Ok, so I’ve realised that I’m not the greatest blogger – I suppose you’re meant to be vey focussed in writing everything down straight away and get it on the website for all to read…yep not me!
Here I am 2 months later after my Bali trip sitting on a train to London, narrowly missing getting concusion every time the train stops at a station as people pass with their bags banging them off the corners of the seats & between the seats…my head.
(Note to Richard – next time you book me a train window seat please, it’s only a little request but a one that would mean I’ll arrive in London next time not looking like the elephant man!)
Ohhh 2nd note – not the quiet coach either, I’m sitting watching a woman spitting her grape pips into a pot with her mouth buried in it so as not to make a sound. Seriously every time I open my handbag I think someone is going to throw me out of the carriage for making too much noise. Did you not learn anything about me after my yoga teacher training?…I don’t do silence well.
Ok, so onwards with the journey, I have everything balanced on the teeny tiny fold down table…iPod (yes the volume is one very low), phone (yes that’s on silent too), notebook and empty coffee cup. Just as a lovely train attendant passes with a plastic bag of rubbish, time to make space on table and get rid of the coffee cup, so I asked if I could pop the cup in – you would have thought I was handing him a bag of shit, the look on his face! Then as he was coming back through the carriage again he stops right beside me & empties a bin behind my seat, trying to be polite I said “sorry I didn’t realise the bin was just there” to which here replied “actually you’re almost sitting on it” Lovely to see people happy in their work.
Anyway, my idea was to update my Bali trip and weird Christmas night out in Newcastle the time I’m on the train – if the thing stops bouncing around long enough for me to write….Watch this space!
Middle Seat Passenger 