our_man fumes at the UK transport system

[Verres]

Originally posted by our_man
Right. I've managed to get a ticket as far as Birmingham for £29. I should be able to pick one up from Birmingham to Leicester for £7.50. It's still not cheap, but it's a hit my wallet can take. Watch this space for further unfolding travesties.

That's not bad really....I pay £30 every other weekend for a return from Liverpool to Oxford, and that's with a railcard....

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by reds4ever


You've never been to Coventry have you.......?

You've never been to Grimsby have you?

[Dauphin]

We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down at the mill, fourteen hours a day, week in, week out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home, our dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt.

[Main_Brain]

Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of 'ot gravel, work twenty hour day at mill for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would thrash us to sleep with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!

[our_man]

You've never been to Grimsby have you?

I'm sure Leicester won't be that bad in the end. BTW, you've never been to Glasgow, have you?

I PWN U 411!!!

[Dauphin]

You refering to the Goebbels?

No need for spelling Nazis to tell me its Gorbals, ok?

[OneFootInTheGrave]

rent a car :|

UK public transport is one of the most expensive and worst services in the developed world

[germanos]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison


You've never been to Grimsby have you?

Thank God for Grimsby!

[Provost Harrison]

No, thank Satan for Grimsby

[Myrddin]

I see your Grimsby; and raise Grimsby Fish Docks

[Provost Harrison]

I think they are all classed as one amalgamated horror. I worked there for a bit. When approaching Grimsby on the A180 and the smokestacks and chimneys can be seen in the distant, it is reminiscent of Mordor...

[Dauphin]

Mordor ain't that bad.

[duke o' york]

More barbarians in Grimsby. I mean, what town would choose "It's grim up north" as their advertising slogan?

[Dauphin]

Enticed to the smell of rotten fish? Give us a try - The Grimsby tourist board

[our_man]

Wahey, I'm back! A very interesting, worthwhile conference I must say.

Somehow I managed to survive my nightmare 11 hour journey back on the National Express - it's not exactly a quality service, but what can you expect for £9?

Leicester is a kip. Period. Glasgow is the Jewel of the Empire compared to it. I stayed in a B&B for £30, unfortunately, I only received the 1st B.

I had a 100 minute wait in Birmingham, so I decided to explore a bit. I made it to the city centre, which is very, very classy. Birmingham