83C Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 It has begun. Stage One: Supernaut, The Moog, HarmonicCheeseburger and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Chod speed! 83C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgetgricey Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Hope it all goes swimmingly. 83C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Best of British! 83C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Early morning collectionarama! Pob Lwc (as we say in Wales) 83C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 I have achieved (a relative term at best!) Birmingham New Street. Behold the stupidity that is trying to force a transport hub into being a shopping ‘experience’: Clean, yes. An utter pain in the arse to navigate thanks to multiple gatelines and a system seemingly deliberately designed to force you to go past retail outlets? Also yes. I know there are ways to go directly from one platform to another, but supplies were also required. Jim Bell, Cavcraft and michael t 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgetgricey Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 33 minutes ago, 83C said: I have achieved (a relative term at best!) Birmingham New Street. I know there are ways to go directly from one platform to another, but supplies were also required. You are a better man than me to get between platforms direct. Always seem to end up taking a tour as come up to a glass wall/partition and have to retrace my steps. The old station did not look the best but one long corridor with platform 1 at one end, and platform 20 (guessing the number) at the other end, made it almost impossible to get lost. BeEP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I need to go via New Street to get pretty much anywhere - it is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Just landed at my next change, Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Christ, you must really want this chod to brave New Street of a morning. Hateful place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 48 minutes ago, gadgetgricey said: You are a better man than me to get between platforms direct. Always seem to end up taking a tour as come up to a glass wall/partition and have to retrace my steps. The old station did not look the best but one long corridor with platform 1 at one end, and platform 20 (guessing the number) at the other end, made it almost impossible to get lost. You can still do this, go up the stairs at the North/West end of the station (the ‘b’ end) and it takes you into a footbridge completely devoid of retail spaces. The next set of stairs/escalators go to the main platform link bridge (runs right across the platforms with no interruptions and has a smattering of food outlets), then the stairs at the East/South end of the station (the ‘a’ end) take you up into the New Street Zone of the Crystal Maze. BeEP and jumpingjehovahs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 The next bit has arrived: A pain au chocolat has been consumed. Two cups of tea so far as well. Flat4, Jim Bell and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 And we are here! Springer, LightBulbFun, LabRat and 24 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Grim 11/10 Floatylight, Aston Martin, 83C and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Wow, that's fucking awful, well played! 83C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Nice* number plate. fiestaman1990, Flat4, 83C and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael t Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 YES!! love Mk3 Fiasco's. Looking forward to seeing how this goes 13.99878/10 Dan302 and 83C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan302 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I remember my brother getting a 5 door one nearly new back in the late 90s I was so jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Slightly belated as I stopped by to visit someone, but we’re home! Jim Bell, Brodders, michael t and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 25 minutes ago, 83C said: "visit" Hope there weren't any witnesses mate 83C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 The car looks like it's begining to FLAG. 83C, Craig the Princess, spartacus and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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