{"id":3531,"date":"2007-02-20T09:56:18","date_gmt":"2007-02-20T14:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yummy-wakame.com\/archives\/2007\/02\/20\/3531"},"modified":"2007-02-20T09:56:18","modified_gmt":"2007-02-20T14:56:18","slug":"holy-frikkin-smokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/2007\/02\/holy-frikkin-smokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy frikkin smokatines!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just checked National Rail<\/a> to simply get a price on traveling from where I am in Stevenage to Brighton so I can plan my travels over the month. A simple journey with one connecting stop at Kings X. £28.90!!<\/strong> That’s just one way by the way. Their “Cheap Day Single” offering, which doesn’t include travel during peak hours. Are they insane? Seriously, are they MENTAL? I could fly from Pittsburgh to Chicago for less on a good day. That includes jet fuel<\/strong> people!!<\/p>\n

Here’s what I just found with a tiny bit of research: How much would it cost to travel today by rail from London Kings X to Manchester? £109.50 for a Standard Open Single (each way), a 2.5 hour journey. You might, like most people, prefer to opt for the planet destroying option and fly<\/em> from London Heathrow to Manchester: today’s prices<\/a>, leaving today – £40 each way all incl. with British Airways. A nice comfortable 1 hour journey. BMI offers fares as low as £28 each way if you plan ahead.<\/p>\n

It’s just WRONG how greedy the rail system is. You know something’s waaaay screwey when it costs less to fly somewhere that it does to catch the nation’s default public transport option. I’m not really sure how I’m going to be able to come and go to Brighton as freely as I’d planned… so I have to fashion another solution. Ehh! This leaves me slightly miffed.<\/p>\n

** UPDATE **<\/strong>
\n\"megabus\"I nearly forgot about Megabus<\/strong><\/a>!! I can ride between Brighton and London for just £3 each way. There’s a choice of 3 journeys a day, and from Kings X I can catch a train to Stevenage for £10, cutting the overall cost right down to £13 each way for just 1 extra hour in transit. I’m annoyed I have to use the rail system at all, but YAY for Megabus! You’ve rescued my UK adventure. I LOVE YOU!!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just checked National Rail to simply get a price on traveling from where I am in Stevenage to Brighton so I can plan my travels over the month. A simple journey with one connecting stop at Kings X. £28.90!! That’s just one way by the way. Their “Cheap Day Single” offering, which doesn’t include travel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}