Train Travel

I’m on a train, somewhere just on the border of Yorkshire I think. At this point in the journey I was hoping to be marvelling at being able to connect to the internet on a train...so far I’ve managed to connect for 5 minutes, if that and I was on the phone to my friend when it had finally connected.

In spite of this, I love train travel. I love the cheap and nasty tasting coffee which is hideously overpriced. I love the occasional nausea when you look out of the window at the wrong moment and can see nothing but a blur of green as you go past trees. (Note to self...Don’t drink the cheap, nasty, overpriced coffee before looking out of the window....ugh!) I love the faulty doors that open and try to close incessantly. I love the delays, never knowing if you’ll be on time for your connecting train. I may have listed quite a few negative things here but they all add to the charm of train travel.

I seem to have spent a lot of time and money on trains recently. It’s hard to believe that just over a week ago I was on a train to London, enjoying the free Wi-Fi and not shivering because the air con was going at full blast.

And now the reason why I’m on a train heading to Plymouth...well that’s the final destination, I’ll be getting off at Birmingham New Street. It’s my adopted little sister’s birthday today so unbeknownst to her, I’ve organised a few people to come down and surprise her for her birthday.

I can’t believe I’ve left this blog abandoned for so long. I can honestly say I haven’t had the time to post but then I sit here and start to wonder what exactly it is I’ve been doing in all these months... I seem to have got caught up in the viscious circle of work, eat, sleep on an evening and then trying to cram as much of my social life as possible into the weekends. The thing I can’t quite grasp is I’ve been online most evenings before I head to bed as it’s the only way of keeping in touch with some people so why haven’t I updated my blog? Things have happened, it’s not like I’ve done nothing.

We’re somewhere in Derbyshire now.

I love people watching on a train, you all know what I mean, don’t deny you don’t do it. You see a guy with a wedding ring on and his blonde companion...makes you wonder what’s going on.

I think I’ll get back to my people watching now and will update on the wedding ring guy and blondie’s situation if I find out anything ;)
xx