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From North West Leicestershirešš»
Been known to like railways, beer,cake, pasties, Cornwall, Devon, moaning etc etc
Bonkers about class 50ās
Drove one once & loved it
Also a Ferrari nut
Canāt stand Musk or his companionās thatās why I defected
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Thatās the 5th time Iāve watched it
Never get tired of it
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Remember September 11th 2001?
That was 5 years in the making
Terrorists quietly beavering away in the background then pow
Same could quite easily happen again
Hope not
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Weird isnāt it
Was always told Glasgow was a rough old place.
I can say hand on heart Iāve always got on well & never had an issue all the times Iāve been there.
Edinburgh Waverley on the other hand in recent times itās hard work just being there.
Back in the 80ās it was a great old place
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The alleged nuclear site is almost 100 metres under ground
Experts are already saying theyād have needed a fair few of the bunker busters to get anywhere near it.
Unless Iran show proof that itās destroyed then weāll just have to take the orange oneās word for it š¤
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Donāt need another Blair/Bush partnership
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Good afternoon
Iāve fond memories of the the old girl that is Glasgow Central
Even today itās a wonderful place
The staff have always been a cut above the norm too.
Had a few class 86ās from there to the Midlands or a Seven down to Crewe for a connection
Happy memories
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01:15 & still sat out in the garden slurping tea & scoffing chocolate biscuits
A more manageable 21c now
Quiet except for the A42 0.5 miles away
A distant owl is heard every so often & the revellers heading back after a night out
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Put the garden lights on too
(Ignore the washing lines)
House is 29c now
Thatās the problem with an old house, it retains the heat even with all the windows open
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Yeah thatās the one Neil
Always stop there on way back from Devon or Cornwall.
Unfortunately due to it being modern & spacious it was packed at 9am
V popular with coach partiesš¬
Itās that or Michael Wood which needs flattening
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Back home
Did it in 3.5 hrs with a decent break at Gloucester
Saw & became part of the Hairy Bikers Dave Myers bike convoy by the NEC in the M42
Thousands of bikers turned out š
No doubt the man was looking upon the convoy from up above š
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Sad sad news
Brilliant band
Great music
James "Jim" Prime
Rest in peace
3 November 1960 - 19 June 2025
Another gone too soon
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Visited Bodmin & Wenford in Cornwall (before Devon)
South Devon Railway
West Somerset Railway
Thought about doing the Paignton & Dartmouth but got everything from there
Not included steam locomotives Voyagers or IET junk either
Wasnāt expecting to see 8 power cars
Big big win week š
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Been informed 66744 & 57306
Which is awesome as I need a shot of the GBRF liveried 57 & GBRF 66ās arenāt all that common down here either
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My apologies Andy
Read that as the SVR
Doh
Too many beers šŗš¬
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At the class 37 anniversary bash?
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Used to do the 160 miles from Leicestershire in around 2 hrs 15 mins with the bike in the back
Malvern Hills used to be a favourite of mine too especially at dawn
No better place to be at that time on the bike
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Was ok at the WSR today
Probably the worst weather to do the line though
The coach was literally a green house on a very hot day (27c) š„µ
The sat nav lied to me too
Said about 50 mins door to door.
Took me nearly 90 mins
That was after driving like Lewis Hamilton on the M5 stretch tooš¬
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First visit for us.
Plenty of gradient changes
Wouldāve been nice to have a Hymek or class 33 along there.
The Western (D1010?) was up on cradle stands minus its bogies otherwise Iād have said that too
How hot it was Iād have been happy with the Hst & that air con