A bit premature with the headline as we are still in July.

What might be a difficulty is a report today that suggests that the South West now has the highest 'R' number having been one of the least affected areas (most weeks the least affected area) for both infections and deaths since restrictions began in March.

It was always feared by many in the region that once the restrictions were eased with regard to travel and domestic holidays that the South West would see a spike in infections via the many visitors from other parts of the country. It is one of the 'penalties' that has to be paid if the country is to get back on the road towards normality.
 

Oh dear. The new junction on the M49 was completed last year by Highways England but can't be used because the developers have yet to build a link road from it. The new motorway junction is supposed to ease access and egress with the distribution and warehousing areas within the Avonmouth and Severnside Enterprise Area.
 
I see a spitfire did the rounds today at flying low over south west hospitals with thank you nhs written underneath the plane. There was hundreads of names and sponsers wittten on the plane. It raised thousands for nhs. Well done the pilot and all who made it possable.
 
jThe airlines are making savings on fuel and length of time in air to destination. With not so many aircraft in the sky the air lines are able to fly more direct. Most flights are at least 30 miles shorter and some routes 70 to 80 miles shorter with less time in air. This is happening at all airports.
 

A few weeks ago we were chatting about the paddle steamers of old sailing the Bristol Channel, and the Waverley came into the conversation as she sometimes visits South West England and South Wales for pleasure trips in the Bristol Channel.

She only returned to service recently following a multi-million pound refit but unfortunately collided heavily with a pier yesterday on the Isle of Arran causing injury to a number of the 200-plus passengers, some of whom were flown to hospital by helicopter.

The vessel sustained damage to the bow and will be unable to complete the remainder of this season's sailings.

Let's hope the injured make a speedy recovery and that the Waverley will be back on station next summer. I sailed on her 25 years ago up the Severn estuary at the time the second Severn Crossing was under construction.
 
In Weston tomorrow,i saw a bus with full written on its sign board. never seen this before,but i put it down to covid 19 as busses are running about half full. Would i be right in this thinking.
 
In Weston tomorrow,i saw a bus with full written on its sign board. never seen this before,but i put it down to covid 19 as busses are running about half full. Would i be right in this thinking.
Yes, First West of England seem to be closing off half the number of seats on their buses because of the virus and social distancing. Today I saw a bus on the Bath Road at Brislington operating the double-decker X39 Bath-Bristol shuttle that was showing the word 'Full' on its destination boards. It seemed to have a good number of passengers on board. In normal circumstances all the seats would be used as well as allowing standing passengers. All that has been put into the long grass for the time being, so it doesn't take much to regard the bus as full.

I used buses today for the first time since March as I had an appointment in the centre of Bristol.

I also noticed an A2 to the airport in the city centre using an A1-liveried double-decker. As the A1 service has been suspended until January I suppose it makes sense to use the buses rather than mothball them for months.
 
Do we know what the problem was. All BA would say its a tech issue,well that can be from front to rear end. Glad he landed in LHR ok and no injuries.
Not that I'm aware. The local rag merely carried this after the aircraft had returned to Heathrow and landed safely.

A spokesperson for British Airways has now confirmed the passenger plane safely touched down in London.

They said: "The aircraft landed safely after our highly trained pilots opted to return to Heathrow as a precaution".
 

I hadn't realised that this part of the Temple Meads complex was not owned by Network Rail that owns and manages the rest of the station. It is now following the purchase from the city council.

I remember trains using Brunel's Old Station in the 1950s and 60s until closure in the mid 60s. Trains from the Midlands and North using the 'Midland' route into Bristol via Mangotsfield, Staple Hill and the Fishponds bank (now a cycleway and footpath and part of the Bristol to Bath cycle path) would use what was then platform 13 at Temple Meads. The Jubilee class locomotives were the main motive power. I was not a train spotter but have always been interested in public transport.

Had the government not pulled the plug on electrification into Bristol there was talk that the electric trains to London would have used the eastern end of the Old Station.

Many people think that the two most prominent features of Temple Meads - the Gothic clock tower and the magnificent glass roof - were designed by Brunel. In fact, they didn't appear until after the Great Engineer's death when his original station was being extended. The man responsible for these later features and others was Matthew Digby Wyatt, who had been an associate of Brunel.
 
The dan air 727 on a sunday . On a saturday night there was 3 727 on the ramp at the same time. These 3 were all operateing to Yugoslavia Apart from these 4 regular 727 every week i cant remember if there was any other 727 on a regular run in the week.The 3 on a saturday evening looked good as they were all different airlines.Also a dan air 146 used to visit from Jersey,and the other 1 i remember was a Netherlines from AMS. I think 1 of the saturday 727 aircraft was doing Yugotours work,but cant remember the other 2 who they were doing work for.It used to take my boy to the airport to see these aircraft and used to see Les Wilson many times and he would always make time to have a chat and it was always aviation related,such a nice guy to chat with.
 
The Localyokel i looked back at the posts and this random thread looks like it yor e and mine private posting thread. Never noticed this till now. Trust you and mrs yokel are well.
 
The dan air 727 on a sunday . On a saturday night there was 3 727 on the ramp at the same time. These 3 were all operateing to Yugoslavia Apart from these 4 regular 727 every week i cant remember if there was any other 727 on a regular run in the week.The 3 on a saturday evening looked good as they were all different airlines.Also a dan air 146 used to visit from Jersey,and the other 1 i remember was a Netherlines from AMS. I think 1 of the saturday 727 aircraft was doing Yugotours work,but cant remember the other 2 who they were doing work for.It used to take my boy to the airport to see these aircraft and used to see Les Wilson many times and he would always make time to have a chat and it was always aviation related,such a nice guy to chat with.
The Localyokel i looked back at the posts and this random thread looks like it yor e and mine private posting thread. Never noticed this till now. Trust you and mrs yokel are well.
Very well thank you, and you I trust.

A lot of the stories in this thread go back a long way and we two are probably the only ones old enough to remember them. :)

Until the Balkans conflicts of the 1990s led to the breakup of Yugoslavia the country was a very popular and inexpensive summer sun destination from the UK, something that has been regaining popularity in recent years.

The three airlines primarily used were all Yugoslavia-based: Jugoslav Air Transport (JAT), Aviogenex and Inex-Adria Airways (later Adria Airways but sadly no longer in existence). The first two were Serbia-based and the latter Slovenia-based.

I've tried to ascertain which of them used the B727 and can confirm that JAT and Aviogenex did but I'm not sure about Inex-Adria.

Incidentally, I know that you will be aware of much of the foregoing but others who might read this might not be.
 
Yes im ok here,the main thing is lonelyness as dont see or talk to anyone for days. Now inex adria ran md82 aircraft in their later years and they had buisness with Paramount. Paramount used to hire aircraft from Inex Adria at various times when they were short of aircraft,likewise Inex Adria used to hire aircraft from Paramount.as well. Later years Paramount bought a md83 from Inex Adria.These stories bring back many memories if only it could remember all the details.
 
Very well thank you, and you I trust.

A lot of the stories in this thread go back a long way and we two are probably the only ones old enough to remember them. :)

Until the Balkans conflicts of the 1990s led to the breakup of Yugoslavia the country was a very popular and inexpensive summer sun destination from the UK, something that has been regaining popularity in recent years.

The three airlines primarily used were all Yugoslavia-based: Jugoslav Air Transport (JAT), Aviogenex and Inex-Adria Airways (later Adria Airways but sadly no longer in existence). The first two were Serbia-based and the latter Slovenia-based.

I've tried to ascertain which of them used the B727 and can confirm that JAT and Aviogenex did but I'm not sure about Inex-Adria.

Incidentally, I know that you will be aware of much of the foregoing but others who might read this might not be.
Well, at 63, I think I'm more than qualified to reminisce with you two.
I can remember the Dan Air 727s but not the Yugoslavia ones.Talking of Dan Air, my Dad who was also an aircraft enthusiast, and I recall him taking my Mum and I up to the back of the Airport one night in the hope of seeing some aircraft activity. Being also a bit of a radio wizard he had a radio that could pick up the conversations between Air traffic control and the aircraft.(quite rare in those days). On that particular night the cloud base was low and we saw and heard a Dan air Comet 4c being talked down by air traffic control. I can still recall the clear, consice, calm voice of the man in the tower constantly updating the pilots on their position relative to the glideslope, interspacing that with wind speed and direction. Some distance out you could see the glow of the landing lights of the aircraft gradually getting brighter,but not until quite late did the aircraft break cover from the clouds to make a perfect landing.In those days with aircraft automation systems being so basic I should imagine that the relationship between A.T.C and the Pilots was a lot closer than now when Aircraft technology and I.L.S systems make A.T. C more of an observer.
 
If my memory serves me correctly, Inex Adria flew a weekly Monday evening flight on behalf of Thomson to Pula and Ljubljana with yugotours if I recall . Aviogenex flew to Dubrovnik and jat to pula. I thought the aviogenex flew Dubrovnik on Sunday’s with the 727 and a 737 on Wednesdays towards the end of Yugoslavia’s time of existence
 

The new name for Bristol's biggest concert hall is to be the Bristol Beacon. Without going back over the controversies brought about by the Colston name I'm not sure that I like Bristol Beacon as a name for a concert hall. To me it sounds as if it should be put alongside the Bristol Onion, the Bristol Rockcress and Bristol Whitebeam, species of plant only found along the Avon Gorge.

I suspect that many people will continue to think and speak of this concert hall as the Colston Hall for years to come, much in the way that a lot of local people still refer to the city council headquarters at College Green as the Council House, despite the change of name to the American-sounding City Hall brought about by the previous elected mayor several years ago.

There is a Beacon Hall at Peasedown St John, a village outside Bath. It would be amusing, although perhaps not to the villagers, if scores of people relying on an incorrectly programmed sat-nav turned up there one evening expecting to enjoy a major concert.

Can we expect the likes of Colston Street and Colston Avenue to be renamed Bristol Beacon Street and Bristol Beacon Avenue?
 
Without going too deep into a BLM debate I honestly think the name should've stayed the same. Whether we like it or not, our history cannot be changed and just as Emily Pankhurst took her place in Parliament Square in London, someone from the ethnic minorities will earn their place as they make their mark on British history. Pulling down statues and trying to hide what has already happened is not the answer.

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