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I did put my pictures up here, and you can see the chap next to me sprinting off, in case they left him behind.

I keep a watch out for Ballybrophy-related stuff. This one popped up and I idly wondered if it was one that I was able to attend - and there I am, next to the Platform 1 sign! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/277433508783 I will be expecting my model release fee to be delivered by Brinks-Mat. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/277433508783

There can be a positive result from such adversity, it can cause the victims to strive harder for perfection, particularly in sporting activities. I expect that they progressed further into some cups than they might have otherwise.

No doubt you gave each other mutual support through these difficult times.

I see Marks currently has the Heller 1/24th Renault 4, Amongst a lot of other Heller stuff.

I found a set of doubles left in the bog for next year, so it would be narrow enough to take home for the winter. it did look like a very specialist alien abduction...

A landmark on the journey to where we are today. MIR, MM, SSM, PW, IRM + many I will have not thought of immedately

We went back under 194 today and, after a wet night, it is clear that the new drainage points are working - a drip every 2 or 3 seconds from each one. This picture won't win a Pulitzer Prize, but the blurred line below the pipe is one of the drips... We did a circuit from there, coming back out over 189. Nothing to report there, beyond the current situation on the track - all looking very neat. North. And south. We arrived there a little after 1pm and just missed a train in each direction...

Maybe they could print a tripod for the camera next?

This is what they need.

Today was another of those days. The pads have been boxed in now, so the reason for the platform remaining on site has been revealed. All the debris from the job is gone now and, apart from a few tyre marks, there's nothing to reveal that anything ever happened. The bees were still active, but not to the extent of the action on Saturday. Only noticeable to those who know they're there. Probably no more rail-based excitement here for a few more decades again. The reason for today's visit was to further reconnoitre a route that we failed to complete on Saturday. We will need to return with implements to restore a human-sized portal through a natural hedge that has healed up in recent years, but that can be done. We turned back on Saturday, just before the other side of that obstruction - and because we fell into a big, but completely invisible hole. I am standing on the bottom of it to take this picture of the dog laughing at me. I had time, on the way down, to consider when I last saw the old B&W version of Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

I'm under 194 regularly and I've never heard the bees before - the noise was very obvious that day, though.

Thanks for this tip-off. We caught some action at the waterproofing job. And we recorded the style of the temporary signage, for those that might be interested. This happened on the way to a small task in the bog, so we were able to record the elevating platform mentioned above, which is still there. Walking under the bridge, I became aware of some considerable bee activity. It was the noise that I noticed first. There were a few buzzing around, quite placidly, but my efforts to discover where the busy nest was failed, presumably in one or more of the corrugations. But, looking for the nest made me notice that the "sleeper pads'" have been replaced now. It would appear that a drain point has also been provided in each corrugation. The removed remains are piled up there for now. Most of the wood looked OK, but there were some dodgy bits.

I think you're right - possibly this building, prior to some modifications, it would also explain the availability of the viewpoint. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ballycarry,+Carrickfergus,+UK/@54.7776491,-5.7252894,3a,31.3y,301.64h,81.94t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1svOOhIGAqLNYR8v-b6pPNNg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D8.060042763159458%26panoid%3DvOOhIGAqLNYR8v-b6pPNNg%26yaw%3D301.64384073391926!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x486198903e8a0825:0x4f768758010cc833!8m2!3d54.7734199!4d-5.7475799!16zL20vMDluMTg1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDkyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

And this one - listed as being at Ballybrophy, which seems rather unlikely for a few reasons... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/398377227010