West Somerset Railway and pinball

[Julian Hepworth]

Something in the world beautifully aligned today which meant :

A heritage diesel serving fish and chips and beer took us right to Arkade in Minehead - they are literally next door





Arkade have about 20 B/W DMD games



A steam locomotive serving clotted cream tea took us home



The sun came out.

I'll take that

With enormous thanks to the West Somerset Railway and Markus

 

[FinalFight]

Nice! @Julian Hepworth the pins playing okay? Last time i went a while back most were unplayable

 

[russdx1]

We did this trip the summer before lock down and are looking forward to doing it again this summer!

 

[Pool Shark]

And today we finally got around to getting that upper playfield on Indiana Jones working, we may even give it a clean now !!!

 

[Calimori]

I love an old train. I was at The National Rail Museum in the paddock when The Flying Scotsman returned.
A nice ride, with food and a good destination sounds like a grand day out.

 

[kev a]

What a fantastic day out!

 

[David_Vi]

Oh my god, trains and a Road Show. I'd be in HEAVEN

 

[thelab]

SOLD! I've got to visit!

We need an excuse to visit!

There's an 80's weekender coming up..that'll do it!

 

[Julian Hepworth]

It gets better - I forgot to mention that the Quantocks Brewery is on the same industrial estate as Bishop's Lydeard station, the other end of the line.

 

[Lecari]

Oh my god, trains and a Road Show. I'd be in HEAVEN

As soon as I saw this, I thought we'll have to organise a trip!

 

[Moonraker]

There's a South West league meet at the Arkade this Sunday (27th March), should anyone wish to join in with some pinheads.

More details at:

https://www.pinballinfo.com/community/events/south-west-pinball-league-meet-3-for-2022.27/?event_id=27

 

[David_Vi]

Ohhh it's the arkade!
I messaged that guy about a Diner a while back

 

[Asiapinball]

At the arkade today. Fabulous place. Good condition games.

Been enjoying rollergames for a while.

Paul

 

[russdx1]

I need to book a day out here with the family again, the cafe near the arcades does a pretty nice breakfast

 

[Arv]

Oh my god, trains and a Road Show. I'd be in HEAVEN

Spotter!

 

[Ant-H]

I was there this afternoon as well. AFM is such a good game. I really enjoyed EATPM as well.

 

[Asiapinball]

Got personal best of 68m on bop, without completing for billion points.

 

[Asiapinball]

Plus also got the billion too in an earlier game. Interesting playing bop in a family arcade

 

[Julian Hepworth]

Managed to catch the last steam hauled goods train of the gala on Sunday.
Quite emotional.
Next time I'll disconnect the crossing alarm first


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[russdx1]

Popped down today for some pinball
- 2 machines off
- 2 Stole my money
- X files ball got stuck on ramp lol
- Terminator flippers bit high

But lots of machines and fun to play different games

 

[Ant-H]

Popped down today for some pinball
- 2 machines off
- 2 Stole my money
- X files ball got stuck on ramp lol
- Terminator flippers bit high

But lots of machines and fun to play different games

I’m literally on my way there now as well.

 

[russdx1]

Nice. We on the 4.30 back now

 

[russdx1]

Really want to know what led or lamp they got in the xFiles greeny yellow flasher as that thing was bright! Never seen anything like it lol

 

[Crewey]

Cool @Ant-H @russdx1 still down this way babysitting for friends, we are staying in West Harptree.
If I decided to drive down tomorrow to check this out with the little one, would Bishops Lydeard be the quickest stop to minimise car travel time boredom for her?

Thanks

 

[russdx1]

Train ride is about hour 20min each way

 

[Crewey]

Train ride is about hour 20min each way

Ah will have to weigh that one up then as that'd be at least an hour car travel beforehand.
It'll probably make sense for me to drive directly to Minehead which will be a little longer in the car, but at least she can choose if we hop on a train for a little journey or not then. She'll probably be happy enough just watching them with some fish n chips.

 

[russdx1]

Yeah it’s about hour from Bristol in car, there are like 7 station stops on the way you could drive to to make the train journey shorter

 

[Ant-H]

Another really enjoyable visit today. I’ve been going there for years and today was the first time that I’ve visited and STTNG was working and only 2 machines were out of service .

It has made me realise though that I seriously need to get a AFM. Such a great game!

 

[Crewey]

Weather was too rubbish so we’ve ended up at a Playbarn.
Will try WSM tomorrow and see if there’s anything there

 

[russdx1]

Weather was too rubbish so we’ve ended up at a Playbarn.
Will try WSM tomorrow and see if there’s anything there

We got lucky with weather yesterday was rain whole way there but then super nice as train arrived lol.

Iv found a GOT down wsm arcade (on high street) not looked on pier for years but they did have a BBH last time.

If your around Bristol stop by Iv got 3 games at the moment