The Joys of Rail Travel

[f4f3]

I am such a sucker for gimmickry - I just had to try the wifi internet that GNER is touting on its trains, and in return for 8 quid I've had the pleasure of taking one hour to get on to livejournal.

Still, at least this is my first post from Berwick on Tweed...

Comments

[morgaine-x.livejournal.com]

I've enjoyed myself greatly on trains, on occasion, and it shouldbe fun. But after 19 years of it - I don't drive, remember - I have to say that the overall experience probably took a couple of years off my life. From pre-privatisation British Rail announcements where the girl announced loudly "Bing-Bong!" because the bell wasn't working, to travelling to & from London the day after Potter's Bar, to businessmen who sit in reserved seats & refuse to move, to unvisitable, unmentionable toilets, to football hooligans and train staff who either remain unseen throughout the journey or else refuse to give their name.... to being harrassed by drunks who think it'll be a good idea to get off at your stop on a deserted station to "catch last orders" - well, I can't say I'm bidding it a fond goodbye.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I can see your point - but as a novelty it still works for me: roaring down from Alnmouth now, with Tom Waits doing "The Long Way Home" on my iPod and the broadband working finally.

[morgaine-x.livejournal.com]

Indeed - it is was always like that, I'd have loved it.

And you've reminded me - fancy a mp3 of Townes covering Springsteen's "Racing in the Streets"?

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I'd swap it for him doing "cocaine blues" live at the Old Quarter Houston...

[morgaine-x.livejournal.com]

Sent, to your hotmail account.