On Sep 14, 4:57*am, Neil Williams wrote:
On Sep 14, 1:19*pm, wrote:

I wouldn't call 30 quid a lot of cash TBH.

I would. *I rarely carry more than £50 and often far less.

GBP50 is my max, GB20 is about my min. I utilize debit cards most of
the time.

In message
, at
00:55:27 on Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 77002 remarked:
Of course a cab is easier (unless it gets caught in traffic - I've had
some trips where it's quicker to walk).

If luggage and stairs is the issue, I'd try: Heathrow to St Pancras by
Piccadilly, northern ticket hall, Thameslink, change to the Bognor train
at Gatwick.

Makes it an awful long journey. Taxi works fine.

As with any journey you are balancing cost and time. That's a personal
decision. But if money and convenience are the main factors, suitable
routes are not always the direct ones.
--
Roland Perry

On Sep 15, 1:38*am, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
00:55:27 on Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 77002 remarked:

Of course a cab is easier (unless it gets caught in traffic - I've had
some trips where it's quicker to walk).

If luggage and stairs is the issue, I'd try: Heathrow to St Pancras by
Piccadilly, northern ticket hall, Thameslink, change to the Bognor train
at Gatwick.

Makes it an awful long journey. *Taxi works fine.

As with any journey you are balancing cost and time. That's a personal
decision. But if money and convenience are the main factors, suitable
routes are not always the direct ones.

Also balancing the amount of luggage. I take journeys with a
briefcase I would never consider with two suitcases and a carry-on.
Deep level tubes are exactly a case in point.

On Sep 13, 3:50*pm, Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote:
In message , Paul Corfield
writes

"It is also time to killfile Mr. Corfield, a sexual deviant in a union
protected public sector job. *Paul’s inability to hold together three
logical thoughts, and his tendency to resort to hissy fits when he
cannot win a debate mean his post are not worth reading. *And, I do
not want to deal with him."
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.tr...a94a18d8c1094d

As I missed this "post" the first time it was published [1] can I just
say that it is factually incorrect in a number of respects. *I request
an immediate apology for the poster "1506" (who is I understand Adrian
Auer-Hudson). *I have done nothing to deserve the worldwide
communication of lies about me and my employment.

[1] for whatever reason my usenet news programme did not pick it up

I can concur that Mr Corfield is most certainly NOT union protected.

I would also say that in my opinion he is not wont to 'Hissy Fits', in
fact he gives very good information within his constraints.

Your opinion. Perhaps he has calmed down since I blocked him.

In message
, at
02:14:17 on Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 77002 remarked:
As with any journey you are balancing cost and time. That's a personal
decision. But if money and convenience are the main factors, suitable
routes are not always the direct ones.

Also balancing the amount of luggage. I take journeys with a
briefcase I would never consider with two suitcases and a carry-on.
Deep level tubes are exactly a case in point.

Exactly. Although the Piccadilly line trains (as I recommended earlier)
are more luggage-friendly than average, having been designed for the
Heathrow service. It's why I'd probably recommend that way of getting to
St Pancras rather than Heathrow Express plus sub-surface train (where
the stepless route has two additional changes of train now).
--
Roland Perry

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:44:14 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
Exactly. Although the Piccadilly line trains (as I recommended earlier)
are more luggage-friendly than average, having been designed for the
Heathrow service. It's why I'd probably recommend that way of getting to
St Pancras rather than Heathrow Express plus sub-surface train (where

Thats true. Hex really doesn't make much sense unless you need to get to
paddington. For central london its pointless as you have to use the tube
anyway. Might just as well get the tube from heathrow and save yourself 15
quid or whatever the fare is now.

B2003

On Sep 15, 2:44*am, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
02:14:17 on Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 77002 remarked:

As with any journey you are balancing cost and time. That's a personal
decision. But if money and convenience are the main factors, suitable
routes are not always the direct ones.

Also balancing the amount of luggage. *I take journeys with a
briefcase I would never consider with two suitcases and a carry-on.
Deep level tubes are exactly a case in point.

Exactly. Although the Piccadilly line trains (as I recommended earlier)
are more luggage-friendly than average, having been designed for the
Heathrow service. It's why I'd probably recommend that way of getting to
St Pancras rather than Heathrow Express plus sub-surface train (where
the stepless route has two additional changes of train now).

mmmm, Heathrow, Hammersmith (Cross Platform), Victoria, Bognor Regis,
might be worth a try.

In message
, at
03:19:54 on Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 77002 remarked:
Also balancing the amount of luggage. *I take journeys with a
briefcase I would never consider with two suitcases and a carry-on.
Deep level tubes are exactly a case in point.

Exactly. Although the Piccadilly line trains (as I recommended earlier)
are more luggage-friendly than average, having been designed for the
Heathrow service. It's why I'd probably recommend that way of getting to
St Pancras rather than Heathrow Express plus sub-surface train (where
the stepless route has two additional changes of train now).

mmmm, Heathrow, Hammersmith (Cross Platform), Victoria, Bognor Regis,
might be worth a try.

The problem with that is the stairs at Victoria from the Underground -
which was precisely the thing I was originally trying to give advice on
how to avoid.
--
Roland Perry

Neil Williams writes:

On Sep 14, 1:19Â*pm, wrote:
Cards arn't suitable for everything - can you
imagine if people boarding a bus all wanted to pay by card?

With the new contactless cards taking a fraction of a second to
process, I rather hope they will. But a bus ticket is a much lower
value transaction.

My local bus company offers a (presumably ITSO) contactless smartcard
which can have either a season ticket or cash loaded onto it. These are
used in the same way as the OAP passes, the user places the wallet flat
on a plate next to the ticket printer and the machine beeps and the
driver's touchscreen flashes green to indicate acceptance.

On 15/09/2011 11:52, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
03:19:54 on Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 77002 remarked:
Also balancing the amount of luggage. I take journeys with a
briefcase I would never consider with two suitcases and a carry-on.
Deep level tubes are exactly a case in point.

Exactly. Although the Piccadilly line trains (as I recommended earlier)
are more luggage-friendly than average, having been designed for the
Heathrow service. It's why I'd probably recommend that way of getting to
St Pancras rather than Heathrow Express plus sub-surface train (where
the stepless route has two additional changes of train now).

mmmm, Heathrow, Hammersmith (Cross Platform), Victoria, Bognor Regis,
might be worth a try.

The problem with that is the stairs at Victoria from the Underground -
which was precisely the thing I was originally trying to give advice on
how to avoid.

Aren't there lifts at Victoria now?

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail