Recent content by mikey9

£1.65 each way for a 14 mile - 22 minute journey to work compares well with owning another car just to commute - especially when the scenery is the Highlands of Scotland as a backdrop. Usually with a choice of tables of 4 just for me... Nothing - other than cycling in as the sun rises, competes...

If anyone remembers the Mad-March and Fabulous-February fare promotions back in the late 80s (£12 max fare anywhere on the BR network) - I managed to get Southampton station to do me a "Circular fare" from Southampton to Kyle out via Cardiff - return via London........It tool me three full days...

Just on one day - travelling from Switzerland to Venice - i think we used 6 trains - I think the ticket itself only has about 12 lines on it. I simply entered Saas - Venice along with the date. - which saved me writing all the individual train segments (one was about 6 minutes) 4 times and using...

I wasn't even clear if I had to put the whole day's journey's - one line at a time - or simply a start and destination for each day we used a 10 days in 2 months pass (we did the latter with no problems) As we had 4 in total (family inter-rail) - it was enough to fill them all in anyway without...

To contrast the CS kicking out time discussion above, on the Rome to Sicily sleeper last summer - I fortunately had the family all awake and sitting in the Cabins - packed and ready when we arrived around 20+ mins early into Catania Centrale. Bit of a panic to get off quickly - good job too as...

Please keep this going folks - I for one am fascinated (Father in Law did major Civils on Heysham back in the 60's) and love some facts, research and analysis. The Drone footage of the Hinkley construction site is great stuff - I had no idea of the work so far.....and that all that progress...

With time to kill at Saas Im Pratigau (near Klosters) last summer - I tried the on station ticket machine (very easy to use) to see what a return to Tirano would have cost us (2 adults and 2 children) - 332 Euro or 366 CHF. Glad we were on a Family Inter-rail or Switzerland would have blown the...

07:55 departure this am. Left on time i(sh) - considering the fire twiddlers, drums, pipes and media on the platform. Good idea to use Platform 2 so everyone wasn't out in the rain - only the front half.

This really is weird - I have NEVER had a problem getting a seat on the Inverness to Perth, Stirling, Edinburgh and Glasgow and return runs I do probably 20 times a year - most recently a couple of weeks ago in a group of 6 of us - easy to find two bays of 4 on the 170 in unreserved coach Edin...

Have a look at 1:40 to 1:50 and tell me how the driver of the 37 felt as the Helicopter passed in front of him (no drone footage) at about 10 feet above the ground - similarly the shots throughout show some rather fancy flying......

Best analogy above is that of airline food. For decades most who have travelled on a plane (in the old days at least) have been served hot food (of varying qualities and smellyness). Never have I heard of anyone complaining about smells - there is no option to move to another coach or usually...

Just reading "Magnus Chase" (kids Viking sci-fi) stories to my sons at bedtime in which the Flam line train features.....took me back - I would like to think they were impressed that dad had been to where the hero of their stories followed.....

Sounds similar to my first Interrail over 30 years ago....although mine was even more roundabout (just found the ticket!) Carlisle - Holyhead - Dublin - Rosslare - Cherbourg - Paris - Hamburg - Copenhagen - Malmo - Oslo - Bergen (via Flam) - (I then added North to Bodo - Narvik - Inlandsbanen -...

I am amazed at the responses on here - and the level of intolerance... Can I suggest whilst doing your list of banned smelly foodstuffs you might want to add coffee which some people may also find olfactorally challenging (especially if they haven't got a cup too). As for being offended by the...

If you want pleasant places to hang around. Pub on the concourse - usual licensing hours, Costa next door. Just out the door - the Highland Hotel - and the city centre and all it has to offer is at your convenience. I would suggest departure form Inverness is rarely delayed - I would think the...