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Even calling SNCF leads to about 48 different variations of what might happen, how and when. I called about the Nice to Dignes railway line recently and was told, by the same person, on the same call that it it's open to trains as usual... but also it's closed for maintenance. Schroedingers Railway; travel on it and find out

Yeah but connections are a bit shit here... sleeper tickets seem to be released at random intervals which is not ideal if you're planning for an event. I can't get one of those I have to get a hotel in Barcelona, Valence or Paris for a night and still have about 18 hours on a train. I do like the idea of traveling by train tho...

Edit - Looks like there is one way to do it with a sleeper but it's still an arse ache. 3pm leave Luxembourg on TGV (so bike in a bag) for Paris, put wheels on and ride across Paris. 8pm sleeper from Paris to Montpellier (back in bag). 9:30am train to Tarragona. 6 hour wait there, then final train to Valencia arriving 9pm.

So total: 19 hours on trains, 10 hours either waiting in stations or going between them. Or a 2 hour flight. Only advantage of the train is I know where my bike is most of the time.

I've given up on trains to get to Spain from Luxembourg for an event in April; I'm getting on a plane. The one in France later in the year I can get train or drive to, but spending two days there and two days back is a bit much compared to a 2 hour plane trip.

I will say, the weasel words from his lawyer gives me the shits...

"There was no intention of Mr Dennis to harm his wife and this charge does not charge him with responsibility for her death," the retired athlete's lawyer told the court

Like many, only knew her from the threads on here but always enjoyed her posts and appreciated her honesty and way of sharing the hard things she was experiencing. Sending condolences and love to those who knew and loved her.

Long post by Robert Evans (from Behind the Bastards) on this:

https://substack.com/home/post/p-152880073

Not sure if it's too early to view it as accurate but it does sound like it could be a thing

Or maybe all the stuff you messed up was the leap and left alone you'd have nailed it all!

There were celebrations from the Syrian diaspora here today (flag waving, honking horns etc, nothing extreme). Some locals complained to the police as it was disrupting their commute.

I usually get "Hi this is unintelligible from unintelligible" and then they launch into their spiel. 9/10 times it's outsourced software development or pensions. I asked one guy to take me off their list, he told me he marked me as do not call. Called me back literally 5 minutes later.

It's Ingrid tho so it'll be the price of DA

Ingrid have done their own shifters for road. They're going to work with Formula to offer a full groupset... pretty they are not.

The breathlessness is a lot better but my chest sounds like a broken set of bagpipes when I breathe... fun!

Can anyone explain how Liam Lawson is allegedly the priority for RedBull over Tsunoda? Tsunoda seems to have comprehensively beaten both his team mates, so you have to wonder what else he would need to do.

Is he just a bit too firey to put alongside Verstappen?

I thought I was going to pass out after climbing a set of stairs in a shopping centre on Monday

I went to visit friends and they asked me to grab something from their basement. Had to have a breather on the way back up. Worst bout of covid I've had since the first.

Still loads of them but definitely far less fuckwits

My bugbear is the "Hi" then no reply until I respond, followed by "Can I ask you a question?". Just say hi, ask the question and wait. There's no reason for this drawn out bullshit.

I went to a stage start in Bastogne near me this year after seeing a couple of the men's race stages in Burgundy. You can definitely get to see the riders better as there are less people there and less separation of the riders from the public but it's not quite the spectacle of the men's race. All that said, there were lots of kids around and the riders seemed happy to stop to interact with spectators on the way to and from the podium.

Caravan isn't much to write home about, it's mostly the key sponsors and passes in a few minutes so if that's a draw that could be a problem. Again, though, because it's smaller, the people on the caravan seemed to make sure that most kids seemed to get stuff.

The problem now is how the new government forms. Given one of the major parts of it was formerly Al Qaeda and part of the formation of ISIS and has some "concerning" problems in territory it controls involving summary executions for all sorts of stuff, there could be problems coming.

I mean... a disgruntled shareholder who was unhappy that during his tenure the share price had almost doubled? suuuure.

There's a thread for this sort of theory....

Why. A Tory police and crime commissioner doesn’t need facts, just feelings.

UK viewers are basically a sideshow as in 12 months there will be no fta tour coverage.

Specialized have added the FDJ-Suez women's team now that Vollering is onboard.

Pro Tour.

Shifters are di2-hydro right?