I had to get up early and travel from a small station called Thetford this morning. At 7am there was little traffic, good signage and plenty of free parking. Wonderful. I bought a ticket and boarded the train, sitting near a door above which was the destination display. For some reason, it gave its first stop as Flu. It took me a little while to realise that I couldn't see the lower part of the display and it said Ely.
I caught 4 trains to arrive at my destination and it was all smooth and easy. Of course it's Half Term and so the roads are quieter and travel in general is probably easier than usual. However, it certainly appeals to travel this way although I have yet to do the return journey.
One downside was the first class travel of the main train. Its smallness of carriage, a problem for some people I believe, wasn't a problem but you normally get free tea and biscuits and can buy bacon butties etc. Not so on this journey. There was a rather sad looking trolley being jostled around by a rather sad looking attendant. I brightly asked for a cup of tea and he bought me two small cartons of "milk", a stirrer and some paper towels. 95p. I only had 80p or a £10 so he grudgingly took the small change as he had none himself. Of course why would he? He had only just started and he wouldn't be armed with any...
Well, its all not important. However, the actual cup of tea would have been good if he had left it for me - I had to chase him down the corridor to ask for it. Ruined his day I think.
Posted by grahame at February 17, 2004 01:09 PM | TrackBack