Successfully en-route to Edinburgh

Ian — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:13:34 +0000

I caught a 12:00 train to from London King’s Cross station to Edinburgh (terminus: Perth) and so far there’s only been a bit of delay due to the cold affecting some of the signaling a bit before we reached York. I should be in Edinburgh by 17:00-17:30 or so, depending on how things go.

The train has free (shoddy, but given where we are and what we’re going through – impressive) WiFi which is nice.

Checking the weather forecast shows that Edinburgh won’t be getting above freezing the next few days, with lows down to -13c! That’s about 8.6F, cold! Glad I got that coat when I did.

People on the train after our last stop (Newcastle – the last England stop) now have the distinctive Scottish accent, they say Edinburgh quite differently than I (try) to say it, and differently than the English say it as well. It’s more of just an “Eburh” than ed-in-bur-oh.

Here’s a picture from the train of some cooling towers in the flatlands of England, there were a bunch of plants in this one area. The geotag for the photo is probably incorrect – I think it got applied when I uploaded the photo vs when the photo was taken.

Cooling towers in England

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Ian — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:52:00 +0000

Apparently the UK is getting hit all around with nasty ice and snow. Last night a good bit fell around my hotel, but it seems all but melted away by here now. Apparently lots of delays have been caused due to it though, hopefully my train to Edinburgh is alright!

Here’s an article on the weather and problems:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/6937755/Winter-weather-brings-much-of-Britain-to-standstill.html

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Successfully en-route to Edinburgh

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