For once it will be hard to depart from the Big Smoke without a feeling of relief. It is such a gorgeous day-Autumn at its best that even London looks inviting. The sun certainly has a mood changing effect. Two people on my way back from buying the Grudian, obviously late for the office, scuttling along, eyes down, counting the leaves and avoiding the cracks (for fear of lurking bears) looked up and gave me a beaming smile and a cheery 'Good Morning'. What's their problem would have been my automatic, instinctive and unworthy thought as a seasoned Londoner but to day, no, its the sun.(Or Prosac?- No, down Boy, down. Thats another unworthy thought) GNER could yet ruin it all on what Capital Connect calls the 'Leaf-fall season'. They warn that these right kind of leaves can delay their trainsup to FOUR MINUTES into London Termini. Four minutes late at Kings Cross-that could easily translate into an hour or so on GNER. Although I have to say coming down GNER was early at every station, oftgen slightly held up as the train occupying our platform was hastily shoved out of the way into that siding which still harbours the mail of Christmas 03.
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THe image is nothing to do with a nice day in London. It is of the beach at Newcastle. Thanks junior son in law. Apropos of nothing except a certain regret that this is in and of County Down and not on-Tyne. For once GNER can say with truth

that they have the wrong type of Newcastle on track  ¶ 10:36 AM