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September 01 I have discovered why I don't travel by train very muchIt's Chris's birthday today. She fancied an outing. Lets go down to Brighton for the day. Spot of lunch, walk along the prom, you know the sort of thing. Should be a piece of cake. Use the bus pass to get to Bedford Station then direct to Brighton through the Thameslink. Get on the 9.40, nice clean, fast train. At the flash new St Pancras International we wait, and wait. The doors won't open, some issue with the GPS the driver says. Twenty minutes later they manually open some of the doors and we all have to get off as the train has to be "taken out of service". It takes them a further twenty minutes to close the doors and the train leaves empty. Then another twenty minutes for the next Brighton train to come along. We skip that as they are packed in there like sardines and there's another one five minutes behind. Along it comes, we get a seat, super, time for a visit to the bathroom. This train has lots of toilets and every single one is out of order with the door locked! We get to Brighton about one, an hour late. Nice lunch, walk along the prom, browse the shops. Leave Brighton about 5.30. Just before Gatwick Airport the train stops, passegers get on, passengers get off, the train doesn't move. There is a problem with one of the doors as a rubber has come off. The train is withdrawn from service, we wait another twenty minutes for the next Bedford train to come along.... Somehow traffic jams on the M25 are so much simpler. July 23 Check out this cool link to Scott Jone's site. Scott is a photographer on the Moto Gp Circus Scott Jones Site I like Moto GP. Not just for the on-track action but also the characters. Must better than the w*****s in F1. Don't watch that unless I catch the intro. The politics are better than the so called racing. February 06 What do you do if someone throws a snowball at you?Firstly complete a risk assessment form (preferably in triplicate) and submit it to the Health and Safety department of your local council. Deal with their response (typically with questions such as - age of snow, whether it was fresh or had been previously used as a snow ball, size and capacity, age of persons at whom it will be thrown, whether the recipients had received parental permission to participate in a snowball fight, together with an indemnity form). After three months you will receive a certificate for permission to throw a snowball or balls strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined on the form and as soon as the appropriate licence fee has been paid for and received. In order to ensure the certificate arrives in time it's best to submit it three months in advance and establish a hotline for permission to vary. Then you will be able to throw the snowball back. |
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