The two excellent maps show north-south railway lines EAST of Brum. The Black Country Mainline is one of only two north-south railway lines between Brum and the Irish Sea, on the W side. The other is Crewe, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Cardiff north-south railway. Hence, mine really is the only mainline, ready-built, mothballed railway on the W side of the UK, where there is a dearth. It is so mothballed it is forgotten and never used, for 56 Kms, would you believe. But the truth is, no-one DOES believe me!
Even the remains of High Scam 2 is on the E side to Lichfield. And Lichfield is exactly where my railway "of national strategic significance" goes on its way to Scotland. Shock! Horror!
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on Sat 5 April 08
Sat 5 April 2008
from Beinn Ceannabeinne
from Beinn Ceannabeinne 383m, 15Km to the NW
from Beinn Ceannabeinne
nr Durness
Gale force N wind on Sat 5 April 2008
In a weekend of beautiful footbridges, yet another is in the background!
Near Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion
Queueing to drink from the spring issuing from the mouth of the water god on the Hafod estate.
The two-at-a-time chain bridge in the background
At 600m on Pen y Garn 610m
On 8 hr walk from Esgair Wen
My puny efforts to get passenger trains and stations reinstated on 38 miles of existing, double track rail lines in Birmingham and the Black Country. Some, such as the Stourbridge, Dudley, Walsall rail line has its middle section reserved for trams that forever prevent passenger trains returning.
Durness on Scotland's NW coast
on Sat 5 April 08
Snow shower over Rispond
Sat 5 April 2008
The hamlet of Rispond
from Beinn Ceannabeinne
Ben Hope 927m
from Beinn Ceannabeinne 383m, 15Km to the NW
Ben Loyal 5 April 2008
from Beinn Ceannabeinne
Ceannabeinne Bay
nr Durness
Ceannabeinne Bay, Scotland's N coast
Gale force N wind on Sat 5 April 2008
In Coed Hafod, nr Devils Bridge Jan 2008
In a weekend of beautiful footbridges, yet another is in the background!
Hafod estate
Near Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion
Not so stupid sheep!
Queueing to drink from the spring issuing from the mouth of the water god on the Hafod estate.
Tim Becky Linda Jon
The two-at-a-time chain bridge in the background
Wind turbine hugging
Space craft landed!
At 600m on Pen y Garn 610m
Jon, Becky, Tim
On 8 hr walk from Esgair Wen
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- Tim Weller
- Halesowen, West Midlands, United Kingdom
- One happy old man climbing 1,000 major hills in the UK and planting 1,000 trees - both since 1980 and now achieved but continuing! Full-time cycle commuter since October 2003. My family of six bikes; four humans with four full driving licences; three vacuum cleaners; one pet rat; and, ONE 12.5 year old car.
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