Recent content by madannie77

Just remembered another one, from September 2023 in the rather obscure hamlet of Whale, to the south of Lowther Castle & Askham in Cumbria. Not sure why I took it from an angle, and I had to crop it to make the image small enough for the forum to cope with! What I do recall is that this box was...

I should have been in Hartsop this morning for a walking expedition, so could have photographed that box, but a truly dreadful night's sleep put paid to that. Here's one I took in May 2025, in Glenridding on the track to Greenside. I didn't get a shot of the box in the landscape, but the...

I also saw a B reg Capri yesterday, a white one in Carlisle. Looked smart, but not up to the standard of the one above.

Sitting in a place of dryness on what is a truly wet day in the Peak District when these turned up! I ventured out only to get this shot.

Having driven through Warwick Bridge regularly for many years I have a feeling that the box has been in place for quite some time. A quick look at Google Streetview suggests it was in situ in 2009...

A 1984/85 Renault 11GTL in Carlisle last week, looking very smart. Also last week, the Eden Valley Railway was invaded by TVRs (17 in total). Not sure how many qualify as the older cars (pre-2000) as I am no expert and quite a few had bespoke registrations, but one in particular stood out to me;

Spending our 10th wedding anniversary at Jodrelll Bank, somewhere Mr Madannie has never visited despite being interested in astronomy, especially the physics part of it. I have not been there since I was a teenager (way too long ago) and although my interest in astronomy has waned somewhat over...

This turned up at the Eden Valley Railway today: a 1987 Wartburg 353, imported to the UK after the reunification of Germany and now carrying the appropriate registration C20 DDR!!

That pillar box in Penrith got a repaint a few years ago. I would have said two years ago but at my age the years all seem to merge. It was a shock seeing it shiny, as prior to that repaint it was truly filthy, not showing much sign of being red with a black base. Not too far away, at the...

Only about 5 weeks behind time here as I have only just downloaded the photos. Seeing Stagecoach Optare Solo 47001 (new in October 2001) in service in Kendal was interesting, but the additional fleetnumber on the rear of the bus really made me smile (something I have not done much of recently)...

Another of the Manx Electric Railway's works cars is trailer 52, originally a passenger trailer dating from 1893. Seen here during repairs to the overhead near Howstrake Camp a couple of days after the wires were brought down by car 6 in June 2015. I was in the trailer behind car 6 and the...

That is car 5572, which was the lubricating tram, often referred to as Mazacka. It lubricated the tracks to lessen the level of wheel squeal. In summer it was also used as a water car for watering the grassed reservations. It used to have a camera on it which provided a live stream of it's...

Carlisle has had two buses specially liveried to promote the Carlisle Youth Zone. First up was Stagecoach 34700, and then 37106. I can't remember when 34700 lost the livery, but 37106 was repainted into Stagecoach's Lake District livery in 2021. 1772222676 Right place right time in January...

The 106 only uses the A6 between Shap and Penrith. From Kendal it uses the A685 to Tebay then B roads through Orton before joining the A6 just south of Shap, so quite a lengthy detour off the A6.

Actually yesterday: the announcement of the Grand Depart of the 2027 Tour de France had me grinning all evening. Not only does one stage finish in my home city but if the route remains as shown yesterday it passes within about half a mile of my house.