{"id":5079,"date":"2013-12-09T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5079"},"modified":"2013-12-06T23:37:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T23:37:09","slug":"collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm","title":{"rendered":"Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn’t matter which station you select…"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least once a month, I travel to Manchester for work. I tend to use the train, rather than drive because: it’s pretty straightforward; I can work on the journey; and I’m not so tired at the other end (although having the car with me can be more flexible at times).<\/p>\n

Today is one of those days when I’m heading north but this time, instead of a straight out and back from Milton Keynes Central to Manchester Piccadilly, I need to be in Crewe tomorrow. That meant buying three single tickets – and even though my train from Manchester to Milton Keynes sometimes goes via Crewe, it cost more to break the journey than to go direct. That’s just one of the many vagaries of the British railway ticket system (and contrary to a popular money-saving tip<\/a>)… go figure!<\/p>\n

Anyway, the reason for this diatribe is that the Virgin Trains website defaulted to letting me collect my tickets from the “Fast Ticket” machine (a complete misnomer when it involves looking up and entering an 8 digit alphanumeric reference on a not-very-responsive touch screen using a non-QWERTY keyboard) at the origin of my last journey (i.e. Crewe) rather than my first (i.e. Milton Keynes Central).<\/p>\n

In horror, after spending \u00a3150 on train tickets, I thought I would have to *drive* to Crewe to collect them! In a state of panic I called Virgin Trains (calls cost 4.5p a minute from a BT land line – on other networks you may need a small mortgage), who told me it doesn’t actually matter which station I collect the tickets from, as long as I have my payment card with me. \u00a0Bizarre! So why ask me which station I want to collect from then?! \u00a0(Maybe blame the Trainline.com back-end – or perhaps the rail ticketing systems…)<\/p>\n

I didn’t trust the advice and didn’t want to be caught out whilst trying to catch the something-way-too-early train to Manchester this morning, so I headed to my local station to collect my tickets on Friday evening, just in case I needed to get someone at Virgin Trains to help me out. \u00a0Actually, I drove over twice because I forgot my credit card on the first occasion and left it next to my laptop on my desk, from where I’d bought the tickets (idiot)!<\/p>\n

Anyway, the verdict is that it really doesn’t seem to matter which station you select to collect your tickets at – you can collect them in any Fast Ticket machine at any station (as long as you have the card used to purchase them). \u00a0Something that might be worth knowing about if you ever find yourself panicking as a result of some poor UX design on a website…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At least once a month, I travel to Manchester for work. I tend to use the train, rather than drive because: it’s pretty straightforward; I can work on the journey; and I’m not so tired at the other end (although having the car with me can be more flexible at times). Today is one of … Continue reading Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn’t matter which station you select…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,38],"tags":[490],"class_list":["post-5079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","category-inane-waffle","tag-travel"],"yoast_head":"\nCollecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn't matter which station you select... - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn't matter which station you select... - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least once a month, I travel to Manchester for work. I tend to use the train, rather than drive because: it’s pretty straightforward; I can work on the journey; and I’m not so tired at the other end (although having the car with me can be more flexible at times). Today is one of … Continue reading Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn’t matter which station you select…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-09T12:00:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"headline\":\"Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn’t matter which station you select…\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-09T12:00:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm\"},\"wordCount\":479,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"keywords\":[\"Travel\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Technology\",\"Waffle and randomness\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm\",\"name\":\"Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn't matter which station you select... - markwilson.it\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-09T12:00:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn’t matter which station you select…\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"markwilson.it\",\"description\":\"get-info -class technology | write-output > \\\/dev\\\/web\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\",\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Mark Wilson\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/markwilsonuk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/markawilson\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/markwilsonit\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mark-wilson\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn't matter which station you select... - markwilson.it","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn't matter which station you select... - markwilson.it","og_description":"At least once a month, I travel to Manchester for work. I tend to use the train, rather than drive because: it’s pretty straightforward; I can work on the journey; and I’m not so tired at the other end (although having the car with me can be more flexible at times). Today is one of … Continue reading Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn’t matter which station you select…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm","og_site_name":"markwilson.it","article_published_time":"2013-12-09T12:00:11+00:00","author":"Mark Wilson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@markwilsonit","twitter_site":"@markwilsonit","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Wilson","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm"},"author":{"name":"Mark Wilson","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"headline":"Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn’t matter which station you select…","datePublished":"2013-12-09T12:00:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm"},"wordCount":479,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"keywords":["Travel"],"articleSection":["Technology","Waffle and randomness"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm","name":"Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn't matter which station you select... - markwilson.it","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-12-09T12:00:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/collecting-train-tickets-at-the-station-seems-it-doesnt-matter-where-you-are.htm#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collecting train tickets at the station? Seems it doesn’t matter which station you select…"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"markwilson.it","description":"get-info -class technology | write-output > \/dev\/web","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468","name":"Mark Wilson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Mark Wilson"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1"},"description":"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markwilsonuk\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markawilson\/","https:\/\/x.com\/markwilsonit","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A"],"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/author\/mark-wilson"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4484,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/10\/when-trains-stop-at-stations-but-passengers-cant-use-them.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5079,"position":0},"title":"When trains stop at stations but passengers can’t use them…","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 23 October 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As I paid for a ticket to for the rail journey into London this morning, I was reminded of my anger and frustration the last time I made this trip, herded like cattle onto a packed commuter train, whilst being refused access to one of the many trains that stop\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Waffle and randomness"","block_context":{"text":"Waffle and randomness","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/inane-waffle"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/A48AHllCYAESh0M.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1237,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/10\/why-the-uk-national-rail-website-is-an-it-disaster.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5079,"position":1},"title":"Why the UK’s National Rail website is an IT disaster","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Saturday 11 October 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In a few weeks' time, my wife is taking the kids to her parents' house by the seaside for a week. I've got the week off work too but I've got a huge list of outstanding jobs to do at home, so I'm only spending part of the week with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Waffle and randomness"","block_context":{"text":"Waffle and randomness","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/inane-waffle"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7276,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/11\/weeknote-no-3-subscription-fatigue-travel-7-day-photo-challenge-microbits-remembrance-week-45-2017.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5079,"position":2},"title":"Weeknote No 3: subscription fatigue; travel; 7 day photo challenge; Microbits; and remembrance (Week 45, 2017)","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Sunday 12 November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Another week, another week note. And I really should try and publish these a bit earlier (it's late on Sunday evening again!) More on my new roof bars\/carriers Last week I wrote about buying my new Thule roof bars and bike carriers from roofracks.co.uk. After I'd fitted the bars, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Weeknotes"","block_context":{"text":"Weeknotes","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/weeknotes"},"img":{"alt_text":"Dent in new Thule wingbars","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/thule-wingbar-dent.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/thule-wingbar-dent.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/thule-wingbar-dent.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/thule-wingbar-dent.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6365,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/04\/speaking-milton-keynes-geek-night-mkgn.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5079,"position":3},"title":"Speaking at Milton Keynes Geek Night (#MKGN)","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Friday 29 April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"For the last few years, I've been heading into Milton Keynes once a quarter (and on a couple of other occasions too) to attend the Milton Keynes Geek Night, organised by Richard Wiggins (@richardwiggins) and David Hughes (@davidhughes). Last time I had the crazy idea that I might speak at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/mkgn.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5379,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/10\/dreaming-of-a-better-commute.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5079,"position":4},"title":"Dreaming of a better commute","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Thursday 30 October 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Travelling in and out of London this week for the course I've been attending has reminded me why working from home (mostly) is a huge blessing. At least 4 hours' travel a day for a relatively simple 60-mile commute? No thank you! I did, however,\u00a0use two different routes with contrasting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Waffle and randomness"","block_context":{"text":"Waffle and randomness","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/inane-waffle"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5178,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/time-for-another-mkgn.htm","url_meta":{"origin":5079,"position":5},"title":"Time for another #MKGN","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Wednesday 12 March 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Woah... where did the last three months go? \u00a0It's Milton Keynes Geek Night\u00a0(@MKGeekNight)\u00a0again tomorrow and I haven't blogged about the last one yet (for that matter I can't find my notes - in Evernote, OneNote, Keep, or anywhere else). \u00a0It's a good job I don't rely on this blogging lark\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/mike-the-geeknight-robot.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5079"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5081,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5079\/revisions\/5081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}