Recent content by Toast is nice

I am on the 1630 from Edinburgh to Kings Cross to sign some documents before returning on the sleeper in a few hours as my firm is on the cusp of announcing a travel ban and I needed to get down and back quickly. I can honestly say that this train journey is the most effective form of social...

If anyone wants to read an interesting view on this from an informed viewpoint looking at it on a genome level, try this... https://bedford.io/blog/ncov-cryptic-transmission/

The process whereby travellers are contacted individually frequently falls down for business travellers on a carnet where CS might not have the travellers’ contact details. That has happened on more than one occasion to my colleagues and I where a simple Twitter post would have saved us a...

Yup, I was pleasantly surprised. I have expressed my frustration with some aspects of the CS service in recent months but, credit where credit’s due, last night was excellent. Ok, we couldn’t board until 22:45 but - with all of the weather issues - getting in a couple of minutes late was more...

On the move again now...(via Tamworth and Nuneaton though, I think)

On the southbound Lowlander. All going well but have been stuck north of Stafford for getting on for an hour. I am guessing flooding south of Stafford (poss. Shugborough?).

I am in the CS southbound Lowlander. All going tickety-boo (and about 10 mins ahead of schedule) but have come to a halt north of Stafford and been stuck here for well over half an hour. I am no expert on either trains or topography but a quick look at Google Maps suggest that area around...

I don’t know the correct terminology but it’s the little room at the end of the carriage, next to cabin 1. You would struggle to swing a cat in it but I can certainly vouch for the presence of a phone...

...and stop that nonsense about pretending to be some kind of magical hotel on wheels. I think we could all put up with the issues a little better if there wasn’t all this marketing rubbish. It is not a luxury experience. It is a pig with lipstick. I travel the route about three or four times a...

They would have to be very thick curtains, though... (sorry)