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Can well believe bashers overlooking it. I wouldn't have gone there if I could have stayed in Fort William for even close to what I paid at Arrochar. The Scottish self service breakfast was very good, the staff were lovely and the bar is reasonably priced. No Tennents though, which may or may...

I've a few from recently. The Mission Bunkhouse, Mallaig. After a far worse night than @D6130 had on the Caledonian Sleeper, when I eventually got to Mallaig I stayed at this nice hostel type place. The room was basic as you'd expect. Don't think they had any dorm accommodation, but it was all...

Was on a ScotRail train yesterday and a group of about 10 or so rowdy blokes got on at Invergordon clearly all in possession of very strong smelling weed. It was so overpowering I actually had to move to the other carriage. Opted to just sit in the vestibule as I was getting off shortly. The...

Ah. :D Managed to completely skip past the first two lines.

You'd be surprised how many people I've heard at Piccadilly asking staff for Salford Central and then seem surprised when they have to change. Admittedly I'd bet most of them don't come from Ardwick!

The ones that spring to mind for me, as I'm too young to remember 9/11. The death of Her Majesty and the derailment at Carmont, both when the news broke and when pictures got leaked. When the Queen died, I was sat at home waiting to go to work for the start of a run on night shifts. I was...

Ardwick to Salford Central? Change at Manchester Piccadilly and Salford Crescent/Victoria

That's interesting and quite concerning. Given how busy the ScotRail services have been today up here and the fact it's apparently a bank holiday weekend in Scotland I'm happy to give them the benefit of the doubt for this morning that it genuinely was fully booked.

Did the Sleeper again from Fort William tonight as far as Arrochar & Tarbet. Change of Scenery from the ironing boards I've been sat on all day, having been to both Oban and Mallaig, not that I saw anything outside from the Sleeper aside from the Belmond Royal Scotsman at Tulloch. One of the...

So you're basically proposing how ScotRail deal with the alcohol ban? Thoughts of the ban (and compliance levels!) Firmly to one side for a minute, there's posters at stations and on trains and the conductors generally make announcements prior to departure from the origin station to inform...

Good spot:D It was running as a Southern service using GX rolling stock.

Ah, not even on the same train then! I went to see how I was getting to Fort William and someone else said they were just up for the day.

I texted 61016 to report a begger on the Gatwick Express late on Monday night. He was sitting down with everyone telling his story, and when I said I don't carry cash, asked where I was getting off and tried to pressure me into going to the cash machine. So I said I was off at Clapham Junction...

Myself and around 25 others ended up being taxied from Edinburgh to Fort William. Got a couple of hours sleep in the taxi, made it here for about 13:10. Playing the waiting game of "is the 16:19 to Mallaig running?" now over a fantastic pizza and a (OK, several) pints in the excellent Black...

Was that you I spoke to briefly in the Aberdeen lounge then? Both of us in the seats.

On the move again! Quite some delay.

I've had a text saying we're terminating Edinburgh, certainly for the Aberdeen/Fort William bit. Fell asleep at Preston, expected to wake up a bit further North than Lancaster!

Oh rub it in! Might not last... been a total loss of signalling between Oxenholme and Lancaster. Avanti's 20:06 Glasgow-Crewe would normally have the TM and catering staff pass on here. They're still at Carlisle! And that felt like a rather sudden stop.

Unexpected in that we'd planned our trips independently, but it was nice to meet @D6130 in the Euston Tap before we both head up to Fort William on the Sleeper.