Reading Roars!

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Train travel these days isn’t what it used to be (I’m recalling the days of my youth).  Now you have to contend with, famously, the wrong kind of leaves/snow/sun, not actually getting a seat to sit on and scrambling for a good place to stand, and rocketing fares.  Some things never change, however, and that [...]

The annual music extravaganza that is Reading Festival is likely to be known officially as… Reading Festival.  Festival Republic, who organise the event every August, and sponsors Carling have decided to split “to pursue new opportunities”.
I wholeheartedly welcome this development, believing that names such as “Emirates Stadium”, “Reebok Stadium” and “Carling Weekend” sound supremely silly [...]

A very warm welcome goes to Wendy, who will soon be returning to the UK, and specifically Reading, after time spent in Seattle.  Wendy has a brilliantly-written blog named The Wendy House, in which she will

be covering the unique and much maligned experience that is ‘Reading’ in many upcoming blog posts

I’m liking how Wendy is [...]

Time flies when you’re having fun.  Several glorious days in beautiful Prague were spent before I commenced a new job in London, entailing regular rail travel in and out of the capital. 
Very seldom do I get a seat on the train.  Those few occasions (three, I think, out of 20 trips to date) when I was [...]