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Fun with Transport
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passagewards. Written at the time.
Ahh, the usual fun with transport.
Actually getting to the correct place wasn't a problem this time - the trouble was letting anyone know that I was there. The number that I had for Neil yielded an angry-sounding Welshman who informed me I had the wrong number before hanging up. I thought of calling my parents, but there was no point I decided because they were driving along and had no more idea what Neil's number actually was than I did. So I decided to just get to Newport station and use a payphone there to call Directory Enquiries. A few moments later, there was an announcement about how 'for the comfort and safety of passengers' mobile phones should be switched off, so I switched my phone off.
Thankfully Plan A worked, for once (Plan B = find an Internet Cafe and get the number off someone online; Plan C = phone my parents to see if they could do B; Plan D = phone the numbers I had for Sath and see if I could get someone who'd go online for me and do B). There's only one Roques family in Newport :-). When I got through to Neil I found out that he'd been trying to phone my mobile - which was obediently switched off in my bag. Anyway, he's on his way now.
passagewards. Written at the time.Ahh, the usual fun with transport.
Actually getting to the correct place wasn't a problem this time - the trouble was letting anyone know that I was there. The number that I had for Neil yielded an angry-sounding Welshman who informed me I had the wrong number before hanging up. I thought of calling my parents, but there was no point I decided because they were driving along and had no more idea what Neil's number actually was than I did. So I decided to just get to Newport station and use a payphone there to call Directory Enquiries. A few moments later, there was an announcement about how 'for the comfort and safety of passengers' mobile phones should be switched off, so I switched my phone off.
Thankfully Plan A worked, for once (Plan B = find an Internet Cafe and get the number off someone online; Plan C = phone my parents to see if they could do B; Plan D = phone the numbers I had for Sath and see if I could get someone who'd go online for me and do B). There's only one Roques family in Newport :-). When I got through to Neil I found out that he'd been trying to phone my mobile - which was obediently switched off in my bag. Anyway, he's on his way now.