Because even though I was getting the first train to Ancient Seat of Lerninz on which off-peak ticket was valid this involved me in getting up a good deal earlier than my wont.
And heading to that mainline station which is not easily reached from North London; I took the rather counter-intuitive route suggested by TFL,which worked rather well.
What ( Read more... )

3) Meeting with a national body about project we are handing off to them, which might not be too bad if it was not timed in such a way as probably to unravel all the benefits of my yoga class.
Actually this was not too bad, we all seem to be on the same page and it sounds that some things may be less hassle than anticipated.

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Okay, I know I've already done The Knowledge, but there was a lovely article in today's Guardian G2 about that and the trad black cab etc by a newly-fledged cabby.

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And on transportation, may I beseech my dr rdrs not to emulate the terribly poor ton I encountered on Saturday.

Yes, I have pointed out that the premium seat on a doubledecker bus is ( Read more... )

And as relatively uncomplex journeys over a fairly short distance go, that had a fair amount of fume and fret, even with the taxi-driver offering to take me all the way to Guildford (instead of getting the replacement bus service at Haslemere) for rather less than I'd been quoted at Reception. Signalling problems in the Waterloo area meant a lot of ( Read more... )