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Post by Richard on Jul 24, 2006 16:10:57 GMT
Fabulous photographs, Caite! For your next assignment, how about some shots of the Grand Canyon, taken from a hang-glider? (Only joking!) Best Wishes from London, Richard
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Post by roger on Jul 24, 2006 17:12:59 GMT
Noooooooo, don't encourage her! Thanks for the pic of the train, Caite. There used to be a railroad track near my house but it's gone. Hi Joe, I am relieved to hear the track is no longer there because, when I first read your post, I though you meant your house had gone! Roger
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Post by postscript on Jul 24, 2006 18:24:06 GMT
Hi Steve. Yes, I'm familiar with 'The President', visited her one year up at the jamboree, can't recall its canal name but it is near Paddington station and under the M4. I bet you probably know by repute and having seen a picture of the house I am currently 'house sitting'. Photos follow in due course. Peter My house sitting holiday home
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Post by postscript on Jul 24, 2006 18:42:09 GMT
Hi everyone! I just thought I'd give you a taste of the pictures I took today. Does anyone else find trains fascinating? <3 Caite Hi Caite, You have a wonderfully articstic eye. That is a superb shot of a train taken from an angle which many would not even look at. However, were you really standing on the edge of a precipice when you took it? In answer to your question, yes, I am fascinated by trains but not these modern electric things. Bring back the old Puffing Billy and ideally all the track that was closed in the 60s. Roger Isn't fascinating how many other common interests so many HWI members share. Not that Hayley is in any way 'common'! Peter
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Post by postscript on Jul 24, 2006 19:00:10 GMT
Fabulous photographs, Caite! For your next assignment, how about some shots of the Grand Canyon, taken from a hang-glider? (Only joking!) Best Wishes from London, Richard Yes please Richard, ONLY JOKING CAITE!!! I've a feeling Caite is the sort of girl who rises to the challenge! So, please Caite, don't take our chafing as a dare! However, the picture was superb--the one of the train wheel bogies. Peter
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Post by Steve H on Jul 24, 2006 20:53:40 GMT
Hi Peter, Thanks for the photo, what a lovely spot, I envy you being that close to the Grand Union Canal. By the way, the Canal in Padington is the Paddington arm of the Grand Union Canal. Enjoy your House Sitting i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifTake Care Steve H
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Post by Joe on Jul 25, 2006 3:29:17 GMT
Thanks for the pic of the train, Caite. There used to be a railroad track near my house but it's gone. Wow...even I believed that my house had gone! Did you know that one of the first railroads in the US was built no more than ten miles from where I'm writing this? Here's some background... The Stourbridge Lion was a railroad steam locomotive. It was not only the first locomotive to be operated in the United States, it was also one of the first locomotives to operate outside of England, where it was manufactured in 1828. One of the first railroads in the United States, the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company (D&H), was originally chartered in 1823 to build and operate canals between New York, NY and the coal fields around Carbondale, PA. Its first official run took place on August 8 of that year in Honesdale, PA. The locomotive performed admirably, but the track that was built on which to run it was insufficient for the task.
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Post by postscript on Jul 25, 2006 6:04:33 GMT
A wonderfully fascinating item of American Railroad history, Joe. So would the Stourbridge Lion have been built in Stourbridge, itself a major canal centre in the UK?
What I find interesting, is that I am not aware of any canal company in the UK having the wit to invest in a railway (any knowledge there from you, Steve?) and how interesting that we are not aware of the extent of the canal network in the US, nor the extent to which the railroad overtaking the canal system paralleled the UK experience.
Peter
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Post by postscript on Jul 25, 2006 6:09:08 GMT
The boat in the foreground is also hers--its a 62footer! Quite frightening hanging on to the tiller when there's 62 feet between you and the pionted end which hits anything you misjudge first!
Peter
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Post by Richard on Jul 25, 2006 8:12:48 GMT
Hello Peter and Steve! The Regent's Canal branches off the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal at Little Venice, home of the annual Canalway Cavalcade. It links the Grand Union Canal with the River Thames at Limehouse Basin, by-passing the busy stretch of the Thames through London. From Limehouse Basin, the Limehouse Cut provides a link with the River Lea at Bow. Here is an interesting article about the history of the Regent's Canal:- www.canalmuseum.org.uk/history/regents.htmBest Wishes, Richard
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Post by Steve H on Jul 25, 2006 10:37:00 GMT
Thanks Richard,
You are indeed right (as usual), it has been a while since I did that bit of the Canal system, my favorite bit of that stretch is Where the canal cuts through the middle of London Zoo, to Camden Lock.
Thanks for the Link.
Steve H
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Post by postscript on Jul 25, 2006 10:40:30 GMT
aaah! Richard coming on about canals too, but then of course it is YOUR London and yes, as soon as I read the names, Richard, I remembered them immediately. So, I'll use your post to start my sequence of photographs. Some will follow through under this thread, some I will allocate to other specifics. Perhaps this would be a good point to relate back to a comment I made to Roger regarding Cardiff--no, I'll do that under Cardiff! For now, then, just two pictures. The first, a better view of the house I am sitting and its conservatory. Sorry about the appallingly painted pink narrow boat partially in the foreground! There's no accounting for taste, is there? The second is the wonderful moggy that is keeping me company. There is going to be one very unhappy lady soon, who has known her all her life. When ever I take over there's always a conversation, 'you remember where to put her if she doesn't make it?' She is at least 17 and may be 19 years old and has been a little doddery during the past year but surprisingly, despite the hot weather she is currently very 'with it'. Peter
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Post by Steve H on Jul 25, 2006 11:38:52 GMT
Hi Peter, Richard and all,
Whilst we are on the subject of pictures, I thought I would slide this one in, It was taken last week at the Farnborough Air Show.
I was honored to be asked to show H.R.H The Duke of York around our exhibition stand.Before I left for the week, I said to myself, I really must get to meet Andrew soon, someone must have heard, but got the wrong Andrew I meant Andrew Fenning from HWI
Steve.
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Post by roger on Jul 25, 2006 12:57:13 GMT
Hi Steve, Good to see you have friends in high places. I trust you asked him to join the forum! Roger... that my knighthood gone for a burton!
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Post by Caitlin on Jul 25, 2006 13:26:29 GMT
Fabulous photographs, Caite! For your next assignment, how about some shots of the Grand Canyon, taken from a hang-glider? (Only joking!) Best Wishes from London, Richard Yes please Richard, ONLY JOKING CAITE!!! I've a feeling Caite is the sort of girl who rises to the challenge! So, please Caite, don't take our chafing as a dare! However, the picture was superb--the one of the train wheel bogies. Peter Are you guys every lucky! I had my bags packed and my car ready to go on a road trip over to the Grand Canyon. I decided since I was going to be gone for a while I should check the forum one last time before I left. And look what I found: ONLY JOKING! Why are you only joking? I think that would be a grand adventure! Oh well, I'll just have to stick with sky-diving then. <3 Caite
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