Recent content by PeterC

Often it turns out that the owners are just retiring.

Scan a ticket at the barriers juggling my walking stick, a packed lunch and a cup of hot coffee? **** that, i can drive and stop for a propee meal or take a coach.

I was caught out in a similar manner with the thread title about about Avanti at Liverpool Street. A slight tilt of the screen brought "Lime" into focus

Again, you need a timer with a "boost" button which will switch itself off after 60 minutes

It's pretty standard to send offers on things that you don't normally buy.

Mine is fitted with a timer.

I keep the landline for broadband but last time I checked the line only rate gave no saving over the cheapest contract. I have had a couple of genuine inbound calls this year from people who still had the old number

Over 50 years ago I tried to plan a similar journey on paper. IIRC it was possible but involved being stuck somewhere for a couple of nights to change between 2 market day only services.

Don't forget not being able to sit down to eat your £10 sausage roll because the seats are being saved for the people who said that they would pick up their 20p ones later.

"STILL have wifi" ? Which operators have announced that they are phasing it out?

Checking out parking online for a trip I will be making next month I noticed that while parking was reasonably priced for the intended 2+ hour visit I would need to return and move the car within 60 minutes if charging. Not an issue for me as I won't be replacing my ICE vehicle for at least...

On the London / Essex border we have a three month closure if Gallows Corner on the A12/A127 not helped by the fact that work on M25 J28 is ongoing. After one day of chaos with traffic diverting down residential streets to avoid queues on the official diversions I think that there will be a lot...

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The contactless fares are lower than the bus fare for singles but Carousel do a return at £3.80. Nothing special about this line, after looking at a number of Underground Station pairs it seems to be the minimum cash fare.

Happened to me away from home on my own. Luckily I was compos mentis and had bought the premium package from my recovery service which included recovery in a medical emergency.