However I need to say that I am now officially getting annoyed with the weather, well not the weather specifically but getting annoyed with the lack of preparation we still have as a nation even though we are now a week or so into this. Especially the shocking service coming from First Capital Connect. Only a week a go I blogged how impressed I was that the train services are still running with some degree of reliability and now it seems that has all gone to southwards.

First Capital Connect have so far this week cancelled nearly every train into London and those that do run stop at every station along the route from Bedford picking up everyone they possibly can until the train is at bursting point and there is no longer room to stand. I have seen people left stranded at the stations looking pissed off and annoyed that they have at least made the effort unlike some to actually get out of bed and make their way to work only to be left stranded on a platform as the one train that is running is full to the brim.

I am one of the lucky ones I guess as the First Cap trains start the journey at Bedford station where I get on and thus I am able to comfortably get on the train and get a seat. However the train is taking too long to get to London and when it finally does hit London it gets cancelled at St Pancras as apparently the trains can’t go any further south. This morning we eventually got into London at 9:30am starting at 7:50am at Bedford then I walked the 2 mile walk to work from Kings Cross to Farringdon, not a bad walk but when it is cold and snowing it is just pretty slow going.

I am looking forward to the weekend when I hope the weather is going to warm up a little and lets pray that the trains start running on time.

The BBC news site as usual as coined a media frenzy name for this current snow “UK FREEZE”, making the whole thing sound as if the Ice Ages have returned to our queens shores. Motorways have been closed, airports are shut, the schools have closed (hey one flake of snow and the schools shut so nothing new there) and trains are delayed or cancelled. I work in London by the way I commute from Bedford to Farringdon every day and I have managed to get into work today, as have thousands of other people. So here is some news for you BBC, trains are running yes a little disrupted but they are running, people who actually make the effort to get to work have got into work.

Sure there are parts of the UK that have had a lot of snow and I pity the old and frail who live in the remote villages at these times as it is hard for them to get mobile, I appreciate some road are dangerous and in some places people should just stay home instead of risking putting their car in a ditch. However there is not need for all the press, there is no need for headlines and “UK FREEZE” quotes. Get over it, deal with it. Moving on….