Ring doorbel fitted. Now every time it goes off, I want it to say, "There's somebody at the door", like in Emu's Pink Windmill Show.

I'm not sure we're going to successfully avoid the inevitable slide towards right wing populism. Social media tends to accentuate the extremes. There are more gullible voters than pragmatic ones. There are more gullible voters on the right than on the left.

I cannot believe what people are paying to see Oasis. Blur were always creatively superior, and Pulp knocks them both into a cocked hat.

On this day in 1994: 47712 "Lady Diana Spencer" in Parcels livery with NSE logo at Bristol Bath Road.

68013 "Peter Wreford-Bush" arriving at Banbury with the 1J49 17.14 Marylebone - Stourbridge Junction service on 28th July 2025. [Taken from a position of safety, etc].

By class 231 on the Rhymney line. A far cry from when I chased 37s here, but what a quality unit!

Not pretty, but it is what it is.#NewProfilePic

Not seen today's job yet, but in all probability it's going to involve at least one Oasis Wembley service. I have the requisite top to wear, anyway.

168001 "Adrian Shooter CBE" back in service, post-refurb. Marylebone, 02/08/25.

We live in a world where hundreds of people comment on social media posts *without apparently having read the linked article*. Come on humanity; we can do better than this.

On this day in 2018, I brought the first Chiltern train into platform 4 at Princes Risborough for gauging/clearance tests. Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway

Nice to see on the way to work today: Sentinel 4wVBT "Joyce" shunting a coal wagon at Princes Risborough. 10/08/25.

Certain people on some of my social media accounts are only being followed because I want to keep abreast of what is currently trending amongst the fuckwitterati.

The first time in all my years that I've been booked to stop at Bordesley. I'm assuming there's some footbally thing going on?

Posted this before, but it deserves another outing. Three-way hybrid DMU set C980 at Castle Cary with a service for Weymouth in 1988. The leading vehicle is class 101 DMCL 51513, with class 116 DMBS 53089 on the rear. The centre car is class 108 TSL 59385.

On this day in 1998: 31207 at Princes Risborough after arriving with a load of track materials for the Bicester - Princes Risborough track doubling. In the background are two class 08 shunters which were being used for marshalling works trains overnight. 14/08/98.