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  1. Silver Cobra

    Supermarkets discussion

    That's happened to us a few times in the last year or two (we get milk deliveries directly from Arla via a third party haulier). We mostly land up with either Morrisons or Aldi milk by accident when it does happen. In an ideal world the warehouse colleagues would spot it and pass it back to the...
  2. Silver Cobra

    Supermarkets discussion

    The irony with the Sainsburys store I tried to visit earlier today is that their cash machine outside wasn't working, and with no others nearby, anyone wanting to use cash to pay in the store who hadn't already got some was out of luck. I couldn't say if it was just a coincidence or if the fact...
  3. Silver Cobra

    Supermarkets discussion

    Asda have also jumped onto the loyalty card band-wagon with the Asda Rewards scheme (all digital via an app; no physical cards are involved). Rather than reducing the cost of items up front in the vain of Clubcard/Nectar Prices, it gives you credit for particular products, either 10% of the...
  4. Silver Cobra

    Supermarkets discussion

    On the subject of in-store music, Asda has it's own syndicated radio station, Asda Radio (unsurprising name). It's pretty much like your typical Global Media radio station with pseudo-live presenters and the advertising being all based around Asda products or services. You can even listen to it...
  5. Silver Cobra

    What video games do you like playing?

    The main game genres I play are racing games, RPGs (particularly JRPGs) and some Real-Time Strategy and Simulation games, playing these either on PS5 or my gaming PC. Unsurprisingly I'm playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at the moment (Final Fantasy VII was my first true JRPG experience way back...
  6. Silver Cobra

    Supermarkets discussion

    Four other branches have either already gone on strike or are currently balloting for strike action. Staff at the Gosport branch were on strike a few weeks ago, and staff at Wisbech, Brighton Marina and Brighton Hollingbury are being balloted. With how things seem to be at Asda right now, it...
  7. Silver Cobra

    LNER London - Leeds £220 single on Social Media/Yorkshire Evening Post

    One thing to place into consideration in this matter is that availability of Class 80x units for LNER is currently rather patchy, as a result of the ongoing industrial action at Hitachi. While this Wednesday is not an actual day of action for Hitachi, this Thursday is, so I would imagine that...
  8. Silver Cobra

    Incident at Dalston Junction.

    The disabled passenger mentioned this in her instagram post linked within the article. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3HpLgzIZlG/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=a5dc1090-7905-4700-b088-dcc6172c7d1d
  9. Silver Cobra

    Why aren't West Midlands Trains (aka London Northwestern Railway) running ANY services on Sunday 4th February 2024?

    Not looking to discuss the rights and wrongs of the industrial action (despite being caught up in it quite often, I do support the drivers in this dispute personally), but one major knock-on effect of there being no Thameslink and Great Northern services tomorrow between Peterborough/Cambridge...
  10. Silver Cobra

    LNER - Availability of Advance Tickets?

    If the advances you are looking for include connecting travel with other TOCs, they can also be influenced by availability on the connecting services. For example, LNER advances that include connecting travel with Northern are only available up to 8 weeks in advance, as this is the current...
  11. Silver Cobra

    Special Offers Discussion

    Thameslink's GBRS page states that only off-peak day return tickets to London and only selected routes are part of the sale, which I believe was also the case during the previous sale. https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/destinations-and-offers/offers/great-british-rail-sale I imagine this also...
  12. Silver Cobra

    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    Another reason why the trial could be running for two years is to allow the full implementation of LNER's proposed future timetable for when projects like the East Coast Digital Programme are completed. Implementing these fares on the existing timetable wouldn't work for several LNER-served...
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    Special Offers Discussion

    LNER's sale seems to be as restrictive as it was when the last GBRS ran in 2022. No availability of the sale fares on Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays, and where they are available it is only on northbound services after 0930 (except for Kings Cross and Stevenage where the 'peak' restrictions are...
  14. Silver Cobra

    Stagecoach East (Bedford, Cambridge, Huntingdon and Peterborough)

    As someone who lives in Shefford, I do understand what you are saying with regards to the viability of the service extension. Under normal circumstances using the existing combination of the 9A to Arlesey and Thameslink to Stevenage does make more sense with it being faster. However, with the...
  15. Silver Cobra

    Super off-peak on Great Northern

    I would agree it's a simple copy/paste error from the Thameslink website that they didn't update properly for the Great Northern website. The description in the second picture would match up perfectly for a Cambridge to London Thameslink super off-peak ticket, which is valid to St Pancras but...
  16. Silver Cobra

    LNER to pilot removal of Off-Peak tickets

    Someone earlier in this thread mentioned that, while these new fares for now are only being trialled on these select LNER routes, there is the possibility that, if they deem the trial successful, it could be spread across all flows priced by LNER and potentially lead to the loss of...
  17. Silver Cobra

    Where have you been in the world?

    That's true. Even further west than that is Stranraer, which I visited back in 2017. With this in mind I'll have to amend my post. Not that I am aware of, to the point I had to look up where Norbiton is.
  18. Silver Cobra

    Where have you been in the world?

    Despite having had a passport since October 2013, I have yet to travel outside of the UK. My only experience of travelling on a plane has been from Luton to Glasgow in 2016. To sum up the furthest I've travelled from home: East - Lowestoft North - Helensburgh West - Stranraer South - Bournemouth
  19. Silver Cobra

    Stagecoach East (Bedford, Cambridge, Huntingdon and Peterborough)

    I had heard about this on BBC Three Counties Radio yesterday, but they didn't have any information on how this service would work. Thank you for posting this breakdown on the proposed service plan. The only slightly disappointing change here is the service reduction on Saturdays to hourly, but I...
  20. Silver Cobra

    Train Simulator 2021

    Alan Thomson Sim already have that field covered: https://alanthomsonsim.com/?product=overhead-live-electrification-pack-ohle-pack Though I guess it doesn't stop Armstrong Powerhouse making a rival product :p

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