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Why? There is a perfectly good service out of Waterloo! Bill

Nothing yet from our German correspondents. I've looked at my Spur Null website. Deathly quiet there as well. Harold Wilson reckoned that Geoff Hurst won him the 1966 election. Will Russia 2018 be the end of Mutti? Bill

Mike, A delicate subject as I regularly take my bike onto trains. The best are South West Trains who have a space on their 455s that just fits two bikes with the front wheel fitting into a slot behind the seat. Bikes are correctly forbidden in the rush hour so the space is available for the SUV sized push chairs that some parents indulge in. The Electrostars have three transverse seats that can be tipped up for bike storage, fine until you have one prat occupying one of these seats, meaning all the bikes have to be held by their owners, blocking up space and annoying the other punters. The suburban Networkers have had no facilities for bikes so they are wedged into entrances but this may be just changing ..... Bill

Erm, the one who indulged in noisy extra-curriculum activities? Bill

How is the finger? Bill

I'm probably missing - European Railway Group. Bill

Some of you have noticed that I'm winding up some straight laced gentlemen on the wright write's thread. Thank you for the support. As we hit three score plus ten times ten our news seems to be good. Long may it remain. Bill

So tomorrow I'm providing first aid at the Eton - Harrow game. I must remember that I'm representing St John Ambulance! No politics!! Bill

I'm a Community First Responder; so if you guys get tattoos, could you have two "pad here" and one "press here", please. Bill

Paul, How is progress? Bill

I went up to London this afternoon, to apply for my Russian visa and visit the boutique branch to pay my Moog invoice in order to acquire a brace of uncoupled signals. "We're a building society, we don't do IBAN transfers!" "Yes you do." "So we do, but there is a charge of £20!" "It's £9." And this is the nearest branch to the Bank of England..... On my second beer and listening to England cocking up a one day international. Much prefer the girls / ladies / women. Bill

So where is the groan button? Bill

It would be, LAS were there. Bill

Listening to the cricket. My lass Anya is in the zone again: 3 - 2 - 2 - 0. Bill

As I have a proclivity to fall off my bike anyway - I don't use clips. A friend took over the Swanley New Barn Railway yesterday for a private event and I assisted as signalman. Very enjoyable, especially as a crossover failed and I had to find routes around it. Also a track circuit failure meant I had to flag out the departures. Need to pay for a pair of Moog signals, so I must find an open branch of my building society. My7 local(ish) branch is being turned into a boutique branch which means eight assistants providing coffee whilst the ninth actually deals with the ever lengthening queue of customers. And cash? so old-fashioned! Did my 90th blood donation on Monday; bit slow, because young ladies kept keeling over! Bill

Back from the Forces tri 20 - 20 at Lord's; four patients in 12 hours! Southwark Bridge tomorrow! Bill

90 donations! I thought that I had another 3 years to achieve the remaining 10 donations to my ton. But apparently, so long as I can achieve 2 donation per annum, I can carry on beyond the age of 70. Bill

I will be 90 on Wednesday. Bill

Walked straight into it, didn't I. Bill

I have a recurring problem. I cycle home, unlock the garage and park the bike. Then I can't find the house keys, obviously lost on the way home. Panic! So I get the bike out of the garage, lean it against the bins and turn round to pull down the overhanging door; and there are the keys in the lock. Another busy day tomorrow. Vote in the by election then off to a duty at Lord's. So bath and bed. Keep well all. Bill PS - Just checked out the 14 candidates and I know two of them personally. B

whilst fiddling? B

Saturday afternoon I would be sent round to the corner shop with an empty quart bottle and a florin and return with a bottle of cider. I was aged about 10. Then Sunday lunch, my parents would have pint glasses , I had a half pint and my kid sister a tumbler. The cider was shared out proportionally. Didn't do anyone any harm. OK, my sister and I are shortarses, but that's due to our Welsh heritage. Bill

Ian, this all sounds like something out of Thomas Hardy. Nice to have you back. I should really be posting more often; but yesterday was typical of my life at the moment. Having laboured 7 hours for Mike and filled up the petrol tank for the weekend, I could either go home to wash and change and be late for a church meeting, or go straight to church and be early. I chose the latter! Back much later! Keep well all, especially Andrew P. Bill.

The term "old banger" applies to more than just cars. Bill