The Royal Duchy 2012

Light rain forecast for Bristol tomorrow morning, cloudy for Taunton and Plymouth and light rain for the arrival at Par.
An improved forecast for the return, cloudy but dry. Fingers crossed for a successful tour. <BJ>

 

I've never met Mr. free2grice, but he appears to be every bit a biased against Bulleids, as Spamcan 81 is biased for Bulleids.

 

Sounds a pretty good way of misspending one's youth but is watching Spamcans really misspending it?

 

Wrong. I'll be out to see Tangmere tomorrow. <BJ>

 

I'm not blind to their shortcomings but some of their shortcomings are somewhat exaggerated by some people. Anyway, Gresley locos are really the best.

 

Now that's an indisputable fact!

 

Oh yes it is..................

 

I guess next weeks will sell well with the Torbay being cancelled! On tomorrow and next week. Looking forward to it!

 

Im so tempted to keep the inter company mickey taking going, but think I'll probably p*ss someone off soon at this rate

 

Keep it going, as long as you admit to the GWR being rubbish I won't mind.

 

I'll let Goodrington be the judge of that

 

For your Goodrington, I'll give you the climb out of Ilfracombe.

 

Tangmere moving off from Yatton this morning on the way to Cornwall.

The Royal Duchy 34067 Tangmere September 2nd 2012 - a set on Flickr

 

photos of 34067 passing red rock at torbay ex and royal duchy 2-9-12 - keyhamtrain and video at keyhamtrain's channel - YouTube

 

Just watched Tangmere climb Hemerdon in mist and drizzle. A few slips on the way but made it ok. Video to follow.

 

All joking apart, it's good this appears with have gone fine judging by posts so far.

 

Return working delayed 27 minutes at Exeter, although I gather from the station staff this was due simply due to low water pressure in the hydrant in Station Road being used to refill the tender.

The person 'hit by train' incident at Worle doesn't seem to have caused any delay.

 

Here’s my video from today, taken first at Powderham. Then at Tigley, a slow but steady climb up Rattery due to a slow run through Totnes. On the return the video is taken at the top of Hemerdon, where the rail conditions were bad due to mist and drizzle.

The Royal Duchy - 34067 Tangmere - 2nd September 2012 - YouTube

 

Bittern on the TE was delayed at Weston for an hour due to the Worle incident apparently