Author: geoffspages
More videos
The DV tapes needed a good sort out – their contents had not been recorded in a particularly logical manner, and one or two recordings had been forgotten. Here are a couple that emerged from the digital rummaging, from opposite ends of the railway spectrum…
Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway
6 June 2004 – chug, burp, cough, phut – Ruston and Lister locomotives assemble their train (!) ready for a day’s action at Rowsley, home of the Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway (and slightly better known as home of the standard gauge Peak Rail line)
Lizzie in Shropshire
6201 “Princess Elizabeth” seen on 15 September 2007, northbound near Stokesay, then southbound passing the former station at Condover, just south of Shrewsbury. This clip was blogged at the time using Google video, but my upload wasn’t of very great quality – this one is a little better.
More sunny afternoons
Tuesday: Blists Hill
Wednesday: Benthall
The Wrekin
Blue sky and sunshine, after a very wet weekend – the path up the Wrekin ought to be as good as any when the ground is waterlogged. It was – but cloud obscured the sun and took away the blue sky…
The herd of deer on the hill’s western flank was a bonus.
Snow’s all gone
It’s still cold though – below freezing all afternoon on the south Shropshire hills. Nice light for a stroll at the southern end of the Stiperstones ridge
Frozen Severn
Boxing Day – a walk around the Shrewsbury riverside, beside the frozen waters of the Severn. I’m not sure how thick the ice was – there was open water in places – but elsewhere the ice went right across the river – a sight I’ve not seen before.
Down by the river
A walk in the snow, at first along the old railway track, from Ironbridge to Coalport and back.
More snow
Not much – perhaps another inch or two. With the snow that fell a few days ago, it was deep in the fields – more than six inches. A clear sunny afternoon was forecast – I thought perhaps I’d better get into position with the camera. It didn’t happen – the sky gradually cleared as the sun dropped, so it never actually shone. Nice light though…
It’s not getting any warmer
Friday was bright, feeling pleasant in the sunshine – good to be out. However, In the early hours of Sunday morning, the lowest temperature in the UK was recorded by the Met. Office at Shawbury, Shropshire – a minimum of –19.6°C. That’s around 15 miles away. It didn’t feel much less cold (I don’t think it was…) when we had a wander in the snow after lunch. At least there was no wind.
Friday
Sunday
Icy river
Ice floes on the river Severn at Ironbridge – haven’t seen ice like this on the river since the early 80s
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