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Pics and reflections, usually centred on Suffolk and Norfolk. All pics by me unless stated otherwise.
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Farewell, @gwr.com Castle class HSTs - it's been fun. Have a good send off today, 49 years after High Speed Trains were launched in the west of England.
A HST train crosses Hayle viaduct, with boats on the riverbank, below. The sleek cab fronts of two HSTs, side by side at Penzance. A HST approaches Penzance, with St Michael's Mount visible in the background, across the bay. A HST approaches St Austell, framed by a footbridge and with the signal box to the right.
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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The two faces of Christmas, in Halesworth.
A collage of classy, understated Christmas decorations along Halesworth's market place and Thoroughfare. An inflatable, illuminated Grinch character in a garden.
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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"This train terminates at Halesworth." 755402 approaches the temporary end of @eastsuffolklines.co.uk with the 9.05am from Lowestoft. Due to engineering, rail replacement buses are operating from Halesworth to Ipswich.
A grey 755 train approaches a sharp curve round to the right, its headlights shining, with trees either side of the railway line.
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Here's an explanation from the @225group.org.uk, Jed.
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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A sunny winter's day on @eastsuffolklines.co.uk near Halesworth Millennium Green.
Halesworth Millennium Green: 755 332 passes over a bridge and a culvert, under a blue sky, on the 12.06pm Lowestoft to Ipswich. Wenhaston crossing: 755 412 approaches a curved stretch of track, its headlights shining, on the 11.16am Ipswich to Lowestoft.
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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You can tell it's been an interesting year, when the Christmas selection box looks like this.
A wooden box containing several packets of painkillers, with a festive decoration in front.
December 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Also at Acle: 37405 & 716 on the 6.36am from Norwich, June 1 2019.
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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The cold moon - the last supermoon of the year - is here.
A full moon, with a cloud passing across its lower section.
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The Christmas jumper season has started in Halesworth.
A dog in a Christmas jumper, right, being taken for a walk down a street by its owner, left.
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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You're very come, @eastsuffolklines.co.uk - have some more, from 2021...
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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A magical, misty sunrise in Suffolk today, near Halesworth.
The rising sun casts a golden glow through the trees and mist.
December 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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A misty morning start to the day in Suffolk, near Halesworth.
A wide view of a misty skyline of trees. A close up view of trees rising above misty fields. A line of trees in the foreground, with mist behind leading to trees and a water tower on the horizon to the right.
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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A gusty morning in Southwold.
The Southwold pier entrance sign frames the waves and sky, with the pier to the left. Waves lap the shingle beach, with the sun streaked sky above and the pier to the left.
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Great shot - here's one from a few years ago, which highlights your point.
A class 66 loco climbs the steep bank out of Manchester Victoria, watched by a woman on the platform to the right.
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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A Cornish conundrum in Hayle - which way would you go, for #fingerpostfriday?
A black finger post sign, pointing to four destinations, including Philps famous pasties. A Philps pasty in a bag, with the backdrop of Hayle harbour.
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Thank you. I saw this and I thought of you...
A Cornish pasty in a paper bag that is labelled Philps, with the backdrop of a palm tree and Hayle Quay.
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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The cream of Cornwall - the Castle class HSTs retire next month, 49 years after High Speed Trains started work in the west. Three sets were operating yesterday. @gerbil1978.bsky.social @jedkendray.bsky.social @rangercaps66.bsky.social @thattallbloke.bsky.social @suffolkraider.bsky.social
A HST arrives at Plymouth. A HST arrives at Penzance. A HST crosses Hayle viaduct, with boats below. A HST makes a smoky departure from Hayle station, passing a HST stop sign.
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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If you're feeling pasty-faced, medical help is at hand.
A defibrillator on the wall of Philps Pasties in Hayle, Cornwall, with a pasty held up in front of it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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It's verse than you think - only in Halesworth would someone compose a poem to lament the closure of the Coopers hardware store.
A poem about the random things you could buy in Coopers. An exterior shop of the closed Coopers hardware shop in Halesworth.
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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A fiery Suffolk sunrise near Halesworth today.
The rising sun casts fiery colours into the clouds, above the treeline. The rising sun casts fiery colours into the clouds, above the treeline.
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Autumnal scenes on @eastsuffolklines.co.uk around Halesworth Millennium Green and the restored (and disused) short stretch of the old narrow gauge Southwold Railway, which runs parallel to the main railway, just south of Halesworth station. See halesworthtosouthwoldrailway.co.uk for more details.
A grey Greater Anglia train, 755419, passes an oak tree as it enters Halesworth Millennium Green on the 11.16am Ipswich to Lowestoft service. In the foreground is a restored short stretch of the Southwold Railway, passing over a bridge. In the background, framed by trees, a grey Greater Anglia train, 755336, passes over a bridge on the 12.06pm Lowestoft to Ipswich. No trespassing is involved, as this is a public path in Halesworth Millennium Green. The stretch of relayed narrow gauge line, on the old track bed of the former Southwold Railway, covered with leaves. No trespassing is involved, as this is a public path in Halesworth Millennium Green. The stretch of narrow gauge line, on the old track bed of the former Southwold Railway, covered with leaves. No trespassing is involved, as this is a public path in Halesworth Millennium Green.
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Post-Halloween horrors at the antiques shop.
A creepy doll's head in a glass cover. A sign that says please use back entrance for service, pointing to the back of a wooden elephant. A monkey looks like it is about to smash the brains of a bear. A blocky wooden rocking horse with big square teeth
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Meet the ultimate hedge trimmer. Lineside maintenance is taking place at Bramfield, during the @eastsuffolklines.co.uk nine day closure of the southern section, between Halesworth and Ipswich.
A yellow digger with a tree cutting attachment and wheels that allow it to travel along railway tracks.
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Nothing escapes the attention of Wenhaston neighbourhood watch.
A black cow peers over a hedge at passers by, with a farm in the background.
October 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Applications open to caterpillars...
An online advert from the charity Bug Life, for the role of director of transformation.
October 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM