Mundane News

[LeetleGreyCells]

One of the great advantages of being car free: If the kids want to go somewhere they get themselves there.

*and, to be fair, living in a place where they get an all modes public transport pass for the entire region, yeah, I know...

My kids are too young to take themselves. Plus our village gets one bus each hour but not going to the same destinations every time which makes regular services one bus every 3 hours or so.

 

[Andy in Germany]

My kids are too young to take themselves. Plus our village gets one bus each hour but not going to the same destinations every time which makes regular services one bus every 3 hours or so.

Hence the disclaimer: we live in a place where public transport os reasonably priced and relatively well organised.

That said, German children generally go to school alone from their first class at age 6, and our eldest was travelling across the city by bike or public transport (along with most other kids his age) to get to school at 11. We have a rather more robust approach to these things here.

 

[Lullabelle]

I was in Mancland today.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Hence the disclaimer: we live in a place where public transport os reasonably priced and relatively well organised.

That said, German children generally go to school alone from their first class at age 6, and our eldest was travelling across the city by bike or public transport (along with most other kids his age) to get to school at 11. We have a rather more robust approach to these things here.

We were free range children as well.

 

[raleighnut]

I was in Mancland today.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Hence the disclaimer: we live in a place where public transport os reasonably priced and relatively well organised.

That said, German children generally go to school alone from their first class at age 6, and our eldest was travelling across the city by bike or public transport (along with most other kids his age) to get to school at 11. We have a rather more robust approach to these things here.

I live in a very nice village. However, I don’t think I’d dream of letting my 7 year old walk to school in her own in today’s (UK) climate. Every third or fourth day we get an email from the local schools warning us of stranger danger where a kid on the street has been approached by someone.

Germany sounds like a much nicer place to live.

 

[Lullabelle]

I have been with this company for over 11 years and this is the first time I have been to that branch, interesting.

 

[raleighnut]

I have been with this company for over 11 years and this is the first time I have been to that branch, interesting.

Mancland is the only railway station I've been to that had a wetherspoons in the station, I went in there whilst waiting for a train connection after visiting my Mum in Knutsford. As I went in the guy on the door said I couldn't take the Dog in then said "Are you waiting for a train" after I asked him why not (in a Leicester accent) when I told him I was he then said "Oh that's OK then" and let me in. Quite bizarre I thought , Dogs waiting for Trains must be different to local Dogs.

Not been up that way for a bit though since Mum moved to a smaller place in Holmes Chapel (the old house was just too big for her after Dad passed), wonder if it's still there as one of the guards at the station came up to me as I went to the platform and asked to see my ticket and told me they have a lot of trouble with people coming out of the pub and falling on the lines.

 

[Salty seadog]

Mancland is the only railway station I've been to that had a wetherspoons in the station, I went in there whilst waiting for a train connection after visiting my Mum in Knutsford. As I went in the guy on the door said I couldn't take the Dog in then said "Are you waiting for a train" after I asked him why not (in a Leicester accent) when I told him I was he then said "Oh that's OK then" and let me in. Quite bizarre I thought , Dogs waiting for Trains must be different to local Dogs.

Not been up that way for a bit though since Mum moved to a smaller place in Holmes Chapel (the old house was just too big for her after Dad passed), wonder if it's still there as one of the guards at the station came up to me as I went to the platform and asked to see my ticket and told me they have a lot of trouble with people coming out of the pub and falling on the lines.

Victoria Station has a Spoons.

 

[Reynard]

A "bitsas" supper here tonight... Not enough of anything, but all too good to waste. So had a medley of the following: guinea fowl, stuffing, leek & ham in cheese sauce, mashed tatties, sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots.

Only enough of the guinea fowl left for a lunchtime sammich. Other than that, it's all been cleared up. And very good it was too.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Mancland is the only railway station I've been to that had a wetherspoons in the station, I went in there whilst waiting for a train connection after visiting my Mum in Knutsford. As I went in the guy on the door said I couldn't take the Dog in then said "Are you waiting for a train" after I asked him why not (in a Leicester accent) when I told him I was he then said "Oh that's OK then" and let me in. Quite bizarre I thought , Dogs waiting for Trains must be different to local Dogs.

Not been up that way for a bit though since Mum moved to a smaller place in Holmes Chapel (the old house was just too big for her after Dad passed), wonder if it's still there as one of the guards at the station came up to me as I went to the platform and asked to see my ticket and told me they have a lot of trouble with people coming out of the pub and falling on the lines.

Victoria Station has a Spoons.

This is one of the things that makes me realise how much the UK has changed: when I left Weatherspoons was almost unheard of.

Mind you, Little Chef was still considered a place to eat out...

 

[slowmotion]

I spent an increasingly miserable and frustrating 90 minutes today tearing the house to pieces looking for my calculator. Having decided that life was way too short to spend a minute longer on the hopeless task (and fearing for my blood pressure), I reserved a replacement from the local Argos, got a confirmation by text, and decided to hop on the bike to pick it up. In the hall on the way out of the house, I patted the pocket of my cycling jacket to check that I had my front door keys and pulled out the prodigal. Lord knows how it got there but I was mighty glad to be reunited with it.

 

[tyred]

'Tis time to go to bed.

 

[Reynard]

I'm having a and a chocolate brownie.

 

[classic33]

The French don't drive on the left or the right .....they drive up the bloody middle

They all drive trains!!