The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

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[Tenkaykev]

A lot of the modern rolling stock on the railways have hard, uncomfortable seating in standard class carriages.
Nearly eight and a half hours on the direct LNER Azuma from King's Cross to Inverness was a bit of a test. At least we could get up and walk around a bit.

Quite a few years ago we walked the Great Glen Way and caught the Caledonian Sleeper from Inverness to Kings Cross. It was the old rolling stock, I was pragmatic in ensuring that Mrs Tkk had the top bunk as I knew that I would almost certainly have to get up at some stage for a pee and didn't want to disturb her when clambering down😉

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Sh*t, that's why I won't have pets !!!! So, even cats need to have MOTs now .

I'm more worried that he takes his cat on the Motorway!!!!!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Been out for dinner

Only a Toby Carvery but we had a Groupon voucher that expired today so we went
It was nice - well - nice for a Toby

Only confusion was the voucher
I was just getting ready to leave and grabbed the voucher that I printed off a few days ago
I knew it expired today as Groupon kept sending be emails saying it did

but when I looked at it- the fine print said it expired 3 days ago!!!!

which was confusing

I checked on the website and the fine print says "expiry date 20th Feb" - clear as day

but when I displayed the Groupon it clearly says it expires on 23rd Feb

anyway - tehy accepted it so all was OK

I hate last minute things like that

 

[Mike Ayling]

A lot of the modern rolling stock on the railways have hard, uncomfortable seating in standard class carriages.
Nearly eight and a half hours on the direct LNER Azuma from King's Cross to Inverness was a bit of a test. At least we could get up and walk around a bit.

Same problem with hard seats here in Victoria Oz

 

[Mike Ayling]

Most of the cafes in North Yorkshire have decent Vegan stuff on offer.

And presumably soy lattes

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Most of the cafes in North Yorkshire have decent Vegan stuff on offer.

all my coffee is vegan

coffee water heat

no white stuff of any kind

I ask for black coffee - not Americano
ido sot of sigh when people ask if I want milk with it


I do more than sigh if they leave room for lots of milk!

 

[Mo1959]

I have a friend who changed to a vegan diet on both ethical and health grounds many years ago. She seems to live very well on it........cafe stops when we're riding can be tricky.

Beans on toast?

 

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[PaulSB]

Beans on toast?

Usually a scone. I've never seen her eat beans.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Usually a scone. I've never seen her eat beans.

Don;t most scones contain butter??

 

[PaulSB]

Don;t most scones contain butter??

Yes, and this is the sort of quirk I frequently notice in my friend's diet. I think pragmatism has to be allowed at some point.

 

[Jenkins]

A lot of the modern rolling stock on the railways have hard, uncomfortable seating in standard class carriages.
Nearly eight and a half hours on the direct LNER Azuma from King's Cross to Inverness was a bit of a test. At least we could get up and walk around a bit.

I've been lucky on my two trips to Leeds this weekend as three of the four journeys involved the InterCity 225 which has much more comfortable seats. For a numb bum you can't beat the Class 158s used on EMRs Norwich-Liverpool run. I've only done the three hours from Peterborough-Manchester a couple of times in the past and it was enough to convince me to pay a little extra and go LNER from Peterborough - Leeds and then Northern/TPE to Manchester Victoria.

 

[Mo1959]

Usually a scone. I've never seen her eat beans.

Do scones not have milk and butter?