British Bespoke Auctions on Put Your Money Where your Mouth Is | Part 2
Paul Hayes and Jonty Hearnden face the ultimate challenge - the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Showdown! The duelling dealers battle it out in four different buying locations, searching for hidden treasure to sell for maximum profit. But there is a twist: at least half of their purchases must go under the hammer at the Showdown auction, where they will be at the mercy of the bidders.
British Bespoke Auctions holds Auction Sales every month.
Based in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, and close to Cheltenham, Bishops Cleeve, Tewkesbury, Evesham, Broadway, Stow on the Wold and surrounding areas.
British Bespoke Auctions on Put Your Money Where your Mouth Is | Part 1
Experts James Lewis and James Braxton face the finale to end all finales - the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is showdown!
They battle it out at four different buying locations searching for hidden treasure to sell for maximum profit. But there's a twist: At least half of their purchases must go under the hammer at the showdown auction, where they will be at the mercy of the bidders.
British Bespoke Auctions holds Auction Sales every month.
Based in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, and close to Cheltenham, Bishops Cleeve, Tewkesbury, Evesham, Broadway, Stow on the Wold and surrounding areas.
Royal Train, with HM the Queen, arrives at Cardiff. June 7th 2016
With special permission from platform security, we were allowed to record the arrival, at 7.20sec, of the Royal Train (67005/006 ) and the Royal Party being greeted on the platform.....plus some freight!
In part one of an excellent but very hot day we see various class 66s, of special note is 66162 going on the line north via Queen Street and 70806 with 2 log wagons passing through towards Newport. Due to being limited with our position on the Royal Platform I was just able to record the ecs move to Canton..part 2 soon...
The Queen and Their Royal Highnesses arrive into Dorchester on the royal train
We were delighted to play our part in welcoming Her Majesty by royal train to Dorchester for the unveiling of a statue of The Queen Mother.
We’d like to thank everyone who visited the town's stations for their cooperation as our officers carried out searches and prepared for the arrival and departure of the royal party.
Events like these take lots of planning so it was great to see everything go without a hitch.
Chief Inspector Sarah White explains what we do around royal train movements.
Fireside stories from Wales' oldest pub, the Skirrid Inn, Brecon Beacons.
Learn some beguiling fireside stories at Wales' oldest pub, an easy reach from our Brecon Beacons holiday cottages and a must place to visit in Mid Wales. qualitycottages.co.uk/brecon-beacons/brecon-beacons-cottages.
Skirrid Mountain Inn is reputed to be the oldest public house in Wales, with a history that can be traced back as far as the Norman Conquest.Once a court house, it is now an utterly charming pub with a landlord happy to share its great tales. A place full of cosy, happy times with a dark side that involves the landlord placing a pint of ale outside each night to appease the devil and a noose that plays homage to its history as a courthouse!
Our roving reporter Polly met with the charming landlord, Geoff on a perfect winters night to hear his tales from this ancient pub. It is the kind of pub we all want to stumble across whilst on holiday in Wales and one we hope guests staying in our Brecon Beacons holiday cottages will visit.
The Skirrid Mountain Inn stands in the shadow of the Skirrid Mountain, sometimes called the Holy Mountain, which, according to legend , broke in two at the time of the crucifixion of Christ during a violent storm. In the forecourt of the Inn Owen Glendower rallied his troops before marching on to Pontrilas. Halfway up the magnificent square spiral staircase stands the cell, now used as a store room, where many a prisoner spent his last night before being sentenced to death by Bloody Judge Jefferies. The last person to be executed here was hanged on the instructions of Oliver Cromwell; the crime - sheep stealing.
The skirrid Inn is the oldest public house within the borders of Wales and among the foremost claimants to the title of the oldest pub in Great Britain. Many of the contenders listed in the Guinness Book of Records are not original structures, being newer buildings on old foundations or have been extended or restored over the centuries. The Skirrid Inn however has stood for nine centuries.The main rivals for the title of the oldest inn in Great Britain are Nottingham's Trip to Jerusalem ( 1070), the Fighting Cocks at St. Albans (11th century structure on an 8th century site), the Godbegot at Winchester (1002). The Bingley Arms, Bardsay near Leeds is recorded as the Priests Inn (AD 905), while Ye Old Ferry Boat Inn at Holywell Cambridgeshire claims an origin as early as AD 560.
In 1110 is first recorded the existence of the inn known for centuries as The Skirrid.
The Devil rode abroad in these early days of ignorance and as the night wins howled in the black night, inside the walls of the Inn, the Innkeeper solemnly poured out a pot of Devils Brew for His Satanic majesty - and placed it upon the shelf above the fireplace hence to sip with the DevilThe Innkeeper may have also left a jug of pwcca on the Skirrid doorstep when the last of his customers disappeared into the night, to appease the evil or mischievous spirits of the darkness.
Shakespeare is thought to have got his idea for Puck of Mid Summer Nights Dream from y pwcca.
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34052 Lord Dowding storms up Llanvihangel Bank with The Welsh Marches Express - 12/05/2018
Saturday 12th May saw 34046 ‘Braunton’ in disguise as 34052 ‘Lord Dowding' at the helm of of two trips along the Welsh Marches Line from Crewe to Cardiff which is run by Saphos Trains called 'The Welsh Marches Express'. The times were very risky to film in two places on the outward leg so just went straight to Llanvihangel Crucorney. Situated on a 1 in 100 climb from Pontrilas to the summit at the site of the old Llanvihangel Station, I decided to head to the top of a hill near the back of a church which has a great vantage point view of the line.
The engine was running just under 10 minutes late but that didn't hinder her performance as she can be seen making light work of Llanvihangel Bank and even the driver must have been pleased with her efforts with some cheerful toots on the whistle to the onlookers.
My next shot was supposed to be the return climb at Llantilio Pertholey, however it wasn't my first choice but the engine was returning around teatime and finding locations on the brightside was incredibly difficult. In the end I chose Llantilio Pertholey, however despite the engine making a decent noise, the Green 47 decided to ruin it all by giving the locomotive full assistance up the bank. JUST TYPICAL!
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Colas 66850 passes over St Mary Bourne Viaduct 30/06/2012
66850 working 6Z66 Wimbledon Park EMUD - Llanwern via Andover passes
St Mary Bourne Viaduct (south of Andover) 30/06/2012.
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The barriers went down during the week to Wimbledon to do a class 460 unit drag to Doncaster but the barriers and the unit were not connecting properly so they decided to send the barriers back and in the mean time sort the problem out and do it again some other time. But I got a nice video here for all there trouble. :)