I hope the 0947 was on a different day. I'd want at least a day to explore the area before I returned.


Earlier this month at Schipol two young ladies were turned away from my flight at the gate because they were a month early. The ticket barriers into airside let them through apparently.

Many years ago my dad taught me how to wire a plug. The first two letters of blue are BL which stands for Bottom Left and the first two letters of brown are BR^▸ (British Rail(ways)) which stands for Bottom Right. The other wire (green / yellow) if it is there, obviously goes in the one remaining pin.

I once watched a video advertised on the Great Western Coffee Shop Website. Thankfully I was at home at the time.


I was very shocked. It has no sound. 

14/15. Got no.11 wrong. It was one of three I had to take a guess at.

14/16. Didn't know Mile End. Too far east for me. Moorgate was one I should have got.

I buy most of my tickets using the GWR website or app and usually collect at a Southern or SWT^▸ (South West Trains) station. I always have to input the collection code. Using SWT website and collecting at SWT station is the same. However booking from Southern website and collecting from Southern station I did not have to input code. I've not done that for a while so don't know if that's still the case.

From https://www.journeycheck.southwesttrains.co.uk/

This also happens on many SWT^▸ (South West Trains) and Southern trains. Very handy when trains split en route or at short platforms.

Is there an English translation for this article? M&E?

I renewed my SWT^▸ (South West Trains) annual travelcard just after Christmas and got a £239 discount for Service disruptions. This was for just a 6 month period covering about 30 disruptions. When I replaced my season ticket earlier in 2016 on one of the 3 or 4 occasions that the mag stripe failed, I also received cash back for a long list of service disruptions. That one was for about £100.

The 81 does not go to Heathrow Central or Terminal 5. It runs from Hounslow via the Bath Road to Slough bus station avoiding the airport. It is a TfL^» (Transport for London - about) route (red bus) run by London United. T5 to Slough would probably be a blue bus run by First.

No I didn't see them, I used to use Hayes station a lot a few years ago so I knew which platform to go to (or so I thought).

Fortunately the train was still on its approach, pulling in as I came off the bridge.

I have inadvertently watched questionable content on trains in the past. I transfer TV shows from my Freeview recorder to my tablet to watch on the way home from work. These are mostly comedies or drama. On a few occasions I have been caught out by unexpected nudity or sex scenes and I have had to take the decision to switch to another programme. It's very embarrassing because you don't know if any one behind you has noticed.

I was at Hayes and Harlington Station a few hours ago to get the 2151 to Paddington. Wandering on to Platform 4 from Station Approach I looked around to see how I was doing for time. The only screen I could see was to the left, about 30-60 seconds walk away, totally illegible from where I was. Remembering CJB666's original post I backtracked the way I came in to see if I had missed a screen anywhere. I had not. Going back onto the platform I became aware of shouting from the opposite platform. The friends of a woman near me were yelling at her to get over the footbridge because the train was pulling in on platform 2 instead. We both had to run over the footbridge to catch this train.

I think the entrance to platform 4 from the road bridge is still open so there would be departure screens upstairs showing the correct platforms but there are no screens from the Station approach entrance. I was lucky to catch that train tonight.



Edited the train time from 2251 to the correct time of 2151

Depends on where you started from.

Newcastle - Saves money
Birmingham - Spends money when you could have spent none.

I hope the two friends split the air fares evenly.