Nina's Blog - Monday 15th September 2025

Monday 15th September 2025, 08:26

Wondering if my trip to Looe might be a mistake. The forecast is for 14 m/s wind. That's described on yr.no as

Stiv kuling fra vest

Which Google translates as

Stiff gale from the west

Which sounds alarming.

But if I switch yr.no to English yr.no describes as

Moderate gale from west

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Monday 15th September 2025, 20:56

One problem with rail travel is that it is often difficult to see the railway's architecture from the train. For instance there is a viaduct at Calstock but apart from a glimpse of the parapet it's invisible from the train.

Here's a view from the train as it was crossing the Tamar on the Calstock viaduct at 19:08 today.

Perhaps I'll take a walk to Calstock tomorrow and get some pictures of the viaduct. So long as it's not raining. According to open Street Map it's about an hour's walk each way.

Craig82 · 41-45, M

@ninalanyon I never really thought about what we miss when riding on trains. Unless there is a large bend we miss so much of what is In front of us. We knew when we were getting to the next major city's station, because of a large curve in the tracks on approach.
While on a different bus service in another town earlier this year, I noticed screens that showed what was in front of the bus. Maybe one day, this will be on all public transport.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@Craig82 Unless the train flies a drone it will still be hard to see thins like viaducts :-)