Heartland

Working in London and commuting has it's moments ...

A GNER express took down the (hum of) the powerlines just north of Huntingdon. The entire east coast mainline is paralysed.

Fortunately, I was able to hop on a slow train to Sandy (Beds) and then catch a bus replacement home. Only took four hours as opposed to the usual one.

All those poor people on their return journeys stranded in Peterborough. The local cabbies are having a field day. "Yeh, I'll take you to London mate. £200 in cash in advance. The cashpoint's over there ..."

As for those still stranded in London ...

The lines not expected to re-open until the early hours.

yeah...i know those long evenings trying to get home from London with the comuters...i wouldn't wish that kinda thing on anyone today...

On the 'bus odessesy' from Sandy to PBO, I got chatting to a couple of U.S Marines (I'm such a tart I'll talk to anyone ) and they had some very funny stories to tell. And some very gruesome stories to tell having been in combat.

I'm glad I'm a pen-pusher ...

now i know that the US Marine corps will also talk to anyone (myself included)...which i guess makes them Tarts too

Tarts who can kill you with their bare hands.

That is scary ... hopefully I'll never meet one.

Ah, yes ...

Johnny M wrote:Working in London and commuting has it's moments ...

A GNER express took down the (hum of) the powerlines just north of Huntingdon. The entire east coast mainline is paralysed.

Fortunately, I was able to hop on a slow train to Sandy (Beds) and then catch a bus replacement home. Only took four hours as opposed to the usual one.

All those poor people on their return journeys stranded in Peterborough. The local cabbies are having a field day. "Yeh, I'll take you to London mate. £200 in cash in advance. The cashpoint's over there ..."

As for those still stranded in London ...

The lines not expected to re-open until the early hours.

We had that here on Tuesday: No train running in entire Switzerland because the power supply had completely broken down.

I've nearly pissed myself laughing when I passed the main station during the rush hour and saw the masses - but people apparently were too surpised that such a thing can happen to get angry at all....

At times like this I'm happy I can walk to work.

It looks like I'll continue being able to walk to work, as I'm only moving up the world a little bit

Yah! Only three hours to get to work this morning.

Guess things are getting better ...

B@stards!

That's better.

And now a key member of my staff has just handed me her resignation letter!

Mind you, I wouldn't want to work with me either.

It's gonna be a good day ...

F*ck!

i'm betting on a two hour home trip...

firstly coz it's friday and everythings always behind on a friday...

secondly coz the heavy thunderstorms that crashed accross east anglia this afternoon (and scared the poop outta me when lightening struck the wearhouse roof..crashed all the PC's and popped a couple of light bulbs!!)

and thirdly coz Glasto's on and it almost went Pete Tong this morning due to the excellent weather!

(i'd add a forthly...but it was just gonna set you off on a tangent...and we don't need tangents today thankee)

Heh, I grew up near Sandy. Not IN Sandy though thank god.

25 mins there, 20 back..

it's not only in London folks... Yesterday it took me 2.5 hours to travel about 20 miles because of flooded train track! And last week I survived the nightmare 4 hour journey between Devon and London on the train with broken air-conditioning. It was boiling hot, the train was late and I felt like in hell! Still, Motley Crue gig was worth it!

you missed the Joke but welcome to 'life underwater' or Glasgow as we call it

Eva wrote:
We had that here on Tuesday: No train running in entire Switzerland because the power supply had completely broken down.

I've nearly pissed myself laughing when I passed the main station during the rush hour and saw the masses - but people apparently were too surpised that such a thing can happen to get angry at all....

I heard about that and nearly pissed myself laughing as well. I recently saw a programme here that uses the Swiss railways as an example of how bad the UK ones are. The Swiss were so smug about their relieably punctual trains that I can't help gloating that a single power fault should bring the whole country's trains to a standstill.

Andrew S wrote:

Eva wrote:
We had that here on Tuesday: No train running in entire Switzerland because the power supply had completely broken down.

I've nearly pissed myself laughing when I passed the main station during the rush hour and saw the masses - but people apparently were too surpised that such a thing can happen to get angry at all....

I heard abou that and nearly pissed myself laughing as well. I recently saw a programme comparing UK and Swiss railways. The Swiss were so smug about their punctual trains that I can't help gloating that a single power fault should bring the whole country's trains to a standstill.

But a power fault is a little more acceptable than "leaves on the line"

or 'bad wind'

My train broke down in Colchester on Sunday evening and just sat there, the brakes smoking rather unnervingly (Burn, you were 15 minutes away from getting a phone call from a stranded HLer in search of a floor to kip on!) but luckily they managed to draft in a replacement train.

Ended up only 1 hour late arriving back in Brighton, after some frantic leaping through closing doors on the tube.

lazarus corporation wrote:frantic leaping through closing doors on the tube.

you can 'shape shift'?

lazarus corporation wrote:My train broke down in Colchester on Sunday evening and just sat there, the brakes smoking rather unnervingly (Burn, you were 15 minutes away from getting a phone call from a stranded HLer in search of a floor to kip on!) but luckily they managed to draft in a replacement train.

Ended up only 1 hour late arriving back in Brighton, after some frantic leaping through closing doors on the tube.

Hey Sir...i would have collected you no problemo...(i am a really nice bloke sometimes)

it is a fecker of a journey from Norfolk to London innit

much nicer from Brighton to London!

Burn wrote: it is a fecker of a journey from Norfolk to London innit

Try from Brighton back to northern-most Norfolk when they put coaches on instead of trains!

Brideoffrankenstein wrote:

Burn wrote: it is a fecker of a journey from Norfolk to London innit

Try from Brighton back to northern-most Norfolk when they put coaches on instead of trains!

OK...you win...

move to brighton!!

they don't have pharmacies in Brighton

I could start one!

Brideoffrankenstein wrote:I could start one!

and live above the chemist.