Who can afford a train ticket these days?

[Gob]

A train ticket between two towns just 64 miles apart has been offered for £10,000 ($12,786 USD) by a rail operator's website.



The direct Taunton-to-Trowbridge trip was apparently advertised at the price by Great Western Railway (GWR), from 22 May through to 14 July.

It means the journey costs £156-per-mile and passengers cannot travel via Bristol.

A GWR spokesman blamed an IT problem for the expensive fare and has since corrected the error.

"We are aware of an IT glitch which has published fares for a first class journey that does not exist," the firm said.

"Anytime single fares between Taunton and Trowbridge are available from £12.70."

[MajGenl.Meade]

No worries, Gob. Just park your train in legal parking spots.

[Lord Jim]

It means the journey costs £156-per-mile and passengers cannot travel via Bristol.

Seems like a small price to pay to avoid Bristol...

[Gob]

I rather like Bristol as cities go Jim, I wouldn't live there as it's a bit too big for me though.

Rough Guides has named Bristol as one of the top ten cities in the world to visit in 2017 – alongside the likes of Paris, Antwerp and Nairobi – with our creative and tech industries, nightlife, music scene, street art, and independent magazines all praised.

Bristol is fourth on the list compiled by the leading travel guide, ahead of Atlanta in the USA, Osaka in Japan and Palma in Mallorca.

The recognition comes two months after Bristol was named the fourth most inspiring city in the world.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Nothing like Severn bristols.

(Or is that 14?)

[oldr_n_wsr]

Anything like the Bristol Stomp



The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol
When they do the Bristol Stomp
Really somethin when they join in jumpin
When they do the Bristol Stomp
Whoa, whoa they start spinnin every Friday night
They dance the greatest and they do it right
Well, it's the latest it's the greatest sight to see
The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol
(Whoa, oh, oh)

When they do the Bristol Stomp
(Whoa, oh, oh)
Really somethin when they join in jumpin
(Ah-ah-ah, whoa)
When they do the Bristol Stomp
Whoa, whoa it started in Bristol at a dee jay hop
They hollered and whistled never wanted to stop
We pony and twisted and we rocked with Daddy G
The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol
When they do the Bristol Stomp
(Whoa, oh, oh)





Really somethin when they join in jumpin
(Ah-ah-ah)
When they do the Bristol Stomp
(Duh-duh-doo)
It's got that groovy beat
That makes you stomp your feet
Come along and try
Gonna feel fine
And once you dance with me
You'll fall in love you see

The Bristol Stomp will make you mine
All mine
The stars are spinnin every Friday night
They dance the greatest if they do it right
But it's the latest it's the greatest sight to see
The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol
When they do the Bristol Stomp
(Whoa, oh, oh)
Really somethin when they join in jumpin
When they do the Bristol Stomp

It started in Bristol at a dee jay hop
They hollered and whistled
Never wanted to stop
We pony and twisted
And we rocked with Daddy G
The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol
When they do the Bristol Stomp

Really somethin when they join in jumpin
(Ah-ah-ah)
When they do the Bristol Stomp
Feel so fine
Oh, got to say, please, mine
I'm talkin (when they do the Bristol Stomp)
Mine baby (kids in Bristol...)


Songwriters: Dave Appell / Kal Mann

Bristol Stomp lyrics © Spirit Music Group