Richard Griffin 💙

Husband, train driver/instructor, novice baker, cyclist, musician, geek, parkrunner. Nowadays am found on the butterfly instead of the black X (was blue bird).

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

Like so many, I am nowadays to be found not here on the black X but instead on the butterfly place. Similar-ish username, just without_ that_ pesky_ trailing_ underscore_.

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

@JoeBrownLondon @Lost___London @VinnieSull1van Yes, thank you Joe.

Vinnie Sullivan?!? I took that fucking photo, not you!

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

So sorry to see this, https://t.co/SqjfyCBAVP . Andrew and my father were good friends since they came up to Cambridge in the 1950s. Andrew conducted my dad's (scarcely attended) funeral in March 2021, which must have taken great reserves of character.

[St John's College, Cambridge @stjohnscam]

A renowned Hebrew and Bible scholar and former Dean of Chapel of St John's, once described as 'the best preacher in England', has died at 87.

The Rev’d Dr Andrew Macintosh, a Life Fellow at St John’s, died on 5 December.

Full tribute: https://t.co/CPB9VkSVdb

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

@Gas_Air_CCdoc Thank you MJ and everybody for super work at Brill and in the JR, giving my brother another 10 years (and still very much counting!).

[James Watson CEng, FIET @EngineerLondon]

Thoughts on the end of coal generation. I went here as a 16 year old lad for work ex in EC&I. I LOVED it 💙 The size, scale, smells, HEAT 🥵, sweat, dust, noise is quite indescribable. Unless you been in the turbine hall, it’s impossible to comprehend the enormity 😳 [1/10]

[Hastings Diesels Ltd @HastingsDiesels]

🎺 New railtour alert!

📅 Saturday 13 July 2024

ℹ️ HDL Derby Researcher railtour, calling at Leicester and Loughborough.

Full details here: https://t.co/Ouo2USCCJK

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

@bordersbeeching Ah, so glad you got to see us rumble through!

[David Henderson 🏳️‍🌈 @atlantean526]

What a fantastic day we had with @HastingsDiesels on board their lovely Hastings DEMU on the 'Lincolnshire Poacher' railtour from Kent and London to Skegness.
Thank you to the HDL team!
@RHummBooks @RPMarks @squarewheels_ @ChimeWhistle

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

@bordersbeeching Hiya, the @HastingsDiesels DEMU is coming to Lincolnshire tomorrow… just a heads-up if you’re nearby and if seeing it happens to be of interest… hope all is well.

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

@Coastway_Will Well done Will for not only identifying your dream but grabbing it with both hands. I wish you all the best in your endeavours.

It's likely that not everything will be as you expected, and not all will go your way — but never stop learning, and your journey will be epic.

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

Losing 90 minutes, and most of the reason for my day’s travel, is incredibly frustrating.

I deliberately chose to not take the car!

And now my reward is to alight at Hampden Park JUST in time to MISS a reinstated Ore train, just to make doubly sure I’m the full 90 mins late.

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

@SouthernRailUK Hello. I’m making a journey between Clapham Junction and Bexhill.

The 1001 from CLJ was curtailed at Haywards Heath.

I’m now on the slightly delayed 1108 from Haywards Heath towards Eastbourne.

1/2

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

I paid extra to travel before my railcard validity this morning, so that I could be at Bexhill before noon.

The person I’m travelling to see has to leave at 2pm.

These delays combined with Southern’s failure to connect your remaining hourly “services” means arriving at 13:13.

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

"Cognitive saturation". 😟

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

3 years today.

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

For Formula 1 fans I think @MissedApexF1 podcast is essential listening… and the recent “No to Andretti” episode featuring @SpannersReady’s spirited argument with @joesaward was an absolute humdinger!

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

@TheOverBorders Please keep looking after yourself… you’ve got this.

[Roman Kemp @romankemp]

This video from @NorwichCityFC is the best bit of Mental Health Awareness I’ve ever seen… watch until the end.

[Richard Griffin 💙 @squarewheels_]

@krn You already wrote something yourself that did this, based around pdftohtml... (and game-changing it was & continues to be!), if that's what you are getting at? :-)