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Thought I'd go and check on my Gran today (I call her Grandma, but Gran is shorter to type :)
So I got up at 7:30 this morning (on a Sunday!) and headed to Marylebone station. Only to find out that Chiltern trains are currenlty leaving from Paddington - my home station! So I head back, and purchase my tickets. £25! If you book ahead, I believe it's as low as 10....
I rang the centre where Gran is and warned them I was coming.
Hoped on, read, slept, changed at Lemington Spa or something, and finally ended up in Stratford just before 12. I cauught up with Gran, had lunch and chatted for a while - I always entertain all teh other ladies at my table - sometimes I feel more than I entertain Grandma!
Anyway, at about 2:40 Gran was obviously getting tired and, none to subtly, threw me out. (I love the word subtle - because the pronunciation of the 'b' is so, well, subtle :) So I wandered around. Foolishly spent £20 pounds on computer games (Robotech and Astroby for the playstation 2 - now I just need a playstation 2....) and bought some soap.
By this time I was rushing for the train (at 4pm) so I ran just to make sure, and managed to get to the station at 3:52. There was already a train there, so I checked the timetable, and it said the london train was leaving from latform 3 at 4, which was fine 'cos this one was on platform 1, and they'd announce what train it was anyway. Well they didn't, so when it left I worriedly checked the electronic display which said it was only 3:55, still 5 minutes before the London train was due to depart. So I hung around some more and, as you guessed, no other train turned up.
I checked with a guard, who apologised that the train timetable on the computer is the new one, which comes into affect after today, but today they were still onthe old one. And guess when the next train comes...
In 2 hours!
So I hang around for 2 hours, and manage to catch the right train home this time. Get home at 8:50 - total time around 13 hours, money £50, to go visit my Gran - Hope she liked it!!! ;o)
Only kidding - but it was somewhat frustrating having to hang around for 2 hours because I was stupid enough to NOT ask if the train was for London. Oh well, server me right.
So I got up at 7:30 this morning (on a Sunday!) and headed to Marylebone station. Only to find out that Chiltern trains are currenlty leaving from Paddington - my home station! So I head back, and purchase my tickets. £25! If you book ahead, I believe it's as low as 10....
I rang the centre where Gran is and warned them I was coming.
Hoped on, read, slept, changed at Lemington Spa or something, and finally ended up in Stratford just before 12. I cauught up with Gran, had lunch and chatted for a while - I always entertain all teh other ladies at my table - sometimes I feel more than I entertain Grandma!
Anyway, at about 2:40 Gran was obviously getting tired and, none to subtly, threw me out. (I love the word subtle - because the pronunciation of the 'b' is so, well, subtle :) So I wandered around. Foolishly spent £20 pounds on computer games (Robotech and Astroby for the playstation 2 - now I just need a playstation 2....) and bought some soap.
By this time I was rushing for the train (at 4pm) so I ran just to make sure, and managed to get to the station at 3:52. There was already a train there, so I checked the timetable, and it said the london train was leaving from latform 3 at 4, which was fine 'cos this one was on platform 1, and they'd announce what train it was anyway. Well they didn't, so when it left I worriedly checked the electronic display which said it was only 3:55, still 5 minutes before the London train was due to depart. So I hung around some more and, as you guessed, no other train turned up.
I checked with a guard, who apologised that the train timetable on the computer is the new one, which comes into affect after today, but today they were still onthe old one. And guess when the next train comes...
In 2 hours!
So I hang around for 2 hours, and manage to catch the right train home this time. Get home at 8:50 - total time around 13 hours, money £50, to go visit my Gran - Hope she liked it!!! ;o)
Only kidding - but it was somewhat frustrating having to hang around for 2 hours because I was stupid enough to NOT ask if the train was for London. Oh well, server me right.
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