Ed Hitchon Godfrey

I'm Ed. Rail engineer, socialist, Lancaster graduate. Chaotically outed myself as bi in a very on brand move. Trade Unionist. @[email protected] He/Him

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An easier to read pdf version of the exam test exam test paper 1 is now available here: https://t.co/XdSy3mKobz
Now with more inclusive lion!

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Inspired by the likes of @jeremylion I have dedicated far too much time to producing this 'very helpful' exam paper for all those homeschooling at the minute. Ideal for testing your exam skills, or examining your test skills.
You may turn over your papers now.

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L'heure de la mort - (n) The period of time running approximately 45 minutes before to 15 minutes after school drop off time when the roads are filled by distracted people in massive cars.

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@sarajcox Entries included an interactive sculpture called Snowden's Breach and a "bold and striking" 5ft tall face called 'I'm (not) okay' which explored topics of depression and loneliness through the medium of poster paint.

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@sarajcox Friends and I created a fictional artist (Godfrey Barclay), picked a category unlikely to have competition , and entered increasingly extravagant art pieces into the village show - starting no more than 12 hours before the submission deadline. 3 years, 3 wins.

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@driverbod125 If the year is 2009.

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@Eurail Oh, I know - we did our family holiday (5 of us, 18 months to 60 years old) by InterRail last year - Utrecht, Munich, Berlin and home - there's no better way to travel.

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I'm on the rails in the UK and the InterRail app is the most useful/user friendly journey planner. Of course the downside is that I keep getting tempted to go to Berlin - but that's the risk I have to take to know what connections I need to make from a train I am already on.

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Total lack of ambition. In the early 90s my cousin took a twin tub washing machine from York to Preston by train, but in 2023 you can't even take a sink.

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@sarajcox Leaning against/in a hedge, having fallen asleep whilst riding my bike back from a 48 hour study session at university.

I have a recollection of leaving the path and the hedge coming towards me through the dark - then waking up in the early morning light having accepted my fate.

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@BCCletts @1trackmindrail @GarethDennis There's platform humps to deliver level access to some doors. Unfortunately if you use it to board, once you leave the core your exit is down to chance. East Croydon is atrocious, I very nearly ended up down the gap as the brakes clicked on when the pushchair hit the platform.

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@sd_1874 @GJMarshy These commuter towns and suburbs already have rail links into their respective local economic centres - the problem that HS2 set out to solve is removing all the high speed intercity services from them to allow them to revert to their original low speed shorter distance purpose.

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@mdw1989 It was the second proper stop on our family InterRail holiday this summer, it was absolutely sweltering but everyone loved it - impressive given our party ranged in age from 20 months to 59 years!
It was my first time back in nearly a decade, but just as lovely as I remembered.

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Merry Christmas from me and the AI who is slowly stealing my soul.

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@battledroid_ @PaliparanDotCom Also that's Carnival week.

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@battledroid_ @PaliparanDotCom That appears to be booking a double room for one though. Still on the expensive side - but not much more than the "standard" when I have booked before. The key has always been Sparpreis or InterRail.

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Ey! It's my lovely mum. She's on childcare duties with us tomorrow so I am sure the medicinal whisky will be appreciated!

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Today in the staffroom, we celebrated our most amazing friend and colleague’s 60th birthday. Happy birthday to the fabulous Mrs Hitchon 🥳🎁🎂🍰🧡 (please note - no whiskey has been consumed on school premises 😂)

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@GarethDennis One of the best starter cars in Gran Turismo (2 and 4), and my preference on Colin McRae Rally (over the scooby, although the 206 will always win for me) - but a bit too drug dealery in real life. Might have to install Colin McRae 2005 again now, just to check.

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@calmac2099 @DavidHorne @LNER I'm not an expert on the finer points of BSL, but I understand that for people for whom BSL is their first language written English can be difficult to process. The sentence structure is very different, for example, and that can make reading under pressure harder.

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@RantyHighwayman @activetravelcaf Route 54 (shown in blue) and the left hand/right hand crossing point (pink) with its nonsense wayfinding. So many people cross from blue to pink to blue again

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@GarethDennis Dunkirk (1958, £400k) is the best Dunkirk. I am slightly too drunk to give any coherent reasoning beyond "I fancy 1958 John Mills more than 2017 Harry Styles", but also something about the actual army being involved in the making of it, and it's a ripping film.