Let the train take the strain

Pleased to be home again, and earlier than I would have been had I taken the flight I was booked on.
Another lovely day in Manchester, plenty of sunshine and nice fresh air, just a pity we were more or less confined to the training room for the day. Young Craig was suffering a wee bit, having been led astray by Liam !! last night when they ended up in the Casino after I left them - good job they never phoned me, it might then have been a case of the blind leading the blind.

Team worked hard,lots of discussion so hopefully they have learned a lot from parts one and two of the course.

The train journey passed quickly and it was interesting to be watching cars passing on the M6, rather than being in the car and watching the trains go by.
One of my fellow passengers, who had no flight was heading for Inverness and had to change at Edinburgh, but with two minutes between trains. The Guard reported that the train might be late so there was a bit of a panic as the train companies charge £250 a minute if they are requested to delay departures so that passengers can make a transfer. It is therefore economically viable to let the trains go and send passengers onwards by taxi ,
Jumped off at Haymarket, walked along to the Mercat Bar which was busy and RGB got me home.

Received my fortnightly copy of Web User Magazine and found that they had published one of the photos we had taken in Sharm el Sheikh with me in costume and reading my magazine to one of the local Bedouins, it is a wee special feature they have introduced.

Congratulations to Steve Davies for winning the World snooker championship, I had seen it on tv but not paying attention I thought it was a replay of an old tournament.

I see that Easy jet have their flights back on schedule again, so our Friday trip to Krackow looks like a Green for Go, just hope that Heathrow is up and running for the Johnston's of Eagham.


Big earthquake in Tonga this afternoon, that follows one in Australia, and one between Oz and NZ, but no change from California and New Mexico - the earth keeps shaking, again and again.