Peter
@invpete.bsky.social
Theme Parks & Railways! See it, say it, sorted.
None of this is affiliated with my employer ducky.
None of this is affiliated with my employer ducky.
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Last year, I thought it'd be good fun to find and review the Christmas tree at each of London's twelve mainline terminus stations.
You all seemed to enjoy it, so join me again for the Great London Christmas Tree Review (Railway Edition) of 2025!
What larks! 🌲
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You all seemed to enjoy it, so join me again for the Great London Christmas Tree Review (Railway Edition) of 2025!
What larks! 🌲
🧵
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Last year, I thought it'd be good fun to find and review the Christmas tree at each of London's twelve mainline terminus stations.
You all seemed to enjoy it, so join me again for the Great London Christmas Tree Review (Railway Edition) of 2025!
What larks! 🌲
🧵
You all seemed to enjoy it, so join me again for the Great London Christmas Tree Review (Railway Edition) of 2025!
What larks! 🌲
🧵
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If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.
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High-speed rail passengers in Spain shoot up 77% and prices drop 40% thanks to competition.
High-speed rail passengers in Spain shoot up 77% and prices drop 40% thanks to competition | Sur in English
The national market and competition regulator (CNMC) reveals that the arrival of Iryo and Ouigo drove passenger numbers to record highs, while rail outstrips air travel o
www.surinenglish.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
High-speed rail passengers in Spain shoot up 77% and prices drop 40% thanks to competition.
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Reading over the full Special Development Order is fun because everything that Universal proposed back in July is now a *requirement* to be able to open the new theme park in the UK, including a resort capacity of up to 8.5 million visitors in year one. Excerpts below:
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reading over the full Special Development Order is fun because everything that Universal proposed back in July is now a *requirement* to be able to open the new theme park in the UK, including a resort capacity of up to 8.5 million visitors in year one. Excerpts below:
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exactly, we should go back to the good old days when if you wanted to see nudity you had to take a a holiday to Florence
UK to push for nudity-blocking software on devices to protect children
Home Office expected to encourage companies to introduce controls
www.ft.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
exactly, we should go back to the good old days when if you wanted to see nudity you had to take a a holiday to Florence
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The description of the dashcam footage from the Liverpool road rage attack is horrific. Worth reading back the Sky liveblog: news.sky.com/story/paul-d...
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The description of the dashcam footage from the Liverpool road rage attack is horrific. Worth reading back the Sky liveblog: news.sky.com/story/paul-d...
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Less than 48h left to buy an Interrail pass with 25% discount (I already have!). Buy now, activate any date in next 11 months.
About Interrail and how to buy: www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a...
About Interrail and how to buy: www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a...
December 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Less than 48h left to buy an Interrail pass with 25% discount (I already have!). Buy now, activate any date in next 11 months.
About Interrail and how to buy: www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a...
About Interrail and how to buy: www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a...
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So… as it turns out… I’m going to Newquay!
Nice touch with the “turns out” message.
Nice touch with the “turns out” message.
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So… as it turns out… I’m going to Newquay!
Nice touch with the “turns out” message.
Nice touch with the “turns out” message.
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NEW XMASSY VLOG TIME!
Peter and Charles have gone to visit Alton Towers for their Christmas event 2025! With a vastly reduced offering to previous years, is it still worth it?
Check out our vlog now: youtu.be/j7sldGGXFDk?...
Peter and Charles have gone to visit Alton Towers for their Christmas event 2025! With a vastly reduced offering to previous years, is it still worth it?
Check out our vlog now: youtu.be/j7sldGGXFDk?...
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NEW XMASSY VLOG TIME!
Peter and Charles have gone to visit Alton Towers for their Christmas event 2025! With a vastly reduced offering to previous years, is it still worth it?
Check out our vlog now: youtu.be/j7sldGGXFDk?...
Peter and Charles have gone to visit Alton Towers for their Christmas event 2025! With a vastly reduced offering to previous years, is it still worth it?
Check out our vlog now: youtu.be/j7sldGGXFDk?...
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
Good to see New Street has adopted a pigeon pen!
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Good to see New Street has adopted a pigeon pen!
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STORE: Thank you for your order!
STORE: We are preparing your order!
STORE: We put your order in a box!
STORE: Look who has a mailing label!
STORE: Your order has been shipped!
STORE: Your order is in your city!
STORE: Your order is nearby!
STORE: Your order sees you.
STORE: Turn around.
STORE: We are preparing your order!
STORE: We put your order in a box!
STORE: Look who has a mailing label!
STORE: Your order has been shipped!
STORE: Your order is in your city!
STORE: Your order is nearby!
STORE: Your order sees you.
STORE: Turn around.
December 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
STORE: Thank you for your order!
STORE: We are preparing your order!
STORE: We put your order in a box!
STORE: Look who has a mailing label!
STORE: Your order has been shipped!
STORE: Your order is in your city!
STORE: Your order is nearby!
STORE: Your order sees you.
STORE: Turn around.
STORE: We are preparing your order!
STORE: We put your order in a box!
STORE: Look who has a mailing label!
STORE: Your order has been shipped!
STORE: Your order is in your city!
STORE: Your order is nearby!
STORE: Your order sees you.
STORE: Turn around.
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For some reason this reminds me of the story of how the team who worked on the CGI-animated Muppet Babies reboot accidentally rendered Animal without his fur and the end result was so hilarious and disturbing they adopted it as an unofficial mascot they named “Blurph”
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
For some reason this reminds me of the story of how the team who worked on the CGI-animated Muppet Babies reboot accidentally rendered Animal without his fur and the end result was so hilarious and disturbing they adopted it as an unofficial mascot they named “Blurph”
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Anyway it's an honour the Guardian has licensed a version of a London Centric piece as today's Long Read. The pics are amazing. The fee will pay for me to hire a freelancer for a week. But mainly it means I'm freed from the alpaca... which is replaced by a snail.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time?
The long read: Terry Ball – renowned shoe salesman, friend to former mafiosi – has resolved to spend his last years finding ways to cheat authorities he feels have cheated him. His greatest ruse? A ta...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Anyway it's an honour the Guardian has licensed a version of a London Centric piece as today's Long Read. The pics are amazing. The fee will pay for me to hire a freelancer for a week. But mainly it means I'm freed from the alpaca... which is replaced by a snail.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
If you're doing nothing wrong then you've got nothing to hide...
...is all well and good until they change what is 'wrong'.
Like a calm street protest for example.
...is all well and good until they change what is 'wrong'.
Like a calm street protest for example.
ID cards, limiting trial by jury, and now "plans for a huge rollout for facial recognition cameras in cities, towns and villages across the country"
Labour laying the foundations for a far right government to build on #GMB
Labour laying the foundations for a far right government to build on #GMB
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
If you're doing nothing wrong then you've got nothing to hide...
...is all well and good until they change what is 'wrong'.
Like a calm street protest for example.
...is all well and good until they change what is 'wrong'.
Like a calm street protest for example.
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ID cards, limiting trial by jury, and now "plans for a huge rollout for facial recognition cameras in cities, towns and villages across the country"
Labour laying the foundations for a far right government to build on #GMB
Labour laying the foundations for a far right government to build on #GMB
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
ID cards, limiting trial by jury, and now "plans for a huge rollout for facial recognition cameras in cities, towns and villages across the country"
Labour laying the foundations for a far right government to build on #GMB
Labour laying the foundations for a far right government to build on #GMB
Just put my big boy commuter pants on and told the person next to me to use earphones for his insta reels, which he duly agreed to.
Feeling invincible now.
Feeling invincible now.
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Just put my big boy commuter pants on and told the person next to me to use earphones for his insta reels, which he duly agreed to.
Feeling invincible now.
Feeling invincible now.
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Ahahahahaha, local business that recorded themselves sticking a load of Union Jacks to lampposts all about town are currently pissing and moaning about finally Finding Out.
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Ahahahahaha, local business that recorded themselves sticking a load of Union Jacks to lampposts all about town are currently pissing and moaning about finally Finding Out.
Nothing gives me more joy than reading @londoncentric.media newsletters in the morning!
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Nothing gives me more joy than reading @londoncentric.media newsletters in the morning!
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You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
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Just finished The Traitors NZ series 2.
A very good series, well worth a watch, but it really does show how good Studio Lambert are because this is so poorly edited compared (not made by SL!).
So many cliffhangers just ignored. No tension building. Racing through (to allow for adverts).
A very good series, well worth a watch, but it really does show how good Studio Lambert are because this is so poorly edited compared (not made by SL!).
So many cliffhangers just ignored. No tension building. Racing through (to allow for adverts).
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just finished The Traitors NZ series 2.
A very good series, well worth a watch, but it really does show how good Studio Lambert are because this is so poorly edited compared (not made by SL!).
So many cliffhangers just ignored. No tension building. Racing through (to allow for adverts).
A very good series, well worth a watch, but it really does show how good Studio Lambert are because this is so poorly edited compared (not made by SL!).
So many cliffhangers just ignored. No tension building. Racing through (to allow for adverts).
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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