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surfblue99.bsky.social
@surfblue99.bsky.social
Railway controller, hiker, improv fiend
See also every single pub with a ghost story.
October 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It all came back, it was the bit where they got stuck in the mines I couldn't get through. The sense of claustrophobia in a world that was already disturbing was just too much. Maybe this is why potholing is just about the worst possible leisure activity I can think of!
May 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's somehow more disappointing when the ones you thought might be different turn out not to be
May 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Well Nick Clegg turned out to be a moral void. What a disappointment
May 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
😃
May 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
LU staff here: that presence does allow us to deal with certain incidents far quicker than you can on a system with fewer staff. Often so quickly that customers wouldn't even notice a delay.
May 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Oh great, this feels like a challenge now, I think I'll listen to the episode first and assess!
May 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I started reading it as a kid & found it so disturbing I couldn't finish, only time that's ever happened to me. I do occasionally wonder if I should try again as an adult
May 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Coming from the UK this is always wild to see in other countries. A few exceptions for things like trams but our railways have had to be fenced by law pretty much since their inception.
April 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Don't say it out loud, they might change their minds about DfT!
March 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Have used the parallel to A23 national cycle route & can confirm it's a bad joke & straight up dangerous in places.
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I can smell it as well!
February 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
15 years old next year. Should really have been replaced long ago.
December 18, 2024 at 8:58 PM
I do an occasional journey to West Wales that's a similar price differential. It's definitely at the limit of what I'm prepared to pay. But as always if you add a second person rail is desperately uncompetitive assuming you already own a car.
December 18, 2024 at 8:57 PM
It doesn't though really. There's a premium for Heathrow (also the case for the Piccadilly line) & different fares apply outside zone 6 but that's also the case on the met line. Otherwise it's treated as part of the underground.
December 6, 2024 at 4:06 PM
I think this happens less as we get older & that's a sad thing
November 29, 2024 at 7:36 PM
We sold Eurostar tickets at Richmond station. Initially we had to book over the phone & they were posted to us for the customer to collect! Then we got Tribute & were actually able to print them, always looked slightly different to those though. How times change!
November 17, 2024 at 12:37 PM
I wonder if the correct decision at a number of stations would have been to keep the open countered travel centres but close the traditional ticket office? It was a much easier environment to provide decent customer service & to work in.
November 15, 2024 at 6:06 PM