October 21st - Train Vs. Plane
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2021
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Today: I’m on a train south from Edinburgh at the end of a train-vs-plane race. Here’s what I’ve learnt today.
And if you (or people you care about) are in Morocco, don’t panic about the flights ban.
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| 0:00.0 | There's a lot we're told about bladder leaks. |
| 0:02.5 | We're told that it is something to be ashamed of. |
| 0:04.8 | But it means worrying about having a laugh at brunch dates. |
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| 0:20.1 | It's time to rethink bladder leaks. |
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| 1:02.2 | Hello, it's Thursday the 21st of October, and thanks for joining me, Simon Calder, for the latest on travel and destinations from the Green List and the |
| 1:11.5 | travel desk of the Independent, currently travelling south on the East Coast mainline at about |
| 1:17.4 | 125 miles an hour on a Transpenine Express train. Well, that's because I have been on a bit of a |
| 1:26.4 | rail adventure today. |
| 1:29.0 | What happened was that we had the maiden passenger journey, not open to the public, but to |
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