George Rowing

Ex-scientist cook/photographer with a birdwatching habit and a depressing interest in economics, politics and philosophy

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq So now I'm in Reading, not Slough, along with a lot of other disgruntled passengers. Call this "service" because I don't.

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq But no-one said anything before we set off and why do signalling problems prevent trains stopping to schedule?

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq OK WHY HAS THE 19.51 from Padd to Oxford just missed stopping at Slough?

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@crabbyknickers Lovely, all in the name of market efficiency no doubt ...

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

We have enjoyed the #paralympic so mush more than the other games; what a blast.

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

Finally making it to South Island with the family and the rabbits. Home in 90 mins all being well.

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@hen4 how's it going?

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

Well done @nationalrailenq. I'm on the late running 20.57.

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq Hmm. I suspect First Great Western is trying to recreate a scene from "Das Boot".

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq Yay! Engine running again. Could this be it? (Did I mention the "air conditioning" is helping to keep us warm?)

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq Now on a different train. Engine running. OOPS! No it's not. *sigh*

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq Just been told the train we were told to join is no longer in service. 15 minutes after they turned off the motor & lights.

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq They shut the doors, then the engine and lights. Still no update or friendly customer service announcement. Well done all!!

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq *sigh* 10 minutes ago an announcement told me, and hundreds of others, to join the train at Plat 11.

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq But you advertise LIVE departure boards. I travelled to Paddington because your LIVE boards said everything was on-time.

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

Dear @nationalrailenq, you say the 20.20 from Paddington is on time and at Platform 3. Boards at Paddington say it's Cancelled. Comment?

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

That's interesting. According to @nationalrailenq live departure boards everything at Paddington is on-time. Reality is very different!

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

@nationalrailenq But I'm travelling at about 5 mph near Langley and trains are whooshing past us. Something else must be wrong?

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

Dear @nationalrailenq, why has the 17.12 from Paddington (first stop Slough) still not got there?

[George Rowing @Bembridge]

Sitting in Maidstone Services having a last cup of 'real' coffee before today's birding at Dungeness RSPB.