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« Reply #15 on: July 16, 2013, 08:03:44 »

Er, Portsmouth Arms?
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« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2013, 08:10:48 »

I think there's been a misunderstanding of my move to Ivybridge, which was made because of the reverse shunt at Newton Abbot AND the reintroduction of freight only towards Moretonhampstead not the town itself.  Thus I submit that bignosemac's bustitution and what follows is outside the rules introduced in 2012 under the 'Inclusion of Substitution Exclusion (2012) Weekdays Only After 09:30' amendment.

Naturally this makes a nonsense of Graham's move to Clapham Junction and FTN's subsequent Portsmouth Arms.  Sorry.
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« Reply #17 on: July 16, 2013, 08:32:38 »

Blast! I knew I should've opted for Eggesford. I mean, it has an airfield AND a garden cewntre!
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« Reply #18 on: July 16, 2013, 08:37:56 »

... what follows is outside the rules introduced in 2012 under the 'Inclusion of Substitution Exclusion (2012) Weekdays Only After 09:30' amendment ...

But that's only applicable where the bus substitution is a temporary feature, in order to discourage double claims on BSOG (Bus Service Operators Grant ). So the move stands.

From Portsmouth Arms to ... Stromeferry {{Parallel Passenger rule applied for 2006/7 - 1012 tickets each}}

Blast! I knew I should've opted for Eggesford. I mean, it has an airfield AND a garden cewntre!

Nope, I think Portsmouth Arms is fine.  The bus used was a permanent one.   I do wonder when Eggesford will become Chickenford though ...
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« Reply #19 on: July 16, 2013, 09:02:09 »

I think Eggesford used to be Chickenford...but I may have it the wrong way round.
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« Reply #20 on: July 16, 2013, 09:03:28 »

Aha! Okehampton - try getting out of that on a weekday!
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« Reply #21 on: July 16, 2013, 13:18:22 »

My move from Ivybridge - Bath Spa I declare as Valid. There is a direct train Wink

However due to the appalling levels of vegetarian hot food in the Buffet, I suggest a break of journey at Cullompton Services by jumping out of the droplight of a passing HST (High Speed Train)*

* - Don't ever do it... It would be a fast way to make a railway pizza...
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« Reply #22 on: July 16, 2013, 13:40:45 »

My move from Ivybridge - Bath Spa I declare as Valid. There is a direct train Wink

However due to the appalling levels of vegetarian hot food in the Buffet, I suggest a break of journey at Cullompton Services by jumping out of the droplight of a passing HST (High Speed Train)*

* - Don't ever do it... It would be a fast way to make a railway pizza...


No-one told me we were applying Nabb's rule!
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« Reply #23 on: July 16, 2013, 13:49:48 »

No-one told me we were applying Nabb's rule!

Well, that's the trouble with playing with no referee (or "moderator", in the nuclear engineering sense).

I was surprised to see Graham start this at all - given the tendency of threads on this forum that start well anchored in the logosphere (where rationality prevails) to turn crescent-shaped.
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« Reply #24 on: July 16, 2013, 14:01:21 »

I was surprised to see Graham start this at all ...

I surprised myself ... OK - without explicit exclusion, Nabb's rule is applied - the assumption being made that all rules that are not excluded are included.   Having said which, this is academic as we're now stuck at Okehampton.   I tried to get out using the B1 bus service but understand that ran very briefly - and we've missed the weekly visit of the mobile library to hitch a ride on that.

I'm going to declare virtual Sunday so that we can move, and ask myself why I started the thread!
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« Reply #25 on: July 16, 2013, 14:09:39 »

I was surprised to see Graham start this at all ...

I surprised myself ... OK - without explicit exclusion, Nabb's rule is applied - the assumption being made that all rules that are not excluded are included.   Having said which, this is academic as we're now stuck at Okehampton.   I tried to get out using the B1 bus service but understand that ran very briefly - and we've missed the weekly visit of the mobile library to hitch a ride on that.

I'm going to declare virtual Sunday so that we can move, and ask myself why I started the thread!

In that case, I shall apply the Ellis Principle and declare Melksham!
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« Reply #26 on: July 16, 2013, 14:13:08 »

In that case, I shall apply the Ellis Principle and declare Melksham!

Sounds attractive - but I don't think the Ellis Principle has been tested outside the Wiltshire / Bristol / Bath travel-to-work area. Okehampton commuter flows are Sundays, aren't they?
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« Reply #27 on: July 16, 2013, 15:40:28 »

In that case, I shall apply the Ellis Principle and declare Melksham!

Sounds attractive - but I don't think the Ellis Principle has been tested outside the Wiltshire / Bristol / Bath travel-to-work area. Okehampton commuter flows are Sundays, aren't they?

I think you are confusing the Ellis Principle with the Ellis Prerogative - an easy mistake to make - but the effect is the same; Okehampton it is.
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