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Thankfully I’m only off to Doncaster from Wakefield so just had to wait around for the local Northern service to turn up, not much luck for anyone there waiting for London sadly… There was an optimistic announcement around 6pm they were sending a train from the depot to Leeds to run a London...

Harvey Nichols is saved! ...The only problem being the saviour is Frasers Group https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd69p89gl6xo

Some of it perhaps falls into social engineering Keep a Travelodge or whatever hotel keycard handy in your wallet, go to reception 'my keycard has stopped working!' (this is a genuine and common issue although probably more so with the magstripe rather than RFID ones) 'Oh I'm sorry for that...

I think a lot of the stores are far too big so they have to fill much of the space with random junk (and then overprice it so it just gathers dust for years!) Although that does apply to a lot of retail brands in general, I went to John Lewis in Westfield Shepherd's Bush the other week and it...

Some schools do take children out for a trip by train, I imagine the reason it perhaps isn’t more common is trying to keep track of 100+ children and the health and safety / safeguarding ‘red tape’ is perhaps a bit too much effort to bother with! Is swimming still part of the curriculum for...

I was surprised click and collect is a bit of a manual process at the store having to queue and wait for a member of staff to scan or type in your collection code rather than being able to do it on the terminals dotted around the store even though I seem to remember doing exactly so many years...

The barriers next to York Way seemingly always set to ‘exit only’ is quite annoying when you have to drag your luggage around a loop to end up at the same place!

During my recent week in London I also found staying above ground and just jumping on buses quite useful which I had never really considered before! Google Maps comes in super handy on the move for calculating the best options from wherever you’re stood at the time too

Nothing better than getting back to your own bed after an exhausting week away in the Big Smoke :D I decided to treat myself to some Lego, not quite thinking how big the box was going to be! Was certainly fun trying to carry that down Tottenham Court Road, thankfully there was a bus stop...

Something I’ve noticed during my week in London (mainly on Southeastern) is if the service comes to a halt even for less than a couple of minutes the driver will be straight on the tannoy to apologise and explain what’s causing the hold up (usually a red signal!) In Northern land I find it...

Very happy to report Premier Inn were more than willing to store my (very heavy!) couple of luggage items after checking out until I popped back for them later in the day

Sainsburys have sold Argos The new owners will get the standalone stores and the concessions in Sainsbury stores for now although I can’t help thinking that won’t last forever https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpw9yrl4p2qo

Just been for a swim at Tooting Bec Lido…another hidden London gem I’ll miss when I head home tomorrow! (Well at least in the summer I guess :D) Plenty of space for everyone as the pool is 90m long (although the online booking system is a bit of a pain!) and even the satisfying rumble as a...

Not the supermarket but Amazon handily have a locker right outside the front door of the hotel I'm staying at so I ordered a couple of bits I needed...but unlike the usual lockers there is no screen or barcode scanner so they rely on you using a convoluted way of Bluetooth on your phone and the...

I wanted to see the new Spider Man movie today whilst in London for the week, predictably all the major chains were pretty much full but then I just so happened to come across a independent cinema 10 minutes walk from my hotel! What an excellent little venue it turned out to be, none of this 3D...

At the Premier Inn I’m staying in which is just their ‘Thyme’ brand I’m 3 out of 3 so far just strolling straight in to the breakfast and tucking in without anyone checking I’ve actually paid for it! (Just before Lenny Henry dobs me in I have :D) It’s certainly not something I would go out of...

Is this 'new' though? I say that because when I was Year 10-11 in high school around 2004 I was actually placed on a 'new' Manufacturing GCSE course! (for all intents and purposes it was just design and technology) and I ended up with my lowest GCSE of F or it might even have been G because...

Ended up doing the St Pancras - Farringdon - Abbey Wood - SL3 in the end for a bit of fun :)

Thanks for the clarification...I've never had to use a rail replacement bus in London before amazingly :D The St Pancras - Lewisham rail journey looks like a good idea too, don't think the SL3 would benefit me too much as I'm staying at the Premier Inn next to Sidcup station and SL3 looks to...

I’ll be travelling from King’s Cross to Sidcup tomorrow and just noticed engineering works are taking place tomorrow so the route is King’s Cross - Victoria (underground) - Lewisham (rail) - Sidcup (rail replacement bus) As I’ll be using contactless after touching out at Lewisham what is the...