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I was working near Liverpool today, and had a straightforward plan to get home by train;

dep Hunts Cross 16:36 arr Liverpool South Parkway 16:40

dep Liverpool South Parkway 16:46 arr Crewe 17:12

dep Crewe 17:22 arr Watford Junction 18:48

Walk to Watford Underground station, 10 minutes on the tube, home for 19:30

(Long boring bit coming up, last paragraph is a one sentence summary.)

The guy giving me a lift to Hunts Cross pulled out at the last minute, so I had to get a taxi.

Because of this, I missed the train at Hunts Cross by 30 seconds (I saw it pulling out of the platform as I was walking over the footbridge), so I knew I'd get home an hour later. No disaster.

Got to Liverpool South Parkway and whilst waiting on the platform a guy walked onto the track and stood in front of an express train (link here). First time I've seen anyone get hit and it was quite weird. The train stopped about 400m down the track, and the guy was lying at the end of the platform, between the two rails, obviously dead and I think also missing a hand. He was missing something anyway as his body just ended where it probably shouldn't have.

What was weird was the aftermath, I always imagine lots of activity and fire brigade and police, but that only happens when they turn up. Until then it was very quiet, there's just me and a dead guy lying on the tracks.

So back to the journey. Had to jump on a MerseyRail train into Liverpool Central and walk to Lime Street, thinking there's more chance of getting a train from there, but as all the trains have to go through the same route everything is cancelled. Eventually get on a train at about 7pm, and it gets stuck behind a broken down train in front, making it an hour late.

By this time I'm due in Watford at 21:45, but just before Watford we slow down because a suspicious package has been found in a pub next to Watford Junction station and the station has been evacuated and no trains are allowed to pass through (link here). We sit for about 45 minutes before it is announced that the station has reopened but no trains are stopping. So they open the doors at Hemel Hempstead and let off people who want to get off. 3 guys who I've been sitting with need to go to Watford so I arrange to get a taxi with them, stopping at Rickmansworth so I can jump on the tube there.

The final act is that when we go to get on the M25, it is closed and have to make a massive detour to get to Rickmansworth. The M25 is never closed at 10pm, what the hell is going on?

I eventually walked in at 11.30pm, 4 hours late, due to a suicide, broken down train, bomb scare and the M25 being closed, all because I missed one train by 30 seconds. What a fucking day.

cumbath

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Paul Hartley would most likely of scored the free-kick anyway so there's little point in crying over it.

:lol:

Was hilarious when Hartley ran right up to the Raith player after netting the penalty in a sort of GIRFUY gesture. What a fellow.

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:lol:

Was hilarious when Hartley ran right up to the Raith player after netting the penalty in a sort of GIRFUY gesture. What a fellow.

He's acted like a complete wee fanny and karma has bitten him hard on the arse with his injury. He can enjoy watching the Scotland game now instead of playing in it. :)

Part of me wishes that Laurie acted as unprofessionally as him and sunk the heid on him. Our players are disciplined better than that though.

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He's acted like a complete wee fanny and karma has bitten him hard on the arse with his injury. He can enjoy watching the Scotland game now instead of playing in it. :)

Part of me wishes that Laurie acted as unprofessionally as him and sunk the heid on him. Our players are disciplined better than that though.

Laurie Ellis will be jumping to the shops to buy Paul fags and lager, once he's finished tidying up his garden.

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Hemel Hempstead

I was there at the weekend, there is a horrible roundabout with mini roundabout round it too. Was at Whipsnade and various other places, what a lovely area of the Country the wee hamlets are.

Anyway, that's a crap day!

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I was there at the weekend, there is a horrible roundabout with mini roundabout round it too. Was at Whipsnade and various other places, what a lovely area of the Country the wee hamlets are.

Anyway, that's a crap day!

The guy in front of the train, and the driver for that matter, probably ain't doing much singing and dancing.

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I have today and Monday off. Given the rubbish weather I was expecting to get a fair amount of Football Manager done but my laptop is refusing to boot into Windows. Off to the repair shop I go.

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I was there at the weekend, there is a horrible roundabout with mini roundabout round it too. Was at Whipsnade and various other places, what a lovely area of the Country the wee hamlets are.

Anyway, that's a crap day!

I'm sure Hemel is a lovely area, to be honest my only thought about it last night was "Please let there be taxis waiting outside the station".

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Having to trek through to Fife to watch Raith play. Okay, yes, I really shouldn't be complaining as we're 2nd top of the league and unbeaten but I really can't be arsed going back from here in civilisation for three days :(. I think I'll end up getting a train tommorow night back to Stirling.

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