I had hoped to be home and in bed early so to be on form for the following day which was set to be a solo edit, sadly I didn't get back until nearly 3am.
The cables had come down beyond Shenfield, I had the comedy experience sitting next to two young ladies from Stowmarket who had been to London for the day on a 'photoshoot' - it was all new to them but to us professional train commuters there was no doubt we were in for some punishment once they had announced the cables were down.
The train stopped at Shenfield and people piled off in search of some rail replacement buses - you couldn't expect them to be on standby and ready so I got a couple of Adnams from the bar and continued to relax until I realised that many more trains from London were on their way....
With my two new friends from Stowmarket we joined the crowds:
It was dark, raining and the buses were coming one-by-one. As more and more people joined it became unpleasant, with tensions running high. It was everyman, or women from Stowmarket, for themselves.
I'd joked that those who hadn't any critical responsibilities to attend to should go to a pub for an hour and let things calm down I was however lucky to find myself pushed onto the second bus to Chelmsford - where a train would eventually get us to Colchester.
I since heard the police had to be called in to control the crowds - its no wonder as there was no one in charge and no one outlining where and when buses were be arranged.
