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A fresh morning breeze
drifts along Redland Station
and I feel alive
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by Scooj
Tag: Station
Redland fox
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Early rendezvous
or just a brief encounter
Redland platform one
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by Scooj
* When I moved to Bristol in the early nineties the Bristol urban fox population was famously thriving, in fact my allotment had the highest density of foxes on record anywhere in the world. It couldn’t last and the double whammy of mange and the introduction of wheelie bins saw the population crash.
Over the years numbers have increased again and this was one of two foxes I saw on my short walk to the station this morning.
Sleeper
.
It is fortunate
Bristol is end of the line
Scooj sleepy sleeper.
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by Scooj
* On heart-stopping moment of waking up in my destination station.
Thursday doors
Doors 65
This week I have decided to share a whole bunch of doors from Bristol Temple Meads Station. Famed for its ‘passenger shed’ designed by I.K. Brunell and for being the focal point of the Great Western Railway (God’s Wonderful Railway) between London and Penzance.
Rather than photograph obvious doors in the station itself (apart from the first picture) I am sharing some of the doors located underneath the car park in front of the station. The structural archways have provided storage areas since the station was built and some have been hired out to private businesses, a common practice for railway infrastructure around the globe.
The Feature image and first picture show a small wooden kiosk just inside the main entrance of the station. I don’t know how many hundreds of times I have walked past this kiosk over the years, but I only recently noticed it. It is overlooked in one’s hurried efforts to shuffle through the barriers and onto the platforms. A little gem.
Finally the worst ‘best kept secret’ in Bristol – Hart’s Bakery – Creator of divine cakes, pastries, breads and life-limiting fancies. The bakery that makes it worth being early for your train to make a quick food diversion.
So that’s it for this week.
More doors to be admired by following the links at the end of the fabulous Norm 2.0 blog: Thursday Doors – Norm 2.0
Until next time,
Scooj.
Pidgeon post
A little message
dropped on an unsuspecting
station passenger.
by Scooj
Waiting Room
Not a book in sight
nor a newspaper; the age
of the phone pulls in.
by Scooj
Waiting
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Steely blue cold seat
at the station; leg relief
but rather cold bum.
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by Scooj
Dicot Parkway
Platform 2, lillies
beam, while above the red kites
lazily patrol.
by Scooj
4. Redland Station
Another mural by Cheo, that I have never really paid too much attention to, despite seeing it frequently.
This piece, which includes his signature bees, can be found on the end wall of the garages, at the entrance to the station. It is a cheerful, rural theme.
Natural adventures 