It appears that the long running dispute about extra payments for working on holidays has produced another strike. BBC are reporting that Aslef Tube Drivers will be striking on the days listed above. This makes travel for those from Heathrow difficult as the Heathrow Express is off on 25 & 26 December.
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London New Year’s Eve Fireworks
The Mayor of London has a mini-site giving information about the arrangements of the the New Year’s Eve Fireworks. For those who missed the 2012 event, the event is on YouTube 2012 London Fireworks The Salmon Pink areas (Victoria Embankment) are the primary viewing areas and the Yellow Area is overflow. The Blue Lines are…
London’s buses – now accepting Contactless credit/debit card – but no daily cap
Most London Buses are now accepting contactless payments using credit/debit cards with the contacless symbol (below). TFL note that not every card has this symbol. The advantage is that you get Oyster fares without an Oyster card, but TFL does not apply the daily maximum fare that you would enjoy with an Oyster card. They…
Transport For London publishes Christmas and New Year plans
Transport for London who operate the buses, tubes and some overground trains for large parts of London have published their arrangements for Christmas and New Year. On Christmas Day there are no tubes, overground trains and most buses will not operate. For those arriving at Heathrow there will be coaches to Central London as follows:…
London Overground – “Outer Circle” completion on 9 December
Transport for London has published details of the timescale for the completion of the London Overground – which will then form a ring around London. The last section from Surrey Keys to Clapham Junction will open for business on 9 December. The service will run from Clapham Junction to Highbury and Islington with up to…
Flyertalk Hyatt DO, London– October 2012– Day 3
The Saturday had a free morning, and so I took a leisurly breakfast in the Regency Club on the floor above mine – Floor 8. Located on the back of the hotel – there are rooms on the front. It has a view over the roof tops of that part of central London. The lounge…
Flyertalk Hyatt DO, London– October 2012– Day 2
Most of the visitors to the event were away at the Virgin Training Centre when I checked in on the Friday afternoon. The room was a Regency Club room on the 7th floor facing over the park. The Room (734) The room was bright, with a fairly traditional layout with the bathroom immediately behind the…
Flyertalk Hyatt DO, London – October 2012 – Day 1
This past weekend about 50 Flyertalk members and spouses met at the Hyatt Regency Churchill London for a weekend of activities. Organised by Jenny, a Flyertalk member the event was actively sponsored by American Express, the hotel itself and Hyatt Gold Passport. Miles from Blighty stumped up for the very English Humbugs included in the…
Only 3 days until the London Hyatt DO !
Some months ago a Flyertalker started a thread about a DO she is organising this weekend – and I hear there are a couple of places left if you’re interested. Full details are at this site – http://hyattlondondo2012.weebly.com/ Bookings can be made here – http://hyattlondondo2012.weebly.com/registration.html Some of the events are already full, and you do need…
A day at the Paralympics at the Olympic Park – Living in an Olympic City (final part)
During the first round of ticket sales I was lucky to have obtained Day Pass tickets for the Paralympics and some Track tickets. I have given the Track tickets to two friends who missed out, and spent Saturday 1 September at the Olympic Park. Unfortunately it was a cloudy day although we had been promised…
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