Why do they make trains so hot?

by | Oct 25, 2008 | I'm ranting

As the days are getting shorter, and the temperature drops I have cause to wonder about the heating system in trains. Imagine, if you will, a cold winter’s day.  It’s only 7 a.m. and it’s still dark.  The sky is clear, the frost is glistening in the...

Invisible house numbers

by | Oct 3, 2008 | I'm ranting

Just been out to collect my son. The night is dark but clear, and cold. The road is a ‘nice’ quiet suburban road, with reasonable sized houses set about 20 feet back from the kerb. And not a single one has a house number that can be read from the road! I...

A prayer for peace

by | Oct 1, 2008 | No particular category

Yesterday I attended a training course at St, Ethelburga’s in Bishopsgate, London.  A few years ago the last IRA bomb in England practically demolished the church, which was re-built as a centre for peace and reconciliation. Then, in 2005, the tube/bus bombs...