The more they stay the same.
Good morning from Digbeth Coach station in the heart of the Irish wiarter in Birmingham.
Well – good is a lie, but it’s a term that will suffice.
Sometimes, I don’t think the stressful parts of my trips aren’t the flying part – it’s the part getting to the airport that can be more stressful than not.
Take this morning so far
– Uber decided to have nothing avalible, then surged. At those options, I’m forced into a descison – either a minicab or a black cab. So….
Yup – black cab.
And after that rush, I turn up at the coach station to find the chariot taking me to Manchester this morning is running 20 minutes late.
Joy.
I wish the UK had a 24 hour rail network some nights.
Thankfully, I’m not on the first flight out to Heathrow – so there is some breathing room.
But I’d really prefer not to worry about breathing room when travelling, and things to just work.
Nothing like the joy of travel.
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Gotta say, I’ve been to the UK three or four times and it’s been frustrating every time in terms of transportation infrastructure. Nothing – whether the Tube, buses, intercity trains, or airports – works as efficiently as on much of the continent. Even with a language barrier travel is easier in much of continental Europe. And to top it all off it’s almost invariably more expensive in the UK.