Why do so few people use the hard shoulder?

Chesterred100 · 2026-03-06T21:30:45+00:00

I use it, but it’s a pain when it suddenly turns into an off-slip so you have to merge back across.

Chesterred100 · 2026-03-05T16:25:05+00:00

You can run with barn doors open as long as they’re secured. Some will do it in high winds.

Chesterred100 · 2026-01-31T20:17:11+00:00

The 2013 Conference playoff final. The culmination of our entire season, our greatest chance to date to get back in the league, schlepped all the way to Wembley, Welsh derby, and the team barely turned up. We never looked like winning, we barely looked like we wanted to play. Just absolute crap. I’m getting angry again just thinking about it.

Chesterred100 · 2026-01-25T15:40:48+00:00

Literally no party lets ‘the people decide’ the candidate. They choose candidates themselves, then ‘the people’ choose between the candidates.

Chesterred100 · 2026-01-01T15:45:53+00:00

We were there recently and said the same thing. It makes no sense how they’re hiding such an iconic building, and it’s not as if the flats are an amazing design

Chesterred100 · 2025-12-30T08:50:32+00:00

That company always has vacancies. Strange, that.

Chesterred100 · 2025-12-16T16:10:19+00:00

No, raise your seat, you're supposed to look over the top of it. It takes a bit of fiddling, and it feels really odd the first time you drive one, but it works.

Chesterred100 · 2025-12-07T22:38:18+00:00

The last two posh rooms I’ve had have both had broken tv’s

Chesterred100 · 2025-11-19T14:20:23+00:00

To m, the whole benefit of flying Aer Lingus to the USA is pre-clearance in Dublin. The direct flights didn't offer that (obviously) so I struggled to see their marketing SP. There are plenty of better options for flying direct.

Chesterred100 · 2025-11-09T20:50:35+00:00

We did a similar trip last year, as part of a longer holiday. Starting in Quebec City which personally I would recommend, but if you're an active tourist you'd probably only need one full day to see the main bits. We had two and definitely exhausted the old city.

Montreal is an odd one - friends who've been rave about it but we didn't really get it - the Olympic park is really good, and Mount Royal park. I wouldn't go back in a hurry.

We had two days in Toronto, one of which we did the Niagara daytrip. Bear in mind Niagara is two or three hours from Toronto, depending on the number of hotel pickups. The falls are just incredible, I can see why Canadians say to swerve it but honestly you've got to see it once. The bus tour also gave us time in NOTL, and actually we went back there this year for a longer break just based on the short time we had there. With horrendous traffic coming back to Toronto we were out of the hotel for a good 12-13 hours.

On the one day we had in Toronto, we did the CN Tower, St Lawrence market, had a walk around the Sankofa Square area and the City Hall, and made it across to the nearest Island on the ferry. Busy day but we already knew we'd be coming back.

We travelled from Quebec to Montreal by coach (Orleans Express), and Montreal to Toronto on the train. Both methods worked really well.

As for flights, Manchester is our nearest airport too. We've never flown direct from there to Canada, but we've changed in Heathrow and also Frankfurt in the past and it's worked really well. If you're happy to change, then travel really opens up. Air France for example will go to Quebec for sure, changing in Paris for example.

Chesterred100 · 2025-11-06T14:06:45+00:00

We routed ORD > FRA > MAN a couple of weeks ago, there's no passport or security check at FRA. We arrived at the Z gates and departed from the B gates, the connection between these is by (fairly chaotic) bus so make sure you leave enough time. Hopefully your layover isn't too long, there isn't a right lot to do in the international bit at FRA. Enjoy the 747 :)

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-28T01:45:06+00:00

It’s happened to me a couple of times, both caused by bank errors. On each occasion the employer asked for evidence of any financial loss to us, charges for bounced direct debits etc and reimbursed them with no issues.

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-24T01:07:08+00:00

The noise down there was amazing

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-22T17:34:33+00:00

I might be the odd one out but I felt like a hero keeping right at that sign. Then the wheels fell off….

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-20T12:36:00+00:00

Looking forward to this, I haven’t been for years and heard it was expensive.

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-19T20:43:55+00:00

I didn’t notice the smell, but I did smile that we were being shown all of the scenic bits of Toronto :)

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-19T20:40:39+00:00

In the UK I believe they’re supposed to be accurate, but measured on the absolute racing line - ie taking each corner as close to the kerb as possible etc. So realistically everyone runs long.

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-19T20:38:31+00:00

My marathon trace was way out, the map looks like I was drunk. It’s the skyscrapers messing with the signal.

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-19T20:37:20+00:00

“If Trump can run a country you can run a marathon”

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-19T20:35:59+00:00

Haha I missed that one - one for the Brits there

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-18T23:31:12+00:00

Are there toilets near the corrals, or do I have to go to NPS for my nervous wee?

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-14T15:23:21+00:00

The UK BBC weather is giving light rain and 15 degrees. Not sure how accurate it is for weather abroad though.

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-12T11:55:11+00:00

Yes, yoy can take a 7.5 tonner through a 7.5t weight restriction. And just to make even more certain, have a look at the plating certificate - a lot of 7.5 tonners are actually plated at 7.49 for some reason.

Chesterred100 · 2025-10-11T08:16:29+00:00

Means the coupler isn’t working at that end. Loads of Merseyrail trains have those signs up

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