tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post2295213656395710676..comments2024-03-26T10:23:12.534+00:00Comments on round the rails we go: The Blaydon RaceScott Willisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-77841188818496451332015-08-04T23:07:04.666+01:002015-08-04T23:07:04.666+01:00We sing Blaydon Races at AFC Wimbledon but replace...We sing Blaydon Races at AFC Wimbledon but replace it with Haydons Road the local station to our old ground in Plough Lane! Also spraying dog pooh with vivid bio-degradable paint is quite a big thing, one to make it show up so you don't step in it, it worked for you and secondly to shame the dog owners, I don't suppose that works very well!All aboardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06474741468864832407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-45753517262761884292015-08-04T19:34:25.175+01:002015-08-04T19:34:25.175+01:00It is an impressive bus station, but the railway a...It is an impressive bus station, but the railway always feels like an after-thought at the Metrocentre. The line from Consett has been turned into a footpath which I've walked to the Metrocentre and there is a slightly more direct way through from the riverside to the shopping centre, but it still involves a walk over the road and then back through the bus station!Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-82255794708127886552015-08-04T16:34:40.160+01:002015-08-04T16:34:40.160+01:00Blaydon Races is so famous, Tyne Tees used it as t...Blaydon Races is so famous, Tyne Tees used it as the theme tune for the regional news for several years.<br /><br />But its fame seems to be rather localised. I can't say I ever heard it in three years of living in Durham.Andrew Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537107239353802646noreply@blogger.com