It dawned on me when en route from Stockholm to Heathrow with British Airways this morning that I don’t think I have ever flown in a plane piloted by a woman. I fly far more than I really ought to, and have perhaps taken 50 or so return flights in […]

There’s always some source of frustration when flying with Ryanair, and returning from Stockholm to Luton Airport yesterday evening was no exception. The flight was fine and even the luggage arrived fast. The problem is with the Green Line coach to and from Luton Airport. I can’t work out why […]

I write in this post a few weeks ago about the problems with the Stansted Express train service. After One Railway’s own deadline to reply to complaints I have received the following answer: ————————- 21/Feb/2006 Contact reference: XXYYZZ ————————- Dear Mr Worth, Thanks for writing. I am sorry for the […]

I’ve mentioned the problems with the Stansted Express train in this blog before… If you arrive at Stansted late on a Sunday evening, it is impossible to connect with the last Victoria Line underground service going southbound. Unfortunately, the staff in the train insist that connections are indeed possible and […]

Some of the signs displayed in the London Underground rightly state that the best way to get to grips with a terrorist threat is for every individual to be vigilant and to look out for left luggage etc. But the question now in my mind is whether the people of […]

The flight back from Berlin was a bit better than the journey there – no annoying fellow passengers, and I managed to get from the plane and into the train in less than 5 minutes at Stansted – surely a record! So I managed to get the last tube from […]