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James is heading off to travel after university and wondering where & how to meet others "are there bars, hotels, hostels etc where experienced travelers go often, and i'll be able to get a pint and hear a few stories about the places i could go next"
General Talk | Started by settrey [4th Jan]
So what are your New Year resolutions for 2009? Any hopes and dreams? Planning to do something outside your zone of comfort? What would you like to envisage for yourself in 2009?
Off Topic | Started by Purdy [30th Dec]
With the credit crunch starting to affect most of us, are you still travelling and if you are, adw999 asks what you would do with with £5k and plans to do a RTW?
General Talk | Started by adw999 [21st Dec]
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Posted by GregW | 7th January 2009
The train was late. 75 minutes late, to be exact. I should have seen it coming, but I was hopeful. That’s the trouble with being an optimist, the possibility of being disappointed. As they say, a pessimist is never disappointed.
I was heading up to Birmingham for a job interview, and had booked a ticket on Virgin Trains from London Euston station early on Tuesday morning.
On Friday, a plane crash which tragically killed three people also managed to knock out power to the west-coast mainline that runs from London up to Birmingham and on to Scotland. The line was fixed by Sunday morning, but then power was disrupted again on Sunday night. By Monday afternoon, things were running again.
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