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It seems reasonable to wait and see what level of chaos exists at the border after March next year, before chucking any money at that route. And, as for moaning about it being a diesel, it seems hardly likely to be electrified in the near future. I find that like the 22s more than I want to - as a passenger, they're better than the DMUs I suffer on occasion on the Big Island and don't seem very noisy inside (to me), though they do suffer from external engine noise, as the Voyagers, etc., here do.

You won't get this on the Big Island.

I think we should give the views of a man who bears some responsibility for the current state of things on the Big Island all the respect that they deserve..

Mmm, weird indeed - I've just put it back in again... Looks as it was again now..

Not a Bear and over the Black Sea, but the same sort of thing. It's interesting that the interloper turned out to be a Beriev 12 - not many amphibians in military service these days. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45301539

Well, that was very good - they had some weather issues, with rain and a low cloud-base at times, but they worked around it nicely. The stream was good quality and worked very well. A Mil 24 was thrashed about for a while and the Frecce Tricolori display was proper tight stuff. A Sukhoi 27 was put through its paces - and a Saab Gripen. There were displays by old Iskras and the new PZL trainer. There was a Finnish team flying four BAe Hawks, but one of them had an undisclosed 'difficulty' half-way through and had to clear off out of the way of the remaining aircraft. There had been a weather hiatus before the Gripen display and the poor squaddie who was filling in on the Tannoy found himself set up and having to propose marriage to his girlfriend to the ever-romantic sound of a Gripen being thrashed past behind him, as the weather had lifted by the time the trap was sprung.. The commentary was not the usual irritating Tannoy bellow, although the Italian woman was a bit shrieky and induced me to turn it down a bit. It was also notable that the marshals were very aware of being 'in the way' at times and kept moving, even dropping below the sight line at times, for the benefit of the observing crowd. There were two solo F-16 displays at the end, when the rising cloud base allowed, a Belgian one and a Turkish one. The Turkish chap was quite hard on the plane - they struggled to keep the camera on him - I certainly wouldn't let him drive my car!

There's a lot of windage loss under the train, too, but you need the track to be moving to properly assess that situation.

You are beyond my capacity to help now...

Have a look in your Downloads - they turned up in there and I (eventually) managed to see them - very nice, too.

This has appeared today.

It has got to the point now, where I don't like to induce him to go up there, just in case - but, if the opportunity presents itself, then I'll try to get some recent pictures. All I currently have is these few from ten years ago. The 'well' seen in the first three pictures is a sidetrack off the access tunnel.

A friend of mine has a layout in the large part of his loft, but the access is via the roof of a small extension, where the height is such that you have to flop sideways from the hatch, then proceed to crawl along a tunnel, about eight or ten feet long. It's all a bit "Great Escape". He is in his eighties now and only ventures up there for at least half a day at a time, it's too much effort to just nip up for a few minutes. We have gently mentioned what might happen if he ever has a 'turn' up there. We do have a cave rescue team about 30 miles away...

It might help to stop instances like this - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-45144054 - and other ones where people are "suspected" of terrorism offences.

There seems to have been a failure at Greystones..?

Or August...?

Some organisations go through phases where, if something ends up in desperate need of some paint, it gets painted with whatever paint is in general use in the vicinity at the time.

Maybe have alternative backscenes? The effect was really rather depressing on that one..

I did come across a Welsh one, with glowering skies, rather than the usual fluffy clouds on a blue background.

I volunteered to try to find some B&Bs in a particular village in Wales, before the internet, etc. I rang the post office, on the basis that they would have a good idea of what was going on. "There's only two and neither of them do it all year" "That's OK, can I have the addresses?" "Jones, Main Street" "And the other one?" "Jones, Main Street" At which point I laughed - "You can laugh! I have to deliver the bloody mail round here..."

It did come with a bookmark insert suggesting several other Oakwood books, including one on the Launceston Branch - suggesting that you could be right and that this forgery may have originated in north/central Tasmania.

Well, I have finally obtained a copy of Rails to Achill. It arrived here just now and a quick look through it would suggest that some study periods may need to be allocated in a systematic manner. One thing that I quickly noticed, however, is that my copy may actually be just that - a counterfeit edition. I have had a good look through it now, and I can't find a single one of the pictures upside down.

Brick nerds have their uses... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/brick-fingerprint-builds-crime-case-steve-boggan-on-an-academic-breakthrough-that-helped-to-cement-1463848.html

This? http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,588882,739883,1,10

There are people with layouts on boards smaller than one of those floors.