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22nd May 2020

22/5/2020

 
Laira in Lockdown
Trevor Tremethick

Hello Keith and Roger, Don't know if this will be of any interest - I took it this afternoon (May 21) over the rooftops of Dunclair Park looking down on Laira. Checking a new camera memory disk was the reason for this picture. I should have taken this when the lockdown first started, as the depot was chock-a-block, but it still shows Laira on a Thursday looking like a Sunday! Embankment Road looking quite busy now.
Hope you are all staying safe down there in God's Country.
Best wishes to all, Trevor.
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Quite a remarkable view of Laira. Laira in Lockdown 21st May 2020. Copyright Trevor Tremethick
Many thanks Trevor.
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Okehampton station
Andrew & Diane Jones

Dear Keith and Valerie, I hope Valerie is progressing well and you are both enduring this terrible lock down.
Diane and I have considerable underlying issues so have rigorously kept to the government scientific advice since the beginning of March.
Today we decided to take our first trip for exercise purposes to Dartmoor. We decided this was our best chance of avoiding contact with the masses who unfortunately are risking a very real spike in the virus by descending on our beautiful Cornish Beaches. What ever happened to common sense!
Having parked in Okehampton Station we walked up to our favourite spot near Okehampton camp meeting only two delightful very brave ladies on the way keeping to the required 2 metre distance {in our case 4 yards, I have never been to adventurous!]} who had just been swimming.
On our return I took two photographs of Okehampton Station.
I always find it very sad when I visit, especially as this route should never have closed and there have been so many attempts to re open. The station looks as though it never shut and the rake of coaches parked looked as they had just arrived on the down Plymouth! {I wish}
I have included a photograph of the notice pinned to the goods entrance and hope that one day government will at last give the commitment to reconnect Okehampton and Tavistock to the national network.
Driving back along the old A30 route I turned left at the once famous Betty Cottles Inn and Petrol Station to take a quick look at Meldon Viaduct. This remarkable structure remains one of the most iconic viaducts in the UK and owes it existence to an extension of use after closure to gain lorry access during the building of Meldon Dam.
I include a photograph of its remarkable construction.


Very best wishes to all at the Cornwall Railway Society, please keep safe. Andrew and Diane
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Okehampton Station 1 21st May 2020 Copyright Andrew Jones
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Okehampton Station 2 notice 21st May 2020. Copyright Andrew Jones.
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Detail of the notice - try their website - very interesting.
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'Underneath the arches' the marvelous structure of the two Meldon viaducts - interlaced. 21st May 2020. Copyright Andrew Jones.
Many thanks Andrew

Blue at Looe
Alan Peters

Wessex advertising liveried 'The Looe Valley Line' 153369 is pictured on the Looe Valley Line at Looe on 20th June 2006 - Alan Peters
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Looking very smart indeed and in a most appropriate location. Wessex liveried 153309 'The Looe Valley line' Copyright Driver Alan Peters
Many thanks Alan.
Didcot
David Ward

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King George V at Didcot Great Western 150 seen in 1985. Copyright David Ward.
Many thanks David.

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