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I may have to hire a large car or van to transport some stuff to The Netherlands next year. Does anyone have recent experience of this? Several hire companies say they're ok with this but online searches for availability suggest otherwise. Also has anyone done a one-way hire to Europe from the UK?

My roving reporter advises he needs to use the above route next week owing to travelling with a bicycle. The usual routing point of via Smethwick Galton Bridge has buses in lieu of trains to Stourbridge Junction thus travel with a bike is not an option that way. Is it possible to buy a...

I personally like the E190 with it's 2+2 seat configuration. Does anyone have a list of regular to/from UK flights utilising this aircraft? I know I could research using flight radar but this could be very time consuming! I'm particularly interested in European and International flights rather...

I've travelled in Italy a few times over the past 2 years. What puzzles me is the (apparent) lack of electric vehicles, particularly domestic cars. I've visited big cities, country towns and major tourist areas, north and south. But I'm struggling to think of anywhere I've seen EVs or anywhere...

I'm on an intercity train from Milan to Naples. It's been routed in part down the high speed line with 125mph running. I assume these trains have CDL, however every time we stop at a signal or simply not at a station, there's an announcement in English saying don't open the doors. So are these...

Interesting diversion today, Ryanair FR3257 BHX-SNN diverted to BFS. Now estimated departure BFS-SNN 1758 as RYR32. This should then form FR3258 SNN-BHX delayed to dep 1850, and then, at last should form my flight FR1562 BHX to Verona...

Haven't seen a thread for this Friday's tour yet: "Two Castle Class locomotives, Clun Castle and Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, will double head The Mayflower unassisted to Plymouth over the Devon banks in both directions". Steam is from Bristol, I'm on it!!

OASIS.....not everyone's cup of tea but for those who remember the 90s phenomenon, and those younger fans next year's concerts are very welcome. But hang on.....ticket sites selling out in minutes....tickets being resold for £6k....is this a "sell out" by the band? I mean will they be playing to...

I just read a BBC article about the soaring cost of Fish and Chips, up 50% in the past 5 years, to nearly £10. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7l6kzppyxo Being a staple food of many a railtour/heritage railway visit, what do you think of the price rise? Would smaller portions be healthier...

I've travelled on a fair few railtours: steam and diesel (sometimes both) and electric. A feature of most seems to be the onboard buffet and shop. As a standard class passenger I wonder what your ideal buffet/merchandise set up would be? To start the ball rolling I'd say it had to be a decent...

I'm looking to travel in Italy but don't want interrail. I see there's a senior Railcard available for €30 that gives discounted travel. Is it possible to buy this online as a digital download? If so does anyone know how to do this? All I can see is purchase at station, but clearly I need the...

Some friends are planning to travel to Bordeaux on Friday 30/08/2024. Unfortunately this is during the Paralympics. They want to avoid changing at Paris completely but have no issues changing trains in eg: Lille (Europe to Flanders) or any other TGV stopping points. I'm struggling to find an...

Went into store and asked a well known high street opticians if they were prepared to glaze a pair of spectacles I was proposing to buy on line. The make, size, description was advised to them. Opticians said yes no problem. So paid £90 for lenses. Lenses arrived. Took in frames. Optician...

I'm traveling from BHI to MAN tonight, plane lands c.2100. I've an open return to Manchester Picadilly but fear I'll not make the 2141 through train. The later option is 2146, via New St, then 2222 to Nuneaton, thence 2324 to Manchester arr 0039. Assuming I miss both of these there's a 2250...

I used to live in London and used the tube daily on 1938, 1960, 1968 and 1972 stock, on Northern, Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Victoria and Central lines. I was never particularly bothered by the noise onboard the train, I guess I got used to it. 30+ years later my hearing isn't so acute. But I was...

Ticket checks seem a bit random these days. Certainly there's no hard and fast rule as to whether you'll be asked to show your ticket onboard the train, and it's often the case that barriers are open even at major stations. I took a train from Euston to Birmingham New Street one night earlier...

With the continued demise of public Telephone Kiosks (boxes), I was pleasantly surprised to see a 1968 K8 red box on Worcester Shrub Hill station. This got me wondering, how many red BT phone boxes are there on UK railway stations and where are they located? If people reply here it would be...

I've seen it mentioned in this Forum that Germany is checking incoming trains from Poland at Frankfurt am Der Oder thereby causing delays. I'm currently at Menton and saw police activity at Menton Garavin station yesterday concerning trains entering France from Italy. What's going on? Last...

Advice to anyone travelling to Nice and taking the train from the local station (St Augustin): to access the station with baggage there's one glass elevator from the street. Two women hang around this and enter with you. One then "attempts" to press platform level whilst actually holding the...

Many station car parks now, like supermarkets and retail parks, use ANPR systems to monitor entry and exit, to substantiate parking charges etc I've personally become aware of problems with these systems if you go in and out more than once in a day. The photo taken at say 1pm may show you...