So, those of you joining me from Facebook saying that I'd start tomorrow: I lied. Why you ask? Well, let me begin from cramped surroundings on a Cross Country train. That's right, the UK rail network is getting the glorious honour of being shat out in my first outing on Angry Blog.
I report to you from my close quarters on Coach A. Coach A is the First class coach on the 17.27 service to Bournemouth from Manchester. I'm currently wedged between a guy who has hopped on the train without paying for a ticket (who, because the train manager has come to inspect our tickets, has now has to begrudgingly buy one to the next stop: Stockport) and and another man who is talking loudly on his phone, most likely as he is very important at work and could well be suffering from a distinct lack of penis shaft. Now I could just hop on a local service seeing as I'm only travelling to Crewe, but with the forever rising costs of rail travel these days, why should I? I pay my weekly ticket so I can be ferried between my hometown & the city centre where I work. People, myself included, want a speedy service for the best price. Virgin has it sussed. Travel with them and you'll get a quality service, the majority of times with a real seat to sit on between destinations for a reduced cost. To travel on any train, including the dreaded Northern Rail, it costs more. But what extras to you get in that price I hear you ask. Well, let me tell you. The zero possibility of getting a set for maybe 80% of your journey, overcrowding and no end of delays. The only thing a full price ticket really gets you is the option to board any sweaty carriage you can fist yourself onto in the hope you may actually arrive alive & in one piece to where you are going.
In the time its taken me to type this on my HTC Hero, the surroundings on this 17.27 to Bournemouth have somewhat changed. So has the time in fact. It's 1800 now and the train has come to a stop near Crewe's very own Hollywood Hills, or the Town's landfill site. I'm about to dismount this train, with all limbs thankfully, so my rambling will have to continue this evening.
