tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post2860072252043801610..comments2023-07-10T14:18:09.980+01:00Comments on Extension Blog: South from Bishops CleeveJo http://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-40101173516061143252018-07-19T09:32:39.274+01:002018-07-19T09:32:39.274+01:00There's a fair bit of undergrowth there now. W...There's a fair bit of undergrowth there now. We can see the field, not sure how much they can see of us.<br /><br />I was on the near dormant Hedjaz NG in Syria a few years back, and we chugged right past an army camp (whoops!) with a platoon of soldiers being given a lecture. They all stopped listening and turned to watch us, leaving their commander shouting angrily :-)Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-90819321848270539982018-07-19T09:00:49.619+01:002018-07-19T09:00:49.619+01:00When I was at Cleeve School in the 1970s I played ...When I was at Cleeve School in the 1970s I played football and rugby (very reluctantly, and not very well) on the playing fields next to the line.<br /><br />At the time the line was open as a freight route, but very seldom used. Once I remember a Class 47 running northwards, light engine. To see anything on the line was so unusual that the entire rugby game stopped as everyone gawped at the loco while the teacher shouted "COME ON! IT'S ONLY A TRAIN!"<br /><br />In those days the field was not fenced off - anyone could use it. Since then fences have been put up all around, and the field is reserved for school use only. That's a pity, because it would be a great vantage point for photography.<br /><br />One day I might try to sneak in, just so I can watch a train going by and relive my school sports lessons. Perhaps I could commission 47 105 to do a light engine move and recreate the exact scene I remember from the 1970s!Michael Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386451061160258935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-84630294925236645692018-07-18T19:50:42.860+01:002018-07-18T19:50:42.860+01:00Then, back at Winchcombe, a strange pair of legs j...<i>Then, back at Winchcombe, a strange pair of legs just inside the outer carriage shed.<br /><br />Surely this can't be possible, there is a corridor above where these legs are standing?</i><br /><br />That's 'Lofty'. He was repairing the ceiling.Ken.noreply@blogger.com