Procrastinator. Occasional Art. Found object collector.
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DandyWriting retweeted
Passengers don’t care who owns the trains, they want a working railway. @SW_Help
With the PM’s rail summit due later this year, SWR needs a published contract and clear KPIs.
Article with our comments, Will Forster MP, Christian Wolmar and the DfT. 🔽
yahoo.com/news/politics/arti…
DandyWriting retweeted
we are officially weeks away from the sun setting at 4:30 pm. please begin mentally preparing to eat your dinner in the pitch black.
DandyWriting retweeted
SWR & Network Rail's performance is unacceptable.
Every day: Broken signals, point failures, trains without enough carriages, air-con or working toilets. It's time for the Transport Secretary to step in.
This cannot become normalised. @SW_Help @Heidi_Labour
⚠️ Latest Performance Stats @SW_Help
Period 4 vs Pre-Nationalisation (2024):
🚨 Overall Delays: +57% (120K mins)
⛈️ 'Severe Weather': +545%
💥 SWR Fleet Faults: +125%
💥 SWR Train Crew Delays: +61%
@Heidi_Labour @RicHolden @railandroad
Full details, below. 🔽
ALT Table titled "SWR Delay Minutes — Period 4, vs Pre-Nationalisation". Ten Network Rail and TOC self-inflicted delay categories comparing FirstGroup/MTR P4 2024/25, Public Year 1 P4 2025/26, and Public Current P4 2026/27, with percentage change vs FirstGroup/MTR shown in red for worse, green for better. Total delay minutes: 76,624 under FirstGroup/MTR vs 120,036 currently — up 56.7%. TOC-on-TOC categories excluded. Source: ORR Period 4 delay attribution data.
DandyWriting retweeted
Incredible. So while Rome burns, the priority is to gaslight passengers and put on a show for the media. @SW_Help @Heidi_Labour
@swtrains_watch If you hadn't seen this.
teapaw.org/ChimeWhistle/status/20…
Half the trains West of Yeovil.
Muliple short forms daily.
But tone deaf enough to rush 103 to be ready for a media event
DandyWriting retweeted
The lack of a credible plan for the West of England Line is an immediate concern. The infrastructure can't cope, the trains are worn out, and passengers are treated like an afterthought by @networkrail and @SW_Help.
How much longer will this go on, @Heidi_Labour?
Hot and dry conditions can lead to Soil Moisture Deficit, when the ground below our tracks dries out and disturbs rails and sleepers.
When this happens, trains must travel at lower speeds, and we may have to make timetable changes.
Find out more: southwesternrailway.com/trav…
DandyWriting retweeted
For some respite from the heat, I visited 4 shops today to take advantage of their air-con.
4th place - Aldi, barely even registered, do better
3rd place - Tesco, pleasantly cool but others better
2nd place - Waitrose, lovely and cool
1st place - Home Bargains, exceptional
DandyWriting retweeted
This may be the greatest 2 minutes and 44 seconds of television I’ve ever seen
DandyWriting retweeted
You just don't seen a truck full of clowns being driven over a strongman on the telly these days. Shame.
DandyWriting retweeted
Paddington and I wish all runners the best of luck for the race!🎽
The FT Nikkei UK Ekiden, now in its 3rd year, takes place on Friday 12 June! Competitors will run along the Thames path starting in Windsor. 🏃
The event celebrates today's young generation and aims to strengthen the friendship between 🇯🇵 and 🇬🇧 through this popular Japanese style relay race.🎽
Good luck to all runners, and to all the spectators - have fun cheering on your team!
DandyWriting retweeted
Why did the Queen call him 'Mister Bond' in the London Olympics opening bit? She's his superior officer not a supervillain and they're both on duty so it should be 'Commander Bond'.
I think about this even when I'm watching Star Wars.
DandyWriting retweeted
What British people have in their freezers:
-Frozen peas (some in a bag, some rolling around loose)
-Full bag of oven chips
-Another bag with three oven chips left in it
-Tupperware half-filled with unidentified brown stuff
-Half a scoop of mash potato that you saved for some reason
-An empty box that used to contain ice lollies that fools you every time you look in it but you still don’t throw it away
-Bag of hash browns
-Some sort of meat joint (possibly lamb) from 2014
-A near-empty ice cream tub
-Something that might be chilli or might be bolognese but you didn’t label it
-Some party food from three Christmases ago
-An empty bag that used to contain ice cubes
-A pack of chicken or fish that you needed to eat but you chucked it in the freezer because you ordered a takeaway instead
-One drawer that doesn’t open anymore
DandyWriting retweeted
I don’t exactly have scientific data to support this, but I firmly believe that the sound of rain on the roof enhances the reading experience by at least 57%.
DandyWriting retweeted
Hi @wessexwater have you seen these photos and issue regarding swallows being blocked from their nesting site? @Stephen47629998 can you tell @wessexwater the address so there is no doubt. And @wessexwater could you remove the mesh so the swallows can get back home?
