Lockdown Activities from Transport for Wales
I had an email from Transport for Wales earlier this week, outlining their new measures to tackle the plague. They've also published some 'activities' for schoolchildren who are stuck at home – puzzles, word searches, colouring sheets (design your own livery for a train) … that sort of thing. One that caught my eye was an invitation to draw your ideal railway network on a blank map of Wales. It really is a blank map, as well. None of the cities or major towns are marked, so the housebound kids have only an outline of the country to work from. The biggest irony is that Wales did have a pretty decent railway network once upon a time. A century ago, in fact. Have a look at this outline map of South Wales, which I found online. https://images.app.goo.gl/VXTxGwNH7VrEp5RW9 And that's only the area which will be (mostly) covered by the South Wales Metro and its Swansea Bay counterpart. (Assuming the money doesn't run out once the European funding dries up, of course.) I&