train friends

I went camping in South Wales last weekend for a friend's birthday. It was beautiful weather, great company, we stayed right by the beach and had BBQ's every night. What more could I have asked for? Well a smooth train ride home would have been nice. My 3 hour train journey turned into a 7 hours all because vandals nicked the signalling wire. To make matters worse, it's the second time in 6 months this has happened to me although thankfully at least I wasn't desperately trying to get home for a funeral on this occasion. On the bright side though, I did make some nice train friends. We played cards, chatted, shared Starburst and jaffa cakes and it was a lot more companionable than most solo train journeys. It's just a shame that it takes a massive delay to start talking to other passengers.