People spend more time on forums like this when they've issues they want to raise, read, discuss ... less time when things are smooth, steady state, requiring little comment. Not all that time is spent on the issues being raised; people's presence on the topics of the day leads to considerable spray, in the form of posts on a wide number of other topics, very much in the way that a big employer making trains in town will lead to a whole load of component suppliers, and a whole range of shops and services to back up all of them and their staff, and whole councils to run the place, the education, the doctors, and the social services.
The last couple of months on this forum have been busy. Post numbers have doubled since spring.
The month just ended was the busiest we've had in this decade by that measure, exceeding the previous record set in the month that the main railway line was washed out at Dawlish.
Me thinks that
things are not all smooth between GWR▸ and its customers.