In Response to Re: I hate trains : Thanks Craig, yes coaches are great value. In my mid teens I spent a few summers with a mate doing some work for his dad in London, we would get return tickets from Carmarthen /> London on the national express for under a £10, bargain! Not sure if im fit enough, or have the nerve, to do a runner from a taxi nowadays though. Certainly couldn't part with the cash they would want for that trip, the bu!!ers charge me £10 just to get into town. Posted by LmfaoAllin
i once took a bus from Glasgow to London.......the nut worst night of my life.
In fact I'd rather listen to Jon and Jac talk football than ever take that journey again.
Got a train from Preston to Macclesfield yesterday.
Over 50% off the trains were delayed. (no particular reason) Ours was delayed due to having to stop off for toliet breaks as they wern,t working.
Then missed the connection at Piccadilly and arrived in Macc over an hour late. Then had to stand up most off the way back which seems pretty standard nowadays . Yet first class was empty apart from 2 people passed out drunk .
There was a peice on watchdog the other night about the cleanliness ( or lack of it) on different train services and was pretty disgusting. it seems as prices continue to rise as standards continue to slip.
I,ll be looking for bus and coach services where possible next time i need to go anywhere.
( got a bus from Preston to Birkdale for the golf last week - it was quicker - no changes and nearly half the price)
I used to travel from Glsgow to London regularly, in your late teens, ealry twenties, buy a carry oot have a good laugh, in my thirties could still hack it, forties was a bit ify, fifties no chance, end up arguing with all the teenagers who are steamin, car for me every time now, or if I can afford the Train.
All these bus stories, reminds me of my home leaving trip from Manchester to Eastbourne '86.
I hope this doesn't derail this thread, as the OP is trains.
A mate of mine, who did the same journey in the spring , invited me down to a job in a hotel with accomodation. A coach was on hand that serviced the hotels I could poach a lift as a named passenger.
I got a taxi to a Cannock , somewhere near Stoke, from there , a holiday coach would take me to my new home.
The coach was packed full of jolly northern holiday people who had started their holiday before the coach started moving.
I sat myself in the low down seat adjacent to the driver.
I remember a toothless old lady coming down and sharing a hand full of nuts with the driver.
I was quite shy , I said no thanks.
Over the next few hours, she would pop down offering more, the driver cheerfully accepted. I kept up my no nuts policy , though , I started to want some , but couldn't think of how to back down.
One final time, she offered again, I said , they do look tasty, why don't you eat them yourselves ?
She said, she had no teeth and prefers to suck the chocolate off.
In Response to Re: I hate trains : i once took a bus from Glasgow to London.......the nut worst night of my life. In fact I'd rather listen to Jon and Jac talk football than ever take that journey again. Posted by HENDRIK62
I remember a night in Portugal, where you, Jac and myself where trying to shelter from torrential rain in a Phone box. This was after we'd all done our bolloxxx playing cash. Does it not come close?
I used to travel from Glsgow to London regularly, in your late teens, ealry twenties, buy a carry oot have a good laugh, in my thirties could still hack it, forties was a bit ify, fifties no chance, end up arguing with all the teenagers who are steamin, car for me every time now, or if I can afford the Train. Posted by rabdeniro
when I was a student in Dundee many years ago, the coach used to travel overnight, calling just Dundee-Glasgow-London. To show how long ago this was, the front half of the coach upper deck was smoking.
Packed bus-guy gets on at Glasgow, and though he has a "smoking" seat, the only available seat is 1 row into the non-smoking. He asks everyone around if they mind him smoking-everyone said no, apart from the last one, who said he did mind. The rest is pure Glasgow:-
In Response to Re: I hate trains : I remember a night in Portugal, where you, Jac and myself where trying to shelter from torrential rain in a Phone box. This was after we'd all done our bolloxxx playing cash. Does it not come close? Posted by cpfc_2010
This night? I remember writing about it
Had one of the strangest things that's ever happened to me when we left. The rain was incredible. We walked about 100 yards to the taxi rank and Jimi, King of boks, said how good we were running. There was one cab there. Just as we got there he shot off. The three of us then dashed to a phone box to get out the rain. After a little while we decided to walk back. Suddenly the tiniest car you've ever seen pulled up by us and a head popped out the window and asked if we wanted a taxi. It was an incredibly pretty little head and so very sensibly we jumped in. We said where we were going and immediately we noticed that pretty head was taking us the wrong way. We sobered up quite quickly as we realised that maybe jumping into pretty heads car wasn't that smart after all. Not to worry though. The young lady pulled up at what she thought was the destination we'd asked for. When we told her it was another place, she apologised and said she didn't know where that was and so she would drive us round until she found a taxi for us. This she did and 2 minutes later we were at a taxi rank. We offered her some money for the trip which she refused to take despite our pushing. She wished us good night and drove off.
In Response to Re: I hate trains : This night? I remember writing about it Had one of the strangest things that's ever happened to me when we left. The rain was incredible. We walked about 100 yards to the taxi rank and Jimi, King of boks, said how good we were running. There was one cab there. Just as we got there he shot off. The three of us then dashed to a phone box to get out the rain. After a little while we decided to walk back. Suddenly the tiniest car you've ever seen pulled up by us and a head popped out the window and asked if we wanted a taxi. It was an incredibly pretty little head and so very sensibly we jumped in. We said where we were going and immediately we noticed that pretty head was taking us the wrong way. We sobered up quite quickly as we realised that maybe jumping into pretty heads car wasn't that smart after all. Not to worry though. The young lady pulled up at what she thought was the destination we'd asked for. When we told her it was another place, she apologised and said she didn't know where that was and so she would drive us round until she found a taxi for us. This she did and 2 minutes later we were at a taxi rank. We offered her some money for the trip which she refused to take despite our pushing. She wished us good night and drove off. Still can't get my head around it. Posted by Jac35
Look forward to this story being twisted and retold in 2 years.
All these bus stories, reminds me of my home leaving trip from Manchester to Eastbourne '86. I hope this doesn't derail this thread, as the OP is trains. A mate of mine, who did the same journey in the spring , invited me down to a job in a hotel with accomodation. A coach was on hand that serviced the hotels I could poach a lift as a named passenger. I got a taxi to a Cannock , somewhere near Stoke, from there , a holiday coach would take me to my new home. The coach was packed full of jolly northern holiday people who had started their holiday before the coach started moving. I sat myself in the low down seat adjacent to the driver. I remember a toothless old lady coming down and sharing a hand full of nuts with the driver. I was quite shy , I said no thanks. Over the next few hours, she would pop down offering more, the driver cheerfully accepted. I kept up my no nuts policy , though , I started to want some , but couldn't think of how to back down. One final time, she offered again, I said , they do look tasty, why don't you eat them yourselves ? She said, she had no teeth and prefers to suck the chocolate off. Not been on a coach since. Posted by mumsie
In Response to Re: I hate trains : You were playing well from what I saw stokey maybe just a tad aggressive with the all ins at final table. I would post some hands in the tournament strategy section if I was you and you will be winning them in no time. Great result from a satty Posted by Itsover4u
thank you sir i conna remember much of the FT going all-in lots is a leak i should get it in my head to use the 5 bigs rule rather than the auto 10 bigs that i use especially on a major FT
well done on taking it down you bossed that table from what i can remember wp
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Got a train from Preston to Macclesfield yesterday.
Packed bus-guy gets on at Glasgow, and though he has a "smoking" seat, the only available seat is 1 row into the non-smoking. He asks everyone around if they mind him smoking-everyone said no, apart from the last one, who said he did mind. The rest is pure Glasgow:-
"Why? Are you disabled?"
"No."
"Would you like to be? "
Happy days....
Unfortunately this is not a thinly veiled brag post, will be coughing up at the casino, hence the need for cheap travel
Hahaha. When I read the article about the chap mentioned in OP, was half expecting it to be him.
That's great, much obliged.
i conna remember much of the FT going all-in lots is a leak i should get it in my head to use the 5 bigs rule rather than the auto 10 bigs that i use especially on a major FT
Did 2000km in around 8 hours, first class, for £120.
http://shanghaiist.com/2015/10/13/beijing_to_hk_in_8_hours.php