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Caernarfon Station for the Welsh Highland Railway. Finished after Brexit, but part funded from EU application prior to.
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Caernarfon Station for the Welsh Highland Railway. Finished after Brexit, but part funded from EU application prior to.
Luke Harding wrote the book ‘Invasion’ and is based in Kyiv at present. So his knowledge of Russian (& others) have drawn attention to a tangled web of who wrote what & when. So many other posts noting all of this. You could say the ‘brown stuff’ is hitting the fan!
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Luke Harding wrote the book ‘Invasion’ and is based in Kyiv at present. So his knowledge of Russian (& others) have drawn attention to a tangled web of who wrote what & when. So many other posts noting all of this. You could say the ‘brown stuff’ is hitting the fan!
The ‘Peace Plan’ appears to have been originally written in Cyrillic script, according to Luke Harding the journalist that writes in the Guardian.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The ‘Peace Plan’ appears to have been originally written in Cyrillic script, according to Luke Harding the journalist that writes in the Guardian.
‘Donkeys’ have been at the forefront of this type of criticism since the daft days of a Yes/No referendum on leaving the EU, from 2018.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
‘Donkeys’ have been at the forefront of this type of criticism since the daft days of a Yes/No referendum on leaving the EU, from 2018.
Not that far to the Belarus border if they were infiltrated from there. 150k, 2-3 hrs. Google maps show quite an open & watery landscape. Small communities towards Belarus.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Not that far to the Belarus border if they were infiltrated from there. 150k, 2-3 hrs. Google maps show quite an open & watery landscape. Small communities towards Belarus.
Well I’m so amazed that the voters at the time of the Ref’ didn’t understand the various types of Brexit that you could choose if you turned over the slip & put your X in a box. Especially as the various types of Brexit choices were so brilliantly explained. No? Oh dear, what a shame, never mind!
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Well I’m so amazed that the voters at the time of the Ref’ didn’t understand the various types of Brexit that you could choose if you turned over the slip & put your X in a box. Especially as the various types of Brexit choices were so brilliantly explained. No? Oh dear, what a shame, never mind!
Ermm, trade offs? You mean riding Unicorns to the sunlit uplands! Pah! Didn’t those who voted leave turn over the ballot paper and tick one of the boxes for how we wanted Brexit? Oh!
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Ermm, trade offs? You mean riding Unicorns to the sunlit uplands! Pah! Didn’t those who voted leave turn over the ballot paper and tick one of the boxes for how we wanted Brexit? Oh!
Yes, but ought to be 9 ish if bypassing Paris? Ideally a sleeper, but that idea & rolling stock was sold to Canada in the 90’s.
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Yes, but ought to be 9 ish if bypassing Paris? Ideally a sleeper, but that idea & rolling stock was sold to Canada in the 90’s.
And when you see the videos of ‘Gangs’ of ICE ‘brown shirts’ violently manhandling people into unmarked vehicles, it’s just a modern version of;
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November 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
And when you see the videos of ‘Gangs’ of ICE ‘brown shirts’ violently manhandling people into unmarked vehicles, it’s just a modern version of;
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Well indeed to maximise UK Deep mid Winter sunlight all EV’s with Solar would have to park like this for awhile.
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Well indeed to maximise UK Deep mid Winter sunlight all EV’s with Solar would have to park like this for awhile.
This was John Armistead's 1998 photo of a Regional Eurostar in Manchester and a Regional Eurostar at Birmingham International by an unknown photographer at a similar date. "Le Eurostar Habite ice'' on the wall of Manchester's Longsight's Depot was never to be, and that was about a decade ago!
October 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This was John Armistead's 1998 photo of a Regional Eurostar in Manchester and a Regional Eurostar at Birmingham International by an unknown photographer at a similar date. "Le Eurostar Habite ice'' on the wall of Manchester's Longsight's Depot was never to be, and that was about a decade ago!
Those of us over this side of the Atlantic remember the 82nd paratroopers marched on through France & Belgium, after being dropped over the Beaches of Normandy on D Day 1944, then parachuted at Arnhem & finally marched to Berlin where they were the Guard of Honour at the Brandenburg Gate in 1945.
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Those of us over this side of the Atlantic remember the 82nd paratroopers marched on through France & Belgium, after being dropped over the Beaches of Normandy on D Day 1944, then parachuted at Arnhem & finally marched to Berlin where they were the Guard of Honour at the Brandenburg Gate in 1945.
Gosh, didn’t know all these Pirates were about to wreck Portland? I’ll have ask the neighbouring port of Weymouth if they can see fire & smoke? Ah ha me hearties!
October 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Gosh, didn’t know all these Pirates were about to wreck Portland? I’ll have ask the neighbouring port of Weymouth if they can see fire & smoke? Ah ha me hearties!
Tory + Reform may well have started to unsettle NI, especially as NI have a pathway for a different future should the voters of England decide Tory/Reform are the new Gov' in 4 yrs.
Also this BA report on how the Scot's Parl' might(?) not allow their removal from the ECHR ➡️ Scotland Act 1998.
Also this BA report on how the Scot's Parl' might(?) not allow their removal from the ECHR ➡️ Scotland Act 1998.
October 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Tory + Reform may well have started to unsettle NI, especially as NI have a pathway for a different future should the voters of England decide Tory/Reform are the new Gov' in 4 yrs.
Also this BA report on how the Scot's Parl' might(?) not allow their removal from the ECHR ➡️ Scotland Act 1998.
Also this BA report on how the Scot's Parl' might(?) not allow their removal from the ECHR ➡️ Scotland Act 1998.
Tory + Reform may well have started to unsettle NI, especially as they have a pathway for a different future should the voters of England decide Tory/Reform are the new Gov' in 4 yrs.
Also this BA report on how the Scot's Parl' might(?) not allow their removal from the ECHR ➡️ Scotland Act 1998.
Also this BA report on how the Scot's Parl' might(?) not allow their removal from the ECHR ➡️ Scotland Act 1998.
October 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Tory + Reform may well have started to unsettle NI, especially as they have a pathway for a different future should the voters of England decide Tory/Reform are the new Gov' in 4 yrs.
Also this BA report on how the Scot's Parl' might(?) not allow their removal from the ECHR ➡️ Scotland Act 1998.
Also this BA report on how the Scot's Parl' might(?) not allow their removal from the ECHR ➡️ Scotland Act 1998.
Apropos how a future British Bill of Rights (& withdrawal from the ECHR) might affect Scotland (The Scotland Act [amended] 1998, pp12 may be relevant.
Interesting read, Author is Christine Bell. Can be downloaded from the Royal Academy. Will Tory/Reform open a can of worms N of Hadrian's Wall?
Interesting read, Author is Christine Bell. Can be downloaded from the Royal Academy. Will Tory/Reform open a can of worms N of Hadrian's Wall?
October 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Apropos how a future British Bill of Rights (& withdrawal from the ECHR) might affect Scotland (The Scotland Act [amended] 1998, pp12 may be relevant.
Interesting read, Author is Christine Bell. Can be downloaded from the Royal Academy. Will Tory/Reform open a can of worms N of Hadrian's Wall?
Interesting read, Author is Christine Bell. Can be downloaded from the Royal Academy. Will Tory/Reform open a can of worms N of Hadrian's Wall?
Flying the Red Duster today until sunset
September 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Flying the Red Duster today until sunset
Flying the ‘Red Duster’ today until sunset
September 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Flying the ‘Red Duster’ today until sunset
Next week I might fly the ‘Red Duster’ of the Merchant Navy as Sep 3rd is the anniversary of WWII & the longest conflict - Battle of the Atlantic. So many lives lost by all combatants keeping our country fed and supplied with military kit from N America & beyond. Freedom from fascists has a price.
August 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Next week I might fly the ‘Red Duster’ of the Merchant Navy as Sep 3rd is the anniversary of WWII & the longest conflict - Battle of the Atlantic. So many lives lost by all combatants keeping our country fed and supplied with military kit from N America & beyond. Freedom from fascists has a price.
Goodness me if stories about students and cones over on this side of ‘The Pond’ are heard about over there, we won’t be allowed in the Oval Office ever again!
June 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Goodness me if stories about students and cones over on this side of ‘The Pond’ are heard about over there, we won’t be allowed in the Oval Office ever again!
I’ve found it! A late 9th century Japanese scroll with the Emperor in the middle surrounded by (in order of preference) those who would gift to him and get something in return. (Marriage?) An outer ring of those who pay dearly for obsequiousness to the Emperor (substitute Emperor for President).
May 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I’ve found it! A late 9th century Japanese scroll with the Emperor in the middle surrounded by (in order of preference) those who would gift to him and get something in return. (Marriage?) An outer ring of those who pay dearly for obsequiousness to the Emperor (substitute Emperor for President).
But when voters ticked the ‘Leave’ box didn’t they turn it over and put a X in how they wanted to leave? Oh dear? What a shame, never mind!
May 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
But when voters ticked the ‘Leave’ box didn’t they turn it over and put a X in how they wanted to leave? Oh dear? What a shame, never mind!