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Mar 29 • 4 tweets • 3 min read

Some professional news:

@EalingCouncil

It has been a brilliant seven years at @EalingCouncil as the first and last Head of the Leader’s Office and the first Head of the Cabinet Office. Brilliant place, brilliant people, interesting times.
And now, all the rules are out of the window. More on what comes next shortly.

Also some personal news: there really was only one possible follow up to #bus24, wasn’t there (apart from the lengthy follow up which will at some point be the book)? Look out for #train24 - how far can you get from St Pancras in 24hrs - starting in the early hours of tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/politic_animal/status/1509035606067888129

Full difficult second album thread starts here: #train24

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Mar 30

Six months ago, I set out to find out how far I could get in 24 hours by bus from London #bus24. Today - the obvious sequel: #train24. What is the furthest point I can get from St Pancras in 24 hours? I think I know on paper, but there’s some tight connections ahead…

Same ground rules as before: I’m finding the furthest station, as the crow flies, you can get to in 24 hours not necessarily the longest journey. With rail timetables in post-Covid flux, the answer could be different next week. And yes, obviously Turtle is coming along #train24

My favourite St Pancras fact - that the distance between the pillars that hold the trains and platforms 50ft in the air is measured to accommodate barrels of beer from Burton-on-Trent, which used to be delivered here by special train twice daily for insatiable London. #train24

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Aug 19, 2021

Things no-one else is crazy enough to be doing right now: final prep for a trip to answer one of the great unanswered questions: just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24hrs? I *think* I know on paper, but in practice…? Follow along from 3am as I slowly go mad. #bus24

So, it’s just gone 3am, and the odyssey begins. I’m at Charing Cross, the point from which all distances from London are measured, and the aim is to get as far a possible from here in 24 hours. And here’s my first bus, London’s fourth longest route. Start the clock! #bus24

One of the joys of Nightbus travel is the gentle rhythm of stops being announced as the bus swings non-stop past them. This bus is struggling though, announcing random stops wherever it likes, like ‘QPR Stadium’ while in Kensington or ‘Surbiton station’ in Hammersmith. #bus24

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