Grumpy’s blog at the Swindon Advertiser has an interesting bit about roundabouts: It comes down to this. If anything you do on the road causes another driver to brake…. you’re in the wrong. (Grumpy Blog on Roundabouts [^]) This is probably one of the most sensible things that I have read about roundabouts. Hurtling through [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Swindon’
…"All in a Day’s Work: Life on the GWR": Tim Bryan
It has been said that Time heals all wound. With that in mind, it is easy to look back on the events of past with a certain degree of nostalgia or romanticism. The Great Western Railway (GWR) was an organisation that demanded staff loyalty, and for the most part earned the grudging respect of their [...]
Swindon Twinned with …
…Walt Disney World [^], in Florida. Is it just me or is everyone else wondering why? I thought that the twinned towns [^] were supposed to have some similarities. It’s hard to see the connection between a American tourist attraction and the former railway town. It seems that the link is a poem by Rebecca [...]