Just my luck... I was on a day trip to the I.O.W with two of my younglings, firend and two of hers, grampy and brother. We were going on 0901 off Westbury, arrived in plenty of time, thought it odd not to have moved off on time then noticed the guard walking past the window towards the front..... then the announcement "delayed blah blah, falied freight train blah blah.... as a result of privatisation....... no spare locos for miles (in the old days yawn......)
Then came a pleasant and unusual surprise.... the
SWT▸ Waterloo was coupled to the rear and we went via Yeovil Jnct to Salisbury, very pleasant run, only spoiled by terminating at Salisbury and not understanding announcements for various reasons (excitable children, frustrated adults
) and missed our chance to jump on 0958 Wsb to Phbr (Salis 1135) next stop Fratton some poor souls that originally got off at Wsb had now joined us at Salisbury having waited all that time on a platform whilst we had a pleasant detour.
Having missed a sailing we were on the Island just long enough for a meal and a wander rather than a paddle aswell.
All told a good day tho
