There was a complete outage of the entire train network for several hours this afternoon, which meant of course that chaos ensued for those trying to get home from the office – or indeed get anywhere.

I’m exceedingly fortunate that while I usually take the train in to work, I also have many bus options and can walk in a pinch. And I can take the Light Rail – something I’ve never done before, despite living within reasonably close proximity to bits of the line for over 15 years. I’ve avoided it because it wends its way all over the place and takes an age. But with all the disruption, I decided today would be the day for adventure!

And it was a really lovely journey! I got a seat, people were relaxed. I experienced parts of the city I know very well from a completely different perspective. And what I’d always assumed took an age was only actually 10min longer than the train trip (though a bit of a further walk from ThePalace).

There’s definitely a lesson in there somewhere!

♥