Cable Theft Stats

So since April copper robbers have cost Network Rail £2million, with 50 cable thefts in East Anglia. Four of which in the last week alone!

Shame on the idiots.

Cable Theft

I was supposed to be in Ipswich Saturday evening but due to cable theft (third time in 7 days) I didn't make it.

Now c. 7am in the Witham area this morning more cable theft so it can't get to work.

I've got a little work I can do from home and thankfully for the firm I work for and I there was no location/studio shooting for me today.

Shame on the people responsible for this.

0615 colch to lon cancelled

(another) faulty train at manningtree. luckily the 06.18 was only delayed by 4 mins. Punishing for the people from norwich on that early train.

a broken camera, a broken train, a women with child and some shrubs

the day began just after 6am waiting for a train at colchester, having beaten my slovak lodger to the shower. Despite my north face it was freezing but i found a seat on the train, put my hood up and nodded off. Upon waking in liverpool street my face was dripping in sweat- embarrasingly so. I had to be in covent garden via the office just after 8am to be the producer/cameraman on a wrap pr stunt shoot. Id shot nearly all the gv's i needed and we were about to do an interview when i got an error code. I thought it might be a tape issue but it wasnt so i put a call into a former colleague now with an edit suite on covent garden-turns out he had a camera on him so within minutes i was back in the game. Upon wrap i headed back to the markettiers studios to brief the editor, i then had a live webchat, some admin and about fourteen thousand emails to deal with. I had hoped to leave the office uba early but in the end just managed to get on the 18.20 train. I only just made it and had to run with 6 pyracantha shrubs with me. Boarding first class i sat down on the floor just by the standard/first class border. All was good until somewhere around kelvedon where the train came to an abrupt holt. There was a faulty train in the marks tey area bummer there was my leftover microwaved curry out the window. Having not had any lunch i was in pain and shared my plight with a mature lady whom had clocked my distress. We had some banter and found a mutual frustration with browns broken britain. Our attention was soon drawn to the plight of a rather large young lady who appeared to have stomach pains. Turned out she was heavily pregnant and dramatically the senior conductor was asking if there was a nurse or doctor on board. I was feet away from the lady of the moment but thankfully a nurse and a doctor had come to the rescue. The young lady laid down on the floor of first class, i got out of the way and did a little kirstie and phil to join my mature female friend a few seats away from the action. I could hear snippets of the doctor advising the pregnant women- it appeared it could be a trapped nerve but the good news was the baby wasnt coming out. All of this was a welcomed distraction from the fact the train was an hour late, we did an unscheduled stop at kelvedon and an ambulance took the lass to a hospital. One does fear what would happen in a crisis with no first aiders on board, it suprises me were even allowed to stand up/sit on train floors in todays health and safety obsessed britain. The day was almost at a close and thankfully my child birth delivery skills were not required.

a £12000 whisky and a delay

sometimes working in media you get access to some treats and yesterday was _astonishing. We were shooting a live whisky tasting web chat and yours truly was lucky to get to taste a the range from the £60 hakshu from through to the £12000 dalmore. It was delicious and when i got a note from my friend lord eaton suggesting a drink via the golden arches i was sold. As fate has it all trains were cancelled from liverpool street so our hook up was ideal. Reading the east anglian papers this morning national express are quoted "to operate trains safely it means that they have to run more slowly" - yawns

Bacon Buttie Meal Deal

Its very rare for me to reward National Express East Anglia trains with praise but I have to say the £5.50 Bacon buttie meal deal was hugely welcomed this morning.

18 yr old gunner and 18 mins from liverpool st

saturday after 48 hrs i was on the tube heading for liverpool st. I was standing when i noticed a young lad poking my shoe. He was clearly bored and out to impress his mate. The problem was i was carrying a macbook pro,a large suitcase, a hangover and a new filling. As the young man continued to threaten everyone on board and warn that he would 'fuck up the spurs' i became increasingly annoyed. He spat on the floor and then to top it all off got out a smaill bag of white powder from his wallet -its a good job he didnt get out at liverpool st as i would have pointed the police in his direction. oddly i keep noticing at 18 mins away from liv pool st the train rattles like mad.