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I remember an occasion in the mid 1980s when Tom Körner needed to get from Cambridge to Leeds and there was both a national train strike and a national coach st
by ColinWright 4y ago
I remember an occasion in the mid 1980s when Tom Körner needed to get from Cambridge to Leeds and there was both a national train strike and a national coach strike. Simon Norton sat down and wrote an itinerary for Tom that did the journey using only local bus services.
From memory.
- sriram_malhar 4y agoThis is such a lovely coverage of so many things British ... simultaneous national train and coach strikes, a boffin committing bus services to memory. Only thing lacking was a mention of tea :)
- ColinWright 4y agoI should have included, then, that Tom mentioned the problem in the tea break, and Simon sat down and wrote his itinerary on the spot. So it all happened in a tea break. It's a true story, and if I remember I might even be able to get Tom to confirm it. But even true stories need to be told well, and your observation makes it better. Thank you.
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoPlease be considerate with your words. Going on strike simultaneously for trains, buses, trams, schools and recently air controllers is a tradition reserved for us French.