Published on 28 January 2020 in Uncategorized
Recently I had to decide what the best single ticket was to buy in order to use four buses. But if I had paid for each of those four buses individually, what would that have cost me? And what was the cost per mile?
Published on 15 January 2020 in Transport, bus deregulation, buses, Greater Manchester
A common complaint about rail fares is how complex they are. That trying to work out the cheapest fare often requires a great deal of research and knowledge. Given how many times friends and family have asked me what the best ticket to buy for whatever scenario, there has to be some truth in this. But it's not a problem isolated to trains. It's true of buses as well. And other modes of travel like trams too.
Published on 8 January 2020 in Life, brand names, branding
Greater Manchester consists of ten different councils. Each has their own different operator used for their council owned leisure centres. Let's look at how they brand them. Because the world has been waiting for this level of analysis.
Published on 7 January 2020 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Lake District, leisure centres, Scotland, swimming, Wales
Wales! England! Scotland! Swimming pools!
Published on 31 December 2019 in Life
Ten years have happened. This means we need to do a 'thing'.
Published on 1 November 2019 in Entertainment, Life, Television, Travel and Holidays, TV Programmes, Walking, Rambling Man, Video editing, YouTube
For a long time I made YouTube videos. I enjoyed making YouTube videos. But then I stopped making YouTube videos. For many reasons. But mostly due to them not having a title sequence.
Published on 17 September 2019 in BBC, BBC red button, BBC red button, interactive television, interactive TV
BBC Red Button may be closing down, but it's had a big impact on my life.
Published on 5 September 2019 in Life, holidays, Wales
When you rent a holiday cottage and find it is furnished with eight really strange things.
Published on 3 September 2019 in Food and Drink, Bods's Cookbook Collection, food, recipe
How one recipe proved to be one of the tastiest dishes I know, but I managed not to cook it for 20 years.
Published on 30 August 2019 in Work, Amazon, BBC, BBC Online, BBC red button, BBCi, clothes, fashion, LOVEFiLM
Buried in one drawer are some clothes I really don't know what to do with. Four t-shirts. Four branded t-shirts. Four t-shirts with the logo of an employer on them.