It should have been straightforward.
- Drop husband at station to catch train to Dundee and then onto Aberdeen
- Head home via Tesco
- In Tesco get a text message to say train is a bit late
- Immediately followed by phone call to say train cancelled.
- Return empty trolley to trolley park
- Drive back to station
- Arrive at station to find that Scotrail have been clever and they are going to get the Edinburgh – Aberdeen train, which doesn’t normally stop at Inverkeithing, to make an unscheduled stop! Smart thinking!
- Watch Edinburgh- Aberdeen train swoosh straight through station
- Listen to station staff explain that although the decision to stop the train had been made the people who really needed to know… didn’t. Apologies.
- Check East Coast train times – hrrmmm – that’s at Morpeth running an hour late already
- Next train to Dundee – says it is on time. All the others are running late so what’s the chance of that one being on time? Probably about to be cancelled.
- Decide to give the whole thing a miss for today.
- Get back in car
- Return to Tesco
- Come home.