Still difficult to imagine Labour not in charge. Many years ago in Llanelli my Maths teacher was Labour MP Gareth Wardell’s wife.

On peak trains there is a First Class Host. It can be a bit hit or miss if Hitachi send 2 x 5 cars in lieu of a booked 9 car. Off peak it’s a bit of an ask for 1 host to do 1st & Std trolleys on a 9 car unit. The menu card just says what regulars already know.

Tent menus have appeared for the first time on GWR today. 11.11.25

Holiday Inn Express Ramsgate/Minster, the receptionist insisted on a breakfast box as I had to leave before the restaurant opened. Really good for £89 a night. As for Northern Rail, I’m not convinced about signalling problems as Blackpool is possibly the newest signalling on Network Rail.

071 - the holy grail of locos. My first loco out of Rosslare many years ago. Back when Rail Sail really worked. HST to Fishguard, Stena Europe, then IE to Dublin.

Who needs a packed Eurostar when you can have an empty Enterprise. One of the best and cheapest cross border services. Obviously the TfW Cardiff - Manchester comes a close second.

Urgent reason to go to York office for the day boss, honest.

It’s been a bit of a week on GWR. I’d be happy with any train. Anyway, glad to see you’ve got a bit of Delay Repay and Realtimetrains. Fingers crossed for a good day tomorrow.

Company laptop has restricted mode as standard so hardly any videos visible and (obviously) users can’t disable restricted mode.