Quote from: Dancess on Yesterday at 06:17:36 PMWhen I was there in July'24 it was full of Americans saying that they'll be able to brag about going to Europe plus " doesn't it ever get dark?" 

We did spring as that was both when they conference got organized and the best time of year apparently - enough ice and snow to go out with low tyre pressures and drive up glaciers with people hanging out of the doors looking for crevasses but no flies.

Was a lot of fun. Did mean we missed out on midnight golf.

That said I've actually been in Swansea with rain in the front garden, dry in the back garden and snow falling further up the road and a rainbow so ...

A friend went to Iceland once, he said that the weather was a bit changeable. They had rain, hail, sleet, snow, sun and fog - then the airport bus reached the hotel 

When I was there in July'24 it was full of Americans saying that they'll be able to brag about going to Europe plus " doesn't it ever get dark?" 

Angry and happy. Happy that Ovo got just fined over 2 million, sad it wasn't a lot more.

Got into the new house this week. First day - no power, meter is on pay as you go and cut off as it seems the previous payees did a runner. Ovos own app errored and their support people couldn't fix it, so as not staying there kicked it over to the next day whilst they set it back to pay monthly

Next day, no power, took an hour on the phone to get them to sort the meter out. Looks like the electric meter may need replacing as the buttons don't seem to work

Two days later we get a letter from Ovo threatening a warrant to kick the door in, because the gas meter is "faulty", with a fake claim about a welcome letter and the wrong account details.

Another hour on the phone with them and they insist the meter isn't faulty but have no idea what's going on so it becomes a formal complaint.

Now they are desperately trying to refuse to answer whether they and their agents sent out a letter lying about a meter fault in order to try and collect the previous occupants debt.

Their agent is FCA registered and has their name on the letter so I'm going to see if I can drag them through the FCA complaint process for making fraudulent claims. And if it turns out it was fradulent I'm going to have another go at Ovo and compensation too.

Sooner this sorry lot is nationalized the better.

Unfortunately it seems the only way to get these things sorted is when the relative gets a hospital admission. As soon as they get a hospital admission and they talk about returning them home the magic words are "I don't believe they will be safe at home and an assessment is needed"

At that point the brown and sticky hits the rotating blades very fast indeed

My favourite when I visted Iceland some years ago was that they had a slightly dubious club called "Club Clinton"

I am afraid that Geddy Lee's vocals have always let Rush down for me and I find their material a bit predictable. AC/DC has never ever ever done it for me either. Both get a lot of airplay on Planet Rock and the volume gets turned down when they are played!

Rather liked the Stone Roses though.

Tim

Just had the latest first day cover featuring Concorde - Concorde FDC

Also had an invoice for the next issue which is described as HORNBY MODEL RAILWAYS nothing on the website yet but may be of interest to some.

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Quote from: port perran on Yesterday at 11:21:57 AMMy thoughts are that it isn't really relevant to an LMS themed layout and to me the double access steps on either side look a little strange.

Double access is fairly common at very large and busy stations but not at smaller ones.

Thanks for your feedback! So if it's not LMS, what other region/railway would it be? My hunch is that it's a bit generic.

Looks very reminiscent of Southern Railway pre-fab concrete construction to me.

Thanks! That's interesting & helpful to know.