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London Tube closures for weekend of 14-15 June 2014
Here are this weekend’s Tube closures. Circle line – Gloucester Road to Edgware Rd via Bayswater Jubilee line – London Bridge to North Greenwich District line – Edgware Rd to Wimbledon London Overground Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction; Sunday only – Camden Road to Willesden Junction … Continue reading
Posted in General magpie travel, London travel, News from Britain, UK news
Tagged Bond Street tube changes, Boris bike changes, Covent Garden tube changes, Embankment changes, Gloucester Rd tube changes, London bus changes, London DLR, London Tramlink, London Tube, taxi strike Trafalgar
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London Tube closures for weekend of 7-8 June 2014; taxi strike 11 June
Here are this weekend’s Tube closures. Circle line – Gloucester Road to Edgware Rd Jubilee line – Waterloo to Finchley Road late opening at 11.00 on Sunday District line – Earl’s Court to Edgware Rd Metropolitan line – Moor Park to Amersham/Chesham Northern line – Camden Town to … Continue reading
Posted in General magpie travel, London travel, News from Britain, UK news
Tagged Bond Street tube changes, Boris bike changes, Covent Garden tube changes, Embankment changes, Gloucester Rd tube changes, London bus changes, London DLR, London Tramlink, London Tube, taxi strike Trafalgar
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Dutch rail tickets and Heathrow’s runway plans
From Dutch News. Paper train tickets are being phased out this summer. Time to look into the alternatives. The chipkaart sounds similar to NYC’s Metro Cards and London’s Oyster card and should be easy to get. The tricky part may … Continue reading
Posted in Amsterdam travel, BeNeLux, England, General magpie travel, London travel, Netherlands travel, News from Britain, News from Europe, UK news, Virgin Atlantic
Tagged chipkaart, Dutch rail, Dutch train tickets, Gatwick airport, Gatwick Express, Heathrow terminal 2, London Heathrow
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London Tube closures for weekend of 31 May – 1 June 2014
Here are this weekend’s Tube closures. Circle line – Gloucester Road to Aldgate via Victoria Farringdon station closed District line – S Kensington to Aldgate East and Earl’s Court to Kensington (Olympia) Metropolitan line – Moor Park to Amersham/Chesham Northern line – Saturday – Camden … Continue reading
tidbits of UK travel news
From the London Independent. A (very) modest hotel in Wales scores for customer service. Even thrifty old me could afford to stay here! I wonder how far in advance one needs to book? And here are a few ideas for … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology in Europe, Edinburgh, England, Europe food & wine, European art, European festivals, European museums, General magpie travel, News from Britain, UK news
Tagged Leicester Cathedral, Oxford Islamic Centre, oxford travel, Richard III, scotch whisky, top Wales hotel, Wales travel, world whisky month
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London Tube closures for bank holiday weekend of 24-26 May 2014
I apologize for not posting Tube closure news for the past two weekends. Other things to do and have been out of town. I’m sure nobody got stranded because of it. Here are this weekend’s Tube closures. Everything except for … Continue reading
Duck and Waffle in London and some rums to try
From London Independent. A 24-hour restau on the 40th floor of Heron Tower, Bishopsgate, the Duck & Waffle is open all day and has amazing food. I probably would not have bothered posting this, but the name is curious, dontcha … Continue reading
Second week of strikes on London Tube suspended 5 May 2014
TfL has announced that the strikes slated for this week have been suspended. Services will return to their normal schedules. Cabbies may not be thrilled, but there you are.
Posted in General magpie travel, London travel, News from Britain
Tagged London Tube, London Tube strikes
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London Tube strike action update for week of 5 May 2014
Transport for London (TfL) has updated their plans for service during the planned strike this week. Click on the link to see which stations are expected to be in service and which stations will be skipped. The standard disclaimer for … Continue reading
London Tube closures and traffic headaches for bank holiday w/e 3-5 May 2014
Here are this weekend’s Tube closures. Remember that there is still a second strike action set for most of next week similar to this week. I’ll post any changes to the prediction described below. Hell, it’s bank holiday weekend. Leave … Continue reading
London Tube strike action updates for 28-30 April 2014
TfL has issued an update for folks traveling by public transportation in London early next week. Here is the line-by-Tube-line scoop, beginning on page 3.
London Tube closures for weekend of 26-27 April 2014
Here are this weekend’s Tube closures. Circle line – Gloucester Road to Aldgate via Victoria District line – Embankment to Aldgate East and Earl’s Court to Kensington (Olympia) DLR – Poplar to Stratford London Overground disruptions are Sunday only – late 12.30 am start … Continue reading
London Tube strike actions possible – May 2014 and the changing service
From Transport for London (TfL) – potential strike dates have been announced. If the strikes go ahead, Tube services will be affected from: around 21:00 on Monday 28 April until the morning of Thursday 1 May, as well as approx. … Continue reading
London Tube closures Easter weekend 18-21 April 2014
Here’s is info on the Tube work for this weekend. The “weekend” is an extended one for works issues – Thursday thru Monday, since it’s Easter weekend. How civilized to have a holiday weekend that lasts more than just two and … Continue reading
Posted in General magpie travel, London travel, News from Britain, travel advice
Tagged Boris bikes in London, Covent Garden tube changes, Embankment changes, London bus diversion, London Overground, london travel, London Tube, London Tube closures, road closures London, Tube closures
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Get on your bike and visit Vikings in England – spring 2014
A collection of interesting exhibitions and other activities in and around London now that winter is finally gone… From France 24 – A British museum exhibit on Vikings through late June. From Oxford Mail. A bike route between Oxford and … Continue reading
London Tube closures weekend of 12-13 April 2014
This Sunday is the London Marathon, which likely explains why pretty much the entire Tube system will be up and running. There are, however, changes to the bus schedules in places, as well as road congestion. Click on the link above … Continue reading
Posted in General magpie travel, London travel, News from Britain, travel advice
Tagged Boris bikes in London, Covent Garden tube changes, Embankment changes, London bus diversion, London Marathon 2014, London Overground, london travel, London Tube, London Tube closures, road closures London, Tube closures
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Assorted crumbs from the UK
OK, OK, so some of these have absolutely nothing to do with travel. But it’s my blog and these little items tickled my fancy (and Lord knows I need my fancy tickled as often as possible!) From the London Independent. … Continue reading
London Tube closures weekend of 5-6 April 2014
TfL is getting fancy – weekly disruption notices now include information beyond just the Tube lines such as roads and those blue hire bikes (do I have to advertise the Barclays label??). Here’s the list of the Tube work for this weekend. … Continue reading
Posted in General magpie travel, London travel, News from Britain, travel advice
Tagged Boris bikes in London, Covent Garden tube changes, Embankment changes, London bus diversion, London Overground, london travel, London Tube, London Tube closures, road closures London, Tube closures
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London Tube closures weekend of 29-30 March 2014
TfL is getting fancy – this week’s notices include some bus and national rail information and even some heads-up stuff on roads and those blue hire bikes (do I have to advertise the Barclays label??). Here’s the list of the Tube work … Continue reading
Important updates on Masterpiece Mystery!
From London Independent. For those of us who are even more addicted to British murder mystery programs than to Downton Abbey – news that there will be more episodes of both Inspector Lewis AND Endeavour is really, really good! The … Continue reading
London Tube closures weekend of 22-23 March 2014 and accessibility update
Most of the Tube work is again outside central London this weekend. Note Embankment partial closure through early November and changes to Covent Garden thru mid-November. Central line – North Acton to West Ruislip Jubilee line – Waterloo to Finchley Road, Sunday closure … Continue reading
The Kelpies are coming to NYC
From the website I found when searching for info on this year’s Tartan Day parade in NYC. The parade will be held on Saturday, 5 April, 2014 along Sixth Ave, beginning at 2 pm. When I was in Edinburgh this … Continue reading
London Tube closures weekend of 15-16 March 2014
Most of the Tube work is again outside central London this weekend. Note Embankment partial closure through early November and changes to Covent Garden thru mid-November. District line – Aldgate East to Bromley-by-Bow Hammersmith/City line – Moorgate to Barking Metropolitan line – Wembley Park … Continue reading
London Tube closures weekend of 8-9 March 2014
Most of the Tube work is outside central London this weekend. Note Embankment partial closure through early November and changes to Covent Garden thru mid-November. Bakerloo line – Sunday only – Stonebridge Park to Harrow & Wealdstone Jubilee line – Waterloo to Finchley … Continue reading
Introducing Edinburgh Zoo’s penguins
Edinburgh Zoo has a large and renowned collection of penguins – renowned for their daily “Penguin Parade” – when a (variable) number of penguins will take a short stroll along the pathway outside their enclosure at 2 pm each day … Continue reading
London Tube closures weekend of 1-2 March 2014
Back to the normal weekend closures – minimal Tube closures this weekend. Note Embankment partial closure through early November and changes to Covent Garden thru mid-November. Bakerloo line – Saturday – Queen’s Park to Harrow & Wealdstone Northern – Archway to High Barnet/Mill … Continue reading
Fourth plinth artwork comes home to roost
The latest in a continuing series of artworks, each of which resides for about a year on the previously unoccupied fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. It’s a giant blue rooster entitled Hahn/Cock. I especially like the pigeons sitting below … Continue reading
Posted in All Suzanne's travels, European art, London travel, News from Britain, UK
Tagged fourth plinth, Hahn/Cock, London arts, London sculpture, Trafalgar Square
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A Scottish stone is going walkabout!
From London Independent and Univ of Glasgow. The Hogback Stone, one of the thousand-plus year old Govan stones which live in a Glasgow church, is going on exhibition at the British Museum in London. Here’s more info and a photo, … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day getaways in England and Scotland
From London Independent. Ten great places for that special weekend getaway. I especially like the gypsy caravan. Let’s hope none of them are plagued by the disastrous floods currently inundating the island.
Top Scotch whiskies
From London Independent. Ten top Scotches, a mix of single malts and blends. Blends? Really? I bought a nip of Highland Park in Edinburgh last month; quite nice but, admittedly, not the 25 year old stuff – more like 10 … Continue reading
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