Recent content by Garmoran

Never say never, though. About 10 years ago I discovered that I had a tatty half sovereign among the pennies in my pocket. I had no idea where I acquired it.

The inspector makes a comment about this at the end of the report: 1762006731 Very good point which I completely missed!

I've now worked out how to read the full accident report and can confirm that the order of the carriages is correct for their position in the train. So it's likely that the CR coach either accompanied the ECJR coach to Edinburgh or was attached to a Glasgow bound train. It also supports the...

I've just been browsing through the database of accident reports maintained by railwaysarchive.co.uk and found the synopsis for the accident at Aviemore in 1887 interesting for its description of the train's formation: The train included coaches from no less than 5 operators, three of which...

I doubt if the idea will occur to CS marketing department. I have yet to receive an email from them which is aimed at residents of the Highlands, although all the bookings that I have made were returns to Euston from FW. Their marketing seems to be exclusively aimed at visitors to Scotland.

Ah yes, of course. I hadn't thought of that but it makes sense. Thinking about it, I suppose the advantage that the Navigo card has has over an Oyster-type system is that there is no need to tap out. In Amsterdam I found it very slow and awkward to tap out of the trams with my phone and when we...

Or they will simply equip themselves with false ID or cloned ID or find alternative ways round it. As an example, for years now it has been getting more and more difficult to open a bank account due to regulations intended to prevent money laundering. This makes life more difficult for honest...

Just to add my experience of using Navigo Easy last weekend. My wife and I bought 2 NE cards at CDG on arrival and loaded them with 2 RER Airport tickets each before discovering that there was rail replacement coach to take us to Stade de France. On arriving there I tried to load them with...

IIRC both the problem of duplication and the wave effect on the power lines were mentioned in a feature on the APT which appeared on “Tomorrow’s World” in the late 1970s, so obviously public knowledge at the time

Is that an upside? It means that the cost of importing goods from Britain to the US will effectively increase by more than the 10% tariff that Trump has imposed.

Poole

Delays on the high speed network after a derailment In summary: At about 4pm today, the axle of a train became derailed during an empty stock movement in the tunnel between Madrid Chamartín and Puerta de Atocha. Two railway employees were treated for bruises and shock but did not need hospital...

The garage is probably correct to fail it. Brake discs do spoil faster on cars that aren’t used much. However a Ford garage will charge you much more than an independent garage. You can probably get replacement discs and pads for under £100 and if the car continues to be used infrequently you...

My wife and I run a burger van and use Sumup to accept card payments. We prefer card payment as the money goes directly into the bank without needing to be counted and it reduces the number of times when we run out of change due to customers reluctance to check if they have coins instead of...

The new constituency boundaries are obviously causing confusion for parties of the Royal Mail. We have had 2 deliveries of leaflets for the Labour candidate in the constituency immediately to the south of us. Still an improvement on the election when they delivered Welsh language leaflets for...