The Worst Journey in the WorldAspley Cherry Garrard was the youngest member of the Scott Polar Expedition when he and two others lost their tent to the winds of a night-time snowstorm. They spent hours in temperatures below -70°F stumbling about the ice floes hoping they'd bump into it as it was their only hope of survival.
OK, so that was bad, but we reckon you've had worse. We know how hard you lot are.
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chthonic, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 12:40)
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Hot train stand stillOne of many bad journeys was an "Intercity" train from Devon to London. It was the height of summer and I'd been on a cycling/camping trip with a mate. We were out of money hence making journey home early and could afford no refreshments.
The 2 1/2 hour train journey ended up taking us about 9 hours but that wasn't the worst of it.
The air conditioning had packed up so the train was an oven as it sat still for hours on end. Every now and then we'd shuffle forward a few miles. We had to switch trains more than once as they decided the one we were on was broken.
The final straw was we were stopped IN A STATION, and the conductor would not open the doors for us to get out and get fresh air on the platform. His reason was "It's not a scheduled stop"!!! I argued the point that the journey wasn't scheduled to take 5 hours either (little knowing there were 4 more hours to go).
SO, thirsty, hungry, tired and sweaty I sat looking at the refreshment stall on the platform just metres away that may as well have been miles away. Incidentally by this point the trains on board refreshments had run out.
Special bonus was the £100 the ticket cost as I'd had to book it same day. At least I got it back when I complained.... in ticket vouchers.
(, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 13:09, Reply)
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