Recent content by WesternLancer

Thanks. Darned auto spell!

This is a great post because I know exactly what you mean @Titfield about how memories can be triggered. Your post reminds me of my first visit to the 'modern' NRM back in the '70s. I found a couple of pics from inside the old museum taken in 1970 here - this one and the next...

If the consequences of all this are more significant for you you could consider advice or help from a solicitor. Manak solicitors are often recommended on this forum by people who have used them for ticket related cases. You could ring them to see what fee they would charge to help you.

There are other threads related to tail gating on here that you could hopefully find to give you an idea of what is likely to happen.

Good preparation I would hope.

Then to be fair it would be better to state that clearly. The forum basis is that people should at least be given the doubt that what they say is true, and the OP has insisted in their post(s) that this was a mistake, so I'm taking that at face value. Of course TfL might not, but as the OP...

I am not convinced that a) if you know that they are not usually at a station you use when you use it that you then know (b) which other stations they are at instead. b) is not really possible to deduce from (a) is it, given the total number of stations overall?

No - that's the carriage way so they must be the queue for the crossing barriers to open (EDIT - which I now see several others have mentioned) - I know the location.

I meant that in a letter you can use a different form of words that accept you did something wrong by mistake but don't use statements like 'guilty'. Obv if it progresses to formal action / SJPN you would have to make a plea as I understand it - and I can see that at that stage you would - from...

I suspect as a general rule it's not a good idea to write to anyone saying you are guilty of something. You can just send a short response saying you were distracted and failed to touch in, realised this on the journey and approached staff at the destination. Apologise for what happened and ask...

if you are anxious, and if you kept a copy of what you sent, you could send a copy tracked delivery now with a note included saying that you sent the original on x date but was unable to send it tracked or some such (since the post would not have been collected over the bank holiday weekend...

are you referring to the OPs new draft or the original one? 1715936213 Hi - I see you have had some 'robust' comment on earlier draft but new draft much better - couple of thoughts - at the concluding sentence add eg 'if you would be kind enough to consider allowing me to settle the matter...

I'm sure if given the correct contact details abroad (e-mail and postal address aboard) the train company / TIL would presumably correspond with them overseas in some effort to conclude matters and get some money from the OP in respect of the tickets that they deem invalid.

As an aside I would think that including in any letter the point that you soon intend to leave the UK might hasten the chances of a settlement out of court if they realise that taking people to court who have left the UK (presumably long term) isn't likely to increases the chances of them...

Thanks Haywain - helpful points - and yes I agree insisting on the right to use next train as we have seen on previous threads - you are quite right to say might well not be that simple in reality but I assume the OP would not be expected to be left out of pocket or heavily delayed due to...