It's all go at Ely! Ipswich bound train had to go the wrong way out of the station then down the freight loop because of a track issue; on cue, the track inspection train appeared! @greateranglia.bsky.social @networkrail.bsky.social

Passing through Paddington

The bright yellow males are quintessential harbingers of Spring. britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly

Finally saw my first butterflies of the year last week; I thought I was going to have to wait into March! Other flying friends included this unusual Harlequin. The Mahonia was literally buzzing.

Merry St. David's Day! A welcome if surprisingly sunny start to March. #StDavidsDay #DyddGŵylDewiSant

Experimented with making clear ice; harder than it looks! #project52

Still Life My trusty little Olympus and its coterie sees me into another year of photography. Hopefully I can last the course this time; I got derailed by hats of all things! #Project52

Some moody #Skegness shots I forgot to post from a few weeks back. #silhouette

Couple of astro shots from the weekend with five moons in total! #astrophotography #moon #fullmoon #Jupiter

Merry Christmas to one and all!

Christmas baking...done! [Gluten free mince pies and Stollen Bites plus starry mince pies with much gluten!

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A surprise piece of retro tiling! #nse

The most plaintive #howl of #Halloween #Mollie #Chorkie

Dunstable Town The line connected East and West Coast mainlines passing through Luton and Dunstable. The station closed in 1965 but the line lingered on over many years for freight traffic. It "reopened" in 2013 as part of the guided busway to Luton. #TheSlowTrain

Cheslyn Hay This is north of Birmingham and was closed to passengers in 1965. The freight only line reopened to passengers in 1989 but a new station nearby, Landywood, opened rather than reopen this one. #TheSlowTrain

Strange sign on turning off today's vehicle; should I expect people to spontaneously appear in the back of the car?!

Sorting a schedule to get here when there are trains using this platform has been an issue since it opened in May! #PlatformZero

Garbage In - Compost Out Two of my three compost bins, a simple way to recycle garden waste into free soil. #project52

Power shot A chance to use my fish-eye lens from inside an electricity pylon. #UnusualAngles #Project52

bee-dy eye A carder bee at very close range! I found this one sadly demised on the patio. #Project52

Aarrgghh!!

Littleton [and] Badsey Another double-named station not in either village. The line is still open as you can see and some platform footings remain visible out to the side of the loco. The tithe barn is some 800 years old and one of the best of its kind in the country. #SlowTrain

BUNNY BISCUIT!🤯 That's clearly the spaceman we never quite got to know well enough filling his helmet with a mix of blood and brain matter. Enjoy kids!

I have actually just had an email about this year's Carol Service. 🤯

No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree. youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU

Move over lucky four-leaved clover, here's a much rarer two-berry blackcurrant!

I'm going to sell my husband's theremin, I bought it for him four years ago and he's never touched it.

Today's Public Service Announcement: 82°F ≈ 28°C [Please note 82 Farads do not equal 28 Coulombs]

Erm...

Kirby Muxloe Passenger services finished 7th Sept 1964 but the line remains open to this day for freight. The building is long gone but was similar to that at Desford, the next station west. The castle was started in the late C15th but never finished because politics. #SlowTrain

Today's strangely named place is...

Mop Cop & Scholar Green One of those weird places where the title contains the names of two villages, neither of which are near the station! This closed in 1964 but as you can see the line is very much open. Mow Cop castle is a folly but the view is worth the effort. #SlowTrain

Arram Another day another station! One of 9 in the song that stayed open. Arram is easily the least used, sat at the end of a long cul de sac with the tiny village. Probably RAF Leconfield that kept it open. This was one of the 11 services all day that actually stop! #SlowTrain

Abandoned Topically with this week's commemorations here is a WWII pillbox on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. Nearly 30 thousand were built in case of German invasion and some fifteen hundred remain, a reminder of what might not have happened 80 years ago. #project52 #VEDay80

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #Mollie #MayThe4thBeWithYou

New season, new club but still in green! Busy day at the oval office: 100m, LJ, TJ, coaching, photography, not breaking my body.

A couple of stops on the way back last week. There may be some more to follow! #TheSlowTrain

Easter eggs with extra bite! Brimstone butterfly eggs laid on Alder Buckthorn trees (donated by @bc-suffolk.bsky.social) that I planted a few years ago for this very purpose, being patrolled for pesky aphids etc by black ants; more power to their elbows I say!

Hugely proud of @scientistsx.bsky.social on the launch of their new book #ScientistsOnSurvival Personal Stories of Climate Action. This is a deeply moving and inspiring book that everyone needs to read -every chapter left me in tears or with goosebumps. Read more: www.scientistsforxr.earth/our-book

I am always intrigued by this building by Leeds station. Firstly, where do you buy curved furniture? Secondly, there should be a mechanism that rotates each layer perhaps quarterly so everyone gets a go at the sunny side.

Today I am briefly here

Yesterday's place with a silly name! [This is near Durham]

A couple of snaps from my latest visit to the Big Smoke. Metropolitan line platforms at Baker Street and uplighters on the escalator at St. John's Wood #project52 #tfl #Underground #BakerStreet # StJohnsWood #tube

Spring is coming, honest!

Wabi Sabi Taking pleasure in the impermanence of things. #project52

It's grim oop North Looking south from the hills above Glossop this lunchtime.

Finally caught the train last week from Platform Zero at Cardiff Central to complete the spreadsheet! Still can't catch a service to or from Edinburgh Haymarket and Bradford Forster Square is in the diary. 😁 #PlatformZero

Beach lowdown A grey day at Great Yarmouth on Saturday but still found something to photograph #project52