The team took the day out of the office today. Originally, we were going to Poole to chat with colleagues and look at some of their doings in a seaside Borough. Logistics and Holidays lead to a short-notice cancellation, so we elected to visit Barnstaple on the train,

one, because it is easy (90 minutes on the train), and two, to look at the
new downstream bridge 
with it's cycle-way and footway and the other traffic features that have been introduced to the town with the subsequent traffic reduction.
There were warning signs,

but looking down, there was only mud and water. Anyone jumping off here would just get, well, muddy.

Inevitably, a quick walk over the bridge

was followed by a search for lunch, and then a bit of shopping before returning to the station. Job done.
I have a spare blog that rants on about how I hate my job, but this was OK;-)
4 comments:
Are there any jobs what get paid loads of money for going to Haslemere for free?
I bet I could write a lovely report about Inval Hill for a million quids.
Haslemere? No-one goes there for free and comes back - grim place!
However, as someone on the operator side of Public Transport I'm intrigued by the suggestion of such dire waste, when all the local authorities I know are complaining bitterly of funding shortfalls and making substantial cutbacks...
What kind of a job is that? A 90 minute train journey to look at a bridge!!! Cool.
Poole Council is over-ratted... Bournemouth is better
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