Bugsy’s railway station list : 07/07/2025

Bugsy’s railway station list : 07/07/2025

  1. Barrow-upon-Soar
  2. Berney Arms
  3. Bottesford
  4. Cromer
  5. Dent
  6. East Midlands Parkway
  7. Edinburgh Waverley
  8. Glasgow Queen Street
  9. Grantham
  10. Harrogate
  11. Helensburgh Central
  12. Ilkley
  13. Kendal
  14. Leeds
  15. Leicester
  16. Loughborough
  17. Melton Mowbray
  18. Newark Castle
  19. Newark North Gate
  20. Nottingham
  21. Peterborough
  22. Preston
  23. Ribblehead
  24. Sileby
  25. South Wigston
  26. Syston
  27. West Runton
  28. Whittlesey
  29. Windermere

Mark G, Ted and himself are on holiday right now. So this list, will grow very fast this week!

Ted’s railway station list : 07/07/2025

Ted has been ticking off more railway stations! Here’s his updated list:-

  1. Bottesford
  2. Edinburgh Waverley
  3. Glasgow Queen Street
  4. Grantham
  5. Helensburgh Central
  6. Newark North Gate

Bugsy, Mark G, Ted and himself are on holiday right now. So this list, should grow very fast this week!

On This Day : 07/07/2013

On This Day back in 2013. Cooper went on his very first BIG adventure. The first of 100s, if not 1000s of them! Still can’t believe he’s gone… He really was my BEST friend. We could not have asked for a better dog!

In Wales with Cooper

Check out www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/cooper/ to see a map, of just of places he visited!

On This Day : 06/07/2015

On This Day back in 2015. Nick and myself went to Old Hunstanton! So, of course we both had to wetsuit up!

More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/days-out/06-07-2015/

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 05/07/2025

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took on the World (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Sunday 6th July 2025) ** NEW SERIES **

The behind-the-scenes story of the 1985 charity concerts in London and Philadelphia, looking at this historic event and its legacy in Britain, the US, Ethiopia and Africa as a whole. In late October 1984, a BBC news report about a biblical famine in Ethiopia inspired Bob Geldof to collaborate with Midge Ure on a pop song that would mobilise not only Britain but also the United States, raising millions for charity, as Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? single catapulted Geldof into the complex worlds of aid, charity and African politics. Featuring archival footage and specially filmed interviews with Geldof, Ure, Bono and Sting, as well as such key figures such as the Ethiopian ministers responsible for aid, the head of US AID and two survivors of the famine.

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took on the World (BBC 2/HD | 10:00pm to 11:00pm | Sunday 6th July 2025)

The success of the Band Aid single and Bob Geldof’s subsequent trip to Africa spark a joint fundraising event, with concerts in London and Philadelphia, broadcast to more than 80 percent of the world’s TV sets. With millions of pounds raised, Geldof now faced the challenge of deciding how to allocate the funds and embarked on a trip across sub-Saharan Africa. Engaging with governments and aid agencies, he found himself at the heart of a controversy over Ethiopia’s Marxist government’s resettlement policy and how aid was being used. Featuring archival footage from both concerts, including BBC, ABC, and MTV coverage, with performances by U2, Madonna, Phil Collins, and Patti LaBelle, as well as interviews with figures including Sting, Bono, Nile Rodgers, Mike Mitchell, and Birhan Woldu, the Ethiopian girl whose image was immortalised by David Bowie during the concert.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119