42573 18:00 Thursday 11th September

42573

The only exciting thing to happen today was spotting a besuited gentleman carrying a surfboard through Paddington. It made sense to see him heading for the Penzance train so it also made sense to see me head for the Bristol 18:00 service and so avoid the possibility of having a surfboard as a neighbour.

Carriage E on the service was one of the new refurbished ones and was identified by the numerals 42573 and the fact that the air conditioning seemed to be broken already.

But the main thing was that I was on time and to all those doubting Thomases who think I’ve made the surfboard story up……he was spotted later on at Slough by @DomUtton

Where on earth is the beach at Slough?