What they are, what they try to do and why we should probably get rid of them. What is Hail and Ride In London many routes ( including the 969 which is London's least frequent bus route ) have sections which don't have any physical bus stops and are defined as hail and ride. These sections are almost always on very minor roads going "round the houses" which means the route is almost certainly not the most direct way to a destination. But the routes themselves have their uses, and whilst routes with hail and ride sections are generally somewhat infrequent, they fulfil TFL's aim for every resident in London to be within 400m of a bus stop. But these buses are not just a box ticking exe...

This post has the "wild opinions" tag. That means the content of this post is neither my opinion nor the opinion of anyone else. The contents are untrue and definitely misleading. Read at your own risk. Take a corona test twice a week they said. We'll force you to collect a new packet after 3 and a half weeks. As that's when you will need a new pack, they said. Well from the past year I have at least 10 packs of corona tests piled up at home. I have no choice, I am forced to pick up a pack of corona tests. Yes it's wasting countless billions of the governments money. Funded by our taxes and loans that the future generations will have to pay. Whilst Rishi Sunak is by far the most popular conservative right now he has most likely, without any significant change in policy or seismic rise in tax, forced us, eventually, into a deep deep recession. TFL is runni...

This post has the "wild opinions" tag. That means the content of this post is neither my opinion nor the opinion of anyone else. The contents are untrue and definitely misleading. Read at your own risk. Freedom is an interesting thing. The majority of people believe that the idea of freedom is a good thing. Why would you allow something to have control over you. Why should anyone tell you what you can and cannot do. But freedom is also the freedom to not fear something. And these two freedoms need to be balanced and society needs to decide what they want. Society is an interesting thing and also an interesting concept. Why do we have society and societal norms. Freedom is closely linked to being in a society and what the collective expects of you. You will never meet the majority of the collective that decides for you but they as a whole have a massive impact on what...

Today I was supposed to go to Portsmouth. However that didn't happen. How I ended up travelling alone and why I was getting the coach there (I love trains) is a long story which, if we're dealing blame, is fault of many people none of who I can get angry with. I started my day on the train to Clapham Junction arriving in plenty of time for the short 3 minute train trip to Wandsworth Town where I should have gotten the coach. I arrived at Wandsworth Town at about quarter past 8 plenty of time before my coach which was scheduled to arrive at 08:55. I was early planning for any disruption with the trains (which we're actually pretty perfect all day) so I brought some skittles from Poundland for £1. I got to the bus stop where the coach was supposed to depart just after 08:40 and sat down and waited. ...

This post has the "wild opinions" tag. That means the content of this post is neither my opinion nor the opinion of anyone else. The contents are untrue and definitely misleading. Read at your own risk. At work today a few days after my manic walk here a few days ago. It must be the "vaccine" I got from behind the bins. But I'm alright now and up for some entertainment in my repetitive work as a coder here in the mighty City of London. As a dedicated bug fixer you might think that my work would be interesting and different, hunting down mysterious bugs and problems. But that's not true. Almost 100% of the tickets I'm given are the same or almost the same problem which a very very simple trace table will more than suffice to find the answer. Entertainment is ...

This post has the "wild opinions" tag. That means the content of this post is neither my opinion nor the opinion of anyone else. The contents are untrue and definitely misleading. Read at your own risk. Today as I was walking to my place of work I saw many miracles happening in front of me. Miracles were as small as leaves falling from decaying trees. Trees which were green are now brown and orange with highlights of autumnal reds. The bark slowly peeling and becoming mulch. Water slowly flowing from the remaining tips of leaves down the trunk into the now fertile ground. Snails enjoying life with the nutrients available. But it's turning to winter and the ground is about to freeze tonight. The weatherman has informed...