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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Christmas 2002Heading back to college in Cornwall after Christmas, laden with my presents from loving friends and family, my "direct" train to Truro in Cornwall was cancelled at Preston. Which was rather unfortunate as I'd got on at Edinburgh.
The Virgin staff were as helpful as ever of course.... so I had to find my own way to the other end of the country. Changing at Crewe, Birmingham, Taunton and Exeter.
With platform changes at every station, and about a million bags to carry each time.
My 10 hour "direct" journey took 13 hours.
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