Mike Pugh

At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we will remember them.

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I can only do it because I train them to people… I can (occasionally) manage to recite most of the NRCoT (with some paraphrasing) 🤣

I agree - we need to enforce Byelaw 6(8)!

That’s scarily accurate

I’ve never been held up in a ship-traffic-jam before, but today the Wightlink I happened to be on was held out by Spitbank Fort for three much larger vessels to go around us 😵‍💫

Jars of Apple, Berry and Currant Jelly.

Kilner Jar and jam jars full of Summer Berry Jam.

Today, I made:
• Apple, Berry and Currant Jelly
• Summer Berry (strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, redcurrant and blackcurrant) Jam

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On Wednesdays I wear pink… but today…
#MeanGirls

Passing trains may suck you off…
4M46 the 1419 Southampton Western Docks to Trafford Park Euro Terminal seeing passing through platform 4 at Basingstoke this afternoon

The diminutive Cistus (rock rose) continues to flower despite the shortening days and long shadows at this time of year

A pleasant surprise yesterday lunchtime!
📍 Basingstoke

How Oliver Bulleid helped shape modern Southern rail As part of Railway 200's campaign, the BBC is celebrating a man who made a huge impact on the rails.

@tomhepworthtv has impeccable taste in CMEs!

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200yrs ago today…

The C word has been made. I’m exhausted, there’s mountains of washing up but the smell is AMAZING and makes up for it.
Tomorrow’s task is to unmould five varieties, cut, shave and stamp them… oh, and more washing up!

I’ve turned it off because it kept being activated by announcements on stations/trains

Flashy bang, bang! ⛈️

Bulleid West Country class 34028 “Eddystone” running on the up fast past Barton Mill, Basingstoke, today (3rd Sept 2025)

Nocturnal spotting of Clan Line hauling 1Z30 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Victoria this evening - the sound of Bulleid’s brilliance!
📍 Mays Lane, Earley.

This is what I think of when I see the flag of St George plastered everywhere and talk of camps and deportations by those wishing to ‘reclaim are [sic] country’.

Top Cat definitely was 🫢

Happy 8th Birthday, South Western Railway!

I think he’s forgotten that they’re Senators within his own party

There is, inside its own hangar at Aerospace Bristol. That’s for another visit.

Some more Bristolian scenes
1. Bristol Byzantine architecture of The Granary, Little King Street.
2. Robinson’s Depositories, Hotwell Road.
3. Aeroplanes in the roof of the Café at Aerospace Bristol.
4. The Grade II listed Hangar 16U (dating from 1917) being restored for community use at Brabazon.

Love is love!
📍 Brabazon, Bristol