Snorbans Shuffle, round 2:
Arrive at station at 8.25 (a bit better – but hey, it’s a gradual process) to find that the 08.27 fast service had been cancelled. Something about lack of available train crew.
Instead, the departure board promises the semi fast 08.34 from platform 1, the slow 08.42 from platform 1 and the fast 08.43 from platform 3, all of which were due on time.
The popular choice seems to be platform 1 for the semi fast. I follow their lead and wait.
FCC blinks first. At 08.34 precisely we are informed that the previously on time 08.34 will now be delayed by 13 minutes!! How did that happen? Has it stopped just around the bend before the station? I look to the North - did I catch a glimpse of its laughing little yellow face peeking around the bend before darting back out of sight?
There is a mass ‘harrumph’ and exodus for platform 3.
This time I decide to call FCC’s bluff and wait on platform 1. The 08.42 trundles out of the siding and into the platform. I settle into a comfortable First Class seat and wait for the breakfast trolley ...
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