jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Always nice to see a #chough On the Lizard @nationaltrust.org.uk @cornishchoughs.bsky.social 071
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A Sparrowhawk invited one of the local doves to dinner in our garden yesterday evening. Don't think the dove enjoyed the experience @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 282
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This evening I was even more privileged to see a Snow Bunting feeding its young on Svalbard @harbourbirds.bsky.social 020
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 22/07/2026In January '25 I was privileged to see this very confiding Snow Bunting in Hamworthy Park @harbourbirds.bsky.social 100
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 12/07/2026First train of our Norwegian adventure (airport express was a bus replacement because of a power failure!) 110
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 08/07/2026We have a Common Toad in our tiny pond in our garden in Poole @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 040
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 26/05/2026www.bcrt.org.uk/news/2026/ma... Thank you all for your support @bcrt-uk.bsky.socialbcrt.org.ukFrom one inspirational vision to international research progress: How Liz Clarke-Saul’s legacy continues to drive adamantinoma research 011
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Great to spot a lone puffin at Dancing Ledge on Saturday. So rare to see on the Dorset coast now @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 1365
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 22/05/2026So many classes that shape. Remember the BB22000 that was used in the tunnel before the class 92s were available. Had been fitted with enormous Xenon fire suppression tanks so it was really hard to walk between cabs. 020
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 09/05/2026By popular request our famous Teddy Tombola is back today at BBQ on the Green in Sturminster Marshall. In aid of the Liz Clarke-Saul fund for #adamantinoma Research with @bcrt-uk.bsky.social #cancersucks #untiltheresacure 021
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Must have been your doppelganger!🤦🏻♂️ 010
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 06/05/2026An auspicious day to be travelling😊 to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 120
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Going over the crossovers is always a bit special. Good job the designers had the foresight to build it that way instead of blocking an entire running tunnel. 110
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Get that fake bird call going before your neighbours move back in 😉 110
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 02/05/2026What about the Belfast to Dublin route? I don't know, but just wondering as the Republic use km and Ulster use miles? 000
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Travelling to rotterdam next week. Be interesting to travel straight through Belgium! 120
Reposted by @jeremysaul2.bsky.socialBone Cancer Research Trust @bcrt-uk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026New funding has been awarded to Dr Mónica Pascual-García from Universitat de Barcelona aiming to develop effective treatments that help re-educate immune cells to fight osteosarcoma cells and stop them from spreading. Read more: ow.ly/667R50XW4mb 031
Reposted by @jeremysaul2.bsky.socialBone Cancer Research Trust @bcrt-uk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Today is #WorldCancerDay, a day where we come together to raise awareness worldwide of the impact cancer has. Each year, thousands of people are diagnosed with primary bone cancer around the world, and their voices deserve to be heard 🧡 Please share this post to raise more awareness. 011
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Had to lug a 72Vdc to 230Vac invertor with us into the cab, which had a metal floor. After a while we noticed sparks between the invertor and the floor. Turns out the 72V train battery is floating and not connected to the train earth! Lucky we got back in one piece!😬 110
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Same here! Trip to Lyon and back to paris was in the back cab of one of those when we were testing the radio for the TMST. Surprising how up and down that line is🏔 110
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Just one Snipe at Hatch Pond this afternoon in fading light. But there was a nice Little Egret preening and a Common Buzzard perched outside the #Honeywell offices! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 0142
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Visit to Bramble Bush Bay today yielded terrific views of a Great Northern Diver (plus crab!) @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 0202
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Took us by surprise. Popped up from the Metro into this huge crowd. Road was closed all the way down from the Arc de Triomphe 110
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 13/12/2025We were on the Champs Elysee when they turned the lights on in November. Magical 210
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Did this trip in April this year on our way to Sorrento, although we had to overnight in milan before taking the frecciarossa to naples. 010
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 10/12/2025You can do london to milan in a day already. 9:30am eurostar to paris then hop across to gare de Lyon and take 14:48 TGV direct to milan. Arrives 21:50 CET. Great views of the Alps and the unusual sight of customs officers with dogs going through the train as we crossed into Italy. 240
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Fox up a tree. "I don't think they can see me" @chrisgpackham.bsky.social #Foxoftheday 020
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Our local fox has forsaken its earth and has taken to roosting in the trees at the bottom of our garden! @chrisgpackham.bsky.social #FoxOfTheDay 000
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 14/11/2025I remember once after a radio test run on a TMST, as it was still called then, before going into service that we stopped at Sandling so we could get off. The passengers waiting for their slam-door train were very confused! 020
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Part of our routine at the start of a trip to #Paris on #eurostar 000
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 23/10/2025We were asked by a film crew to take a lower path near Dartford Rifle Range so we would not be in their shot 🤣. The sound of gunfire was disconcerting! @riverthamessoc.bsky.social 000
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Lack of a bridge when we needed to negotiate the Darent river where it meets the Thames meant we had to walk 5 miles just to end up 50 yards further down stream! The Crayford Marshes are very bleak as you would expect, but views of a Marsh Harrier were some consolation. @thamespathnt.bsky.social 110
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Set off from Slade Green to walk back to our base near the Dartford Crossing on our #sourcetosea walk along the Thames. Storm Benjamin was forecast to give high winds and heavy rain but in the end it was fairly dry and just quite blustery - had much worse on the @southwestcoastpath.bsky.social 100
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 22/10/2025We were delighted to spot a couple of seals. They didn't seem to mind the murky water 000
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Today was from Woolwich to Slade Green near Erith which we chose purely to balance the distances with the next two days. Lovely autumn weather for walking. Met a nice chap who had just bought a carbon bike in Maidstone and was riding it back home to the South Bank. @riverthamessoc.bsky.social 100
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Back again for the final part of our walk from #sourcetosea Definitely getting to the gritty end of the river. Lots of semi-derelict industry and certainly no gentrification once we left Woolwich Arsenal behind. @thamespathnt.bsky.social 120
Reposted by @jeremysaul2.bsky.socialBone Cancer Research Trust @bcrt-uk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Lewis was diagnosed with adamantinoma in his shinbone at just 8 years old. For #BoneCancerAwarenessWeek, he shares his powerful story to raise life-changing awareness of the signs & symptoms 🎗️ Visit: ow.ly/4wEJ50X5J4N @letsbewheel.bsky.social #CouldItBeBoneCancer #Awareness #UntilTheresACure 033
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 13/09/2025When it first entered service the passport checks for the destination country were down once the train was en route. In case of problem passengers each train included two "lock-ups" complete with shackles to stop you escaping! 011
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 13/09/2025The driver's cab interior was designed in Manchester which is where I visited it in 1991. At that time it had the traditional French "steering wheel" type of power/brake controller which was later changed to the arrangement seen here being driven by me on the training simulator at Waterloo! 000
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 13/09/2025It was rumoured that because of the problems in Ireland at the time that the coaches had secret hatches in the bottom so that the SAS could storm the train in the event of a hijack! 000
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 13/09/2025A Eurostar parked up somewhere in France before the tunnel had opened - notice it is plugged in by a mains cable at the front! This might have been pre-series 2, the first full rake. Other photo is the original Business Class seating. 040
jeremysaul2.bsky.social @jeremysaul2.bsky.social · 13/09/2025The Cab Radio for the TMST/Eurostar also had to automatically switch between the 4 different ground systems on the route, although the ET system was largely the same as in the UK. All used VHF radio in the same frequency band but were very different at a technical level. 000
