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« Reply #45 on: March 29, 2008, 22:44:11 »
Quote from: vacman on March 29, 2008, 22:37:10
There were two TM‡(resolve)'s on that train, tickets checked quite often! must be a first for a Saturday HST▸ (High Speed Train)!!!

Things change quite a bit in a week then.

Travelling from Paignton - Westbury last week, I was not checked until passing through Castle Cary. On the return I got checked approaching Newton Abbot (on LA79 which is sadly leaving FGW▸ (First Great Western) land tomorrow) and then just after leaving Torre.

As for 15 year olds in FC‡(resolve). Can't say the buffet staff have every liked my presence on bargain Daily Mail fares before. Not once had a friendly buffet person and they are mostly over-weight grumpy women  Sad
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« Reply #46 on: March 29, 2008, 22:46:17 »
Quote from: devon_metro on March 29, 2008, 22:44:11
Quote from: vacman on March 29, 2008, 22:37:10
There were two TM‡(resolve)'s on that train, tickets checked quite often! must be a first for a Saturday HST▸ (High Speed Train)!!!

Things change quite a bit in a week then.

Travelling from Paignton - Westbury last week, I was not checked until passing through Castle Cary. On the return I got checked approaching Newton Abbot (on LA79 which is sadly leaving FGW▸ (First Great Western) land tomorrow) and then just after leaving Torre.

As for 15 year olds in FC‡(resolve). Can't say the buffet staff have every liked my presence on bargain Daily Mail fares before. Not once had a friendly buffet person and they are mostly over-weight grumpy women  Sad

I;m sure everyone who was on it would vouch for the buffet women before Plymouth on the 08.03 being nice a friendly.
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« Reply #47 on: March 29, 2008, 22:49:22 »
Quote from: Jim on March 29, 2008, 22:42:22
Quote from: Conner on March 29, 2008, 22:38:47
Well where else would you see a fiteen year old in first class at eight o'clock in the morning. Huh
Quote from: vacman on March 29, 2008, 22:37:10
There were two TM‡(resolve)'s on that train, tickets checked quite often! must be a first for a Saturday HST▸ (High Speed Train)!!!
As I was in Coach A, I got checked as soon as I got on by the TM who was doing doors.

I dunno but I was Tongue 15year olds are permitted and can be well behaved - despite the fact it's a minority Shocked Tongue
I would say they are more fussy about fifteen year olds in the quiet carriage.  Roll Eyes
Quote from: Jim on March 29, 2008, 22:46:17
Quote from: devon_metro on March 29, 2008, 22:44:11
Quote from: vacman on March 29, 2008, 22:37:10
There were two TM's on that train, tickets checked quite often! must be a first for a Saturday HST!!!

Things change quite a bit in a week then.

Travelling from Paignton - Westbury last week, I was not checked until passing through Castle Cary. On the return I got checked approaching Newton Abbot (on LA79 which is sadly leaving FGW▸ (First Great Western) land tomorrow) and then just after leaving Torre.

As for 15 year olds in FC‡(resolve). Can't say the buffet staff have every liked my presence on bargain Daily Mail fares before. Not once had a friendly buffet person and they are mostly over-weight grumpy women  Sad

I;m sure everyone who was on it would vouch for the buffet women before Plymouth on the 08.03 being nice a friendly.
Was it a distinctaly foreign lady?
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« Reply #48 on: March 29, 2008, 22:51:43 »
Quote from: Conner on March 29, 2008, 22:49:22
Quote from: Jim on March 29, 2008, 22:42:22
Quote from: Conner on March 29, 2008, 22:38:47
Well where else would you see a fiteen year old in first class at eight o'clock in the morning. Huh
Quote from: vacman on March 29, 2008, 22:37:10
There were two TM‡(resolve)'s on that train, tickets checked quite often! must be a first for a Saturday HST▸ (High Speed Train)!!!
As I was in Coach A, I got checked as soon as I got on by the TM who was doing doors.

I dunno but I was Tongue 15year olds are permitted and can be well behaved - despite the fact it's a minority Shocked Tongue
I would say they are more fussy about fifteen year olds in the quiet carriage.  Roll Eyes
Quote from: Jim on March 29, 2008, 22:46:17
Quote from: devon_metro on March 29, 2008, 22:44:11
Quote from: vacman on March 29, 2008, 22:37:10
There were two TM's on that train, tickets checked quite often! must be a first for a Saturday HST!!!

Things change quite a bit in a week then.

Travelling from Paignton - Westbury last week, I was not checked until passing through Castle Cary. On the return I got checked approaching Newton Abbot (on LA79 which is sadly leaving FGW▸ (First Great Western) land tomorrow) and then just after leaving Torre.

As for 15 year olds in FC‡(resolve). Can't say the buffet staff have every liked my presence on bargain Daily Mail fares before. Not once had a friendly buffet person and they are mostly over-weight grumpy women  Sad

I;m sure everyone who was on it would vouch for the buffet women before Plymouth on the 08.03 being nice a friendly.
Was it a distinctaly foreign lady?

No - she seemed quite english to me!
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« Reply #49 on: March 29, 2008, 22:54:48 »
Quote from: Jim on March 29, 2008, 22:51:43
Quote from: Conner on March 29, 2008, 22:49:22
Quote from: Jim on March 29, 2008, 22:42:22
Quote from: Conner on March 29, 2008, 22:38:47
Well where else would you see a fiteen year old in first class at eight o'clock in the morning. Huh
Quote from: vacman on March 29, 2008, 22:37:10
There were two TM‡(resolve)'s on that train, tickets checked quite often! must be a first for a Saturday HST▸ (High Speed Train)!!!
As I was in Coach A, I got checked as soon as I got on by the TM who was doing doors.

I dunno but I was Tongue 15year olds are permitted and can be well behaved - despite the fact it's a minority Shocked Tongue
I would say they are more fussy about fifteen year olds in the quiet carriage.  Roll Eyes
Quote from: Jim on March 29, 2008, 22:46:17
Quote from: devon_metro on March 29, 2008, 22:44:11
Quote from: vacman on March 29, 2008, 22:37:10
There were two TM's on that train, tickets checked quite often! must be a first for a Saturday HST!!!

Things change quite a bit in a week then.

Travelling from Paignton - Westbury last week, I was not checked until passing through Castle Cary. On the return I got checked approaching Newton Abbot (on LA79 which is sadly leaving FGW▸ (First Great Western) land tomorrow) and then just after leaving Torre.

As for 15 year olds in FC‡(resolve). Can't say the buffet staff have every liked my presence on bargain Daily Mail fares before. Not once had a friendly buffet person and they are mostly over-weight grumpy women  Sad

I;m sure everyone who was on it would vouch for the buffet women before Plymouth on the 08.03 being nice a friendly.
Was it a distinctaly foreign lady?

No - she seemed quite english to me!
OK, just I met a very foreign lady later in the day and she was very freindly despite the fact I couldn't understand her very well.
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« Reply #50 on: March 29, 2008, 23:24:19 »
Just arrived in Wimbledon off the 20 something to Paddington.

Tomorrow I shall be going to Sunderland... - then a late Paddington to Plymouth to connect into the up beds.
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« Reply #51 on: April 01, 2008, 10:45:44 »
Hello all

posting from fort William in the rain... The keyboard on my ipod isn't great so its a short update today.

Down to ldn in a bit then sleeper to Carlisle. I'm rather getting bored tho!!!
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« Reply #52 on: April 04, 2008, 19:36:52 »
At Edinburgh...
Now departing... byeeeee!!!
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« Reply #53 on: May 28, 2008, 10:29:55 »
Update to all who knew about my mahoosive sleeper delay (1h30) on London to Inverness. Claimed for it... now bear in mind an ALR▸ (All Line Rover) is only ^860 and it works out to about ^42 a day or something like that.

^141 in rail travel vouchers arrived this morning! \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/
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« Reply #54 on: May 28, 2008, 11:08:46 »
Quote from: swlines on May 28, 2008, 10:29:55
Update to all who knew about my mahoosive sleeper delay (1h30) on London to Inverness. Claimed for it... now bear in mind an ALR▸ (All Line Rover) is only ^860 and it works out to about ^42 a day or something like that.

^141 in rail travel vouchers arrived this morning! \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/

Sleeper trains are fantastic, besides being possibly the Most Civilised way to travel, thay are also in one respect the fastest form of transport.

Leave PZ at 22.00 hrs asleep in berth by 22.20 awake in Paddington at 06.30.
 
307 Miles in 20 minutes!!!! Lovely.

Strange things happen to sleepers, like once I woke up for call of nature and thought strange No Air Con running, found up sleeper was Dumped in Frome station with No engine, yet still we arrived Pad ON TIME.

Mind when things go wrong, they sure go wrong.

Best I know off Inverness-London Euston sleeper due in at 6.30ish arrived St Prancras just gone 8.

This was back in the 1960's oh sorry forget to say due 6.30ish am arrived St Prancras 8PM only 13 1/2 hrs late!
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« Reply #55 on: May 28, 2008, 23:29:52 »
How on earth was it so late?  Surely would have been cancelled by then?
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« Reply #56 on: May 28, 2008, 23:31:19 »
Sleeper service - you sort of can't cancel them. Wink

No trains to really delay either. We were 3 hours late off Watford Junction (failure there) and 1h30 late at Inverness.
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« Reply #57 on: June 07, 2008, 11:33:21 »
Had another letter in the post this morning...

Containing ^196. Smiley
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