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    [Proposal] The Wickstead Link

    I thought this was going to be a link here
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    Should Heathrow Express be abolished, to enable more Crossrail trains to Terminal 5?

    I wanted times to get from Kings Cross to Heathrow terminal 5. I wanted to go on the Elizabeth line, to try it out. It was quite difficult to get it as an itinerary which used the Elizabeth Line. From National Rail only gives itineraries with the Heathrow Express, even though there is an option...
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    Trip idea please! (Europe)

    The TGV from Lille to Avignon is fast and you can do it for a reasonable price with advanced tickets. Avignon TGV has trains in lots of directions. I stayed in a hotel near there and carried on to a work meeting in Nice, which ends up trundling along the coast. Its pretty, but not fast. Avignon...
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    Trip idea please! (Europe)

    What do you want? Views, places, traction, countryside, cities? Do you want to book tickets in advance, or have an Interrail ticket and be flexible? Sleepers are fun, but you don't see the views if its dark and you're asleep.
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    Wherry Line Ranger - how to buy one

    There is a nice walk from Berney Arms to Great Yarmouth, which takes you past Great Yarmouth carriage sidings This is a Geoff Marshall about the walk from Berney Arms
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    Luton Airport DART ticketing discussion

    The Pisa Mover is €10 return (£8.79) to save a 1 mile walk between Pisa airport and Pisa Centrale. This is £9.80 to save a 1.3 mile walk
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    London to Calais?

    Rome2Rio has the recommended route from London to De Panne by Eurostar. There is also a Flixbus to Brussels.
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    GB News

    This is from a thread on Twitter. There are links to some WWW pages with extra information in that thread. @campbellclaret is Alastair Campbell
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    Walking and Rambling discussion

    Light drizzle doesn't get picked up by rain radar. However, for heavier rain, I find the Accuweather Minutecast pretty good for predictions of the next hour or two. The...
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    Are urban myths starting to die out?

    The first report of at Snopes on Penguins falling over is from 1985
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    Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you

    So, I can't help feeling that less posts on grammar pedandtry would be a bit more comedic
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    Hidden gems in the South?

    This walk is about 5 miles and takes you past Peacocks tea rooms, Potters, Toppings (which is open 8.30-6.30pm 7 days a week and offers free hot drinks) and the Cathedral (if you had to pick one tour of that, I would do the one of the Octagon tower).
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    Which of these three would you choose?

    I had a nice, reasonably priced breakfast at the Beach Diner at Clacton-on-Sea. The southern end of the beach at Felixstowe is worth a walk, for the Martello tower and chance to get fairly close to some really big container ships like this https://goo.gl/maps/9KWQc1Ss67C6dW1u7 If you go...
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    Any thoughts on Gary Lineker’s tweets?

    Linekar has written https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1635222269172781056
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    Illogical and haphazard stations

    There is a photo from in the subway at Carlisle station at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4192601
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    Formula 1

    This is a quote from Nigel Roebuck's wonderful Grand Prix Greats (1986), Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough
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    Do you still buy CDs? If not, when did you stop buying them?

    I buy CDs occasionally, typically from Music Magpie, and then rip them to MP3 files. Exact Audio Copy does this well. I had to buy a £15 USB DVD drive to do this. I even listen to some of them as my daughter's car is from 2013 and the stereo doesn't play MP3s. I buy DVDs and Blurays for things...
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    Is Ely North Junction ever going to be upgraded?

    Its from 21 minutes 30 seconds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001jxbx/politics-east-05032023
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    Luton DART and Luton Airport Parkway Updates

    With a ticket, you can use a Network railcard and get 1/3rd off trips after 10am. That makes a single from St Pancras to Luton Airport £13.80
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    Is Ely North Junction ever going to be upgraded?

    I don't know, but this thread started with a report from May 2022 on the project being put on hold: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/ely-upgrade-under-threat.233815/ There have been a few other threads https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/alternative-plans-for-ely-upgrade-work.233873/...

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