The Anonymous Widower

Has Barnsley Interchange Station Closed?

The last time I went to Barnsley for the fooball, I took the train to Barnsley Interchange, changing at Sheffield.

The station doesn’t seem to exist on any train booking web sites anymore. 

There are also no instructions on the Barnsley FC web site, about how to get to the ground by public transport. We can’t all drive you know and are those that can’t, considered losers in Barnsley.

I did e-mail Customer Support at Northern Rail about this. This is the reply I got.

Thank you for taking the time to contact Northern, the train company serving commmunities across the north of England.
We aim to respond within 20 working days.

In the meantime we can confirm receipt of your feedback/enquiry.

Twenty days to respond is very helpful considering, I want to travel there on the 2nd of October.

Has it closed?

September 21, 2011 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , | 6 Comments

My Place in The Sun

I was in The Sun yesterday, just under Pippa Middleton at the bottom of page 29.  Under the headine, He Choos He Scores, it said the following.

Londoner James Miller, 64, will use trains and buses to visit 92 Football League grounds in alphabetical order in 29 days.

Not strictly true, as I’m allowing myself the 31 days of October, but they obviously didn’t have any more space.

C once appeared on page 3 in The Sun.  A case involving a saucy farmer, where she was defending the two women, who attacked him, was published many years ago.

September 21, 2011 Posted by | Sport, Transport/Travel | , , , , | 1 Comment

The Shelf Life of M & S Gluten Free Sandwiches

On My 92 Clubs trip, I shall be relying heavily on Marks and Spencer’s gluten-free sandwiches. In their Upper Street branch on Sunday, I saw an egg & tomato salad sandwich reduced to £1.25.  The Sell/Use By Date was the 18th of September, as this picture shows.

A Reduced Marks & Spencer Gluten-Free Sandwich

I decided to put them in my fridge and see what they tasted like after a few days.

I eventually had them for my lunch yesterday, the 20th, and they were as delicious as they usually are.

I shall be checking the store every time, I go to the Angel. After all, where can you get a wholesome gluten-free snack for £1.25?

September 21, 2011 Posted by | Food, Transport/Travel | , , | 4 Comments

The Door Finally Broke

I said in my post on Eastfield, that a child was constantly playing with the electric door.

A Broken Door at Eastfield

The door eventually broke, as the picture shows.

September 21, 2011 Posted by | World | , | Leave a comment

The Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis

NASA has released this video of the aurora. 

I have seen the aurora once and that was from a British Airways flight going to the United States. It was in the 1980s and the pilot banked the plane, so that everybody got a good view.

The nearest I got to seeing it in the UK, was on my trip north from Edinburgh to Inverness on the InterCity 125.

It is the highest railway in the UK and the driver said they see it regularly, when conditions are good. Sadly, we didn’t see it that night!

September 21, 2011 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , , | Leave a comment