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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Clip of HDL 1066 Return after the rain had cleared when I got to TBW youtube.com/watch?v=vyGgFQ 58J7U Check out our youtube channel and also the website for details of future trips out! hastingsdiesels.co.uk

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@mrtimdunn.bsky.social Good to see you at the Bluebell Diesel Gala today.

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Hastings Diesels Ltd @hastingsdiesels.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Next Tuesday, we are again conveying passengers on our 4-car DEMU when it returns to Hastings from its long Bluebell Railway visit. Buy tickets on the train. First come, first served. £40 flat fare. Lunchtime departure from East Grinstead. Details here: www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/railtours/#n...

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We're now in my favourite season.. apart from Spring, of course. The wind and rain have loosened the first (Kentish) cobnuts from the trees at the bottom of the garden. They are deeelicious!

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Courtesy of The Bluebell Railway Newsletter

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Interesting leaf pattern on the wall.. my own indirect view of the eclipse

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Getting ready for our @hastingsdiesels.co.uk private charter for Colin Price. He is retiring from @serailway.bsky.social after many years of work and also supporting Hastings Diesels. Thank you Colin!

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Getting warm out there already.. picked some blueberries before the sun comes too far round ... time for coffee, methinks 😀

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Our @hastingsdiesels.co.uk English Riviera trip was a success! See some fantastic footage here.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KjU...

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Rare Hastings DEMU at Dawlish Sea Wall

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

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End the sewage pollution scandal

Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action!

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Thanks to my sponsors, @hastingsdiesels.co.uk and GBRf, I passed the Personal Track Safety course and exam. I am now authorised to be "on the line" assisting Train Managers, Drivers and Guards on our charter train. hastingsdiesels.co.uk

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Hastings Diesels Limited – Home

Hastings Diesels Limited’s objective is the preservation and restoration to main-line running of ex-Southern Region DEMU rolling stock…

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Today, I passed my Rail Medical in preparation for my Personal Track Safety course and exam later this week 👍

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

What a day! Our @hastingsdiesels.co.uk train was part of a VIP trip today to the Rother Valley Railway ready for their open day tomorrow. Why not come along? www.rvr.org.uk/2026/03/23/r...

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Watched "Mr Nobody vs Putin". Absolutely brilliant. Recommend you watch it

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Starts tomorrow. See you there.

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This is a must-watch set of videos www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Losing Track - YouTube

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Just watched this.. Oh, it makes me feel good that we “tried” but sad that we have missed so many opportunities to get this all going when on the continent they have already done so much more.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEFZ...

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The Eurostar That Never Went to Europe - The GNER Class 373 “White Rose” Story #eurostar #gner #fyp

YouTube video by Trains Trains Trains

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The Apprentice.. Watched the first few entrants.. "I was 25 when I made my first million.. I had a Tesla and now I have a Porsche.." TV is off. Bored already.

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

To **All** utilities:- Standing charges, line rental etc should cover ***ALL*** infrastructure improvements. We should NOT repeat NOT pay for all of the improvements to solve years of neglect and dire lack of planning.

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Not had a Terrys Choc Orange in quite some time. Open, Tap.. segments.. great.. ah, but checking the segments they are scallopped! I remember when the segments would last ages in the mouth.. no more! Shrinkflation..

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Sad to see this film. To think that if trams and trolleybuses had been kept going, we could have had a truly modern transportation system in London www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI0H...

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Vintage railway film - The elephant will never forget - 1953

YouTube video by Bennett Brook Railway

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

It's great to be semi retired. A day ahead with nowt to do but I can do what I like and do it at my own pace. There are of course, many chores to fill the day! 🤣

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

What a dreary old day out there. Wanted to do some more work outside so I'll just have to knuckle on down with internal work. Woodstove just had a bit of maintenance. Such fun!

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I think this just about sums it all up with the UK Political landscape 🤣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=toZo...

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Psychobitches - Margaret Thatcher (played by Michelle Gomez)

YouTube video by Mother of Sorrows

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Back from a lovely trip to Lyon. Very impressed with their transport (TCL) system. I registered my debit card on the website to track my trips. €2.10 fare and worked out at £1.85 for a one hour trip that covers any Bus, Tram, Metro in the Zone 1-2 area.

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Spent a lovely day with That @garyjamesactor.bsky.social ... Toasted cheese and onion sarny, home baked coffee and walnut cake at the old Bexhill Station Cafe and then a mooch around Tenterden taking in the KESR

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

This is going to keep me busy today..

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Sun is now getting so low that this may be one of the last days I can do a full battery charge...

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Outside the old Camden Rd Post Office, Tun Wells... Well now.. nowadays you cannot even buy stamps for 50p, let alone a book! ..

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It was a great time at The Bluebell Railway. Our @hastingsdiesels.co.uk unit did us proud! Here is an extract of the Bluebell Newsletter. Pleas subscribe and support them bluebell-railway.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... Why not also visit our HDL website too! www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Today, our lovely @hastingsdiesels.co.uk unit returned from the Bluebell Railway to Hastings. Here is a short composition from the trip. I left the train at Tonbridge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yIUAFW8m8Y

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Hastings Diesels 1066 Return from The Bluebell Railway 9 Sept 2025

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

@hastingsdiesels.co.uk .. I was at the @bluebell railway today helping out with our unit. We even became a fire train as we assisted putting out a smouldering fire on the Imberhorn Viaduct .. We think some ash from the steam services got into a wooden sleeper.

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

@hastingsdiesels.co.uk Not sure if this is included in one of our DVDs on the sales stand but it is worth a watch and includes some of our staff past and present. Enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bxA...

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THE GREEN GODDESS ON TOUR DMU 1001 TOURS KENT ORIGINAL ONLINE VIDEO UPGRADED

YouTube video by Online Transport Archive

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Was out to lunch with That @garyjamesactor.bsky.social in The Chelsea Ivy Asia. Delicious food and company

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A little bit of California (poppy) in Tun Wells today..

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Had a great day out in That London with That @garyjamesactor.bsky.social

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

This is sickening. Being a volunteer for @hastingsdiesels.co.uk I know how much work is involved. Mindless people with nothing better to do. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Vandals damage 1980s train in 'mindless attack'

A manager at the heritage railway in Kent says it was a

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Garden today.. blueberry and cherry in flower - yum fruit later on this year! and a gorgeously scented Vibernum

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Just been checking the details of the 1 April Energy Price Cap .. Ofgem's information is interesting. Whereas prices are going up, Standing Charges may drop! Be careful when deciding to lock yourself in with a "deal"!! www.ofgem.gov.uk/information-...

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Get energy price cap standing charges and unit rates by region

Electricity and gas standing charges and unit rates by payment type for regions within England, Scotland and Wales.

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Paul Taylor @pavtal.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

That's it. Work done. Sad day yesterday saying goodbye to colleagues.

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