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Don't see any cars being charged
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I had cause to visit Blyth yesterday, second visit, last one was 24 years ago, don't get about much
I was down near the docks and on the way home drove down the quayside and was very impressed with dozens of huge cable reels loitering there.
No camera but there are a few pictures of some of them here:
Not as impressive as driving past dozens upon dozens of them a few yards from the car but gives an indication of the scale of them.
I was down near the docks and on the way home drove down the quayside and was very impressed with dozens of huge cable reels loitering there.
No camera but there are a few pictures of some of them here:
Not as impressive as driving past dozens upon dozens of them a few yards from the car but gives an indication of the scale of them.
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Part of the industry servicing the windfarms/oil and gas installations.
Horizontal Cable Reel, Blyth Harbour
© Copyright Mark Anderson and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
regards Neil
Horizontal Cable Reel, Blyth Harbour
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regards Neil
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My contribution for today.
The question (for those who don't know my fleet anyway): What year was this photo taken?
Framing that to keep all the modern tat parked around here out of view was quite a challenge.
The question (for those who don't know my fleet anyway): What year was this photo taken?
Framing that to keep all the modern tat parked around here out of view was quite a challenge.
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There's a lot of that yellow 'cable' being used around here, it's actually plastic gas main pipe, they're installing gas in some of the places that have never had it before and replacing the old rotted out iron piping in the rest.
There's also a new trunk gas main being installed from the Welsh coast over the Cotswolds, might even be finished, comment on it has gone quiet since the greenies stopped squealing.
There's also a new trunk gas main being installed from the Welsh coast over the Cotswolds, might even be finished, comment on it has gone quiet since the greenies stopped squealing.
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There is, I think, an international colour code for buried pipes/cables/trunking etc...
water - blue
gas - yellow
electricity - red
data/comms - purple
green is something, can't remember what
Good to see old windmills being recycled for pipe/cable laying.
You can't beat the reel thing
water - blue
gas - yellow
electricity - red
data/comms - purple
green is something, can't remember what
Good to see old windmills being recycled for pipe/cable laying.
You can't beat the reel thing
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While I wouldn’t claim to know your fleet first hand, like many others on the FCF I do enjoy your blog the detail pictures and videos are excellent. I would say the year was about 200 years after the agreement to use the 49 th parallel for the largest part of the United States northern Border.
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One for Neil -
What's the connection between the 49th Parallel and a car maker?
What's the connection between the 49th Parallel and a car maker?
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white exec wrote: ↑12 May 2019, 18:50 One for Neil -
What's the connection between the 49th Parallel and a car maker?
Very educational the FCF,
I sort of picked up a valid answer to that question without looking it up Karlsruhe in Germany is on the 49th parallel and low and behold.... birthplace of Karl Benz.
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Good grief, Neil - that's Mastermind stuff!
I was thinking along quite different lines, with a musical connection . . .
I was thinking along quite different lines, with a musical connection . . .
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white exec wrote: ↑12 May 2019, 19:40 Good grief, Neil - that's Mastermind stuff!
I was thinking along quite different lines, with a musical connection . . .
This music Chris? Williams have dabbled a bit with automakers like Nissan
https://www.williamsf1.com/advanced-eng ... dies/nismo
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You got it . . .
VW (Vaughan Williams - Prelude for the Powell-Pressberger film, 'The 49th Parallel' !
A favourite piece of music of mine - gloriously moving stuff.
VW (Vaughan Williams - Prelude for the Powell-Pressberger film, 'The 49th Parallel' !
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Crap photo but it was taken today, first Morning Glory for this year, haven't got them planted out yet
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Not Having a what do you know about Derbyshire thread? The Derwent Reservoir played an important role in Operation Chastise so on the anniversary of that event a contemporary report from the Derby Evening Telegraph seems appropriate...
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Derwent Reservoir was where 617 Squadron were practising their bombing runs, prior to using the "Upkeep" bombs.
I should have remembered this without the clue, as the film "The Dam Busters" was shown on Monday on Film 4.
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