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All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Read carefully
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on: November 28, 2016, 17:13:43
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Like many of you, no doubt, I got an email from GWR▸ telling me: Hi Four Track, Now!
With Black Friday on the way, we wanted to give you the chance to seriously boost your Nectar point balance.
So every booking you make with GWR from 24 – 28 November gives you the chance to win one of ten 100,000 Nectar point prizes. Not only that, but there are 5x bonus points with every booking too – giving you 10 Nectar points for every £1 you spend on Advance Purchase fares.
Book Now The "Book Now" was a link, and excitedly, I hit it, for I was just about to order a number of tickets. I broke it down to eight separate transactions to give me eight chances of winning 100,000 Nectar points, which would put me into great favour with Mrs FT, N!, who is truly the Queen of Nectar. Then I saw, in small print, Offer only available via promotional link. Back to the doghouse. No biscuit. |
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All across the Great Western territory / Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them / Re: Bristol: Cycling City
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on: November 24, 2016, 07:49:39
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I think Bristol Cycling Campaign use the abbreviation BCyC presumably to avoid text like that.  Their Mr Booth does a very poor job of explaining the difference between a cycle path and a cycle lane – or maybe that's down to the Post reporter, but in any case I don't think that report makes it clear to those (probably most people) who don't already know. The Post does a poor job of explaining anything these days. I assume that either Mr Booth didn't furnish them with a press release to copy and paste, or he did, but not a very good one. Local journalism these days doesn't have the resources, either in terms of people or expertise, to deal with complex issues. Like cycling. |
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Poo powered bus takes to the streets of Bristol
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on: November 17, 2016, 20:37:01
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Looks like the 5h1t has hit the fan. From the BBC» : Bristol's 'poo bus' plan goes down the pan
The gas produced by Bristol sewage treatment works in Avonmouth, run by Wessex Water's renewable energy company GENeco, is now instead injected into the national gas network.
So as I thought, it wasn't run on poo, but on methane. With the injection of this greenhouse gas into the national gas supply, the same reduction in discharge of methane into the air has been achieved at a much smaller cost. Expensive publicity stunts won't solve any problems. |
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Electrification delays
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on: November 08, 2016, 19:27:57
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Reaction from GWR▸ The changes are of course disappointing. However, we have done a considerable amount of work with the Department for Transport over the past year to find different ways to provide the benefits we promised customers despite the challenges faced by Network Rail.
Although there is some more work to do, we expect to be able to deliver the benefits broadly in line with the timescales we originally expected. In some areas of the network we may even be able to exceed the original expectations, as we have done for example the Thames Valley where all our local electric trains will now be brand new Class 387s, rather than the older trains previously planned.
Of course, we will need to understand today’s news a little more to be completely sure, but we will do all we can to deliver our commitments to customers as close as possible to the dates we promised when the franchise started.
In English: We will do something better in spite of Network Rail, not because of Network Rail. This is a ridiculous step backwards. Millions of passengers annually will make the trip from London to Bristol, almost but not quite all of it under electric power. That means all of the trains will need to be bi-mode for both routes, and this is despite the large amount of work already done in preparation. Such as lowering the line at Keynsham and rebuilding Easton Road bridge to name but two. Never has there been a more obvious case of spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar. (Albeit a pretty penny of a ha'porth). I think that might be too many things on my desk causing spurious mouse clicks when I unintentionally move the mouse.
Yes I often do that - knowing that a bigger desk would just allow me to spread my clutter to fill it, a bit more discipline is needed! As a now retired civil servant, I know that a tidy desk is a sign of a sick mind. |
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