Going on a journey by train is always a good experience as long as you have a time table and know which platform to stand and wait on.
Also, as in the case of the train we caught recently, knowing which carriages to embark on helps too. Very often a train will separate sending the front 8 carriages off on a journey of their own while the rear four chug through their own point system.
There is a ticker tape in the carriages that tells us the stations we will be travelling through and when they are coming up. There is also an audio accompaniment just in case…
I was listening for an announcement about the carriage number we were in to make sure we wouldn’t be whisked off to some unplanned destination.
“I don’t know why they don’t put the carriage numbers in the carriage,” I complained to no-one but hubs in particular. I do really, all the coupling that goes on, imagine how much more complicated it would be if carriage numbers had to be taken into consideration!
Finally I heard the recorded message I had been waiting for,
“You are travelling in coach number 9 of 8.”
Hmm I thought, 9 of 8, surely not?
I told hubs who said,
“What does she know?” thinking I’d been eavesdropping on the passengers behind us.
I took a deep breath and Om’d.
The ticker tape confirmed what I had heard!
Thanks hubs for confirming the incongruity for me.
And before we go, anyone want teas, coffees, cold drinks, beers?
I’d rather watch the view and wonder what number our carriage will become after it is un-coupled in Farnham?
Well hello there! My name is Vivienne McNeny.
I am an empty nester exploring life as a Boomer…you could say I'm happily Boomering along!
As a homeschooling Mum I have finally quit the job of role model and mentor to my four children. I do what I want to do, eat when I feel like it, enjoy life with my blue eyed cowboy and clean my house once a month or so whether it needs it or not!
In true English form I write about the emergence of my true identity now that I can no longer hide behind my children as their Mum.
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