station cat

Photos taken over the past couple of weeks, a rather multi-national selection

PW crew at Brussels Midi

Shunters Zagreb

Wheeltapper Zagreb

Coupling up Volinja

Station master somewhere in Bosnia

War memorial for railway staff, somewhere in Bosnia

Great pics as ever Dave

Aft'noon all,

 

Could have been worse but could have been considerably better is Mrs TGs diagnosis.

 

CT scan to come then chemo so I'm taking her away for a few days next week before it starts.

 

Fingers crossed

 

All the best to anyone with health issues

 

Dave

Best wishes to you both Dave.

I have started sorting out my holiday pictures and downloading them to photobucket. There are over 550 of them. My poor old computer is struggling

Well done Mick

I am home.

Good evening from Brussels where I am awaiting my Eurostar home. Today's excitement has been sitting opposite a bloke who strongly resembles Adolf Hitler, albeit in a blonde and big eyed way.

I'm never sure, these days, whether to blame the autochecker for putting a spell on a post or to suspect that Oldddudderish surrealism is infecting our hard drives ...

In this case it was autocorrect.

I had a nice day out, in spite of the weather which was threatening downpours all day although very little actually fell.I squeezed in a cheeky trip to Lindau as well as the planned jaunt to Friedrichshafen, the joys of a one day regional train pass. Now all I have to do is make it home tomorrow, fingers crossed that the 20 minute connection in Frankfurt works out ok.

On the other hand, If they don't have Bill's knowhow, perhaps it's best that they don't try to help. It's been too long since I had any instruction in first aid; I will see about a refresher course.

Please do. The UK suffers from a lack of first raiders and it really impacts our survival rates for things like heart attacks. Actually there's an online CPR trainer, I think it's lifesaver.org

Well done Bill, good thing you got there when you did.

It's my last day on holiday, Friedrichshafen beckons

I am in Ulm. But of an odd mixture of medieval and modern but the solar powered boat ride up the Danube was great

Morning all. Just about to leave Nuremberg for Ulm

Nuremberg sausages and sauerkraut on the menu today? 

Nuremberg sausages and sauerkraut on the menu today? 

Quite possibly. But something with lots of veg for lunch first.

Incidentally the ICE I caught from Munich to Nuremberg did a full on emergency stop. That was interesting.

Somewhat better than Serbia. Matthew said they only served meat. I think he described it as "the land with no vegetables". MiL said to him that perhaps it was too cold but he realised she thought he had gone to Siberia

Zagreb actually has a massive fruit and veg market, so there certainly is stuff to be had

Newark airport used to be OK, but it's a real pain in the neck now. I think you should send a nastygram to your Fat Controller dear guvner.

I've only flown into Newark but I thought it was ok - five minutes to clear immigration cover s a multitude of sins!

Anyway, greetings from sunny Nuremberg

Just stop the nearest Challenger tank and borrow theirs.JamiePS, Inserting the point lever sounds as if it be painful

Depends on which way round.

Good afternoon from Zagreb where the weather is sunny and there appears to be a distinct lack of asparagus.

And you'll be pleased to learn that RMT strike action has been suspended

So I wasted my time coming up with 6 alternative plans for getting home then?

My last evening in Sarajevo is being marked by a major thunderstorm. On to Zagreb tomorrow.

Was it this one?

That's the one. They've changed some of the graffiti though.

Evening all. I can report that there is some downright scary driving in Bosnia. I went on a tour today and we went up a mountain to see the bobsled track. For most of the journey we were following somebody who was apparently oblivious to the fact that he was about to part company with one of his wheels. Luckily our tour guide was a safe driver in a well maintained vehicle.

What sort of phone is it?

HTC desire

Good evening from Sarajevo, where the hills are green and the sun is shining. I am on route to Nuremberg but it's a rather circular route.

Can anyone suggest a way to get photos onto here from my phone? Otherwise I am afraid you will have to wait til I get home and then suffer from severe pic spam.

No asparagus here. Incidentally the stuff in Cologne came with hollandaise, boiled potatoes and schnitzel.

Good evening from Cologne, where the much vaunted asparagus is nowhere near as good as the English stuff.

Afternoon all. I'm off on holiday for 11 days tomorrow so have spent the morning doing the packing. Just a few minor details to look up now, such as whether one gets to Cologne airport by U-bahn or S-bahn.

Commiserations to Sherry, good luck to Jock.

I need to check/look for some railway activity to happen upon I think? Any suggestions? We'll be travelling from here to Dawlish Friday, with three nights in Dawlish.

There are preserved railways operating from Totnes and Paignton. Paignton is the Dart Valley and you can do a combined boat/train trip. Or you could just walk along the sea wall at Dawlish trainspotting admiring the beauties of nature.

Many thanks for all the birthday wishes. Yesterday made it a very happy birthday indeed. So 2 days worth of picspam coming up.

Railex (CAUTION: TRAINS)

Aberbeeg

Loch Tat, whoever did the scenery and back scene on this is a talented artist

Black Country Blues, looking a bit misty on this may morning

Frecclesham was the layout I enjoyed most

Perhaps it was the communication between the operators

Moving onto Wembley...

Walking down Wembley Way

The view from the nosebleed section

Post match pics

Sorry about the quality of this one, apparently cameras don't work so well when you're jumping up and down

Good morning all,

Dry start with some cloud and the sun trying to make an appearance. Should stay fine but with the slight chance of a shower.

Whatever happens I will NOT, repeat NOT, be gardening today as I have completely seized up. I also refuse to drive anywhere on Bank Holidays so the only sensible thing I can think of doing is to sit upstairs and run some trains......and maybe read a book........about trains.........and watch a DVD about trains.....possibly! There may also be some beer consumed later.

Have a good one,

Bob.

Don't forget the ani-inflammatory effects of ice, I'd consider branching out into cider or Pimms.

Under normal circumstances maybe, but at a model railway exhibition?

 

I have just had a phonecall to say my mobile is fixed. Considering that I only took it in yesterday and the bloke reckoned it would be 3 days before he got the parts I reckon that's rather good going I shall have to go and get it tomorrow, then Railex on Sunday. Now all I need is a ticket for Wembley on Monday and my weekend will be complete.

I have a ticket. Weekend Complete! Til Norwich lose anyway...

For sale. One very dodgy knee. Answers to the name of ####ing hell that hurts.

Once again X-rays showed no bone loss or damage. It's all soft tissue damage. The MRI done a couple of weeks ago has been repeated. Trip to specialist has been accelerated and booked for the upcoming Friday. Muscle damage, trapped nerve, and borked ACL and medial ligament. Surgery almost certain.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop freebasing absinthe.

Well you've evidently done a thorough job on it, I just hope the medics do the same