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Mr 13, yes, it was May 31st when I was pounding up and down the GWML. Things have been pretty barren since then - only one SWR 707 seeing the red pen. But then with the Thameslink meltdown, travel opportunities on the Wimbledon loop are severely curtailed for me - the daily commute is now by...

Fast forward a mere 11 hours and I am out on the road again. London Underground did a sterling job of getting me to Paddington – today’s target was anything Great Western that was required. 800020+800035 were first in my sights so I duly bagged my first members of the class. A signal failure in...

Fully aware of the farce with the 175s - I still need one of them in original formation! I have also seen 158/9s running in various formations and I know that I have to contend with various 221s having been reformed. The list is endless .....

Just done a check, and it's nine 378s left to go for 10 miles Not all in the core - there were several trips to Croydon. And I made sure that any trips in the core on required stuff was over one mile Under my rules, a 7-car 345 and a 9-car 345 is a completely different unit hence why I am...

After what seems like a day and an age since I last went out for a proper trip, I ended up going out on two consecutive days for full-day bashes! Thankfully, The Haulage Book has not been devoid of entries with the daily commute and the odd domestic trip throwing up a few winners (plus a lot of...

Kite, good to see that you're still out and about - and also finding the time to write up your outings. Must have felt rather odd not getting the red pen out for any units during the month of May

Interesting that you can do all this by bus in this day and age. Good Luck and I hope all the connections work! Back in the days of yore and with the assistance of the good old National Bus Companies "Wanderbus" ticket, I managed to do a trip from my digs in London to my family home inBristol...

As for tickets, there's the Sunday Tracker http://www.translink.co.uk/Find-The-Right-Ticket/tickets/sunday-day-tracker/ There also seems to be an offer on iLink tickets http://www.translink.co.uk/Special-Offers/ilink-promotion/ NI is primarily a DMU railway with the 3000 & 4000 classes of DMU...

Don't think Jones of Aberbeeg have been mentioned. Swallowed up by Red & White/National Welsh, vehicles appeared in NBC blue including brand new Leyland Nasties (sorry Nationals) - and from memory at least one was blue & white "dual purpose" livery. And in the same neck of the woods, Islwyn...

That sounded like one successful day despite the shaky start . Good call on bagging Ardwick on a Bank Holiday - but you missed out on the dodgy footbridge, the salubrious neighborhood and the walk to Piccadilly. Also well done for catching up with 185101. Just a pity that your drive back over...

Had a quick spin out on Saturday 7th - the objective was to view a secondhand book collection near Forest Hill and to pick up some secondhand books from Knebworth. Journey over to Forest Hill was rather mundane. Northern Line to Balham, Southern to Crystal Palace and Sideways Travel train to...

Skeggie's wonderful - if you go there with class 20s, spend all day in the pub, and get some more winning 20s on the way back out!

It'd been a long time (too long) since I posted anything on my own thread. That's mainly due to business activities taking up so much of my spare time. Well, I have to juggle protecting the pension and also keeping the sideline going so that I have something worthwhile to do once the pension...

Hence the term "bus stop bash". So in due course you will be venturing down to my part of the world to enjoy the delights of routes such as the 80, 163 and 413. All easily combined with revisiting the Wimbledon loop!

Well done on clearing the 387/1s and 707s as well as putting a big dent into the 700s. So you scored both of the 66s on the foray into South Wales? Well done as for me it was only 230. I only have a handful of 66s and 150 was dud .... Typical of my luck. That's a dangerous road to be going on...

Keep those reports coming - gives me hope that one day I might again have a surplus of that increasingly scarce commodity called time. All I generally have the chance to do at present is scour the forum to be envious at what other folk are up to and pick up the odd thing on the daily commute -...

Mr Roebuck https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/cumbria/the-william-rufus-carlisle tells us that it was William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, who restored Carlisle to the English kingdom. Rufus entered the city through Botchergate. The long-demolished gateway has given its...

Another forum member manages to sneak up (or down) the Wall of Death without giving me enough notice to roll out the red carpet! The abridged report though definitely gives a good flavour of your activities. And well done for managing to get shack number 1,000 in the book, even if it was the...

Shred - good to catch up on your latest jaunts. Good selection of steam in there, particularly at the SVR gala. Cowley - Yes, Platform 5 do their Preserved Locomotives of British Railways. The "blurb" from my website says The complete guide to all former main line steam, diesel and electric...

Meanwhile, back on the ranch .... Seriously, the New Kent Road will not be the same again following your visit. If you are using E&C tube, the Northern Line exit will save you traversing the ex-roundabout to access the NKR. Likewise, the speediest exit from E&C Thameslink will be via Elephant...