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  1. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    Ickornshaw is the home of D&C Classic Motor Cycles. Spa Motor Cycles is a similar restoration company based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
  2. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    St Germain's Holme
  3. DerekC

    Offal - why are less-desirable cuts of meat more expensive?

    Honeycomb tripe about £7.00 per kg. The flat slimy variety mostly gets used for dog food and is about half that. I have eaten tripe but I won't be queueing for it if it's on offer!
  4. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    After a quick reversal at the restored station of Titley Junction: Marston Halt
  5. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    Cautley is best known as the location of Cautley Spout, the highest above ground cascade waterfall in England. Another village in the Yorkshire Dales National Park renowned for its waterfall is Hardraw in North Yorkshire. Hardraw Force has the highest above ground fall in England, with the...
  6. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    The Geopark Way (seems an odd name) connects Oxenhall northward to Bridgnorth in Shropshire.
  7. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Pennar Junction Halt
  8. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    The harbour at St Monans was designed by the brothers David and Thomas Stevenson, part of the Stevenson dynasty of Scottish civil engineers mainly famous for their lighthouse designs. David lived for the latter part of his life at North Berwick, East Lothian which also happens to be directly...
  9. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Tilmanstone Colliery Halt
  10. DerekC

    Railway General Knowledge.

    Were they all opened in the same year? I think Waterloo was opened in 1846, so I'll go for that.
  11. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    Newlyn is the largest fishing port by tonnage in England. The largest in the UK is Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
  12. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Boat of Insch (aka Kincraig)
  13. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    Stanway in Gloucestershire also has a working watermill which grinds flour for sale locally.
  14. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Birchfield Platform
  15. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Mid Fearn Halt Edderton
  16. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    Lacock was the childhood home of Henry Fox Talbot, photography pioneer. His work is celebrated in a permanent exhibition there. However he was born at Melbury House, his mother's parents' home in the parish of Melbury Sampford in Dorset.
  17. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Loth
  18. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    Castle Bolton in North Yorkshire was another place where Mary Queen of Scots was held during her eighteen years in captivity in England.
  19. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Axbridge
  20. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Dymock

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