Paul
@locusinpes.bsky.social
Train driver (Amateur league), Fireman (Coal shoveller), Now found waving flags on the main line.
Engineer, walker & photographer. Part time foreigner. 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Engineer, walker & photographer. Part time foreigner. 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🏳️🌈
After having a chicken (thigh!) burger from the Euston Leon last weekend my only thought is how this didn’t happen sooner. The service was poor and the food very bad quality, while the price was more than the Burger King elsewhere in the station for a similar meal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leon to close 20 stores and cut jobs in restructure
The
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
After having a chicken (thigh!) burger from the Euston Leon last weekend my only thought is how this didn’t happen sooner. The service was poor and the food very bad quality, while the price was more than the Burger King elsewhere in the station for a similar meal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
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At what point do Starmer, the Tory advisors he's surrounded himself with, and his cabinet of cowards look at the polls and realise that keeping Daily Mail readers' obsessions and talking points in the headlines every day has been a fucking disaster?
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
At what point do Starmer, the Tory advisors he's surrounded himself with, and his cabinet of cowards look at the polls and realise that keeping Daily Mail readers' obsessions and talking points in the headlines every day has been a fucking disaster?
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Footpaths are for pedestrians. The clue is in the title. So stop riding your fucking bikes and scooters on them.
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Footpaths are for pedestrians. The clue is in the title. So stop riding your fucking bikes and scooters on them.
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The Roman Empire prospered due to open borders, mass immigration and diversity then fell because of huge wealth inequality and corrupt leadership. I just thought I'd mention it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Roman Empire prospered due to open borders, mass immigration and diversity then fell because of huge wealth inequality and corrupt leadership. I just thought I'd mention it.
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Man of the people or privately educated, rich, greedy, entitled, selfish, bone-idle, divisive grifting gobshite?
November 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Man of the people or privately educated, rich, greedy, entitled, selfish, bone-idle, divisive grifting gobshite?
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If a hotel buffet wont cook the bacon correctly then I am fully entitled to place it on the toaster conveyor belt.
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If a hotel buffet wont cook the bacon correctly then I am fully entitled to place it on the toaster conveyor belt.
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Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
Euston right now. Entrance gates closed because the station is rammed.
I can reroute my journey home but many others can’t and are stuck with this. Really not impressive.
I can reroute my journey home but many others can’t and are stuck with this. Really not impressive.
October 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Euston right now. Entrance gates closed because the station is rammed.
I can reroute my journey home but many others can’t and are stuck with this. Really not impressive.
I can reroute my journey home but many others can’t and are stuck with this. Really not impressive.
Where am I today? @marshrail.bsky.social
A difficult one as there’s no hint from the signal number.
(Bonus points if you know which line at this location!)
A difficult one as there’s no hint from the signal number.
(Bonus points if you know which line at this location!)
October 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Where am I today? @marshrail.bsky.social
A difficult one as there’s no hint from the signal number.
(Bonus points if you know which line at this location!)
A difficult one as there’s no hint from the signal number.
(Bonus points if you know which line at this location!)
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Never mind the HS2 shitshow, it's a national humiliation that so little of our existing railway network is electrified.
October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Never mind the HS2 shitshow, it's a national humiliation that so little of our existing railway network is electrified.
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The idea that the public sector is inefficient and wasteful, while the private sector is tight and spendthrift, is complete and utter bollocks. This nonsense notion has been ruination of the UK for the past 40 years.
October 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The idea that the public sector is inefficient and wasteful, while the private sector is tight and spendthrift, is complete and utter bollocks. This nonsense notion has been ruination of the UK for the past 40 years.
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Adult cyclists who insist on riding on the pavement should be fined.
October 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Adult cyclists who insist on riding on the pavement should be fined.
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Mother Nature needs to be put on trial in The Hague for making the lives of dogs far too short.
September 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Mother Nature needs to be put on trial in The Hague for making the lives of dogs far too short.
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ECHR offers protection against unfair dismissal from work, protects pension rights, maternity leave rights and protects women getting divorced. People who think it's a good idea to leave should be ridiculed like flat-earthers. The ignorance is astounding.
September 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
ECHR offers protection against unfair dismissal from work, protects pension rights, maternity leave rights and protects women getting divorced. People who think it's a good idea to leave should be ridiculed like flat-earthers. The ignorance is astounding.
My train has just arrived in Rainham and it started raining. Do I win £5?
June 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My train has just arrived in Rainham and it started raining. Do I win £5?
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I emigrated from the UK in 2009 just before Nick Griffin from the BNP got invited onto Question Time. Was just wondering how things have turned out for the country, and if the likes of him have had "their views properly scrutinised", as promised?
June 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I emigrated from the UK in 2009 just before Nick Griffin from the BNP got invited onto Question Time. Was just wondering how things have turned out for the country, and if the likes of him have had "their views properly scrutinised", as promised?
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Your enemy isn't traveling by small boat.
They're traveling by private jet.
They're traveling by private jet.
June 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Your enemy isn't traveling by small boat.
They're traveling by private jet.
They're traveling by private jet.
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Its 1985 and the local railway scene looked like this. But where was 'local?'. Note the crystal clear signage against the 501. @traindrivercol.bsky.social @locusinpes.bsky.social (easy 4 u) @paulbigland.bsky.social @bobsrailrelics.co.uk @teamgreen70020.bsky.social @railwaydave.insanity.tube
June 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Its 1985 and the local railway scene looked like this. But where was 'local?'. Note the crystal clear signage against the 501. @traindrivercol.bsky.social @locusinpes.bsky.social (easy 4 u) @paulbigland.bsky.social @bobsrailrelics.co.uk @teamgreen70020.bsky.social @railwaydave.insanity.tube
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No, they are not "exceptionally high call volumes" if you already have a prerecorded message to say that. Thank you.
June 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
No, they are not "exceptionally high call volumes" if you already have a prerecorded message to say that. Thank you.
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LISTEN up folks! I shall be discussing with Winslow's Diana, the East West Rail project from 1810hrs on Sunday 1st June on 3bsradio.co.uk. Some serious questions expected to come my way! @chilternrailway.bsky.social @paulbigland.bsky.social @seatsixtyone.bsky.social @locusinpes.bsky.social
3Bs Radio
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May 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
LISTEN up folks! I shall be discussing with Winslow's Diana, the East West Rail project from 1810hrs on Sunday 1st June on 3bsradio.co.uk. Some serious questions expected to come my way! @chilternrailway.bsky.social @paulbigland.bsky.social @seatsixtyone.bsky.social @locusinpes.bsky.social
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Wheelchair user. The scourge of dickheads parking cars and vans across the pavement and completely blocking my way is getting worse. I'm completely helpless and am so frustrated, angry and upset by its impact on my daily life, I now carry a penknife in my chair to puncture tyres.
May 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Wheelchair user. The scourge of dickheads parking cars and vans across the pavement and completely blocking my way is getting worse. I'm completely helpless and am so frustrated, angry and upset by its impact on my daily life, I now carry a penknife in my chair to puncture tyres.
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Oh, this could be fun. The home of Havard Law School vs the man whose legal team held a press conference at Four Seasons Gardening.
*Grabs popcorn*
*Grabs popcorn*
May 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Oh, this could be fun. The home of Havard Law School vs the man whose legal team held a press conference at Four Seasons Gardening.
*Grabs popcorn*
*Grabs popcorn*
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I don't mind paying more taxes because people less well off than me can't. But I do object to paying more because billionaires and corporations won't.
May 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I don't mind paying more taxes because people less well off than me can't. But I do object to paying more because billionaires and corporations won't.