Keeping positive - COVID-19
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Joga
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Ah? Small world indeed.
greywolfhound
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I do like the new Swedish husqvarna norden going into production later this year ..using Ktm new 890 twin a super motor it should be a light bike ..I’m really keen on one ..I think ktm did a wise thing buying out husqvarna it gives them another market with the Swedish flair on design ..people I think are trying to get away from the big heavy adventure bikes like bmw gs etc ..I have had them toooo heavy I did like the 950 ktm adventure had one for 3 years ..now with a Ducati hypermotard ..I miss the more off road biased bikes ...I have fond memories of working in Sweden for Saab aircraft it’s a lovely country ..?..a good two years of my life and loved every minute .?
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ashley7715
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twooooooostrokeeeeeeeeee is all I have to say ---always my favorite. This looks like quite the fun!
sco
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? for Husqvarna - bought a 701 supermoto recently but only managed to get 200miles on it before lock down kicked in ?
Simon
greywolfhound
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I know the feeling Simon ..I only tax the bike for 6 months every year not bothered yet ..gotta feeling won’t be happening this year ..two summer hobbies fly fishing and motorcycling out ? that 701 sounds real sweet I’ve heard it ..I also like the husqvarna nuda with a fruity exhaust ? ?..
Rusty911
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A pic from my favourite mooring spot on the river Ant, North Norfolk Broads. Just behind us is the fork that takes you to Stalham on the left and Sutton Staithe to the right. I have had a few 20ft GRP yachts running with a 7'6" pram rowing dinghy. A recent change to a faster but lighter and more compact yacht as seen us (dog and I) mothball the dinghy and try out an inflatable kayak, which has been excellent.
The yacht that happened by is a peculiar one for the Broads and although of the correct period (say, 1890-1950) isn't the usual / tradition Broads River Cruiser class.
The yacht that happened by is a peculiar one for the Broads and although of the correct period (say, 1890-1950) isn't the usual / tradition Broads River Cruiser class.
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Rusty911
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We had previously seen this Wherry negotiating its way up the Ant using the height of its mast to capture wisps of the light breeze from over the surrounding trees. Relying on enormous momentum it can make it through tacks and wind shadows quite effectively. Now and again though a combination of a tight turn and a drop in the breeze would mean the crew would bring out the quant poles and push her along for a few metres. A new gust of wind and she'd be away again.
As seen here she's back out on Barton Broad where there's a lot more space for her.
Originally used to carry cargo from the coast to Norwich as well as smaller staithes, latterly there were some crewed Edwardian leisure wherries with well appointed guest cabins. This is one of these still in operation today. When seen close up, they are an impressive sight. They have a single loose footed gaff-rigged sail, with the mast right up forward. Originally crewed by just two, they have a very shallow draft to suit the lack of depth throughout the Broads. Just as today, in period the Broads were littered with bridges, so this enormous mast was designed to be dropped to the horizontal, just above cabin height to allow the craft under most of the Broadland bridges.
As seen here she's back out on Barton Broad where there's a lot more space for her.
Originally used to carry cargo from the coast to Norwich as well as smaller staithes, latterly there were some crewed Edwardian leisure wherries with well appointed guest cabins. This is one of these still in operation today. When seen close up, they are an impressive sight. They have a single loose footed gaff-rigged sail, with the mast right up forward. Originally crewed by just two, they have a very shallow draft to suit the lack of depth throughout the Broads. Just as today, in period the Broads were littered with bridges, so this enormous mast was designed to be dropped to the horizontal, just above cabin height to allow the craft under most of the Broadland bridges.
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bretti_kivi
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It's snowing. Hard.
gills
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You can see Arran - it must be about to rain!! (it always rains when I go to Arran, even though my wife, who grew up in Ayr, assures me it doesn't rain there all the time!)
Have to admit your photo looks gorgeous - Happy Easter!
rosscanning
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Parked mine over the road so i can look at it through kitchen window 
Jeetesh
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As with most people we’ll all have plenty of fantastic pictures and in many different cars/family/places so I thought I’d just post the A2 ones only as I’d be here forever.
My first A2 and the point at which the pictures were taken of the car had circa 50k miles and was 3 years old, clearly the interior had held up very well.
My current A2 with pictures taken at circa £27k miles and 16 years old.
Some of you may have may have worked out (from my historic posts) that attention to detail and perfectionism is my thing when it comes to cars but hey, it makes me happy!
My first A2 and the point at which the pictures were taken of the car had circa 50k miles and was 3 years old, clearly the interior had held up very well.
My current A2 with pictures taken at circa £27k miles and 16 years old.
Some of you may have may have worked out (from my historic posts) that attention to detail and perfectionism is my thing when it comes to cars but hey, it makes me happy!
JOHN JOHNSON
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Apart from the many cars I have i part own this loco and drive it at the great central railway , we are on lockdown and I bitterly miss the fun and friends there although we are all keeping in touch online
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Wonderful noise those Class 37 beasties make. I did a lot of the most beautiful bits of Scotland by rail behind some of them in the summer of '87. More recently they would come through Leighton Buzzard late at night on a nuclear flasks train (sometimes with a Class 20 or two for added effect - those in the know will know
) just down the hill from my old house. On a still night you could hear it coming for miles, then through the tunnel under Linslade woods you could tell when they went under the vent in the middle. Then out and through the station and you could hear them for ages fading away to Cheddington and beyond.
JOHN JOHNSON
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Yeah they are fun , 714 is a good one and will have done the flasks possibly as she was a DRS loco . I was due to have been out on her yesterday and the class 45 the weekend before on driver training , that’s me pulling my trousers up after I took a friend up the line and we were changing ends ?
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dj_efk
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Now that sounds like a fun (if expensive in your case) hobby! Also funny how different they looked when new in BR Green - I think it's the yellow warning paint on the snout that makes it visually seem a different type of loco.
Who owns the 9F (Steam loco for those who don't know their BR Standards) ?
Who owns the 9F (Steam loco for those who don't know their BR Standards) ?
JOHN JOHNSON
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9F is owned by Michael Gregory , if anyone has heard of Cromwell Tools then he was the owner of that until a few years ago and is a major benefactor of the railway . Firing a steam loco in the dark is a very interesting experience shall I say
These were of myself on the top of the tender filling up the water ( my feet ) at 10.30 pm before we finished . The diesel is myself in the 33
These were of myself on the top of the tender filling up the water ( my feet ) at 10.30 pm before we finished . The diesel is myself in the 33
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JOHN JOHNSON
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It was a victim of the modernisation plan from 1955 , the surge to move from coal to diesel and electric resulted in large orders of steam locos still being built while there was a raft of often untried diesels ordered . Our 37 was a result of this too and still being used today on the main line . Ours was the last track lifting train through the Woodhead tunnel and has been to Spain as well . It was in Derby Loram jan 2019 for engine work and they borrowed it for crew training .