Tuesday 5th November 2024

Please be advised today’s blog has been cancelled.
This is due to .….
… a national shortage of blog writers.
… unusually high levels of sickness among blog writers.
… more than the usual number of blog writers reporting sick this morning.
… an operational reason.
… severe congestion in blog writing production.
… a blog writing computer breakdown.
… roadworks causing delays to blog writing.
… a police incident.
… a blog reader incident.
… emergency services dealing with an incident.
… an emergency blog writing computer closure.
… unavoidable operational constraints.
… a shortage of blog writing crew.
… a late running blog in front of this blog.
… a blog writing computer fault.
… a fault on a freight blog blocking the blog writing production line.
… the blog writer being delayed on another late running blog.
… a problem currently under investigation.
… congestion on the blog writing tracks.
… a broken down freight blog earlier today.
… a safety inspection of the blog writing computer.
… blog writing engineering works not finishing on time.
… a blog writing points failure.
… a fault with the blog writing signalling equipment.
… a blog writing track circuit failure.
… damage to overhead blog writing power lines.
… essential blog writing upgrade works.
… blog writing improvement works.
… more than the usual number of blog writing computers needing repairs at the same time.
… a reader being hit by a blog.
… industrial action.
… an overtime ban.
…. ‘trespassers’ (aka hackers) within the system have meant all computer keyboards are currently blocked.
… a cyberattack.
… flooding.
… a severe weather warning.
… frozen points.
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love it
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Clever. Well done and congrats on 1000.
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Very droll. 😂
Congratulations on the 1000s episode.
John Stokes
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Superb effort to reach the milestone of 1,000 especially with no previous cancellations mightily impressive. Well done.
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You have written over 99% of operational bloggage so your reputation is untarnished.
Congratulations on this milestone!
Dan Tancock
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I’ve been advised that it is due to pages on the line. Do I get 100% Delay Repay?
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Congratulations Roger on 1,000 blogs. Surely this problem is something that “Control” could sort out with their customary complete disregard for blog readers (passengers)!
Ian Marshall – Bournemouth
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Huh, Typical!
This would never have happened in the days of British Blog. Busandtrain user must be stripped of the franchise and this blog should be operated by the Blogger of Last Resort. 😉
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Perhaps control could remove all the blog readers and send an empty blog to the end of the line and then send a carriage return. Perhaps the new government could introduce OFBlog to protect the interests of blog providers.
Gareth Cheeseman
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Congratulations. Now that was something different.
Niall Spencer
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😂
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I’ll be submitting my Delay Repay form right away! Congrats for hitting the 1000. Brilliant work always.
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this is exactly why the blogging industry needs to be taken under public control.
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Brilliant! Well done on reaching 1000!
Just one thing though, there was a full subscription check during my reading journey at peak time “here up north” this morning and I was told by the inspector that I would be reported for prosecution because I had the wrong kind of subscription…
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Get the blog writer of last resort in!
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Disappointed AI didnt write the Blog Timetable then you could have explained it wasnt a delay but a supply side adjustment to optimise resources
JBC Prestatyn
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AI Blogging Software has optimised resources and it is not a delay but an adjustment to the regular clock face schedule timetable
JBC Prestatyn
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The blog has switched to an AI timetable
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Nice one! And so true to life. Peter
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as this cancellation was known the night before, take it as a P code, so in fact is not actually a cancellation.
Congratulations on 1,000 blogs.
Steve
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Absolutely brilliant, Roger – knowing where you were yesterday I’m tempted to suggest there might have been a “wrong type of fuel” problem but hopefully not!
Anyway, many congratulations on achieving the magic thousand – every one of them full of interest.
Andrew B
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You forgot ‘due to Covid’ (please stay 2m apart from this blog).
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We are attempting to arrange a replacement pencil and paper blog, but are having difficulty in finding suppliers.
KCC
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Not forgetting the GTR favourite of “a blog writing planning error”, nor of course the classics of “wrong type of leaves/snow (delete as applicable) on the blog!”
arriva-escapee
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Excellent!
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Surprised that you are not affected by animals on the keyboard, Roger. Tony Barnfield Freelance radio announcer/newsreader, presenter and producer Chairman and Editor, Cambridge Talking News SAGE Person of the Year [Over 60], Community Radio Awards 2020 76 Bridge Street, Downham Market, Norfolk PE38 9DJ Tel: 01366 385350 email: personal@tonybarnfield.co.uk
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Congratulations on reaching the 1000th blog milestone. Looking forward to the next 1000.
Bringing blogs back under local control!
William.
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Congratulations, one thousand not out. No celebration just carry on providing a familiar reliable thrice weekly service.
Finding previous items and giving feedback/suggestions is easy on your website.
The pominence and clarity of Feedback signs are an instant measure when using public transport either on board or online.
I don’t expect a makeover by calling yourself Train and Bus User or move with current fashion and become the Great British Transport blog.
Just, keep up the good work and continue enjoying your retirement, providing ideas for days out to myself and others in the process.
John Nicholas
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A frozen chicken hit by a blog.
A damaged windscreen on the blog.
.. This could go on and on ! A splendid way to celebrate your first thousand thoughtful writings.
Many thanks from us all, Roger.
Peter Murnaghan, Looe.
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👍👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Perhaps Avant West Coast could produce blogs like this?
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Your normal blog is being cancelled and replaced by an improved service operated by a DRT (Dreadful Replacement Tome) . The improvements include not being able to book a time of your chosing, but you will have the luxury of being the only person to read the blog at that time.
Here’s to the next 1,000 blogs.
MotCO
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Hope you will be able to give the ‘Train – And Bus – ‘On-Line” signal, soon, Roger!!!!
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Wait… what?
No “Leaves on the blogging lines?”
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we no longer produce paper copies of our blogs or comprehensive blog booklets. Please use our unfriendly website……
with the reduction in printed timetables it is refreshing to see that public transport organisations in The Netherlands continue to produce a comprehensive all operator printed timetable as there continues to be demand for the printed product.
The 2025 timetable can be pre ordered on the ov shop.nl website and look at the top of the home page for Bestel Spoorboejke. Cost including postage to the Uk is 19.90 Euro . Around 1100 copies are available. Pre order by 5 December for 10 December despatch. Highly recommended.
Rod Gilchrist
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“public transport organisations in The Netherlands continue to produce a comprehensive all operator printed [rail] timetable”
Unfortunately this isn’t true. ovshop.nl is a private company unrelated to the public transport organisations.
Their timetable is more like the privately published GB Rail Timetable, which was offered for a while after the ‘official’ timetable was withdrawn here, if it had been arranged by Railfuture and RealTimeTrains/OpenTrainTimes and and sold for them by Trainline.
1100 copies a year frankly is a tiny number and suggests that it’s only transport enthusiasts who bother with it. More’s the pity.
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Congratulations on the 1000th blog.
If you fancy a day out by train today try a cheap day return from Hassocks to Leatherhead (not via Clapham Junction i.e. via Norwood Junction). It’s only £17.50 and even less with a Railcard. That’s cheaper than the fare to many stations you will stop at on the way and it’s available from lots of other stations in the Southern area.
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I don’t know what we are all paying our rates for
Disgusted (Tunbridge Wells)
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This is very typical of the British transport industry–no thoughts for the passengers!!!!!!!. BY the way I do enjoy the blogs and look forward to Thursday and all future blogs Roy Yallop
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You’ve made my day Roger!
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At least it’s not a Beelog, yellow and smug.
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YOU SOD,
You said last week that the one thousandth blog would be a block buster, but I wasn`t expecting this !!!!!
Have you ever thought of doing a blog on Night Buses ?????
Bus Boy Brian
Brian Hawkins
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Well done Roger, and nicely done!
Darryl in Dorset.
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Well, clearly, this is an outrage. As a proud person (of arbitrary regional alliance), I am frankly disgusted with your cavalier attitude to blogging, Mr French. As I was telling Lord Michael Take DFC at a very important business meeting, I am astounded that you have sought to offend all right minded and very highly qualified persons by such an approach.
You are only adding more mill to the grist for those socialist types who will now insist on the adoption of neo-communist state controls so that blogging is rightly delivered for the benefit of the many, not the few. Sort it out, Rodger (sic)
Kind regards
A senior commercial manager (who enjoyed the chuckle)
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😂😂😂😂 Best blog yet!
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Having a lie in eh? Don’t blame you. Congratulations on a 1000. Or 1k as the youngster’s say.
MikeC.
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I’ve got an old gits blog pass so I can read this blog for free and I do cos it keeps me warm cos I can’t afford to heat myself cos they’ve stolen my winter heating allowance from me what I’ve paid in for all my life and you lot don’t care that I’ve got to stand around in the freezing cold now and you don’t care if I die while I’m waiting and all you do is pay yourself big fat bonuses and laugh at us people who don’t matter to you and if I could speak to you I’d tell you a thing or two and that bloke what drives your blog just drove past me in the street the other day even though I had my hand out and I put three fingers down when he did it and jusrt left two but it didn’t make any difference I don’t know why I waste my breath you’re all just not worth it and they’ve rerouted the blog so it doen’t run on Sundays now as well how am I going to get to the hospital when I have a heart attack brought on by shouting at you cos you’ve cancelled the blog. You don’t know you’re born you people.
John anon anon anon
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Congratulations
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Brilliant!
If I called the contact number I expect I’d be told “we are experiencing a high level of calls right now, please contact us online……”
Peter Brown
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Things were so much better in the days of NBC and SBH ( National Blog Company and the Scottish Blog Group) never mind BTC (Blog Typing Commission)
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My Blog Reading Pass doesnt allow cross border subscriptions and the regional mayors are already retrenching from talking to distant areas a mile from their edges for fear of bringing in unfriendly natives. Please can you do something about this .
Baffled of Netherne-On-The-Hill
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Well done – and we’re looking forward to the next 1000!
Nigel Frampton
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‘…. the safety and security of our blog readers is our top priority at all times.’
Congratulations Roger – thoroughly enjoy your regular blogs on the state of the transport industry and looking forward to future editions.
Paul S.
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In the light of this 1000 blog I will NOT be reminding readers of the excellent & premium service operated by Diamond Bus within the West Midlands County.
In addition I will NOT be reminding readers that GO AHEAD attempted to.cheat tax payers out of £53m with its rail franchises with DfT.
Please accept our apologies on being unable to praise Rotala & any inconvenience this may cause readers of Roger French’s excellent blog.
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