Donington Road Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Things are moving along with the old Morgan Sindall site. I think I prefer to see the field after the deer reclaimed the grazing rights last year. All the fuss about rehoming the Great Crested newts and not a word from anyone about the looking after the deer. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) More views from the Bretton side: Edited February 6, 2023 by Crun 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 6, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2023 4 hours ago, Donington Road said: I think I prefer to see the field after the deer reclaimed the grazing rights last year. All the fuss about rehoming the Great Crested newts and not a word from anyone about the looking after the deer. Deer populations are on the increase in the UK and cannot be considered "endangered" They will just find somewhere else to graze. They do look better than a building site, however!👍 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted February 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 06/02/2023 at 23:42, melmerby said: Deer populations are on the increase in the UK and cannot be considered "endangered" They will just find somewhere else to graze. I have a feeling that most, if not all deer present in the UK are technically not a native species! Lots of people don't realise that Rabbits are an import by William the Conquers lot and were not present in the UK till after 1066 (as opposed to the humble hare which IS native to the UK) and I think the Normans were also responsible for deer as it gave them something for the new toffs to hunt (once they had cleared out those pesky Anglo Saxon villagers from places like the New Forrest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 11 minutes ago, phil-b259 said: I have a feeling that most, if not all deer present in the UK are technically not a native species! Lots of people don't realise that Rabbits are an import by William the Conquers lot and were not present in the UK till after 1066 (as opposed to the humble hare which IS native to the UK) and I think the Normans were also responsible for deer as it gave them something for the new toffs to hunt (once they had cleared out those pesky Anglo Saxon villagers from places like the New Forrest. Only Roe Deer and Red Deer are native species. Fallow, Muntjac, Sika and Chinese Water deer 🦌 are all introduced species. 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 7 hours ago, phil-b259 said: Lots of people don't realise that Rabbits are an import by William the Conquers lot and were not present in the UK till after 1066 (as opposed to the humble hare which IS native to the UK) The mountain hare is indigenous, but the brown hare was introduced during the iron age. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Work progressing on the old site at Bretton, viewed from Cock Lane. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) In railway news, Cock Lane has acquired a CCTV camera, road/rail cherry pickers and trolleys have arrived. The three transformers to the left of the white van for the OHLE have been here for a couple of weeks and some of dilapidated pallets of insulators have turned up. Not sure what is going on, the transformers are faded and dirty so may have already had replacements installed. The gentleman had just been inside and probably fired up a diesel generator as smoke can be seen coming through the roof vent. Edited February 25, 2023 by Donington Road spell checker failed :-) 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Donington Road said: some of dilapitadted pallets of insulators have turned up. Maybe DPD have just delivered them...........😄 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 15 hours ago, melmerby said: Maybe DPD have just delivered them...........😄 Probably the same driver who dumped the van a few weeks ago. Doesn't look to be much wrong with it other than a flat front tyre. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) On 24/02/2023 at 21:03, Donington Road said: In railway news, Cock Lane has acquired a CCTV camera, road/rail cherry pickers and trolleys have arrived. The three transformers to the left of the white van for the OHLE have been here for a couple of weeks and some of dilapidated pallets of insulators have turned up. Not sure what is going on, the transformers are faded and dirty so may have already had replacements installed. The gentleman had just been inside and probably fired up a diesel generator as smoke can be seen coming through the roof vent. Edited February 26, 2023 by Crun 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 26, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 25/02/2023 at 14:46, Donington Road said: Probably the same driver who dumped the van a few weeks ago. Doesn't look to be much wrong with it other than a flat front tyre. Strange that fleet management hasn't recovered their missing vehicle.😮 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, melmerby said: Strange that fleet management hasn't recovered their missing vehicle.😮 I should have checked it out more thoroughly, it could have been full of Amazon goodies.😁 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 26, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2023 28 minutes ago, Donington Road said: I should have checked it out more thoroughly, it could have been full of Amazon goodies.😁 Nah. The local ne'er do wells probably emptied it before it was dumped. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 The old Morgan Sindall site at Stirling Way getting another make over. Hats off to the contractors though, as they bring a lorry of stone in they use it to take a load of soil away. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) Spot the difference, Sunday 12th March: Edited March 12, 2023 by Crun 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2023 Hasn't DPD missed its van yet? Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Completely OFF TOPIC, but may be of interest to some. Some links to more information. https://ang.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=4f1e69f1f95a4ebb9b27e6e0d4715c5b https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/about-us/our-strategies-and-plans/new-water-pipelines/grantham-to-bexwell-pipeline/ https://docs.planning.org.uk/20210113/161/QL0LWVLL00S00/uqri70xlyv9oj8ym.pdf 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 On 12/03/2023 at 18:17, corneliuslundie said: Hasn't DPD missed its van yet? Jonathan It had disappeared by Tuesday. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 The Lloyds data centre is progressing. We have had the non-stop constant rhythm of piling all day and every day this week. At least Network Rail sent us written warning when they intended to start piling. I guess the state the banking industry is in at the moment that Lloyds couldn't afford the exhorbitant postage costs to send out letters.😁 This was Wednesday, the whole field should be covered with piles by now at the rate they were going in. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted March 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2023 16 hours ago, Donington Road said: The Lloyds data centre is progressing. We have had the non-stop constant rhythm of piling all day and every day this week. At least Network Rail sent us written warning when they intended to start piling. I guess the state the banking industry is in at the moment that Lloyds couldn't afford the exhorbitant postage costs to send out letters.😁 Usual double standards I'm afraid NR, as with all public bodies, live in constant fear of uneducated MPs / councillors making a huge fuss on behalf of their constituents - who are effectively said organisations shareholders Private sector bodies by contrast don't really care too much about the general public (as long as they keep buying stuff) as said public don't have a say in how the organisation is run and so have far more leeway when it comes to annoying said public. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) An aerial photograph from Peterborough From Above on Facebook: Edited March 26, 2023 by Crun 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 25 minutes ago, Crun said: Pretty good CGI, that! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) A multi-storey Porta-cabin on the Lloyd's Bank site: Edited March 26, 2023 by Crun 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) Newly arrived 'cherry pickers' and the portable lights have gone: Edited April 5, 2023 by Crun 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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