pah!! So i am finally back home. Was in Leeds train station yesterday having lunch and coffee with an old friend and just before 3pm we went to see what platform my train was and i couldn't see it No trains to Edinburgh! So i went to ask and the guy in the booth told me to get the 3.05pm to Newcastle and switch. I was bit annoyed because i booked a direct ticket, anyway so the train came a bit later said bye to my friend and got in the train.
Turns out that there had been extreme flooding on the tracks from Newcastle to Edinburgh and the trains would terminate at Newcastle, there was no alternative way to get back to Edinburgh, no coaches or anything. People were on their mobiles letting people know and the guy sitting next to me was swearing so much i was getting a little annoyed. After a while the annoucments came that there would be a few coaches but not many and the other option was to get a train from Newcastle to Carlisle and then from there to Edinburgh via another track.
Got to Newcastle, and were stuck on the birdge for 15mins, everyone thought we would miss the train. Finally we got off the train, i followed some poeple who were going to Edinburgh and we tried to look for a train then found one that was going to Aberdeen and was stopping at Edinburgh.
Finally got on the train and had to stand all the way until Berwick. The lady i was talking to saw some spare seats so we quickly grabbed them and managed to sit until Edinburgh. Around 7pm the train guard who was giving humorous announcements out told us it would be 20mins till we reached Edinburgh Waverly! Wooo!!
7.30pm i was out the train, the fresh air was a relief with the jam packed train. We were told we could claim back money because of the inconvenience. Will look into that soon. I finally reached home at 8.30pm, alot of traffic on the road.
At one point i thought i wasn't going to make it back home but i did.
The journey home was an experience in itself!
