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32 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

It was a glorious morning today so Paolo and I set off for a walk along the old Midland line that used to run from Bath to Bristol.  We got on it at Staple Hill as Paolo had never walked through the tunnel before , it was a frosty start but the sunshine was great .

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Can you spot the pigeons  ??

 

Excellent Bob! 

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Cycled down to the beach again this morning.  3C when I set out, but got up to a whole 6C by the time I got back. I could see snow on the Pyrénées in the distance.  Anyway, I liked to sky over the water this morning.

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2 minutes ago, Tango said:

Cycled down to the beach again this morning.  3C when I set out, but got up to a whole 6C by the time I got back. I could see snow on the Pyrénées in the distance.  Anyway, I liked to sky over the water this morning.

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52 minutes ago, Tango said:

Cycled down to the beach again this morning.  3C when I set out, but got up to a whole 6C by the time I got back. I could see snow on the Pyrénées in the distance.  Anyway, I liked to sky over the water this morning.

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I thought (wrongly it seems) it would be warmer around your area.

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7 hours ago, Clive said:

I thought (wrongly it seems) it would be warmer around your area.

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It's normally a few degrees warmer here than there @Clive, but, if the wind is in a certain direction,  it brings cold air down here from the snow fields on the Pyrénées, which chills things down a bit! 🤣🤣

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2C when I set out this morning.  There was ice on the car when I got my bike out of the garage. Took the non-ebike, as I'm trying to alternate them. The early part of the route was a bit of a struggle, as there is a reasonably long incline to where I took the photos. The rest of the route was OK, but I think that I should have checked the tyre pressures before I left home, because the bike seemed to be taking more effort than usual. I'll get fit, even if it kills me! 🤣🤣🤣

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This morning Paolo and I went for a walk along another section of the old railway line/cycle track.  This time we picked a section in Staple Hill on the outskirts of Bristol and set off in the direction of Bath.  There was a bit of drizzle and it was very grey but not so bad for walking.

After about a mile and a half we came to the junction at site of the old Mangotsfield station.  Here you can see where the branch line went off to the left to go to Yate while the main line carried onto the right towards Bath...........

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and up amongst the trees are what remains of Mangotsfield station ...............

 

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It was here that Arnold Ridley of Dad's Army fame got the inspiration to write a play about a ghost train which was turned into a film 

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We walked on further and came out by the back of the old St. Ivel factory .  Here I spotted a pair of old brake calipers and some oil on the kerbside by the old factory .................

 

 

 

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@Six30  have you been to Bristol recently ...............

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8 hours ago, boboneleg said:

This morning Paolo and I went for a walk along another section of the old railway line/cycle track.  This time we picked a section in Staple Hill on the outskirts of Bristol and set off in the direction of Bath.  There was a bit of drizzle and it was very grey but not so bad for walking.

After about a mile and a half we came to the junction at site of the old Mangotsfield station.  Here you can see where the branch line went off to the left to go to Yate while the main line carried onto the right towards Bath...........

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and up amongst the trees are what remains of Mangotsfield station ...............

 

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It was here that Arnold Ridley of Dad's Army fame got the inspiration to write a play about a ghost train which was turned into a film 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Train_(1941_film)

 

We walked on further and came out by the back of the old St. Ivel factory .  Here I spotted a pair of old brake calipers and some oil on the kerbside by the old factory .................

 

 

 

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@Six30  have you been to Bristol recently ...............

Great shots of the remains of the station Bob.......unusual to see the platforms going off at different angles.

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Out with the Dear boy this morning.  Grey day with nobody around.    
 

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My old secondary school.   Left there 42 years ago but still live within 500 metres of the place.  
 

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Lawhire house.   
 

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6 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

What a feckin carbunkle , who designs sh*t buildings like that in such beautiful surroudings  ???

Anyway, looks like a nice walk 👍

Yes it is fucking awful, luckily that is the only place you can see most of it.  1950's brutalist architecture. 🙄  Very Soviet.   

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29 minutes ago, Saul said:

Yes it is fucking awful, luckily that is the only place you can see most of it.  1950's brutalist architecture. 🙄  Very Soviet.   

yes mine looked almost the same and we had what was called a fifth year block what we went into for our last year there and that was made of plastic, say no more 

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1 hour ago, skyrider said:

yes mine looked almost the same and we had what was called a fifth year block what we went into for our last year there and that was made of plastic, say no more 

Same with ours Lionel but our ‘special’ block was only for the 6th form 🙄

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8 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Paolo and I caught the bus to Keynsham on Thursday……

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We walked around Jubilee park and the river Chew 

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Reasonable day for a stroll.... 👍 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does Horrace Batchelor still live there? 😂 

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On 22/12/2023 at 12:34, boboneleg said:

Same with ours Lionel but our ‘special’ block was only for the 6th form 🙄

one of my mates at the time his dad was the architect for the thing and the thing is still standing and all these years on it looks a real mess the weathers have taken it's toll on it  it's all cracked and faded 

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Out on the cliffs again this morning with the Dear Boy.   Stunning sky and some mental fucker fishing off the rocks.   I used to climb down there when I was younger, fuck that now.   
 

 

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