Livin' the life...

So..

I'm sitting having a chat with some friends and I get this text, "train fares going up 14%" (paraphrasing). Clearly, this was a joke I thought to myself.

Half an hour later, I decide to check this 'news' on BBC.. and guess what? It wasn't! (On the bright side though, I don't think that 14% will affect me!)

The BBC article covering this story reports, "Passengers are to be hit by above-inflation rate fare increases.

Season tickets and saver and standard day returns will rise by 4.8% on average, says the Association of Train Operating Companies (Atoc).

Others, such as cheap day returns and long-distance open and advance fares will go up by 5.4%. The increases will come into effect in the New Year. " (Yea, at least they give us a whole month's warning..)

What will affect me though is that 4.8% and possibly the 5.4%! Definitely not a good thing.. Guess I'll have to be doing less travelling, or at least be a bit more frugal considering travelling to the more distant places - currently I pay about £33.00 to go to York!