in the areas where road traffic is quite heavy. Fantastic. Edited August 27, 2014 by Rugd1022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted September 2, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) Some shots taken around Crummock Water, NW Lakes... Dave Edited September 2, 2014 by Waverley West 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Some shots taken around Crummock Water, NW Lakes... Great Gable from Loweswater.jpg Grasmoor.jpg Grasmoor for RMWeb 2.jpg Grasmoor for RMWeb.jpg Great Gable from Loweswater 2.jpg Dave You can't beat the Lakes on a sunny day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains&armour Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Looks unbeatable on any day. I think I know where my next vacation will be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) Looks unbeatable on any day. I think I know where my next vacation will be! Don't be deceived - it's not quite so good when excessively moist and misty. When I was at Lancaster University we used to ramble in the Lake District virtually every week and I can count the number of times when the weather was excellent on one hand and a bit. Mind you we were rambling in the rainy season which seemed to last from October to May, unless it only rained on Sundays. Nevertheless spectacular when the weather is right. Edited September 2, 2014 by cary hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2014 My local beach this morning. From the Links Beach at Blyth David 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 3, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 3, 2014 Re. The Lake District, I used to stay in Blackpool with an aunt who is now sadly deceased. She used to live in North Shore were the ground was a bit higher. From her back bedroom window you could see the tops of the hills of the Lake District, and more importantly what the weather was like. It took less than an hour to get there from Blackpool and only on very rare occasions we were 'caught out' by the weather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 From her back bedroom window you could see the tops of the hills of the Lake District, and more importantly what the weather was like. That's cheating! As students boarding the bus for our Lake District rambles in the University underpass was often the only "dry" bit of the day, common sense never really came into the equation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Some gorgeous views there, heart warming stuff One of my favouroute views in England... (I'll be driving a diverted stone train over the viaduct in the early hours of Friday morning)... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) I really don't know what all the fuss is about, although I must admit it has been known to cloud over here in the Lakes occasionally. It's still beautiful even when it's pouring with rain and blowing a gale though, especially the way the fells tower up into the clouds, Tolkeinesque-like. Coming in from a winter's walk in the wind and the rain to a cosy fire is just as nice in its own way as a beautiful walk on a summer's day. I used to find the same on the Cornish coast. Besides, bad weather can mean more modelling time. It's also amazing how often the sky clears at the end of a wet day and you get scenes like this... Edited September 3, 2014 by Waverley West 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I really don't know what all the fuss is about, although I must admit it has been known to cloud over here in the Lakes occasionally. It's still beautiful even when it's pouring with rain and blowing a gale though, especially the way the fells tower up into the clouds, Tolkeinesque-like. Coming in from a winter's walk in the wind and the rain to a cosy fire is just as nice in its own way as a beautiful walk on a summer's day. I used to find the same on the Cornish coast. Besides, bad weather can mean more modelling time. It's also amazing how often the sky clears at the end of a wet day and you get scenes like this... Cat Bells.jpg Now,...That is stunning.... Thanks WW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) Bog standard views above Bedgellert and at Tan-Y-Bwlch on a trip up country last Wednesday............ ...But it's always heartening to know they're there! Edited September 3, 2014 by coachmann 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 3, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2014 Hi. This shows a bit of the Bridlington - Scarborough line as it makes its way through the Yorkshire Wolds. It is a good scenic section, and it goes where all the bushes are! . All the best, Market65. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted September 3, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) Saturday night in our back garden. Beer, food, friends, music and song. What could be more British (except Roisin who comes from Eire). Oh, and Big Ants who comes from New Zealand. Edited September 3, 2014 by 96701 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Mornin' all, A few clips from our church fundraising trip on the paddle steamer 'Waverley' out of Clevedon yesterday Dave 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 To compliment the video above, a couple of shots of "Waverley" from about 2 years ago. "Waverley" berthed for a brief time in Minehead harbour: Reverse paddling out of Minehead harbour a few minutes later. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Highest tide for a couple of years this morning [40+ ft]. Had been dropping for about twenty minutes at this point......... Tony 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 Mornin' all, A few clips from our scenic day trip to the West Wales coast yesterday...Ellesmere for coffee...Whittington castle...Oswestry-Lake Vyrnwy scenery...lake & dam...route towards Dolgellau...some time bathing in the sea at Barmouth pre a walk over the Barmouth bridge to Arthog & back. Dave 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 A couple of a shots from the Clyde earlier this week: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 One of my favourite dog walks, Durlston Country Park, http://www.durlston.co.uk/ with an average annual rainfall of 26 inches ( one tenth of that of the Lake District), and thanks to Devon, and Cornwall for taking the brunt of the rain out of the prevailing winds, is one of the driest places on the South Coast. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CLARENCE Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Had a short walk thro' the woods behind our house yesterday, and met this little guy; sat there a couple of feet away for several minutes. Where else could this happen? Cheers, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Abridged North to South walk through Dunster: A view towards Dunster Castle with the Yarn Market in the middle foreground. Some of the delightful cottages in Park Street. After crossing the Gallox Bridge, some slightly more rustic cottages. A twenty minute walk through the Crown Estates Woods and pleasant views of Exmoor are revealed. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Did you take the train? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Did you take the train? John Not to visit Dunster this time, but we did get off the train at Watchet to explore the few remains of the West Somerset Mineral Railway there and to walk the two miles of it's former trackbed to Washford. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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