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  1. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    I may be wrong, but I think we should have reversed at Huddersfield and taken the LYR Penistone Line, and then the Holmfirth branch to Thongsbridge
  2. DerekC

    Lifting/Demolition Train working on closed lines?

    "The Meon Valley Railway - Volume 3 - Closure and Beyond" (Kevin Robertson, Noodle Books, 2013) has an interesting story which is slightly worrying! After the official last day on Saturday 5th February 1955 and the "Hampshireman" RCTS special on the following day, the line was closed completely...
  3. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Deepdale
  4. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Chatburn
  5. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Kilmalcolm
  6. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    Chettle in Dorset is another privately owned village, in that all the property belongs to the same family.
  7. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Beighton (NMR)
  8. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    A Banbury cake is, according to Wikipedia, a spiced, oval pastry filled with currants, mixed peel, rum and nutmeg, somewhat similar to an Eccles cake. (Eccles, of course, being a town in Greater Manchester)
  9. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Pantyscallog Halt (Low Level)
  10. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Resolven
  11. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Where I think we reverse, passing through the open station of Neath General before gaining access to the Vale of Neath Railway and arriving at: Aberdylais Halt
  12. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Blockley
  13. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Malvern Wells
  14. DerekC

    Supermarkets discussion

    Reminds me of when my daughter accidentally ordered 10kg of bananas instead of ten. Somebody in the store saw an opportunity and the whole lot were a bit on the ripe side. Six months supply of banana loaf in the freezer!
  15. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Milltimber
  16. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Pitmedden
  17. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Hampstead Norris
  18. DerekC

    Waterloo station masterplan

    I like the piazza effect outside the main entrance - and the undercroft, although I do wonder how much of the space could really be made available. given the fact that the Waterloo & City station occupies quite a lot of space at or just below that level. Changing the accesses to the Northern...
  19. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Llanwern
  20. DerekC

    Wordle

    There is some skill involved, apart from just guessing words, once you have got one or two letters. It's about where letters are likely to appear where in English words (for example S is likely to be at the end or beginning) and which letters are often in association (like PR or CH).

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