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Thanks for that John. Doesn’t sound like too much fun. Perhaps I’ll do as I usually do for Warley and try and time my arrival for 5 or 10mins after the doors open. Give the queue a little time to ease.

Thanks Stewart and Huw. It looks like it’s the W3 according to TfL site. Good alternative if shuttle not running that early.

Does anyone know when the first shuttle bus will be picking up from Wood Green station please? Can’t find this info on the show website. It mentions the last bus will be leaving the venue at 5:15pm but was wondering if the shuttle will get me there in time for the 9:30am advance ticket holders opening? Thanks.

Being an infrequent traveller nowadays and usually EXD-PAD accompanied by young family, can someone please explain to me the status of the paper reservation slips in the back of the seat? Does everything hinge on them? Does having a seat reservation on a ticket not mean anything? A couple of weeks ago we were heading back from a weekend in London with reservations for 4 of us, including 2 young children, around a table. Sunday afternoon. Kept waiting for a platform to be displayed until 3 minutes before scheduled departure, although I correctly guessed the platform from the PA calls going out for the (missing?) train manager to report to platform 8! Battling through the ensuing melee, we finally got ourselves settled in the correct seats. A glance at the paper reservations however indicated that they were all for the up train; our seats having been reserved from Taunton to Paddington. Sat waiting for 15 minutes to then be told that the front end of our HST was beyond repair and that we were all needed on platform 1 immediately. Now it’s not that easy to persuade a 4 and 5 year old that they need to get all dressed up again, put away the sticker books and jump off the train again to run around the station. Hence we were one of the last to board the replacement train. Entering our coach, we saw a few familiar faces from 10 minutes before, but not the couple happily ensconced at our table. When politely asked to vacate, they pointed out the lack of reservation cards as proof that they could sit there. After some heated discussion, we eventually won the day, but I still can’t understand how they thought the reservation tickets would be correct on the replacement service with 5 minutes notice if they weren’t even correct on the original set. So what is the meaning of these bits of paper stuck in the seat? Information only? Doesn’t a reservation in your ticket count for anything?

Another satisfied customer here with a similar experience. Ordered some sale items late on Thursday and they arrived in this mornings post. Can’t better that. I find their prices are usually very competitive and I use them as a benchmark when comparing other sources. Their occasional sales have some real bargains. Chris

There was a dedicated NEC cloakroom for the Warley exhibition. Opposite entrance, far side of the entrance doors. Tried to use a different one first (near the entrance from the station) but that’s for bikers only.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that. Having spent 15 minutes politely waiting my turn at the front, I was genuinely shocked at the marked prices. I know they tend to offer more discount when it actually comes to the crux, but wouldn’t it be better to just start at a decent enough price for what are, after all, supposed to be less than perfect offerings?

Ok. Thanks.

It certainly looked like a 17 but admittedly I was doing a few more mph than it as I passed. If it was being repaired, then it looks like it's on its way home now. Thanks

Whilst heading back from TINGS this afternoon down the M5, I overtook what looked like a Clayton in green on the back of a low loader (obviously) just turning off onto the M4 at around 15:45. I'm curious to know whose it is and where it was going. Someone is bound to know?

Working title; just in the planning stage - Western Approaches.

Gobsmacking! Wow!

Just come past a Colas 37 and test set/DBSO at BRI. My neighbour chose that moment to jump up out of her seat so view obscured but it looked like 219. Do they get about that much? (Excuse my ignorance, just a casual but regular visitor to this thread).

Hi Al. Here's one person who's really looking forward to seeing your layout. One of my "must visits" on the program. Certainly not worried about it being a work in progress. Good luck with the set up. Chris