Did you really? I'm reassured. I rarely feel so moved by confectionery that I feel the need to record the issue on a politics blog, but this really did strike me as an unnaturally good Eccles Ca… (View Post)

Wait - there's a train from Aberystwyth to Holyhead? (View Post)

Have you ever read A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor, who walked from Rotterdam to, I think, Istanbul in, I think, 1933? It's mainly a travel book. But it's also quite a fascinating c… (View Post)

Off thread, but I've just had the most delicious Eccles Cake I have ever eaten. Only M&S, warmed in the microwave for 25 seconds. Perfection. (View Post)

The problem with that is that Crossrail is a stopping service - the high speed train would have either had to run slowly through Central London, or the frequency of crossrail would have to be severel… (View Post)