Dave 123
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My picture of the day-Where's yours?
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Richard A Thackeray
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'Aire & Calder Navigation Canal'
Stanley Ferry
(best known for the Grade 1 listed aquaduct)
Hand-made nail, found on the towpath, by the dismantled (in process of being replaced) swing-bridge there
Doubtless it came out of the timbers of the old decking (showon of 1905 OS mapping)
The old bridge; http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5379
Stanley Ferry
(best known for the Grade 1 listed aquaduct)
Hand-made nail, found on the towpath, by the dismantled (in process of being replaced) swing-bridge there
Doubtless it came out of the timbers of the old decking (showon of 1905 OS mapping)
The old bridge; http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5379
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Mojonaut
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- Nr Kettering, Northants
JohnClimber
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dickyknees
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- Anglesey
Dave 123
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- Cambridgeshire alps
dickyknees
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I should have said steeper route.
We took the road around the Great Orme which I think is less steep than the road passed the church up to the half way station and then to the Orme summit.
Dave 123
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After we went to the top we came down past the church again and carried on for the full loop around. It was good fun.
briantrumpet
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- Devon & Die
Topsham in the mist - the view at the end of my road...
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- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
A weekend at the coast with @gavgav, riding trains and drinking beer.
Arriving at the coast on the Friday evening.
Glorious weather at Porthmadog the next morning.
Our engine on the outward journey.
A rare sight - Snowdon without the summit shrouded in cloud.
Having attended the Rail Ale Festival at Dinas station our train for the return trip arrives.
Heading back to Porthmadog and looking across to the distinctive Matterhorn-like shape of Cnicht.
A visitor to the line. Lyd from the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. It was built by the Ffestiniog's Boston Lodge works in 2010.
Arriving at the coast on the Friday evening.
Glorious weather at Porthmadog the next morning.
Our engine on the outward journey.
A rare sight - Snowdon without the summit shrouded in cloud.
Having attended the Rail Ale Festival at Dinas station our train for the return trip arrives.
Heading back to Porthmadog and looking across to the distinctive Matterhorn-like shape of Cnicht.
A visitor to the line. Lyd from the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. It was built by the Ffestiniog's Boston Lodge works in 2010.
I've always fancied climbing that. And there's a pub at the top to keep the legs moving.
Mojonaut
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briantrumpet
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One from yesterday evening
Saw this some time ago in my local cemetery whilst walking the dog. Had to investigate how he won the MC, such an "insignificant" gravestone for a real hero of WW2.
Fought at Pegasus Bridge and awarded his MC 2 days later rescuing a wounded soldier. Later wounded in action, recovered and returned to action. After a distinguished career in the Army he became DG of Battersea Dogs Home. Moved to Shepton Mallet after retiring to Warwickshire.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1310157/Colonel-Henry-Tod-Sweeney.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Sweeney
Apologies if anyone thinks this is not the place for this.
Fought at Pegasus Bridge and awarded his MC 2 days later rescuing a wounded soldier. Later wounded in action, recovered and returned to action. After a distinguished career in the Army he became DG of Battersea Dogs Home. Moved to Shepton Mallet after retiring to Warwickshire.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1310157/Colonel-Henry-Tod-Sweeney.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Sweeney
Apologies if anyone thinks this is not the place for this.
