delayed

Eurostar was its usual excellent service today. However there was a slight issue in logging on to their wifi, which was a little frustrating to start with, and I had thought it was down to user error, but a few people mentioned it as the journey progressed. Once I decided to come to terms with it, and stopped trying to connect, it was actually quite nice just to sit quietly and enjoy the journey.

The train was actually quite full, I think the reduced restrictions are helping people regain their confidence enough to start traveling again. Which is so good to see.

I arrived at St Pancras at 14.40, and took a slow walk round to platform 13 to catch the 15.12 to Margate. I am heading to Ebbsfleet, as Sharon is meeting me there.

As I was waiting to board the train I noticed that a lot of people were not wearing masks. It’s not mandatory here in the UK, like it still is in France, and I wasn’t quite sure how I felt about that yet.

I settled down on the train and had a little chuckle to myself as the announcement said, ‘This is the 15.12 to Margate…’, but it was already 15.15, and people were still flooding on. We finally departed about 6 minutes late.