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Perhaps Worcester and Evesham?
Medford | 18.02.26 - 7:50 a.m. | #
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0615 through to 0820 makes driving sound attractive, living in London you can go quite long distances on 'turn up and go' services, but go that extra stop and travel becomes a hassle.
0841 - looking at a book is OK, but looking at a phone isn't.
Still Anon | 18.02.26 - 8:47 a.m. | #
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The people in tabards were likely doing the biannual "Ticketless Travel Survey" for the DfT.
Westerleigh Junction | 18.02.26 - 9:06 a.m. | #
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I've just checked online and a Standard Class open return Paddington-Oxford is £93.20 (as paid by that tourist) so a Cotswold Line trip does seem likely as previously suggested.
DavidB | 18.02.26 - 9:20 a.m. | #
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Have done a little sleuthing through your gadabout housekeeping from October but I can't see any way of getting to any of the remaining large Northern towns in the time available. So perhaps it's somewhere a bit closer to home. Good job picking suitably anonymous photos!
Ted | 18.02.26 - 9:21 a.m. | #
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I don't think we are being fleeced in London for cod and chips except in tourist hotspots. £8.95 is nearly £9 and higher overheads would account for the rest of the difference. Plus my perception is that fewer people in London use chippies leading to higher overheads per person.
If people will insist on buying cod then you have to pay the market rate for cod. My chippy offers saithe and chips (no I hadn't heard of it either) at £8. That's cheaper than town 1 and town 2 and I can't tell the difference.
Pedantic of Purley | 18.02.26 - 9:35 a.m. | #
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Also getting GWR/North Cotswolds Line vibes, but unclear on specifics...
Dominic H | 18.02.26 - 9:40 a.m. | #
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Your posts always contain surprises.
Today's surprises for me are:
a) that 'Wham!:The Final' was nearly 40 years ago!
Oh my, where did the time go?
b) that Courgettes were cultivated here 40 years ago.
It's probably the name, but I still wrongly regard them as a slightly suspicious watery foreign interloper.
Frank F | 18.02.26 - 9:40 a.m. | #
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I'm not sure Rover 800s were ever cool, although I did enjoy driving my dad's.
Jonathan Wadman | 18.02.26 - 10:01 a.m. | #
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On second thoughts, more inclined to say Pershore and Evesham.
Medford | 18.02.26 - 10:11 a.m. | #
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I'm also going with Evesham + Worcester, on the back of the ticketless tourist's Anytime Day Return to most touristy place along the route, Oxford, costing £93.20.
Nico | 18.02.26 - 10:14 a.m. | #
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The filename of the roundabout picture is hampto which I assume is a DG type clue.
Mark | 18.02.26 - 10:19 a.m. | #
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Worcester and Evesham is correct. That roundabout is the roundabout on the edge of Hampton on Pershore Road, on the way into Evesham.
Mark | 18.02.26 - 10:35 a.m. | #
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If you're looking at screens, then the window seats with a panel are perfect. Indeed they ought to promote them for those people!
I'm also getting Cotswold Line vibes, 8:40 being Oxford, I assume. I remember a couple of years ago seeing a badly parked car in Charlbury, completely surrounded in flood water.
Mikey C | 18.02.26 - 10:35 a.m. | #
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Can't be Worcester because it says he went two towns so my guess would be Evesham and Pershore.
Stayed in Evesham last summer so will be interested in your take on the town.
cjw714 | 18.02.26 - 11:06 a.m. | #
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Could be Pershore for the platform with the guard with the quiche at 09:45.
Ian | 18.02.26 - 11:47 a.m. | #
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If one of the towns was Pershore there was no mention of the long walk between the station and the town.
Sprout Eater | 18.02.26 - 12:30 p.m. | #
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Can't be Worcester, that's not a town and he's been there. Pershore and Evesham would be my vote.
Wendy C | 18.02.26 - 12:41 p.m. | #
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To add: Town One would be Pershore and the Famous Pop Star Toyah
Wendy C | 18.02.26 - 12:42 p.m. | #
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There was “no mention of” a lot of things, which I believe was the point.
You Muppet | 18.02.26 - 12:45 p.m. | #
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Surprising a friend and spending the day on a farm - even if it was 40 years ago, it doesn't get much better than that!
Cornish Cockney | 18.02.26 - 4:02 p.m. | #
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Even 40 years into the past, it could be so much better than described.. when surprising a friend.
Frank F | 18.02.26 - 4:08 p.m. | #
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Was this a continuation of your Valentines Day celebrations??
Auntie Banana | 18.02.26 - 6:00 p.m. | #
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In the glory days of locally-staffed Directory Enquiries, I also phoned to try to find someone when we got lost and didn’t have their Warwickshire address. Amazingly, the operator talked us through the route from the phone box to roughly where she thought we needed to be, thanks to the friend in question having an unusual surname, but without revealing the actual address for confidentiality. As here it was a relative of the friend (who was out, so no reply to a phone call), but we managed to work it out in the end. No chance of that today with a 118 service (if they still exist), either in person or online.
Labourer | 18.02.26 - 6:37 p.m. | #
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"0945: The guard walks down the platform holding a quiche"
As train observations go, that's quite... niche.
James Matcham | 19.02.26 - 12:47 p.m. | #
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