Things you'd like to say, but can't

[Sandra6]

I'm sorry mate, but I really don't think you'll squeeze your less than athletic body into those medium castelli bibshorts.
There you go, the XL is worth a punt.

 

[ColinJ]

I'm sorry mate, but I really don't think you'll squeeze your less than athletic body into those medium castelli bibshorts.
There you go, the XL is worth a punt.

Tell him to save time and go straight for the XXXL!

 

[subaqua]

Tell him to save time and go straight for the XXXL!

Now I know you are taking pi55 . Castelli don't make stuff that big ...

 

[Kestevan]

Now I know you are taking pi55 . Castelli don't make stuff that big ...

Yes they do.
Castelli xxxl translates to L or possibly XL in clothes sized for normal people. I suspect that castelli S would probably just about fit an action man doll.

 

[subaqua]

Yes they do.
Castelli xxxl translates to L or possibly XL in clothes sized for normal people. I suspect that castelli S would probably just about fit an action man doll.

Ok I shall change my response to cater for this .

Castelli don't make a real xxxl for real xxxl people .

I was thinking castelli S. might just fit playmobil figures ....

 

[ColinJ]

Dear Cross Country Trains boss. It is 2017. All I want to do is to buy a rail ticket on your website and make a reservation for my bike at the same time. It's not really a lot to ask, is it?

Instead, I can buy a ticket and then phone somebody and ask for a bike reservation. Oh, no spaces left - that could be awkward ...

Ah, I could send you a message via Facebook or Twitter telling you that I would like to make a bike reservation and somebody will get back to me and after that I could buy a ticket ... nope, that is a very silly idea!

JUST DO THIS!!! Arrange for your website developer to add a checkbox to the order page - *Add bicycle reservation. Connect that up to your database and check bike storage availability before processing the rest of the form!

I've settled for the 'ask for a bike reservation online and then wait up to 24 hours to get a reply before going ahead and buying rail ticket' option. If there are no spaces left I can try again with a different train - whoopee!

 

[midlife]

If I need a bike reservation, I book my tickets through Hull Trains, where they do it all in one go .

There is something that works in Hull !!

 

[ColinJ]

If I need a bike reservation, I book my tickets through Hull Trains, where they do it all in one go .

Thank you for that!

I have finally managed to book my ticket and made my bike reservation using the Hull Trains website. That is for a Cross Country Trains service when CCT say on their website that it is not possible to do it directly. Good on Hull Trains; CCT - pathetic; whoever thought up the idea of fragmenting the rail network like this - book yourself a permanent place on the naughty step!

Now I can get down with my bike, my Leighton Buzzard-Chilterns forum ride is confirmed for next Saturday (5th August)!

The ticket machine at Tod station has been vandalised so I will go out for a ride this evening and pick up my tickets from the machine at Hebden Bridge station instead. (I could pick them up in Manchester on the way down but I'd rather have them in advance in case of delays on the way to the station.)

 

[ColinJ]

There is something that works in Hull !!

The Humber Bridge works! (Ok, stictly speaking, it isn't IN Hull, but it is not far away.)

We did a test ride over it last weekend ...

 

[RoubaixCube]

If 10 or 20 of you are all going to spill out onto a busy road and obstruct traffic -- especially the bus im on trying to get home and carry on walking around as if your life is so much more important then you deserve to be run the fark over.

Darwin Award recipients right there. The lot of them

 

[ColinJ]

Dear Hull Trains boss ...

Having included the option to make bike reservations at the same time as booking rail tickets on your excellent website, any chance of allowing us to print our own tickets as well, and/or downloading an e-ticket to our phones? I can't print my tickets at my local ticket machine because it has been vandalised and my 10 mile return trip to the alternative machine that I had selected was wasted when the damn thing refused to recognise my debit card!

 

[ColinJ]

Dear Hull Trains boss ...

Having included the option to make bike reservations at the same time as booking rail tickets on your excellent website, any chance of allowing us to print our own tickets as well, and/or downloading an e-ticket to our phones? I can't print my tickets at my local ticket machine because it has been vandalised and my 10 mile return trip to the alternative machine that I had selected was wasted when the damn thing refused to recognise my debit card!

Ah - there is a Hull Trains app but it gets poor reviews so I don't think I will risk using it. Anyway, I'd still like a paper copy of tickets in case I had a problem with my phone.

 

[ColinJ]

Dear Cross Country Trains boss. It is 2017. All I want to do is to buy a rail ticket on your website and make a reservation for my bike at the same time. It's not really a lot to ask, is it?
...
I've settled for the 'ask for a bike reservation online and then wait up to 24 hours to get a reply before going ahead and buying rail ticket' option. If there are no spaces left I can try again with a different train - whoopee!

Well, they did get back to me with a reservation after about 20 hours, but by then I had already given up and gone to The Hull Trains website. I cancelled the CCT reservation to make sure that the bike space is freed for another rider's use. (The silly way that the CCT reservation process works means that the reservation is not tied to a ticket purchase. CCT had no way of knowing whether I intended to go ahead with my journey and thus need the reservation!)

Dear Hull Trains boss ...

Having included the option to make bike reservations at the same time as booking rail tickets on your excellent website, any chance of allowing us to print our own tickets as well, and/or downloading an e-ticket to our phones? I can't print my tickets at my local ticket machine because it has been vandalised and my 10 mile return trip to the alternative machine that I had selected was wasted when the damn thing refused to recognise my debit card!

(As mentioned above, I have since discovered the Hull Trains mobile app but I am put off using it by the bad reviews. It won't be such a big deal when the ticket machine at Todmorden station has been fixed because then it would be a 3/4 mile round trip to get my tickets rather than 10 miles.)

I'd still like the option to print my own ticket, but at least the machine at Hebden Bridge station was working today so I now have my tickets.

 

[classic33]

Well, they did get back to me with a reservation after about 20 hours, but by then I had already given up and gone to The Hull Trains website. I cancelled the CCT reservation to make sure that the bike space is freed for another rider's use. (The silly way that the CCT reservation process works means that the reservation is not tied to a ticket purchase. CCT had no way of knowing whether I intended to go ahead with my journey and thus need the reservation!)


(As mentioned above, I have since discovered the Hull Trains mobile app but I am put off using it by the bad reviews. It won't be such a big deal when the ticket machine at Todmorden station has been fixed because then it would be a 3/4 mile round trip to get my tickets rather than 10 miles.)

I'd still like the option to print my own ticket, but at least the machine at Hebden Bridge station was working today so I now have my tickets.

Tis a First service though!

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Do you think I enjoy going to see my mother instead of being with you?
My brother doesn't give a shoot so I'm all she's got.
Why do I feel that every visit becoming a silent you or her negotiation?
She ruined 40 years of my life. Isn't the pain of that enough?