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Guiseley is situated in a hanging valley between Airedale and Wharfedale. A hanging valley is a tributary valley that is higher than the main valley. Another example in Great Britain is Glen Coe. It's a valley of glacial origins, that cuts though volcanic rocks in the Highlands of Scotland...

It could be suggested that many sticking plasters have been applied over the years. As GBR isn't yet properly up and running, I'm not expecting too many changes in a rush.

I tend to use LNER to obtain seat reservations. Once you've booked a seat you can change that seat, if you wish. It doesn't cost anything to do. LNER is my local long distance provider. However, for many trips i take my chance in the unreserved seats. For regional / other journeys using EMR...

HMS Ockham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Ockham in Surrey. Another such ship was HMS Riplingham (East Riding of Yorkshire)

S8 stock to Harrow-on-the-Hill.

It took me a few minutes to find it. A normal enquiry showed nothing.

Ah, but it just looks like 'we've done a fantastic job already'. :rolleyes:

I recently got into a conversation on a WhatsApp group I belong. The subject was about moles on the football pitch. I posted the YouTube link to Jasper Carrot's mole story. One respondent replied they weren't even born when that came out. o_O

387123 I've no idea about the planning or why it's shown as a Balfour Beatty working.

Borrowstounness - the Burgh Town on the Ness, more commonly referred to as Bo'ness is also on the line of the Antonine Wall.

Morvah (Cornish: Morvedh), Cornwall, is also the location of a Neolithic dolmen (also called quoits or cromlechs). A dolmen, or portal tomb, is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table".

Sutton Coldfield also had a sanatorium.

Thurso also has a wooden train shed roof.

Dornoch in Sutherland was the location where Janet Horne (died 1727) was the last person to be executed legally for witchcraft in the British Isles. Elizabeth Ocle of Pulloxhill was hanged in Bedford in 1596 for practising witchcraft.

Agreed. Sadly, there are so many that believe everything they see or read online, or in the media, that they vote for a 'business' - I don't consider them a proper political party.

Ah, a signalling system that does what it's supposed to do. However, speaking from experience, human interfaces with members of the public aren't always as safe. That's if the crossing user has spoken with the controlling signaller.

Stradbroke, Suffolk is also on the B1117 road.

Done like that due to space constraints. Prior to pedestrianisation, High Street LC in Lincoln had a similar set, but mounted horizontally. Now a normal layout. Discussion of pump-up crossings brings me to this one. Whitehall Road, Canterbury. I spotted from a train on the Canterbury East line...

An 8-wicket win for England's Women in the first IT20 cricket against West Indies Women. Also seeing the West Indies captain, Hayley Matthews score a century.

Oystermouth near Swansea, Wales also had horse drawn trams.