I know I harp on about the railways at present. I guess it’s those years of saying the right thing and following the party line etc.
On Wednesday I awoke at 0600 to a very cold morning and made made a decision that going to Canterbury (14 miles) on the Moped was perhaps a tad dangerous. […]

Having worked on the railway and travelled on the trains every day along with now making trips to here there and everywhere, I find myself having to pass the time away.
I’ve never been a one for reading on a train, neither can I sleep usually and I certainly wouldn’t find a Laptop or MP3 player […]

‘On-Train announcements’ is another way of saying ‘PA Announcements’. Having worked as a manager on the railway for a few years I know how the terminology changed after privatisation ie Guards became Conductors, Buffet services became On-Board Services, passengers became customers and I became crazy !!
It seems that some things have gone from one extreme […]

I went to Kent Cricket Club today and because of the weather,
thought I’d let the train take the strain.
Before I left the Club I had a quick look at the timetable and found I would have about half an hour to spare, so thought I would pop into Canterbury Cathedral just to light a […]

It’s strange because my son Leo, at 17, can inform me of things which happened in the 1960’s music scene which I either didn’t know, or forgotten. Maybe that’s the evidence that I was ‘in the 60’s’!!
But once in a while, names from the past come out and the memories roll back. Something like this […]

My son has arrive down the lane for a temporary, maybe permanant basis and I needed to get a few things sorted out on the financial side. At the best of times I’ve about 25p in my pocket and where we live means a 4 mile bus trip etc.,etc.
So, boldly I went. Never before in […]

I guess I may as well start off the new year by being a miserable old git and say - when you’ve had more years than you’ve got ahead of you - why celebrate!!
This year I shall reach the, what I thought back in about 1966 as impossible, age of 59, one off the big […]