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  1. 2 hours ago, Maesknoll Red said:

    A few weeks back I flew to Edinburgh for a meeting, had the meeting, had a few beers in Edinburgh and got the last flight back, planes on time, cheaper and so much quicker than the train, I really wouldn’t have fancied the return trip on a train in the same day.

    That’s the main advantage, flight was 50 minutes compared to over 6 hours on the train . Ok if you have time ,and we did .

  2. Flew to Edinburgh a couple of days ago with EasyJet….started ok and got worse …40 minute delay taking off from Bristol and then sat on the tarmac at Edinburgh Airport for 45 minutes after only a 50 minute flight waiting for ground staff to attend (involved one person doing a lot of pointing) . Not the airlines fault in all fairness but kind of ruined it a bit . 
    Add all the time together and cost and you can do it by train . 
    No ID was asked for , only had hand luggage as they want over a million pounds for a normal sized case and then you have to wait about 6 months to get it back from the baggage reclaim . 
    All a big faff …not the fault of EJ though.

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  3. 1 hour ago, weepywall said:

    Condensed version...should be plenty of seats on the right and buy your crisps and chocolate when you get to Plymouth.......in all seriousness...thanks for the info NTTDS 👍

    It’s a myth that the on train catering is more expensive than station shops or shops nearby, it’s at least on a par if not in many cases cheaper . :yawn:

  4. 11 hours ago, Never to the dark side said:

     

    The return cross country train is at 17:27pm,I have not seen anything about a return football special after the game.

    If your gonna use the Cross country service suggest reserving a seat on the 17:27pm service AND

    tweet Cross country asking if they might put on a ten coach set for the 17:27 service.

     

    Good luck with that , it’s booked a 4 car Plymouth to Leeds . It’s going to be cosy ….:laughcont:

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  5. 2 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

    I'm sure they do it just to **** up any City traffic. Didn't know about Busgate , coming back from the airport yesterday, is there any signs saying no through road at the Hotwells end of Cumberland Rd, because we didn't notice it ?

    Yes there are yellow signs that say no through route on the basin .

  6. 1 hour ago, slartibartfast said:

    I'm sure they do it just to **** up any City traffic. Didn't know about Busgate , coming back from the airport yesterday, is there any signs saying no through road at the Hotwells end of Cumberland Rd, because we didn't notice it ?

    Yes there are yellow signs that say no through route on the basin .

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  7. 1 hour ago, Hugo said:

    I received 2 penalty charges and am expecting 2 more as I had no idea it had changed. Has anyone managed to contest a fine yet?  I think it’s criminal that this is allowed to happen. 

    With the greatest respect, the road narrows and there are two big blue signs saying Busses, Taxis and Cycles only. 
    How you missed these is beyond me. I think the buss gate is utterly ridiculous and just puts more traffic to the other side of the river! 
    I think it’s £35 a go !

    Welcome to the morons that are BCC! 

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