No subsidy, increased costs for coach hire, drivers and fuel. You are paying for convenience.
From Worthing, you could always get the 700 to Churchill Square and then a bus to the stadium if you want a free alternative but the journey will take many times longer.
Although taking away the subsidy for Seagull Travel users was unjustified and adds to the costs for those who use that service - especially as people using ST take some of the pressure off of P&R and rail services.
For the Europa League games, they want to get away sharply as that way the coach park is clear for the away fans who will come up the steps to get their buses back into the city.
However, while 10:15 is the planned departure, they will drop this back as needed if the game is delayed through...
The secret with Piglets Pies is to eat them upside down (i.e. lid on the bottom, not while doing a handstand). Now the pastry lids are not a soggy (a benefit of the new packaging) the lid is more robust than the base and wider so eating them upside down greatly reduces the risk of spillage.
We headed off to the station about 4:45 p and usually we would walk onto a train that long after a game. The queues were still back past the No Alcohol line. With the gap in trains and delays it was looking unlikely we would be on a train for nearly 45 minutes so got the racecourse P&R and...
I watched a bit of RedZone on the train back from Brighton yesterday and saw that my Broncos had already given up two TDs and then watched a third. Tuned into see us fumble our way to giving the Dolphins their seventh TD just before the half and gave up at that point.
Not surprised we ended up...
The phrase "Send him back to the village he came from" could be seen as an insult to his ability - i.e. a village cricketer - rather than a racist slur but I fear this may not be the case as if it were, this is something that could easily have been cleared up and apologised for at the time.
When I came through the other night there was some work taking place around where the new exit for the College is s being created but not much. Wish they would hurry up and get rid of the stupid traffic lights which now stop you going West for no reason.