HI,
I have to confess, that I find the situation rather sad! It's teh 21st Century, we get a bit of heavy fog, and suddenly the whole bloody transport network in and out of Britain collapses on itself!
I'm not taking the mickey out of anyone who's trying to get back home or to their destinations, for the Christmas holidays, (and I do have genuine sympathy for anyone stuck in the middle of this problem), but I find it difficult to understand how weather like fog can cause our entire nation to come to a standstill, and have the news channels wetting themselves to tell us the warts-and-all story of the "Incredible Travel Chaos!"
- Planes can't get in or out of London and most other major airports.
- The train networks are saying that they're putting on extra trains, and some companies have removed the restriction of cheap-tickets, but have also warned everyone that you shouldn't try buying a ticket or arriving at a station, and try to get on board a train, unless you've pre-booked a ticket, as you won't be allowed to board at all!
- Half of the motorway network has come to a stanstill, or is likely to do so over the next few days, with roadworks, traffic accidents and general restrictions caused by the sheer number of people trying to go somewhere for the holidays.
- And even the coach networks, have found tickets flying off the shelves (metaphorically speaking), with sales increases of over 50% in the past 24 hours.
So basically, it seems that once again, 21st Century Britain, has the transport system of a third-world nation, purely because of a bit of bad weather!
Pooch