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As you may glean from my "name" I am a spotter and also a loadie. The name by the way, isnt an ego trip!! it was a joke between friends that stuck.
Best thing for me?? I get paid to go spotting
33 years I have been doing this now and whenever anybody asks me why, I honestly cannot find the answer
I absolutely LOVE my hobby and cannot get enough of it, my wife and daughter think I am stupid......
I remember once hearing a pchycologist stating that collecting anything was mans basic instinct as a hunter-gatherer, so that explains it for me and I dont wish to delve any deeper
I have had the pleasure of visiting 62 countries and counting pursuing said hobby
One aspect of having quite a broad knowledgebase of aircraft/aviation is catching the odd crew member out!! One German captain was regaling me about flying the Yak 40 in the 70's in Germany, I checked my database, good job he wasnt lying
Best thing for me?? I get paid to go spotting
33 years I have been doing this now and whenever anybody asks me why, I honestly cannot find the answer
I absolutely LOVE my hobby and cannot get enough of it, my wife and daughter think I am stupid......
I remember once hearing a pchycologist stating that collecting anything was mans basic instinct as a hunter-gatherer, so that explains it for me and I dont wish to delve any deeper
I have had the pleasure of visiting 62 countries and counting pursuing said hobby
One aspect of having quite a broad knowledgebase of aircraft/aviation is catching the odd crew member out!! One German captain was regaling me about flying the Yak 40 in the 70's in Germany, I checked my database, good job he wasnt lying
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Near Stalyvegas
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I saw Roy Castle on saturday.....
It was a Deisel? Locomotive, with another one attatched...with two LMS maroon coaches.
Seen at Rhyl, whilst enjoying the delights of the miniature railway
It was a Deisel? Locomotive, with another one attatched...with two LMS maroon coaches.
Seen at Rhyl, whilst enjoying the delights of the miniature railway
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Farnborough hants UK (eglf)
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trains v planes
hi
Trains and planes for me and the trains have to be Steam Hauled . The sight
of Battle of britain 4-6-2 Tangmere on the Victoria to Swanage 1st run since link to main line opened was a sight Many thought was gone for ever.
See for your self at
BBC NEWS | England | Dorset | Passenger steam train runs again
Tony
Trains and planes for me and the trains have to be Steam Hauled . The sight
of Battle of britain 4-6-2 Tangmere on the Victoria to Swanage 1st run since link to main line opened was a sight Many thought was gone for ever.
See for your self at
BBC NEWS | England | Dorset | Passenger steam train runs again
Tony
