Ipswich; Friday, 09 July, 2021

Unlike previous weeks where I’d been able to make a dash for my destination during lunch I’d been scheduled into meetings either side of lunch, so didn’t want to risk being late. Instead, I’d booked my ticket for the first train after the evening peak from Liverpool Street.

I got to Liverpool Street with more than an hour to spare before my booked train, so rather than waiting until I got to Ipswich to have dinner I popped into a very nice sushi restaurant that sits on a deck above platforms 1-3 and had a nice relaxed dinner whilst the evening commuters ran for their trains below.

After dinner I headed down to the platform just before my train got a platform and by pure luck I happened to be standing right by the correct platform, so I was able to pass through the gates and quickly grab a good seat onboard.

It was an uneventful journey up through East London and Essex and then across the border into Suffolk. We arrived into Ipswich on time.

I walked down from the station to the hotel and after checkin had a little bit of a wander around Ipswich before heading back to the hotel for an early night as I had a busy day planned for the following day.