West Somerset Railway General Discussion

Thanks. I'll not be there meself

For those who are less familiar with possible locations from public spots, check out these places on an OS map (ie a proper map!)

Seaward Way Crossing
Marsh Common
Dunster West
Sea Lane
Dunster to Blue Anchor coast path
Ker Moor
Blue Anchor Crossing
Old Cleeve village and hill
Black Monkey Lane
'Halscombe' Bridge (west of Washford)
Washford to Watchet footpath
Bye Farm
Kentsford
Mineral Line Bridge
Whitehall
Goviers Lane
Splash Point
Howells Bridge
Doniford Bridge
Water Lane Bridge (Liddymore)
Williton Bridge
Teddy Bear Crossing
Castle Hill
Woolston village
Woolston Bridge
Cottiford Bridge
Bicknoller footpath crossings
Bicknoller Bridge
Yard
Kingswood
The path from Yard to Stogumber to Water Farm Bridge to Leigh Bridge to Leighwood Crossing to Roebuck Farm Bridge
Roebuck Gate
Waterdene
Crowcombe Bridge
Lydeard Bridge
Nornvis Bridge
Rich's Holford path crossing
Nethercott
Churchlands
East Combe
Watersmeet
Whiskey Trail
Bishops Lydeard Bridge
Darby's Crossing
Tithill
Dene Bridge
Longlands Bridge
Monty's Farm to Norton path crossing
Norton Bridge
Norton Fitwarren (Station Rd/Footbridge)
Allerford Lane

plus of course you have ten stations to add to the list.

Steve

 

Were the sheep in use as a means of vegetation control?

 

Nor Broad Gauge Cattle for that matter!

Though the way our forebears used to breed them, that's probably no bad thing - standard gauge cattle get my vote.

 

The delayed train had Quantock Belle restaurant cars attached. We served a four-course summer lunch today but none of those courses were lamb dishes. Wrong kind of farm animal then.

We were rather pleased that today's weather matched our offer. Last time we served this particular menu was on 17th May, monsoon/Antiques Roadshow day:

Chilled Homemade Gazpacho Andaluz with fresh bread roll and butter
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Homemade Smoked Cheese and Tomato Pastry with fresh basil
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Chilled Roast Topside of Beef with a selection of seasonal salads

Meat-free (pre-ordered only): Mushroom and Tarragon Frittata

ON THE RETURN JOURNEY:

Somerset Cream Tea with locally-made scones, strawberry jam and clotted cream

Tea and Coffee service

 

Dunno. When I was in Somerset the other week (and when you didn't take up my offer of a glass of cider) I noticed some pretty fat sheep in some of the fields.

 

Haven't you seen the jars of 'Its Roadkill Tonight' Cook In Sauce in the Engine Shed?

 

Would love to see the advert for that on the telly!

 

Just a thought BUT if you are out and about to phot FS and plan on getting it at a station, you MAY find a bit of crowd control to keep to non traveling peeps off, in the interests of safety and all that

 

Given the behaviour of the sheep on the WSR, I would go for the former. The sheep are either Welsh immigrants, or it's an east-west thing.

 

What sort of 2-bit operation are they running at the WSR?

Sheep with no high-vis vests and trees with leaves.

 

It’s true, we did let the sheep on the line without hi-vis, Fireman Price is seen here chasing them to check their PTS Cards and Lineside Passes, at least that’s what he told us !! I was Firing the following train and repeated the exercise but nobody took a photo luckily.

Note the embankments are cut back hard here so at least we are trying to remove the leaves from the trees and indeed the trees as well,.

(photo courtesy of wsr.org.uk)

 

Are buffer beams red to attract bulls on the line ?

 

BR's statement might have been ridiculed in the press but it was factually correct. Dry snow is relatively rare in the UK and different methods of filtering are required. I was in Hanover one winter when they had a fall of UK style wet snow. Chaos ensued as they were geared up for dry snow. Most noticeable was that tram services were suspended and the railways coped none too well.

 

Tad confused I think, one is certainly a trifle overdressed for droving

 

"Two and a calf to the station please"

 

June thoughts from Stogumber....

Robin

 

"Sometimes we stop for a cow on the line, sometimes we stop for a little incline" (although that was really the North Borneo Railway)

 

Are those driving cattle exempt from the HiVis rules?

 

....and here are the repeat offenders trying to outrun the Hall.......

 

Are you sure those aren't goats?