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Brill! The blue tit looks a tad bedraggled!
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Great Western Railway Toplight Carriages
88D replied to Neal Ball's topic in GWR Rolling Stock: model and prototype
I reckon Concertinas would be a good candidate for 3D printing. Does anybody do them? -
It must be Dowlais Top sheep that are the ultra-intelligent ones then: they are also the ones who invented and developed the ‘rolling over the cattle grid’ trick as well. My admiration knows no bounds.
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Sheep in that uncomprehending way!? What a slur on Valleys sheep. It’s just that we don’t comprehend them! May I point out that it was a sheep from Merthyr, on the Skip road to Cardiff, that first fathomed out how to cross a cattle grid by rolling over it! Bet you never did that! Uncomprehending indeed.
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I was about to do a ‘worried of Hebden Bridge’ post about the lack of swallows. But I have just seen my first two of the year, a bit later than sightings by others. Hopefully, they will fly into our barn and nest again. We used to have 6-7 pairs of nesters years back. They then disappeared completely, but over the last three years we have built back up to 3 nesting pairs.
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When I was in northern Finland many years ago, I did the same with a quickly-made Huckleberry Finn rod and worm. First cast got a thrush catching the bait in flight;, nothing after that, neither from sky nor water. Thrush flew off after dehooking.
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Looked more like a patchy blackbird to me, then I noticed you were across the pond. So American Robin, now it makes sense!
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And I’m on Glengettie, blended for Welsh water, but drinking it in Yorkshire. Shall be moving onto my just-delivered Stod Gold at about 9 o’clock.
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Looks like a very nice shelf of coaches there.
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I notice that the Swedish WD has a 6-wheel tender. Was it oil or coal-powered? Great photos btw.
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GWR goods brake vans page on gwr.org
88D replied to Miss Prism's topic in GWR Rolling Stock: model and prototype
I think it is now called Pledge. Seems confusing because they say it is a wax, but I think this stems from the American market. I guess other manufacturers’ products can do the job as well, it’s just that we’re fairly safe and conservative in pledging our loyalty to Klear. Pun there. -
GWR goods brake vans page on gwr.org
88D replied to Miss Prism's topic in GWR Rolling Stock: model and prototype
I’ve used it on my kitchen floor, and it worked on that as well. Is there anything that the stuff can’t do? -
You must have a Leylandii twig lying around somewhere, hopefully? in your garden so that you don’t need to overcome self-isolation and climb over a fence.
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Read my RSPB newsletter/email this morning, and it said that yesterday was ‘ bat appreciation day’. Haven’t seen one this year, any luck with you?
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Btw, my favourite bee was female tawny mining bee, very colourful and iridescent in the sun.
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So was I, until I saw where you were based!still, a goodie.
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I have been working in the garden during this lockdown. I must admit that the constant, incessant, interminable buzzing of bees is getting a bit much. I know this is off topic, but I’m sure I can call on your support for bringing back road noise.
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The fireman on an autotrailer engine had to be higher grade than normal, I believe. So could the non-availability of such a bloke mean that the loco had to work in normal mode?
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Brill! The other day, my cat had stalked and trapped a squirrel. I admit to thinking this would be the first time our cat would have got one. Lo and behold, the squirrel attacked the cat, who promptly ran off! Some cat!
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My beer drinking is restricted to Stod Fold (Halifax, btw) Gold for a while. I have taken delivery of 32 pints in a ‘bag in a box’. Very nice too, and keeping well. My son joins in, so it won’t last the month that is the ‘warranty’ for its keeping. Came to 1.53 per pint, including delivery.
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Did Des and George tell you this, or have you made it up?
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Agree, and it shows up the King boiler. Pretty big, isn’t it?
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They would be over the moon if they could reach 1000, or even 500.
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I went to watch Jones School, West Mon play Neath GS in the late 60s. It was played at The Gnoll, cost everybody a quid each to watch a schoolboy match. Neath won 3-0, very tight game, watched by over 8000 people! Those were proper rugby days.
