Monthly Archives: February 2009

Exeter — misty morning, mellow afternoon.

Posted on February 22, 2009 by John

First, Exeter Youth Hostel is pretty good — espe­cially the food and the local ale they have avail­able.  Then there is an extremely pleas­ant walk along either the canal bank or the water mead­ows of the Exe from Count­ess Weir … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Ferroequinological note

Posted on February 22, 2009 by John

Cross Coun­try to Exeter.  I have yet to fathom how the on-line book­ing sys­tem knows how much it is going to annoy me to be alloc­ated a seat behind a win­dow pil­lar, but some grem­lin in there likes to ensure … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Less than Perfect Venues in York, Part 2.

Posted on February 13, 2009 by John

Fib­bers is very less than per­fect, the Duch­ess nearly as lack­ing.  Admit­tedly there are more seats at the Duch­ess, though as some of them used to be church pews the com­fort level must be low.  There are also some more … Con­tinue read­ing →

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