Matt[ingham] 

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Hello und Moin!
Railways through and through, but with a few planes and buses mixed in. YouTube: https://youtube.com/@mattingham83
Polyglot: mother tongue is English, speak German fluently and know a bit of Dutch and French
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It's goodbye to BBC Radio 4... At least to some listeners. Long wave transmissions end at 01:00BST [02:00CEST] early this Saturday and it'll be FM and DAB service only over the airwaves.

I remember my first visit to Germany, being able to listen to Radio 4 on LW [albeit rather faintly!]

Have you checked if you need to store your medication somewhere cooler? I noticed some of mine said “below 30°C” so I have put it in the fridge!

Today has been a bit of an interesting one when it comes to health. Still amazed at being able to cycle in the heat!

Doctor’s appointment to fill in a short questionnaire from the DVLA, which was fine - super helpful in dealing with their queries and is going to send off some documentation to accompany the form. Also did my sick note whilst there.

Stopped in for a sexual health check up (which was unplanned, nothing wrong) and got some vaccinations booked in as well as various tests - know your status folks!

And to end I sent my sister some notes I wrote on my mental and physical health. She acknowledged that it could be difficult reading for those who it is intended for, and she has put some context in to help those reading it. I hope it helps, but I suspect that some readers will play the victim card or be deeply offended and/or annoyed.

Tough shit. Anyway: goodnight 

You cannot make this kind of shit up... #QatarCargo

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/85O6lq0Ii_M

777 Dangerous Low Pass

YouTube

https://bsky.app/profile/kyleth.bsky.social/post/3mp4y5cahts2j

Kyleth, SWEG-Tf auf Bluesky, hat gepostet, dass die SWEG seit heute (?!) auch einen Umlauf mit Régiolis fährt nach Straßburg 🤯🤯🤯 und der andere Umlauf mit 3× statt 2× RS1 🥳🥳🥳

Das hätte ich echt nicht mehr erwartet

Kyleth (@kyleth.bsky.social)

I‘m driving Offenburg - Strasbourg again today, but something is and feels very different today ~

Bluesky Social

Now, what was here before?

A lot of the construction of the power plant was done in the 1960s, when the Limmeren dam in the south was built.
To increase storage capacity, a second dam was constructed between 2010 and 2016, which can be seen in the North East. The new setup can produce 1 GW of power and store 33GWh of energy (if your unfamilar with electric grids, that is massive for a hydro plant).
For the construction of this second dam, a heavy duty freight cable car was in operation from the same station buildings. It was capable of carrying 40t of payload. It has been dismantled afterwards, but Garaventa documented it on their Youtube channel.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dmFsr1CFiNM

Es gibt Themen, bei denen man gar nicht viel übertreiben muss.

My tolerance for other human beings is at an all time low. Especially when they are being loud when walking down the street… at 5am… in the middle of a heatwave where the residents are trying to get cool air into their bedrooms by keeping the windows open.

You may be awake, but some people are not. Shut up. Be considerate.

Preliminary data from Friday's crash near Bedford shows that the  Class 360 impacted the stationary train around 80km/h [50mph] - information from the RAIB: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/collision-between-two-passenger-trains-near-elstow
Collision between two passenger trains near Elstow

Investigation into a collision between two passenger trains near Elstow, Bedfordshire, 19 June 2026.

GOV.UK