Recent content by Dai Corner

The podcasts prefixed 'Toast' in the following BBC Sounds playlist tell the stories of failed businesses and may be of interest to readers of this thread. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p07012sf?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

For example https://www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/fine-for-network-rail-following-orr-investigation-into-electrocution Access is straightforward via station platforms regardless of the state of the lineside fencing, of course, and thieves will take suitable tools to cut through any fence anyway.

Some sections of the overhead are earthed with bypass cables carrying the current. Apparently there is signage indicating where they are which is no doubt of considerable assistance to thieves as well as railway staff.

An interesting article in today's Daily Telegraph That's a statement that you could be forgiven for assuming came from a Conservative transport minister. Older readers may have a sense of deja vu and Blair's strategy of adopting Conservative principles but having his candidates wear red rosettes.

"You only fit double glazing once so fit the best - Everest"

Everest double glazing is in administration . https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp4gk5nk2nno

In reality, the planes will be flying and the trains running whether the seats are occupied by you, by somebody else or are empty so your choice will make no difference to the environment. Save the time and money and spend them with your friends.

There was a frequent, fast, direct bus service between central Cardiff and the airport , the Trawscymru T9, but hardly anyone used it so it was withdrawn.

A Bristol street which has, perhaps surprisingly, retained it's name is Colston Avenue. It is named after Edward Colston who was associated with the slave trade and whose statue was de-plinthed and dumped in the docks by demonstrators a few years ago. The eponymous concert hall, office tower...

Berlin Road in Bristol was renamed Britannia Road around the time we were having a disagreement with the country whose capital it was named after.

North Somerset Council's BSIP hasn't met with universal approval https://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/24265507.north-somerset-council-pauses-rollout-new-bus-lanes/

The Welsh Labour Leader under which the fares policy we're discussing was (there's a new leader now) very much from the Corbyn wing of the Party. His Government spent enormous sums on the railways; possibly more than it could afford. Whether this has the desired effect, or is even continued...

Were talking about the left wing Welsh Labour Government here, of course. Do you feel a Labour UK Government would do anything different?

I bought them just because they were banned. I probably still have them somewhere, in mint condition as they were only played a few times. Similarly with the Sex Pistols album.

More than they need have if that extra £125m to make up for the railway's revenue shortfall had been given to them instead. On the other hand, better transport, education and healthcare should lead to higher economic growth. But I'm heading off topic again. Sorry.