Crun
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Very informative with the annotations explaining how the changes to the various water courses have come about.
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It sounds like you will need a box to stand on for viewing and taking photographs in the future...
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Very detailed technical article. Some of it over my head. Must have another read later on this week.
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Or a birder even...
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It's a female Kestrel.
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Very interesting 'insider' photographs. Any more that arrive on Twitter always welcome in this thread. Many thanks!
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Many thanks for the excellent photographs. Why were they putting down tarmac? That plastic heron had me fooled when I rode past it just after Christmas!
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Just managed to ride a loop around Werrington and Marholm to look at and ride over the newly opened Bailey bridge. I also took in the views from the Hurn Road bridge and the Cock Lane bridge. A bit wet to begin with but the sun came out mid-morning.
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That's some impressive piece of machinery! Thanks for all the updates and photographs. I must get out on the bike next Sunday, weather and road conditions permitting.
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I was going to visit this at the end of my usual cycle ride with Peterborough Cycling Club this morning but will delay my start as I've had a warning of icy conditions on the roads. Several people came off their bikes yesterday I have learnt. Must explore this bridge when safer. Thanks for the news Mick.
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Information about line closures at Kings Cross affecting weekends in January and February: https://www.lner.co.uk/travel-information/travelling-later/kings-cross-u
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Any more up to date news and photographs welcome. Are there to be more line closures from Kings Cross northwards this month and beyond?
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Fox on the run! I saw one on the western side of the ECML heading south as the Fitzwilliam hunt headed north! This was around Christmas time 2018.
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Many thanks for the video. Good to meet you earlier this afternoon. I am now warming up after my cycle ride and a late lunch. I am glad I had my winter Peterborough Cycling Club jacket on plus extra layers! I have posted a few photographs from my mobile phone.
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We had dirty, rusty water flood people's lockers and we had to have the floor up to fix electrical problems.
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Views from the Cock Lane bridge. The first two looking north and last one looking west 05/01/2020
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View from Hurn Road bridge looking south 05/01/2020
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Yes you are quite right, I should have said that they double as downpipes and roof supports. I think the people who cleared them claimed they had been blocked with building materials.
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Many thanks. I must remember that when I am next in the building. This forum is one of the most friendly and informative ones I belong to. I must have a ride around the area and use the bridges at the end of my regular cycle ride on Sunday and see if there are any developments since last Sunday.
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Thanks for the link. I work with all sorts of maps, aerial and satellite photographs as part of my job. I have looked at the map series you used amongst others. I have worked on maps of nature conservation designations such as SSSIs (Sites of Special Scientific Interest) and NNRs (National Nature Reserves).
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It's called Unex House, PE1 1NG. Another similar building houses Pets at Home off Bourges Boulevard.
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Many thanks for the reply. I often cycle north over the GNGE line using the new bridge and its cycle friendly ramps. We waited for the Bittern several winters ago on this bridge on a cold and frosty day. Several diversions from the ECML made for interesting viewing more recently. I've seen several species of birds of prey along Fox Covert Road such as a Marsh Harrier, Red Kites and Buzzards. I also once had a Woodcock fly out from near my feet along the hedge south of the site where the ponds were dug.
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I am based in a converted old railway building. It may have been an engine shed. It still has the original cast iron columns that run from the ground floor, through our office into the roof space. We had to get them cleared out as heavy rain caused them to overflow more than once.
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I work in central Peterborough in an office that overlooks the ECML just south of the station. We've been there for nine years and in that time my interest in railways and locomotives etc has been revived. People in the office keep an eye or an ear open for unusual sightings such as old diesels or the Flying Scotsman using the ECML I used to live in Long Eaton within walking distance of Toton Sidings from 1960 to 1969. I often combine my Sunday cycle rides with a visit to the Nene Valley Railway at Wansford.
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Many thanks for this enlightening information. I live in Werrington in the north of Peterborough and have followed the Werrington Junction upgrade from when it was first proposed. There has been a nature conservation aspect of this project involving surveying and or trapping of Great Crested Newts in the land/water bodies possibly affected. New ponds were constructed south of the GNGE line to Spalding and beyond to move the newts to, should any have been found...
