Njee20, why would I be ‘one of those people’ for thinking there’s something wrong with not getting the service you’ve paid for?

Given I was up at 4am to go to Bristol and figured a 1st class return journey would be a more relaxing, fed and watered, end to a long day should I not be pissed off that I actually got a pretty crap service? You strike me as ‘one of those people’ who likes to troll on forums but is actually a bit of a non event in real life.

Your point Hora? Is that why the train’s short staffed?

I’ve just emailed customer complaints

Good evening

I’m writing this letter from the 1st class carriage of the 17.30 from Bristol Temple Meads to Leeds.

In the 2 hours since we left Bristol we have seen the ‘hostess’, I use the term loosely as it’s a very young man with a poor Movember moustache and an ill fitting suit, once when he offered us a small cup of coffee and some biscuits, the sort of complimentary items you get in a Travel Lodge.

He is currently sat on the floor of the guard carriage.

I’ve also taken a trip to the nearest bathroom, via the standard class carriage, as the 1st class toilet had a hand written note informing me it was out of order, the picture below shows what I found.

All I can do is find humour in this whole sorry journey but frankly it’s quite shameful.

I’ve also attached pictures of my tickets so you’re certain this isn’t a wind up, which interestingly have been checked by 3 separate inspectors, glad to see you’re so thorough in checking we’ve paid for the service we are not receiving.

Sent from my iPad

East Coast is what I’ve used before, guess I’ve been spoilt.

There is no fizz, there is no service full stop.

The saving grace is work paid for the ticket, if it was my money I’d be bouncing off the walls by now

Yes, I don’t care for telly much but watch all six series in 4 weeks on Netflix

I live in Chapel Allerton and like it a lot, singletrack within a mile of my doorstep.

As per FunkyDuncs comments commuting into and out of Leeds by car can be a bitch, it frequently takes me 45 mins to do 3 miles to get out of the city in a morning during which I pass the queue of folk trying to get into Leeds which often backs up onto the M621, they often queue all the way from Huddersfield to Leeds on a morning, in an evening this pattern reverses.

If your working in Leeds and can also live in the city I would for the sake if avoiding all the time you’ll lose commuting.

A Costume National Homme coat for £800 back when I was young, single and had no sense

Lovely bike RichP, even nicer as a singlespeed

Asha – JJ Tribute, takes me back to The Gallery in Leeds

Beaver on the rear and 2.4 Ardent up front, works well.

+1 for the RvC, if it’s wet the climbs will be tricky.

Rode the Richmond 100 a couple of years back, think it was called the 7 Dales Sportive then, and it was fantastic, pork pies at the feed stops as well :D

Every cloud davela :)

Rimmed anybody

Carrie reminds me of the puppet out of the SAW movies, “You have precisely 5 minutes until David and I will irritate you with an impromptu accapella song”.

Richie Pork

I’d speak to HR; driving aids are part of the companies health and safety responsibilities, effectively if the amount of time she spends in the car is a requirement of her job she has suffered a workplace injury, the ball should be firmly in their court.

Theres a guy in my company who had a ‘special’ seat fitted to his company car due to back issues caused by the amount of driving he was doing, the company paid for this.

I used to have a Mondeo estate, absolutely cavernous inside but if you spend a lot of time in and out of car parks it’s not the most manoeuvrable car in tight spaces.

I handed it back with 120,000 miles on it and it didn’t have a single mechanical issue in that time.

Currently got a Focus estate but if I was choosing again I’d likely get an Octavia.

Regarding the 18 inch rims, they look good but give a rough ride and the low profile tires are shocking in snow.

This is my road bike, no decent picks of my others

It’s a bit marmite but I’ve been riding singlespeed for 5 years now and whenever I put gears on I miss only having one very quickly.

There are days when gears make sense, like a day in the Lakes, but round Yorkshire I seem to cope fine with just one.

As has been said there are times when you’ll be spinning like crazy on the flats but most of the time the singlespeeders I ride with tend to be as fast if not faster than the geared riders and those on Strava are all hanging around the top 5 places.

I have to say though that while I’d say I’m a strong singlespeed rider I’ve not seen that strength translate to my road riding and turning over big road gears seems to require a different type of fitness.

+1 CaptainFlashheart.

+1 for CrossTrax, super helpful, frequently refuse payment for little things, treat us friends rather than customers.

+1 for Garage Bikes, as above but in Morley which is further from my house.

I led our predominantly road orientated clubs first MTB ride up around North Leeds and a good time was had by all.

It confirmed its time for mud tires but it also popped my mud cherry and I ended the ride at peace with the fact that this is it now for the next 4-5 months.

Regarding ‘Stormageddon’ I’m think this is Southern softies being all dramatic, looks like a standard Autumn day up North to me.

I’ve got one of these, works a treat

https://www.revelatedesigns.com/index.cfm/store.catalog/Cockpit/Mountain-Feedbag

It’s definitely a Wetherspoons, but you really wouldn’t know it

http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-three-hulats

Trail_rat, how does it work then? Our local has a CAMRA award, different beers every week, different menu to the branded Wetherspoons in the city but is owned by Wetherspoons.

Soma, not all Spoons are the same, ours is genuinely decent food.

The Spoons I was in had this for £2.15 a pint, in Leeds city centre it would have been £4+

http://www.elysianbrewing.com/elysian-beers/avatar-jasmine-ipa/

Aye, Wetherspoons. Went to the 3 Hullats in Chapel Allerton tonight, HUGE portions, guest cask ales, family of 4 cost £30 including drinks. It is the greatest pub in Leeds.

I booked a hotel room last night, there was hardly anything left for the Friday/Saturday night; not sure if that’s down to this being on or whether it’s always busy round there at that time of year,

I got a short ban for making apparently unfounded allegations about Jimmy Savile around the time he died, a bit quick off the mark with that one really.

It took me 3 1/2 hours to do Leeds to Stoke via the A38 this morning, I think everywhere has been broken today

Yeh, I was “too cool” to go to see them when my (wiser) brother went

This. My mates dad offered to take us the its a kind of magic gig at Knebworth and we turned it down as we were also “too cool”; you live and learn.

No real regrets but I wish I’d never watched the videos we found in a friends dad’s wardrobe when we were teenagers.

One had his dad laying under a glass topped coffee table while his mum took a dump on top 8O

Spot on BelugaBob

That’s cool, I’d be a happy kid

I ran Beavers front and rear last winter and they were fantastic but they do lack volume as a front tyre.

This year I’m trying a 2.4 Ardent up front which despite being shocking in mud as a 2.25 apparently develops mythical properties in is largest size.

Cheers Brant, that’s cheered me up :(