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How to make real lemonade!
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Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth
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When the sun is over the yardarm, you can have your first livener of the day!! -
The Moon framed through the trees.
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Out and about in Somerset
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Just a random collection of photos from some walks and bike rides in and around Somerset in the South West of England. -
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Shute Shelve Tunnel -Transition - Right side looking North
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From the album: Out and about in Somerset
Shute Shelve Tunnel on the Strawberry Line Trail in Somerset and North Somerset, in the South West of England. The old railway tunnel passes through a ridge between Shute Shelve Hill and Winscombe Hill in the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Although the tunnel is only about 180m long, it passes through a very marked transition in rock strata about two thirds of the way through, when entering through the North portal, (coming from Winscome and heading South towards Axbridge) - changing abruptly from soft marl to hard limestone. Where the tunnel was cut through the soft marl, it has a lining of brick and stone, whereas the section through the hard limestone has bare, unlined walls. The photo shows the transition between the lined and unlined sections of the tunnel. -
Shute Shelve Tunnel - Transition - Left side looking North
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From the album: Out and about in Somerset
Shute Shelve Tunnel on the Strawberry Line Trail in Somerset and North Somerset, in the South West of England. (The tunnel is on the border between the two counties...) The photo shows flow-stone forming on the transition between the unlined section where the old railway tunnel was cut through hard limestone and the brick and stone lining where the rock strata changes to soft marl. -
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A cyclist riding in to Shute Shelve Tunnel at the South Portal Cyclist
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The attached gives some very interesting background info. on Shute Shelve Tunnel... The tunnel is lined internally up to about half-way through from the North portal. The transition is easy to see when you are in there but you will need a torch!! -
It must be all over now...!?!! Well... Having not responded to any adverts for "seniors" looking for love in Axbridge, I have now stated getting a constant stream of adverts from people who would love to help me plan for my funeral!!
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From the album: Out and about in Somerset
View of the South portal of Shute Shelve Tunnel on the Strawberry Line, where it cuts through the Mendip Hills in Somerset, SW England. Seen here with a couple of bicycle tail lights, somewhere near the other end of the tunnel. (If you go through there on a pushbike, you will definitely need to have a working set of lights. It can be very dark in the middle of the tunnel. (There are, apparently, some solar-powered lights in the tunnel - but I have never seen them working yet...) Here you go...You can sign the petition, if you want! http://www.thestrawberryline.org.uk/index.php -
A cyclist riding in to Shute Shelve Tunnel at the South Portal Cyclist
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From the album: Out and about in Somerset
The Strawberry Line Trail runs (mostly) along the route of the old Strawberry Line Railway in Somerset and North Somerset, in the South West of England. The trail currently runs from Yatton to Cheddar but there is a petition to have it extended to Wells. Here you go...You can sign the petition, if you want! http://www.thestrawberryline.org.uk/index.php -
Mosses and Ivy dripping with water outside the Northern end of Shute Shelve Tunnel
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From the album: Out and about in Somerset
Shute Shelve Hill is one of the Mendip Hills of Somerset, SW England. The old Strawberry Line Railway ran through a tunnel, whilst the modern A38 road was constructed through a series of cuttings in the same area. -
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Moss and Ferns dripping with water, seen just outside the Northern end of Shute Shelve Tunnell on the Strawberry Line trail in Somerset, SW England. Shute Shelve Hill is one of the hills in the Mendips of Somerset, SW England. -
Shute Shelve Tunnel North Portal - Thinking About It!
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From the album: Out and about in Somerset
Haha! They are probably just having a look at all the wonderful mosses and other growth on the rocks around the tunnel entrance. Mind you, it's pretty dark in there... Scary! ('Nearly scarred the life out of me, anyway!!) Here you go...You can sign the petition, if you want! http://www.thestrawberryline.org.uk/index.php -
Shute Shelve Tunnel North Portal - Going in!
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From the album: Out and about in Somerset
Wonderful old tunnel on the Strawberry Line trail in Somerset, South West England. This is the North Portal, covered in a wonderful growth of moss, ferns and 'all sorts' of other plants. Here you go...You can sign the petition, if you want! http://www.thestrawberryline.org.uk/index.php -
From the album: Out and about in Somerset
Photographed in the cutting leading up to the Southern portal of the Shute Shelve Tunnel on the old Strawberry Line trail in Somerset. -
Old bridge on the Strawberry Line trail near Cheddar Reservoir
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From the album: Out and about in Somerset
No trolls in sight today!! Here you go...You can sign the petition, if you want! http://www.thestrawberryline.org.uk/index.php -
From the album: Out and about in Somerset
The old Strawberry Line station building in Cheddar, Dorset, South West England. Here you go...You can sign the petition, if you want! http://www.thestrawberryline.org.uk/index.php -
South Western Railway Class 450 Desiro emerges from Chalk Tunnel at Guildford
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Wild Crab Apple Tree along the Axbridge By-pass A371
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Actually, thinking about it, you could very well be right. There are several different kinds of apple trees, pears and all sorts growing along that stretch of the old railway cutting... -
The Late Setting Sun
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Well it's good to see the bat loft is still there! (Not gone the same way as the bird-watcher's hide...) -
Axbridge Station Engine Shed from the A371 Axbridge By-pass
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From the album: Out and about in Somerset
Sadly, it has been a long time since the Axbridge Engine Shed was in use for the purpose for which it was build on the old Strawberry Line railway in Somerset, in South West of England. Where the railway used to skirt the lower slopes of Axbridge Hill in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, that is now the route of the A371 Axbridge By-pass road. Here you go...You can sign the petition, if you want! http://www.thestrawberryline.org.uk/index.php
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