Archives for “Travel”

Welcome to England!

To mark last week's change of London's Eurostar terminus from Waterloo to St Pancras here's a photo I snapped from the bus a couple of ...


On yer bike!

Yesterday I cycled to and from a client meeting twelve miles away. If I've understood correctly, this means I can claim £4.80 in business mileage against ...


In 2005 my Dad walked up Mount Kilimanjaro. Here's a spectacular picture he took from the summit. It's difficult to get a true sense of scale. ...


Fast ticket?

The nutshell: buying rail tickets online still isn't very joined up. TTL: "Thank you for calling thetrainline.com how can I help?" Me: "Hello, I accidentally managed to ...


My train left early

My train to Leeds left five minutes early from Long Preston station a couple of weeks ago. I was lucky, I turned up ten minutes early, ...


Feeling very refreshed…

...after a great family holiday to the Adriatic coast in northern Italy, including a boat trip to Burano (the island famous for its lace) and ...


A designated quiet area

Sign on train today... Just wondering... what constitutes using a mobile phone these days? I read the news on mine today quite happily (and quietly). If I'd ...