Recent content by CaptainHaddock

How odd, both posts are from last year so it's hardly a "recent" change.

I was quite taken by Okehampton on my first visit there last autumn, though whether it's classed as non-heritage is debatable. Stamford station is lovely too, albeit with no facilities since the station bookshop moved out many years ago.

The Waiting Room's okay but, if you've got time to kill at Durham before your train, The Station House at the foot of Station Approach is way better!

True but a lot of pubs that only serve a token one or two real ales don't tend to keep it very well. That's why these days, unless it's a pub renowned for its real ale I'll tend to go for craft. For the record, the most I've paid for a pint was £7.35 for a Beavertown Neck Oil the other week and...

The first time I saw the abandoned Duke Of Lancaster ship from the North Wales coast line near Holywell was quite startling and unexpected. Now it's been there for over forty years it's less of a surprise to see it!

I've been walking the Malverns today and from the summit of North Hill you can see the line running straight towards Worcester, a distance of around 8 miles

Is AI intelligent enough yet to know when to keep quiet and not make unnecessary announcements?

Or reopen the line from Penistone to Sheffield via Deepcar and Wadsley Bridge and run the fasts non stop on this section of route? ;)

Also now on the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwq01vpp6go Perhaps this is the most pertinent quote; Surely it's either one or the other? Even if the track doubling and line speed improvements eventually happen, the main way to reduce journey time is to run trains limited (or non)...

Isn't that mainly because the BTP are underfunded and understaffed? Perhaps if there weren't so many announcements urging passengers to text the BTP for the most trivial of reasons they might be able to focus on actually managing antisocial behaviour on trains!

That would be an interesting test case; should small children be prosecuted for watching CBBC cartoons with the sound up on their iPads? ;)

Penrith and Oxenholme seem to get rebranded every now and then to indicate their proximity to the Lake District, presumably to foreign tourists. I think that currently they're known as "Penrith North Lakes" and "Oxenholme Lake District", according to their station signs.

Because appreciation of the beauty of the natural world is what makes us human and separates us from the animal kingdom. The wonderful thing about the landscape is that you never see the same views twice as the seasons and weather conditions create subtle changes throughout the year. So even if...

It's not just the youngsters who are obsessed with their gadgets. I had a similar experience to you late last year when I was travelling back home from Ribblehead after a walk. Sat opposite me was a well dressed middle aged woman who, while I enjoyed the wonderful views of Ribblesdale, spent the...

The current weekend engineering works mean Penistone Line trains are terminating at Lockwood, which isn't exactly a swinging metropolis!