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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

First things first, have you seen what they’ve done to Horsted Keynes for the diesel gala? Take a look. It’s actually brill.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’m sad to say I got a little lazy, but I’ve been meaning to come back for a while

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s been a while but I’m making a return here.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Fair enough. He didn’t want any awkward questions from his wife about what he’d bought off Love Honey after checking their bank statement, did he?

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Another birthday present that’s fairly close to the bone. 😂

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Honest opinions? How would you feel about a colleague who was on maternity leave being made redundant? (It is legal)

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

It’s my birthday tomorrow. Not one to make a fuss but as I’m early turn Thursday, the beer came tonight instead.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Didn’t mind it to start with and I don’t even mind the odd IPA now (classic style), but the very hoppy contemporary ones all sort of taste the same.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Today that approach has royally bitten them on the arse. If it could break, it did.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The people that liked their beers dark and malty don’t brew anymore?

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Even here in a fairly rural but of the south it’s wall to wall IPAs, NIPAs etc. And so many craft breweries in barns making hop juice.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I left work broken and I’ll return to it broken after 12 away. Not me broken. Work. But also me.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Finding and drinking a pint of mild these days is almost insurgent.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Limping through nights feeling like I’ve got razor blades in my throat is not the one. Perhaps it is time to think about moving on.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I speak of the 1990s like my mother used to about the 1970s. I figure you’re really getting old when you’ve got your own golden era of the past to wax lyrical about. Yes, weren’t Boyzone, Eric Cantona and Windows 95 just awesome.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

⬆️or⬅️ That’s me. In my natural habitat.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Not dropping a selfie. Don’t like selfies.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Neil Sedaka singing Who Wants to be a Millionaire on prime time Saturday night television and Mystic Meg bringing the weird. What a time to be alive.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Mum: I won £10 in June Dad: Anthea Turner is bloody everywhere Me: I hope they pick Guinevere again

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"The National Lottery Live" Special 50th Draw (28-Oct-1995)

YouTube video by VHS Bits

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Been sanding skirting boards all morning. Feel like I might finally be earning my man badge. Later this week I’ll be painting it teal green and applying pink and gold accents and accessories (not my choice - I was just the rubber stamp).

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Burger King car parks are more atmospheric in Switzerland. And this is before we even get going on the cheap beef with a bit of Gruyère on top…

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Station staff whenever a kettle is due through:

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Ah yes but we’d been sat there for nearly 3 hours so the kids has a decent viewpoint and I could’ve done with another layer!

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Remember, remember it’s sodding cold in November. #Lindfield #Sussex #BonfireNight

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Toothache. Dentist. Hooray.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

It’s nice to finally reach this point.

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doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

There always used to be a relationship between the parallel tracks of the symbol and the lowercase x-height; this is nonsense (just like making the whole symbol the same as cap-height, which makes the symbol too small) Suppose it’s Rail Alphabet 2 so could be worse :)

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

That is of course, hypothetical, but maybe a potential future player to take into account. I just can’t imagine it leaving that market alone.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Hypothetically, will Great British Railways not seek a piece of the action when it exists? I think we’re currently viewing GBR as likely to be the sum of its existing parts, but it’ll be big and I can see it using the clout to expand its reach, specifically towards HS1 if given the freedom to do so.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

SNCF should consult British Airways before trying anything. Didn’t work out so well for them when they took Branson on…

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Taking a pic of the brew I just made because I’m just back from a trying early turn and it’s grey and autumnal out.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Getting ready for Wednesday night. It’s a serious business in this part of Sussex.

Bottle of bonfire boy ale, glow sticks Ava a pack of sparklers on my kitchen worktop

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I sometimes forget this place exists. I don’t know why because I can definitely cut loose here a little more.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I want to know what happened to all the chivalrous signalmen these people keep writing about

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The sodding escalator’s stopped AGAIN - Platform staff at Gatwick Airport.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Ok now I want to make a modern parody 😂

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Which would you choose?

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I’ve already heard a few in the messroom, so looking forward to reading a few more 😉

A copy of a book called Tales of the old Railwaymen

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

A story that glorifies the end of British rule in the United States, playing right at the very heart of the British seat of power to rapturous patrons. It’s impressive and I wonder if, quite deliberate.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

You know, it’s an absolute triumph of American cultural influence that the musical Hamilton plays each night in London to thunderous applause from a packed theatre that’s less than a mile from both the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace. You can’t argue with that.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

That’s life on the Iron Road ain’t it

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Thanks. Certainly had better days

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Today was a code black day and for the worst of reasons. 💔😔

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I think a name change will be required upon nationalisation this time unlike with SWR, as it seems unlikely to nationalised operator will carry the Govia name.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Been waiting to hear of the date of GTR’s nationalisation (out of pure self interest for the most part) and now we have it as being the last day of May next year, after the DfT let it slip out quietly last night.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

The following year, the line between Haywards Heath and Brighton would be completed, allowing for the first through train to arrive, from London Bridge, in September 1841.

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

What with today being the railway’s 200th birthday, I wanted to share something of the dawn of rail where I am. This engraving, from November 1840, commemorates the opening of Brighton station by the L&B Rly, and its first train - to Shoreham - in May of that year. #Railway200

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Ash @bmlbod.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

That’s the bloke! Dunno what his issue was, should’ve been pleased that the gates at immigration were being thorough. 🤭

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