As expected, the inch and half of snow we had on Tuesday night turned to ice [note: Adrian says it's two or more; what's with men and inches?]
As expected, the trains which ran on a reduced 2 trains an hour schedule got even worse today.

After 50 minutes of waiting on the freezing platform with no information whatsoever apart from recorded messages ( Read more... )

I'm off to Turin on Saturday. I'm flying with British Airways and their trade union have just announced a suicidal 12-day strike starting on the 22nd ( Read more... )

Since the train timetable changed in December, we've been far than happy with the rail service.. 
I won't bore you with the details but the trains are more crowded and I'm sure I'll witness a punch-up sooner or later to get on the 18:21 train home.
The buses to and from Victoria are also subject to delays because of a mammoth project to replace the ( Read more... )

Probably once every two weeks, when I get off my train at Victoria in the morning the Orient Express is on the next platform; but this morning it was a steam train: lovely!
Needless to say this always makes going to the office a little bit harder.
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My week-end in Turin was OK.
On Sat afternoon Gatwick airport was rather crowded and there ( Read more... )