tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post7647759682422702812..comments2024-03-26T10:23:12.534+00:00Comments on round the rails we go: Slightly OffScott Willisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-84597326566965997272019-02-14T09:19:23.064+00:002019-02-14T09:19:23.064+00:00Should add, I know exactly what you mean about the...Should add, I know exactly what you mean about the smell of pipe tobacco and fathers/grandfathers. Mine smoked, respectively, Clan and St Bruno Ready-Rubbed (oo-er) and, though one rarely even sees a man smoking a pipe any longer, just a whiff of either is a wholly Proustian moment and I am once again eight, learning to play Cribbage. <br /><br />Sob. Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-87771944532839410652019-02-12T10:14:06.063+00:002019-02-12T10:14:06.063+00:00"I just wanted a chicken Caesar wrap - but sh..."I just wanted a chicken Caesar wrap - but she also had an incredibly thick Brummie accent and I honestly couldn't quite understand her."<br /><br />Reminded of 'I'm Alan Partridge'. Colin: "(Geordie diatribe)". Partridge: "I'm sorry, that was just noise".<br /><br />Delighted to hear that lawnmowers can still be repaired unlike just about anything else, which has to be thrown away and replaced.<br /><br />Rugeley and Cannock are certainly the antidote to Solihull!Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-66152566804037762672019-02-08T15:55:36.766+00:002019-02-08T15:55:36.766+00:00Cannock station sounds as grim as it was when I la...Cannock station sounds as grim as it was when I last visited nearly 20 years ago; it felt like a place that time had forgotten even then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-46664524930285903342019-02-06T20:30:06.273+00:002019-02-06T20:30:06.273+00:00Fantastic, I enjoyed reading that!
I can't s...Fantastic, I enjoyed reading that! <br /><br />I can't say that a trip to Rugeley, Hednesford and Cannock in January is a hugely enticing prospect. Old mining towns 30 years after the pits have closed down are not very pretty. There's also now a massive Amazon warehouse in Rugeley. <br /><br />Any sign of the Black Eyed Child of Cannock Chase? I wouldn't Google it late at night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-22618637020070882082019-02-06T12:40:19.490+00:002019-02-06T12:40:19.490+00:00This initial taste of Midlands-shire reminds me ho...This initial taste of Midlands-shire reminds me how lucky we are on Merseyside that not only does every station have a ticket office, but that it is staffed from first to last train.<br /><br />It also makes having to buy my SaveAway at the corner shop not quite as much of a chore as I once thought!Rincew1ndhttp://www.twitter.com/rincew1ndnoreply@blogger.com