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Morning All, As it was such a nice day yesterday, we went for a walk at the Mytchett Canal Centre on the Basingstoke Canal in west Surrey. This gave me the opportunity to try out my new phone: TTFN, Ron.

Another video starring BLACK PRINCE: Hope you like it. TTFN, Ron.

Evening All, Another instalment of my video of the 'Hunslet Hundred' gala in 1993 is now on YouTube: Hope it's of interest. If anyone missed the earlier instalments, they can be seen in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFsbViNeGSHmYslMKQrJ5qyJ7k9n8_xf_ TTFN, Ron.

Afternoon All, Following on from my recent archive videos of trains at Basel SBB (see the Swiss Railways forum) comes this one of a journey from the SNCF part of the station to Mulhouse: Hope you like it. TTFN, Ron.

I've just learnt that the guitarist is Dick Taylor who was a schoolfriend of Mick Jager and Keith Richard; they formed a group which later became the Rolling Stones. Dick Taylor left, but later he formed another group, the Pretty Things. In this clip The Hillmans play 'Not Fade Away' which was a big hit for The Stones in 1964 and, prior to that, Buddy Holly in 1957: TTFN, Ron.

I have now edited the first part of Sunday's footage and this is a ride from New Romney to Dungeness behind the Krupp Pacific No.11 BLACK PRINCE: I spent much of the Sunday at Dungeness and the footage that I shot there will appear on YouTube in due course - as will the footage of the final train of the weekend which had six engines, all steam, on a 22 carriage train... TTFN, Ron.

Thank you. A few more episodes still to come...

Afternoon All, Here's a 1996 vintage video of the Mid-Hants Railway: Hope it's of interest. TTFN, Ron.

Evening All, I've just put another short album of photos from my 1972 tour of southern Africa on YouTube; it covers the delights of Mason's Mill shed in Pietermaritzburg, plus a footplate ride on a GMAM class 4-8-2 + 4-8-2 Beyer Garratt: Previous pictures can be seen in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFsbViNeGSHkvf06mbJ4f-wyYL9dX-zwA Hope they're of interest. TTFN, Ron.

The weather next day wasn't anywhere near as nice: Ron.

The final video from the Bluebell Railway Giants of Steam Weekend: TTFN, Ron.

Some more pictures of the Berner Oberland Bahn: Hope you like them. TTFN, Ron.

Evening All, Two more archive videos from 1994, one steam and one diesel: Hope they're of interest. TTFN, Ron.

Another short clip from Porthmadog last summer: Ron.

Evening All, Here's a short clip of 60009 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA at Peterborough at the end October, 1994. It had been visiting the Nene Valley Railway and was on its way back to London King's Cross: TTFN, Ron.

Lots of people think that they're the bees-knees.

Evening All, The final instalment of my video footage from the Saturday is now on YouTube. It shows the Grand Finale of the day's running which was two trains running in parallel from Hythe to New Romney - and both were triple-headed! They arrived at New Romney side-by-side and accompanied by fireworks and a cacophony of whistling. Was it a fitting 'grand finale'? - Well, judge for yourselves: Now to start on editing Sunday's videos... TTFN, Ron. PS: If you missed any of my earlier videos, they can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFsbViNeGSHnOCAov6_bmf6ACj8yXpdRv

A last look at Waterloo East: Ron.

The last shots from Whitecliff Bay: TTFN, Ron.

Evening All, I've put a further selection of pictures from my 1972 tour of South Africa on YouTube if anyone would like to have a look: TTFN, Ron.

This is the penultimate video from my visit last year: Ron.

A few more pictures from Switzerland, this time it's trains at Grindelwald taken in 2018: Uf Wiederlüege, Ron.

Although it was a 1960s themed weekend, their next number was slightly later as it was a big hit for T.Rex in 1971: Ron.

As it was a nice, bright, sunny day today, we went for a walk in the new Hartland Country Park which is in Fleet, Hampshire. And, whilst there, I took the opportunity to try out the camera on my new smart phone: Hope they're of interest. TTFN, Ron.

A brief trip back to a rainy evening in October, 1994 and a couple of InterCity 225s calling at Peterborough: There aren't many of these left now as they have mostly been replaced by the Hitachi Class 800 Azumas. TTFN, Ron.