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Ticket splitting and weeds

Bargain Fares? We are contemplating a trip to London in November so yesterday I went to Bath  rail station to look at the cost of two tickets return and with a rail card  the price quoted was £92 Today I  visited a ticket splitting site and I got the same journey for two people for £60 total.  The idea should be self-explanatory but it means that you can combine two separate journeys into one,...

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A past memory from 50 years ago

This evening I attended a Scientific and Medical Network ZOOM meeting concerning my mentor Fr. Andrew Glazewski, a catholic, who passed away 50 years ago.  He was the person who unstintingly gave his time and energy to me as a fledgling dowser and healer.   You can read more about this on this site. I was one of the few at a meeting of 70 people who had met him let alone worked with him and I...

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The Magic of writing a diary (or journal)

When I started writing this diary seven years ago I had no idea it would grow to the size it has done. Normally my attention span is very small and I soon lose interest and do something else. This character trait shows itself most with books which I start to read and give up about page 50. There are three aspects to doing anything apart from conceiving it. The first is looking forward to...

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99p pint, The Sahara, New York being destroyed, dieting

I have just (7.30 am) stopped listening to a very action-packed thrill packed news bulletin from TalkTV with David Bull and doctor Renee.  They are at the top of their form  and addressing such things as lockdown benefits and otherwise, how could someone have escaped from a medium security prison and why was he there in the first place,  was it an inside job?...just the sort of thing to start my...

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New Rail Card plus a call for help

Travel Card purchase Today I bought a Two Together Rail card which enables two people traveling together to have one-third of the price of their tickets.  In the last couple of years or so we have not found ourselves with the desire to travel by train but this has tipped the balance.  I find that a single journey from London to Bath with a travel card will be about 22 pounds.  That is doable. ...

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What makes a county show worth going to? – Dorset County Show, Dorchester

Today Sunday was the day for visiting Dorset county show which is an event held once a year for two days over a weekend, near to Dorchester. An unexpected Aladdin's Cave On the main road down for some reason I decided to turn off into a garden centre and an establishment that described itself as  a trading post.  It consisted of three elements, a coffee bar, and bric a bac  shop with an amazing...

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