Chillybean
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Mundane facts about your day: Part Deux.
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tek-monkey
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Just bought 2 new pairs of boots, very expensive compared to what I usually spend but I've had a run of cheap pairs that just haven't cut it so have in effect cost more, am hoping the new ones actually do the job as I'm currently back to a pair at least 7 years old. I'm actually hoping they perform as well as my magical waterproof trousers, which as @Thehooperman can attest to are guaranteed to ensure a dry day as long as I keep them on.
Thehooperman
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I can indeed, so much so that I ask @tek-monkey to keep them on for the duration of the Superbikes meeting if there's the slightest chance of rain.
As soon as he puts them on the sun comes out again
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Cue
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The guy that did the job didn’t even fit the twin wall flue properly, the screws weren’t in so the individual pieces weren’t actually joined together
Gramaisc
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King Rocker, that he was involved in, is on in Wolverhampton in March.
King Rocker – A film about Robert Lloyd & The Nightingales
kingrockerfilm.com
'Live Q&A', so possibly involving him, too.
tek-monkey
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Decided to get the train to the airport, Wilmslow leg got cancelled, Trainline want a 9 quid admin fee to give me a refund?
It's no wonder people avoid UK public transport, will stick to driving in future.
It's no wonder people avoid UK public transport, will stick to driving in future.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
First train was 10 mins late too!
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
How is that even legal?
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
A solo walk again today, for logistical reasons. I did a circuit that I did a fortnight ago, but in the reverse direction, always worth doing, I find.
I added on another previously done circuit, so that I could test a 'better route' for part of it, that I spotted after our return. This did indeed prove to be better and will be noted for any future repeats.
This led me back to the circuit that I started on and I returned to the start.
It was noticeable that things were a bit drier than a fortnight ago, and that there had been quite a bit of damage in the form of fallen trees in the interim period of rough weather.
This tree nearly defeated me. Too strong to burst through, but not hefty enough to get over with confidence that it wasn't going to drop you five feet onto the splintered wood below. There was also the risk of it falling further, if you disturbed bits to get underneath. I managed to pass it, but it needed some care. Whilst clambering over it, I realised that I had only passed two humans in the 15km to that point...
It was also noteworthy just how much growth there had been in the past fortnight - that was just a muddy riverbank on the first pass.
One of the people that I met was this chap, a noted individual in the bloodstock world, out exercising a horse who has had a year off after injury, but looked a lot fitter than I was by that point.
It was helpful that they were approaching from that direction, as the path on the far side of the hill behind them tends to have bramble trip-wires, if nobody has passed recently.
The bridge that I laid a fortnight ago is still in place and functional.
In the top left, over the stream flowing in. It would be hard to get past this section without it - the water is 6" deep, the mud is very slippery and the branches make jumping across it rather awkward and risky, even though the level has dropped a good bit now.
All in all, it was a good day, but 20km is taking its toll on me now, the last couple of miles was a bit slower than the rest. It did drizzle very slightly for ten minutes, but otherwise it was OK, apart from still being very windy in the exposed parts*.
* Not my exposed parts.
I added on another previously done circuit, so that I could test a 'better route' for part of it, that I spotted after our return. This did indeed prove to be better and will be noted for any future repeats.
This led me back to the circuit that I started on and I returned to the start.
It was noticeable that things were a bit drier than a fortnight ago, and that there had been quite a bit of damage in the form of fallen trees in the interim period of rough weather.
This tree nearly defeated me. Too strong to burst through, but not hefty enough to get over with confidence that it wasn't going to drop you five feet onto the splintered wood below. There was also the risk of it falling further, if you disturbed bits to get underneath. I managed to pass it, but it needed some care. Whilst clambering over it, I realised that I had only passed two humans in the 15km to that point...
It was also noteworthy just how much growth there had been in the past fortnight - that was just a muddy riverbank on the first pass.
One of the people that I met was this chap, a noted individual in the bloodstock world, out exercising a horse who has had a year off after injury, but looked a lot fitter than I was by that point.
It was helpful that they were approaching from that direction, as the path on the far side of the hill behind them tends to have bramble trip-wires, if nobody has passed recently.
The bridge that I laid a fortnight ago is still in place and functional.
In the top left, over the stream flowing in. It would be hard to get past this section without it - the water is 6" deep, the mud is very slippery and the branches make jumping across it rather awkward and risky, even though the level has dropped a good bit now.
All in all, it was a good day, but 20km is taking its toll on me now, the last couple of miles was a bit slower than the rest. It did drizzle very slightly for ten minutes, but otherwise it was OK, apart from still being very windy in the exposed parts*.
* Not my exposed parts.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Apparently if a train is cancelled you should get a refund without fees, but despite it saying earlier on the Trainline itself that's the train was cancelled they claim to have no information on that.
Mudgie
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I've always thought that refunds were readily given, and without a fee, by the Train Operating Company.
Maybe it's more complicated though if you didn't but in advance from them or on the day from a railway station.
tek-monkey
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Trainline automated system just says tough, spoke to an advisor though and they refunded the whole ticket, which covers the taxi
Thehooperman
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You should find that you can claim a refund back for the full cost if the train is cancelled but they won't show it until the details filter through the timetable system.
Try it again in a couple of days.
Alternatively if you were over an hour late you should be able to claim delay/repay from the train operator.
Thehooperman
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No this isn't the case and most TOCs will argue their case.
Cross Country are notorious for being stubborn and paying the bare minimum.
Just before Christmas I was told by the train managers on both legs of my journeys to Manchester and back would be fully refunded but when I tried to claim their customer service department only offered the difference between First Class and Standard. So much for caring customer service.