Bluebirds Flying West

Posted in Railways on 12th October 2007

Spent the first day of my leave productively, doing DIY and all kinds of cleaning. Slipped out this afternoon to catch one of the GBRf worked stock moves to Laira. These seem to happen when I'm either at work, or out of the area so this was something of a...

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A Local Albatross?

Posted in Highbridge on 9th October 2007

Not strictly a Highbridge related tale, but a cautionary pointer from a plastic seabird in a near neighbour! Recently, new signage was erected all over Weston-super-Mare in an effort to make the town 'legible' to visitors. The new signage was plagued with errors, omissions and the inclusion of strange details...

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The Overheads

Posted in Highbridge on 8th October 2007

In a casual conversation with a work contact last week, we got to discussing Highbridge. He'd recently flown his Microlite Aircraft over the town, and had taken some photographs for colleagues concerned about changes to the road layout. When I mentioned that the development site was on my doorstep, he...

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