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I ended up drenched in lager on the Night Riviera on Friday night, we were at a bit of a cant anyway, somewhere around Chippenham IIRC. Then we begun to round a corner and the pint pot went sideways, soaked me, the wall and my phone charging port.

I was on the Okehampton line earlier and wow was it rough, the guard even commented on it. I was over the bogie which no doubt made it worse but for a split second at one point I thought we were coming off, it was that bad. Was the track relaid when the line properly reopened?

Do those very specific set of circumstances involve the words "London Midland" and "derailment"? Speaking as someone who got caught up in that mess!

I too would love to know!

I do hope not given we were moving at the time!

I'm on a Leeds-York via Harrogate train and have just walked past someone openly browsing the forum in the front carriage.

I'll go one further. Scrap seat reservations full stop. Leave priority seats and maybe a few others on certain trains as reservable by Passenger Assist and staff only, otherwise first come first served. They cause so many needless arguments and issues both amongst passengers and between...

One of my family members was being messed around by the NHS a few years back. They wrote to the local MP who was fantastic and got things sorted pretty quickly. So I'd second getting the MP involved, IF you've got a paper trail to show that you have tried to sort it yourself and got nowhere...

Huddersfield has a lounge, unless it's now closed. Always seemed like a random place to have one to me! Would have thought if a TPE managed station was to get a 1st class lounge, Manchester Airport would be the sensible choice.

Off topic, but given you've said it twice and you're a resident of the Isle of Man IIRC, I thought I'd ask. Is the IoM like Orkney and Shetland where locals refer to the area as a whole, ie "in Orkney" rather than "in the Orkneys" as of course there are multiple islands up there, but the locals...

I fully agree. Was just speculating how it may have been issued, presumably with the OP's compliance, but not physically issued to them. The RPIs should have left the train too presumably.

Noting this is a one stop journey, could it be that the OP had left the train by the time the PF has printed?

There's an 08:30 with a change at Huddersfield. Highly likely this is the train being referred to.

A pile of sick on the floor 100% qualifies as something that doesn't look right though! :D and definitely needs to be said and sorted to someone.

Easyjet are claiming ATC issues are the reason why several of their flights are delayed this morning. Yet it only seems to be them affected. My Manchester-Belfast flight is 2+ hours delayed, and the one before it was cancelled. Are they trying to dodge compensation or is something going on?

There's worse 'Spoons than that one, trust me! The hotel above it is pretty decent actually. Though trying to find my room made the usual hike to the bogs (which are ground floor in that particular 'Spoons) seem like nothing! Had room 230 on Friday night.

Doesn't run on a Saturday night!

This has happened to me, I was told to see station staff at Cardiff. The information point hadn't been informed of the 197 substitution, so sent me to speak to the Duty Manager. I was needing to travel off route too, I was originally going to Crewe and was now wanting to get on the Holyhead...

Don't instantly rule out Fort William because of the carriage change. Seriously. Your sleep will be pretty poor anyway. And you get to see most of the shunting that goes on at Edinburgh. It's a pretty complex and unique operation. And of course you have a guaranteed window view both sides of...

I only got off the train at 05:10, so I did cut it pretty fine. But for the price I'd paid, a taxi to the airport would have cost far more than I'd have lost if I'd missed the flight. I do agree though! Was a very long day. I'm going again on Monday, but on the 08:40 flight this time, and back...