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Netflix has crashed already so well done on that idea :D

Today I travelled with my mother on a return journey to Manchester involving a split with a Senior Railcard (for her :D) ticket and a Duo ticket So 2 x Off Peak Day Return, 1 discounted with a Senior Railcard 1 x Duo Not sure if the presence of a railcard and/or Duo triggered it but the entire...

Just on a York - Manchester via Wakefield Transpenine Express service and they seem to have updated the on board announcements! They no longer seem to insist on starting a new. sentence every 3. words although I think the announcer is the same male voice? One curiosity is instead of ‘This is...

We had our back door one replaced the other day as we had a tradesman round for some other work who pointed out the existing lock (from 20+ years ago) could be picked with something as simple as a screwdriver! Apparently the newer locks have a lot more 'technology' to make it rather more...

As someone that also (used) to work in IT for the NHS there is also potentially just one IT person 'on call' over the weekend who will obviously do their best to get things back up and running but you can't expect them to resolve everything without the wider team being available to help out...

I'm Northern if it makes a difference and my first instinct would always be 'Loos' too for some reason!

Maybe they'll sell up to the new owners for £2 to double their original investment :D The problem with Poundland these days is in general it is basically whatever you can get in Home Bargains / B&M / The Range etc. but they have a wider range anyway so you don't need to bother going to...

I used to have a grudge against Comic Sans but these days I'm starting to appreciate people who at least have a go at their own signs rather than the dreaded AI generated ones! Here is one I made earlier simply by typing in 'can you do a flyer for my cafe business rail cafe'

I've travelled a lot e.g. Wakefield Westgate / York / Doncaster and must admit I've never really paid any real attention to this 'zones' business before! It is amusing though how the UK will queue up perfectly fine in a semi orderly fashion for a bus, a checkout, even a pint but train...forget...

I always find it really positive when there is a major delay on a train (in particular the late evening ones) where the guard will come down the train and try to check with every single passenger what their destination is and take it upon themselves to arrange the logistics for any passengers...

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...