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I took this shot with wet legs, having just hauled myself out of the river. It isn't the first time that I've got a bit wet during this 365, but this was probably the wettest - and probably the silliest.
I was taking some photographs of the falls here from a lower angle, but I found that the view was obscured by some low hanging branches from a riverside beech tree. It was a pretty breezy day and I found the leaves a distraction in the shots I'd taken.
I wanted to get the leaves out of shot, but it was a fairly big branch and I didn't want to snap it off, so I came up with an alternative. There some large rocks just upstream and I found, with some heaving, that I could pull the branch in that direction and lodge it behind the rocks and keep it out of the frame. No tree damaged and I could get the view I wanted.
I've taken lots of shots in the Gelt and usually worry that my photos are getting a bit 'samey', so I thought I'd try putting myself in the frame too. So, trusty wellies in place, the camera was left on the tripod and I headed out into the water, to stand on the edge of the falls.
With my remote trigger in hand, I stood there trying to steady myself so I'd not move too much during the long exposure. Just as I got settled, the branch that I'd wedged in place managed to loose itself. The thing about a large beech branch is that it is strong and flexible. If you put it under tension as I had, when released it heads back to its natural position at quite a pace. If you happen to be standing on the edge of a waterfall in the path of that branch, you might find yourself catapulted into the pool below.
You might escape, dodge to one side and reflect on the near miss you had, and tell yourself not to be in such a silly situation again. You might, but I didn't.
Andy doesn't get many Pacers in his part of the country however Chris who is more used to these delightful units looks a little less impressed.
142091 rattles it's way through Grangetown with a Saltburn to Darlington service on the 19th September 2017.
Car: Edsel Pacer.
Year of manufacture: 1958.
Date of first registration in the UK: July 2017.
Place of registration: London.
Date of last MOT: No MOT history available.
Mileage at last MOT: No MOT history available.
Date of last V5 issued: 20th January 2019.
Date taken: 17th April 2022.
Location: Beach Lawns, Weston-Super-Mare, UK.
Pacer 142043 arrives at Bangor forming a service from Holyhead to Llandudno Junction. 18.10 27/8/1986
Pacer crossing the viaduct at Todmorden in heavy drizzle.
1256 Manchester Victoria - Burnley Manchester Road (running 29 late and was meant to go to Blackburn but terminated at Burnley, not a great Friday for commuters in Lancashire, many delays and cancellations).
A pair of Class 142 Pacers take a break between services at Newcastle Central station. A Class 67 locomotive can also be glimpsed in the bay platform. The DMUs carry the livery of Arriva Trains Northern.
August 2006
Rollei 35 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 200 film.
On the 26th November 2020 Class 143619 passes Red Rock with the 2F16 1120 Paignton to Exmouth.
I think the Class 143s will be withdrawn by the 12th December and Pacers will be no more in Devon. Can not say I will miss them but they have been part of the railway scene down here for many years now.
Of course if you believe the BBC they only operated in Manchester and the last one was withdrawn on the 27th November but unless it isn't within 30 miles of Salford the BBC don't appear interested these days...
SBB Re 460 002 'Seeland' powers IR1434, the 16:28 Brig to Geneva Airport along the Rhône Valley near Yvorne while the solo jogger takes a more sedate pace towards Roche VD.
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The world has been running at its same pace. No one is bothered about what you and I have been enduring. It is me who understands it so well. Take heed and reach out. I am here... waiting to help you in every way I can. End this agony for the both of us.
a blast from the past with pacers on the Severn bridge Line from Temple meads seen here at Redland station
A twin car Class 143 Pacer unit slowly makes its way along the single track branch on the approach to Barry Island station, working the 2Y67 service from Aberdare.
Montana Rail Link's LM (Laurel-Missoula) Manifest Freight speeds up Winston Hill in June 1993 during a pretty wicked storm. The lead locomotive is an SD40-2XR followed by an SD35, and an SD45.
The 2024 pace car for the Chicago NASCAR Street Race is seen at the 2024 Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.
Milwaukee Road Mikado 330 is making good time on NAPM's High Line.
John Matitz's model; Mark Mathu photo.
Visit the HO scale club on-line at www.napmltd.com.
A couple of Pacers pass through the Healey Mills forest, on their way to Gascoigne Wood from Newton Heath. Not sure of their future......
Well with the dreaded Pacer railbuses on borrowed time the challenge is on to secure some unusual shots for posterity.
I can't believe I got talked into a night time visit to Edale amid frequent snow showers and an icy wind that would cut you in half but we managed to secure a shot.
Here 2 x 2-car sets 142 034 & 142 011 calls briefly at Edale with train 2S60 the 20.45 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield stopping service. The trouble with picking such remote locations is the short dwell time for a time exposure and the added challenge of predicting where it will stop when the platform has no stop car marks. This isn't the shot I intended as we were thwarted by a 4 car formation. The idea was to get the signal box in shot behind a 2-car so I will no doubt be back for a second attempt.
Newly-outshopped from Bukinje workshops 'Kriegslok' 2-10-0 33-504 of Kreka Mines puts everything it has into lifting its heavy train from Sikulje mine loading point on 24 February 2015. As the early afternoon working gets underway towards Lukavac exchange yard the local coal thieves are already in action atop the gondola wagons and the local resident mongrel, as always, happily paces the locomotive on the adjacent main line track, quite clearly a German steam locomotive aficionado!
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A Northern Pacer is bouncing along passed the steelworks with the 11:5 Sheffield - Adwick. Don't stop - you may get melted down.
Pacer 142019 arrives at Battersby from Middlesbrough at 1444 on the 4th july 2018. The driver will change ends here after exchanging the single line tokens from a lineside cabinet. The driver will have the token to Glaisdale before proceeding straight ahead. This train is 2D89, 1402 Middlesbrough - Whitby northern Rail service.
Here we pace the IP 4137 as it passes the driving range in Spring Grove, you can also see awesome engineer Adam Weddle waving to another railfan just in front of the train!
2016 Jaguar F-Pace 3.0 V6 S AWD
Last year I complained about the lack of static racing car displays at the British Grand Prix.
Whilst this year was better, the best display was, once again, provided by the local constabulary. This year, Northamptonshire Police teamed up with West Midlands Police to provide the display.
Amongst a fleet of vehicles parked up alongside the old start/finish straight was this stunning Jaguar F-Pace demonstrator vehicle that is currently on trial with West Midlands Police.
This was my personal favourite of the range of cars on show.
Pictured in July 2017 at the British Grand Prix meeting at Silverstone.
CN X394 for Richmond, Qc heads east on the Montreal Sub with CN 2302 and CN 8959 for power as it paces a car on the parallel highway 20. After a large snowfall overnight it was pouring rain when I got this shot.
AMC Pacer D/L Coupe
Collector car plated, seen parked at Len's Automotive in St. Paul. Not sure on the year, but it is a later built one given the updated front styling.
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Who'd have thought that this stopgap measure (the pacer) would still be going strong after more than three decades.
With a Workington built Leyland bus body, 141118 stands in the carriage bay at Workington station on 5 July 1984 in a WYPTE Verona green and buttermilk livery.
This particular unit was converted to a weed-killer for a time before being exported to Iran in 2002.
an old cumbria tradition .....
the eggs are boiled with onion skins to dye them ......
the more skins used the richer the colour...
then you polish them with a little dripping from the traditional easter sunday roast......
the reason for this is you hide the pace eggs and let the kids hunt them out....... afterwards then they are kept to play egg dumps down the pub.......
egg dumps i hear you say....
you pit your egg against everyone elses ....
in turn you hold your egg in your clenched hand with the tip out and others hit the top of your egg with the pointed end......
whoevers egg is left uncracked wins.......
you normally win a free amount of beer at the pub depending on how good or mean the landlord is.........................
then the last bit is just mingin.......
they peel the eggs and chuck them into a pack of crisps and swill them in vinegar......
then the dirty sods eat them........
yum...
cant beat good old traditions lol..xxxx