It is better to travel indefinitely....
Dec. 18th, 2001 11:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewduckerSo...
This evening I head from Glasgow to Bridge of Allan for a game. I get off in Stirling (because the Glasgow->Aberdeen train bypasses Bridge of Allan and goes straight to Dunblane), hang about on the platform for 20 minutes and catch the next train to Dunblane (which does stop at Bridge of Allan).
I read my book for 5 minutes, gaze out the window and realise we're in Bridge of Allan. Leaping fruitlessly for the door, I watch the station retreat into the distance. I sit down, musing that at least Dunblane is only 5 minutes further on, and I can just catch the next train back.
As we pull into Dunblane Station, I notice a train coming the other way, so I grab my bag, sprint over the bridge to the other platform and board the train with moments to spare. Puffing, I collapse into a chair and the conductor asks me for my destination. "Bridge of Allan" I tell her, only to be told that this train doesn't stop at Bridge of Allan, it's next stop is....Stirling.
Alighting at Stirling Station, a mere 22 minutes after I left, I am forced to stand in the cold for 10 minutes before catching the next train to _definitely_ Bridge of Allan, which just happens to have Neil on it, on his way to the same game.
I tell him what I've been up to.
He laughs at me.
We make it to the game.
This evening I head from Glasgow to Bridge of Allan for a game. I get off in Stirling (because the Glasgow->Aberdeen train bypasses Bridge of Allan and goes straight to Dunblane), hang about on the platform for 20 minutes and catch the next train to Dunblane (which does stop at Bridge of Allan).
I read my book for 5 minutes, gaze out the window and realise we're in Bridge of Allan. Leaping fruitlessly for the door, I watch the station retreat into the distance. I sit down, musing that at least Dunblane is only 5 minutes further on, and I can just catch the next train back.
As we pull into Dunblane Station, I notice a train coming the other way, so I grab my bag, sprint over the bridge to the other platform and board the train with moments to spare. Puffing, I collapse into a chair and the conductor asks me for my destination. "Bridge of Allan" I tell her, only to be told that this train doesn't stop at Bridge of Allan, it's next stop is....Stirling.
Alighting at Stirling Station, a mere 22 minutes after I left, I am forced to stand in the cold for 10 minutes before catching the next train to _definitely_ Bridge of Allan, which just happens to have Neil on it, on his way to the same game.
I tell him what I've been up to.
He laughs at me.
We make it to the game.
