BUS STOP

Major news this time is that East Midlands Railway conductors are staging 3 1-day strikes on Suns. 16th, 23rd and 30th May., in a dispute over pay and conditions. At the moment there is a serious problem with cracks being found on new Hitachi class 800 trains, which will not be easy, cheap or quick to fix. Fortunately these do not run through Long Eaton. East Midlands Gateway has been a big success, with several freight trains daily (except Sundays). It can take 16 775m. trains per diurnal cycle and is handling about 10,000 containers a month. There is storage capacity for 4,000 20ft. length equivalent container units. Roadworks on Derby Road, Nottingham affect the Trentbarton indigo and i4 from Mon.10th-Thu.13th May. The road will be closed at Sawley Junction on 15th, 22nd and 23rd May. This will affect the 15, Skylink and CT4N 29. The closure of Kirkhill in Shepshed may divert the Skylink Coalville. Notts & Derby have some new 2nd hand double deckers to serve their vastly reduced network. Nottingham City Transport have helped in the raising of £138,000 for Emmanuel House homeless charity. 

 

We are back in the world of day trips now, thanks to the rollout of vaccinations. I have had both mine now. My 1st outing was to the Great Central Railway, on Saturday 17th April (the day of Prince Philip's funeral), the 1st operating day for the GCR, booked in March. It only cost £11, which, with the Anytime Day Return, with Senior Railcard, from Long Eaton to Loughborough, made it quite a cheap excursion. The rest of the time, I was using my bus pass, so no costs there. The 0841 London train was on-time, with very few passengers. I was soon on the NCT South Notts no. 1, at Loughborough Midland, and this terminated at Baxter Gate, where I had about 10 yards to walk, to get the Centrebus no. 154 to Quorn station, the only boarding point for the steam trains. Class 08 no. D4137 shunted 6990 'Witherslack Hall' into Quorn Yard at 10 to 10, for people to look at. I got the 10 o'clock, formed of ;9F' 92214 'Leicester City', the LMS Inspection Coach and 5 British Railways mark 1 carriages. There was a signal check on the way up to Leicester North, and another one on the way back. I ate my pork pie before the return journey, washed down with water. We were late back at Quorn, but I did not see the 154 bus, as I walked back up to Chaveney Road. I asked a lady if she had seen it go- she said "No". I adjudged it was wise to wait, and I was proved right, when it hoved into view a few minutes late. I transferred to the South Notts no. 1 at Baxter Gate- the garage at Gotham, and former HQ of this firm, was to close this weekend, and had 5 minutes to catch my train, at the Midland Station. We did not know, then, that the Brush factory, overlooking the station, was to close, but 5 days later, it was announced, with 300 redundancies, another blow to Loughborough, after 3M went, a few years ago. My train was on-time, and I got home at 1211. The Camra Zoom AGM and Conference was postponed 'til Sunday, out of deference to Prince Philip, which meant I was able to see the whole lot. And, also in recognition of him, the last train at the GCR was cancelled. It had been a sunny morning, and a sunny, cloudy afternoon, with a very light breeze, quite pleasant overall.

 C R Davis

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EVENT:         WEDNESDAY “NISA Feeders” OPEN MATCH
VENUE:         MEADOWLANDS FISHERY - LAMBSDOWN
DATE:             5th May 2021

1st         Shaun WEED (Old Works AC) 49-08
2nd        Tim BULL (Meadowlands) 40-12
3rd         Mick CHAPMAN (Leamington Spa) 40-08
4th         Stuart GOULD (Rugby) 31-15
5th         John ADAMSON (NISA Feeders) 30-14
6th        Chris LEE 29-03
7th        Martin HINCKS (Ajax AC) 27-01
8th        Allan NEALE (Stratford Fishing & Outdoors)
9th        Terry WINSTONE (Meadowlands) 24-15
10th     Rob LOWE 12-08
Number of pegs:  12 (Paid top 3)

The bitterly cold weather continued, with yet another overnight frost and, although the wind was from the western quarter, it was cold and brought showers of rain.  In general, the carp failed to co-operate, and although the top 4 all had carp, most of the other weights consisted of “silvers” (bream, roach and perch).

Shaun Weed again drew peg 1, and again won the match, although he struggled to catch until he found a few carp in front of him, and he caught on bomb and pellet to put 49-08 on the scales.

Tim Bull (peg 23) included a big grass carp in his second placed 40-12 catch which consisted of 4 fish, 2 falling to pellet waggler and two on bomb and pellet, just enough to push Mick Chapman (peg 20) into third place.  Mick had five carp on bomb and pellet for 40-08.

Although Stuart Gould in fourth place with 31-15 from peg 27 had three carp, half of his weight was made up of perch, while fifth placed John Adamson (peg 10) had one seven pound carp with the bulk of his 30-14 consisting of bream taken on pole in the last 90 minutes.

Photo is of Shaun Weed with his winning catch.

 

NB.  ‘NISA Feeders’ Opens are at Meadowlands Fishery every Wednesday. You must book a place before 10pm the previous Monday evening (see Facebook: Nisa - midweek open matches), draw in car park 8:30am-9:00am, fishing 10:30am-4:30pm. 

CAT ASTROFIC COLLISION

Police were called to an incident in Long Eaton during the early hours of May 3rd after a taxi driver ended up on top of another car after swerving to avoid a cat. Images taken by police at the scene show a red Toyota taxi perched on the side of an orange Jeep. No one was injured.

STAPLEFORD WOMAN IN COURT

On Friday, April 30th, a Stapleford woman attended a hearing at Nottingham Crown Court via a link from HM Prison Foston Hall, Derbyshire. The woman was charged with murder following the death of a pensioner in a property in Moorbridge Lane shortly before 6.20am on Wednesday morning, March 3rd. Ann Dixon, 48, of Moorbridge Lane, Stapleford could not appear in court earlier because she had tested positive for Covid-19. Progress in the case was discussed before an adjournment until a further hearing on June 18th. Dixon was charged with murder on Thursday, March 4. Emergency services were called after a man allegedly suffered stab wounds. Raymond Dixon, 77, died shortly afterwards. The case has been given a provisional trial date of November 22nd.

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WEDNESDAY “NISA Feeders” OPEN MATCH
MEADOWLANDS FISHERY - LAMBSDOWN
28th April 2021

 1st         Chris LEE 152-15
2nd       John ADAMSON    110-03
3rd        Mick BULL   107-12
4th        Andy FARNDON  96-03
5th        Tony LAMB   74-01
6th       Allan NEALE   61-01
7th       Terry WINSTONE 56-15

8th       Colin PERRY  55-07
Number of pegs:  11 Paid Top Three

For the fourth week in succession anglers had to combat a cold and strong NE wind blowing straight down the lake, but in spite of that everyone caught fish and decent weights were recorded. Top weight was taken by Chris Lee from peg 27.  Chris caught decent carp on pole, with pellet and corn as bait, mainly from the margins, and put an excellent 152-15 on the scales for a clear win.

At the other end of the match length on peg 1, organiser John Adamson enjoyed an excellent day, and catching smaller carp on bomb and pellet  (mainly between 3 and 6 lbs) he put a total of 110-03 on the scales to take second place, just enough to push Mick Bull (peg 9), who had 107-12 of decent carp, into third place.  Mick caught mainly on pole and corn. Andy Farndon (peg 3) filled fourth place with a method feeder caught 96-03, just missing the money.

 NB.  ‘NISA Feeders’ Opens are at Meadowlands Fishery every Wednesday. You must book a place before 10pm the previous Monday evening (see Facebook: Nisa - midweek open matches), draw in car park 8:30am-9:00am, fishing 10:30am-4:30pm.