The Chill Out Zone

[coolcat]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

No regrets

I never got to drive a train ....

Wot!!!!!

Not even into the tunnel

[windrush]

Originally Posted by stevenicks

Pitch black here now and the weather is horrendous, Pygmy hedgehog is on my knee eating a dried cricket

It's throwing it down here now as well Steve JC has had her last walk for the day I would think now

[Rev Jules]

Originally Posted by windrush

It's throwing it down here now as well Steve JC has had her last walk for the day I would think now

Evening Derek.

They had just finished putting up a colourfast metal fence when it started to rain..
I expect it to be tested when these supposed high winds arrive.

Julien

[freddie]

Evening all sun just going down been out all day.
Just think clocks go forward next month

[windrush]

Originally Posted by Rev Jules

Evening Derek.

They had just finished putting up a colourfast metal fence when it started to rain..
I expect it to be tested when these supposed high winds arrive.

Julien

Suppose to be tonight Julien good luck

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by stevenicks

Pygmy hedgehog is on my knee eating a dried cricket

Sure its a dried cricket

[Lancpudn]

Afternoon all, It's chucking it down here What an afternoon! I lost power to the garage so I've been fault finding all afternoon. I had the multimeter out to check the sockets etc but it was a break in the wiring underneath the workbench were the power comes in, I remember crowbarring a corner of the bench out last week to move something with the bar. I must have cut the cable

My tyre inflater (cheap one) wouldn't zero so I ordered a new one off ebay, A Bergen Pro. £19.98. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BERGEN-Pro...D100102%26What It's a a great piece of kit, The tyre pressures in the Rover were Way off

The steering is really light again & they look properly inflated.

I'm cream crackered so I cant be bothered cooking tea, It'll be a chippy tea Fish chips & mushy peas

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

I never got to drive a train ....

Originally Posted by coolcat

Wot!!!!!

Not even into the tunnel

To be honest driving a train is easy, its all the knowledge that has to go with it. As one of the old drivers said when I started "any fool can drive a train, its when it disnae do what its supposed to that the fun starts!". You have to know all the fault and failure procedures of the locomotive you are driving and have a comprehensive knowledge of the route you are driving over, gradients, signal locations, line speeds, where you are (including in the dark when its pitch black!). No driver can drive a locomotive he hasn't been trained and passed competent on nor can he drive over a route he hasn't learned and been passed competent on.

You have a bi-annual examination on rules and regulations, simple pass or fail, fail and you're grounded until you attain the required level. Bi-annual practical driving assessment with a Driver Manager, again simple pass or fail. No improvement in the rules or practical and its goodbye or (if you're lucky) demotion with associated cut in pay to a non driving position. I've done both, Driver and Driver Manager in my time.

[stevenicks]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Good afternoon Dawn and Julien

I am taking it easy for the rest of the week as it's still very hot and I am gathering my strength up. Jessica tells me that when I stopped breathing, everything else had a strain put on it, everything...I think She has gone for a swim to cool off

Pervey ha ha! I can't get into my leathers these days Julien, but they would go with your Biggles Flying Jacket

Leather's Phil !... PERVERT of the first class

[stevenicks]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

Afternoon all, It's chucking it down here What an afternoon! I lost power to the garage so I've been fault finding all afternoon. I had the multimeter out to check the sockets etc but it was a break in the wiring underneath the workbench were the power comes in, I remember crowbarring a corner of the bench out last week to move something with the bar. I must have cut the cable

My tyre inflater (cheap one) wouldn't zero so I ordered a new one off ebay, A Bergen Pro. £19.98. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BERGEN-Pro...D100102%26What It's a a great piece of kit, The tyre pressures in the Rover were Way off

The steering is really light again & they look properly inflated.

I'm cream crackered so I cant be bothered cooking tea, It'll be a chippy tea Fish chips & mushy peas

A man and his toy's, eh Ian