Homeward Bound

Flight arrived on time. Sped through passport control & bag reclaim. In Kings Cross with 2.5 hours to kill before our train. Tried to change our tickets to an earlier train but no chance.

A couple of observations on the journey north. I had taken noise-cancelling earphones in case we encountering noisy neighbours on trains but we never did - up until now. I never knew anyone could make so much noise eating crisps as the “lady” from Newcastle on seats near us. I suspect drink had been consumed before the 3pm train by all three of them. Certainly a fair amount was taken on the train while consuming a monstrous packet of crisps. They did finally fall asleep but the earphones helped to avoid a burst blood vessel until then.

UK trains go so much faster than US ones. About twice or three times as fast. Not so good for sight-seeing. And it is harder to see what you are passing because of hedges and trees and the lower carriages.

All of a sudden it’s all over. The washing-machine is on, cups of tea have been consumed, the accumulated mail has been examined, an early bed is planned as we have a 9.30am class at the gym tomorrow.Read more