peanuts Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 days like today make things all worth while after a good hours hike up the side of indians head got to take this pic of the beautifull samantha looking down on the dovestones resevoir 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Dunno why, but don't take this wrong, it just reminds me of a journey on the Flam Railway. Edited June 7, 2016 by bike2steam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) To follow up on my previous post. This Site http://www.norfolkeventsphotography.co.uk/galleries/three-rivers-race-2016/index.php?keyWord=&kid=&page=21 has hundreds of Pictures of The 3 Rivers Race 2016, just onto page two you'll see the small Hole in the wall of Potter Heigham Bridge, the competitors nightmare. What the photos don't show, is the long night with the mist settling, so everything is dripping wet and cold!!! Edited June 8, 2016 by TheQ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Looking West across Kimmeridge Bay, you can make out the South West Coastal Path in the far distance - the white line along the cliff tops, especially up the headland between Lulworth Cove, and Durdle Dor. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted June 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10, 2016 This was our day at Erwood on the River Wye yesterday - in the company of kingfishers, salmon, trout and various wildlife including This Large Brook Dun spinner that seemed to think I was an attractive mate and This 3ft sea lamprey - waiting for a mate before building a substantial crater nest (redd) in the river My good pal Dave Nuttall was passing and recorded the day... There had obviously been some nefarious goings on too - James found this Spudulator... A day spent on the river fishing like this is a day added to lifes span, not deducted Phil 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted June 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10, 2016 This was our day at Erwood on the River Wye yesterday Hi Phil, It's at Erwood that you can drive along the Mid Wales Railway trackbed and over this original MWR bridge: https://goo.gl/maps/fgmnwNxj6qM2 Restoration at Erwood: https://www.railscot.co.uk/locationnew.php?loc=Erwood Martin. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted June 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10, 2016 (edited) Hi Martin Yes indeed - Was only discussing that with Jimbo yesterday if you cross the river at Llanstephan on the rickety suspension bridge and take the left turn towards Erwood pretty soon you start wondering why the road is so straight and level and has bridges in keeping with railway... Can just see and hear an Ivatt Class 2 with a couple of coaches echoing up the valley... The part of that line that I have never sussed is further up at Marteg where the formation leaves the Wye valley and heads up the Marteg en route to the summit and drop down to Llanidloes How on earth did the railway thread through the tight gorge there? And is this derelict line on the Welsh Assembly plan to create a north - south rail link that doesn't cross in to England? Kind regards Phil Edited June 10, 2016 by Phil Bullock 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted June 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10, 2016 Ah That's this plan.... http://www.monbiot.com/2008/12/30/the-open-veins-of-wales/ Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted June 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10, 2016 It's at Erwood that you can drive along the Mid Wales Railway trackbed and over this original MWR bridge: https://goo.gl/maps/fgmnwNxj6qM2 Here are some 1980s views of that bridge showing that it's a tall structure. Strengthened at some stage by having the original ironwork encased in brick. The original columns were on a stone base, and the wing walls in the background are stone. The result is a very odd looking structure. Does that strengthening date from the time of road conversion, or earlier times in railway use? Anyone? Bringing us back on topic, I remember struggling through thick brambles on a rainy day to get these pictures. Martin. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 The tradition of satire: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 days like today make things all worth while after a good hours hike up the side of indians head got to take this pic of the beautifull samantha looking down on the dovestones resevoir Is this a rare sighting of the beautiful, ethereal, Samantha of 'I'm sorry I haven't a Clue' ........ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Nice pictures TheQ, though don't think I would choose a 505 (page 2 top, yellow tanks) for the race, definitely able to exceed the speed limit ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 There had obviously been some nefarious goings on too - James found this Spudulator... Spudulator.jpg Phil Hey !! I had one of those when I was a kid, nearly 60 years ago , banned now, I suppose, knowing our nanny H&S system. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Is this a rare sighting of the beautiful, ethereal, Samantha of 'I'm sorry I haven't a Clue' ........ While she may well have been ethereal, shurely the 'I haven't a Clue' Samantha was "lovely" Item 2 "one day the whole of Italy will look like this" the words of Garibaldi standing in front of Joseph Cowen's summerhouse on Summerhill above Blaydon Burn in the 1840s looking out over the Tyne and the industries of Blaydon Haughs and the site of the Blaydon Races. Garibaldi stayed with Cowen a number of times and a statue of G was erected by Cowens' workers in front of the now ruinous summerhouse. Only the larger than lifesize head (with hat) from the statue survives in Blaydon library. Garibaldi's Redshirts' campaign was financed by Cowens with gold bullion hidden in cargoes of Cowens' bricks dispatched to various southern Italian ports. dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 While she may well have been ethereal, shurely the 'I haven't a Clue' Samantha was "lovely" Yes, your right. Damn, that's another person who's corrected me today, apart from those in my own home.... I must be loosing it, it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 11, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2016 The 505 finished 41st in 12:32:56 or 12:10:20 after its handicap of 3% off of finishing time. Luckily the Norfolk Broads speed limits of 4 to 6 mph do not apply to sailing boats The fastest boats were the Thames A Raters with 27% added their finishing time. The slowest boats had a handicap of 25% off of their finishing time. Well that's enough of why I live in the UK until regatta week 30th July to 5th August. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Is this a rare sighting of the beautiful, ethereal, Samantha of 'I'm sorry I haven't a Clue' ........ Surely she would have nipped off somewhere with her gentleman friend? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains&armour Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 (edited) When you go on holidays, by all means rent a cottage But never leave your kids alone in it...: Just south of Llangwnnadl, Llyn Peninsula. Edited June 11, 2016 by Trains&armour 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted June 12, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2016 Sitting on the dock of the bay. click image for better quality camera at OS grid ref: SM 85206 33704 Martin. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted June 12, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2016 I've been posting OS grid references with my pictures. For anyone wondering what to do with them, go to: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/osmaps/ Copy and paste the grid reference into the search box top left. Then zoom in as far as it will go. You will eventually get some very detailed OS mapping, somewhat spoiled by the ugly sausage-style road overlay. If you subscribe to that site you can get the Explorer 25K mapping, but it won't zoom in as far as the above. For the Landranger 50K mapping there is no need to pay a subscription, it is available full-screen free at: http://www.fonant.com/osmap.html Martin. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted June 13, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2016 Magpie Lane playing English folk music in Ross on Wye. That wouldn't happen outside the British Isles. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted June 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2016 After 3 days of rain, the sun reappeared last evening. click image for better quality camera at OS grid ref: SO 81337 69928 click image for better quality camera at OS grid ref: SO 80901 69431 From the 1940s to the late 1960s this whole area at Larford, Worcestershire was a sand quarry. The original land levels were much higher than they are now. Here's a view from the same camera position as above taken in 1968 as quarrying was coming to an end. In those days there were 10 pine trees in the stand on the hill top, now just the one is left. The others were mostly lost to lightning strikes over the years, the lowering of the surrounding land making them more exposed. Just to right of this view an archeological dig in the 1950s found quantities of Roman and Iron Age remains. See: http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/5179/the_severn_north_of_worcesterpdf And looking the other way from the same position: Sorry about the poor quality of these. Martin. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 (edited) This morning a military vehicle preservation group organised a 40 vehicle convoy to run via forestry tracks from Moreton in Dorset, across the ford, to Bovington to coincide with Bovey's Historic Military Vehicle Weekend, and to tie in with the Dorchester Carnival Parade. The convoy included tanks,transporters, jeeps,and a selection of trucks, and motorcycles. Later, when the mud had settled our pups made use of the ford to cool down after their walk. Edited June 18, 2016 by bike2steam 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted June 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2016 Midsummer sunset. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted June 21, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2016 Nice pictures of Larford Martin ...always feels like home with the Malverns in the background There were plenty of sand quarries in this area IIRC - another was by the site of the engine shed in Kidderminster, sand was of such good quality it was sent to Swindon for making foundry moulds Kind regards Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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