My new passport arrived in the post today. I will not be using is to travel to exotic foreign destinations, for this in my Pier Passport: a handy guide to the seaside piers of the UK.
Category Archives: Trips and Visits
The Stafford to Shrewsbury Railway Line
The Stafford–Shrewsbury line formerly ran between Shrewsbury and Stafford, from 1849 to 1966.
Those paying attention will spot that the little thing above only shows Wellington to Stafford… and for good reason – the line between Shrewsbury and Wellington is still in use, and here I’m only interested in the closed parts.
The Boat That Guy Built
I’ve just found the entire series of “The Boat That Guy Built” available in one block on You Tube,
Enjoy two blokes fecking about on a boat, narrated by the sexist voice in the UK: Liza Tarbuck!
Timetable Project
Some years ago, I decided that I wasn’t completely happy with having to carry printed timetables, or having to scroll though big PDF files while chasing Trams on my visits to the Blackpool Tramway.
I figured that it would be better to be able to access the timetables on my phone. As I was incapable of creating Apps for both the Android and iPhone platforms (seriously, have you seen what you have to do to become a developer for iOS?), I decided to do it as a mobile-friendly formatted web page. How hard could it be?
RAF Cosford Museum
Its been a bit of a sparse year for visiting places, what with the Covid-19 thing going on, but we did manage to get to the RAF Museum at Cosford.
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Great Orme Tramway
Working backwards in time as I reconstruct my old tripblog website, its time to look at The Great Orme Tramway, and our visit from September 2019.
Amerton Railway
Despite living only a few miles for the Amerton Railway for nearly 30 years, I only got round to visiting it in 2019. Here are the pics of our visit.
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Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
July 2019 and we inexplicably found aourselves in Kent. Handily, the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway was nearby…
Norbury Wharf Dayboat Hire – Intrepid
On June 29th, 2019, we again hired one of the Day Boats from Norbury Wharf. Again we took the south route, but only got as far as High Onn before having to return.
East Lancs Railway
Just a few pics of our trip to the East Lancs Railway, back on May 16th 2019.
