One of the more arresting sites in Quimper is the bus heading to Kerguelen - the Brittany village that gave its name to the admiral who gave his name to the island. (View Post)

Just put your car on the train at Euston, go to sleep in Watford, wake up in Aviemore, eat breakfast. It's hard to believe such a civilised arrangement ever existed. The World We Have Lost, eh? (View Post)

The most obvious tip is "don't do it". Are there any others? (View Post)

That's the stark difference between North and South. Up there everyone wants it, down here no-one wants it. (View Post)

The only way to recoup the loss on HS2 is to redesignate it as a standard line, build parkway stations every 20 miles and seize 100 square miles of land for development around each station. The net r… (View Post)