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Call yourself an astronaut?

Sit in a seat, get blasted 66 miles into the sky and come straight back down and the most you've got to do is unbuckle your harness, swim about, whoop and then rebuckle yourself in.   

And he then gets to call himself an astronaut which is an insult to all those people who trained for years and went up strapped to a Nasa or Soyuz craft.

It's Disney for the very rich.

Call yourself an astronaut?

Sit in a seat, get blasted 66 miles into the sky and come straight back down and the most you've got to do is unbuckle your harness, swim about, whoop and then rebuckle yourself in.   

And he then gets to call himself an astronaut which is an insult to all those people who trained for years and went up strapped to a Nasa or Soyuz craft.

It's Disney for the very rich.

Trying out a new food regime - typically to not eat chicken or red meat except for tea.

Last couple of weeks I've been having vegan burgers a lot on baps, from today I've decided no more bread so its vegan burger and salad or sardines and salad for lunch.

Now need a belt for my shorts so it's having some impact.  Before this I was typically choosing a microwave meal at lunchtime.

I do feel for those who are unhappy at the result of the football last night, but one of the benefits of being utterly indifferent to all sporting events is that one just doesn't mind.

The last time I got upset about a sporting result was in 1981, when an insolent, impertinent young upstart had the cheek to upset the established order and defeated the Master of the game.

#notabankholidaythen

I do feel for those who are unhappy at the result of the football last night, but one of the benefits of being utterly indifferent to all sporting events is that one just doesn't mind.

The last time I got upset about a sporting result was in 1981, when an insolent, impertinent young upstart had the cheek to upset the established order and defeated the Master of the game.

I do feel for those who are unhappy at the result of the football last night, but one of the benefits of being utterly indifferent to all sporting events is that one just doesn't mind.

The last time I got upset about a sporting result was in 1981, when an insolent, impertinent young upstart had the cheek to upset the established order and defeated the Master of the game.

If anyone else wants to escape the football, currently on Channel 4 is Scotland’s Coastal Railways with Julie Walters. 

Was that a Fantasy Football match?

Just asking...

Careless Whisper

It's 3:38 BST and the first insomniac birds are beginning to twitter on the longest day!

Sunrise is another 45 minutes off....

GO BACK TO SLEEP DAMN YOU!

The nice man from South Africa offering to give me a loan for a 'seriousBusiness investment' seems very interested in my proposals for a 16.5mm gauge railway from Sussex to Herefordshire. He wants me to go down there to sign the deal as soon as possible!

I gave it 30 seconds but no, I'm not interested in the football

Hello Kevin,

I hope this message finds you well

I have just been having a look through your page and  gorgeous models, as I am currently working for a TV production company on an upcoming Amazon TV series.

We are currently looking at hiring a countryside road scene for a day or two and I was wondering if you were interested in renting out some of your work? It would have to be portable, as we would need to film with it in our studios in West London, but happy to arrange a courier and insurance for one of your models on top of a rental fee, if you were interested.

Let me know if this is something that interests you

Best wishes,

Emma

**** BA

They cancelled a flight that my wife had booked, and ‘helpfully’ automatically rebooked her on a flight a week later. It seems that they’re bait and switching. 
 

Have you tried getting a refund from these clowns? 

Someone in our street has been given a drum kit.

Arghhhhhhhhhhhh

Having caught myself in the mirror in the lounge I realised I'd turned into Pooh Bear.

Covid is gone enough that I have returned to the gym today and the good news is that whilst I am unfit I am not over the hill yet.

No more honey for my tummy though for a bit.

Repetitive tasks, mind-ful or mind-numbing?

Dear Russ,

I just came across your post regarding unbuilt railways of Feb 19th 2017.

I moved to Sinnington about three years ago and have found out some more details about the proposed Rosedale and Lastingham line which was planned to join up with the Gilling and Pickering line close to the Sinnington railway station, then run northwards up the valley of the river Seven (yes, that spelling).

Other details below:

Rosedale & Lastingham Light Railway

A standard gauge light railway was planned to cover the eight miles from near Rosedale Abbey to a junction with the NER's branch that ran east from Helmsley to Pickering and west by way of Gilling and Coxwold to Malton on the main York-Scarborough line. The connection to the main Ryedale branch was to be made at Sinnington near Kirkbymoorside and received local financial backing in the early 20th Century. The scheme was promoted by a Mr Pope of Lastingham. A Light Railway Order was passed on 31st July, 1900. Nearly two years would pass before anything else was done.

The line would follow the dale down which the River Seven flowed, with stations foreseen at Applleton-le-Moors, at Askew for Lastingham and near Hartoft. Building the branch got no further than the sod-cutting ceremony near Rosedale Abbey on 14th June 1902, with the squire Captain Darley presiding. He later remarked, "It was the worst champagne I have ever tasted!" William Swales of Lastingham staked out the proposed route and nothing further was done.

A proposal to connect the light railway with the Rosedale West Branch - despite the yawning gap in altitude - may have been instrumental in bringing the scheme to a halt. It was remarkable that the railway was at all put forward, considering the area population was in decline. Ironstone mining was also past its peak, so the financial momentum for the line would have been lacking. Tourism alone - seasonal by nature - could not have kept the line open where the bulk of the income would have been used on hiring rolling stock and motive power. There was little likelihood of the NER becoming involved, although it supplied locomotives and stock for the Easingwold Light Railway between Thirsk and York.

Interestingly it is part of village folk law that during the 1950’s, following on from the success of lines such as the Tally Lyn railway, the idea was resurrected as a narrow-gauge line.

The Light railway order has never been rescinded and this line (technically) could therefore still be built.

The scenery along the proposed route is everything that it would need to be..

There are also a couple of 2-foot gauge O & K steam locomotives (and an O & K diesel in a yard in Willenhall…

Anyone for plate laying???

Chris, you might want to check with Accurascale about the KUAs. You may find that they're only available directly and may not show at retailers.

Ian_B

There is a knack to airbrushing: you've either got it or you haven't. I've just spent an extremely stressful half-hour reminding myself that I haven't and that in my hands an airbrush is simply an expensive tool used for ruining models.

Back at the desk in our Chiltern Hills office today. Looking through and sorting nearly 800 photographs taken over the last couple of days during our site visit and survey...

Back at the desk in our Chiltern Hills office today. Looking through and sorting nearly 800 photographs taken over the last couple of days during our site visit and survey...

Back at the desk in our Chiltern Hills office today. Looking through and sorting nearly 800 photographs taken over the last couple of days during our site visit and survey...

Nil Points!!