Procrastinate? Don't mind if I do!

[nanila]

I packed for my Spain trip whilst sober. It was really boring. Also, I remembered my knickers. DULLLL.

I leave Cambridge tomorrow morning about five hours before my flight - which is ridiculous - because the wonderful British transport system has decided to go completely tits up this weekend. This means my journey goes like this.

• Taxi to Cambridge station
  
• Train from Cambridge to Royston
  
• Bus from Royston to Stevenage (engineering works)
  
• Train from Stevenage to Kings Cross
  
• Tube from Kings Cross to Paddington (only the Hammersmith & City line is running - both the others have engineering works)
  
• Train from Paddington to Heathrow

Normally I would scorn to take the Heathrow Express because, hello, £16.50 for a journey that lasts 15 minutes? Can we say rip-off? However, the Piccadilly line, which would normally carry me smoothly from Kings Cross to Heathrow for the more modest price of included-in-my-annual-travelcard, has - you guessed it - engineering works.

Today I sorted out my travel arrangements, packed my luggage, went to the gym, tidied, did some Cassini work and felt very proud and mature until I realised that it was 8 PM and I still hadn't finished my talk.

It's almost done now and I could perhaps finish it, but I think the last slide might end up being a drawing of a unicorn being mauled by an angry tuxedo cat* or something so it's probably better if I leave that task for the airport tomorrow.

* This is totally an invitation to make me a drawing of a unicorn being mauled by an angry tuxedo cat, btw.

Comments

[alwayswondered]

Oh God, that journey sounds horrific. Our transport infrastructure is so utterly rubbish. D:

I wish I could draw. I would make a whole comic of a unicorn and a tuxedo cat being BFF and having AMAZING ADVENTURES.

[nanila]

Despite having the furthest to travel to Heathrow and the weirdest journey, I was the first one to arrive at the check-in desk!

[shirou]

When I was in London, I had problems one day because a lot of the tube lines weren't running due to maintenance. Not being familiar with the bus routes, I did a lot of walking, which would have been more pleasant had it not been raining. I wondered at the time whether this was a frequent problem.

[nanila]

It is. Pretty much every weekend involves the closure of large sections of the central London tube services. It's a bit of a nightmare for tourists, I think!

[lark_ascends]

That is insane!!

[nanila]

And yet it worked. I was first among my work colleagues to arrive at the check-in desk.