Recent content by GatwickDepress

I always start with Leeds, and it hasn't let me down so far!

I'm not sure Starmer's centrist rhetoric is going to go down too well, especially with disillusioned Labour voters already leaning towards the Greens or Reform. As for people who have already left Labour, there's no chance that attitude is going to bring them back into the fold. Labour's 'Red...

Part of me wonders if this is an attempt to reduce the popularity and financial sustainability of the national parks in order to justify flogging parts of them off. Especially after bipartisan opposition last year to the parts about selling federal land in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. My...

Gosh, that brings back an unpleasant memory. I bought them on a whim from B&M once, as they were something ridiculous like a pound, and that should have been a warning sign because they were absolutely vile. The patty consistency was more like jellied cat food and, as you say, the gravy had a...

The government looked at refurbishing the station as part of their Hastings and Bexhill regeneration programme, but the costs of necessary repairs were deemed too high to justify, so they went with a new station building instead. To be fair, the station was in a terrible state by the...

I recall reading that motorman continued as a separate grade to driver on the Southern until the early 1960s, with separate depots, lower pay, and lower status. I think there were also 'dual links' who were drivers trained up as motorman to cover turns at these depots. As for America, I...

"All rather frightening with all these different colours". I wonder how Miss Hunter would have coped with all the variety post-privatisation! Fascinating article though, thank you. It's hard to imagine such prestige at Newhaven now, when all you get is a ferry symbol on a carriage map.

At work, we bank the tins annually on behalf of our charities and, unless some generous soul has put a note in, it's rare they have more than £10 in them. I imagine it does add up though. Sorry boss, I'll be on my best behaviour from now on!

That's good news. I've used the service in Leeds a couple of times and the Solo that turned up (a 2007 model, I think) sounded like an asthmatic horse ratting itself to bits.

Especially with the arrows. They're like chicken feet.

Of all the products of Bulleid's fascinating mind, the tavern cars have to be my favourite. It's a very plausible rule one as well - enjoying a tipple in an olde English pub going 60 mph through Tonbridge before boarding a ship to France feels like an experience that could have happened. I hope...

Having just finished reading the tribunal judgement, I do empathise with Mr Hehir. I can also understand Metroline's decision.

Manchester Piccadilly, Ore is it? by Amira Blossom, on Flickr There's been more than a few times when the help point at Ore would display the departures for a different station entirely. Here it is showing Manchester Piccadilly, but I've also seen it display the likes of Haywards Heath, London...

Congratulations on the weight loss and sustaining it as well! I've known a lot of people lose weight through the likes of Mounjaro and get surprised when they put it all back on after stopping it. My doctor always says you can't outrun a bad diet. I've considered Mounjaro, as I put on a lot of...

Especially with so much brick and mortar competition in the outdoors sector from the likes Mountain Warehouse, Trespass, Millets, etc. I understand the majority of Alpkit's locations are in popular outdoor areas like Ilkley or Betws-y-Coed rather than your typical busy town centre, so they...