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| Jane and Tim's Wedding |
We have hired a nice car (well it is an astra estate but it is brand new which can only be good) and just set off into the sunshine for our lovely friends, Jane and Tim's wedding. The wedding is at a gorgeous castle called Peckforton Castle near Chester. Its stunning!
Tonight we are staying at lovely Bexy's mum's place, the one and only Penster! I suspect we might share a couple of beverages tonight while we are there... Dangerous as the guys who are already there spent last night drinking too much wine, eating dog biscuits and then one fell asleep under the table with a dog (that would be Bex!).
I am currently being subjected to ganster rap in the car from my husband's iphone... This is bloody silly as he is driving an estate car in a barbour. You can't imagine how stupid I feel...
I have pulled out all the stops for this wedding. I borrowed a fantastic emerald green dress from my dear friend Sam, who has more dresses than I can possibly count! I have my Manolo Blahniks for the reception or as long as I can keep them on for before I have to change into equally high, but less killer, heels. I have a fab fascinator and some awesome matching nail varnish so I am hoping I will look nice... Major pressure to look good as the other ladies will be looking stunning at this wedding, plus the bride will be looking awesome I am sure.
I shall obviously post up a picture or two tomorrow. For now, I shall go and try and stop my husband embarrassing us too much with his gangster tunes or running over any cyclists.
Oh, I hate road trips by the way!
I have had to wait for 3 trains to go past as they are too full to get any more people on. I am not even on a train yet and I've been trying to get to one for 15 minutes!
Its a shame as I genuinely like public transport, unlike my husband who hates tfl, bob crow and everything about it with a passion that borders on obsession! I think it could be very convenient, it can be very pleasant and should work better than it does.
I don't have the answers (but I don't think paying tube drivers over £40k helps - they don't do anything!) but I do hope that it can keep going, get better and not get so expensive that ordinary people are priced off it as has happened with the overground trains into London.
I don't care about ticket offices (I buy my oyster season ticket from my local newsagent) or drivers. I would prefer drivers to convert into more platform staff to help people find their way about and keep the flow of the station moving. More staff actually helping people, rather than standing in ticket offices or cabs would make people feel safer and more comfortable. Especially in the run up to the olympics when thousands of people every hour will be trying to find their way from one platform or tube line to another - tourists don't want drivers, they need help and instructions.
The same with buses, when I first moved to London, I didn't get the bus anywhere as it was far too bloody confusing to figure out where to catch it from, to get where, what number etc. I will admit that the annoying shouty messages DO make it easier to know where you are and therefore where to get off but only because I can follow the bus route on google maps on my phone. Surely tfl or lovely Boris (best mayor EVER) could find a way to simplify and demystify the bus network. I have friends who have lived in london a decade and still can't get on a bus as they aren't sure how it works! And if they can't, how the hell do we expect tourists and olympic visitors to negotiate their way about?
I have finally got to the office. Its taken a long time. I still love public transport but god knows other countries do it so so much better than us. I wonder if london will ever catch up! We claim we are one of the greatest cities in the world. We aren't, not by a long shot, but its got so much potential - if only someone could figure out how to get us from a to b properly, that would be a good start.
Time for work!
Yum! A pretty fine afternoon snack!
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