Category Archives: Out and About

Out and About: A double tram view at Beamish – November 2022

Posted on Monday 16 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

In this latest “Out and About” we are heading back to early November 2022 for a visit to Beamish when Trevor Hall captured a shot of the usual winter pairing of trams together.

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Out and About: Beighton Drakehouse Lane, Stagecoach Supertram – December 2022

Posted on Monday 9 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “Out and About” is again in Sheffield as we take a look at some trams running at Beighton Drakehouse Lane on the Blue route out to Halfway.

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Out and About: A Beamish visit – November 2022

Posted on Monday 2 January 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time to go “Out and About” again today and we take a look at some of the heritage trams in operation at Beamish on 26th November 2022.

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Out and About: Around South Gosforth on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Posted on Monday 19 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this final edition of “Out and About” for 2022 (it will return in 2023 with more of the excellent images you have shared with us from the latter part of 2022 as well as hopefully more from next year!) … Continue reading →

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Out and About: More Edinburgh Trams on first day of November

Posted on Monday 12 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

We ae going “Out and About” again today as we’re back in Edinburgh City Centre.

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Out and About: Around Starr Gate Depot in Blackpool

Posted on Monday 5 December 2022 by Gareth Prior

For this “Out and About” we’re in Blackpool for some shots taken outside Starr Gate Depot.

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Out and About: Edinburgh Trams at the start of November

Posted on Monday 28 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today’s trip “Out and About” is going north to Edinburgh once more as we take a look around the city centre at some of the trams running on the first day of November.

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Out and About: Supertram in service at the University of Sheffield

Posted on Monday 21 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

For this edition of “Out and About” we are going to South Yorkshire as we see trams running on the Stagecoach operated Supertram network.

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Out and About: Three tram service at Beamish

Posted on Monday 14 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

The location for our latest trip “Out and About” is Beamish with photos taken on a sunny October day which saw three trams in service.

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Out and About: More at Edinburgh Airport

Posted on Monday 7 November 2022 by Gareth Prior

A few weeks ago “Out and About” visited Edinburgh Airport – and we’re at it again today! This time we take a look at the tramstop itself along with the only tram which doesn’t ever go anywhere.

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Out and About: Balloons in Blackpool

Posted on Monday 31 October 2022 by Gareth Prior

We return with another instalment of “Out and About” and this time we’re at the seaside!

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Out and About: A rainy Thursday at Beamish

Posted on Monday 24 October 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Out and About” we are in the northeast of England as we see trams running at Beamish on a rainy Thursday in September.

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Out and About: Edinburgh Airport tramstop

Posted on Monday 17 October 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its back to Edinburgh for today’s “Out and About”. This time we feature trams around the Airport stop – probably the least photographed of all the stop, most likely because its cost nearly £5 extra to get there than between … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Early September in Manchester

Posted on Monday 10 October 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” is back today as we feature Manchester Metrolink with some views captured at the start of September.

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Out and About: Edinburgh Trams 260

Posted on Monday 3 October 2022 by Gareth Prior

We stay in Scotland for this week’s “Out and About” with the modern trams of the Edinburgh Trams system featured.

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Out and About: Summerlee trams

Posted on Monday 26 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Out and About” we are again in Scotland but instead of our usual look at modern trams in Edinburgh we head along to Summerlee – the only heritage tramway in the country.

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Out and About: Edinburgh Trams 257

Posted on Monday 19 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

Today we go “Out and About” in Edinburgh to see one of the most recent adverts applied to a tram.

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Out and About: Around Park Grange Croft in Sheffield

Posted on Monday 12 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

We go “Out and About” again today as we’re in Sheffield for some views taken around Park Grange Croft on the Blue and Purple routes out to Halfway and Herdings Park.

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Out and About: Edinburgh Trams 269 runs in the city centre

Posted on Monday 5 September 2022 by Gareth Prior

This edition of “Out and About” is heading into Edinburgh City Centre again for a shot of one of the many trams with an advertising livery.

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Out and About: Shots on Metrolink

Posted on Monday 29 August 2022 by Gareth Prior

Manchester Metrolink is the subject of this latest edition of “Out and About”.

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