Tilting

After a good night's sleep the Gorse Fox followed the maps on his
phone to get to Waterloo and head underground towards Euston. This
station is becoming increasingly familiar. Settling down he got a
large cup of coffee and some breakfast whilst waiting for the train to
the bleak northern wastes of Birmingham.

The Pendolino is a most comfortable of trains as it whizzes across the
country and leans into the curves in order to maintain speed. This can
be a little disconcerting as you do not feel the lean, but suddenly
you find yourself looking out the window at a canal that appears to be
running up hill.

At Birmingham we met up with another colleague who joined us from
Wigan. A brief sojourn at Pizza Express for a briefing and then the
taxi took us to the western edge of the city to visit the client's
control centre.

The visit went without incident and revealed a number of interesting
facts and features that we will hjave to consider in our solution. The
tour wasn't as long as expected and we were able to get back and pick
up an earlier train than planned, and by five-thirty we were back in
London.

As the Gorse Fox went to step onto the tube a young girl stood by the
train shaking. He asked if everything was ok and she explained she had
never been on the tube by herself before and wasn't sure whether this
train went to Waterloo. The Gorse Fox explained that was where he was
headed and she should get on. She stood on the train clearly petrified
and confused by the fact that different stations had the platform on
different sides of the train. Taking pity on he GF lead her off the
train at Waterloo and up to the mainline railway station before
wishing her a safe journey and heading back towards the hotel.

He stopped at M&S Food with the aim of picking up a salad for supper.
It was an absolute zoo in there and when he saw the size of the queue
he decided to skip the whole idea.

Unwilling to give the hotel's restaurant another chance after last
night's debacle the Gorse Fox went next door to a wine bar where he
enjoyed a plate of pasta and a small beer before returning to his room
to watch the football.

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