Hi Dario!!

I finally got around to going through a memory card I used last autumn when we had a weekend in the lake district.
I quite like these two, what do you guys reckon ?

[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/Father_Ted/PHOTOS/Sizergh2upload.jpg[/IMG]

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Here's a report on it.
http://www.heart.co.uk/suffolk/local/news/suffolk-trainspotters-near-miss/

I've seen a news report tonight which might have a bearing on this.
Some dozy pillock, standing right next to the line, off the public area, was so busy video recording a steam train (I think it was the Duke of Wellington), that he was nearly struck by a modern train at high speed, coming the other way. And I do mean nearly struck. He was a very lucky man.

It's got an Alice in Wonderland appeal to it ( IMHO ). I like it.

I had it hooked up on my 'scope, with a 10mm eyepiece, giving 100 x magnification.
Saturn is still pretty small in the frame then.

I wonder how close to the line you need to be for this to take effect. If you have to be "Lineside" ie. less than 2m from the line, then it makes sense.

I've done the PTS training ( Personal Trackside Safety ) to allow me to work on the railway.
As part of the training, we were taken out the back of Liverpool Lime St. station. The instructor was talking to us when suddenly a train sneaked up on us at 70mph! Yes, they can be very quiet!
That's part of his training method, to hammer home how easy it is to be distracted and not hear a train.

Unfortunately, my card has expired now and as we aren't likely to need it again, I won't have an excuse to renew it

Hi and welcome!

Well put Stefan!

My ( and I stress my ) opinion is this:
The (now previous) government brought in so many laws which eroded civil liberties. The laws were, for the most, poorly worded, allowing for mis-interpretation. Or, was this deliberate to allow for easily extending their use without having to go back before parliament?

An example. Anti-terrorism laws which enabled local councils to carry out surveillance led to a family ( including children ) being placed under surveillance. Their crime? They had applied for a place at the local primary school and the council didn't believe they were living where they said they were!

DNA. If I were to give my DNA as part of a police enquiry, even if I wasn't charged with any crime, the government would keep that on file permanently. Even the European courts have said that is illegal, but the UK government ( again, the previous administration ) just said they'd "consider the finding".

It is this kind of thing which has led to the mis-trust building up over the past decade to levels I have never seen before.

What a delicious set!
I love number two, I can see myself sat in that chair reading one of those books.