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Passengers to be weighed before getting on trains

From This Is London:Train operator Southeastern is linking the suspension of its carriages to a computer system that works out the weight of passengers getting on at each station. Other rail firms are installing laser beams across carriage doors to c...

Transport updates

Journey times have been much better since Monday. If I race out of the door here at six, I get a train at Cannon Street that gets me home without changing for eight fifteen. Bit boring travelling on my own, but I'm plodding on with these book, and re...

First day of school

So, my first day back at work after a nice summer off. So far it is just great, there's a free canteen in the building, today I had Chinese vegetables and rice and things, there was also a meaty option of red Thai curry. Now to the downside, they don...

RE: Weird traininess thing going on

Hi There,I just spied your web log today after looking around for something to show me how I can participate in Roger de Haan's excellent plans for Folkestone. I lived in Hythe for 10 years before moving back to London and have just bought and moved...

School's out for, ooh, a long time now

Going through some old photos now I have a scanner, here's my infant school lineup:[[http://static.flickr.com/59/166633373_32afcd8353.jpg] Portchester Northern Infants School Class 5]]Google have released a web version of Picasa, their photo organis...

Portentous

Strange air about the world today - it's a fabulous day here in London, but the light and atmosphere feel a bit WEIRD. Could be that I've headed into town half an hour later than normal, or an actual armageddon could be on the way. Came into Cannon S...

A bit of style mixage today

Trying out adding in some what was I blogging about this day last year links that I hope you can see below (though they're not looking right), and putting the graphical quotes around things I put in quotes too. As usual Firefox is doing just what I'd...

Ooh yeah I got google chat today

Used the chat client before, and had it integrated into Trillian for a while, but now the powers at google corp have deigned to embed it in my gmail page, as announced here. They're rolling it out slowly so a few more people blog about it each day, c...

What are you doing Terry???

Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park... Clare was ATTACKED by pigeons yesterday in the park while feeding squirrels too.Train rubbishness today "track adhesion problems" meant our train was proper del...

Lost

Figured it out, it's just Dungeons and Dragons, the cartoon isn't it. They've slipped into some fantasy world, all their best and worst psychological attributes have been made real, and they just want to get home. If that little dog grows a twisted h...

Ace weekend

Took a road trip to Fareham to visit the family this weekend, borrowing Clare's dad's car. No problems getting there, though it's not a drive I've done myself before, up the M20, round the M25 and then down the A3. The A3 near the Devil's Punchbowl w...

Richard Corrigan

He's the chef from Full On Food, he was strolling along Cannon Street away from the station. Friday evening, rush hour.

So, one week as a married man

Damn, do you think they make these but not in leather? I think I need one.It's got built in massagers and a fridge and a phone, as well as being a regular comfy recliner... You can get it at www.drinkstuff.com, I should see if they have an affilliate...

cannon street

I cycle past there on my way home... is it the works going on opposite? There's some crazy street markings going on around it, I wonder what they're going to do to it? will have a closer look down into the hole when I go past tonght.btw. have you rea...

Underground London

I am fascinated by holes in the road, not sure why, it's something about being able to see beneath the respectable veneer of the city. There's some work going on on Cannon Street right now, drains I think. Only about 2 feet below the tarmac of the ro...

What a day to stop getting the tube

OK I stopped getting the tube last week, but yesterday was travelcard renewal day, and I got just the train part and no tube, saving me fifty quid! But it's booting it down at rain, so I've hd to put my big coat on. Then at Cannon Street the rain had...

Weekend review

I did a massive amount of driving at the weekend, borrowed a car and went to Bluewater. We hit some insane rain on the M20 and had to pull over until we could see again. It feels like the sort of place I ought to go "oh no, we had to go to Bluewater"...

Someone spotted the pattern of Thursdays then

Every point of my journey through London was crawling with police today, nice one, I saw them ticketing someone for something at Cannon Street station too. Possibly not for suicide bombing though, it all appeared to be quite calm. Even the mountain b...

Four Men On A Train

Not a bad journey in today, except for Four Men On A Train sat on the table next to us who gibbered business speak all the way in... Has felt like something's kicking off since we got to town though. Clare's District Line tube from Cannon Street was ...

re train journey times

rosspmmiller.blogspot.com/In the morning it is a little quicker - I change at Faversham and get a Cannon Street TrainIn the evenings I get the 17:44 out of Cannon Street to Folkestone and either get a lift or get the bus...

Hey welcome aboard

How do the times compare then? Going into Victoria sounds like it ought to be faster somehow. I'm finding going in via London Bridge and home again via Cannon Street to be quite convenient, but the actual journey is slower... I'm praying for the days...

Walking from Bank to Cannon Street

Oi, GOOGLEMAPS, NO! That's not the quickest way... I didn't actually need to check a map on this in the end, just follow the thronging masses all going the same way. Made my train home yesterday nice and quickly, though we were lucky to get home as q...

PopEx tickets

Sales perked up a little last month, here are the top ten ticket sellers through popex for April...Will YoungJools HollandMamma MiaMcFlySuper Furry AnimalsBilly CorganRammsteinAlabama 3Bloc PartyMeat LoafYesterday's journey home was a TURD, took too ...

Folkestone train times

Folkestone trains are a bit messed up for the whole summer, possibly the next six months. To travel at about the same time, and not have to change trains at Ashford or anything we have to get trains to / from Cannon Street instead of Charing Cross......

I used to do Clerkenwell-Cannon Street and it's pretty easy - 521 bus from Chancery Lane tube/ Holborn Viaduct, or failing that, I think a 17 does it too.It's walkable as well, and Moorgate station is only 10 mins (brisk!) walk from Cannon Stret.Fail...

Folkestone train times

Investigating train times... hoping to find a way of getting home without having to go to Charing Cross, ought to be quicker from London Bridge, but not everything stops there... here are my options for today:London Bridge 17:26, change at Tonbridge ...

Christmas roundup

Had a GREAT Christmas break in Folkestone, quite a lot of sitting in and relaxing, playing dominoes, watching DVDs (lots of series one, why did Doyle leave? He's WHAT???) and remarkably not eating out once. Normally a trip there means restaurants fo...

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Down in Fareham for the weekend, cheers to the chums who came out drinking in the Red Lion, was I a bit squiffy? I told you that Abbot Ale was strong. I don't remember leaving the pub or how I got home...Nice days shopping in Chichester on Saturday, ...