Dear reader, you may have noticed, having read many of my previous articles, that I am very much in favour of railways. And there are many good reasons for this, from the sheer economy that comes with steel wheels running on a steel rail, to the incredible safety record of Britain’s railways. However, in some […]
Tag: Travel
The Other End of the Spectrum – And What I Learned on Megabus
Dear reader, you may have noticed me going on about first class recently, and I may have mentioned that this is rather unusual as far as my travel arrangements are concerned. Well, recently, the time had come to do something that, once upon a time, never imagined doing – taking a Megabus. I should explain […]
Pete’s Marvellous First Class Adventure (with some un-marvellous bits thrown in)
Now, dear reader, despite the rather up-market language I am fond of using, I am in fact a very regular person, living a relatively normal life, with relatively normal friends and so on. I am not in the habit of going to balls, formal dinners, or board meetings. To be quite honest, the concept of […]
Pete’s Adventures in Tramland
Dear readers, let me start by apologising for the lack of posts. I am afraid I simply ran out of material to write about, and did the only thing one can – bugger off somewhere else. I made my way, through a cheap but nonetheless not especially cheerful Centrebus service (and there’s a whole other […]