I've decided to try to get home tonight, although I don't know how wiose that is. Much of the transport in the centre is still suspended.
I can get a train north from where I am to Victoria Station. If I can get there, I can get a train to the Midlands from Euston. At the moment I'm just not sure how to get from Victoria to Euston.
The alternative apparently is to go from here to Clapham Junction, from there to Watford and then from Watford to Birmingham.
I'm a little suprised at the number of people on this train heading into London. Most seem, like me, to be resigned to an evening slog to get to where they're going but there's no real feeling that today is any different to normal....
As the train is getting closer to the City centre most people are in fact getting off. I get the impression that perhaps I'm the only one daft enough to be trying to get all the way in.
I'm blogging this by phone but having difficulty in connecting to the GPRS whilst on a moving train. It's given me time to reflect on what has hppened today.
I think that, more so than the Spanish or the Americans, the British have a resiliance to attacks of this nature brought about by years of terrorist action by the IRA. I think the people responsible will be surprised at just how little this will change puiblic opinion once the inital shock has died down. If they're expecting a popular uprising against the Govt. as happened after the Madrid bomb they'll be sorely disappointed. I imagine Britain will mourne its dead, lick its wounds and then get on with the task of living its life.
America is with you London. We always have been we always will.
We pray for your dead. We will get them back for this act of horror.
We will prevail!
London suffered the blitz - survived - suffered the IRA assaults - survived and doubtless will survive this assault.
we have survived everything everyones every thrown at us but its getting harder
