Musings from the Merse
Friday, November 24, 2006
Berwick-Upon-Tweed-Not the 9.44
I am indebted to Thrash Merchant for this flickr image of a GNER train crosing the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick-upon-Tweed. It is not today's 0944 to London. How can I be so sure? The 0944 was cancelled. No reason. Drunken driver at Glascow? Could be but not said. The old chestnut of leaves on the line? Plausible. It is Autumn after all. Not known. Just cancelled. Thank goodness I thought to check on line before dumping the wife at the station. Her cheapie ticket was not to be honoured on any other 'service' (oxymoronic surely) despite the cancellation of the only train it was valid for-or perhaps because rather than despite. So we had o get another one for the 1144 (late running inevitably) and no seat reservation apparently possible-and as the 1144 was carrying the 0944 lot a seat may be problematical. I await news on this.
A run in the mill event for Disgruntled Commuter doubtless but, to be fair, rare on GNER. Not like Virgin. They cancel at the drop of the 'Team Leader's'knickers (so I was told by a cognescento) 'Virgin 'he said was the most inappropriate name anyone could think of-as they did.
As the poet Rev. Burns put it:
She was aye a virgin at fourteen,
Highly unusual in Aberdeen
A run in the mill event for Disgruntled Commuter doubtless but, to be fair, rare on GNER. Not like Virgin. They cancel at the drop of the 'Team Leader's'knickers (so I was told by a cognescento) 'Virgin 'he said was the most inappropriate name anyone could think of-as they did.
As the poet Rev. Burns put it:
She was aye a virgin at fourteen,
Highly unusual in Aberdeen
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