Eggesford and Honiton

At the end of the day on Friday, I was given one of the Nikon D40 DSLR cameras by one of the students who had experienced some problems focussing it.В  This was the excuse I needed to borrow one of said cameras over the weekend so that I could take some random photographs.

So yesterday, after work at the Library, I was going to go to Barnstaple, but decided to head down towards Exeter, heading down the A377.В  I stopped off at Eggesford railway station on the way, took some photographs round there, but as I couldn’t really be bothered to wait for a train to come (I’d have to wait there about forty minutes for that) I continued down to Exeter.

Last time I was at Exeter St Davids station, I had problems accessing the platforms to take photos (bloody ticket barriers) so decided to continue on.В  It was while having my lunch at the Burger King at the M5 J30 services that I decided that I had never been to Honiton railway station so that is where I headed to next. When I got there, bizzarely I did see an ‘HST Stop’ sign on the tracks as I pulled into the station in my car, but even odder couldn’t actually find the sign when I got out to photograph it.В  Again, I had a bit of time to wait until a train appeared, but it did and it was number 001 of the class City of Exeter. That information won’t be appreciated by any except any proper train afficondios out there (of which I’m not quite one yet!).

Anyway… Photos… here you go.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/richie.g/Railway140309EggesfordAndHoniton

And as it happens, I didn’t have any problems with the auto focus on this camera, so I’m not sure what the student was doing wrong…

Important note:The only reason that I borrowed this camera was because the student had reported it faulty, and it was last thing on a Friday evening. Had it been earlier in the week, I would have tested it on the college premises, maybe overnight if it was at the end of the day. Would another student require to borrow it, I would have done a quick test to see if I could replicate the problem, and, were it working, loan it to the student telling them there was a potential problem. I do not put my own – and other staff – wants ahead of those of students when it comes to loaning equipment out.

March 15, 2009  Tags: , ,  Posted in: Old Website, Photographs, Railways

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