Temple Meads Station

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Comings and goings

I dare say if I was a commuter who had to travel to work by train every day, and was confounded by delays and track repairs and broken trains I would not feel quite so enamoured by train travel. However, I’m fortunate and when I’m travelling it is always to do something pleasant, go to a […]

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Elegant Bristol… and its other side

Walking from Temple Meads, that magnificent palace of a railway station built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel I saw this beautiful building. Isn’t it graceful, isn’t it well proportioned? I have no idea what it was in a former life but I guess the large gated entrance on the right was the way horse-drawn vehicles entered, probably into […]

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Urban art

I saw this in Bristol as we were walking away from Temple Meads Station. It just caught my eye and I though for a moment it was a rocking horse, and then because we were near the station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1841 I thought maybe it was to do with either him or the […]

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Gurt Lush

Gurt lush is a Bristolian and west country saying meaning really lush, or really great/lovely/gorgeous etc. Gurt means great in terms of size, and lush presumably comes from luscious. It’s an exclamation of approval,and usually delight. I couldn’t help but chuckle when, outside Bristol Temple Meads Station was a café in a yurt, a large Mongolian […]

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