It's introduced me to a lot of interesting music. I intend to download it to the phone and play it on train journeys, which I will be doing a lot more of when I semi retire in March.
January 29, 2026 at 9:57 PM
It's introduced me to a lot of interesting music. I intend to download it to the phone and play it on train journeys, which I will be doing a lot more of when I semi retire in March.
I think that was the first song I ever knew all the words to. I still do, and the song is on my Trains playlist, right between blink-182 and Hendrix 😁
January 29, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I think that was the first song I ever knew all the words to. I still do, and the song is on my Trains playlist, right between blink-182 and Hendrix 😁
Neither have I, I only know the Seekers single.
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Neither have I, I only know the Seekers single.
Swinging round their cage so fancy free. (I was in love with Judith Durham when I was about five).
January 29, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Swinging round their cage so fancy free. (I was in love with Judith Durham when I was about five).
So did his author; GMF ended up as the most dreadful gammon. Which is what you get for living with all the arsehole tax exiles on the IoM.
January 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
So did his author; GMF ended up as the most dreadful gammon. Which is what you get for living with all the arsehole tax exiles on the IoM.
Bustimes.org is your friend.
Bus Times
Bustimes.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Bustimes.org is your friend.
Yes. Yes it is. The foxes alone are worth the entrance fee.
January 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Yes. Yes it is. The foxes alone are worth the entrance fee.
Indigo and Sugar Niner on special ops.
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Indigo and Sugar Niner on special ops.
The plan was to close it, and replace it with an extended Oxford Road station, but like most plans for public transport it never happened, and probably never will. Meanwhile, the continual dithering over such plans will prevent anything being done to the existing station. Same it it ever was.
January 7, 2026 at 8:17 AM
The plan was to close it, and replace it with an extended Oxford Road station, but like most plans for public transport it never happened, and probably never will. Meanwhile, the continual dithering over such plans will prevent anything being done to the existing station. Same it it ever was.
We have enough to keep me at home.
January 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
We have enough to keep me at home.
I bet you've got no snow, either, down there in the sub-tropics.
January 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I bet you've got no snow, either, down there in the sub-tropics.
And if you meet Napper Tandy, do not shake his hand.
January 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
And if you meet Napper Tandy, do not shake his hand.
Ha, I bet it'll go like a blue streak.
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Ha, I bet it'll go like a blue streak.
It would help if Montreal had a suburb named Rockville.
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It would help if Montreal had a suburb named Rockville.
Driver 8, obviously.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Driver 8, obviously.
Minor Irish railways nearly always had names like that. The Schull and Skibbereen is my favourite.
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Minor Irish railways nearly always had names like that. The Schull and Skibbereen is my favourite.
In a peculiarly Irish fashion, yes.
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
In a peculiarly Irish fashion, yes.
Or, one cow and two calves ... the calves then made the return journey.
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Or, one cow and two calves ... the calves then made the return journey.