Steam hauled tours and the fire risk.

:madgrin:Might as well join in, I did the Dakota bit once in the early 60's. Scheduled service, Newquay (St.Mawgan)- Yeadon (Leeds/Bradford). lane:

 

You have until Friday morning Ralph,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10533376.stm

Get them water butts filled!

We have had around an hours fine drizzle here this morning, only to be expected when I came back off my hols on Monday hwell:

 

Some years ago I attended an air show at Greenham Common (pre peace camp days).
A DC3 was doing a circuit of the airfield for £1.50 a great experience in a classic aircraft.

 

DC-3 flights - all in the 1980s
Stansted - Duxford and return
Stansted - St. Mawgan and return
Coventry - Baldonnel (Dublin) and return
Luton - Luton via Cranfield and most of Bedfordshire.
Have also had jollies in a Skyship airship, DH Gypsy Moth and DH Dragon Rapide and the ultimate being a supersonic blast in Concorde G-BOAF.
None of these have any link to a steam ban.

 

Dried up veggies for dinner then!

We had four spots of rain here this morning. Shared between all of Kent. But temps forecast to get back up to circa 30 C at the weekend,

 

Rain forecast for my area today. So far just about enough to wet a pinhead. Loads of grey clouds though, which if we were swimming in water would no doubt be throwing it down by now.

 

O heck when am i going to get rain in daventry my tomatoe plants need lots of water and water butts empty;help.

 

Still nothing here in Reading for about 3 weeks or more now, apart from a few sprinkles lasting a few minutes. Again lots of grey cloud & that's it. Very muggy. Here as well temperature said to be going up to the high 20's at the weekend. Trimmed the straw & weeds with the lawnmower yesterday.

 

I am surprised they haven't banned steam locos due to the water they use...... It will only take one person to find out!

 

'Water, water every where and all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink.'
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. By William Taylor Coleridge.
And on a musical note hopefully we'll all be singing this one soon.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VILWkqlQLWk

 

This is the statement from Thames Water, must admit is has surprised me.
http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/corp/hs.xsl/10385.htm

 

I must admit I was equally surprised when I read a report that southern parts of the UK's ground water supplied were at a normal level for this time of year. One assumes that the past wet summers etc. have boosted levels. Still praying for rain though.

 

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