went to my cousin’s house (and ate loads of junk food)
stopped by for ‘a drink’ at the Station Hotel on the way home (and we ended up staying pretty late)
stayed up for ‘the bells’ in the safety of indoors (the weather was wild outside) and watched some Jools Holland then went to bed because there was nothing else good on
played on the computer
ate a lot of New Year’s dinner (at 4.30?) and more chocolate than normal (since I don’t normally eat chocolate, that means fewer than half a dozen pieces)
watched The Secret Life of Brian, half of Life of Brian, and What The Pythons Did Next
As though public transport isn’t already too expensive and inconvenient, rail fares are going up — above inflation. The Tories say it’s about forcing people off the train because planned improvements haven’t happened (I don’t know whether or not that’s true).
Train companies say the extra money is to pay for service improvements.
We do have a car now (and it’s already at the mechanic’s; nothing serious, just taking longer than needed because of the holidays), but we wouldn’t if the public transport system was better. It’s also already very expensive, and it doesn’t make sense to me that in this day and age they haven’t rolled out ticketing and fare collection systems like those in Singapore and Hong Kong (lack of political will?). In short, I don’t think there will be meaningful service improvements.
PS. First Scotrail doesn’t say if this country is affected, so I’ll see when I get on the train this evening.