Support for Fabrice Muamba
The support for Fabrice Muamba has been heart-warming and according to reports his family have appreciated all of the messages and displays of support.
Let’s hope he makes a full and speedy recovery!
The Intro And The Outtro
Network Rail showed how to open a station today. There were lots of signs and the old entrances had ushers so you would know the correct way to go.
Pratt of the Week? - Not Really!
I suggested to this guy, that he might be the “Pratt of the Week”. He took it well and it certainly is a light-hearted way to herd people in the right direction.
On exiting the station though, I was greeted by lines of smokers.
Pratts of this and every other Year!
How do we stop these “Pratts of this and every other Year” causing litter and blocking the way for those who are less than mobile?
The New Kings Cross Opens A Day Early
I hadn’t intended to go into the new part of Kings Cross station until it opened on the 19th. But I found it was open on Sunday the 18th.
It is impressive and even has a restaurant that does gluten-free fast-food; Leon
I have added some more pictures taken on the Monday. I’ll probably add a few more as time goes on.
There is a very good article on the design here in the Evening Standard.
A Question Answered
A few weeks, ago I asked how scammers got your phone number and other details.
The Sunday Times answers the question today and says it all down to corrupt Indian call centre workers, who sell the details for two pence a shot. Surely, I’m worth more than that?
If that is the case, we need a nice EU Law, which says that data from individuals of a particular company, must only be held and accessed in that country.
Companies might moan, but all we would need to do was boycott the moaning companies. As it is, I try to avoid companies with overseas call centres. And that would include Spanish, German or French companies, that have their call centre, where they are head-quartered.
The Old and the New
I took these two pictures of buses on Route 15.
The first is a Routemaster on the Heritage route and the following bus is an Alexander Dennis Enviro 400H Hybrid, but it doesn’t seem to have had the leaves stuck on yet!
I don’t think they’re travelling in a pair in case the other breaks down, but perhaps as the Routemaster only goes half the way, the new bus can pick up the passengers, when the other stops. Or it could be a cheaper way of creating a high-capacity bus, as the total capacity is 64+80 or 144 passengers!
when I was a child, there was always a rumour that one London bus route, always went in convoy for protection, as once one got hit by a German bomb.
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