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St Enodoc

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Ah, according to the British Friesian Club (http://www.britishfriesian.co.uk/) the Friesian first appeared in the UK some time before 1909. The breed that we tend to refer to as a Friesian nowadays is more often a Holstein Friesian which is, quite correctly, a post war animal only really making an impact from 1960 onwards.

 

Perhaps someone would like to raise the stakes on the discussion so that we can all chew the cud and come to a decision before we hoof it down to our model to colour our cows appropriately.

Well done Richard. I think you've got that off pat.

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A.....? Wot......?

 

Mrs M makes her own green smelly hot liquid and claims it is vegetable soup. I always go for a Marmite sandwich when she suggest I join her for lunch. Every right minded person knows that soup comes in a can and is red in colour. OK beige soup that has seen a chicken before going in the can is alright when you are unwell.

Brown's good too when it has been swished by an ox's tail.

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I have returned, and have news from the frontline (nothing to do with fleas I assure you).  Having suitably distracted the memsahib's attention with the purchase of a piece of china on Day 1 of our trip to Sid's mouth I proceed during our various trips on Day 2 to make my way through the village of Beer and up the hill and thence to the overflow area of the overflow car park in order to visit the shop at Pecoboorama and factory land.

 

Having negotiated the descent of three car parks I duly reached the retail dept wherein I purchase 2 yards of boolheaded track and enquired about points of that ilk.  'They'll be here when they're ready, which might or might not be imminent. I'll check with someone in the factory who might know when that will be but they've got make 1,000 to meet all the trade pre-orders and they won't be released until all outlets can be supplied'.  That very sensible reply was followed by the helpful shop tender conversing with 'the factory' where his contact again said 'they're imminent but production is taking some time because we've got to make 1,000 of them and it's taking longer than originally planned because of the large number of trade orders'.   So that's the story - best summed up as 'they'll be here when they're here'

 

Now comes the good bit - in response to my asking for any details.  The answer was really interesting 'well don't believe all that rubbish being spouted on the forums because nobody outside 'production' really knows what the production version are like; they're playing it very close to their chests so that when they do appear people will find out what they're actually like instead of all the stuff on the 'net'.  All that he could confirm is that they will definitely be unifrog and that was that.  Now the man in the shop might not of course be as well informed as everybody else but what he said again struck me as commonsense, i.e. 'you'll find out what they're like when they're released'.  I shall refrain from posting this information elsewhere on this forum because no doubt somebody will respond with information from the moulding machine sprocket cleaner, or a lady he knows intimately in the packing dept who has smuggled one out in her cleavage, or something equally outrageous. You'll see what they're actually like when they are out (the points that is, not the cleavage).

 

Far more useful was a brief sojourn in a bookshop in Lyme Regis earlier on Day 2 where I acquired a couple of picture books albums one being a railway Bylines 'Centenary special' about a  branch railway from Axminster to Lyme Regis which also has lots of writing and the other being titled 'The Railways of Exeter and Axminster to Lyme Regis' which only has pictures and captions - many pictures are of proper engines but there are some of spamcans and an uncanned spam plus various engines on the Lyme Regis branch.  Also obtained yesterday was a leaflet about what is claimed as the first railway to be built in Devon and which I had never previously heard of - along the seashore at Sidmouth.

 

PS the uncanned spam is one of the murky navvy variety working the 12.00 Exeter - Waterloo and was photographed about half a mile east of Exeter Central.  Such engines were of course permitted to run from Exeter to Plymuff via the GWR's seaside route but not via the L&SWR route round Dartmoor.

Excellent stuff Mike. Have you thought of starting a new topic on this?????

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According to trip advisor - There are as many as 3 things to do in Clackmannan

 

https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attractions-g1746842-Activities-Clackmannan_Clackmannanshire_Scotland.html

But you cannot go up the toll tower as it suffers from subsidence. :no: :no:

 

All in all Haverfordwest and Horrocksford look great :sungum: /boring :nono:* to visit. 

 

*Delete as applicable

 

I still want to know how he got given another map? :scratchhead:  :scratchhead: 

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Sorry Phil,

Just found a superb picture on the dust cover of John-Scott Morgan’s book. A Merchant Navy passing our favourite milk tanks.

Rich

That be the Junction of course and that be well east of Central (still in Devon of course). Were you wondering if it were down that north Devon place or were you just being kind and reminding me that this is what my layout should be looking like now instead of a mass of mess and wire thingies? :scared:  :sarcastichand:  If the latter, no need to be sorry at all as that pic (if it is the one suggested by Mr Pinfield?) is a cracker.

Philth

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Hi Mike

 

I think all of us owe you a big thank you for bravely descending not one but three car parks and giving us an update on the Peco bully headboy turnouts. Looks like it is going to sell well even if it is the wrong gauge and the wrong crossing angle. Not only that but it will work without having to make it, how terrible is that.

 

As I was in the area I considered my duty to this haven of commonsense within this forum.  The track is quite nice but purchase of the 'special railjoiners' requires an additional mortgage (or a mortgage if you don't already have one) and I can but blame my purchase of them on the Cornish pastis (42% proof) I had consumed after dinner on the previous evening; such stuff clearly has an influence on one's purchasing habits so might best be avoided (but it is rather nice if you like pastis and it's interesting to know that somebody has finally taken the 'e' out of Cornish delicacies).

 

It is indeed pleasing to learn that the toy train trade, if not the eggspurts, has considerable faith in an under-gauged, wrong crossing angle turnout which will actually work when you lay it on your baseboard or carpet.  And as such things often go round in pairs they presumably think there are at least 500 people out there ready to buy them.

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Thank you for your dedication whilst here in sunny Debon Mike, however, I'm concerned that the mention of " pastis" is somewhat worrying.

Did the label on the packet or menu mention the name Ricard perchance ?

 

Zut alore !!!

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IIRC that Well Tank was on it's way to Lumndin to work a Special. The 9F was probably one of a few that went to Eastleigh around 1960 to work Oil trains from Fawley (and other stuff like ballasts).

Anyone (other than Mike) notice the pneumatic signals (lovely smooth movement and no bouncing)?

E. Knowsall

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Anyone (other than Mike) notice the pneumatic signals (lovely smooth movement and no bouncing)?

E. Knowsall

 

The South Western Circle (they allowed me in  :sarcastichand: ) published a book not so long ago about the pneumonic signalling system,  I'm sure there were a lot of references to Salisbury and references to their existence throughout the LSWR kingdom.

I have it somewhere in my extensive memoirs, which my P.A. will have filed somewhere for me  :banghead:

 

 

Mr Methane

 

 

 

edited into some semblance of the English Language (South Western section).

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"Assunt cassunt beccunt assunt, so wos biss gonna do about it now then yon?"

 

 

Anything to do with 'Oh, thee’s got’n where thee cassn’t back’n hassn’t, He’s gott’n in a fine old mess somehow, He’s never oughta stuck’n in there dissant, Now what bis gonna do about it now, Thee’s cop a packet if thee cassn’t shift’n'

 

The person/group responsible for that one first played in the next village to me. And the lead singer lived in the next village to that.

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