red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 So I have an abundance of dark grey and Frontera in my life. I find myself lacking the brown and beige that a man of my advancing years should be enjoying. With that in mind I'm on a train from the grandly named Barnsley Interchange heading towards Dottingham (first class return please). Or Nottingham for my younger viewer.Yes, I live in Worcestershire. No,I didn't get a train from Bewdley to Barnsley in some strange mistyping of destination hilarity. Skizzer, garethj, Conrad D. Conelrad and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Meadowhall. Dronfield.Chesterfield. It's like a 'where's nowhere' on a Sunday. Junkman, chaseracer, clayts450 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 58 minutes in and I'm slightly deafer and very much more uncomfortable. Or maybe just old and hungover? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 and lying on my side it seems. I can't get up, or lack the will to. Noisy, hot, uncomfortable-this from a man who commutes in a Front-area. Misery in DMU form. Even the driver has forgotten the name of the station. Langley Mill the sign proudly proclaims. Junkman, chodweaver and CGSB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 6 minutes of fitful dozing,the blissful mini-death that brings respite from the fearful pounding of my head or the hateful,resonating 'powerunit' that seems to be mounted on time-expired Mk3 Cortina void bushes right under my nylon covered orange crate Junkman, chodweaver, garethj and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I think everyone else is out having fun, I'm just here keeping the place tidy. Chodspeed that man. Junkman, chodweaver and red5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 4 minutes from Nottingham, awoken again by the man two rows in front of being sick into his book. It stinks. He's just wiped his chin off and carried on. I have no words. chodweaver, Stanky, inconsistant and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Chodspeed indeed fair traveller. red5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Dentressangle Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 6 minutes of fitful dozing,the blissful mini-death that brings respite from the fearful pounding of my head or the hateful,resonating 'powerunit' that seems to be mounted on time-expired Mk3 Cortina void bushes right under my nylon covered orange crate On a Sprinter or something? I spent 5 hours on Friday on a Class 220: How they can make a train to supposedly replace the IC125 which is actually more cramped, noisier and less refined is beyond me. Because DMU, I guess. Even the new ones GWR are parading around are just DMU's. 'Cross country' was a good summary of my journey, actually. Junkman and red5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Indeed. If I'd actually sat on the roof with a harness constructed from discarded frappuchino straws I'd have felt more comfortable. RayMK, Lacquer Peel and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 So, another DMU. I have the actual seat I booked. Avec table et charging point. I take it all back, even the stink of book puke man is fading. A new optimism is growing. The flatlands of the East await. CGSB, chodweaver, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafsprung Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 With you in spirit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Puketrain,parting is such sweet nasal relief. You delivered exactly what I expected, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Oh crikey, you're not going to Lincolnshire are you ? Do you need reinforcements from the Nottingham massiv ? Or Skeg ? Are you going to Skeg ? red5 and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Of course, my platform is the one slowly being baked into submission. See the abundance of cover.Sign offers some amusement. RayMK, chodweaver and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 My destination is thusly revealed to the enlightened. To the Notts Massiv,hello from the Midlands Massiv,Bewdley section. This one is smooth and silk-like relatively. Just unfeasibly hot. Junkman and Conrad D. Conelrad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 SkegVegas was tempting... clayts450 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 That's a nice run out to Norwich, particularly if it doesn't stop anywhere other than Grantham. Chodspeed red5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 We have achieved Grantham. Not sure if this is a stopper or not tbh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Can’t remember if beige brown mobile has ac. Or functioning windows. Uh-oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 We have achieved Grantham. Not sure if this is a stopper or not tbh.... I'd bloody well hope not! clayts450 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 I'd bloody well hope not!Not half as much as me! Rattling on fairly decently at the moment. Train about 3/4. I know why I’m going.... Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Peterborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Don't EMAP live here iirc? From my Pb days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 I forget about the flatness. It's flat. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Don't EMAP live here iirc? From my Pb days... Lynch Wood, Alwalton; Bauer now. red5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Thetford. Of plastics fame. Cassette toilet and TMX helmets. Hmm. Literally nothing else of note since last missive. Although appropriately clothed seat neighbours are making the view inside somewhat more palatable. To be honest after book puke man anything is preferable. DeeJay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Off to see Wuvvum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 If this isn't the world's oyster brown Frontera I'll be proper upset! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I forget about the flatness. It's flat. That is the Netherlands, fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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