It’s been a week since I started this trog and in that time one thing’s occurred to me: 90% of my train journeys are pretty dull, and a blog/trog that reads: “Tuesday 3rd October: 0738 train to Piccadilly: man sat opposite reads book, lady falls asleep, suited man spills overpriced coffee on table” isn’t really that interesting. At least to anyone apart from our anorak-wearing, thermos-loving railway friends. (My God – is that it? Am I the first in a new generation of 21st century trainspotter? I’ve got a thermos flask filled with tea, I’ve got my blog/trog of train journeys and times, and I’ve got an anorak. I don’t wear it, but I still own one. In twenty years time will you find me standing on the end of platforms with notebook and camera? I’ve noticed how trainspotters hang around in groups, but there’s always one or two they won’t let in the group – like he’s too weird or he hasn’t passed his spotter’s exam yet. Maybe that’ll be me.)

Anyway, my point is that it’s probably best just to do an overview of the week, or pick up days when something interesting happens. Like last Tuesday on the 2242 train to York. I’d been out at the D&AD book launch and had a few beers, so I started a trog on the way home.

This was the man who was sat opposite me. This was the man who watched me fall asleep mid-trog. This was the man who got off the train at Leeds and left me fast asleep on the train. This is the man who watched the train pull out of Leeds towards York with me on it. I don’t blame him – how was he to know I live in Leeds? Still I should be grateful I didn’t end up in Scarborough, Hull, Newcastle or Middlesbrough.