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Yes, sorry. the cookies were in 2013. I think Nuland's "f**k the EU" came in 2014.

That might be the easiest but that isn't going to happen. You can't expect that a deal which was available just before hostilities began will still be available after the expenditure of much blood and treasure. Russia in fact has a positive incentive not to make a deal because Ukraine is likely...

I'm doing a thought experiment: I'm imagining that NATO has been disbanded but that the Warsaw Pact continues to exist and is expanding: how relaxed would London be if the Republic of Ireland became a Warsaw Pact member?

No. The Soviet Union broke up in a largely peaceful way and Russia has previously been very tolerant of the expansion of NATO, eg in the Baltic states. A new power is arising: BRICS+, and in the fullness of time that will lead to the decline of the American Empire.

I'm glad that there are still some old school people around like George Galloway and Mick Lynch and that the modern left hasn't been entirely co-opted by the neoliberal and neocon establishment. This Ukraine conflict actually started back in 2014 - though you'd never guess that from listening...

The phrase 'this is the Northern service to' is irritating. Use of the definite article suggests that it is the only one, or the only one that day; 'a Northern service' would be better.

The Yorkshire chap does a robust rendition of 'Cark & Cartmel' - though I think a Scouser might do it even better. The exaggerated f'th in Carnforth in the old recording came across as a bit of an affectation. There are times when a more RP version, in this case as in the number or the Scottish...

In England Kiveton Park on the Sheffield-Worksop line has a road junction immediately beyond the crossing on the north side - with room for only one vehicle without fouling the track. There is a signal box immediately adjacent which can keep an eye on things, however.

Geoff Marshall has recently posted a video, including the beach landing, about a trip to Barra/Vatersay: 'Britain's Most Westerly Bus Stop'.

Should you have the misfortune of being turfed off a train near Astley crossing I'd recommend taking a brisk half hour's walk north to the Old Boat House, a pleasant pub located where the lane crosses over the Bridgewater Canal. Once suitably fed and watered you could continue through Astley...

Not really - New Mills Central is close to the main settlement and the southern suburb of Newtown has its own station. But there's no station on the third line, the direct route to Hazel Grove.

I see there's a Preston to the north of Duns so maybe 'Reston for Preston'?

A lot of opposition in the Lowton area near Leigh. The local MP and the two Warrington MPs oppose the spur.

Someone tweeted the other day that they went into a 'No cash, card only' cocktail bar in Leeds. They ordered 2 cocktails (£18), 2 madri (£12) and 2 tequilas (£9), offered cash, then walked out. :lol: Anyway, sounds as if most on here will lap up the idea of programmable digital money: you know...

Kiveton Park to Shireoaks is a walk of 3 miles or so. The middle and eastern end of this section along the canal is very attractive.

On Friday during the lunchtime period I travelled from Doncaster to Manchester. The TPE service from Doncaster should have been a through service to Manchester but terminated at Sheffield. The platform departure board at Sheffield said of the following EM Liverpool service: 'This service is...

Amongst employers more widely it is not uncommon for them to ask, in particular, for evidence of English and Maths GCSEs (even if the job also requires higher level qualifications). It may take several weeks for an exam board to issue you a replacement certificate so it's something to be...

A railway double-header scheduled for this Friday (11th Dec): Rob Bell's third episode traversing the Cotswolds, following the Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Rly, followed by a separate one-off programme featuring Devon and Cornwall. The last in Bell's series, scheduled for Fri 18th Dec, is in the...

The house price budget is quite limited for the area. The Reddish district of Stockport might be worth a look. Reddish North rail station has a regular service to Manchester. There would also be the possibility of using buses.

The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel (formerly Principal, formerly Palace) in Manchester has a seminar room from which you can virtually touch trains leaving Oxford Road station for Piccadilly. I imagine some of the higher floor rooms in the same footprint are bedrooms.