I headed off to London this morning with the intention of photographing at the Crude Awakening Environmental event
Sadly, I was defeated by a failed train just before Barking with came to a halt within yards of the station platform for more than an hour and a half. The driver announced that there was an electrical fault and that we’d be moved as soon as possible & that we were awaiting another train to connect to the one I was on
Rather unfortunately that took over an hour and a half, by which time some travellers had opened the doors using the emergency releases and walked along the 50 yards of track-side to the station platform
When the train ultimately did get to Barking, I’d just about had enough so I headed back home again
All in all a somewhat unsatisfactory day
(Although a climate activist putting stickers on the inside of the train, did comment that it was probably stopped by the Police so that no-one else could get to the refinery blockades near Stanford-Le-Hope. Apparently the (or a) previous train was delayed or cancelled as well)