I headed to Exeter on the 0530 from Plymouth so I could catch the 0641 off Exeter (valid on the FOSW). A 50 minute break at Salisbuy (until my ticket became valid again!) meant I had a chance to grab breakfast at Wetherspoons. Then onwards to Portsmouth so I could get a train to Eastleigh to grab the tiny section between Fareham and Eastleigh. I expected this to be a winning train for haulage as it was 450 traction and thus far only had 9 of the possible 127. It wasn't. A quick break for lunch in the Whetherspoons felt needed. It was midday and not a single winning train.
After lunch I realised I could nab a trip to Hedge End and back before my train towards Brockenhurst was due. This produced two winners but my luck ended then. The next two Desiros were dud. It's worth bearing in mind it should be much harder to get ones I have had at the moment in this neck of the woods! My trip to Lymington Pier was dry, and for a change sunny and was a winning 158 but the rest of the day was hit and miss. My plans of staying out quite late went out of the window at 2030. I was fed up because I knew the next train I could catch would have been dud. Two other things had happened this day which didn't help. Someone got hit by a train in Pokesdown and a vehicle hit a bridge in the Portsmouth area. These incidents caused late trains and some being cancelled.
So off home (a friends flat who kindly let me stay even though she was away) with a measly 369 miles travelled but I did get a little new in sight (an 09, four 66s and 5 new units including refurbished Southern 313s).
Winners in red.
1A75 (0530) PLY - EXD 43138
1L26 (0641) EXD - SAL 159009
1F05 (0932) SAL - PMS 158950
1T38 (1103) PMS - ESL 450018
1T29 (1228) ESL - HDE 444045
1T42 (1240) HDE - ESL 450027
2B31 (1300) ESL - SOA 450111
1W65 (1314) SOA - BCU 444009
1J33 (1412) BCU - LYP 158882
1J34 (1427) LYP - BCU 158882
1W62 (1W62) BCU - SOU 444008
1M58 (1515) SOU - SOA 221119
2S43 (1525) SOA - SOU 158883
2E45 (1544) SOU - PMS 450072
2N72 (1646) PMS - FTN 377324
2T92 (1659) FTN - HLS 158890
2N79 (1707) HLS - PMS 313215
1F30 (1727) PMS - SOU 158957
1W28 (1830) SOU - SOA 444036
1W35 (1839) SOA - SOU 444002
1M74 (1M74) SOU - SOA 221140
2S59 (2S59) SOA - SOU 158886
1W37 (1W37) SOU - BMH 444003
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