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This is my new Google blog, the old one is now set to be read by me only. This blog will have a lot less about work & I hope can not offended anyone at National Express or any other evil coach company's.
Sunday, 15 March 2026
WORKING CLASS HERO. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Wings - Mull Of Kintyre
It’s essentially a love song to a place. Mull of Kintyre is Paul McCartney’s tribute to the Kintyre peninsula in southwest Scotland, where he had a farm and found peace after the breakup of The Beatles. The song expresses longing, belonging, and emotional attachment to that landscape and way of life.
🌄 What the song is about
A deep affection for Scotland — McCartney wrote it as an homage to the Mull of Kintyre, the headland near his farm. He described it as a “love song” to the place where he felt grounded and happy.
A sense of home and return — The lyrics imagine travelling away and yearning to come back to the calm, rural life he cherished.
Emotional refuge — After the turmoil of The Beatles’ breakup, Kintyre was where he escaped to avoid a breakdown and rebuild his life.
🪗 Why it sounds the way it does
Scottish folk influence — The melody and structure draw heavily on traditional Scottish music.
Bagpipes — The Campbeltown Pipe Band performs on the track, giving it its iconic, anthemic feel.
Recorded outdoors — McCartney captured vocals and acoustic guitar outside on the farm, adding to the earthy, pastoral atmosphere.
📈 Why it became huge
It became the biggest-selling single of the 1970s in the UK, even outselling any Beatles single in Britain.
It was the 1977 Christmas number one and the first UK single to sell over two million copies.
🎵 In short
Mull of Kintyre is McCartney’s heartfelt celebration of a place that gave him peace, identity, and emotional grounding. It’s less a pop song and more a personal hymn to home.
If you’d like, I can also explain the meaning of specific lyrics or the Gaelic-sounding phrases in the song.
The Gaelic‑sounding phrases in Mull of Kintyre aren’t actually full Gaelic sentences — but the title itself is Gaelic in origin, and that’s where the “Gaelic flavour” comes from.
🏔️ The real Gaelic behind the title
Mull of Kintyre comes from the Scottish Gaelic “Maol Chinn Tìre.”
Maol means bare, rounded headland — a common term in Gaelic place‑names.
Ceann / Chinn means head or end.
Tìre means land or country.
Put together, it means “the bare headland at the end of the land.” This refers to the dramatic southwestern tip of the Kintyre peninsula.
🎶 Why the song sounds Gaelic even without Gaelic lyrics
McCartney didn’t write any actual Gaelic lines, but several musical and lyrical choices create that impression:
Bagpipes from the Campbeltown Pipe Band give it a traditional Scottish folk sound.
Melodic structure echoes Scottish folk songs, which often resemble Gaelic airs.
Repetition of place‑name phrases (“Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea…”) mimics the cadence of Gaelic choruses.
Outdoor recording on McCartney’s farm adds a natural, pastoral tone associated with Highland music.
So the “Gaelic‑sounding” effect is musical and atmospheric, not linguistic.
📜 Are any other words in the song Gaelic?
No — the rest of the lyrics are entirely in English. The only Gaelic element is the place‑name origin.
If you want, I can break down the meaning of specific lines in the chorus or verses and show how they tie into the landscape and McCartney’s life in Kintyre.
Saturday, 14 March 2026
Rest Day Saturday 09:30 to 21:30 Thorpe Station 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉 12 hours overtime 🤡
Notes for Rest Day Saturday 09:30 to 21:30 Thorpe Station, 12 hours overtime
[14/03, 06:13] Michael Noël Turner: ============
[14/03, 06:13] Michael Noël Turner: 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉
[14/03, 06:19] Michael Noël Turner: 745007 platform 2 - 1P01 05:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 06:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:20] Michael Noël Turner: 745010 platform 1 1P03 05:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 07:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:20] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 1 - 1P05 06:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 07:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:21] Michael Noël Turner: 745107 platform 2 - 1P17 06:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 08:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:23] Michael Noël Turner: 745006 platform 1 - 1P13 07:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 08:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:24] Michael Noël Turner: 755329 755420 755413 platform 1 - 1P15 07:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 09:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:26] Michael Noël Turner: 745005 platform 1 1P19 08:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 09:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:26] Michael Noël Turner: 745002 platform 2 - 1P02 Ipswich to Norwich Thorpe 07:50 - 1P21 08:30 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 10:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:28] Michael Noël Turner: 755326 platform 4A - 1P06 07:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe 08:44 - 745007 platform 2 for 1P25 09:30 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 11:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:29] Michael Noël Turner: 745010 platform 1 - 1P08 07:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (09:18) for 1P27 10:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 11:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:30] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 1 - 1P10 08:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (09:44) for 1P29 10:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 12:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:37] Michael Noël Turner: 745107 platform 1- 1P12 08:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (10:19) for 1P31 11:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 12:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:39] Michael Noël Turner: 745006 platform 1 - 1P14 09:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (10:46) for for 1P33 11:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 13:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:42] Michael Noël Turner: 755329 755420 755413 platform 4 - 1P16 09:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (11:18) for 1P35 12:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 13:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:44] Michael Noël Turner: 745005 platform 2 - 1P18 10:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (11:44) for 1P37 12:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 14:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:46] Michael Noël Turner: 745002 platform 1 -1P20 10:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (12:18) for 1P39 13:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 14:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:48] Michael Noël Turner: 745101 platform 2 - 1P22 11:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (12:44) for 1P41 13:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 15:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:49] Michael Noël Turner: 745007 platform 1 1P24 11:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (13:18) for 1P43 14:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 15:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:52] Michael Noël Turner: 745010 platform 2 - 1P26 12:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (13:44) for 1P45 14:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 16:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:54] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 1 1P28 12:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (14:18) for 1P47 15:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 16:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:56] Michael Noël Turner: 745107 platform 2 - 1P30 13:03! Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (14:46) for for 1P49 15:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 17:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:57] Michael Noël Turner: 745006 platform 4 - 1P32 13:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (15:18) for 1P51 16:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 17:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 06:58] Michael Noël Turner: 755329 755420 755413 platform 2 - 1P34 14:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (15:44) for 1P53 16:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 18:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 07:00] Michael Noël Turner: 745005 platform 1 - 1P36 14:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (16:18) for 1P55 17:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 18:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 07:02] Michael Noël Turner: 745002 platform 2 - 1P38 15:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (16:44) for 1P57 17:30 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 19:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 07:03] Michael Noël Turner: 745101 platform 1 - 1P40 15:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (17:20) for 1P59 18:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 19:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 07:04] Michael Noël Turner: 745007 platform 2 - 1P42 16:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (17:46) for 1P61 18:32 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 20:10 platform 2 -
[14/03, 07:06] Michael Noël Turner: 745010 platform 2 - 1P44 16:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (18:19) for 1P63 19:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 20:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 07:08] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 2 - 1P46 17:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (18:44) for 1P67 20:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 21:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 07:09] Michael Noël Turner: 745107 platform 1 - 1P50 17:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (19:19) -
[14/03, 07:10] Michael Noël Turner: 745006 platform 1 - 1P54 18:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (19:44) for
[14/03, 07:11] Michael Noël Turner: 755329 755420 755413 platform 2 - 1P56 18:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (20:20) for
[14/03, 07:13] Michael Noël Turner: 745005 platform 2 - 1P58 19:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (20:45) for 1P71 21:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 22:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 07:14] Michael Noël Turner: 745002 platform 1 - 1P60 19:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:18) for
[14/03, 07:15] Michael Noël Turner: 745101 platform 1 - 1P62 20:03 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:44) -
[14/03, 07:17] Michael Noël Turner: 755415 platform 2 - 5P73 21:22 CPD to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:33) for 1P73 22:00 Norwich Thorpe to Shenfield 23:40 platform 2 -
[14/03, 07:18] Michael Noël Turner: 745007 platform 1 - 1P64 20:33 Shenfield to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:18) for 1Y75 23:05 Norwich Thorpe to Ipswich 23:45 platform 4 -
[14/03, 07:19] Michael Noël Turner: +++++++ Rest Day Saturday +++++++ 09:30 to 21:30 Thorpe Station 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉
Well that took me more time than I did hope, silly me.
Friday, 13 March 2026
Friday 09:30 to 21:30 Thorpe Station, 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉+🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉 five hours overtime
Notes for Friday 09:30 to 21:30 Thorpe Station
[13/03, 06:04] Michael Noël Turner: ============
[13/03, 06:04] Michael Noël Turner: 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉
[13/03, 06:05] Michael Noël Turner: 745008 platform 1 05:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 06:50 platform 5 -
[13/03, 06:05] Michael Noël Turner: 745005 platform 4 - 1P03 05:30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 07:20 platform 10 -
[13/03, 06:06] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 1 - 1P05 06:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 07:52 platform 11 -
[13/03, 06:06] Michael Noël Turner: 745103 platform 2 - 1P07 06:30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 08:22 platform 10 -
[13/03, 06:07] Michael Noël Turner: 745006 platform 1 - 1P13 07:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 08:55 platform 11 -
[13/03, 06:07] Michael Noël Turner: 755329 755420 755413 platform 2 - 1P15 07:30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 09:23 platform 12 -
[13/03, 06:08] Michael Noël Turner: 755405 1P00 06:39 Ipswich to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (07:22)
[13/03, 06:08] Michael Noël Turner: 745002 platform 1 - 9P19 08:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 09:39 platform 14 -
[13/03, 06:09] Michael Noël Turner: 745010 platform 2 - 1P02 06:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (07:47) for 1P21 08:30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 10:19 platform 11 -
[13/03, 06:10] Michael Noël Turner: 745003 platform 1 - 1P04 06:25 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (08:20) for 1P23 09:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 10:47 platform 5 -
[13/03, 06:10] Michael Noël Turner: 745004 platform 2 - 1P06 07:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (08:47) for 1P25 09:32 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 11:17 platform 10 -
[13/03, 06:11] Michael Noël Turner: 745007 platform 1 - 1P08 07:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (09:21) for 1P27 10:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 11:47 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:11] Michael Noël Turner: 745005 platform 2 - 1P10 08:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (09:46) for 1P29 10:30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 12:17 platform 10 -
[13/03, 06:12] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 1 - 1P12 08:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (10:19) for 1P31 11:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 12:47 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:13] Michael Noël Turner: 745103 platform 2 - 1P14 09:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (10:46) for 1P33 11:32 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 13:17 platform 5 -
[13/03, 06:13] Michael Noël Turner: 745006 platform 1 - 1P16 09:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (11:19) for 5P16 11:40 Norwich Thorpe to Crown Point Depot 11:58 - no cleaning - 1P67 20:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 21:49 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:13] Michael Noël Turner: 745109 platform 3 arrived at for 1P35 12:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 13:47 platform 6 -
[13/03, 06:14] Michael Noël Turner: 755329 755420 755413 platform 2 - 1P18 10:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (11:46) for 1P37 12:32 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 14:17 platform 8 -
[13/03, 06:15] Michael Noël Turner: 745002 platform 1 1P20 10:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (12:21) for 1P39 13:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 14:47 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:15] Michael Noël Turner: 745010 platform 2 - 1P22 11:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (12:45) for 1P41 13:30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 15:17 platform 8 -
[13/03, 06:16] Michael Noël Turner: 745101 platform 1 - 1P24 11:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (13:18) for 1P43 14:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 15:47 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:17] Michael Noël Turner: 745004 platform 2 -1P26 12:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (13:45) for 1P45 14:30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 16:17 platform 11 -
[13/03, 06:17] Michael Noël Turner: 745004 Ipswich platform 4 - 1Y01 05:15 Ipswich to London Liverpool Street 06:30 platform 10 -
[13/03, 06:18] Michael Noël Turner: ++++++++++++
[13/03, 06:18] Michael Noël Turner: 745007 platform 1 -1P28 12:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (14:21) for 1P47 15:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 16:51 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:19] Michael Noël Turner: 745005 platform 2 -1P30 13:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (14:45) for 1P49 15:30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 17:19 platform 12 -
[13/03, 06:19] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 1 -1P32 13:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (15:18) for 1P51 16:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 17:54 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:20] Michael Noël Turner: 745110 platform 2 -1P34 14:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (15:45) for 1P53 16:30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 18:21 platform 7 -
[13/03, 06:20] Michael Noël Turner: 745008 platform 1 1P36 14:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (16:19) for 1P55 17:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 18:50 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:21] Michael Noël Turner: 755329 755420 755413 platform 2 1P38 15:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (16:46) for 1P57 17:30 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 19:17 platform 12 -
[13/03, 06:22] Michael Noël Turner: 745002 platform 1 - 1P40 15:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (17:20) for 1P59 18:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 19:53 platform 10 -
[13/03, 06:22] Michael Noël Turner: 745010 platform 2 - 1P42 16:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (17:48) for 1P61 18:32 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 20:18 platform 11 -
[13/03, 06:23] Michael Noël Turner: 745101 platform 3 1P44 16:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (18:18) for 5P44 18:40 Norwich Thorpe to CPD 18:58 -
[13/03, 06:23] Michael Noël Turner: 745004 platform 2 9P46 17:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (18:39) for 1P63 19:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 20:47 platform 6 -
[13/03, 06:24] Michael Noël Turner: 745007 platform 3 1P50 17:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (19:21) not for 1P67 20:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 21:49 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:24] Michael Noël Turner: 745005 platform 1 - 1P54 18:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (19:51) - not for 1P67 20:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 21:49 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:24] Michael Noël Turner: 745006 platform 2 arrived at for 1P67 20:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 21:49 platform 9 -
[13/03, 06:25] Michael Noël Turner: 745001 platform 3 1P56 18:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at ( 20:21) for 1P71 21:00 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 22:55 platform 11 -
[13/03, 06:25] Michael Noël Turner: 745107 platform 1 - 1P58 19:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (20:47) for 5P58 21:09 Norwich Thorpe to Crown Point |Depot 21:27 -
[13/03, 06:26] Michael Noël Turner: 745008 platform 1 - 1P60 19:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:19) for 1P73 22:02 Norwich Thorpe to London Liverpool Street 23:57 platform 7 -
[13/03, 06:27] Michael Noël Turner: 755329 755420 755413 platform 2 - 1P62 20:00 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (21:49) -
[13/03, 06:27] Michael Noël Turner: 745002 platform 2 - 1P64 20:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich Thorpe arrived at (22:18) for 1Y75 23:05 Norwich Thorpe to Ipswich 23:49 platform 4 -
[13/03, 06:28] Michael Noël Turner: ++++++ Friday ++++++ 09:30 to 21:30 Thorpe Station 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉+🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉