I wasn't expecting the Taj Mahal, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, or herds of majestic wildebeest. But I feel a little short changed by the view from this Torquay hotel window.

By bumming a lion?

I'm staggered how many people think trains are signalled to a stop at every station.

I can't get my head around why so many people are so desperate to get tickets to see Manchester's dullest band.

If a driver has an incident, one of the very first things the investigation will check is whether they took their break. Woe betide any driver who didn't.

Ridiculous, unenforceable, out-of-date policy. Please rethink.

Not the worst thing to happen to Franz Ferdinand in a car

I have to hand it to Chiltern Main Line. Drove over the rattly, jointed bit of the Risborough branch in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Back early Monday and I'm driving over a stretch of perfect, brand new track, handed back on time :)

A different variety of Tug at Aylesbury today. Ex-Colas Rail, now GB Railfreight-owned, on loan to DC Railfreight 60047 "Scafell Pike".

The gradient post at the north end of Aylesbury station in 2003 and 2024. I'm not sure if it is of Met, GWR, GCR or LNER origin. Presumably the concrete post was shattered when the bridge pier was demolished.

Silverlink units at Watford Junction on 09/12/06. There's a slight livery variation between 508303 and 313122.

The remains of LNWR milepost 7 1/2 near Winslow on the then derelict Varsity Line. The top of its BR successor is also rotting away in the background. 18/04/06. #railwayarcheology East West Main Line Partnership East West Rail Phil Marsh

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One of my first vaguely acceptable railway photos: 4930 "Hagley Hall" nearing the top of Sapperton bank on 2nd February 1985. Clearly trespass was less of a hot issue then. (I was at a footpath crossing).

Let's have your most pitiful/tenuous celebrity encounter. I'll go first. I met Tommy Banner out of The Wurzels at Portishead Flower Show in the early 1980s and he signed the Famous Five paperback I bought for 10p at the second-hand book stall.

Quick litmus test for UK climate activists. If they start complaining about HS2 (cost, emissions, habitat impact, etc) ask them their thoughts on RIS2. When they say “what is RIS2?” You know they’ve not really got a handle on this whole thing.

P-Way work underway at Haresfield, Gloucestershire on 26/03/90. The unit is class 108 set B962 (53619/54492).

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