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Civil engineer in the rail industry, RSA Fellow. Love books, sustainability and the natural world. All opinions mine.

Staffordshire, UK
Joined November 2014
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Brrrrrilliant 🥶 I loved reading All The White Spaces by author Ally Wilkes. A ghost story set at the South Pole in the 1920s, plus a wonderful coming-of-age story too. A chilling (and chilly) debut ❄️ @UnheimlichManvr @GhostStoryFest
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It's all about to kick off at the @GhostStoryFest with "How to get published in horror (no promises)" by yours truly in the Italian Mill! Gorgeous venue, come and watch me attempt to do a slideshow without crying
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Up now, my better half @Marie_O_Regan interviews @spookypurcell @GhostStoryFest
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The UK Ghost Story festival is back for a third year this weekend! Visit Derby’s Museum of Making for a packed weekend of readings, workshops, panels, interviews, performances and more! derbymuseums.org/event/the-u…
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Confirmed by @GWRHelp that it has bought the IP, Class 230 and related equipment for the battery trial from Vivarail.
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Check out our final (for now!) entry in the 5 QUESTIONS WITH series at our blog, where we chat with Amanda Mason @amandajanemason... ukghoststoryfestival.co.uk/b…
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Pleased to say I’ll be taking part in the UK Ghost Story Festival @ghoststoryfest in Derby on Saturday 18th February! Do come along - Derby Silk Mill, 8pm, tickets here ticketsource.co.uk/booking/s…
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York writer Anna Rose James to be Ghost of Festival Present at UK Ghost Story Festival. Full preview here. charleshutchpress.co.uk/york… #UKGhostStoryFestival #AnnaRoseJames #ghosts #ghoststories #festivals #York #Derby #writers
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A big shout out to Clark, looking after us all on the 1430 @AvantiWestCoast service from Euston up to Preston .. modelling his illuminated Christmas Jumper with style! 🎄👍
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Our next panel discuss rail projects and reform – updates on key schemes and the possible implications of the Williams-Shapps Plan on projects under development. Simon Blanchflower CBE, @EastWestRail, Caroline Donaldson, WCP Development, @manomilda, @railindustry. #RailIndustry21
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We are joined by Maggie Simpson OBE, Director General working at @RailFreightUK, exploring the opportunities and challenges created for freight by reform. #RailIndustry21 #freight #rail
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Next up is Dan Piner, Rail Innovation Lead, @InnovateUK, incentivising innovation and technological transformation in rail. How can new initiatives be funded? #RailIndustry21 #innovation #technology #rail
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Pushing the #SME agenda: Lucy Prior, Chair of @railindustry's SME Group, discusses the importance of driving forward the SME agenda to support #rail supply chain #growth, #productivity and #innovation. issuu.com/raildirector/docs/…
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Rail will need an additional 2,200 engineers by 2025. Interested in being an engineer? See what opportunities are available at Routes into Rail - routesintorail.org/careers/s… #engineering #rail
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📢 We’re at today’s #RailIndustry21 Forum, talking about the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail. Don’t miss our Director General Andy Bagnall on the panel exploring the timescales and activities needed to implement the Plan, and its impact on the different parts of the rail industry.
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Our panel discussion this morning: How and when will The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail be implemented and what affect will it have on the industry? Led by Andy Bagnall, @RailDeliveryGrp, Michael Clark, @networkrail and Paul Hirst, @AGinsight. #RailIndustry21 #rail
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A passionate speech by @chhcalling at #RailIndustry21 calling for continued contribution from the Private sector on delivering the rail renaissance. Re IRP - “We need to get on & deliver plans, we have had enough of talking” – at Islington, London
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Here we go … final trip to that London for this year, attending both the @WFrail Rail Industry Forum, and the @RAIL #Rail100 Breakfast event - looking forward to hearing from some interesting #railindustry speakers 👍
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Our Chair, @maxsugarman1 the Public Affairs & PR Director working at @railindustry, welcomes and gives opening remarks to our delegates. #RailIndustry21 #rail
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Researchers at @unibirmingham are trialling cleaner fuels, such as hydrogen, to power our trains 🚊 🗓 Join our #COP26RoadshowWM on 11 November to discover more about the many solutions to #NetZero in our region: orlo.uk/A6Tex #TogetherForOurPlanet #WMGreenRevolution