Another Guardian Article - Tangential to Cycling

[Richard Burton]

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> "[Not Responding]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > This makes for interesting reading.
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> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,1125748,00.html
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> > I'm not sure how much credence to give him but surely Trafalgar Sq can't be *worse* than it was?
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> I knew there was a reason we moved away to the boomdocks.
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> I hope London gets fixed - it could be a fantastic city if there was sufficient will to
> make it so.

how about starting with making lazy, whinging motorists who *drive* 0.7mile, walk or cycle. Oh, and
take the **** out of them for writing pathetic letters to the press.
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> Chris

 

[Colin McKenzie]

David Hansen wrote:
> [email protected] (marc) wrote this:-
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> >Before Xmas I took a cub pack to London. I budgeted for £10 a head for travel inside London , I
> >was gobsmacked when it cost £0.80 a head,
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> An interesting offer, perhaps you could say what it was? http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/2004/travelcards-
> day.shtml gives £2.00 for an all zones child Travelcard for off-peak travel.
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Family travelcard, marginal cost of one child. It may be less now. A travelcard for one adult plus
one child is cheaper than for one adult, so it's worth finding a child to drag around with you.

Ah well, all the more incentive to cycle into town.

Colin McKenzie

 

[David Hansen]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:47:38 +0000 someone who may be Colin McKenzie
<[email protected]> wrote this:-

>> >Before Xmas I took a cub pack to London. I budgeted for £10 a head for travel inside London , I
>> >was gobsmacked when it cost £0.80 a head,
>>
>> An interesting offer, perhaps you could say what it was? http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/2004/travelcards-
>> day.shtml gives £2.00 for an all zones child Travelcard for off-peak travel.
>>
>Family travelcard, marginal cost of one child.

You must have had a lot of adults then.

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[Rj Webb]

>I have an interest to declare here. I grew up in the country before it was fashionable. It
>wasn't that long ago but at the time there were about 20 semi-derelict houses on the main road
>and there were 3 farms in the village centre. It's full of commuters now. The houses are
>gentrified and unaffordable. The farms are gone and have been developed for v. big houses. And
>my mum gets complaints that her cockrells are too loud for people seeking rural bliss. Anyway,
>that's my axe ground.

Should wring their bloody necks! (No not the cockrels)

Invest in a peacock! Wean some calves.

Richard Webb

 

[Richard Goodman]

"David Hansen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:47:38 +0000 someone who may be Colin McKenzie
> >Family travelcard, marginal cost of one child.
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> You must have had a lot of adults then.
>

Nah, they must have been using child one-day bus passes, not a travelcard.

Rich