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Spitfire liked jonathonag's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
Like Karl and John, I was more than happy to return to the West Highlands for a bit of glorious sunshine on Sunday and Monday. No place is better than our Highlands in autumn colours: [ATTACH] No. 45407 at Craigag Wetlands - Sunday 18th...
Oct 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Spitfire liked Karlh's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
When I did it it took me about an 45 mins to an hour to get to a view of the wetlands and viaduct from memory but despite being younger than Ben I suspect he got a lot higher and faster than me! Anyway, here's another from Saturday. [ATTACH]
Oct 20, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Spitfire liked ykin01's post in the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
I believe the other locomotive during the week will be Wissington.
Oct 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM -
Spitfire liked Karlh's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
Well the last week got underway this morning in spectacular conditions and made the 2 day trip worth it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Oct 19, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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Spitfire liked bluetrain's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Some wise words from you in the above post. A while back, I spent some time looking through WSR annual reports and accounts. It was apparent that WSR passenger numbers peaked in 2009, followed by a steady decline in subsequent years until they...
Oct 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM -
Spitfire liked Sidmouth's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
A lot of people really do need to understand that the heritage movement is deep deep deep in the mire on almost every level. There is a very real risk of a line folding and I have a short list The hot summer will have killed cash flow with lower...
Oct 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM -
Spitfire liked DavidH's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
"to qualify for gift aid, a gift of at least 10% of the value of the ticket must be paid" (Money Saving Expert forum quote, but it's noted in lots of places) And then the gift aid can be applied to 100% of the price
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Spitfire liked 35B's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Two separate issues. One is the personal tax position, where I see what you're saying. The other is that this is £1.88bn that government passes on in a range of ways without ever having to manage the complexities of grant applications,...
Oct 14, 2026
