10/03/2009 by admin.

From last night’s Railway debate in the House of Commons:

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab): Yes, that is the case with top-line fares, but does not the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that many cheaper fares are available? One can get from York to London for £5 if one buys the right fare.

Norman Baker: It is sometimes cheaper to go to New York than it is to go to York from London, given the way that the fare structure is arranged. Even with the off-peak return ticket in the UK, £10 buys 56 miles of travel on the railways, on average, making Britain’s off-peak returns more expensive than single tickets in more than half the European countries.

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10/03/2009 by admin.

Just managed to beat my dog Boris to spotting the two sheep on the canal towpath this morning and get him on his lead before bloodshed.

The pair the sauntered casually down the pavement of Todmorden Road.

The first time I saw sheep in an urban area was at Merthyr Tydfill when I was driving from University in Lampeter to Cardiff.

But then we also saw a local driving round a roundabout anti-clockwise!

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