Dash to the last train, slowness and no seats.

The title sums up the week for me. It seemed whatever train I got on was congested, slow and jam packed. A week previous I was so tired it was painful so when the 07:33 to London had no seats at Colchester I sat in First Class and had resided to the fact I would probably be asked to pay but this price was worth it for an hour's sleep..... a las I didn't get asked which my bank balance will be grateful for.

Thursday night I saw Nik Kershaw in Putney which meant getting home was a huge mission. Putney to Waterloo then a mad dash to Liverpool St. I stupidly assumed the tubes might still be operational at midnight to enable me to get the last train back at 12:48 but you've guesses it they weren't. The good news however was that I was on the same train as an old friend, Dream Team's Art Director - Mills, whom also was wanting to get to Liverpool St. I forced her to run with me and we jumped into a cab, had a chat with my mate Jonas whom phoned me concerned I might be left stuck at Liverpool St and then parted company before one more final dash accross the Liverpool st concourse...

I was in luck tho it was 12:35 and amidst the sea of staggering twenty something women, Macdonald munching city workers, queues at Burger King and a couple having an argument I could see the neon which said the last train was at 12:48. I'd made it, boarded the train and enjoyed the whiff of fast food all the way back.....

5 hours later I was back on the train to London for a drink free Friday (off the booze til Friday 3rd April). For the third week in a row there was a gigantic police presence at Liverpool st, I know that flash mob's can be annoying and have H & S implications but I'd rather teenagers have a rave than get up to the kind of things they may otherwise do........

likewise I'd rather have more police on the streets of Tottenham making sure my mate Ant is safe than preventing teens from having a dance in a well-lit public space.

Just for those of you whom aren't convinced about my broken record moaning about a lack of seats at rush hour on our trains: