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I only read your post fully after replying. I am surprised the airport route was reopened so quickly. Things tend to be announced but then never actually happen. For example previous large fleets of buses, previous fleets of locos for the east and for Kinshasa - Matadi. But there is a...

The others almost certainly are, however degraded. Not sure if the electrified section is still 'live'. Reports suggested 'new' (as in reconditioned and imported) locomotives but the few pictures available show a very saggy contact wire, but perhaps that was a parallel line rather than the main...

Pre Covid, Travelodge and Premier Inn had fixed 'use it or lose it' rates with no ability to reschedule or refund. The flexibility is a hangover from Covid. Perhaps Travelodge have decided it is time to bring back total inflexibility. An analysis I did a while back. non-flex standard...

Exactly, a tone deaf marketing team.

I wasn't apportioning blame to any particular party. The inability of one party (can't recall if it was the EE or NR case/s) to get their case prepared until the last moment did seem worrying, chasing round for witness statements quite literally years after the events. Then introducing them at...

On an anecdotal basis, I find the flex rate doesn't change that much. It seems to be set and stays there from months ahead right up to the line. Perhaps if a big event is announced and bookings go through the roof it might. You pay for the flexibility of course. I have previously booked a room...

I have never encountered this. I do a generic location search, it brings up a list of hotels in the area, I click on one (or right click to open in a new window and keep the original search) and the prices are the same, albeit as @Bletchleyite said, there are many rates (more expensive)...

These adverts are not new. When I bought my lovely Penguino portable* air conditioner back in 2022 my internet search brought up loads of similar pieces of kit. Reading any advertisement text with a cycnical/questioning mind generally does the trick. *only if your Geoff Capes, it's heavy!

In other circumstances, parties would prepare their statement of case, those statements would be shared with the other parties involved, responses to the statement of case would be prepared/submitted. Agreed points (statements of common ground) which don't need to be debated on the day would be...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/altnabreac-station-and-the-various-legal-disputes-around-it.257526 I wonder how much court time is actually spent doing work which achieves 'justice', and how much is mere bureaucratic pushing things on a bit? If the time-lags...

Planning Permission for Liverpool Baltic was granted in May 2026. Waterbeach (relocation) has had planning permission for quite some time. I just got round to noticing! Haxby seems to be in permanent holding pattern following a holding direction from National Highways. A holding direction is...

Well, if they are that committed to zero emissions and that at a higher priority than running a profitable business that meets their customers needs, just don't have freezers at all and we can all live on tinned food or cook from fresh. Oh, but they closed all the fresh food counters to put...

That was my point last time around. My local Tesco is a new installation, they really should have factored in 'climate change' in the specification. The old set up of 30 years never failed in multiple, just the odd individual unit. Someone needs a stand up interview without coffee, unless this...

Must be a heatwave forecast! Just been down to Tesco and all the freezers are being emptied. Aisle full of plastic trays themselves full of frozen peas (or whatever). I suppose it avoids waste but I'm not sure what this does for customer satisfaction. Got some decent ice cream lollies before...

Many singles were very close to the cost of an Explorer Ticket, for example a single from Windermere to Coniston.

In a worse manner, on Tuesday 30 June two through service trains were cancelled in order to accommodate the delayed excursion train. Not their fault in this case, a signal box west of Carmarthen failed to open on time. The excursion left Haverfordwest 88 minutes late and stole / was given the...

The 'new' station building was reconfigured a few years ago which may have made it feel bigger than in the early 2000's. I can remember it being done but not what and when.

I guess the risk of too much hot air being expelled in the meeting pushed things over the line.

A similar situation (in terms of recovery) was the Grayrigg derailment on the West Coast in 2007. These notes are a heavily reduced version of the whole article on Wikipedia.

It could be worse, you could have to spend time in Millom between buses!