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I haven't come across this scam. So far it has worked in reverse for me: suppliers in EU countries have deducted the VAT from my orders and HMRC have ignored the goods 1681988808 For some of us Ireland, Norway, Faeroes and Iceland are closer. Not recommended by rubber boat, though

Highlander still sitting at Wembley waiting to change direction

My perception is that temperature differences tend to be much more an east-west thing than north south. In more than one winter I have made my way from a snowy southeast of England to a balmy NW Highlands basking in 7 or 8 degrees. In winter cold weather comes from the east, from the continent...

And the ships are not moored in international waters, as I heard someone suggesting on Radio 4 Today earlier this week. I also got the impression that the speaker thought there were international waters in the English Channel, which I don't think can be correct...

Last year I bought a van in Kendal which came complete with a Lakeland Radio sticker advertising 3 frequencies it broadcasts on

Of course you're quite right. Silly of me to forget that the boards normally show pence

My wife filled up with diesel at Morrisons in Fort William yesterday. On looking at the receipt I was interested to see that the price was given as 1.999 (yes, 3 decimal places) a litre. The extra one tenth of a penny gave them an extra 3p on the total . Has anyone else noticed this and is it a...

We shouldn't. But what would have happened if they had been more sympathetic to the Soviets and allowed them to station nuclear subs in Cork? (Hint: Cuba 1963). Ukraine's foreign policy has implications for Russian defence policy in the same way as Mexico's foreign policy has implications for...

I'm not sure. I think he has shown either extreme naivety or recklessness in pursuing NATO membership. The Russians have been warning us since the Bucharest summit in 2008 that they would not countenance NATO expansion to include Georgia and Ukraine (hence Lavrov's complaints about the West...

Be prepared for changes to this. Although I had already cancelled my return journey from Euston which was to have taken place last night I received an email today apologising for the disruption to my journey due to a landslip at Bridge of Orchy. Apparently passengers for FTW were taken to Dundee...

Sadly you were correct. After sending a series of encouraging messages during the day CS decided to cancel the service at 6pm by which time we had already left home to catch the train to FTW from Mallaig. Also too late to cancel tomorrow night's hotel without paying for it. I wonder if the real...

My fingers are crossed for Friday night as me and the wife are booked on the FTW-EUS. Hopefully the network will have recovered from Eunice by then.

A couple of years ago I was told by a taxi-driver who had just taken passengers to and from a function at Corrour (in a 9 seater van) that the estate track was smoother than the main road. However, it is a private road so I suspect that this will lead Scotrail to regard it as off-limits.

There was once a railway halt in Alberta called Mallaig, although the railway it was on has now been lifted. My understanding was that it was named by a railway engineer who had previously worked on the West Highland Railway's Mallaig Extension. This sounds more likely than the Wikipedia...

Not as bad as you would think: snow is rarely a problem on the A82 and at night it is pretty well deserted except for deer. I bet the drivers do Helensburgh-Fort William in 2 hours or less, even keeping below 60 mph.

Until about 1988 a bus carrying schoolchildren from Acharacle used to connect with the Fort William train at Lochailort. I remember one occasion around 1980 when, after waiting at Lochailort for 10 minutes or so, the train crew obviously decided that they had to press on and the train left the...

Beasdale (5 miles as the crow flies), although I have stood on the platform to watch trains go through a couple of times.

It's highly likely that WCR are just winging it and testing the water to see how many bookings they get. I can't see them operating it unless it is clearly going to be profitable. Apart from those who see themselves as special cases - I came across a couple from Falkirk two nights ago, encamped...

I see that West Coast Railways are planning to resume normal service on the "Jacobite" from 17th July. I can see no suggestion on their website of any measures to limit capacity or implement social distancing restrictions. It remains to be seen, of course, how many potential passengers will be...

My Leicester born and brought up mother referred to it as "the Midland station" until the very end of her life in 1992.