Hello and Goodbye 442s

Well that new year thing happened, so one of my resolutions is to actually use this thing occasionally.

I went on my first and last 442 bash last Saturday. First class was very nice, it's a pity that you can't get real compartments anywhere else now. They'd be so useful for keeping screaming children at bay, and certainly worth the money. However I used the Gold Card upgrade mechanism (which has gone from £3 to £5. Curses!). However the thermostat for the heating/air con seemed to be purely for show, and instead controlled by a random number generator.

Weymouth was full of rain and nothing else of note.

I found the lounge area by the buffet particularly interesting. I suppose that's another thing we'll never see again as at least twice as many people could be forced into the space. It had obviously been neglected going by the seats practically collapsing and the tables not being capable of supporting anything in an upright position.

Oh, and I got to stick my head out of the window a bit. That was fun.

On returning to London I discovered that Cambridge ticket office had managed so sell me a Zones 1-2 travelcard with a young person's railcard discount. This is rather different to the Zones 1-6 travelcard with Gold Card discount that I requested. I blame the dodgy new bluetooth headset microphone system, not the ticket clerk. It was like talking over a tin can telephone. I'll send the offending ticket to One if I remember.