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    People buying houses with associated noise (churches, railways etc) and then complaining about the noise?

    For about 10 consecutive years during the 1990’s I used to go on holiday for a week every Easter with my local bellringers. We always stayed in Southwold in Suffolk. We used to ring bells at churches in towns and villages all over Suffolk and parts of Norfolk during the day and then spent the...
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    New Mills Central landslip - 6 week closure

    I’ve just been out this morning cycling along some country lanes near Southwell in Nottinghamshire. After just a few hours of rain overnight there is standing water in the fields and water running off the fields onto the roads. The ground is so saturated and waterlogged that it can’t take any...
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    East Coast Timetable Dec 24

    Newark does have a huge catchment area but for Nottingham it would be far more useful to have a few more trains calling at Grantham. Except for the 2 hourly train to York there are no trains throughout the main part of the day from Grantham to anywhere north of Doncaster. Unless you travel via...
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    £2 fare - but what next?

    I think there are definitely regional variations in cash use, but around here I find it quite localised. Many of my local bus routes pass through some very affluent rural areas, but also within a few miles can also pass through some very depressed ex-mining communities. It is quite noticeable on...
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    £2 fare - but what next?

    My experience is that many people are using cash to pay for the £2 fares. It is a very convenient amount to be able to pay using the correct amount and not requiring change. If the flat fare was raised to a higher level, even £2.50, paying with the exact correct amount would not be so convenient...
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    Mysterious Holes in My Lawn

    Grey squirrels are certainly a possibility. I had them dig similar holes in my lawn a couple of years ago. They never dug down any deeper than the hole in the photograph.
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    £2 fare - but what next?

    Returning to the old fares again also has the problem that the longer the £2 fare or any flat fare remains, the more the original fare may have increased due to inflation and fare rises. It won’t just be going back to the old fare but to an even higher fare. On many rural routes, where single...
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    EMR Class 170 updates

    Just like the large posters that were displayed on stations just before the 170’s started to be reintroduced onto EMR services. These showed pictures of 170’s informing passengers that new trains were soon to be introduced on the route. They didn’t mention that these were trains returning that...
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    ASLEF strikes 5th-8th April weekend

    I think that’s how many people view the inconvenience of these strikes now, as an annoyance but not disastrous. They have been going on for so long that people are just working around the inconvenience. Sadly, perhaps the government also just see them in their current form as an annoyance but...
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    Walking and Rambling discussion

    Whitehaven to St. Bees along the cliff top path around St. Bees Head is well worth doing. Allow plenty of time to stop and enjoy the views.
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    Inspiration for a two night UK break from Manchester via train

    Your idea of Norwich is quite a good one. Interesting city and the night life shouldn’t be too student centric if you are going during the Easter holiday. If you want to visit the coast the train up to Sheringham is worth doing as is the bus down to Southwold. I would give Great Yarmouth and...
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    Wilko's goes into Administration

    The former Wilko store in Hucknall town centre, Nottinghamshire, reopens on 15th March as The Range. Interesting that this is not being reopened as a Wilko shop.
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    Worst examples of BR era "vandalism"?

    If considering stations which were demolished because the line was closed, a huge one to list would be Nottingham Victoria. I only vaguely remember it from when I was a very small child going on holiday with my parents to Mablethorpe. From what I remember, and from photographs it was a very...
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    Why don't East Midlands Trains stop at St Albans?

    Would it be a possible compromise to stop the EMR Connect Corby services at St. Albans? Are there any reasons why these trains couldn’t depart 2 or 3 minutes earlier from St. Pancras to include a St Albans stop and then regain their current timings from there northwards. This would then remove...
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    What Would Be The Impact Of Making Bus Fares Free?

    I agree with so much of what you say. No, the gas-guzzling neighbours are not going to leave their cars at home and use the bus. In the case of my location I think it’s mainly due to a total change in the type of people who now live here compared to the past. The village has become a place...

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