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My Snow Saviour: Social Media Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/12/snowysutton.jpg] Like pretty much everybody else who works in and around London, I’ve been caught in the travel problems caused by the onset of snow. I abandoned the car in the Sutton carpark last night, and took

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Adam Tinworth
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Observations from the Eurostar Members Public

Things I’ve noticed on my journey: 1. For some reason, French trees look distinctly French. They’re the same species on the whole, so I suspect it’s just planting patterns. 2. I was busy plugging my laptop into the covenient power outlet next to my seat, when it

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Adam Tinworth
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Beneath the Sea Members Public

Here’s a first for me: I’m blogging somewhere under the English Channel. I’m off to Le Web 3 in Paris and finally getting to travel by Eurostar. And, hmm, well, it’s a touch disappointing. All the adverts they show you of the service certainly don’t

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London's transport is broken Members Public

Sometimes a break can let you see things with new eyes. I haven’t commuted into or out of London by train for over three months now, and a blessed change it’s been. However, today an appointment in London in the morning and one in Sutton in the afternoon

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Adam Tinworth
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The Wrong Kind of Excuse Members Public

As someone who has to endure 20 minutes in the hands of Connex, the railway operator which is having its franchise unceremoniously removed, This article struck a particular chord with me. BBC NEWS | Magazine | Going Loco – your bizarre train tales [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3094261.stm]

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Adam Tinworth
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