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Exactly this. I met a couple of guys on the Budapest-Stuttgart sleeper last month going to a gig and a night out in Vienna like it was the most routine thing in the world! Which I suppose it probably is. But the British mind could never fully comprehend that. I was on an ICE out of Amsterdam...

And if it is full, which isn't uncommon, that makes the first arrival into Inverness 10:29. That's disgraceful.

Yes it is, yes it is. And yes they most certainly are. "Of all the things that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most" springs to mind with this one. Not a chance Chiltern will buy the story of having conveniently stopped to collect a ticket at High Wycombe and just so coincidentally...

Well, quite. I suspect the Industrial Relations issues of recent years have blown any possibility of that for quite some time! I've no idea of the shifts at Avanti stations, but I do know of dispatchers elsewhere who routinely work 12 hour shifts. So they wouldn't be able to stay on any longer.

It very much is a connection for Edinburgh and in my experience a significant amount of pax do indeed alight and take it. Suspect it's a Transport Scotland requirement to give Lockerbie (and indeed Carlisle-Manchester) pre 09:00 arrivals into both Edinburgh and Glasgow? There used to be a...

I assumed it was a shopping trolley?

Bet they did well yesterday with stranded passengers! And deservedly so. Love the place.

Sure I will! Been on earlies this morning so no concerns about sleeping well :D

Well, quite! Didn't get the beer or two I was looking forward to in the Euston Tap but I've made up for it whilst travelling:D and while the delay repay won't be huge, it will at least buy the jug of beer I'll be getting from the onboard bar when I'm on the ship!

I got caught up in this heading to Harwich International. Yes. For the ferry. Squeaky bum time... Was on the 14:55 from Manchester to Crewe then the 16:13 West Mids to Euston. Got to Crewe ok and onto the WMT. Left 20 late, ahead of 2 Avantis still being held. Messaged the WMT social media team...

Load your railcard onto an Oyster and that CrossRail fare is less than £10. All depends on perspective. If you're capping out in Z1-6, then absolutely use CrossRail. If you're not, then the premium for HEX (origin/destination dependant) is likely worth it. And I've paid the railcard HEX fare...

You can't

That means you will be dealing with Thameslink, their inspectors have caught you. I'm assuming you were stopped at Gatwick Airport?

Thurso doesn't have a 'Spoons but there are plenty of pubs and places to eat, as well as a Tesco. The 'Spoons in Wick is now an independent pub. Seems a shame to go all that way and not do the Wick branch tbh.

Fair enough. It's not a part of the world I'm massively familiar with tbh. But yes, Northern and ScotRail trains tend to be filthy!

Neither have WMT by the sounds of it! :D

That's not necessarily true. Though if it was indeed the OBS who scanned it, they've almost certainly either let you off, or not even noticed.

A few stays on my recent Interrail Trip. Hostal Guillot, Torremolinos Decent little place. 5 minutes or so from the station, plenty of bars very nearby. £35 or so for one night, very happy with it. No lift though. Cruise Barcelona, Grimaldi Lines Wouldn't have mentioned this, but thought I...

Nothing's changed in that regard IIRC. I was referring to the network of ferries operated by Shetland/Orkney Island Council. A fleet of smaller ships on similar kind of routes to CalMac's smaller vessels. At least one of the Orkney routes (North Ronaldsay) still crane vehicles and cargo...

Do the Shetland/Orkney inter island ferries have issues? They've always been pretty good when I've used them, but then again, so have CalMac!