Sunday, 17 July 2011

Moscow City Tour

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Saturday 16th July 2011 I got up at 6.00 a.m. and went for a buffet breakfast at about 6.50 a.m. I was surprised that the Opera Restaura...

Transfer from Airport to Ship

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Friday, 15th July 2011 The two-hour transfer from Moscow Airport to the boat gave ample opportunity for studying the environs of Moscow. ...
Saturday, 16 July 2011

Brewood to Moscow

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Friday, 15th July 2011 It's been a funny sort of day. I set my alarm for 3.30 a.m. so that I could walk my dog, Tai. He was quite unfa...
Sunday, 10 July 2011

Track Sketch: Totnes

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Sketches done on site are often hard to follow. Normally, I'd make a fair copy when I returned home but, in this case, I haven't fo...

Track Sketch: Watchet

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Sketches done on site are often hard to follow. Normally, I'd make a fair copy when I returned home but I haven't found a later cop...
Friday, 8 July 2011

Track Sketch: Truro

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Sketches done on site are often hard to follow. Normally, I'd make a fair copy when I returned home but, in this case, I haven't fo...
Thursday, 7 July 2011

Track Diagram: Stourport-on-Severn

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(View from footbridge. Photo: 'Unlocking Stourport's Past') In the earlier post 'Visiting Signalboxes' , I described ...

Track Sketch: Stourbridge Junction

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(Photo: David Wynne Jones Collection) Sketches done on site are often hard to follow. Normally, I'd make a fair copy when I returned ...

Track Sketch: Penzance

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Sketches done on site are often hard to follow. Normally, I'd make a fair copy when I returned home but, in this case, I haven't f...

Track Sketch: Newquay, Cornwall

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Sketches done on site are often hard to follow. Normally, I'd make a fair copy when I returned home but, in this case, I haven't fo...

Track Sketch: Falmouth

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Sketches done on site are often hard to follow. Normally, I'd make a fair copy when I returned home. So far, I've not found a bette...

Track Sketch: Looe

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(Click on sketch to enlarge) On 1st September 1964 I visited Looe and sketched the layout. Stations don't come any simpler! Amazingl...

'Lion Shoot'

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No, not a wildlife safari but a morning filming session with John Hawley at the 'Lion Tavern' in Liverpool on 6th July 2011. Centr...
Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Track Sketch: Bude

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Sketches done on site are often hard to follow. Normally, I'd make a fair copy when I returned home but, in this case, I don't beli...
Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Track Sketch: Fleetwood

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Fleetwood Station in B.R. days. Fleetwood station buildings were of typically Lancashire and Yorkshire railway grandeur - I attempte...

Track Sketch: Bodmin General

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Sketches done on site are often hard to follow. Normally, I'd make a fair copy when I returned home. So far, I've not found a bette...

Track Sketch: Barnstaple Junction

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Sketches done on site are often hard to follow. Normally, I'd make a fair copy when I returned home. So far, I've not found a bette...

Matlock Station Festival Reopening

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When I first visited Peak Rail, operations were based on the old 'Midland' side of Buxton station. A 4-coupled tank was giving ri...

Day Out With Thomas - June 2011

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'Thomas' at Shenton, ready to return to Shackerstone The Battlefield Line (which now uses the subtitle "The country railway a...
Sunday, 3 July 2011

Track Diagram: Folkestone Harbour

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(Click on either image to enlarge) LC - Level Crossing SB - Signal Box FB - Foot Bridge In August 1967 I recorded what I could see of...