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Mike Pugh

@mikepugh1986.bsky.social

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Ramblings of a railwayman: expect random dross. My own opinion, not my employer’s! 🧼🏳️‍🌈 he/him Founder of www.gingernuity.farm

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Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 2d

That’s scarily accurate

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve never been held up in a ship-traffic-jam before, but today the Wightlink I happened to be on was held out by Spitbank Fort for three much larger vessels to go around us 😵‍💫

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 3d

Today, I made:
• Apple, Berry and Currant Jelly
• Summer Berry (strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, redcurrant and blackcurrant) Jam

Kilner Jar and jam jars full of Summer Berry Jam.

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 7d

😱

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 16d

PLEASE VOTE! Our team have been nominated for the nationally recognised Rail Staff Awards, and we’d love your vote!
Vote here: railstaffawards.com/RSA25/en/pag...

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 19d

On Wednesdays I wear pink… but today…
#MeanGirls

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 20d

Passing trains may suck you off…
4M46 the 1419 Southampton Western Docks to Trafford Park Euro Terminal seeing passing through platform 4 at Basingstoke this afternoon

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 21d

The diminutive Cistus (rock rose) continues to flower despite the shortening days and long shadows at this time of year

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 22d

A pleasant surprise yesterday lunchtime!
📍 Basingstoke

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Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 23d

@tomhepworthtv has impeccable taste in CMEs!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How Oliver Bulleid helped shape modern Southern rail

As part of Railway 200's campaign, the BBC is celebrating a man who made a huge impact on the rails.

www.bbc.co.uk

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · 25d

200yrs ago today…

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Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Sep 20

The C word has been made. I’m exhausted, there’s mountains of washing up but the smell is AMAZING and makes up for it.
Tomorrow’s task is to unmould five varieties, cut, shave and stamp them… oh, and more washing up!

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Sep 20

I’ve turned it off because it kept being activated by announcements on stations/trains

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Sep 7

Flashy bang, bang! ⛈️

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Sep 3

Bulleid West Country class 34028 “Eddystone” running on the up fast past Barton Mill, Basingstoke, today (3rd Sept 2025)

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Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Aug 23

Nocturnal spotting of Clan Line hauling 1Z30 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Victoria this evening - the sound of Bulleid’s brilliance!
📍 Mays Lane, Earley.

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Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Aug 23

This is what I think of when I see the flag of St George plastered everywhere and talk of camps and deportations by those wishing to ‘reclaim are [sic] country’.

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Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Aug 23

Top Cat definitely was 🫢

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Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Aug 20

Happy 8th Birthday, South Western Railway!

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Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Aug 11

I think he’s forgotten that they’re Senators within his own party

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Aug 10

There is, inside its own hangar at Aerospace Bristol. That’s for another visit.

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Aug 10

Some more Bristolian scenes
1. Bristol Byzantine architecture of The Granary, Little King Street.
2. Robinson’s Depositories, Hotwell Road.
3. Aeroplanes in the roof of the Café at Aerospace Bristol.
4. The Grade II listed Hangar 16U (dating from 1917) being restored for community use at Brabazon.

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Aug 10

Love is love!
📍 Brabazon, Bristol

Mike Pugh @mikepugh1986.bsky.social · Aug 10

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