Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Standing

£73 is what a peak ticket from Chippenham to London costs these days. That's roughly
£60 per hour. It's not even really peak - unless you work in Paddington station this one is going to get you to your desk not much before 10am.

So is it really too much to ask that included in one's £73 fare is a seat?

In other news, Digital Doris, the nice lady who tells you how late your train is going to be, has been replaced by High-Def Harriet who has a better bing bong but whose alliteration leaves much to be desired.

Note to self: arrange meetings further in advance to take advantage of cheap first class tickets.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Drizzle

Two things to celebrate today. First, a very temporary return to the Chippenham to Bristol service. And secondly, I appear to have a follower / stalker commenting on a lot of my blog posts but seemingly ignoring the ironic / sarcastic tone and taking it rather too seriously.

I do, of course, recognise that many commuters have it worse than I do. After all, I have a coffee and a seat. Regrettably the seat is in the waiting room as the train has, in the space of 30 seconds, gone from being on time to being 15 minutes late.

It's great to be back.