Reading Roars!

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 able to sit down were when leaving Paddington in the early evening (and only because I boarded 15 minutes prior to departure).  It makes me wonder, perhaps naively, why another, lesser, class is not introduced, as the reality is that some passengers/customers are not getting Standard Class quality, but sub-standard (or Standing).  Passengers forced to stand in the aisle or, worse, by a toilet, must be feeling very angry indeed.

One angry commuter from the Reading area is responsible for I Hate First Great Western, as far as I’m concerned one of the most important blogs in the Universe.  It’s bold and it’s damning.  If asked to take just one blog with me to a desert island (and I would choose Bora Bora), it would be this one. 

There is another important blog I should mention: In Defence of First Great Western.  This blog is written by a First Great Western insider.  Since the train operator, in my opinion, is woefully bad at communicating with its customers, this blog is a godsend.

Let the blogging battle begin.