I commuted for about 3 years daily Birmingham International to Euston
then Tube to the City.

It was taking me less time to commute than a colleague who travelled
in from Maidenhead who claimed the worst part of his journey was the
four-mile drive to Maidenhead station and the hopeless task of finding
a parking space.

I went the whole hog of booking a first class season, which by the
time you take into account the free food wasn't such a bad deal
compared to the standard fare.

Only trouble was, taken in combination with the lunchtime pigging out
session (why is there so much food everywhere in London?) my waistline
exploded.

I was commuting during the final days of loco haulage as well so was
rewarded on numerous occasions by class 47 haulage - something of a
bonus.

With the new trains I would imagine I could be saving a good hour on
the commute nowadays.

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, allan tracy wrote:

I commuted for about 3 years daily Birmingham International to Euston
then Tube to the City.

It was taking me less time to commute than a colleague who travelled in
from Maidenhead who claimed the worst part of his journey was the
four-mile drive to Maidenhead station and the hopeless task of finding a
parking space.

I went the whole hog of booking a first class season, which by the time
you take into account the free food wasn't such a bad deal compared to
the standard fare.

Only trouble was, taken in combination with the lunchtime pigging out
session (why is there so much food everywhere in London?) my waistline
exploded.

Heh! The solution would have been to keep a bike locked up at Euston, and
do the leg to the city on that. Saves money, burns calories, and is
quicker!

tom

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Tom Anderson wrote:

Heh! The solution would have been to keep a bike locked up at Euston,
and do the leg to the city on that. Saves money, burns calories, and is
quicker!


Burns calories? Is that a good thing?

Philip.

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Philip Hardy wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

Heh! The solution would have been to keep a bike locked up at Euston,
and do the leg to the city on that. Saves money, burns calories, and is
quicker!

Burns calories? Is that a good thing?

Mr Tracy, to whom i was replying, was extolling the virtues of a free
breakfast in first class, but bemoaning the effect it had on his loading
gauge. Burning some calories would allow him to have had his Full English
and eaten it, as it were.

tom

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Hobbit while listening to Radiohead's Hail to the Thief. To kill a dragon
(i.e. Serpent, Smaug, Wolf at the Door) you need 12 (disciples/dwarves)
plus one thief (burglar, Hail to the Thief/King/thief in the night),
making Christ/Bilbo the 13th Thief. -- Remy Wilkins