Quintin Jardine's blog

We’re sneaking in an extra couple of weeks in Spain early August. We are flying from Newcastle to Girona, so I’ve just booked return train tickets, Dunbar to Newcastle. The cost  was £32, return, each. I also booked one-way tickets, Dunbar to Newcastle, for a later August date. They cost £6 each. I know from recent experience that the walk-up one way fare from Newcastle to Edinburgh, virtually the same journey, is £47.

The same people who privatised the railways are now going to do the same to Royal Mail. God help us.