Tuesday, 16 March 2010

'Nyepi' in Bali

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My itinerary for Tuesday just said "Own arrangements". I discovered this should have read "You will be under house arrest in...
Monday, 15 March 2010

Trip to Mount Batur, Bali

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Barong Dance Performance, Bali On Monday I had a full day tour to Mount Batur. My guide, Kana, picked me up from the hotel reception at 8...
Sunday, 14 March 2010

Bali

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A rice paddy in Bali with the Farmer's Shrine to ensure a good crop Sunday morning, I was quite happy to potter around my little domai...
Saturday, 13 March 2010

Yogyakarta to Sanur

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My Villa at Joglo Plawang The Villa at Joglo Plawang was a great success and I was sorry to leave. The area around Yogyakarta seems less ...
Friday, 12 March 2010

Yogyakarta and Prambanan

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The Hindu Temple Complex at Prambanan Today's exploits can be summarised as "Jan visits a load of old temples and a railway stat...
Thursday, 11 March 2010

Borobudur

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The Buddhist Monument at Borobudur As you may be able to guess if you've followed earlier trips, today could be summarised as "J...

Connecting Flight at Jakarta

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My flight from Dubai was almost three hours late into Jakarta, so I was despondent about my chances of getting to Yogyakarta that evening. ...

Flying to Jakarta

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The 777-300ER to Dubai was one of the most modern in the Emirates fleet. Lie-flat seat with all sorts of adjustments and back massage. Most...
Tuesday, 9 March 2010

East Again

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On the left, my aircraft is readied for boarding, whilst behind an Air New Zealand flight takes off. This has been a cold winter in Engla...
Monday, 1 March 2010

Traffic Movements at Sedgeley Junction 1962-1963 (Part 5)

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As described in Part 1 , you can find the passenger timings here and the freight timings here . The original notes appear in italics wit...

Traffic Movements at Sedgeley Junction 1962-1963 (Part 4)

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As described in Part 1 , you can find the passenger timings here and the freight timings here . The original notes appear in italics wit...
Saturday, 20 February 2010

Traffic Movements at Sedgeley Junction 1962-1963 (Part 3)

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Previous part. Sedgeley Jn. Sat 22th December 1962 Night work on the bank! Some amateur sound recordings were made on an EMI tape. I...
Friday, 19 February 2010

Traffic Movements at Sedgeley Junction 1962-1963 (Part 2)

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As described in an earlier post , you can find the passenger timings here and the freight timings here . The original notes appear in ita...
Sunday, 14 February 2010

Traffic Movements at Sedgeley Junction 1962-1963 (Part 1)

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There are earlier posts about Sedgeley Junction:- 14-Feb-2008 19-Jun-2009 We're attempting to reconstruct events over 47 years ago, ...

Railway Working Time Tables

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A typical timetable page: Weekday passenger workings from Dudley to Rugeley and Burton-on-Trent Sooner or later, most railway enthusiasts...

Slideshow at Brewood Hall

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L to R: John, Phil, Keith, Ian, Mike, Natalie I have made a number of friends through people getting in touch after reading posts about m...
Thursday, 11 February 2010

Progress on Harvesting at Ty Gwyn

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The Forwarder at work collecting Logs Earlier reports 11th November 2009 and 8th December 2009 outlined the start of timber extraction a...
Monday, 8 February 2010

Princes End Electrical Controls (Part 5)

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Previous parts:- Part 1 Introduction: Drawings. Part 2 Relay room: cable terminations, relay rack and power supplies. Part 3 Colour L...