Well, Crediton is looking resplendent (if somewhat pink!) in LSWR^▸ (London South Western Railway) colours, so I doubt they'll be repainting that one (I assume you were talking about Torquay though!), and (while we're on the North Devon!) Barnstaple is in rather smart Southern colours.

Good to hear that the bridge at Crediton is simply going for a bit of a refurb, it did need a bit of work! Are the steps being done as well?

Hi all,

Just wondering what's happening with the footbridge at Crediton - over the past couple of weeks I've noticed that a temporary scaffolding bridge has been erected, and yesterday when passing through noticed that the bit that makes a bridge a bridge has been removed from the old one.

Given the temporary replacement, I'm guessing that it's not being removed, because otherwise why bother erecting a scaffold bridge, but is it being replaced with one of these eyesore modern things with lifts and all (in which case, will it be closer to the station buildings given that it'd be pointless putting a lift-accessible bridge aside the level crossing), or something else?

Wow, been a member for a while, didn't realise that was my first post!

I did know about the cables; my long one is usually permanently sited on my desk where it's snaked through by the wall so isn't that easy to grab, so I usually quickly pick up the direct plug one as it's easier to get to. If I think about it enough, I'll pick up one of the myriad random figure-8 leads I have lying around. Not a huge fan of trailing cables as a whole though, so will generally pray that the battery will last! (still got a good battery life though even though it's getting on a bit now, still better than the ten minutes you usually get with a non-Apple laptop the same sort of age!)

I use a MacBook (for my sins) and find that neither type of seat works for me - the airline seats don't give me room to get the laptop out and easy to use, while the sockets at the table seats are too close to the table and I can't fit the plug in the socket...

(First world problems anybody?)