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For the record, the 'real' headcodes for last week's moves were 0Z40 (Eastleigh to Redhill) and 0Z41 return. MARK

That's the (currently closed) west bore of Gasworks tunnels looking towards Kings Cross. MARK

If they are so terrified of other people, why don't they stick to home delivery?? MARK

Some people are still absolutely horrified when they encounter 'maskless' people in shops, unfortunately... I know this for a fact because Mrs Freightmaster works in a supermarket and doesn't wear a mask (she tried for a week last July and nearly fainted twice!), but she makes sure to wear her...

Correct, which is why a more transmissible/less virulent variant is a good thing, despite the media's current panic porn!! MARK

The one thing which strikes me is most of these announcements seem to be done by voiceover artists with a Yorkshire/Northern accent - or is that just because I live in the North and the Southern stores have their announcements done in a posh home counties accent?! o_O MARK

Both! (one of the trains runs in the path of a previous Doncaster Railport service while the other is new) MARK

The Aberdeen train still conveys Asda containers: https://www.flickr.com/photos/drs66424/51145718524/ MARK

This. The past twelve months have been an absolute eyeopener for me as to how easy it is to brainwash/'gaslight' the gullible general public into a state of unquestioning, cult-like obedience irrespective of the actual facts/risks... To be honest it feels like the Emperor's New Clothes - and...

First Freightliner train is running today, sooner than I expected! 4E82 - https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H04462/2021-05-11/detailed 4L09 - https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H04507/2021-05-11/detailed MARK

That reminds me of this Bruce Willis sci-fi Movie:

I thought they were being revoked (or at least changing from law to 'guidance') on June 21st in England, which is the date of the fourth and final stage of the current lockdown easing roadmap? Are you saying you believe there will be fifth/sixth stages of the roadmap, not implemented until...

The flyover south of Welwyn Garden City is similar: https://goo.gl/maps/8ChvGT5DoWamfQ4s6 MARK

Hardly conducive to having a relaxing weekend away/short break in a German city through, is it? So if we take "restriction free" to include mandatory invasive testing which surely must count as a punitive restriction in anyone's book, the answer to the "where can we go?" part of the question...

Username checks out...:D MARK

Why not? Did they not get the memo that the UK is no longer the "sick man of Europe"?! ;) MARK

The current weekday diagram (OP is planning to visit on a Wednesday) is expected to continue until further notice; at least until the end of the Covid 'roadmap' on June 21st. MARK

Correct - the infamous "hammer and dance" strategy that (as far as I am aware) no European country has actually employed... If anyone is interested (and has at least an hour to spare!), here is the original article from last March...

Agreed - last Autumn, the WHO estimated the typical population IFR in 'developed' countries to be around 0.6% Which ironically is not a million miles from the 500k that Neil Ferguson famously predicted last Spring, although to be fair, that figure was a 'worst case scenario' with no mitigation...

This is a really good point which many people gloss over, particularly in respect to the first lockdown; I vividly remember roads/pubs/shops/public transport being eerily quiet for several weeks before March 23rd last year and big office-based companies began the switch to working from home in...