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DelW replied to the thread Long or high railway bridges you can walk over.It's at least a decade since I last went over it, on a West Coast Motors bus from Oban to Fort William, so I don't really know how busy... -
DelW replied to the thread Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now.Difficult for anyone to hack into as well.
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DelW replied to the thread Long or high railway bridges you can walk over.The Creagan road bridge is a modern deck on the original railway bridge piers. The four spans are relatively short and use a normal...
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DelW replied to the thread Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now.Not while I was there, but some chunky looking amps and speakers were being loaded into a van by a couple of roadie-looking guys!
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DelW replied to the thread Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now.I was quite happy with it too! The company's name on my top copy was put on with a rubber stamp and an ink pad, too, which must be...
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DelW replied to the thread Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now.Not so much "in living memory" as still just about around : On Friday I took a faulty hi-fi amplifier into a local electronics repair...
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DelW replied to the thread Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon.I think that the original company, which retained the travel locations, insisted that the buyer of the high street shops had to rename...
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DelW replied to the thread Child safety, first time taking train to School..My main suggestion would be for her to be aware of her surroundings at all times. I see lots of teens who are wholly absorbed in...
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DelW replied to the thread Longest journey in the UK to run with stock that lacks toilet facilities.In Wales, TfW's 153/3s have an accessible toilet and until a year or so ago, they often operated solo on the Heart of Wales (~4hrs...
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DelW replied to the thread Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you.I could cope with paninos, if I have to, I can at least see a degree of logic there. But paninis is indefensible, let alone panini's ;)
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DelW replied to the thread Is 'South Central' a better name than 'Southern'?.Remember though that a third of Victoria is a South Eastern station, having originally been a London Chatham and Dover station. (Edited...
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DelW replied to the thread Getting off before booked destination?.Ah, thanks, I wasn't sure about that. I never use them, and that gives me another justification for that policy.
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DelW replied to the thread Getting off before booked destination?.Would it be feasible and/or economic simply to refund the unused Reading ticket and buy a new advance to Oxford? That would avoid the...
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DelW replied to the thread Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you.It was adding "s" to the (already plural) "panini" that I was referring to, rather than a shop name :D
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DelW replied to the thread Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you.Is it the unnecessary apostrophe, the unnecessary "s" (or both) that most pains you? Sadly the redundant "s" appears to be almost...