I’ve just returned from a weekend in Ireland (Giant’s Causeway, Enniskillen, Sligo, Belfast). The weekend was excellent, but it did not start well. The 0601 Thameslink / First Capital Connect train from Elephant & Castle to Luton Airport brought down the power lines between Farringdon and Kings Cross. We witnessed […]

I’ve just spent a week in Berlin where plenty of people had Freitag bags – made by a firm in Zürich from recycled tarpaulin and other things. The firm started by making bags for cycle couriers, but those are no good really for commuters – I need a pannier bag […]

It should not be too complex. I needed to travel from London Paddington to Oxford on Wednesday this week, departing at about 1700 and returning at 2200. I pottered off to Victoria station, very close to my workplace, to get the ticket for my journey. The machine there – screen […]

I happened to notice a billboard similar to the image here at Kensington Olympia yesterday, encouraging drivers to rev their cars less and hence save on fuel (and CO2 emissions). It’s a Department for Transport campaign, and there’s a special website for it too. While I’m happy about any efforts […]

A whole bunch of Helena‘s relatives are here in Åre this evening, and the kids are playing with a London Underground jigsaw puzzle. This led us on to a discussion about the underground and 2 mad Swedes that presently hold the record for the quickest journey to all of the […]

I’m not cycling today – the lock is stuck and hence my bike is resolutely attached to a drain pipe behind my flat in Walworth. So – for the first time for ages – I took the Underground to work. While the Bakerloo and District lines were working fine and […]