Dave Gorman is stopped from taking photos of funfair rides because he might be up to no good and trying to take pictures of children. Even when he shows that he’s completely innocent, the police tell him to leave.
The daily newspaper I once worked for, The Bath Chronicle, is becoming a weekly newspaper. It’s been around since 1760, although I’m not sure if it’s always been a daily. They reckon the weekly will run to 250 pages. That’d make it the Sunday Times of weekly newspapers.
I tried to buy a train ticket for tomorrow earlier on and came across a few difficulties. First of all, I couldn’t find an online system that lets you book a cycle reservation, so I had to phone up. But not before I’d first tried to buy my ticket. The system asked me how I’d like to collect the tickets – either same day delivery (not cheap) or through a FastTicket machine (free). I selected the FastTicket option. But they don’t have a FastTicket machine in Liverpool Street where I want to depart. One of the small stations near me does have one, but seemingly, one of London’s main terminals doesn’t have one. Neither does Waterloo come to that! The next problem was the cycle reservation. After being put on hold for several minutes I was told that pre-reserved spaces were full, but that there was always space for walk-up ticket buyers. So, I can take a risk and show up at the station and try to squeeze the bike on, or I just forget about the bike, and go without it.