Beer
Ipad / tablet loaded with telly / film to watch
Book
Snacks
YAAAAAAAS
totally knew that post was just a āiām taking a longer train journey than youā post in waiting
snacks
headphones
phone charger
music / podcasts
a book
At least one pair of shoes I think. Probably only one pair. On my feet. Also probably a train ticket.
Switch
Book
Portable charger
Train beers
Sandwich
Snacks
Water
HEADPHONES
Really quite like a good train journey.
If itās not too busy, thereās no football or hen crowds and I donāt have to change trains - itās lovely. Even better if Iām going somewhere exciting.
Probably at least one train poo, too.
If I really wanted to do that, Iād have pointed out how I was offered a ticket to a conference in Plymouth, but that itās seven hours from here and I cba.
Oops
My yardstick to this is obviously London to Edinburgh, which Iāve done now about 37853743 times.
I used to, but I honestly havenāt had a pleasant train journey like that for years. Always too busy. Always terrible facilities. Usually stags / hens or football fans going to away games. Iām going to do Paddington - Cardiff by myself in a few weeks and that used to be great, two and a half hours to have a few beers and chill, but now I know Iāll be fighting for my (pre-booked!) seat and surrounded by twats.
In addition to this - if Iām taking the Friday evening Dublin <> Belfast train, I am taking an upgrade to first class as I am far too much of a grump to stand for 2 hours in an aisle, surrounded by stag and hen parties.
I tend to make sure I have a book, charger, headphones, some music downloaded onto my phone (ambient stuff for if Iām reading and some more involved stuff for if Iām faffing about on DiS or staring out of the window feeling all my super deep feelings) and some podcasts. Never sure what mood Iāll be in. Also some snacks and beers.
Love a good train journey I do.
Probably the biggest impediment to tackling climate change is how fucking rubbish public transport is, isnāt it.
(Yes)
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God I did this journey last year to my cousinās wedding. It was horrendous, plus on the way back they unilaterally cancelled all the direct trains for the whole day.
Headphones
Podcasts on my phone
Newspaper for the crosswords
Book maybe
Beers
Full picnic
Thought there werenāt any trains in Ireland
I think possibly the interconnectedness of the global power networks and the global political power networks, and the innate resistance of human beings to moderate their own pleasure are probably slightly bigger impediments.
Nah
^ 4 minute train journey
A good point well made. Fucking trains.
Itās grim! Iāll get to Paddington, get some supplies from M&S, then join the horde waiting by the boards trying to find out which platform the train is on. The platform will be announced about two minutes before departure, so a thousand people, most of whom have suitcases, or small children, or both, will stampede to the train and fight to get on. If I make it to my seat, and donāt have to fight with someone to get out of it, Iāll be sat there with people stood in the aisle right over me, while the whole carriage reverberates with drunken singing. Someone will throw up in the vestibule before Swindon.