Disparities in Service on the East Coast mainine vs London2Norwich service

Today I was on a PREDITING mission to York – for those of you not in the media-game that means I was off to produce/direct/shoot and edit some tv/video/online content. Leaving Kings Cross in the morning was pretty sweet as everyone else was coming into London as I made my way north. Shocked to notice that Burger King and the AMT coffee stall had disappeared so I had to settle for a cup of tea on the train. Incredibly the train to York took just two hours, so that’s a journey which would normally take 4 hours in a car taking just 2. On this basis you would expect a journey to London from Colchester to take 30 minutes, or even less if driving at DGL Pre near-death-driving car write off days back in ‘07. The other disparity in quality standards is the fact this blog posting is being created thanks to free wi fi access. Why can’t the London to Norwich trains have this!. Having done a few hours work in York I’m now heading back on a lovely spacious train where I will have to battle the crowds back through to East Anglia. The only complaint about today’s train experiences was the loud northern folk on the seats opposite me this morning, clearly not a National Express issue – although last night’s Norwich train had some very noisy (train newbie’s from the depths of Norfolk no doubt) people on board the quiet coach – maybe National Express could remind all passengers firmly that a quiet coach is not the place to be practicing the art of being loud!

Two consecutive morning delays & a man touching my foot

The title says it all really. I fell asleep yesterday morning next to the toilet only to be awoken by a man pushing my leg - amusingly as the said man had entered the toilet my foot, pressed against the door, had followed. He was merely trying to close the door - it was just a shock to see a middle aged man in a suit holding my foot.