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Is there any reason why Stagecoach in Mansfield have been posting very little information about bus service disruptions on ‘X’ these last few weeks? Most other Stagecoach East Midlands areas have continued with regular and quite comprehensive updates, but except for a post about a few...

@TheGrandWazoo as you would probably guess I enjoyed reading your trip report from Nottinghamshire. I don’t think that there is anywhere you went to that I am not familiar with, but there are lots of places I haven‘t travelled to by bus and that includes Worksop and Retford. You were very brave...

Last week I was staying in the village of Outwell in Norfolk, just over the border from Cambridgeshire. Stagecoach East Midlands most southerly route, the hourly T7 running through the Fens from Wisbech to Chatteris runs through the village. One day I decided to travel by bus to Ely. I boarded...

I visited both Locomotion and Hopetown in one day just 3 weeks ago whilst staying a few days in Darlington. I really enjoyed my visit to Locomotion and spent a good 3 hours there. In addition to the large exhibition sheds there are also quite a lot of interesting historic buildings to see...

I had a similar situation recently where I wanted to buy an “Any Permitted“ off-peak return from Alfreton to Glasgow. This was to enable me to travel at least one way via the Settle to Carlisle line. The only ticket available between Alfreton and Glasgow is a “via Lancaster” ticket. I found this...

I can’t see it ever becoming valid between York and the North East due to the extortionate prices charged by LNER on that stretch of line. The fact that the Northern Explorer is valid all day and an Anytime Single between just York and Darlington is £29. The price of £35 even undercuts the price...

I haven‘t checked on prices or validity of returning via Lincoln, but have you thought about looking at fares from somewhere like Bulwell or Hucknall just outside Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line? This probably isn’t of much help but the return fare from Hucknall to Brigg is very reasonably...

I went to see Ray LaMontagne at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham on Monday. It’s the 20th anniversary of his album ‘Trouble’. Lovely evening of great music. He’s always been noted for being very shy but he was much more talkative than when I last saw him almost 20 years ago.

Also if travelling long distances when going away on holiday, it’s good to be able to arrive before the evening. I’ve used my railcard in recent years to travel to various locations in Scotland including Aberdeen and Inverness where an early start has been preferable for a reasonable arrival...

Thank you. That‘s quite a clear explanation and I wouldn’t want anything more technical. I think I have probably been on 2 of them today on the 141 route.

A few weeks ago I was in a fish and chip shop in Matlock in Derbyshire. I paid by card and as I was eating my fish and chips I saw a sign saying ’cash preferred’. I always have cash and could have paid with cash if only I had seen the sign before paying. I think this is the case at many market...

Thank you. You did at least try! As someone mainly interested in bus routes and timetables I find so much of the content of this thread meaningless to those who don’t know and understand all the jargon. A few months ago I kept reading about MAN‘s being transferred to Mansfield. I think they are...

At the end of March last year all Nottinghamshire County Council issued bus passes stopped working on most buses throughout the country. There was a major software problem and it took a few weeks to get it sorted. It wasn’t too bad locally because all local bus drivers were made aware of the...

It is probably getting less common these days, but I think that there are still quite a few elderly people who switch their phones off when they are not using them to make a call. I have an elderly relative who never uses her mobile phone when she’s at home and so it is almost always switched...

I haven‘t used TOD collection for some time now. I used to use TOD regularly years ago when travelling using Advance tickets in the days when I got the tickets many weeks in advance to get the lowest fare. I always collected my tickets well before the travel date to avoid any problems. I still...

I can’t see any reason why the regional Rail Rovers like the North West and North East Rovers would change. However, I find it strange that a new TOC specific Northern only ticket should be introduced at this time.

Non of this applies, or is indeed relavent, to the £2 fare cap in mostly very rural areas of Scotland. In the same way it is of no use to most areas of England outside of London and some other large cities. If you live in a rural area, or even in many fairly large market towns there are no...

When you hear news like today that HS2 may not now be open before 2040 and that now I could very well not still be around to ride on it. I always knew that I would be well into my 70’s before it opened but it really does make me feel old when I begin to realise that it may not open within my...

At around 1840 a Pronto double decker passed through Papplewick and Linby on the 141 route towards Hucknall. It was just a few minutes after the scheduled time of the final 141 of the day towards Nottingham and I got quite excited thinking that there was a double decker on the 141 route. To my...

I also think that the microgrind granules like Kenco ones are very good for an instant coffee. I use them most of the time at home and for a flask. The M&S Gold coffee of this type recently came out top in a testing by ”Which”. I‘ve tried it and thought it was as good, if not even better than...