Monday, 12 July 2004
Personal
Locked out
Against all odds I was outside my house by 2315 after tonight's Greenbelt management group meeting. There was a chance I'd even be able to type up the minutes before midnight.
Or, there would have been that chance had I not locked myself out.
With twenty-four hour security at work, I knew secreting a spare key there all those years back was a good idea. Half an hour later the key that hadn't been used in six years thankfully did its stuff.
But I suddenly don't have the heart to do any more typing tonight.
Personal
No railway
The most annoying thing about the closure of the main railway line through East Anglia over the summer is that I agree it should be done. The closure will allow remedial work to be done that makes the line suitable for the containers coming in to Felixstowe. (Containers off the road and onto the railways? A good thing.)
The second most annoying thing is that the work started on a second Monday - my monthly trip into London. The work's due to end on 3 September, so that's just two meetings where my journey time is doubled.
Local talk is that the work will over-run though. Suggestions that this project can be completed in the eight weeks allotted are laughed off.
I have to say the free parking and replacement bus service have worked smoothly enough this afternoon, but I wonder about the journey back and I fear I may find third and fourth most annoying things.