It's 25th October, which means it's time to send That Post on @class507.org.uk again.

Seriously annoyed a corner shop owner today by showing up right in the middle of the lunchtime rush with an armful of Jiffy bags to post out.

It was 13 years ago today that the BBC’s teletext service Ceefax was switched off, as the digital TV switchover was completed. At the time, I made my own little teletext tribute which is still up on YouTube. youtu.be/vqwL4XtDLyg

didn't get enough sleep last night and now i'm crying laughing over this

I think about this all the time

FINALLY, my body can have the smell I’ve always wanted: the clean fresh scent of breakfast.

Everything reminds me of you ❤️

The good news is Ceefax is still up. #AWSoutage

Oven and microwave breaking within days of each other is the sort of bad luck that seems to follow me around these days 🙃

The majestic Wittenbergplatz U Bahn entrance / exit building by Swedish architect Alfred Grenander — who designed half of the city’s u-bahn stations Read more: www.slowtravelberlin.com/alfred-grena...

He’s going straight onto the right wing “wah I’ve been cancelled” grift train, isn’t he?

Spider-Man prefers a trackless tram

The new BVG sleeper carriages are comfortable, spacious and are available for the price of a regular ticket. #berlin

New blog: The Dutch Cap - www.merseytart.com/2025/10/the-... - where I return to Amsterdam to finish what I started two years ago, and get annoyed again about the state of the UK.

Not a massive fan of air travel, but when you’re gazing out of the window and see the clouds part to reveal the twinkling lights of a city far below, it is rather magical.

Just managed to catch my bus home from the airport despite a CUNT who lifted the rope barrier in the border control queue to let his friends push in front 🤬

Got a whole row of seats to myself 🥳 #winning

Slightly nervous that I’m flying back to Liverpool just as a massive storm is forecast to sweep across the UK. 😬 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Back at the airport. Just time to load up with some contraband before heading back to the UK 😉

Just passed Schönefeld, and it’s hard to believe this desolate, unwelcoming station was the first impression of the city given to visitors arriving at Berlin SXF airport for many years. 😐

Did a walking tour of Berlin today where I learned that in the 1920s there was apparently a club where you could have sex with a goose. Christopher Isherwood never mentioned that one.

I’m very happy that Germany is now a unified country, but the trains being on a Sunday timetable for German Unity Day is ANNOYING.

I’m at a posh hotel where breakfast is waiter service of measly portions and I am really tempted to try to sneak into the Ibis across the street just for their toast conveyer belt.

Just witnessed some BVG personnel working in a manner that would have the UK rail safety people reaching for the smelling salts.

Another day, another bunker — this time the Cold War-era nuclear bomb shelter hidden in Pankstraße U-Bahn station. Again, no photos allowed inside so you’ll have to settle for these pictures of the bits visible to the public, including the ventilation shaft and entrance building.

Sound of the overground

Nice of the Berlin city council to name a street after me.

I’m in Berlin, so a Döner Kebab had to be consumed at some point

Most infuriating thing about Berlin: Tourists sitting on the Holocaust Memorial to eat their lunch 😡

Finally, three days in! Disappointed in myself that it took this long, to be honest.

My new favourite story about postwar Berlin concerns the flak tower in Humboldthain that the French forces wanted to demolish. They tried to blow it up, but the structure was so strong that only half of it collapsed, so they left the rest standing and landscaped the rubble around it to make a hill.

Just did the “Berliner Unterwelten” tour of the WW2-era air raid shelter hidden away under Gesundbrunnen U-Bahn station. No photos allowed on the tour, so take my word for it that it was fascinating. A whole world hidden behind an anonymous green door.

Travelled out to Spandau because I heard that the far end of the U7 had some splendid station designs. I was not disappointed. 😍

Things I learned today: Berlin has a station named for the composer of the Blankety Blank theme tune.

Didn’t expect to be explaining tonight how I bought a train to a group of guys in a Berlin bear bar, but that’s what happened 🤷‍♂️

Walked the route of the Landwehr canal today. A long walk (especially as I took a wrong turn out of the U-Bahn and took 30 minutes to find the canal itself) but worth it

After getting up at 4:30 for an early flight, it might have been a strategic error to book a tour which involved two hours of walking around buildings with steep staircases. BUT the Tempelhof Airport tour was fascinating, a real peek into a slice of Berlin’s history.

Still got hours before I can check in to my hotel, so heading to the old Tempelhof Airport. Here is the Berlin Airlift Memorial

I’ve been Deutsche Bahned already 🙄

Up at 4:30am to get to the airport for 5:30. 🥱 Totally worth it to head off to Berlin for a few days. 😁

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the railway by running a replacement bus service. 🤔

How not to illustrate the similarity of bone structures between humans & horses.

Double arrow remnants in Kendal

ABSOLUTELY THIS. Also, we don’t need TV screens in gyms, hospital waiting rooms, hotel receptions and other public spaces, blaring the news out at us constantly.

Off to the Lake District 😀 (For work 🤢)

Thread to make rail enthusiasts 🤯

Over ten years since we avoided chaos with Ed Miliband, thank fuck.

Another day, another Hitachi EMU where the seat cushions have collapsed 🙄

BlueSky hive mind! Looking for recommendations for a web store for the Class 507 website. No fancy stuff needed, just add to cart, calculate postage costs, and link up to payment provider such as PayPal. Looking for something simple to set up and maintain, low cost, ideally open source.