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Although the blind has faded somewhat, this is actually on the 47, which is one of the last routes I needed a green example on!!
352 turns into Milton Street with a 47 to Woodborough via Mapperley, Mapperley Plains and Lambley.
First thing in the morning, the 45 only runs hourly at the moment using one bus, the second one not starting until 0848 from Gedling.
620 was this morning's bus of choice, pictured turning into King Street in Nottingham with a 45 from Gedling and Mapperley.
A couple more from the pre-Christmas trip to Mapperley Wood DWT Reserve.
As always, thanks for looking :)
Young Grey Squirrel / sciurus carolinensis. Mapperley Wood, Derbyshire. 28/01/19.
'CHANCING A NOSE OVER THE PARAPET.'
I think this is probably a young one, perhaps from late summer 2018. It was noticeably smaller and acted submissively to others on site. It spent a lot of time in postures like this one, peeping cautiously at the whereabouts or activities of more mature animals.
Back after a short break away - catching up as much as I can!
Background a bit too fussy for my liking, but I've never previously managed to get a shot of one that's not flying away!
Another of the shots from Mapperley wood hide the other week
A new short working from Arnold to Gedling, anyone??
420 leaves Arnold Front Street on a 25 to Nottingham via Mapperley, Gedling and Carlton. I'm not complaining though, I've not snapped this one on a 24 yet with the revised routes on the side...
Waiting for it to return an hour later on the first 25B of the afternoon, I thouught it made sense to get both at the same time just in case it doesn't happen again for a long time...
500 heads up Westdale Lane with a 25B to Mapperley.
19th March 1986, Stanton Gate.
58025 passes the remains of the Up Yard. The size of these sidings, so close to Toton, gives an indication of how much traffic came to and from Stanton iron works, and the collieries along the Mapperley and Shipley branches.
European Robin / erithacus rubecula. Mapperley Wood, Derbyshire. 25/01/17.
Image made in a local wood just as the light was beginning to fade. Some small birds seem to melt into the environment and only reveal their presence by tiny movements that catch your eye. So it was with this Robin who was looking for food prior to going to roost.
Another nail in the green spare coffin, gone is the peeling Baumot allover advert and green front in place of the much more up to date spare livery. The photo doesn't do it justice, but it is gleaming!!
375 passes Brookfields Garden Centre at Mapperley Plains with a 47 to Nottingham via Mapperley.
Whilst on my way to work this morning, I was lucky enough to catch up with my first Lime 22 plate out of service.
537 is pictured on Mapperley Plains ready for a busy day on it's usual corridor, kicking off with the 0823 58 from Killisick to Nottingham.
A pleasant sight to see, one of the six cylinder full length E200s had been out all day on the 47 in place of a branded four cylinder short E200.
388 loads up a peak time 46 to Lambley via Mapperley, Mapperley Plains and Woodborough.
1988 Volvo 240 GLT.
Suppled by Speeds of Mapperley (Volvo).
Photo with kind permission of succulent95.
Going up in the world, the 69 plate short E200 brings a touch of class (and USB ports) to the Sky Blue village services.
309 pauses on Upper Parliament Street with a 46 to Lambley via Mapperley, Mapperley Plains and Woodborough.
By far the most interesting night route though, is the N27 to Mapperley. Here's 919 at the Victoria Centre, on the 0115 journey - which I also travelled on.
The route is a massive amalgamation of the following daytime routes, in order of coverage by the N27: 43, 27, 24/25 and 45. Starting off here, the service runs like the 43 as far as Cardale Road, where it then turns onto - making it the one and only bus route to use Cardale Road. At the end of that, it's on to Carlton Hill, and the route of the 27 until Cavendish Road - at which point it's a case of following the 24/25 routes to Shelford Road/Digby Avenue. There, it's up to Wollaton Avenue turning circle, and onto the route of the 45, terminating on Woodborough Road, at Shelton Street.
On what's normally a busy corridor seeing a bus every 7 minutes Monday to Satruday daytime, it's been really weird seeing the 45 only running half hourly but coping fine even with that!! In the evenings, the service has still ran, but to an hourly frequency, this being beefed up by the 25B which was also running hourly to Westdale Lane and Mapperley.
427 reaches the top of the summit on Woodborough Road with an early morning 45 to Gedling via Mapperley.
An interesting quirk currently whilst Thackerays Lane is closed, the 57Xs which normally avoid Arnold have been sent into it to avoid a lengthy detour via Mapperley to get to the Arnold schools.
Instead of following the 56, the 57Xs follow the 59 to the top of Gedling Road via Daybrook Square and Arnold Sainsbury's, then follow CT4Ns 19 along the remainder of Gedling Road down to the Arrow pub, turning left into Ramsey Drive to resume normal route.
536 passes The Amp, Arnold's 'indoor market' with an off route 57X to Plains Estate.
Works for the new Gedling Access Road.
3rd January 2021 — GBR, Nottinghamshire
Ilford Delta 3200 Professional (pulled to 1600)
Voigtländer Bessa R3M
Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.2 VM aspherical
B+W 022 medium yellow filter
Nottingham City Transport's unique Leyland Atlantean 666 (ARC666T) departing Kings Street for Mapperley. Today, we take for granted electronic-digital display information on buses, but when 666 was new in 1978, it was quite revolutionary (and very unreliable). However, by the time this picture was taken, the bus had lost its electronic destination display, but still retained its electronic number display.
Due to overnight resurfacing works on Westdale Lane, the 25 is diverting via Main Road, Arnold Lane, Mapperley Plains.
Hoping this was a 19 plate as I've not documented any yet on the route, luckily it still wins for updated vinyls anyway....
425 leaves Arnold behind on a 25 to Nottingham via Mapperley, Gedling and Carlton.
New decade, new daily photo project!
2011 included a relationship, frequent international travel, and lots of time spent at the theatre.
2021? Dunno, might go back to work at some point, might even be allowed to visit a neighbouring county eventually.
Until then, under these new Tier 4 restrictions, I guess I’ll just be making a lot of “New Topographics”-inspired studies of the local area during my permitted daily exercise.
I always like to be up bright and early on New Year’s Day, and apparently I’m not the only one.
1st January 2021 — GBR, Nottinghamshire
Ilford Delta 3200 Professional (pulled to 1600)
Voigtländer Bessa R3M
Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.2 VM aspherical
B+W 022 medium yellow filter
Here's a selection of three photos that I took earlier in the year that I've re-edited with all the new tricks I've picked up since I edited them the first time round. None of them have anything to do with Christmas but that's kind of point.
On the left is the end point of the best walk I've been on this year. Climbing high into the Torridonian mountains, we trekked up to Coire Mhic Fhearchair, which is a beautiful corrie loch that is surrounded by steep mountains on three sides, creating a secluded paradise that requires a bit of effort to reach. Due to us going off-season, we were the only three people there. I'll always remember my visit fondly.
In the middle is the giant rubbish stack that resides in Mapperley Tunnel. I've not been underground as much this year as I've covered most of what's on my doorstep. As such, I spent a few days down south, ticking off a selection of tunnels in central/northern England. This is where all your unwanted Christmas presents end up.
On the right is a scene from the campsite on Skye I spent two nights on back in June. For the most part, we had dull weather but right at the end of the day, some of the clouds broke allowing the sun to break through and light the Red Cuillins with their namesake colour. The rainbow is situated between the Red Cuillins and the Black Cuillins.
The original version of these photos that I uploaded looks quite flat compared to re-edited versions. While I have no intentions of going back and replacing all my old photos with newer edits, I still find going back and taking another look at my favourite photos to be fun and I'll maybe upload another three re-edits for the New Year.
One of a pair of ex-Stagecoach London short-wheelbase ALX200 Darts acquired, these are to be used on the 73, 73A and 74, where low floor buses have been specified.
Y251FJN was new to Stagecoach Selkent in 2001, seen looking somewhat shabby still in London allover red whilst waiting time at Mapperley Shops with a 73 to Netherfield Morrison's via Gedling, Carlton Valley and Carlton.
This fare promotion on until the end of June even got me venturing out on the further network after work, enjoying a £2 single out to Lambley which is normally £3.60.
337 is seen at the edge of Lambley with Lambley Dumble flowing alongside the bus with a 47 to Nottingham via Woodborough, Mapperley Plains and Mapperley.
Nottingham City Transport 434 in Gedling on Sky Blue 45 from City via Mapperley. 26th September 2018.
With daylight rapidly finishig by 4pm now, this was the first 25B of the afternoon.... Just a few weeks ago it was light!! Oh well, just four weeks to go and we get a little bit more daylight every day!!
420 plies it's trade at Victoria Centre with a 25B to Mapperley via Carlton and Gedling.
Following tipoffs that a Bridgford Bus was escaping for the afternoon peak onto the 47/87 working, I hotfooted it up from Arnold to Mapperley Plains.
301 waits to turn into Spring Lane at Mapperley Plains with a 47 to Woodborough via Lambley.
On the eastern side of Nottingham at Colwick was the main marshalling yard and locomotive depot for the Great Northern Railway. Built from 1875 at its peak it would cover 150 acres of land and contain 20 miles of sidings with the large locomotive depot having 17 roads plus repair shop. The complex was located in a triangle of lines with the Nottingham – Grantham line forming one side, with the west – north curve and east – north curve from this to the Mapperley line forming the other two sides. My visits to the depot started around 1967 and continued until it closed in 1969 and I would find stabled diesel shunters, class 20’s and the class 47 working the Cotgrave - Ratcliffe on Soar MGR circuit. To get to the depot you had to cross the west – north curve via a level crossing and this was controlled by Netherfield Lane Signal Box seen here on the 11th August 1977. By this time the yard and locomotive depot had long gone but the line was still open as a single track branch to Gedling colliery. The box contained a 16 lever frame and I suspect I was able to photograph the box as I was drawing up the proposals to convert the level crossing to an automatic type and abolish the box. Further information regarding this signal box gratefully received.
Here's a vehicle number of Bulwell's past!! Back in the mid 90s, the Atlantean of that number would've been a regular traipsing up and down here on the 85 between Lady Bay, Nottingham and Hempshill Vale....
420 these days however gets a change of scenery from Carlton and Mapperley, pictured passing Northern Cemetery on the edge of Hempshill Vale with an A1 to Basford via Snape Wood, Bulwell and Highbury Vale.
Tipped into the city's 1939 Official Handbook is this folding plate that shows the Transport Department's motor omnibus and trolleybus route map. Nottingham, originally a tram operator since 1897, had like many other undertakings chosen to look to replace the first generation tramway system with more flexible and 'modern' means of transport duringt he late 1920s and early 1930s. The city's first trolleybuses ran in 1927 and although there was early enthusiasm for a complete changeover from one form of electric traction to another, the council seems to have increasingly hedged their bets as the technology of motor buses improved dramatically during the '30s. Nevertheless other trolleybus routes followed - however the last two tram route abandonments, including the final service to Mapperley, saw conversion complete by September 1935.
This map therefore shows the municipal trolleybus system at its fullest extent - but not all trolleybus routes int he city. The privately owned Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Tramways Company, an almost inter-urban affair, unusually decided to convert its lengthy route to Ripley from tram to trolleybus between 1931 and 1933. This connected with the City system at Cinderhill (route 41) and took a more direct trajectory into the city centre. Nottingham's system lasted until 1966, the company's offering having been replaced by motorbuses in 1953.
Mention should also be made of another 'missing link' on this map - the strongly independent and neighbouring West Bridgford Urban District Council who, slighly unusually for a UDC, had its own Transport undertaking than ran buses from 1914 until being sold to Nottingham in 1968. Competition from private operators in the 1920s had forced Nottingham and West Bridgford to agree to joint operation of routes across Trent Bridge and these appear on the map as services 11 - 15 and 24.
In recent years Nottingham has been one of the most succesful UK cities in reintroducing a tramway system - here's hoping it lasts longer than the 39 years both the first generation tram system and trolleybus network lasted!
My ride from Nottingham was the sole branded short wheelbase E200 left in the NCT fleet for a run out to Lambley the longer way round via Woodborough.
386 is pictured at Ross Lane in Lambley with a 46 to Nottingham via Mapperley Plains and Mapperley.
It appears someone got their wires crossed today, with 473 appearing on the 45 and 437 going on the 89. Remarkably they both lasted all day without being swapped too!!
473 exits Queen Street unusually with a 45 to Gedling via Woodborough Road and Mapperley.
At last, my first catch of an NCT Demo!!
999, registered as LC71EFE, has returned to the streets of Nottingham to trail for Nottingham City Transport (again!). I must admit, I am a fan of these vehicles. Hopefully, the company will introduce them as part of their electric single decker fleet in 2023!!
999 passes down Woodborough Road with a 46 to Nottingham from Lambley and Woodborough via Mapperley Plains and Mapperley.
After getting a message from Dan that he finally got the 87/47 board and also had something interesting for it, I decided to have a walk from mine up to Mapperley Plains to join him for a quick blast round the countryside.
384 picks up a passenger at Woodborough Church with a 47 to Nottingham via Mapperley Plains, Mapperley and Mapperley Park.