Bi-Weekly Newsletter
5 newsletters, 4 falling turds, 3 hench linesmen, 2 reindeers in love and a trainline that’s yet to be seen. As the 12 days of Christmas have passed us by, the newsletter team will be riddled with 7 years bad luck for singing this song and so will anyone that’s reading this.
Happy new year readers and a warm welcome into 2026 from the STR team! We’ve got a feeling. That this year’s going to be a good year. That this year’s going to be –
All of the STR staff have now returned from their Christmas holidays to continue progress on the train line and it’s safe to say we are no closer to an opening day than before Christmas. Worry not, as the STR staff’s long and exploitative work hours are not being wasted. The entire team has been invited to be a part of the new media division of STR that is commissioned by the town himself. We have exclusive word from the executive producers that a variety style, One Show meets Dick and Dom in da Bungalow, tv series is set to hit our screens later this year. Production is looking for worthy and physiologically challenged volunteers to make the comedic segments of the programme possible. Register interest here.
The newsletter team have also taken a school trip this week to seek some inspiration for upcoming editions. Their destination was Kingston School of Art’s BA Fine Art studios. The team had received intel that it was teeming with enthusiasm and talent for not only Booker Prize level writing like ours, but for painting, sculpting, installation and design. Upon our visit we were greeted by a lot. A lot of tumble weeds, a lot of white walls and a lot of square footage that appeared to be unoccupied by any humans. We were alarmed by this discovery and concluded that the residents of this building must have come down with a terrible plague that means they absolutely must stay in bed all day. Worry not, the newsletter team have quarantined upon arrival back to the town to contain the spread of what we now call, Boneidlebifida. If you are experiencing any peculiar symptoms, they may match that of this foreign disease. Check symptoms here and consult a licensed practitioner if necessary.
Despite this near fatal experience, the STR team have exciting plans for the newsletters this year. We are planning on full interviews from town celebs to ordinary worksfolk to revealing historic fables that contributed to the foundation of the town itself. There have also been serious talks with STR media to convert some of the bi-weekly newsletters into live action segments. It isn’t set in stone how this will materialise, but the team are very open to suggestions from the public as they really don’t have a clue what they’re doing as they were employed as locomotive engineers and now, are being shunned into executive producer roles with absolutely no autonomy over the situation. Get in touch at www.harriartlea.com/contact.
Author is sick to death with train travel which is why they have diversified into the media sector. Apologies for any confusion and if you thought Snail Trail Rail was going to be the answer to these Avanti and SWR slugs.