As we don't have a Not Very Mundane At All Actually News thread, I'll stick this here. Had a very long night out last night…
Out in London last night for a Godflesh (for those who don't know these industrial metal legends, it's the kind of music you'd play to kick out your guests at the end of the party. An awesome show that more than compensated for what followed)…at 229 in Great Portland Street- a venue I'd never visited before, and in an area I don't know that well. Get a bit lost going there, and left early (2250) to allow plenty of time to make the last train (2332). Having ridden 6.5 miles instead of 3 and with numerous wrong turns I get back to Waterloo just after 2345. Plan B (Southampton train & ride from Parkway) not an option as a landslip has closed the line. So a (slow) train to Guildford it is. The next train from there is a bus, says National Rail app, which becomes a train at Petersfield. Get to Guildford at 1.09, and chuck the ticket in the recycling. Three and a bit slow hours later (9mph average, I had no food or water and had been up since eight), get to Petersfield. Train at 5.46. Decide to try and ride on. Head south to Buriton. Kiln Lane is impassable- covered with ice. Route via West Meon was likely to be the same. A3: been there, done that…So back to the station. Buy ticket, only a fiver, and shiver away, no shelter and no vending machines. Train is late in, and sits there for half an hour. Back home just after seven. Slept soundly for a few hours...Oh, tried phoning home (nineteen times!) to advise what was happening- no answer (hearing loss/sound asleep/under the duvet).
And relax…