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Yoshi waits for SWR Class 701 No. 701025 to depart Poole – 16\/04\/2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This last week or so Yoshi has been making new friends and catching up with old ones – he’s a very sociable pup and seems to win over almost everyone with his lovable, if somewhat excitable, demeanour. Even those who don’t much care for dogs, if you can believe such tortured souls exist, often fall under his spell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In advance of his own visit to the groomer later this week, Yoshi accompanied me when it was my turn to have my hair cut ( what’s left of it these days ) and was only slightly disturbed to find that the barber I frequent has a new kitten in residence. Yoshi certainly wasn’t likely to be organising a party in celebration of this discovery and after a few barks there was a tense stand-off situation in place until nine week old Abu, for that is the kitten’s name, was formally introduced to our boy and the barking started all over again. Abu couldn’t give a monkeys about the canine interloper and things soon calmed down with both protagonists unharmed by their close shave with each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was followed by a long walk and after that an opportunity for Yoshi to chill out in his favourite chair….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A detailed look at the Real Time Trains website on Thursday evening revealed COLAS Class 37 No. 37175 would be paying a visit to Yeovil with a test train; 3Q07 Exeter Riverside to Exeter Riverside via Yeovil Pen Mill and Salisbury. It was a cold night and my initial thought was to head to Yeovil Pen Mill to capture the working, but as the service had been looped west of Crewkerne to allow a passenger train to get ahead of it, I thought better of this and we headed to Yeovil Junction. Because of the amount of salt spread around the car park and the station, Yoshi remained safely in the car while I went off to wait for the arrival of the test train. Unfortunately, the Class 37 was propelling the train which was a bit of a shame, but made for a different shot as it roared straight through the station abandoning any plan for it to head to Pen Mill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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