Recent content by dcbwhaley

It is still in occasional use. On Monday I boarded the 1643 to Buxton from platform 0. No ticket checks

Online shopping is more convenient even that going tom the shops by car Any queueing is done in comfort of your armchair rather than standing in line. |And the product is more likely to be in stock on line.

Many people refuse to consider any alternative means of transport to the car. Even when convenient rail or bus services exist

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The radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is now painted with titanium white pant. \It makes a very significant improvement in stability

Instead of having continuous rails would it be possible to lay track in discrete sections of, say 10om, with expansion gaps between the sections. that is how bridges are managed.

Seeing that cutting VAT on electricity was one of ABs first actions to ease life for poorer people I doubt that he would consider that.

And only for six months

Buses never feel the need to warn you about the gap between the bus and the pavement. Or that snow is slippery. Nor do they need to remind you to check that you have all our luggage. Having said that the only time I have forgotten luggage was on a bus

The 10,000 mile average user in a small car (<50g/k) would be paying £1500 pounds rather than £200. I presume that you would reduce Fuel duty from 53p per litre to zero. So car doing 10000 miles at 10 miles per litre would save £530 pounds on fuel costs. A net increase of £770 The 10,000...

HEV hybrid are not electric vehicles.. They are fuelled by fosilll fuel only. Calling them self charging hybrids is disingenuous advertising You wouldn't call a class 47 loco a self charging electric loco

Here is one who is thinking of anything except an EV. With a budget of £5K there are much better deals on ICES than EVs

Whe the highway Code was updated to give pedestrians priority when crossing side roads motorists were very good at doing so. But now we are back to jump out of the way when a car wants to turn right. I suspect that adherence to pedestrian priority on these roads will be the same sclerotic My...

Compared with 60,000 fuel pumps in 8,000 locations. But I still seem to see more fuel stations than charging stations on my travels

I drive the A6 from Whaley Bridge to Stockport quite often and it is a NIGHTMARE especially in High Lane