Thursday, 23 August 2007

Don't let me down

I am not sure how widely it is known that the public transport system in London is terrible. It sucks. I wasn't aware of this disaster until I arrived here. Having grown up in Japan, I made a very bad assumption that the Japanese train system is a norm. How wrong I was!

That being said, I have been free from the London underground trouble for a very long time. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I am taking the first or second tube of the day. However, my luck ran out today. Having arrived at my local station, I was informed by a very bad handwriting on the notice board that the District Line is not going from the station. "Please seek an alternative route", it said. How? There is only one line going from this station; it is not exactly the Shinjuku station in Tokyo! So I arrived in office late, which meant less running. Aargh - there is nothing worse than your run taken way by the London Underground Ltd!

Today: 15 miles
Weekly mileage: 46 miles

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