47812 and Black 5 44871 working 5Z23, the 1038 Southall WCR - Bristol Kingsland Road positioning move, spotted at Reading today (21st November).

At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we will remember them.

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I’ve never been held up in a ship-traffic-jam before, but today the Wightlink I happened to be on was held out by Spitbank Fort for three much larger vessels to go around us 😵‍💫

Today, I made: • Apple, Berry and Currant Jelly • Summer Berry (strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, redcurrant and blackcurrant) Jam

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On Wednesdays I wear pink… but today… #MeanGirls

Passing trains may suck you off… 4M46 the 1419 Southampton Western Docks to Trafford Park Euro Terminal seeing passing through platform 4 at Basingstoke this afternoon

The diminutive Cistus (rock rose) continues to flower despite the shortening days and long shadows at this time of year

A pleasant surprise yesterday lunchtime! 📍 Basingstoke

@tomhepworthtv has impeccable taste in CMEs! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

200yrs ago today…

The C word has been made. I’m exhausted, there’s mountains of washing up but the smell is AMAZING and makes up for it. Tomorrow’s task is to unmould five varieties, cut, shave and stamp them… oh, and more washing up!

Flashy bang, bang! ⛈️

Bulleid West Country class 34028 “Eddystone” running on the up fast past Barton Mill, Basingstoke, today (3rd Sept 2025)

Nocturnal spotting of Clan Line hauling 1Z30 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Victoria this evening - the sound of Bulleid’s brilliance! 📍 Mays Lane, Earley.

This is what I think of when I see the flag of St George plastered everywhere and talk of camps and deportations by those wishing to ‘reclaim are [sic] country’.

Happy 8th Birthday, South Western Railway!

I think he’s forgotten that they’re Senators within his own party

Some more Bristolian scenes 1. Bristol Byzantine architecture of The Granary, Little King Street. 2. Robinson’s Depositories, Hotwell Road. 3. Aeroplanes in the roof of the Café at Aerospace Bristol. 4. The Grade II listed Hangar 16U (dating from 1917) being restored for community use at Brabazon.

Love is love! 📍 Brabazon, Bristol

Some of Gromit Unleashed 3 📍 Bristol, United Kingdom

Some Bristolian scenes… 1. Bristol Byzantine architecture of the old Gardiner Haskins site 2. Intercity bridge over the Avon at Temple Meads 3. Bristol VR bus outside M-Shed 4. Faience façade oh the former refrigeration and meat packaging site for Swift & Co. in Braggs Lane

A veritable glut of runner beans… that’s my evening sorted: dicing, blanching and freezing!

Naff shots of 57002 “Winston Churchill” at Basingstoke earlier today.

My colleagues are climbing Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) in the dark this Saturday, raising money for Scotty’s Little Soldiers! www.justgiving.com/team/swrtrai...

The potatoes have really suffered in the heat this year, but they’re soldering on 🥔 #DigForVictory2025

The runner beans are running… they’re windswept and had heat stroke #DigForVictory2025

The tomatoes are tomatoing… and the strawberries continue to fruit! 🍅 🍓 #DigForVictory2025

Cucumbers are cucumbering 🥒 #DigForVictory2025

“Platform 1 for the South Western Railway Arterio service…”

Yesterday I witnessed the immediate aftermath of a horrific road traffic accident, today a guy went in to cardiac arrest on a train I was on (and he was worked-on on the platform)… what’s the third thing that’s going to happen?

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On this day in 1848, Waterloo station opened when the LSWR extended their lines from the terminus at Nine Elms. Here’s some views of the original station, as well as the “Waterloo at War and Peace” paintings commissioned for the centenary in 1948.

58yrs ago on Monday, 10th July 1967…

58 years ago, on Sunday, 9th July 1967, Bulleid 'Merchant Navy' locomotive 35030 "Elder Dempster Lines" hauled the 14:07 Weymouth to Waterloo - the last steam hauled 'up' train on the Bournemouth mainline. [not my pic]

BR Blue & Grey liveried Class 455 unit 868, known as “Blöö” or “Spanners”, spotted at Reading this afternoon forming the rear portion of 2C54, the 16:39 Reading to Waterloo.

First harvest of the cherry tomatoes!

Happy Saturday!

47804 hauls “The Swanage Belle” in to Basingstoke this morning, with 47802 on the rear.

Royal Bournemouth Hospital has renamed their “Discharge Lounge” to the “Departure Lounge”. I don’t know what’s worse!

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Happy Solstice to all! The Summer Solstice took place at 03:42BST this morning. [not my pic]

Chance would be a fine thing!

Awesome day assisting at Ascot - good to catch up with two stars from “Fare Dodgers”, one of whom is my straight BFF, and saw the Northern Belle Charter arrive!

40yrs ago… ☠️

Two things: 1. Happy First Day of Pride Month! 2. Happy Dorset Day!