Monthly Archives: March 2007

Don’t do it, Deutsche Bahn.

Posted on March 27, 2007 by John

Some­body reads this blog! I got e-mailed by a guy from a ger­man TV sta­tion who was look­ing for a train­spot­ter to give some views on the privat­isa­tion of Britain’s rail­ways, in the con­text of the pro­posed privat­isa­tion of Germany’s rail­ways. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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London, London

Posted on March 17, 2007 by John

To Lon­don — only 45 minutes late due to a) a late start from the car­riage sid­ings in Edin­burgh and b) a broken down freight train in the Northaller­ton area. (Paras. 14 and 26 in the GNER excuse-book). Slightly ameli­or­ated … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Terrier

Posted on March 15, 2007 by John

“Aes­thet­ica”, a great arts magazine, which star­ted in York but is now national (and avail­able in Bor­ders and WH Smith), holds an open mic poetry even­ing at the York­shire Ter­rier on Stone­g­ate, York, every 2nd Wed­nes­day of the month. The Ter­rier … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Aren’t Airports fun.

Posted on March 10, 2007 by John

Manchester, Ter­minal 3, 05.50. Oodles of time for a 07.15 flight to Frank­furt. Checked in on line at home so straight through secur­ity and cus­toms — what a breeze! Where’s my gate ? Shit ! Flight can­celled ! Pilot sick … Con­tinue read­ing →

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2007 begins here

Posted on March 10, 2007 by John

And about time too, you may say! But since ace ser­vice pro­vider Dan of Brae­side IT ser­vices has added that won­der­ful pic­ture of my socks, I feel I owe it to him to set pen to paper (and what a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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