Today I took the train to London.  I’ve travelled on the train plenty of times, but never on the 1st January, and what a journey it was. My first thought on boarding was along the lines of: “… there seems to be quite a number of people on here..”, but as the train slowly pulled out of the station and I was stuck in the side cabins fighting for some corner I suddenly realised: “I’m on the tube!” A frightening thought indeed, especially since the journey was to take 3 hours.

Travelling on public holidays is a no no.