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postman

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Have you got railcards?

If you haven't, then buy it/them before you buy your tickets. Returns to Edinburgh from Leeds are going to be £80-100 each, call it £170 total. You would get 1/3 off with a card, so that would be about £57.

Individual Senior railcards cost £30/year or £70/3 years but if you buy a 'Two Together' card it is only £30/year. With one of them then you could save £25+ on this one trip, and you'd make further savings of 1/3 on any other trips over the following year. Note: Off-peak only (after 09:30), and you both have to travel together for the card to be valid (the name is a giveaway!).
Oh, and you can use those on peak time trains too.
We booked two weeks ago because it will be bank holiday and it is Edinburgh Uni Graduation Day.Got a fabulous hotel booked,I am going to have a dram or two to celebrate.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
We have railcard and like you say it is near that price,we booked two weeks ago and it's £60 return,what I am saying why is it cheaper to start and stop a journey when the same station York being used.When the card does expire I will be getting the hearing aid card.
I was having a rant about that kind of thing a couple of days ago!

I don't know if you spotted it, but I discovered that it is about £12 cheaper (with a railcard) to catch a train from Todmorden to Leeds, then catch a train to Exeter, than it is to just walk in at Leeds station and catch the Exeter train direct! :wacko:
 
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PaulSB

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Boys will be boys. Gravel today.

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BoldonLad

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I was having a rant about that kind of thing a couple of days ago!

I don't know if you spotted it, but I discovered that it is about £12 cheaper (with a railcard) to catch a train from Todmorden to Leeds, then catch a train to Exeter, than it is to just walk in at Leeds station and catch the Exeter train direct! :wacko:

It is, as you say, crazy, but, such madness is not limited to the railways. A number of years ago, Mrs @BoldonLad wished to visit her friend (pen-pal from school days) in Sweden. At that time, there was a ferry from Newcastle - Gothenburg. The price (two passengers plus car) was £600+ return, but, the very helpful lady in the booking office pointed out, that, if I bought a "Camping Holiday" (which consisted of exactly the same ferry crossing, plus some Camping vouchers), it would be just £400. Needless to say, we took the Camping Holiday, and, gave the vouchers away to friends of Mrs @BoldonLad's friend. Bizarre.
 

BoldonLad

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Getting a bit risque, this thread, people talking about willies, now, people flaunting their legs..... ;)
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Hmm - Thinking about it, I have been wearing compression socks/sleeves most of that time... :whistle:

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That one is my damaged left leg. You can probably see how swollen the calf is compared to the scrawny one in the other photo?

Getting a bit risque, this thread, people talking about willies, now, people flaunting their legs..... ;)
I double-checked that there was no intrusion into the picture! :laugh:
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
If I showed you the toenail on the big toe of my left foot, you wouldn't be laughing... :whistle:

(I stubbed the toe about 3 months ago and it still looks like it is going to fall off! xx()

PS I don't think anything serious is wrong with it but it looks pretty alarming. I expected it to clear up in a week or two but I reckon it will have to grow out with the toenail and that will evidently take many months.
 
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