Wednesday 16 December 2009

Wednesday 16th December, 2009

Head purposefully to station to catch a random train. Find I have the choice of two. A delayed non-stop service from platform 3, or an on time stopping service from platform 1. What a treat. Both platforms equally crowded. Opt for platform 1 so I don’t have to climb the stairs.

Good choice. Filthy carriage, no seat, but I can lean against the luggage rack, another treat. Train gets us all the way to Farringdon without hold up or unwanted intimacy.

FCC's crack team or revenue protection operatives not present today. Shame. Might have given them their Xmas tip.

Text from friend who took the wrong option. Plenty of unwanted intimacy and bad temper. One poor, bewildered passenger, presumably heading for Gatwick, trying to get a large suitcase out of the way. How foolish, expecting there to be space to put a suitcase on a train servicing 2 of London’s major airports.

Head home on 17.45 from Farringdon. On time. Busy. Overflowing at West Hampstead. Wonder if there is a limit to how many passengers can be safely accommodated in a train carriage. Find myself thinking that perhaps we should be grateful that, with life increasingly blighted by Health & Safety gone mad, FCC seems a rare Health & Safety free zone. But I don't feel very grateful. More to come on this?


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