Our second foray into travelling down to my brother’s by train meant that we didn’t need to leave at the crack of dawn to get there. Unusually though, the ticket prices weren’t so advantageous and we weren’t able to get our pair of tickets for around £40 (as usual) – it was closer to £80!
Great connections all round and after leaving here at 9.45, we were knocking at their door by 12.15 – perfect!
I handed over my knackered PC for some intensive care and Neil gave me the hot-tray he’d picked up for me after I bid for it on eBay and bagged an almost new addition to our culinary ‘kit’ for only £30!
Debbie sorted out a buffet lunch and we had plenty of time to catch-up with everyone’s news – we even got to hear Frankie demonstrate his piano-playing skills, although we didn’t see Alfie as he was working.
We said our goodbyes just before 3pm and after a short walk to the station, were lucky enough to get a fast train to Victoria. This meant that we were able to get an earlier train form St Pancras getting us home by around 5ish – a definite improvement on attempting to do the journey by car!
In the future, I can’t see us ever doing the journey by car as the train is quicker and nearly always cheaper – plus there’s the complete absence of stress in coping with the M11/M25 traffic volumes! Definitely one of our better decisions!
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