"JohnB" wrote in message ...


Buster wrote:

How about spending some of the money that is currently being extorted
from car drivers on something completely radical like building new
underground roads similar to the ones in Bruges Belgium.

Or investing more in a good reliable PT system.

For those that have not visited Bruges, let me describe a car journey
to that city.

We arrived on the Sea Cat (The Vomit Comet) at Ostend and drive 13
miles to Bruges where you are directed down a tunnel some miles out
of the city. After driving some distance underground, you are directed
into giant car parks and take the lift back to daylight, where you
arrive in the middle of a huge town square with Bars and restaurants
around the edge, and the latest shops within a short walk.
No Stress at all.

None? You jest.
Now had you jumped on Eurostar and simply crossed platforms in Brussels it is
likely you would have ha a much more pleasant journey.

Just think of the 40 mile drive to find the nearest open station, the £12 a day
parking when there, the 2 hour wait on a deserted ice cold platform for the
delayed intercity to get to London that costs twice as much as Eurostar and
arrives at the other side of London lugging your bags down onto the underground
(now rush hour after the delay). Ah how pleasant and I still haven't made it to
the station to get the Eurostar. As the 40 miles I would need to drive (due to
all the local stations being closed due to track maintenance) is only a few
miles shorter than I would need to get to a port I don't see me letting the
train cause the strain. Though I'm less than 40 miles from an airport so I would
hop on a flight for 1/2 the cost of a train fare to London and use the remaining
1/2 to hire a car for the time I'm over there.