Bristol; Monday, 21 February, 2022

With the effects of two storms in a couple of days still causing havoc with the rail network in the UK I’d pushed my departure from Bristol to the latest train I could catch based on checkout time from the hotel, so I worked from my hotel room right up until the last few minutes before checking out and then heading for the station.

I was quite surprised that my midday departure did actually leave on time, but with a 50mph speed restriction most of the way back to London, rather than the normal 125mph running the train quickly began to run late and pick up more and more delays on its way into London, eventually arriving nearly an hour late.