Jon WorthMoving day is here. This wall of boxes (and everything else) will go in a truck in Berlin that arrives at 7am. I’ll race ahead by train to be in Ravières ahead of the truck’s arrival there tomorrow morning.
And yes, I know a rail pro avoids Berlin Hbf. But the S-Bahn to Spandau is blocked by something on the track. So needs must 🙂
We’re playing Bahn Bingo here today
- carriage 8 missing
- train running in reverse order
- pretty much every device in the BordBistro broken
Plus there must be a defective toilet somewhere 🙂
BUT despite a police intervention on board we’re on time so far 🎉
Today is really weird
So as to make sure I definitely get to Ravières by train tonight so I’m there for the arrival of the removal truck tomorrow, I’ve left extra time for the connection in Mannheim
Meanwhile my father - en route from the UK to Ravières - is delayed due to a flood. And my partner is still in Berlin arguing with the removers who (wrongly) claim we have too much stuff
And I can’t do much about any of it!
Meanwhile on the Great Western main line in the UK - pic from my father somewhere between Bristol and Swindon. Taken from a train he was in on the other track! 🤯
Alastair Temple@jon that is quite the volume of water!
MJ Ray@jon I think as long as they can see the rail top, even slightly submerged, it'll still run but at reduced speed due to increased risk of ballast movement! I'd expect the Midland Main Line to be having more problems than GWR this week
@mjr yes. It’s not *that* deep, but passed that spot at less than 10km/h my father said.
Martin Gleadow
Eric
spirited away clip
Ms. Denie@jon I'm not a train engineer, but that seems... less than ideal
Martha@jon
Argh!!! ...and this egregious weather is set to continue.
Argh!!! ...and this egregious weather is set to continue.
Laura Howes@jon Least the weather is OK for you in this neck of the woods
@L_howes indeed! Looks like the trip I was most worried about - mine! - is the least concern.
@jon Random nerdy question - do you have to go into Paris and out again to get to Ravières or is there an alternative? The SNCF being a very different beast, I'm always surprised if I DON'T have to go via the capital.
@L_howes no you don’t. I am so as I can meet my father there. I’d normally go via Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Dijon instead.
@jon Aha, that was the possibility i thought might be doable. Well I hope your dad makes it OK despite all the excess water and that your partner can argue the movers into submission
@L_howes we are pretty sure the movers miscalculated, not us. We’d rather not leave a sofa behind! 🙂
utzer 
@jon do you happen to know, are the immigration checks in Britain or on the mainland in that direction? Assuming he will take the tunnel.
@utzer going to France they’re in the UK. But my father isn’t transporting anything - he’s just coming to France to help me. The move is from Germany to France.
@jon yes, but immigration is still needed, even with a passport, ID is not sufficient since Brexit. And I as a German also have a British visa for other reasons.
So I was just wondering where that border check is.
So I was just wondering where that border check is.
@jon
Both your father and your partner are resourceful people; they will prevail.
Both your father and your partner are resourceful people; they will prevail.
I’m on a packed TGV in 1 of four seats around a table. The other three are speaking about boring work stuff in that way that only Germans can - a sort of “Gelaber” to fill time
They’re from somewhere in Brandenburg I think, but are asking each other if the forest out of the window is the Black Forest. We’re approaching Kaiserslautern 🤦♂️
I’m feeling well integrated (I know where the Black Forest is) but not - as I find the Gelaber annoying
So the flood that delayed my father earlier meant he missed his Eurostar. Meaning he’ll likely miss the last TER at 1927 Bercy to Nuits-sous-Ravières
“But can’t I just take a later one?” he said to me naively. In France? A TER? Dream on
So I probably have to drive 55km to Auxerre to collect him. But a friend is lending me a car…
So the answer to “can you explain to your father how to go from Nord to Bercy by metro, and get him tickets, in 37 minutes?” is YES, thank goodness
So I only need to drive 2km in a borrowed car tonight, not 55km. Handy 🙂
So everything is unloaded and into the house. How 2 Mercedes Sprinter box vans got this all here… well, it’s here now so if it was too heavily loaded it’s no longer my problem 🙂
Eva@jon Home is where your cat is!
geeeero@jon What a lovely welcome! All the best for the rest of the move.
@jon
So how has the rest of this adventure played out?
So how has the rest of this adventure played out?
@Island_Martha waiting for the truck just now!
@jon
Fingers crossed.
Fingers crossed.
@jon
Your father's a champ!
Your father's a champ!
@jon
That's grim looking.
That's grim looking.
@Island_Martha awful station. So much you could do here. But no one bothers. Under that car park sit 6 unused platforms.
@jon
What a waste.
What a waste.
prosiac@jon @Island_Martha The Paris Bercy station, especially the platform are looking like they are straight from Romania or Balkans. Surely the most disgusting station in Europe
Quite different from any main station in Paris
Vigeliensch@vigeliensch I found a spare seat elsewhere 🙂
Andrej Shadura@jon, 100% ADVERTISEMENT
gnaddrig@jon Some quantum phenomenon, where a thing can have different statuses at the same time?
Anders Norén@violanders @jon Makes perfect sense. They could market it as Schrödinger's Kebab.
LimburgSüd@jon Der berühmt-berüchtigte City Döner Mannheim
lutoma@LimburgSued @jon Fast, glaube das ist der gegenüber ;)
Jarjantifa@jon
Wel, chicken isn't meat, so it's clearly false advertising! 😅
Wel, chicken isn't meat, so it's clearly false advertising! 😅
Matthew TaylorOne of these lines is not like the others.
Phil Dennis-Jordan@jon 400% confusing
Moritz@jon funny I used to go there more than 10 years ago when we felt drunk and hungry. Student times. Not sure if it is the same place as back then.
Martin Schröder 🇺🇳@jon Ah! "der Gerät" 😉
Zugzwang@jon please inform us If:
- there's a broken signal box ahead
- tracks are unavailable at the moment
- people are running on the tracks
- you have to wait for staff members from another train to carry on
....good luck with your bingo cards everyone!
Takua Bomann
Lenny@jon Ich hab bisher noch keinen einzigen ICE 4 gesehen bei dem nicht ein Wagen fehlte. Wie kommt das eigentlich zustande? 🤔
@f09fa681 es gibt 12 und 13 Wagen Varianten. Mit oder ohne Wagen 8. Falls ein 13er ausfällt wird ein 12er verwendet.
Michael Ummels (Trassenfinder)@jon
What a bittersweet moment.
What a bittersweet moment.
Inga stands with 🇺🇦 🇵🇸@jon we took an Italo a month ago where every. single. toilet was broken (except the one in the farthest end of the train).