voyagerdude220
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When me and my Dad were travelling on a 158 combo between Crewe & St Erth a few years ago, I wasn't really enjoying the journey, with duff air con, and the prospect of beng on the train for aproximately 7 hours.
We wern't going to arrive at St Erth in the same 158 combo which we boarded at Crewe however, as my Dad had other ideas..
He tried to jump off at Hereford, to get something from the shop on the platform, and jump back on before the train departed.
*Train Departs from Hereford*
Because I didn't properly know where he was going, I assumed he had got stuck behind a big group of brownies joining the train, and was at the other end. I gave him a call on his phone, to find out he hadn't made the train, and that I should lug the few suitcases off the train (on my own) at Abergavenny, where he'll get a taxi to.
In the end, we got on a 158 Abergavenny-Newport, then a DMU between Newport & Bristol Temple M. At least we ended up jumping on 221 118 between Bristol & St Erth, which I enjoyed, knowing the fact I could have been on the 158 between Crewe and St Erth for a VERY long time, If the journey had gone smoothly. My Dad also treated us to weekend first, which
allowed me to relax on my favourite kind of train.
All in all, It was quite hectic for me, to get the suitcases off the train, as I was trying to be as quick as possible, to reduce the dwell time in the station. The suitcases were also very heavy. I did tell the friendly TM between Hereford & Abergavenny that I would throwing alot of luggage onto the platform, and he asked me to give him a little wave once I had finished getting everything off.
We wern't going to arrive at St Erth in the same 158 combo which we boarded at Crewe however, as my Dad had other ideas..
He tried to jump off at Hereford, to get something from the shop on the platform, and jump back on before the train departed.
*Train Departs from Hereford*
Because I didn't properly know where he was going, I assumed he had got stuck behind a big group of brownies joining the train, and was at the other end. I gave him a call on his phone, to find out he hadn't made the train, and that I should lug the few suitcases off the train (on my own) at Abergavenny, where he'll get a taxi to.
In the end, we got on a 158 Abergavenny-Newport, then a DMU between Newport & Bristol Temple M. At least we ended up jumping on 221 118 between Bristol & St Erth, which I enjoyed, knowing the fact I could have been on the 158 between Crewe and St Erth for a VERY long time, If the journey had gone smoothly. My Dad also treated us to weekend first, which
allowed me to relax on my favourite kind of train.
All in all, It was quite hectic for me, to get the suitcases off the train, as I was trying to be as quick as possible, to reduce the dwell time in the station. The suitcases were also very heavy. I did tell the friendly TM between Hereford & Abergavenny that I would throwing alot of luggage onto the platform, and he asked me to give him a little wave once I had finished getting everything off.
